Have you ever wondered why it is that some postures are easier to do than others?  Why are some postures easy to do for some people and not so easy for others?  Have you noticed that many yoga postures are named after animals?  Why is that?  There is a reason!  And understanding it through your own experience can help you to practice yoga with more ease, sukha, and steadiness, shtira. 

When we understand that the yoga postures are not positions, but rather dynamic patterns of action based on a universal, archetypal logic, we begin to tap into the primordial roots that organize all living form, including our own movement.  These classes are an exploration of the developmental matrix of movement, based on the pioneering principles of Body-Mind Centering®, the work of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.  The first series explores the pre-vertebral ‘water’ patterns.  The second series explores the vertebral ‘land’ patterns. 

There is a progression, an ongoing vinyasa actually, that each one of us goes through, either partially or nearly completely, from conception through the first year of life that will determine our movement and posture.  As adults, we can revisit these Primordial Posture Flows in order to repattern, recover, and reintegrate.  The development of movement in human beings follows the same progression as the development of movement in the animal kingdom, from the one-celled animals through the primates.

Ontogeny (human development) and phylogeny (the evolutionary development of animals) clearly show the evolutionary, organic origins of the yoga forms. By viewing yogasana and vinyasa through the lens of this developmental matrix of movement, one can see where an individual’s development may be inhibited or partial. Repatterning is a way by which each one of us can establish an integrated movement foundation, thus freeing ourselves from difficulties at a root level.

To Register:

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You may also send a check or money order made out to Kevin Kortan to:

107 West Island Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55401

What to Bring:

• A yoga sticky mat
• A full-size bath towel, and/or a blanket(s)
• Any additional props you use, such as a block, etc.
• Dress in layers

When to Arrive:

Arrive 15 minutes before class begins. 
We will start on time.

"Oh, I thought the classes were great! I've incorporated what you've taught me into my daily practice. I take your classes because what you teach is completely out of my normal range of experience. You show me a different way to see how my body works and then you teach me how to move."

- Annette Homburger
Yoga Teacher

"Kevin ~ I love the impeccability, tenderness and humor you bring to the continuing adventures of being in body. Glad to find you. Thank you for your heart and tenacity, width and depth and curiosity. You are a gem. A living and breathing gem."

- V. Green

- Marjorie Huebner
Rosen Method Bodyworker and
Movement Teacher

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Kevin Kortan is a Dancer, Dance Teacher, Yoga Therapist and Teacher, Movement Therapist and Educator, Feldenkrais Practitioner, and Integrative Bodyworker. He is the founder and creator of Evolutionary Yoga™, Evolutionary Touch™, and Bodystorming™. He has danced in companies in Minneapolis, Boston, and in New York including the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1990-96. In his private practice, Kevin works with people of all walks of life helping them to discover and embody their inherent ease, intelligence, and life’s calling.