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Lighting the Path: Morning Yoga Intensives (September 2019–March 2020)
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Pete Guinosso
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. All students of yoga are welcome to participate; you do not have to be a teacher or teacher trainee to attend. If you are already a certified yoga teacher Pete’s Intensives will refresh your personal practice and revitalize and enhance your teaching skills.Intermediate level students and above.
These intensives are part of Pete’s 200-hour Lighting the Path Teacher Training and open to non-trainees. They qualify for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credit hours.
Lighting the Path
Morning Yoga Intensives
Pete Guinosso
September 28, 2019–March 1, 2020
Saturdays & Sundays | 7-9 am (see schedule below)* 2807 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 486-1989
$25 per session
8 Morning Intensive Class Pass: $160 ($20/session)
24 Morning Intensive Class Pass: $360 ($15/session)
25% off drop-in rate for Pete G LTP Teacher Training graduates, with proper credentials. Please contact a Yoga Tree studio to register for this special rate. *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 March 2020 Sunday, March 1
Pete Guinosso (E-RYT 500) helps students connect with their hearts. His gentle guidance and intuitive assists allow students of all levels to step out of their comfort zones and find their own authentic path in the practice. His passion to guide students into their role as skilled, authentic yoga teachers led him to create his signature Lighting the Path teacher training. Pete tours internationally for workshops, festivals, trainings and retreats and has been a featured presenter at Wanderlust, Bhaktifest, Asia Yoga Conference, Yoga Alliance and Yoga Journal. For more about Pete and his community, visit petegyoga.com.
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.
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Telegraph, CA
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Sep 28, 2019 - Mar 1, 2020
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The Yoga of Awakening
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Rod Stryker
 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. Each day will build on the next in order to elevate your practice and understanding of the science of yoga and tantra. Practices are designed to enliven your connection to prana (life force). Dharma talks will help transform how you see the terrain of practice, yourself and your life. Each session will weave practices together that illumine the terrain of understanding how to see your practice, self, and capacity in the world from the exalted seat of these teachings. All levels welcome. Saturday, November 23 The Prana of Yoga that Leads to the Heart Sunday, November 24 Awakening to Self Both days include: o Asana o Pranayama o Meditation o Dharma Talks o Q&A
This course qualifies for credit in the Yoga Tree Continuing Education Program. ParaYoga is pleased to offer a scholarship for this weekend immersion through the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance whose mission is to support the educational and professional development of black yoga teachers, establish a standard of excellence and elevate the presence of black yoga teachers in the world. Please email kerry@parayoga.com to request an application: the deadline for submissions is September 1, 2019. The Yoga of AwakeningRod StrykerNovember 23-24, 20199:30 am-5 pm*
$295 Full Weekend | $165 Saturday or Sunday**Yoga Tree Teacher Training Center, 175 De Haro St.(415) 655-3936
*There will be a lunch break each day 12:30-2:30 pm.
**Full weekend attendance strongly suggested. Priority will be given to those registering for the full weekend. Registration for Saturday or Sunday drop-ins will open approximately 6-8 weeks prior. To be placed on a list to be notified when drop-in registration opens, please fill out this brief form. Yogarupa Rod Stryker is a world-renowned yoga and meditation teacher, guiding and sharing his wisdom for 40 years. He is the founder of ParaYoga®, the author of The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom. He is the creator of the most comprehensive online yoga teacher training in the world and most recently, the app Sanctuary, a premier destination for all levels of those wanting to experience the life-changing practices of meditation and yoga nidra, also known as Enlightened Sleep. Rod has dedicated his life to improving lives through his lectures, writing, practice, teaching, leadership, service and family life. Rod shares the gifts of his practice, discipleship and life with a wide spectrum of audiences: from those wanting practical ways to improve their wellbeing to individuals and corporations seeking to apply time-tested methods to successfully meet the ever-changing demands of modern life. A living link to a venerable lineage of sages and teachers, Rod is distinguished for his ability to make ancient wisdom and practices accessible to modern audiences. A thought-leader for how best to live with meaning, creativity, responsibility and freedom, he guides experienced students and teachers of yoga and meditation seeking to deepen and share their understanding of the ancient wisdom and timeless practices.
Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
All workshops are non-refundable.
