Yin Yoga has so much to offer in regards to healing and alignment on the physical, mental and energetic levels and has gained in popularity over the past many years. While “Yang” Yoga styles (Ashtanga, Vinyasa and other “flow” styles) focus on muscles, “Yin” Yoga focuses on connective tissues with deeper longer holds and more time spent in stillness.
For thousands of years people have gathered in circles to heal, learn, thrive and sustain harmony in community. The circles hold space for listening to your own heart of wisdom and healing on a deeper level. This space doesn't critique and is not intended to be intellectually analyzing or deconstructing but hearing spiritually. I believe our current culture is asking us to use the old ways to support a new paradigm of being and working together. As we learn and lead in this new way, we bring with us more peace, connection and healing in these challenging times.
The fear of falling is common among older adults and can increase a person’s risk of falling. A Matter of Balance provides strategies to reduce this fear and increase confidence. Learn practical information for preventing falls, exercises to improve strength and balance, tips for getting off the ground after a fall, how to improve home safety, and more in this eight-session series.
What if you discovered a way to feel relief from disturbing thoughts, uncomfortable
emotions, insistent cravings and impulsive reactions?
Have you completed a treatment program and want to strengthen your recovery?
Are you curious about how trauma-sensitive movement, mindful meditation, and various
breathing practices create healthy neuroplasticity?
Kirtan is call and response chanting. blended with beautiful rhythmic music that will calm your mind, open your heart and remind you of your connection to yourself and all that surrounds you. It is a form of Bhakti Yoga (yoga of devotion)
“Awakening Love” is a community of women who value togetherness, support, growth, and belonging. In this circle, we work together to find connection and reclaim our personal power through contemplative practices such as movement, singing, sharing, time together, and time with Self. It is our belief that when we reclaim our power, our capacity to do powerful things in the world expands!
This is not your average yin class. This is a potent practice where the challenge is cultivating strength and flexibility in relationship with your mind and body. Poses will be low to the floor, holding anywhere from 3-12 minutes. This extended yin yoga workshop will allow us the time to explore and understand our physical boundaries. We will have the space to safely approach edges and decipher where and when to challenge self-limiting boundaries.
Together, we will cultivate a tender approach to practice patience, breathe deeply, and illuminate the depths within.
Kosha is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘sheath’ or ‘covering’. The theory of the 5 Koshas is one of the most ancient descriptions of the body as having five distinct but connected layers.
This 6 week series works to improve balance, build muscle strength, flexibility
and mobility to enhance overall physical health, which leads to better functioning
in daily activities. Participation in the program may also result in better mental
health, reduced stress, improved memory and cognition, and increased
self-esteem.
The fear of falling is common among older adults and can increase a person’s risk of falling. A Matter of Balance provides strategies to reduce this fear and increase confidence. Learn practical information for preventing falls, exercises to improve strength and balance, tips for getting off the ground after a fall, how to improve home safety, and more in this eight-session series.
Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become less dense, predisposing them to fractures. This 3 hour evidence based workshop will focus on how specific yoga poses help not only slow the progression of bone loss but create strong bones, reduce bone loss and at the same time improve balance.
In this workshop we will use various yogic practices to find peace amidst our busy lives. We will explore breathing techniques, chanting, gentle flow and therapeutic yoga practices, yoga nidra and meditation to calm down our minds. These techniques help us to tap into the parasympathetic nervous system. This system is the rest and digest mode that helps us to feel light, relaxed and care-free.
