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Insight from a wise yogi.
As yoga teachers and movement professionals, the words that we speak carry weight.
In this course students are presented with the foundations of the science of Ayurveda, the sister science of Yoga.
Meditation and embodied-awareness practices are essential tools in cultivating presence of mind and body such that we can live more joyful, mindful lives and be of more meaningful benefit in the world.
This Immersion is designed for any student or teacher interested in exploring aerial as a beginner, or deepening their existing aerial practice.
This immersion is a perfect opportunity for yoga teachers to develop proficiency in teaching adaptive and accessible yoga to senior and basic level students of all ages, physical abilities and types.
Gentle yoga is a 30-hour course that explores the fundamentals of teaching beginning yoga students through accessible sequencing, language, and use of props.
This is an opportunity for yoga teachers to deepen their knowledge of yoga, and expand their teaching practice.
Please note this one day workshop, open to all, is also the first day of the twenty hour Pelvic Floor Yoga™ Teacher Training.
In this twenty hour workshop, we will delve deeper into how to teach students with pelvic floor issues and applying Pelvic Floor Yoga™.
In this weekend course, we will learn how to practice Reiki on others.
We invite you to experience a deeply nurturing evening of self-care and connection.
In this workshop you & your partner will learn the art & science of Traditional Thai Yoga Therapy.
Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Harmony Slater comes to guide multiple days of Mysore practices, a led primary class, and several workshops.
The sound vibrations of gongs, singing bowls, native flutes, bells, and chimes surround you and bathe you in a fully immersive sound experience, as they guide us into a deep meditation.
Join this transformative workshop where we’ll craft two special items: a personalized candle holder and an affirmation jar filled with 52 weekly affirmations—one for each week of the year!
If you are interested in learning more about Qigong, becoming certified to teach, or continuing your qigong education, join Gideon and Jim for this free session to learn more about our upcoming Qigong training program.
Are you ready for a reboot for the new year? Are you interested in learning how to eat and nourish yourself best through the winter months? Do you want to learn self-care practices that can support your life?
The chakra system gives us insight into the connections between the various levels being – physical, energetic, spiritual.
Every Seasonal Sisterhood experience will start with a meditation practice and end with a sound bath.
New to Kundalini yoga? Already love the practice? Open to experiencing this powerfully transformative ancient wisdom?
Join Kate for an afternoon of fun and mala making.
We will start with a brief introduction to malas, their history, and significance in various spiritual traditions.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind experience of yin yoga followed with the best savasana ever including an acupuncture treatment.
Join this Grief Release Workshop, a safe and supportive space to explore your grief. Learn techniques for transforming grief and releasing pent-up emotions.
If you are interested in learning more about Qigong, becoming certified to teach, or continuing your qigong education, join Gideon and Jim for this free session to learn more about our upcoming Qigong training program.
In this Clinic, we will apply a therapeutic approach to the asanas of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series as a platform to learn how to support yoga practitioners during their practice.
Join Marcela Christjansen and Jesica Fernández, Assistant Professor, Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, Santa Clara University for a multi-session dive into Día de los Muertos
If you are interested in learning more about Qigong, becoming certified to teach, or continuing your qigong education, join Gideon and Jim for this free session to learn more about our upcoming Qigong training program.
Join us for an intimate and personalized small group Yoga Therapy workshop in conjunction with Cancer CAREPoint.
Whether you categorize yourself as a beginning, novice, or experienced meditator, I imagine that we’ve all found ourselves with those moments of clarity that occur in meditation where it seems like an idea or word dropped in from out of nowhere.
Sound baths are a fully-immersive experience. We will start and end with a meditation practice with a
focus on breath and intention setting.
This intensive is designed for any student or teacher interested in exploring aerial as a beginner, or deepening their existing aerial practice.
Every Seasonal Sisterhood experience will start with a meditation practice and end with a sound bath.
This workshop invites you on an inward journey to reconnect with the roots of inspiration.
To the outside world, yoga practitioners may look like flexible people who like to stretch because it helps them relieve stress.
Embark on a transformative journey that seamlessly blends the grace of yoga with the soulful wisdom of Sufism.
This workshop is designed for anyone struggling to achieve mind-body balance and a sense of authenticity and connection to the present moment.
In this workshop we will learn more about Reiki and how to give ourselves the gift of self-care and healing.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind experience of sound healing and acupuncture treatment. This is an experiential treat for your whole being.
This workshop focuses on refreshing and resting your body. Dedicating these 2 hours will leave you with a calm mind and body.
