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iRest® Fundamentals: An 8 week series
with Susanne Hutchinson
Mondays, October 4 -November 22
6:00-7:15 pm
$75 for the series or drop in to any single session for $12

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Mondays, 6:00-7:15 pm, Online via Zoom
$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 prior to the start of class.

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

Finding Our Ground Through Strength:
​  A 4 week series 
with Jennifer Cabanero
Wednesdays, October 6, 13, 20, 27
​6:00-7:15 pm on Zoom, $70

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4-Week Series with Jennifer Cabanero on Zoom
Finding our Ground Through Strength
Wednesdays, October 6, 13, 20, 27
6:00-7:15 pm, $70 for the series
Preregistration required. A zoom link will be sent to your email prior to the start of class.

In challenging times, feelings of being ungrounded can sometimes arise. While it might not be safe to be out in the world, we can cultivate an inner sense of stability and security through strength training.

Looking back at the times in my life when I focused on physical strength, I noticed co-arising feelings of inner strength, confidence, and stability. A feeling of “I can do this!” that expanded out into my daily life. It even changed my posture!

In this 4-week strength series we will be mindfully exploring ground-based, body-weight, creative movement to develop physical strength, mobility, and balance in order to cultivate an inner groundedness.

While we won’t be using bands or weights during this series, you might want to have any props that you use for yoga. Next series in November will feature bands and weights!
This class is suitable for all levels of fitness. A recording will be made available to attendees after the series.

Restorative Yoga for Deep Rest
​with Jenny Leung
Friday, October 8, In person and on ZOOM!
6:00-7:30 pm PST, $25

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In person and online via Zoom! 6:00-7:30 pm PST, $25
Preregistration required at least one hour before class start time. Please indicate which version you will attend. A zoom link will be emailed to you one hour before.
 
These monthly workshops are a melding of restorative yoga, mindfulness, psychology, and the art and science of relaxation. Each class is an exploration of yoga as a therapeutic antidote to unremitting stress and negative emotional states. In class, we are encouraged to slow down, do less, create space, and simply be with the shifting landscape of the mind and the internal sensations of the body. As we enter deeper and deeper layers of rest, we find that the body, mind, emotions, and nervous system gradually return to balance. A momentary taste of this kind of encounter unlocks our innate knowing for the need to return again and again.
 
Extensive research has shown that relaxation practices like restorative yoga have tangible benefits that include lower cortisol (a chemical messenger involved in the stress response), increased immunity, and improved emotional regulation. A sensitive and subtle practice, restorative yoga workshops offer a deep dive into silence, stillness, rest, and ease of being.
Next offerings: November 5 and December 3!

Living Bliss in Difficult Times
​with Anne Douglas
October 16-17, Online via ZOOM!

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With Anne Douglas
October 16-17, Noon-3pm PDT, online via ZOOM
$200 Early Bird Pricing through September 16 
$225 Regular Pricing after September 16
Preregistration required. A zoom link will be sent to your email prior to the workshop.
A recording will be sent to you after the workshop if you are unable to attend live.

All desire is a search for perfect bliss. Perfect bliss is the nature of the Self. Therefore all desire is desire for the Self -  Jean Klein

The ancient yogic texts inform us that our true nature is perfect bliss. Join us for this life changing workshop to attune to your innate aliveness and shimmering effervescence, and learn yogic technologies for cultivating a life of bliss. Discover ancient tools to address life's challenges and uncover your natural state of peace, joy and wellbeing. Every ounce of your being will be nourished by the energy, light & frequencies of BLISS!

Practices include:

• Source Yoga & Tandava: uniquely blissful forms of yoga
• Chakra, Light, Sound & Energy Meditations: activating & building your light body
• Shakti Pranayama: releasing unconscious heavy energies
• The Pancha Krityas: the 5 Acts of Siva, a profound tool for integration & enlightenment
• Yoga Nidra: Nap your way to healing, insight & awakened bliss

Benefits of Living Bliss:

• Bliss induces the secretion of your body’s happy hormones that are youth inducing, pain & inflammation reducing, mood & emotion regulating, sleep & digestion promoting, and cognition & memory enhancing.
• Bliss antidotes the impact of the negativity bias that operates unconsciously.
• Build a new habit of seeing what is good in your life. 
• Acquire powerful & efficient practices for creating a life of Bliss.
• Select from a menu of practices to take home with you.
• Law of Attraction suggests that you will attract into your life what is of equal resonance.
• Attract relationships, career & health opportunities that are at a higher resonance and with greater ease.

