Workshops and Retreats

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 iRest® Fundamentals:
​A 6 week series
with Susanne Hutchinson
Mondays, April 14-May 19 
6:00-7:15 pm Pacific on Zoom
$90 for the Series or drop in to any single session for $16

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Mondays, April 14-May 19
​6:00-7:15 pm Pacific, Online via Zoom
$90 for the series, or drop in to any single session for $16. You can also use your class pass for any single session.
Preregistration required. You will receive a Zoom link in your email prior to the start of class.
​CEU's for Yoga Alliance available!

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 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 - April 14
Week 2 - Intention and Heartfelt Desire - Laying the foundation of Sankalpa: making commitments that support our heart’s longing - April 21
Week 3 - Body sensation - Sensing and welcoming the body as sensation - April 28
Week 4 - Breath sensing - Experiencing the breath as a flow of energy that moves through the body - May 5
Week 5 - Meeting thoughts and emotions - May 12
Week 6 - Joy and Well-being - Welcoming joy independent of objects or circumstance, and Realizing our Essential Nature - May 19

This series will run continuously, every 6 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. 
​Next series will run on Tuesdays, June 3-July 8.

Songs of the Breath & iRest® Yoga Nidra:
A Mini-Retreat
with Kelly Walker
Saturday, May 17
1:00-3:00 pm, $45

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Saturday, May 17
1:00-3:00 pm, in-person only
$45, preregistration required
  
This 2 hour mini-retreat highlights the vibrancy of sound via yogic breath practices and a deeply restful iRest Yoga Nidra practice. Pranayama, or breath practices, will be woven through a slow progression from an opening restorative pose to a gentle, easy whole body stretch. These will be followed by an exploration of breath practices, taken while seated, supine, and standing, creating a gateway to inner exploration and well being. The finale will be a rich guided iRest® Yoga Nidra practice, the Sleep of the Yogis. This total experience is designed to uncover pathways to relaxation, peace, well-being, and our Essential Nature of wholeness, while witnessing the truth of each moment.

What to expect:

• An opening restorative pose for turning inward
• Gentle stretches for whole body release
• A variety of guided breath practices for meditative vibrancy, including special variations of Hum Breath (Bhramari) and Ocean Breath (Ujjayi) exploring the sounds of the breath
• A guided iRest Yoga Nidra practice for rest and inner exploration

Please feel free to dress comfortably in warm clothing, if you like. Thank you in advance for arriving 10-15 minutes before the experience starts and for bringing a yoga mat. Doors are closed five minutes after the session starts.

“Pranayama is an art form, a way of communicating – purifying, detoxifying, spiritually enlightening, freeing. Its gifts, numerous and varied, accrued through practice. Enjoy creating energetic pathways with abandon…”
-Linda Oshins, “Pranayama: A Compendium of Practices”

Yoga in Action:
Community Gathering
Sunday, May 18
4:00-5:30 pm
​Free! No RSVP Required

Sunday, May 18
4:00-5:30 pm, in-person only
Free, no RSVP required. 
Bring a snack to share if you like!
  
Current events can leave us feeling overwhelmed. filled with anxiety, or even isolated. You are not
alone! Come join us for what we envision will be a regular gathering in a safe container where we can hold
space for one another, and find ways to meet the moment of these turbulent times.

We will begin with a short guided centering meditation, followed by a time of sharing and discussion. We'll share some practical tips for self-care and regulating your nervous system, as well as some ideas for engaging in small acts of resistance. (Small acts add up!) We'll close our time with a longer guided meditation to help you feel reset and connected.
All are welcome!

Expanding and Deepening in the Heart:
A 4-week Back-bending Series
with Josh Warren
Wednesdays, May 28, June 4, 11, and 18
7:00-8:30 pm
$100 for the series

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Wednesday Night Workshop Series
Wednesdays, May 28, June 4, 11, 18
7:00-8:30 pm, In-person only
$100 for the series

​Unlock the power of back-bending and heart-opening postures in this 4-week series dedicated exclusively to spine-focused postures. Whether you’re new to yoga or looking to refine your practice, this progressive series will guide you through a wide variety of back-bending postures starting with basic foundational strengthening poses leading up to wheel pose and other variations.
Each week, we’ll build progressively toward more expansive backbends, incorporating key asanas that enhance spinal mobility, strengthen the back body, and create space in the chest and shoulders. You’ll also learn how to use the rope wall as a powerful tool to support, refine, and safely deepen your practice.