Join us for this carefully curated yoga workshop created to replenish your inner energy cup, re-balance your energy, and calm your body & mind.
A home practice…We often hear about the benefits of a home practice and are even encouraged to “cultivate” a home practice.
Join us for an enriching 3-hour Aerial Yoga Fundamentals Workshop designed to provide a detailed guide to the key elements essential for any aerial yoga practice.
If you are interested in taking your practice deeper, becoming certified to teach, or continuing your yoga education, register for this free session to learn about our JOY of Yoga Teacher Training program.
Join Joanne for this 15-hour immersion and learn the theory and practice of how to utilize different modalities while working with stress and trauma.
Join us for a deeply therapeutic workshop designed to improve circulation, release stress and elevate the health of the body through poses that focus on hips and lower back.
Experience deeply transformative breathwork practices accompanied by the ethereal frequencies of planetary gongs, other-worldly 432 Hz crystal singing bowls, drums, and chimes.
Every Seasonal Sisterhood experience will start with a meditation practice and end with a sound bath.
If you are interested in taking your practice deeper, becoming certified to teach, or continuing your yoga education, register for this free session to learn about our JOY of Yoga Teacher Training program.
Following the exuberant growth of spring, summer is a time of mellow ripening as we look forward to the release of the fall harvest.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga means so much more than whether or not you can put your leg behind
your head or catch your heals in backbending, though those can be fun and tangible landmarks
within our asana practice.
Join Amy as she guides a small group through a soulful day of creatively expressing our prayers for our planet, the natural world, the animal world, our families, and ourselves by imprinting, and embellishing the flags with personal prayers, symbols, and Mantra.
The chakra system gives us insight into the connections between the various levels being – physical, energetic, spiritual.
Benefits of backbends are endless. On a physical level backbends stimulate and restore the central nervous system, boost immune system, realign and increase mobility in the spinal column, open the hips, and strengthen and stretch the legs.
Learn self-care practices that can support your life. Join us for a food-based digestive reset and yogic lifestyle cleanse.
This time of year we get into a kind of hustle and bustle due to the end of school year.
Been practicing yoga for a long time but still can’t do handstand or forearm stand?
Do you over grip your butt muscles with all of your might in yoga poses or is there a “lazy ass” you may not be aware of?
The sound vibrations of gongs, singing bowls, native flutes, bells, and chimes surround you and bathe you in a fully immersive sound experience, as they guide us into a deep meditation.
Spend an afternoon enjoying a synthesis of healing modalities – restorative and gentle yoga, breathwork, guided meditation and hands-on healing.
This workshop is designed for those who harbor a natural curiosity in ancient cultures and enjoy both the art of listening and narrating stories with emotion.
Take time out of your busy schedule to give yourself the gift of relaxation and healing.
In this workshop we will take a methodical approach to instruct the students through the various aspects of the postures included in the Intermediate Series of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.
Do you want to live a long healthy life well into your 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and Beyond?
The sound vibrations of gongs, singing bowls, native flutes, bells, and chimes surround you and bathe you in a fully immersive sound experience, as they guide us into a deep meditation.
The purpose of this workshop is to provide the students a step-by-step guide to learn Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series.
Experience deeply transformative breathwork practices accompanied by the ethereal frequencies of planetary gongs, other-worldly 432 Hz crystal singing bowls, drums, and chimes.
The sound vibrations of gongs, singing bowls, native flutes, bells, and chimes surround you and bathe you in a fully immersive sound experience, as they guide us into a deep meditation.
Psst! You know that guitar that’s been sitting there in the corner. Go on: play the thing!
If you’re experiencing PMS, irregular periods, perimenopause, menopause, and other hormonal symptoms, you are definitely not alone.
Many yoga students have the notion that Iyengar Yoga is static and lacking in dynamic flow.
Join Maria, Nancy, and Erica for one or two interactive workshops filled with yoga, chatting, laughing, learning, moving, building community, and meeting new and old friends.
Come spend an afternoon pampering yourself with a guided gua sha facial treatment and yoga nidra (non-sleep deep rest) practice.
Offered only in our studio, Jennifer’s seasonal retreats will continue for another year, beginning this Autumn. Each seasonal retreat has a specific focus. This Autumn retreat will build upon last Autumn’s retreat.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind experience of yin yoga followed with the best savasana ever including an acupuncture treatment.
Join Joanne for this 15-hour immersion and learn the theory and practice of neurogenic tremoring.