Anne Douglas has been teaching Yoga and Meditation for over 30 years. She has a thriving Yoga Therapy practice in Banff, Alberta, and offers trainings, workshops and retreats internationally. Anne is a Senior Trainer for the iRest Institute and the creator of the iRest Daily -14 Day Meditation Program. She has 3.6 million listens to her meditations on the Simple Habit app. Anne’s wisdom and enthusiasm for sharing the depth teachings creates fertile ground for inspired learning. www.anahatayogatherapy.ca

Friday Night YOGA NIDRA
​with Jennifer Cabanero  
   October 22, 6:00-8:00 pm
ONLINE via ZOOM, ​$30 

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Based on the ancient teachings of meditation, Yoga Nidra is a transformative practice that leads to psychological, physical, and spiritual healing and well-being.

​Its practice is integrative as it heals the various unresolved issues and traumas that are present in your body and mind, and restorative as it enables you to recognize your innate peace of mind that is always present amidst all changing circumstances of life.

The Friday night Yoga Nidra class is a nourishing way to start your weekend. When we are in harmony with ourselves this changes our experience of the world. We become more at ease, less reactive to life, and more responsive to the others around us.

What to expect:
There will be a short lecture, a BodySensing movement practice, and a full Yoga Nidra practice.  BodySensing has also been referred to as Non-dual Yoga or Kashmiri Yoga and is a meditative practice that uses movement as a way to connect with ourselves and to open into peace, well-being, and our inherent wholeness. 

All levels of experience are welcome
Preregistration is required for this class
Please bring comfortable clothes that will keep you warm and perhaps a pillow for extra coziness!
​Next offerings: November 12 and December 10!

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Karma Classes
​with YTT Graduates
October 22-24, In-person AND Online via ZOOM!

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Come cheer on the graduates of our 2021 200hr Yoga Teacher Training Program as they make their teaching debut and present their first classes! 
All levels welcome! Classes are FREE! Preregistration required. If choosing the zoom option, a zoom link will be sent to your email an hour before class starts.

Fri, Oct 22, 6:30-7:30 pm - Meghan
Sat, Oct 23, 1:30-2:20 pm - Christina
Sat, Oct 23, 3:00-4:00 pm - LaTeefah
Sat, Oct 23, 4:30-5:30 pm - Shilpa
Sun, Oct 24, 1:30-2:30 pm - Aubra
Sun, Oct 24, 3:00-4:00 pm - Kari

Digest and Reconnect:
A Mindful Eating Workshop
​with Nicole Lyon
Sunday, December 5, 2-4 pm, $50

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Digest and Reconnect: A Mindful Eating Workshop
Sunday, December 5, 2-4 pm, $50
Preregistration required. Space is limited.
Please note: This workshop is in-person only.
 
Living in a society that often values appearance above well-being, it is easy to lose our sense of trust with how to properly nourish ourselves. Learn ways to overcome this narrative and reconnect to your internal body wisdom through Digest & Reconnect - a mindful eating workshop! Come cultivate a deeper connection with food and your body with registered dietitian & yoga instructor Nicole Lyon. Better understand how the way we eat impacts health & digestion, and cultivate a positive mindset around food and your body.

What you can expect from this workshop:

• Understand how diet culture disconnects us from our internal wisdom and release limiting beliefs around this
• Learn the science of how eating mindfully impacts health & nutrition
• Yoga postures to improve digestion & relaxation
• Chanting & breathing techniques to enhance the brain-gut connection
• Mindful eating activity with seasonal produce
• Seasonal recipes

 
Nicole Lyon is a registered dietitian with over 6 years of experience helping people improve their health through changing the way they eat. Beyond exploring what to eat to feel one’s best, Nicole also helps people address their mindset and relationship to food and their bodies. Fascinated by the mind-body connection, Nicole utilizes mindfulness principles & strategies in her nutrition practice for holistic treatment. She is passionate about helping others discover a love for food and deepen the respect for their bodies.

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