What You’ll Learn:

• A step-by-step approach to approaching and deepening your backbends
• Strengthening poses for a healthy spine
• Techniques for safe and sustainable backbending
• How to use the rope wall for support and expansion
• How to use props such as blocks and chairs to refine and release deeper into your poses
• Basic breathing techniques to go deeper into your practice
• Basic therapeutic poses to help relieve back pain

This course is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. Join us and experience the expansive joy of opening your heart, releasing tension, and discovering new possibilities in your practice!

 iRest® Fundamentals:
​A 6 week series
with Susanne Hutchinson
Tuesdays, June 3-July 8 
6:00-7:15 pm Pacific on Zoom
$90 for the Series or drop in to any single session for $16

Register

Mondays, June 3-July 8
​6:00-7:15 pm Pacific, Online via Zoom
$90 for the series, or drop in to any single session for $16. You can also use your class pass for any single session.
Preregistration required. You will receive a Zoom link in your email prior to the start of class.
​CEU's for Yoga Alliance available!

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 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 - June 3
Week 2 - Intention and Heartfelt Desire - Laying the foundation of Sankalpa: making commitments that support our heart’s longing - June 10
Week 3 - Body sensation - Sensing and welcoming the body as sensation - June 17
Week 4 - Breath sensing - Experiencing the breath as a flow of energy that moves through the body - June 24
Week 5 - Meeting thoughts and emotions - July 1
Week 6 - Joy and Well-being - Welcoming joy independent of objects or circumstance, and Realizing our Essential Nature - July 8

This series will run continuously, every 6 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. 

Early Bird Price ends May 13!
iRest® Yoga Nidra Level 1 Training
with Jennifer Cabanero
June 13-15 and 20-22
In-person at The Yoga Tree

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June 13-15 and 20-22 (see detailed schedule below)
with Senior iRest Trainer Jennifer Cabanero
In-person at The Yoga Tree
Early Bird Price: $1,495  (Available through May 13)
Regular Price: $1,695 

iRest Yoga Nidra Level 1 Trainings are designed to provide you with the basic principles, history, theory, practice, and delivery of iRest. This will allow you to incorporate the simple 10-step iRest protocol into your personal life, professional teaching, and/or clinical practices. 

This training is a multi-day practical and experiential program that teaches the research-backed 10-Step iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation protocol. It offers you all of the tools and experience required to deeply enrich your personal practice and teach the fundamentals of iRest to others.

This training is a dedicated time to embark on a journey to discover your unwavering inner resource of wellbeing and unlock simple and profound tools that transform how you meet yourself, navigate life and learn to support others to do the same. 

Who is this training for? Our students usually fall into three categories:

• The self-practitioners: People from all over the world who are seeking authentic connection, relief from inner turmoil, or are simply curious about meditation as a tool for self-inquiry.
• The 1-on-1 practitioners: Yoga therapists, psychologists, clinicians, and practitioners of the healing arts looking to learn new skills and incorporate this complementary practice into their toolbox. 
• The group facilitators: Professionals looking to teach iRest to people in general settings like yoga classes and more specialized treatment facilities such as rehabilitation centers. 

What will I learn?

• How to better understand your thoughts, emotions, and difficult experiences so that you can use them as messengers toward inner freedom and renewed ease.
• How to move beyond attachment and identification with your body, mind, and experiences to uncover feelings of peace, wholeness and authenticity.
• How to apply the 10-step iRest protocol in your own life and deliver it as an offering to individuals and groups.

By the end of the training you’ll be confident and competent in your personal practice and ability to guide and teach others.

