Yoga Tree Workshops and Retreats

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Winter Yin + Nidra
​with Susanne Hutchinson 
   Wednesdays, December 1-29, 6:00-7:15 pm Pacific
ONLINE via ZOOM, Use your class pass or drop-in for $14 

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Winter Yin + Nidra with Susanne
Wednesdays, December 1-29
6:00-7:15 pm on Zoom
Register on the Weekly Class Schedule!
Use your class pass or drop-in to any session for $14
Preregistration at least one hour prior. A zoom link will be sent to your email prior to the start of class.

Embrace the hygge season by slowing down and engaging in cozy, introspective practices from the comfort of your home! Yin Yoga allows you to soften gently into held poses on the floor, using your breath and mindful observation of thoughts. There will be carefully-guided gentle movements in the transition between each pose. Class will end with a lovely 20 minute yoga nidra, a guided meditation that leads to profound relaxation and well-being.

Please dress comfortably and have handy extra blankets and pillows or cushions to help keep you warm and supported in your practice.

Restorative Yoga for Deep Rest
​with Jenny Leung
Friday, December 3, 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.

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.

Friday Night Yoga Nidra
​with Jennifer Cabanero  
   December 10, 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!

90 Lunar Salutations for the Winter Solstice
​with Jessica Jobaris
Saturday, December 18, 4-6 pm, $40

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Saturday, December 18, 4-6 pm
In-person and online via Zoom! Preregister at least one hour in advance, and choose which option you will attend. You will receive the zoom link in your email prior to the start of class.
$40 
  
During the Winter Solstice, we are navigating the longest and darkest night of the year. It is the time when the earth has maximum tilt away from the sun. In these long dark nights, we have greater access to our unconscious, our inner deep waters.

In this workshop, we will take a deep dive within, through 90 Lunar Salutations, to physically align with the darkness. We will find the inward gaze/pratyahara to navigate these inner waters, to honor and integrate them, through meditations peppered between the sets of salutations.

Through reflective writing practices, we will create new goals and intentions. Intentions are the starting point of any dream; what makes the unconscious, conscious. Our intentions, born from our hearts desires, are the stepping stones that lead us like a compass toward our goals. By setting and refining our intentions and goals at the Winter Solstice, we can lay the framework for our plans, building a path that lights the way through the darkness and guides us towards our brightest future.

We will tap the unlimited reservoir of our creative power in this workshop through the asanas and writing exercises. Let's take a deep dive together, and cultivate our heart's desire in welcoming environment and community!
All levels welcome!

iRest® Fundamentals:
​An 8 week series
with Susanne Hutchinson
Mondays, January 3-February 28 (No class February 14)
6:00-7:15 pm Pacific on Zoom
$80 for the Series or drop in to any single session for $14

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Mondays, beginning January 3 (No class February 14!)
​6:00-7:15 pm Pacific, Online via Zoom
$80 for the series, or drop in to any single session for $14. 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 - January 3
Week 2 - Intention and Heartfelt Desire - Laying the foundation of Sankalpa: making commitments that support our heart’s longing - January 10
Week 3 - Body sensation - Sensing and welcoming the body as sensation - January 17
Week 4 - Breath sensing - Experiencing the breath as a flow of energy that moves through the body - January 24
Week 5 - Feelings and emotions - Understanding the difference between feelings and emotions, and experiencing them as messengers - January 31
Week 6 - Cognitions - Experiencing thoughts, beliefs, images and memories - February 7
Week 7 - Joy and Well-being - Welcoming joy independent of objects or circumstance - February 21
Week 8 - Sahaj and integration - Realizing our Essential Nature, and Everything Just as it is - February 28

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.

iRest® Yoga Nidra:
What Does the Heart Want?
with Jennifer Cabanero
​a 4 week series
Tuesdays, January 4-January 25 
6:00-7:15 pm Pacific on Zoom
$65 for the series Early Bird Price through December 15
$75 Regular Price after December 15

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New 4 week series with Jennifer Cabanero on Zoom!
Tuesdays, January 4-25
6:00-7:15 pm Pacific
$65 Early Bird Price until December 15
$75 Regular Price after December 15
Preregistration required. A zoom link will be sent to your email prior to the start of class. 

