"Elasticity & Plasticity" Online Video Workouts on Alo Moves

Elasticity & Plasticity

Dylan Werner
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About Elasticity & Plasticity

Fascia is a broad term for the connective tissue that weaves throughout the entire body to stabilize and bind our muscles, bones, and organs together. It makes up our tendons, ligaments, and over 30 percent of our muscles.

The elasticity and plasticity of our fascia are directly responsible for our flexibility, mobility, balance, reflexes, and proprioception. When fascia loses its youthful bounce due to inactivity, lack of mobility or aging, we feel achy, sore, and unable to perform optimally in physical activities. When we stretch and condition our fascia, we increase mobility, promoting healthier movement and improved quality of life.

This bundle contains two plans. In Elasticity: Fascial Conditioning, we train the fascia with dynamic, rebounding movements to condition and reorganize it into supple, reactive bands. In Plasticity: Fascial Stretching, we remold the fascia for improved mobility and flexibility. Each of the ten classes works into one of the five fascial lines, providing you with specific methods to optimally stretch and condition the body.

Included free in this bundle is the Elasticity & Plasticity PDF, which contains three different 60-day programs to approach fascial stretching and to optimize your training based on your level of flexibility, workout schedule, and goals.

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Dylan Werner

Dylan grew up in the mountains of Southern California, where at an early age he was into fitness, movement, extreme sports, and nature. At 18, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served as an aircraft firefighter, and also wrestled for the All-Marine wrestling team. After one tour of duty in the Iraqi war, Dylan was honorably discharged and returned to California to attend university, where he studied anatomy and emergency medicine. Dylan spent eight years working as a paramedic; four years on an ambulance and another four years as a full-time firefighter/paramedic.

Dylan was first introduced to yoga in 2001 as a part of his martial arts training, but it wasn't until 2009 when he made the yoga practice a part of his daily life and started to understand the true journey of the yogi.

Since 2011, Dylan has been teaching yoga. Though a lover of movement, handstands, arm balances and creative sequencing, his focus is the integration of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence to create a space to deepen the inner connection.

In 2015, Dylan gave up his home in California to travel and teach workshops, teacher trainings, festivals, and retreats. He has taught in over 60 countries and more than 400 workshops or events. He is passionate about spreading his love for yoga and helping others in their journey by sharing his journey.

Total Run Time

Duration 5 hrs 20 mins

Total Videos

10 Videos

2 series

Included Styles

Series in this Collection

Dylan Werner's "Plasticity: Fascial Stretching" Online Video Workouts on Alo Moves

Plasticity: Fascial Stretching

Dylan Werner
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Fascia is the connective tissue that weaves throughout the entire body. It makes up our tendons, ligaments, and over 30 percent of our muscle. The majority of our flexibility and limitation in movement comes from the restrictions of our fascia, and this plan is designed to address just that.

Plasticity refers to fascia changing its length and retaining its shape. When fascia is stretched past its elastic qualities for longer periods of time, the bonds that hold the fascia together are altered and new bonds form. This remolding of fascia promotes improved mobility by reducing tension and rigidity.

The majority of traditional stretching tends to focus on a single joint or muscle group. This is similar to stretching a plastic bag, but only in the middle of the bag. Working into plasticity, however, is like holding a plastic bag from both ends and stretching it evenly across the entire bag, rather than just in the middle. If you work to stretch the fascia as a whole, along the entire fascial line, you increase your potential to be more flexible.

Each of the five classes in this series stretches through one of the five major fascial lines. By separating the videos into different fascial sheets, you get the optimal amount of time to rest, recover, and remodel one fascial line before continuing on to stretch others. The poses in this series are held for 8 to 10 breaths to allow enough time to stretch into the fascia and maximize our time efficiently.

Dylan Werner's "Elasticity: Fascial Conditioning" Online Video Workouts on Alo Moves

Elasticity: Fascial Conditioning

Dylan Werner
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Difficulty—Moderate—Outlined Copy Created with Sketch.
Mod
Moderate
23k23,099

Fascia is a broad term for the connective tissue that weaves throughout the entire body to stabilize and bind the muscles, bones, and organs together. This series uses dynamic, rebounding movements to condition and reorganize our fascia into supple, reactive bands, dramatically increasing range of motion, athleticism, and mobility.

When fascia loses its elasticity due to inactivity, lack of mobility, or aging, our bodies lose their youthful bounce and we feel achy, sore, and unable to perform optimally in yoga or other physical activities.

This plan is divided into the major fascial lines. Each of the 30-minute classes trains each fascial line through dynamic rebound training. As we move dynamically into a movement, we allow the rebound to return us to our neutral position. By training the fascia in this way, we not only feel healthier and more mobile, but over time we increase our balance, proprioception, and reflex.

Plus, this bonus only available with the bundle

Elasticity & Plasticity PDF
Optimize your fascial training. This PDF contains three different ways to approach this bundle so you can choose the 60-day path works best for you.