Potrero Hill

 

Take your personal practice and understanding of yoga and meditation deeper with Pete's Morning Intensives. The power of his series is that each class is designed and sequenced to build on previous classes. You will experience profound growth and meaningful connection of your mind, body and spirit. Or maybe you are looking for a quick, effective jump start to your practice that needs a bit of spark and inspiration. Either way, Pete’s mix of vinyasa and Forrest yoga, taught with heart and compassion, will make you sweat, smile and leave feeling restored and grounded.

 

 

*SCHEDULE

September 2019
28–29

October 2019
12–13 and 26–27

November 2019
9–10 and 23–24

December 2019
7–8 and 14–15

January 2020
11–12 and 25–26

February 2020
8–9; 22–23; Saturday, February 29

 

Sunday, March 1

 

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Yogarupa Rod Stryker returns to Yoga Tree to lead a ParaYoga weekend on "The Yoga of Awakening."

Throughout the weekend, Yogarupa will focus lectures and practices on the sacred scripture, The Yoga Taravali, which T. Krishnamacharya described as “one of the best poems on the message of yoga.” Written in the 8th century by the great sage, Shankara, the text outlines a systematic approach to scaling the heights of yoga practice. Hallmarks of that system—asana, bandha, pranayama, kriya, meditation, yoga nidra, transcendence—are all described. Through discourse and practices, Yogarupa will highlight parts of the text that lead to the final culmination of yoga.

 

Yoga can be a valuable tool to support birthing mothers and their partners in staying present, focused and relaxed through the intensity of birth and beyond. This workshop offers couples an opportunity to go deeper in their connection to each other, their babies and their own intuitive wisdom. Together you’ll learn how to confidently navigate all phases of labor with breath awareness, massage and partner poses. Furthermore, partners will learn skills for self-care and creating a safe and calm environment for birthing.

 

 

This workshop is the follow up to Part I of Nat's workshop on Developing a Personal Practice. Open only to those that were present for this first gathering. In Part II we'll discuss more about pranayama, the other 'limbs' of yoga and incorporating Bhakti into the daily rhythm that supports your practice. Please bring a journal, pen and mat. Be prepared for a light asana practice and recap on last weekend. 

 

 

Nat Kendall is a San Francisco-based yoga teacher, world music recording artist and devoted student of yoga. Nat shares his wisdom of the teachings in a heartfelt and grounded way that will easily awaken beginners and re-inspire long time practitioners. Instantly accessible and relevant to our modern times, the grace of Nat’s teachings pour through in tangible practices, tools, techniques and insights that are sure to enlighten your spiritual path and yogic journey.

Website: natkendall.com/
Instagram: @natkendallyoga
Facebook: @natkendallyoga

 

With online registration you are reserving one spot in the workshop. To reserve for additional students, please contact the studio where the workshop will be held.

 

 

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
—Albert Schweitzer

Practicing gratitude will guide you in exploring the powerful practice of mindful appreciation, and how such a practice can open you to a life of grace. In this workshop, we will use yoga as a mechanism to explore the transformative emotion of gratitude while utilizing deep hip releases to detoxify the mind-body of negative emotions. We will explore heart opening backbends to feel where joy and gratitude reside in our bodies. Recognizing all the gifts we have and being open to sharing those gifts with the people around us; our friends, family neighbors, the stranger on the street, is one of the obligations of our spiritual path.

At the end of this workshop, you will have a platform from which to explore this sense of gratitude in your daily life, helping you to connect into the abundance that is available to you in your relationships, and in the world.

Please bring:
o Yoga mat
o Hand towel
o Paper/journal and pencil

All levels are welcome; however, having sun salutation experience will be helpful (10 + classes). 1.5 hour asana practice + - 0.5 hours of journaling = 2 hours total.

 

Known for his joyful energy, skilled touch and sense of humor, Pete Guinosso creates a spiritual yet light-hearted environment for his students to discover the deeper benefits of Yoga. Pete’s ability to compassionately guide students of all levels through a vigorous asana practice makes his classes amongst the most dynamic in the Bay Area.

In addition to teaching classes, workshops and retreats, Pete mentors and leads teacher training programs and workshops. His intention in instructing teachers is to share the value of quality sequencing and hands-on adjustments so that new teachers can bring healing to their own communities. Having studied with Ana Forrest since 2003, and assisted her in her workshops and teacher trainings, Pete is passionate about helping teachers build trust in themselves and become their “wiser self,” the place from which he encourages them to teach. "Teach yoga: Light the path to the wisdom in your heart!"