What inspires you at a heartfelt level? What makes your heart sing? What are you longing for? These are questions that we often ask ourselves at the beginning of each New Year. Following our deepest heartfelt desires can draw us towards a sense of purpose in life and allows our authentic self to shine through.

Allowing time to connect with our desires may bring about a response that can be felt within the body. These body responses are the messages the heart gives us to help us stay more closely aligned with what is most important. We will be using iRest Yoga Nidra practices to grow our capacity to fully feel into this inner navigation.

Each session typically includes: short meditations, written exercises, and a iRest Yoga Nidra practice specifically designed to awaken the heart and the messages it gives us through the body.

The iRest session will be recorded and made available to participants via email.
All levels of experience welcome.

Finding Our Ground Through Strength:
Using Bodyweight
with Jennifer Cabanero
New 6 week class!
Wednesdays, January 5-February 9 
6:00-7:15 pm Pacific on Zoom
Use your class pass or drop-in to any session for $14
​Register on the weekly class schedule!

6-Week class with Jennifer Cabanero on Zoom
Wednesdays, January 5-February 9
6:00-7:15 pm
Use your class pass or drop in to any session for $14.
Register on the weekly class schedule!
Preregistration required. A zoom link will be sent to your email prior to the start of class.

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 series we will be mindfully using ground-based, body-weight, creative movement as well as some aerobic exercises to help develop physical strength, mobility, balance, and emotional resilience in order to cultivate an inner groundedness.

While we won’t be using bands or weights during this series you could add them as you like. You also might want to have any props that you use for yoga.

This series is suitable for all levels of fitness.
Register on the weekly class schedule!

Breathing for Life:
The principles, foundations, and practice of pranayama
​with Richard Miller
January 25-December 6, 2022
2-4 pm Pacific, on Zoom

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January 25-December 6, 2022 with Richard Miller
$799 Early Bird Pricing until Nov. 1
$999 Regular Pricing after Nov. 1
This event will be hosted once per month on a Tuesday from January - December 2022. All sessions will be held from 2 – 4 p.m. Pacific Time on Zoom.
​January 25
February 1
March 1
April 5
May 3
June 7
July 5
August 9
September 6
October 4
November 1
December 6

Harnessing your breath and life force is both an art and a science. In this in-depth 12-month course, you’ll learn the principles and practices for engaging in an informed, regular, and sustained practice of prāṇāyāma (breathwork).

The practice of prāṇāyāma awakens and strengthens the resilience of your body, mind, emotions, and spirit. It balances your energy and supports your health, healing, and well-being.

Engaging the breath with intention also offers direct access to your underlying nondual Essential Nature, which enables you to feel deeply connected within yourself, and intimately interconnected with all of life.

This course is designed for anyone wanting to deepen their knowledge and skills, and develop a personal, at-home practice of prāṇāyāma. This includes students and teachers of yoga and meditation and those who wish to share these principles and practices with their friends, students, or clients. And, health care professionals such as psychologists, social workers, other mental health professionals, and medical doctors who will find this course to be a complementary addition to their skillset.

You’ll explore the underlying philosophy, theory, structure, energetics, and in-depth practices of prāṇāyāma.

You’ll learn:

• The anatomy, psycho-physiology, and neuroscience of respiration
• The foundations of prāṇāyāma for health, healing, yoga therapy, and meditation
• A safe and sustainable way to develop your own practice of prāṇāyāma that’s aligned with your personal intentions and physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing
• The underlying philosophy of prāṇāyāma
• A multitude of prāṇāyāma techniques that support health, wellbeing, healing, and awakening to your Essential Nature
• How to share these practices with others

You can expect:

• 12 monthly two-hour live online Zoom classes with Richard
• Each class to include a live lecture, guided prāṇāyāma practices and a Q&A session to help you build a successful and sustained personal practice
• Self-paced, at-home learning
• An online support forum
• Recordings of each session to be available during the entirety of the course
• A comprehensive manual, handouts, and suggested between session readings and home practices
• Approximately 24 hours of continuing education for various organizations

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