iRest® Yoga Nidra at The Yoga Tree

About ​iRest® Yoga Nidra Meditation

Developed over 30 years by Richard Miller PhD, iRest®Yoga Nidra meditation supports psychological, physical and spiritual health, healing and awakening.

HOW IT WORKS
iRest is an accessible meditation protocol that is integrative, as it heals unresolved issues and traumas, and restorative, as it aids practitioners in recognizing the underlying peace of mind that is always present amidst all changing circumstances in life.

Due to its effectiveness and ease of use, iRest has proven to effectively support the healing process across a broad range of populations, including those with PTSD, chronic pain, sleep issues, high stress, depression, and anxiety.
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Ongoing iRest Classes at The Yoga Tree

iRest Yoga Nidra with Jennifer Cabanero
Tuesdays, 10-11:15 am via Zoom
Wednesdays, 6:00-7:15 pm via Zoom
Use your class pass or drop-in for $10

Friday Night Yoga Nidra with Jennifer Cabanero
Monthly, 6:00-8:00 pm via Zoom, $25
check back for 2021 dates!


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Morning Meditation (mini-iRest) with Susanne Hutchinson
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9:00-9:30 am via Zoom
​Free

iRest Fundamentals with Susanne Hutchinson
8 week ongoing series
Mondays, 6:00-7:15 pm via Zoom
$75 for the series, or drop-in to a single session for $12
​Begins Jan. 4 (Read more below)
2021 Dates: January 4-February 22
​                    March 8-April 26

iRest® Fundamentals: 8 week series
with Susanne Hutchinson
Mondays, 6:00-7:15 pm, beginning January 4
 online via ZOOM!
​$75 for the series, or drop-in for $12

Register

Mondays, 6:00-7:15 pm, via Zoom, beginning January 4
$75 for the series, or drop in to any single session for $12. You can also use your class pass for any single session. 
Preregistration required. You will receive a Zoom link in your email roughly one hour before class begins.

Whether you are brand new to iRest Yoga Nidra, or have been taking classes but are wanting to spend a bit more time exploring the fundamental aspects of the protocol, this Fundamentals Series is for you. 

Each week, Susanne will guide you through an in-depth exploration of a different step of the iRest protocol. Class will consist of some lecture, discussion, and a guided practice. 

This series can serve as a great place to begin before taking one of Jennifer’s Thursday advanced series, or as a supplement to the weekly drop-in classes. 

Week 1 - Inner Resource - Discovering our felt sense of security and well-being - Jan. 4
Week 2 - Intention and Heartfelt Desire - Laying the foundation of Sankalpa: making commitments that support our heart’s longing - Jan. 11
Week 3 - Body sensation - Sensing and welcoming the body as sensation - Jan. 18
Week 4 - Breath sensing - Experiencing the breath as a flow of energy that moves through the body - Jan. 25
Week 5 - Feelings and emotions - Understanding the difference between feelings and emotions, and experiencing them as messengers - Feb. 1
Week 6 - Cognitions - Experiencing thoughts, beliefs, images and memories - Feb. 8
Week 7 - Joy and Well-being - Welcoming joy independent of objects or circumstance - Feb. 15
Week 8 - Sahaj and integration - Realizing our Essential Nature, and Everything Just as it is - Feb. 22

This series will run continuously, every 8 weeks. So if you miss one week, no worries! You can catch it the next time around, or drop in to any single session that you want to spend more time exploring.

Special Series, Trainings, Immersions and Retreats

Special Topic iRest Series with Jennifer Cabanero
Tuesdays, 6:00-7:15 pm via Zoom
See schedule for more information - next series begins January 5!

Winter Retreat with Jennifer and Susanne
February 5-7
Read more below!

Special Offering from Guest Senior iRest Teacher Anne Douglas
April 9-11
The Feminine Face of Yoga - Read more below

iRest Yoga Nidra Level 1 Training with Jennifer Cabanero
Check back for 2021 dates
Read more below

iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Immersion with Jennifer Cabanero
Check back for 2021 dates!

iRest Yoga Nidra Silent Meditation Retreat with Jennifer Cabanero
June 25-27, 2021 on Whidbey Island
Read more below
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Coming Home to Yourself:
An In-Home Winter Retreat
with Jennifer Cabanero and Susanne Hutchinson
February 5-7
online via ZOOM! 
Join Jennifer and Susanne for a cozy retreat from the comfort of your home!

register

Join Jennifer and Susanne for a cozy retreat from the comfort of your home.
February 5-7 via Zoom, preregistration required. You will receive your Zoom link in your email the morning of February 5.