 

Stephanie Guinosso discovered yoga following a knee injury playing college basketball in 1998. After pursuing traditional rehabilitation that did not lead to a full recovery, she tried yoga as a last resort. Yoga helped to break up the scar tissue, increase strength and flexibility, and ultimately heal the injury. She has been practicing yoga ever since! Trained as a Forrest Yoga Teacher in 2008 under Ana Forrest, Stephanie inspires students to develop an intuitive body awareness, work intelligently at their physical edges, and use the gifts of yoga to walk through life with a little more ease and a lot less struggle. She currently assists her husband, Pete Guinosso, on numerous local and international retreats. She also teaches yoga through Lemonade, a yoga program for young men in juvenile hall.


ALL WORKSHOPS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

 

Yogis! Tofurkeys! Lovers of giving and thanks! Join Yoga Tree's Mark Morford for a special 2-hour Thanksgiving Day Vinyasa yoga blast, drenched in sweat and gratitude, music and offering. Got family coming? Got giant meals to ingest? Got so much bounty in your life you can't fit it all in? Exactly. Come get happily emptied before you get beautifully stuffed.

 

 

 

As the light dissipates, our bodies are called to slow down, even as the world outside keeps moving in frenetic laps. During this week, drop into the body, mind, spirit to find spaces between effort and surrender, allowing our systems to release into its great integrative power.

 

Join Janet for a nourishing and introspective week and explore:

• Ways to replenish the nervous system

• Practices to move out of the fight or flight cyclical response and learn to nourish adrenals

• Slow and fluid sequences to cultivate sustainable power from the inside out

• Restorative postures that can be woven into your practice and teachings

• Meditation to refill mind, body, spirit

• Pranayama to balance hormone levels

• Chanting to awaken your hearts longing

• Teach from a space of integration and ease

• Subtle body teachings

o Koshas: layers of the subtle body

o 5 elements: aspects of moving from grounding to spaciousness

o Prana Vayus: the movement of prana/energy through the body

• Ways to integrate introspective movement into personal practice and teaching.

 

 

 

Janet Stone’s studentship began at 17 under a meditation teacher whose reverence for simplicity and finding joy in the rise and fall of life live on in her practice and teaching today. In 1996, she traveled to India, the birthplace of her grandfather, and became dedicated to the path of yoga. Janet blends the alchemy of her own practice with decades of studentship. Her teachings emanate from her own practice, allowing awareness to blend with movement and breath. Based in San Francisco, she leads trainings, immersions, retreats, workshops and more. For more information, visit:

 

 

With online registration you are reserving one spot in the workshop. To reserve for additional students, please contact the studio where the workshop will be held.

ALL WORKSHOPS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

**ENROLLMENT NOTE: Advance price purchases are not available on the Yoga Tree mobile app. Please visit yogatreesf.com or contact Yoga Tree Potrero at (415) 655-3936 to enroll at the advance price.

 

 

Additionally, these approaches will give you the opportunity to connect more deeply to yourself, your partner and your baby. We will also explore visualization and relaxation techniques that can further assist you during childbirth.

Please eat a light meal one hour before class and bring a snack.

This session is limited to 22 couples and sells out up to two months in advance; pre-registration is REQUIRED.

Prenatal Partners

 

 

 

We thrive with rest. In this fast-paced age where being busy, exhausted, overstimulated and stressed are the norm, the nurturing stillness of restorative yoga can be the remedy.

 

Surrender into comfortable, supported poses while you enjoy easy breath awareness and simple meditation techniques infused with soothing sonic interludes. This widely accessible practice resets the nervous system to restore health, vitality and ease within all levels of your being. Relieve the aches in your muscular body with this deep medicine. Expand your natural capacity to heal, sleep, digest, conceive, build immunities and show up in your life with a clear mind and open heart. Drop in and listen to your body’s wisdom.

 

Restorative Yoga is accessible to everyone, regardless of fitness level, age, ability or experience with yoga. This deep medicine can be incredibly useful for everyone, including pregnant women, new parents, people with anxiety, chronic illnesses, headaches and discomfort. All you need is the willingness to be still and present with yourself.

 

 

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With online registration, you are reserving one spot in the workshop. To reserve for additional students, please contact the studio where the workshop will be held.

ALL WORKSHOPS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

 

This practice will be geared towards cultivating the refuge in the body, just in time for the boisterousness of the holiday season. There will be discussion around the skill of maintaining the balance of the mind, a vinyasa practice followed by some restorative work, and a bit of time in stillness and silence.

All levels welcome!

 

Restorative yoga acts as a tonic for whatever ails us, bringing the body and mind into a state of deep relaxation where true healing can occur. In this deeply restful workshop we will utilize well placed bolsters, blankets, blocks, and other supportive props to provide restoration for tired bodies and busy minds.

Pure sound and vibration enables us to easily relax and let go, allowing us to drop into a deeper state of tranquility, stillness and peace. Cindy will use Acutonics Tuning Forks, Himalayan and Crystal bowls, and other Sound Healing instruments to deepen the effects of Restorative practice.

All levels welcome; no prior yoga experience required.