Yoga Workshops

Do you have trouble falling asleep, or toss and turn in the middle of the night? Do you wake up too early, or wake up feeling nearly as tired as you did the night before? You are not alone - millions of people struggle with falling and staying asleep.
You can improve the quality and quantity of your sleep in many ways. Releasing muscle tension, steadying the breath and slowing the mind are all calming to your nervous system, and help your body transition into a more restful state. Establishing routines such as easy breathing practices before bed or simple, refreshing movements buit into your day can help your body develop more consistent patterns of sleep and wakefulness, and help you get the rest you need. In this workshop we will explore hatha yoga routines that prepare the mind for deep rest, and ayurvedic practices that suport the body for nourishing sleep. These practices are straightforward and accessible, yet they affect your body's chemistry, shift your brain waves into more tranquil states, and encourage the natural production of hormones such as meletonin and serotonin, which regulate sleep patterns. And these practices can be specially tailored to fit your needs and you life.
We will begin with a group discussion examining the importance of sleep and outlining common behaviors that prevent restful sleep. Next, you will be taught short asana sequences and breath practices that can be practiced in the morning or before bed at night. Using these practices and the information presented, you will work with the instructor and other participants to design a plan for sleep-supporting habits (also know as "sleep hygiene") that will suit your individual needs.
This class is suitable for students of all levels of practice.

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Fatigue is a feeling of weariness, tiredness, or lack of energy. It can affect our overall sense of well-being and interfere with the desires we hold for ourselves or the things we want to achieve in our lives. Fatigue is an all too common symptom in our multi-tasking society, and is usually not due to a serious disease. However, it can point to sites of depletion in our lives – excessive physical exertion, emotional stress, boredom, or lack of sleep. Rather than treating fatigue as a phantom to be ignored, resented, doused with caffeine or pushed through, this workshop will help you finally unwind. Unwind the causes of fatigue, unwind the patterns of exhaustion, unwind the cycle of nervous tension and allow your body to rest and energize.
If you are used to running on stress, running on empty, or just running most of the time, you may start to feel as if you have two settings: on and off, go and crash. Eventually, those settings can start to blur into one – pushing through chronic fatigue. The problem is that there is a vital middle setting, alert rest, that is critical to your body’s ability to replenish and restore itself. Gentle and restorative yoga is the perfect way to find this middle ground. Slow movement and stretching help your body and brain settle into a quieter rhythm, and invite you to relax into a tranquil focus on just the here-and-now. Restorative poses allow your body to rest in supported postures that soothe your nervous system, aid digestion, ease stress and transfer you out of flight-or-flight mode while activating your natural ability to heal and replenish.
In this class, you will learn practice sequences that enhance rest and rejuvenation and add energy to your reserves. You will also learn practical strategies that you can use in your everyday life to prevent fatigue. You will leave feeling alert and refreshed, with resources and practices to help keep you that way!
This class is suitable for students of all levels of practice.

Of course you know that your immune system is what keeps you healthy. If your immune system is strong and working well, you will have energy to devote to everything else in your life. But if you find yourself chronically run down, or fending off repeated or lingering winter colds, then you are also aware of the way that weakened defenses drain energy. A lackluster immune system saps your vibrancy and over time could make you vulnerable to more serious illness.
Through yoga you can strengthen more than your muscles – you can strengthen your immune system and increase your overall vitality. Along with enhancing your overall health and decreasing stress, yoga is a potent support for your immune system because it can directly aid your lymphatic system. This system of ducts, nodes, organs and fluid runs parallel to your circulatory system, and acts as a general cleansing system, filtering toxins and bacteria out of your cells. It also carries immune cells to and from the lymph nodes, where an immune response is activated. The “swollen glands” in your throat when you are sick are your lymph nodes kicking into gear and sending out large numbers of white blood cells to fight infection. Unlike your circulatory system, your lymphatic system is not driven by your heartbeat. Instead, the flow of lymph and the cleansing of your tissues is caused by your own movements.
This class will focus on asana sequences that strengthen our defenses by targeting the lymphatic system to awaken the organs, nodes, and ducts of this super highway for our immune cells. These sequences act like a massage for your inner body, stimulating your internal organs, flushing out toxins and bathing your cells in nutrients. With our systems clear, we will learn practices of breathwork and short meditations to ignite our vitality and sharpen our minds. As the seasons change, this workshop is a much-needed spring tune-up.
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Children often enjoy making themselves dizzy and off-balance. But when unexpected, losing your balance can range from awkward, embarrassing and inconvenient to frightening and dangerous. As we age, the systems that help our body balance decline, and falls can become a significant risk. However, like most aspects of our health, our sense of balance can be strengthened and improved, leading to better functioning over time and in a moment of need. Yoga poses that challenge your balance in a number of different positions obviously improve your sense of balance. But this sense is also enhanced by yoga’s attention to form and alignment. The more you attune your proprioceptive awareness – the awareness of where your body is in space – the more your body will be able to move with grace, coordination and coherency.
This class will focus on standing poses, arm balances and simple flow sequences that will stimulate core strength and equilibrium responses. We will challenge our balance by working with sight, our reflexes, and by placing uneven surfaces beneath our feet. Exploring the transitions between yoga poses will help your mind organize your movements into 3D spatial relationships.
And we’ll have fun, playing with balance like children, so that you can leave standing tall and walking (or jumping or skiing or dancing) with confidence.
This class is appropriate for students of all levels of practice.

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