“The first rule of Handstand Club is: you do not talk about Handstand Club. The second rule of Handstand Club is: you DO NOT talk about Handstand Club!”
Half-day retreats with Jennifer are designed to inspire your practice for the entire season ahead.
Come spend an afternoon in nurturing, and supportive practices to nourish your heart – the main Yin organ of the summer.
Join Amy as she guides a small group through a soulful day of creatively expressing our prayers for our planet, the natural world, the animal world, our families, and ourselves by imprinting, and embellishing the flags with personal prayers, symbols, and Mantra.
Kirtan is a yearning of the soul and an emotional expression of the heart.
In yoga and Ayurveda, marma points are vital acupressure points located on the surface of the body that connect to the energetic circuitry of nerve and blood.
Primal Vigor’s aim is to teach practices to cultivate Ojas, Tejas, and Prana to support one’s spiritual life.
The focus of our Spring Half-Day Retreat is on Growth and the variety of ways it is expressed in and beyond our practice.
Take time out of your busy schedule to give yourself the gift of relaxation and healing.
This weekend is an introduction to Ashtanga Yoga open to all levels of experience or lack there of.
In this workshop you & your partner will learn the art & science of Traditional Thai Yoga Therapy.
In eastern modalities it has been suggested that the body moves like a tree which needs to be cared for and “watered”.
This Sanskrit course is designed for those with little or no exposure to the Sanskrit language and for those who have the desire to understand and pronounce Sanskrit words with confidence and clarity.
Tibetan Yoga is comprised of meditation and somatic practices aimed at both health and wellbeing, as well as spiritual cultivation. Within Tibetan Yoga, we find external or outer yogas, as well as subtle body practices, referred to as “inner yogas.”
Join us for a one-of-a-kind educational and experiential workshop for the exploration of essential oils. This workshop is an invitation to learn about essential oils,
Join Abby Grace and Heather Rose in this deep dive into Bhakti yoga – its roots, its essence, and how we can live more engaged, more alive, and more awake.
In this Clinic/Workshop, we will apply a therapeutic approach to the Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series to learn how to support yoga practitioners during their practice.
Fire is the agent of great change, an imperative element of transformation.
Come gather for a 3 hour nurturing and informational workshop navigating the concept of rest.
Join Joanne and Jim for this unique, interactive online experience where you will be introduced to the roots of medical Qigong during this 15-hour intensive program.
This balancing Autumn digestive reset will ground your nervous system while supporting your immunity.
“The first rule of Handstand Club is: you do not talk about Handstand Club.
Luxuriate yourself in a bath of gong and crystal bowls.
Let’s chill out with a Gentle Yoga and Therapy Ball workshop.
Join Amy in guiding a small group through a soulful day of creatively expressing our prayers for our planet, the natural world, the animal world, our families, and ourselves by imprinting, and embellishing the flags with personal prayers, symbols, and Mantra.
“The first rule of Handstand Club is: you do not talk about Handstand Club.
“The first rule of Handstand Club is: you do not talk about Handstand Club.
Have you wanted to try aerial yoga but have felt intimidated or felt like you are not strong or flexible enough?
Come luxuriate yourself in a bath of gong and crystal bowls.
Our face reflects how we feel, and sometimes, it even reflects something very different than how we actually feel.
The spine is literally central to everything we do.
Join Noell for this half day retreat to cultivate a deeper understanding of impermanence and connect to our daily lives with a sense of joy and wonder.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind experience of yin yoga followed with the best śavāsana ever including an acupuncture treatment.
Yoga practice’s big WHY has been guiding and supporting practitioners in developing self regulating tools since its beginnings.
Proper strengthening and stabilizing of the pelvic floor helps to create the correct foundation of each movement in the body.
Join Jana Kilgore, E-RYT500 yoga instructor and author of The Outdoor Adventurers Guide to Yoga, for this afternoon of preparation and practice to enjoy your outdoor adventures with greater awareness, balance and strength.
Join chef and Ayurvedic Practitioner Jana Kilgore for a hands-on cooking workshop to make the most of the summer abundance and keep your Pitta (fire) balanced.
Ready to burst forth into the season, get rid of the congestion, allergies, and sluggishness that sometimes accompanies Spring?
Join Dana Schwartz RYT500 as she breaks down the component poses (asana) of Surya Namaskar A (Sun Salutation A), revealing the roots of each posture, directions of movement, and how props assist one to access the asana in a safe and thoughtful manner.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind experience of yin yoga followed with the best śavāsana ever including an acupuncture treatment.