Workshops and Retreats

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 iRest® Fundamentals:
​A 6 week series
with Susanne Hutchinson
Mondays, through April 10
6:00-7:15 pm Pacific on Zoom
$80 for the Series or drop in to any single session for $16

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Mondays, March 6-April 10
​6:00-7:15 pm Pacific, Online via Zoom
$80 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 - March 6 
Week 2 - Intention and Heartfelt Desire - Laying the foundation of Sankalpa: making commitments that support our heart’s longing - March 13
Week 3 - Body sensation - Sensing and welcoming the body as sensation - March 20 
Week 4 - Breath sensing - Experiencing the breath as a flow of energy that moves through the body - March 27
Week 5 - Meeting thoughts and emotions - April 3
Week 6 - Joy and Well-being - Welcoming joy independent of objects or circumstance, and Realizing our Essential Nature - April 10 

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.

Live Online iRest® Yoga Nidra Level 1 Training
with Jennifer Cabanero and Stephanie Lopez
March 21-26, 2023
Use the Promo Code YT50 before checkout to save on tuition!

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March 21-26, 2023
with Stephanie Lopez and Jennifer Cabanero
Live-streamed via Zoom
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Early Bird Price $1,495 until February 21/Regular Price: $1,595 after March 10

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If you desire to deepen your personal iRest practice and understanding of the nondual teachings, or feel called to teach iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation in your community, in group and/or one-on-one settings, it’s time to begin your journey.

Join Senior iRest Trainers, Stephanie Lopez and Jennifer Cabanero live online (Pacific Time) for a Level 1 Teacher Training. Everyone is welcome regardless of prior experience.

Students have reported that this comprehensive 4-day training has been one of the most transformative experiences of their lives.

The training offers an in-depth understanding of the core principles and practice of iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation and shares a modern perspective of the nondual teachings. You’ll walk away with practical and foundational tools to become a skillful and confident Level 1 iRest Teacher.

Level 1 training includes:
The history, theory, practice, and delivery of the transformative 10-Step iRest Protocol
How to use iRest in a Co-Meditation Dyad - a unique way to guide an individual into self-inquiry for transformation
How to use the iRest Protocol to meet difficult emotions, thoughts, and body sensations as messengers to help you move beyond them
How to cultivate a greater capacity for navigating life’s challenges and foster resilience
How to connect to the ground of wellbeing, and navigate the subtler realms of Being and Awareness
How to effectively incorporate iRest Yoga Nidra into your professional teaching, clinical practice, and your personal life.

The nondual teachings as a roadmap for moving beyond any sense of suffering and realizing your essential nature as unchanging wellbeing.

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​Yin Yoga w/Healing Touch
with Aubra Heller
March 24, 6:30-8:00 pm
​$35

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with Aubra Heller
March 24, 6:30-8:00 pm
Space is limited to 12, preregistration required
In-person only, $35
 
This workshop combines Yin yoga and Thai Massage. Find meditation and release in guided self-massage and restorative yoga postures. Students can also opt in to feel-good assisted stretching and massage offered by the instructor as they soften into yin poses.

Now a monthly offering! Upcoming dates:  April 21

Love the Hug:
​Awaken the (Hidden) Stabilizers in Your Ab Core
with Heather Hested
Saturday, March 25, 1:00-3:30 pm
$45, both in-person and on Zoom

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Saturday, March 25
1:00-3:30 pm
$45
This workshop is offered both in-person and on zoom.
Preregistration Required. Please choose which option you will attend upon registration.
 
Our Abdominal Core and its stabilizers are like an inner hug!
With a focus on the abdominal core’s inner and outer contributors, this workshop is part learning, technique-ing and moving. Understand the way the abdominal muscles’ not-so-hidden stabilizers support life’s everyday functional movement off the mat and axial extension in asana on the mat.
 
This workshop is designed to:

• Introduce + correlate muscular-skeletal aspects of the abdominal core to the deep front line, diaphragm and breathing 
• Awaken the pelvic floor, transverse abdominals, obliques and other stabilizers 
• Learn movements for conditioning and integrating the abdominal core in everyday life and asana postures

No experience necessary. Suitable for all!

Friday Night iRest® Yoga Nidra
​with Susanne Hutchinson
Fridays, April 14, May 26
6:00-7:30 pm, $35
both in-person and on Zoom! 

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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.

All levels of experience are welcome.
Preregistration is required for this class. Choose either in-person on Zoom.
Please bring comfortable clothes that will keep you warm and perhaps a pillow for extra coziness!