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Potrero, CA
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Nov 23 - 24, 2019
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Prenatal Partner Yoga + Massage: Conscious Connection for Birth and Beyond
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Britt Fohrman
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 course qualifies for credit in the Yoga Tree Continuing Education Program. Prenatal Partner Yoga + Massage
Conscious Connection for Birth and Beyond
Britt Fohrman
Various dates
1:15-4:15 pm
$90 per couple (per session)
Yoga Tree Valencia, 1234 Valencia St. (415) 647-9707 Britt Fohrman creates a healing, loving, and supportive environment for people in all stages of the childbearing years, in her work as a yoga teacher, birth educator, photographer, and birth doula. She is passionate about helping pregnant people consciously prepare for birth and parenting through yoga, deep relaxation, self-awareness, and compassion. Though she’s studied with many leaders in her field, she finds that her most profound education has come from witnessing the power of over 500 families giving birth. 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.
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Valencia St, CA
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Bringing Yoga Home Part II
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Nat Kendall
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.
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Hayes, CA
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Thanksgiving with Charu!
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Charu Rachlis
 This is an awesome opportunity to get together in community for practicing meditation/asanas and to celebrate our lives, our bodies and all that life give to us daily. Charu will guide us into the heart with her special meditation, setting up the tone for an amazing day. Bring your friends, your family and let’s open to more and more LOVE. Space is limited. Advance registration highly recommended.
Thanksgiving with Charu! Charu Rachlis November 28 Thursday | 9-11 am
$35
Yoga Tree Stanyan, 780 Stanyan St
(415) 387-4707
Charu Rachlis was born and raised in Brazil and has been teaching yoga in San Francisco since 1997. She teaches in a Bhakti lineage. She has over a 20-year history of Tibetan Buddhist meditation. Her teachings incorporates Meditation, Kum Nye (Tibetan Yoga), Asthanga Yoga and a MA in Psychology from Brazil. Charu honors the profound teachings of BKS Iyengar. yoginicharu.com
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.
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Stanyan, CA
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Thanksgiving Day Yoga
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Pete & Stephanie Guinosso
 "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.
Thanksgiving Day Yoga
Pete + Stephanie Guinosso
November 28
8-10 am | Thursday $30 | $25 with non-perishable food donation to Alameda County Community Food Bank.*
Yoga Tree Telegraph, 2807 Telegraph St., Berkeley
(510) 486-1989 *For attendees who opt to purchase the food donation pricing product online, the Alameda County Community Food Bank Bin will be located at Yoga Tree Telegraph for food donations. Please donate what you can. 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. 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.
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Telegraph, CA
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120 Minutes of Gratitude
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Mark Morford
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. 120 Minutes of Gratitude: Thanksgiving Day Mark Morford November 28 Thursday | 9–11 am $35* Yoga Tree Castro, 97 Collingwood St (415) 701-9642 Mark Morford (ERYT-500) has been leading fiery, heart-provoking Vinyasa classes, workshops, and retreats in San Francisco since 1999. He’s also an award-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate, a contributing writer for numerous publications (HuffPo, Yoga Journal, The Sun, Sex+Design, many more), and author of The Daring Spectacle: Adventures in Deviant Journalism. He created the Everyday Sorcery for Urban Mystics (ESUM) and Yoga for Writers (Y4W) programs for inspired yogis, as well as the Mark Morford's Apothecary iOS app, and leads classes, immersions, and retreats in various warm parts of the world. Mark’s yoga is a deeply devoted, irreverent fusion of Tantra-infused awareness and strength-building movement frequently set to fantastic music, all designed to invigorate the body, guide the frenzied urban mind toward samadhi and burn off toxic text messages and reckless illusions. 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.
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Castro, CA
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Nourish: Slow Flow/RESTorative Training
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Janet Stone
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. Training Option
Teachers receive 35 hours of Yoga Alliance Continuing Education credit (27.5 contact hours and 7.5 hours of credit from assigned self-study). This training also qualifies for credit towards the Janet Stone Yoga or Yoga Tree 500-hour and 1000-hour teacher training programs.
Nourish
Slow Flow/RESTorative Training
Janet Stone
December 2-6
Mon-Fri | 7 am-12:30pm*
Yoga Tree Teacher Training Center, 175 De Haro St. (415) 655-3936 $408 | $308 by November 18** $208 JSY and Yoga Tree teacher trainees* *JSY and YT trainees: Please contact any Yoga Tree studio to enroll. 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.