Friday, February 5, 6:30-8:30 pm
Saturday, February 6, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, 2:00-4:00 pm
Sunday, February 7, 9:00 am-12:00 noon
All times Pacific
$300 for the weekend

Jennifer and Susanne come together to bring you a cozy weekend of gentle, restorative practices designed to help you realize your inner peace that is always present no matter the changing circumstances. It’s a weekend of coming home to yourself. Jennifer and Susanne will guide you through gentle movement, pranayama, and iRest® Yoga Nidra Meditation. There will also be journaling prompts for self-reflection.
Our focus will be approaching our yoga practice and ourselves with love and compassion. Participants will enjoy a total of 10 hours of formal instruction, with plenty of breaks for contemplation and reflection. This is your time for self-care, relaxation, and renewal.
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Appropriate for all levels. No experience with yoga or meditation necessary.

The Feminine Face of Yoga
​with Anne Douglas
April 9-11
 Online via ZOOM!
​$225 Early Bird through March 26
​$250 after March 26

Register

April 9-11 with Anne Douglas
Online via Zoom! (and hopefully in person too!)
$225 Early Bird through March 26
$250 after March 26
 
Friday, 6:30-8:30 pm Pacific
Saturday, 1:00-4:00 pm Pacific
Sunday, 1:00-4:00 pm Pacific
 
The Classical teachings of Yoga arose in a time of patriarchal rule, with a masculine perspective for a male audience. Presently there are over 40 million practitioners in North America, yet most are women. How does this powerful gender shift in the users and teachers of yoga impact the evolution and flowering of the practice?
 
The Feminine Face of Yoga embraces the corporeal experiences of emotion, gut intuition, sensuality, embodiment and connection with nature, while building on the masculine yogic path of renunciation and transcendence as a path to Freedom. This integrated view could provide answers to global environmental and political crises.
 
Join us this weekend to explore the feminine principle at the heart of the Yogic Teachings. All genders welcome. 
 

• Explore the pre-historical, feminine roots of Yoga and review the foundational masculine philosophies.
• Experience expressions of the feminine from yogic texts including the Vijnanabhairava, the Spandakarika and the Pratyabijnahrydayam, and the practices of Tandava, Rasa Yoga, iRest® Yoga Nidra, & Shakti Pranayama.
• Build a conscious vision for the future, embracing both the feminine and masculine.

 
Anne Douglas has been offering yoga and meditation classes, workshops, retreats, trainings and private yoga therapy for over 30 years. She is the creator of the iRest Daily - 14 Day Meditation Program, has over 3.5 million listeners to her meditations on the Simple Habit app and is the past Director of Trainers for the iRest Institute. Anne’s boundless enthusiasm, depth of wisdom and gentle humour create fertile ground for inspired learning.

About our iRest Teachers

Read more about Jennifer Cabanero          Read more about Susanne Hutchinson

iRest® Yoga Nidra Silent Retreat
with Jennifer Cabanero
June 25-27, 2021 
 Aldermarsh Retreat Center on Whidbey Island
​$600 by June 4/$625 after June 4

Register

PLANNING AHEAD FOR SUMMER 2021!!!!!!
With Jennifer Cabanero 
June 25-27, 2021
$600 by June 4/$625 after June 4*
  
Aldermarsh Retreat Center on Whidbey Island
6436 Maxwelton Rd.
Clinton, WA 98236
 
*Price includes shared lodging and delicious, vegetarian meals. No refunds after June 11. Refunds prior to June 11 are subject to a $50 administrative fee.
  
Silent retreat is a chance to connect with ourselves at a deeper level. With fewer distractions we become tuned in to our inner life, our hopes, and our dreams. We also become aware of the beliefs that we have about ourselves and the world around us.
With time, as the stream of thoughts begin to slow down, we experience mini-moments of true calm and peace. In this way, silent retreat can yield fresh perspective, and bring clarity to our state of mind. Coming out of silence, there is often a renewed sense of gratitude for ourselves and for life just as it is.

The ancient non-dual teachings behind iRest Yoga Nidra help us to reconnect with our essential nature; the part of ourselves that is grounded, whole and unchanging no matter what occurs in our lives. Retreat is a precious time that we can set aside to dedicate our selves to nourishing our inherent wholeness.

This retreat offers the perfect combination of guided iRest meditation, body-sensing movement, breath-sensing, sitting, walking, and co-meditation. It is through practicing meditation in movement, stillness, and with others that we experience first hand how these teachings come alive for us as a practice of life.

This retreat is open to students of all levels who wish to sample the fullness iRest offers for health, healing, and wholeness of being. Come prepared to explore stillness, movement, laughter, and delight.

​iRest® Yoga Nidra L 1 Training 

with Senior iRest Trainer Jennifer Cabanero
check back for 2021 dates

In this Level 1 training, you will learn:

• The core principles and practice of iRest® meditation.
• How to use iRest for your personal practice.
• How to teach and deliver iRest simply yet effectively in group and individual settings.

Following the Level 1 Training, you will:

• Join a global community of teachers teaching iRest in yoga studios, sleep clinics, rehabilitation and healthcare facilities, hospice, prisons, universities, schools, as well as in private practice.
• Be able to list yourself on the IRI website as a Level 1 Teacher.
• Be able to access our “Teacher Resources” and our “Teachers Community Network” for further personal and professional support.
• Be recommended by IRI to people seeking iRest teachers in their local area. ​