It is our pleasure to offer this wonderful opportunity to our Brooklyn community, and to welcome anyone who cares about holistic health, mindful practice, and integrative movement. Tickets

Arm balancing is an interest for many movement and yoga practitioners, yet it often comes with physical and technical challenges. In this workshop, I focus on building the core, wrist, and shoulder strength needed to support arm balances safely and effectively. The material offered is designed to be accessible and useful for practitioners from beginner to advanced levels.

I will lead a guided movement and yoga sequence in the first part of the workshop, integrating preparatory and conditioning exercises I’ve developed over the years through my training as a gymnast, dancer, yogi, and martial artist. These exercises are woven seamlessly into the practice, offering a creative and progressive way to build strength and coordination.

In the second part of the workshop, I will share tips and insights into arm balancing postures. I’ll break down selected beginner, intermediate, and advanced arm balances, offering clear guidance, variations, and tools practitioners can take with them to continue developing confidence and a strong foundation in their practice.

Biography:

Chauncie Parchment is an 800-hour certified Hot and Vinyasa yoga teacher committed to integrative movement and personal growth. He has studied multiple yoga traditions—including Hatha, Vinyasa, Hot Yoga, Dharma, Kundalini, Kriya, and Calcutta Yoga—and has trained with teachers such as Jared McCann, Rose Erin Vaughan, and Yoshio Hama.

With a background as a certified nutritionist, personal trainer, and dancer, Chauncie offers a holistic approach to wellness that supports physical strength, emotional awareness, and mind-body connection. His dance training includes American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Fiorella H. LaGuardia High School, and he continues his movement practice through Capoeira Angola and Hybrid Movement, a contemporary circus company.

Chauncie integrates Subtle Body Methods and mindfulness practices to help students build deeper alignment, resilience, and self-mastery.