Schedule:
Weekend 1 Friday-Sunday June 13-15
Friday, June 13:
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Orientation
3:30 PM - 8:00 PM Program
Saturday, June 14:
9:00 AM-6:00 PM Program
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Lunch
Sunday, June 15:
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Program
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
Weekend 2 Friday-Sunday June 20-22 
Friday, June 20:
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM Program
Saturday, June 21:
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Program
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Lunch
Sunday, June 22:
9:00 AM-5:30 PM Program
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch

Summer Solstice Celebration
with Jessica Jobaris
Saturday, June 28
1:00-4:00 pm
​$60

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Saturday, June 28
1:00-4:00 pm
In-person only
$60

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer," – Albert Camus
 
Combining the physical and mental benefits of yoga with the creative and emotional benefits of expressive arts therapy, this workshop offers a unique and transformative experience while honoring the sacredness of the Summer Solstice.
​Through movement and creativity, this Summer Solstice workshop offers you a chance to rekindle a deep connection not only to the outer light of the Summer Solstice (the longest day of the year!), but also to the inner light that resides in you! Remembering your inner radiance and loving yourself is an act of real resistance in this modern world.

Join Jessica for a lively, creative flow that includes a healthy dose of Surya Namaskar to greet the sun, creative movement practices, journaling, and meditative reflection upon your inner radiance and what lights you UP! This is a time to gather in community to move, laugh, and welcome the light of summer!

Favorites:
​A Series of Workshops on Linda's Favorite Practices
Cranial Cradle Back and Neck Care
with Linda Oshins
Saturday, June 28
10:30 am-12:30 pm Pacific
On Zoom, $25 Donation

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Linda's Favorites: Cranial Cradle Back and Neck Care
Saturday, June 28
10:30 to 12:30 Pacific Time; 1:30 to 3:30 Eastern Time
$25.00
Over Zoom only; recording will be sent to all registered participants
$25 Donation
 Through the decades I’ve been concentrating on teaching pranayama, exercises for healthy everyday breathing, and meditation in various forms, particularly in courses for yoga teachers and advanced students. So, I haven’t taught all the practices I do for myself or talked about the ongoing research and reading I do. Now I’d like to hold a series of workshops on a variety of topics that cover the practices near and dear to me that don’t fit into any curriculum. In this first workshop, we’ll use the cranial cradle to release tension in the body. I can’t imagine a week without this self-massage tool. If possible, buy two but one will work just fine. They are expensive, but less than a single session with a great massage therapist, and you’ll use them over and over again. If you have any questions about these tools, contact me at [email protected].


Cranio Shop - CranioCradle Back and Neck Care -https://www.craniocradle.com/cranio-shop/ 
Be prepared to be a puddle on the floor! Sleep deeply the night of our workshop.


This is the first in a series of workshops, but each is free-standing. Linda is graciously donating her time as a love-offering to the studio to keep the workshops accessible. Please contact the studio if the suggested donation is not feasible. 

Upcoming Linda's Favorites (topics to be announced soon!): July 26, August 30, September 27

About Linda Oshins: 
Linda Oshins, ERYT-500 since 2002, dates her every-day practice of yoga back to 1987, and she has been teaching yoga since 1997. She is also a Reiki Master who studied under Katherine Dufrane and other energy healers, and teaches energy practices as a way self-revelation.

Linda has made the practice and study of pranayama her particular focus for many years, wrote the manual Pranayama: A Compendium of Practices and has led many Pranayama Teacher Training courses. Prior to moving to Seattle many years ago, Linda ran a large yoga studio in Columbus, Ohio where she ran yoga teacher training programs. 

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iRest® Meditation Silent Retreat
with Susanne Hutchinson and Kelly Walker
August 29-31
Aldermarsh Retreat Center on Whidbey Island

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August 29-31
With Susanne Hutchinson and Kelly Walker
$850 Early Bird Price until June 25, 2025/$900 after June 25
Price includes shared lodging and delicious vegetarian meals prepared by Ayurvedic Chef, Aria Peterman

Aldermarsh Retreat Center on Whidbey Island
6436 Maxwelton Rd.
Clinton, WA 98236

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.