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Potrero, CA
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Dec 2 - 6, 2019
TUE, WED, THU, FRI, MON
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Prenatal Partners
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Jane Austin
Yoga is an excellent way to prepare the mind, body and spirit for the many transitions of pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood. In this workshop, you will learn techniques for breath awareness, partner poses and massage, which can help strengthen and relax your body, and sooth your mind during the birth process.
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
Jane Austin Various dates $95 per couple Jane Austin has worked with pregnant women and their families since 1990. She is a certified yoga teacher and trainer. Jane is the founder and director of Mama Tree, a prenatal yoga school dedicated to educating yoga teachers, doulas and midwives on how to use the tools of yoga to support pregnant women and new moms in all stages of the childbearing year and beyond. She weaves her experience as a midwife, doula, childbirth educator and mother into her work.
janeaustinyoga.com
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Valencia St, CA
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Deep Release: Restorative Yoga for Body, Heart and Mind
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Britt Fohrman
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. Please bring your own eye pillow. If you'd like an eye pillow, you may purchase one in our studio retail boutique.
This course qualifies for credit in the Yoga Tree Continuing Education Program.
Deep Release
Restorative Yoga for Body, Heart and Mind
November 17 • December 8
1-4:15 pm
$50 per session
Yoga Tree Valencia, 1234 Valencia St.
(415) 647-9707 Britt Fohrman is devoted to creating a relaxing, welcoming and therapeutic atmosphere for yogis in all life stages. She encourages her students to approach yoga as a way of life, infused with lovingkindness and respect for the body's innate wisdom. Her creative style of teaching emphasizes alignment, sequencing, breath and inner awareness, while her approach is imbued with warmth, levity, and realness. Since 1993, Britt has studied Iyengar, Restorative, Therapeutic and Laughter Yoga, interwoven with influences of Viniyoga and Vipassana (Buddhist Insight) Meditation.
brittfohrman.com. 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.
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Valencia St, CA
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Cultivating Composure
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Jason Bowman
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!
Cultivating Composure
Jason Bowman
December 8
Sunday | 1-4 pm
$50
Yoga Tree Potrero, 1500 16th St., 2nd Fl. (415) 655-3936
Jason Bowman leads teacher trainings, retreats, and guest lecture series both around the US and internationally and is strongly influenced by years of Ashtanga Yoga and Vipassana Meditation practice. 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.
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Potrero, CA
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Yoga Lounge: Restorative Yoga with Sound Healing & Acutonics
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Estee Fletter + Cindy Meiri
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.
Please bring your own eye pillow. If you'd like an eye pillow, you may purchase one in our studio retail boutique.This course qualifies for credit in the Yoga Tree Continuing Education Program.
Yoga Lounge
Restorative Yoga with Sound Healing & Acutonics Estee Fletter & Cindy Meiri Saturday | 1:15-4:15pm December 14 Valencia, 1234 Valencia St. (415) 647-9707 $50 per event
Estee Fletter, eRYT 500, is a compassionate and inspired yoga teacher based in San Francisco. Since discovering Hatha Yoga in 1999, Estee has completed multiple teaching certification programs in Vinyasa, Ayurveda, and Restorative Yoga. Estee is known for the rich and soothing qualities of her voice, her detailed instructions, nurturing hands-on assists, and warm nature. Estee's grounded and motivating energy provides all levels of practitioners the opportunity to find balance while exploring their own unique possibilities.
Cindy Meiri is a Certified Massage Therapist and Acutonics practitioner with 25 years of experience. Her areas of specialty include shiatsu, Reiki, chakra balancing and Sound Healing. Cindy is also a Certified Advanced Amrit Method Yoga Nidra facilitator, studying and practicing meditation for over 30 years. Sound healing is often incorporated into Cindy's bodywork and Yoga Nidra sessions, with the use of ancient Himalayan bowls, alchemy crystal bowls, Tibetan bells, Acutonics tuning forks and planetary gongs. Her work aims to help each person communicate deeply with their body and their being, facilitating vibrant health and wholeness on all levels.
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.
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Valencia St, CA
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