In-Person Workshops and Classes

Yoga postures are particularly good at stretching the backs of your legs.

 

This can help relieve low back and hip discomfort, and leave you feeling more grounded and steady.

 

If you are constantly plagued by tight hamstrings, this workshop will help you explore why and help you more in the direction of more ease.

 

Ideal for runners, cyclists, and even folks who spend a lot of time sitting.

 

No yoga experience is necessary. All bodies are welcome!

 

This workshops is eligible for 1.5 CEU's with Yoga Alliance for registered yoga teachers.

The philosophy of yoga unfolds in the stories of the gods and goddesses as five acts of Grace: creation, protection, destruction, concealment, and revelation.

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In this workshop, Tara will guide you into fully supported Restorative Yoga poses. While you rest your body deeply for 10-20 minutes in each pose, she will tell stories from the yoga tradition.

 

As you unwind your body’s tension, the stories invite your mind to consider how you are a co-participant in acts of Grace in your life. 

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You’ll leave with a satisfying renewal of your body and unique insights into your psyche.

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No experience needed - everyone is welcome. 

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2 CEU's available for yoga teachers registered with Yoga Alliance.

Our sense of hearing, also known as our auditory perception, has a surprising impact on our nervous system and our ability to down regulate and de-stress.

 

You'll learn why and experience the impact of sound on your ability to relax in this 2-hour workshop with Melody and Tara. 

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First Melody will lead you through a nurturing Yin Yoga practice for the joints, ligaments, and fascia of your hips, low back, and spine accompanied by a series of soothing and inspirational meditations.

 

During the Restorative Yoga portion of the class, Tara will help prop your body for comfort and deep rest while Melody plays sweet, calming music on the guitar. 

 

We suspect that you will leave feeling profoundly relaxed and refreshed with a new appreciation for the connection between sound and rest. 

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No yoga experience necessary. Everyone is welcome!

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Starting on the banks of the Ganges all the way to your sticky mat today, yoga concepts and practice have evolved as a long and rich tradition. Part history lesson, part philosophical inquiry, this workshop begins with a bird's eye view of the yoga history timeline and an introduction to philosophies of India that have the most influence on yoga today. 

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You'll learn about the four main pillars of yoga (ethics and duty, action and consequence, cycles, and freedom), the nature of our soul, the goal of yoga practice and more. Tara's dynamic lecture style in this workshop makes complicated ideas and writings accessible and relevant to you and your yoga practice. The only prerequisite is curiosity. Come till the soil at the ground of yoga to grow the seeds of your own practice!

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The material in this workshop is suitable for curious yoga practitioners, aspiring and current yoga teachers. No previous study or familiarity with yoga texts is required.

Expect mostly lecture/presentation with time for reflection and discussion, along with a comprehensive handout and a recommended reading list for further study. We will not be practicing any asana.

4 CEUs with Yoga Alliance are available for registered yoga teachers.

Tara and Machelle will co-lead a full-body, gentle yoga practice to untangle tension in the body and the mind.  Machelle will then guide you through a nurturing Yin Yoga practice designed for the support of the joints, ligaments, and fascia of the shoulders, low back, sacrum and spine while reading mediative texts to soothe your soul.  

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After a break, Tara will guide you in winding down even more through a series of propped Restorative Yoga poses. With calming music and very little talking, Restorative Yoga consists of doing less in order to receive more. The practice soothes the nervous system, quiets the mind, and releases deeply held tension within the body in a completely passive way.

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The combination Gentle Yoga, Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga will move progressively into a profoundly relaxing afternoon to remember the gift of who you are a little more clearly!  

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After our long afternoon practice, we will hold an optional POTLUCK at the studio from 5:30-8:00pm for some time to talk, laugh, and foster communication connection.

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It can be easy to dismiss shavasana as that easy pose at the end of class where you just lie down on the floor. You can even be tempted to skip it altogether. However, shavasana is the most essential pose for teaching you how to access the feelings of ease you find on the mat in your busy and often stressful life off the mat.

 

The fullest expression of shavasana requires relaxing your body and quieting your mind in a very complete and profound way.