​Rituals for Renewal:
An In-Studio Day Retreat
with Susanne Hutchinson
Saturday, April 22
12:00-6:00 pm
​$80 Preregister by March 15/$100 after March 15

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With Susanne Hutchinson
​Saturday, April 22 at The Yoga Tree
Noon-6:00 pm
Early Bird Price $80 until March 15/$100 after March 15
 
Spring is naturally a time of renewal and birth. It's a season where we often turn to rituals like spring cleaning in our homes and gardens to clear or prune away the old and make way for new growth. In the same way, it's an ideal time to reflect on intentions you may have set at the beginning of the year. What or where can you edit to make way for new possibilities? 
 
Gather in community to explore these ideas and more through the nourishing and mindful practices of Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Mindful Breathing Practices (pranayama), and iRest® Yoga Nidra. There will be guided journaling prompts with time for reflection, and a break to enjoy homemade vegetarian soup!

Enrollment limited to 8 participants.
No previous yoga or meditation experience needed. All bodies welcome.

Meditate and Flow:
Transform Your Practice with Mala Beads
with Shelly Storm
Friday, April 28, 5:00-7:00 pm
$40, In-person Only

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Friday, April 28
5-7 pm
In-person only, preregistration required
$40

​Join Shelly on a sacred journey into the world of japa malas! Malas are 108 beads that can be a sacred and transformational tool to manifesting a fulfilling meditation practice. Malas can create a more focused and centered meditation which can lead to a peaceful life and a calm mind. Malas are perfect for those beginning the path of meditation as well as for those who already have an established personal meditation practice.

Shelly will teach you what a japa mala is, how to use the mala, how to create your own fulfilling daily meditation practice and what mala might be the most helpful in your life.

The workshop will start with a body scan meditation, move into a luscious asana flow passing through all the chakras and then end with our japa mediation learnings and practice!

Please bring a Mala of your own if you have one.
Suitable for all levels!

Seasonal Spring Yin Yoga Workshop
with Jennifer Kenworthy
Saturday, April 29, 1:00-3:00 pm
​$40, both in-person and on Zoom

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Saturday, April 29
1:00-3:00 pm
$40
Both in-person and on zoom. Preregistration required. Please choose which option you will attend upon registration.
If attending on Zoom, a link will be sent to your email one hour before the start of the workshop.
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Spring is a time when the world around us begins to come back to life. New leaves appear on the trees, flowers begin to bloom, and the sun lingers a little longer in the sky. Using the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the practice of Yin Yoga, we can begin to re-awaken the stagnant parts of ourselves as we move toward the brighter days and into a time of new beginnings.
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Throughout this two-hour workshop, we will connect with the elements associated with Spring, including the meridian lines of the Liver and Gallbladder, and the element of Wood as we balance the emergence into a new season with stillness and reflection.
We will begin with a short discussion about Yin Yoga and the association with TCM, and then move into an extended Yin Yoga practice patiently nourishing awake parts of ourselves as we look forward to the new season.

Yin Yoga is the perfect balance to an excess of our yang lifestyles. It targets the deep connective tissues, bones, joints, fascia, and ligaments in the body through mainly floor-based supported postures held for time (1-6 minutes).
Props will be provided in the studio. If at home, please have lots of supports available for your comfort (blankets and cushions).
All levels and bodies are welcome.

​Experiential Anatomy Workshop: 
new topics coming soon!
with Heather Danso Emanuel
Sunday, June 4
1:00-3:30 pm, $45

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Experiential Anatomy 
Discover Yourself Through Your Body, The Primary Way of Knowing
with Heather Danso Emanuel
Sunday, June 4
1-3:30 pm, $45
In-person and on Zoom. Please choose which option you will attend upon registration.
Preregistration required. A zoom link will be sent to your email about an hour before the start of the session.

More details coming soon!

What to Bring: your curiosity, your coffee or tea, a notebook if you would like, and wear your yoga clothes with layers for warmth. You will find your own deep insights through these facilitated lessons (think playful, slow, exploratory floor work), and an opportunity for learning that will influence how you move through life.

Why Experiential Anatomy?:
These Feldenkrais and Yoga-based workshops are self-study opportunities. Having greater awareness of our own anatomy and self-use can help us find greater strength, effectiveness, and also decrease and prevent pain. This awareness can improve your options for how you find poses in yoga, your golf swing, how you sit, and even how you think about yourself in movement. After class sessions, students report experiencing a general improvement in their sense of wellbeing and comfort, greater confidence, and a sense of effortless posture. I recommend a quiet day after attending a workshop.

Upcoming dates with a different topic each workshop:  July 9, September 10, October 29, November 12

Save the Date:
Summer Solstice Celebration
with Jessica Jobaris
Friday, June 16
details coming soon!

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