Yoga and Movement Workshops
To Register: click on workshop title below. You will be taken to a chronological list of all series classes and workshops. On that page, click on the Workshop Tab at the top of the page; then scroll to the appropriate event to enroll.
Yoga Nidra with Sara Shelley
Friday, 5/18/2012; 7:00 PM-8:15 PM; Saffron Studio
In our over-stimulated world, many of us live chronically exhausted. Yoga Nidra is a systematic way to obtain complete relaxation that rejuvenates adn restores body, mind and spirit. Using guided imagery, body scanning and breath work, students are led into a deep physical relaxation, allowing the mind to release tension and stress. It leaves you feeling completely relaxed and rested and at peace with a more positive outlook than before.
Yoga for Runners with Lizzie Hubbard
Saturday, 5/19/2012; 2:00 PM-4:00 PM; Saffron Studio
Come explore how yoga can enhance your running performance and enjoyment! Yoga can help you open your hips and hamstrings (and heart!), strengthen your core, heal chronic injuries, and cultivate greater calm, focus, and willpower. You’ll learn: -How to use yoga as effective cross-training to build flexibility, endurance, and core-strength. -Post-run routines to alleviate soreness and enhance recovery -Yoga-therapeutics to rehabilitate and prevent common running injuries. Great for runners new to yoga, yogis new to running, and experienced yogi-runners who want to deepen their understanding of how these two practices can complement one another. $20
More Yin Yoga with Rick Kowalewski
Saturday, 5/26/2012; 3:00 PM-5:00 PM; Saffron Studio
A workshop to complement the more active yoga or other fitness practices. This workshop will help to open new flexibility in the joints and connective tissue giving a feeling of ease and lightness in the body. Our practice will use softer sustained holds to allow time for the muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia to release, for energy to flow more freely and for the mind to calm. The workshop is accessible to all body types and levels of experience. Various yoga props will be used to help everyone work comfortably in the poses. Some time will also be given to breathwork and meditation. $20
Girls Nite Out: Green and Serene with Leslie Edsall
Friday, 6/1/2012; 7:00 PM-9:00 PM; Saffron Studio
This workshop blends smoothies and partner yoga to energize and enhance our bodies and friendships. We will start with an hour of partner yoga – working together, deepening your relationship and having fun. The fun continues as you learn to create delicious green smoothies reported to boost energy and improve digestion, among other benefits. Make and taste test several flavor combinations. Recipes will be provided. Leslie Edsall is a certified health education specialist, nutrition and holistic health coach and RYT 200. No yoga experience necessary. Fee: $30/person
Yoga Nidra with Sara Shelley
Friday, 6/8/2012; 7:00 PM-8:15 PM; Saffron Studio
In our over-stimulated world, many of us live chronically exhausted. Yoga Nidra is a systematic way to obtain complete relaxation that rejuvenates and restores body, mind and spirit. Using guided imagery, body scanning and breath work, students are led into a deep physical relaxation, allowing the mind to release tension and stress. It leaves you feeling completely relaxed and rested and at peace with a more positive outlook than before. No experience necessary. Fee: $25
Yoga for Dudes with Lizzie Hubbard
Saturday, 6/16/2012; 2:00 PM-4:00 PM; Saffron Studio
Tired of being the only guy in your yoga class? Or maybe you’ve been wanting to try yoga, but you’re haunted by media images of skinny women in spandex twisting themselves into pretzels. Maybe you’d just like to finally get your hands to the floor in Uttanasana (standing forward fold). Either way–this workshop is for you! In honor of Father’s Day, come gather with like-minded guys for an afternoon of yoga practice tailored specifically to men’s bodies. Learn how to build a practice that capitalizes on your strengths, incorporates appropriate modifications for your body, and gradually and safely works to open stiff spots. Beginners welcome!
Friday Night Restoratives with Carrie Ganz
Friday, 6/29/2012; 7:30 PM-9:00 PM; Saffron Studio
Release the week’s stresses and start your weekend feeling refreshed and well-rested! Relax, renew and restore with cool and calming restorative yoga. We start with some slow, gentle movements and then settle into the use of blankets, bolsters, straps, and other props to safely support the body in various postures allowing the body to move towards a state of release and balance. All levels welcome; no yoga experience necessary. Fee: $20/class.
Wellness Workshops
To Register: click on workshop title below. You will be taken to a chronological list of all series classes and workshops. On that page, click on the Workshop Tab at the top of the page; then scroll to the appropriate event to enroll.
Fire Element Workshop with Susan Dykeman and Rebecca Snyder
Friday 6/22/2012 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Join us for Summer music, food, poetry, movement and learn how the gifts of joy, partnership, and connection to the playful child within can offer you a great excuse to party! Please wear something red, the color of FIRE and bring a CLEAN joke to share! $15 Registration Fee