 

Learn the theory of Restorative Yoga, stories from the tradition about shavasana, and some practical ways to support your body.

 

If you love shavasana, you'll love it even more after this. If you loathe shavasana, this class might change your mind!

 

Open to everyone and no previous yoga experience is needed.

 

Eligible for 3 CEUs with Yoga Alliance.

Tara and Machelle will co-lead a full-body, gentle yoga practice to untangle tension in the body and the mind. Machelle will then guide you through a nurturing Yin Yoga practice designed for the support of the joints, ligaments, and fascia of the shoulders, low back, sacrum and spine while reading mediative texts to soothe your soul.  

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After a break, Tara will guide you in winding down even more through a series of propped Restorative Yoga poses. With calming music and very little talking, Restorative Yoga consists of doing less in order to receive more. The practice soothes the nervous system, quiets the mind, and releases deeply held tension within the body in a completely passive way.

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The combination Gentle Yoga, Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga will move you progressively into a profoundly relaxing afternoon.

 

Join us to remember the gift of who you are a little more clearly!  ​

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Pranayama - the breath practices of yoga - is one of the most deeply powerful but underused and misinterpreted set of yoga tools.

 

In this workshop we'll explore four foundational breath techniques and learn how and why they work to shift energy in the body and mind.

 

Pranayama and meditation are natural companions so you'll feel and practice how breathwork leads us into an accessible and effective approach to meditation.

 

This workshop also includes some asanas to prepare you to sit comfortably.

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All levels are welcome; from experienced breath practitioners to beginners, everyone will learn something useful here.

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1.5 CEU's available for Yoga Teachers registered with Yoga Alliance.

This workshop is devoted to the exploration of the connections between your upper back, shoulders, and neck.

 

You'll discover the ways your shoulder blades move well and other ways they don't move much at all. This will help you understand how weakness or lack of mobility in these movements could be contributing to your neck, shoulder, and back pain.

 

Using simple strength building exercises coupled with yoga posture work to increase flexibility, you will develop your own plan to un-hunch.

 

This workshop is perfect for you if you are:

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• Experiencing discomfort in neck and shoulders in daily life or on the yoga mat and want to feel better.
   

• Recovering from a shoulder injury and trying to ease back into yoga practice.
   

• Interested in learning more about shoulder anatomy and movement.

There’s a saying that the hips govern all of our movements and our emotions.

 

If you feel tight and stiff physically or emotionally as we head into the shorter days and cold weather of winter, this workshop is for you.

 

We will take a gentle, supported approach to thawing out your hips in a practice mostly done reclining, with exercises and yoga poses to gently stretch and sweetly strengthen all sides of your hips.

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We’ll end in a fully supported Restorative Yoga pose.

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All levels welcome. No yoga experience necessary.

At this time of the year, the natural world is calling us to wind down in the direction of winter but the demands of life in this season don't allow much time to rest and reflect.

 

This two-hour min-retreat is the perfect opportunity for you to pause from the doing, settle in, and get the nourishing rest your body is craving.

 

Instead of asking your body and mind to do more, this practice will soothe your nervous system, quiet your mind, and help you release deeply held tension.

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All of the props are skillfully arranged before you arrive so you simply show up and rest deeply.

Some of our deepest experiences of yoga happen when we have the opportunity to rest with support, awareness, and intention. Restorative Yoga is more than just adult nap time or an occasional indulgence.

 

This immersive program will help you understand the profound impact of Restorative Yoga as a practitioner and/or a yoga teacher.

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In this two-day program, we will explore:

• The benefits, applications, and energetics of Restorative Yoga

• Detailed alignment and propping instruction of Restorative Yoga postures -when/how to use props

• How to address injuries and limitations during Restorative Yoga practice

• Ways to identify physical and energetic misalignment in Restorative Yoga poses - skills for physical and verbal adjustments during Restorative Yoga practice

• The benefits of compassion cultivation and its relationship to Restorative Yoga

• How to lead Restorative Yoga practices in a variety of settings to a wide range of students

 

Yoga teachers who complete both days will be eligible for 12 continuing education hours with Yoga Alliance.