SPECIAL EVENTS
A DEEP DIVE INTO YOUR YOGA PRACTICE
with Ramsay and Liz
Backbending for a Modern Body
Sunday, February 22, 2:30-4:30pm
Let’s take a deep dive into backbends! Without question if you spend a lot of time sitting, you need to spend time working on a backbending practice. But what kind of backbending? That's the big question. If you sit a lot, all of the areas of the body that you need to be open for backbending are tight + all the areas of the body you need to be strong for backbending are weak. So, go slow. Build a compassionate backbending practice for yourself.
Drop in for $45.
Sunday, March 22 “Hip Opening vs Hip Strengthening: Mobility vs Flexibility” 2:30-4:30pm
Sunday, April 12 “Sun As 5 Ways… Spice up your Flow” 2:30-4:30pm
Restorative Yoga with Zen Shiatsu Bodywork
with Tara Rachel
Friday, February 27, 6:30-8pm, $40
Relax and Restore your Qi (“Chee”) with a calming and supportive sequence based in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The whole class will be on your back supported by props as Tara Rachel gives each student a sampling of Zen Shiatsu Bodywork. The class is limited to 6 students so you can each experience Zen Shiatsu.
Tara Rachel is a certified Asian Body Work Therapist and has been studying and practicing this method since the late 1990's.
An Afternoon of Calm and Quiet:
Restorative Yoga, Meditation and Breathwork
with Amy
Sunday, March 1, 2:30-4pm, $35
Join Amy for a blissful and cozy afternoon session of Restorative yoga, pranayama and meditation. We will observe our current nervous system and use the yogic tools of pranayama (breath techniques), have a seated or supine mediation practice while layering in restorative postures during the 90 minutes. Between restorative postures, you will have a few moments of a breath work practice and observation in stillness. It is very common to struggle at first, but magical when you can feel the shift take place in your body and mind.
Understanding the Psoas: The Muscle of the Soul
with Ori
Sunday, March 8, 3-4:30pm, $35
The Psoas. Muscle of the soul. Where is it? Why does it affect our neck, shoulders, hips, low back, and legs? How to release it, keep it strong, and supple? What affects its pliability? How does it relate to the piriformis? We will go through the biology and physiology of this amazing system of muscles that support the psoas. We will stretch it, twist it, strengthen it, and discuss all it does for us.
If you have a chronic pain in your back, hips, and right shoulder this workshop will help you understand what’s going on and what you can do to help yourself. Ori will share egoscue, feldenkrais, somatics, yoga and Pilates methods as well as fascial release and rolling.
Ceremonial Breathwork
with Evie O'Connor
Friday, March 13, 6:30-8:30pm, $75
Ceremonial Breathwork: a space to travel beyond the mind and traverse the sacred terrain of your body, heart, spirit and soul. A two-hour candlelit journey that weaves together solar and lunar breath practices, an intentional soundscape, intuitively guided meditation, therapeutic touch + deep relaxation.
Together, these practices can facilitate a non-ordinary state of consciousness where emotions, memories and energies can be located and liberated in and through the body and and breath. Conceptual understanding is an essential part of our process as humans, but we cannot get where we want to go with the mind alone-- we also must feel, presence, sense, allow, embody and express. The journey is both up and down: a descent into our humanity and an ascent into our divinity.
Ceremonial breathwork can supplement, illuminate and deepen your path in yoga, meditation, therapy or coaching. It can also support the integration psychedelic or other peak states, re-parent your inner child, activate your intuitive mind and ultimately, is a space to feel and welcome the full spectrum of your humanity and divinity in whatever form they emerge in the space. No experience needed. Come as you are. Remember all you can be.
Space is limited to 11 people. Register early to reserve your spot.
Heartspace: Restorative Yoga
with Evie O'Connor
Saturday, March 14, 3:30-5pm, $35
Heartspace: restorative yoga and guided meditation to land in the heart.
A gentle practice to rest in simple shapes, receive timeless teachings and soften the sharp edges. This therapeutic class weaves simple shapes with timeless teachings to awaken the subtle body and intuitive mind through the alchemy of presence, breath, and grounding touch. No experience needed; only a willingness to open your mind and heart. Wear something spacious and comfortable. Prepare to lay down, close your eyes to the outside world, and be guided on an intuitive journey to the realms within.
