Description
Fascia Flossing (Free with Suggested Donation of $5-25)
Mondays 5:15 to 6:15pm
Instructor: Loren Groenendaal
Class Dates
- April 6th-May 11th, 2026 (6 weeks)
Class Description:
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Fascia Flossing (TM Bonnie Crotzer) is a somatic movement that increases mobility, health of our tissues, ease in the body, and the capacity for strength and flexibility. In Fascia Flossing, we pandiculate (imagine a yawning cat, or stretching dog), meaning we engage muscles while elongating, which in turn provides a shearing force to our fascia, which invites our bodies to break up excessive adhesions and healthily repair our fascia, similar to flossing the plaque off of your teeth with dental floss, but for your flesh and more pleasurable. Fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds all of our muscles, bones, and organs and it serves as a connector, separator, communicator and more. When our fascia is healthy, it supports healthy muscles, bones, lymph and all systems.Fascia Flossing is informed by both Western medicine, anatomy, physical therapy practices and East Asian knowledge of yoga and Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM). The pathways of fascia align with the channels for chi in TEAM. For this series of classes, each week will have a different elemental focus from TEAM, moving from Water to Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal with two – four TEAM meridians and a large network of fascia being addressed in each class. The most benefit will come from coming to the whole series, but you are welcome to drop in to any session.
- Please bring the following supplies to support this practice:
– yoga mat (or bring/wear grippy songs or prepare to go barefoot for friction if you don’t have a yoga mat)
-pillow (or bring a puffy coat or cushiony sweatshirt and/or knee pads to protect your knees and make other bolsters/cushions)
-2 yoga blocks (or, two hardback books or waterbottles of a similar size)
Loren Groenendaal is one of Cardell Dance Studio’s frequent and beloved teachers of youth and adult dance classes. Loren holds a BA in Dance from Oberlin College and an MFA in Choreography from UNC Greensboro and has decades of experience teaching creative, modern, improvisational dance and somatic practices. Loren found fascia flossing a few years ago and was a fast fan due to how much pain reduction and joy it provided her body. Recently, Loren earned her Level 2 certification in Fascia Flossing from Bonnie Crotzer, Fascia Flossing initiator, permitting her to teach the work publicly. Loren has also trained in a variety of somatic modalities which inform her movement teaching including earning the title of Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. Loren is currently pursuing her Level 3 Fascia Flossing certificate to have even more knowledge to support this practice. With this in mind, this class is donation only.
Class Rates
This class is Free with Suggested Donations of $5-25. Register to reserve your spot and/or to pay online. Venmo at the door is also accepted.
For Cash Registration: follow the payment link and select “Cash” as your payment method instead of “Credit Card.”
- Drop-In Class – Suggested Rate $25
Perfect for a single visit or spontaneous inspiration. - 4-Class Package – Suggested Rate $90–ANY DATES
Packages are valid for 6 weeks from the date of purchase. - 6-Class Package – Suggested Rate $125
If payment fails or there is an issue with payment, please contact info@cardelldancetheater.com.
If payment fails or there is an issue with payment, please contact info@cardelldancetheater.com.
