regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

9:30-11:30am, practice
Learn to approach arm balances with fearlessness and “float” through your asana practice.  Discover what balancing on your hands really means and work every arm balance in the book with agility, and even experiment with new ones you’ve never seen before!

12-3pm, techniques
This workshop is geared for all levels; beginners will learn the foundations and technicalities of leaving the ground and advanced practitioners will explore new entries, exits and variations. Come with questions, a playful attitude, and thirst for flight!  Suggested reading: Hatha Yoga Asanas by Daniel Dituro and Ingrid Yang

3:15-5:30pm, teaching skills (500 hr trainees only)
Learn essential and innovative adjustments, cues and techniques to keep your students safe and empowered, as well as keep you practicing arm balances for life. Ingrid will teach you intuitive and thoughtful approaches to teaching arm balances as well as the sequences of coming into and out of these challenging poses. Bring a notebook and pen so you can get down all the juicy information!

regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

9:30-11:30am, practice
12-3pm, techniques
3:15-5:30pm, teaching skills (500 hr trainees only)

Sun, Mar 11

regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

9:30-11:30am, practice
Finding balance on the mat can be tricky. A lot of our balance practice can bring about a feeling of excitement, yet also a sense of fear of the unknown (like what might happen if we fall over!). In the morning practice, we will explore standing balancing and play with the root down to rise up concept. We will also spend time cultivating a deeper understanding of the core, where balancing resonates. The practice will be fun, playful and sweaty! Come prepared to work.

12-3pm, techniques
We will break down the balancing postures applying the root down to rise up concept. In order to rise, we must first find our roots - in the case of standing balancing poses, the feet. We will explore how being connected to the midline will improve our balancing postures. Also gain a deeper understanding of how muscle energy and organic energy (extension) play into balancing. We will explore the anatomy of the poses and also gain a better understanding of the application of dristi (gazing point) in balancing.

3:15-5:30pm, teaching skills (500hr trainees only)
Learn how to safely and effectively cue and refine standing balancing poses. Partner work with adjustments and teaching will also be included.

regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

9:30-11:30am, practice
Forward folds, while nurturing and calming, can also be very challenging if the hips, hamstrings and lower back are stiff. These poses bring great joy to some and great frustration to others. In the practice, we will explore how to make these poses accessible for all bodies, thus creating an opening into the back body and deeper understanding of the mechanics of forward folds.

12-3pm, techniques
Explore the anatomy and foundations of forward folds, standing and seated as well. We will dive deeper into how to make forward folds accessible for everyone, regardless of flexibility. Props will be used extensively with an emphasis on safety.

3:15-5:30pm, teaching skills (500 hr trainees only)
Learn how to make forward folds a comfortable and nurturing experience, even for the stiffest of students! We will explore how to use props to make these poses accessible for all bodies and also learn how to make these poses safer for overly-flexible students. Adjustment work will also be included.

Sat, Apr 28

regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

9:30-11:30am, practice
Find joy in hip opening.  We sit all day in our cars and at our desks, and such stagnation is often reflected in the tightness and discomfort in our hips.  Understanding the hip joint, and the surrounding musculature, is important to releasing negative emotions such as stress, anger, sadness, and the key to feeling joy and freedom in our physical and spiritual bodies.  Back pain? It could be your hips.  Understanding the hips is a crucial step to maintaining health and mobility throughout your life.

The day will begin with a 2-hour class exploring hip openers and stabilizers, starting with a warming vinyasa flow before we move into some deep hip openers. We will explore both internal and external rotation, as well as learn therapies specifically for hips, even among those with long-standing pathology.

12-3pm, techniques
Join Ingrid Yang, yoga expert and medical student with a mastery of anatomy and movement, for this amazing and exploratory workshop that will help you find peace and liberation in the body. The afternoon will include an in-depth study of the muscles of the hips and a break-down of how certain yoga postures can benefit the hips.

3:15-5:30pm, teaching skills (500 hr trainees only)
The day will end with teacher trainees practice teaching with their newly-acquired clinical knowledge of hip strengthening and opening.
Suggested reading: Hatha Yoga Asanas by Daniel Dituro and Ingrid Yang

Sat, May 13

regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

In our search for mastery of vinyasa flow and power yoga, we often forget to balance our practice and teaching with calming poses. Closing poses, restorative yoga and deep stretch is a critical aspect of our practice that balances the more obvious practices we typically seek in yoga. Restorative and deep stretch calm the nervous system and active the parasympathetic nervous system where we can truly relax and de-stress. Release tension and find optimal relaxation through a series of supported and deep-stretch poses that are held for several minutes. Open the body, quiet the mind and watch your tension disappear.

This workshop is appropriate for yoga students of all levels, as well as yoga teachers who want to learn how to integraterestorative and closing techniques into their own classes. With her medical background, Ingrid is specially qualified to teach this module as she has done in depth study on the calming nervous system and particularly enjoys teaching yoga for cancer therapy and therapeutic yoga.

9:30-11:30am, practice
12-3pm, techniques
3:15-5:30pm, teaching skills (500 hr trainees only)

Sat, Nov 3

regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

9:30-11:30am, practice
12-3pm, techniques
3:15-5:30pm, teaching skills (500 hr trainees only)