Upon registration, please let us know of any food allergies or dietary restrictions and if you are coming with a friend or would like us to pair you with a roommate. All rooms are shared lodging. 

Yoga for the Stages of Menopause:
Reframing and Embracing Change
with Roisin McGlynn
Sundays, September 14, 21, and 28
1:00-4:00 pm at the studio
$225 for the series

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Sundays, September 14, 21, and 28
1:00-4:00 pm
In-person only, space is limited.
$225 for the series

“I just don’t feel like myself.” Sound familiar?
Easily agitated? Crazy mood swings? Trouble sleeping? No wonder you’ve been conditioned to dread menopause. Unlike the celebrated milestones around puberty and pregnancy, menopause is bogged down in myth, medical misdiagnosis, and sexist and ageist tropes!
Menopause is a biological, neurological, psychological, social and cultural transformation for people with ovaries.

 There is no single way to “do” menopause. Menopause is a deeply personal experience as well as a collective one. You aren’t alone. You aren’t going crazy. The next phase of your life is waiting for you to take it in both hands and love it with all that you have to give. With the right tools and support, you will rediscover a sense of safety in your body, take back agency, and make space for joy again!

Why Yoga?
Yoga can help challenge the mental and emotional attitudes (samskaras) towards menopause and help us see what we gain versus what we lose (reflected in the neurological changes of the female brain).
Yoga can help relieve menopause symptoms, be it chronic stress, exhaustion, hot flashes, brain fog, anxiety, focus and concentration, mood swings, insomnia, or musculoskeletal pain.

What will you learn?

• menopause myths vs. facts
• science of yoga for perimenopause to post-menopause
• tools & yoga snacks for mood, cognition, energy and nervous system support
• how to adapt yoga for physiological & neuropsychological changes before, during & post-menopause
• how to advocate for your needs with family, coworkers, & care providers
• information and resources for aftercare following the workshop

Weekly Themes:
Week 1: Why do we Menopause / Navigating Overwhelm & Anxiety
Week 2: Building Strength & Empowerment
Week 3: Menopause Brain, Hormones & Mental Health

About the Workshop:
This is an evidenced-based yoga workshop for people at all stages of reproductive aging between 35 – 55. This workshop is designed to challenge myths and celebrate the menopause transition, which Traditional Chinese Medicine sees as a “Second Spring”, a time to reap the rewards of what you have planted. Everyone’s lived experiences of menopause will be honored, including women and nonbinary people AFAB. Please bring a journal and pen for note-taking if you desire.

About Roisin:
Roisin McGlynn (Meant to Pause Yoga) is a Seattle-based yoga teacher and menopause coach, certified in Menopause Yoga™, Trauma-Informed Yoga and Ayurveda Yoga through Yoga Alliance with over 500 hours of specialized training and teaching experience.

Teaching Chair and Accessible Yoga
with Susanne Hutchinson
October 18-19 at the studio!
$250

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October 18-19
Noon-5:00 pm both days
$250
In-person only. Space is limited!
 
Yoga is for everyone, and using a chair as a supportive prop can make the practice more accessible for students who 
would like a little extra support, whether it be in balancing postures, with getting up and down off the floor, or with any shape that would feel more supportive from a seated position.
 
Chair Yoga is perfect for students of all ages who may be recovering from injury or surgery or living with a chronic illness, who are pregnant or coming back to their practice, who may have some mobility challenges, or who are stuck at their desks all day. 
​Chair Yoga can be gentle, but it can also be a way to build strength and stamina, increase proprioception, improve balance, and help foster a sense of well-being.

During this 10 hour training you will:

• Learn ways to make postures more accessible for students of all ages and mobility using the chair in a variety of ways Learn chair postures and class sequences appropriate for different populations
• Learn considerations for those who are pregnant, have high blood pressure, hearing and vision loss, joint issues as well as those living with chronic illness
• Receive a training manual

CEUs for Yoga Alliance available 

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