Workshops/Retreats

Yoga Tree Workshops and Retreats

Support Your Yoga Studio Festival
June 3-5 and 10-12
featuring donated offerings from our talented Yoga Tree teachers

June 3-5 and 10-12
Featuring special offerings donated by the very talented Yoga Tree teachers!

This festival is an opportunity for the community to come together to support us in continuing to provide quality yoga to the Fremont area and beyond. By attending these workshops you are helping us to remain in our current location as well as helping us to thrive and grow into the future.

Everyone who attends, either in-person or on Zoom, will be entered for the chance to win various door-prizes, plus the chance to win a free month of yoga! Details and registration about each offering is located by clicking on the pictures below and on the Workshops Tab in Mindbody.

Can’t attend the workshops? Please consider making a donation to the studio using one of the buttons below.
Thank you so much for your support!

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$25 donation

Special Offerings June 3-5

With Susanne Hutchinson
Friday, June 3
6:00-8:00 pm, both in-person and on Zoom (Choose which option you will attend upon registration)
$40, preregistration required

Give yourself the gift of deep relaxation in this Restorative Yoga experience featuring long-held postures completely supported by cozy props. We'll end class with a relaxing 35 minute iRest® Yoga Nidra practice designed to leave you feeling deeply rested and rejuvenated.

No experience necessary!
If joining from home, please have blankets, blocks, pillows, and firm cushions handy to lend lots of support!

With Sylvie Alice
Saturday, June 4
10:00 am - Noon, Both in-person and on Zoom (Choose which option you will attend upon registration.)
$40, preregistration required

Experiment with simple techniques to help you find your center while embracing your emotional landscape. We will set goals aimed at establishing the practice so it is there when you need it.

Note this also helps when you feel disconnected from your physical and emotional bodies.
All levels welcome!

Energy Medicine Yoga® is an integrative practice, uniting ancient healing methods with modern science. Classic yoga postures are woven and paired with Energy Medicine techniques to communicate with the body in its own language and innate wisdom. By focusing on your body as a living system of energy, you are empowered to self-heal, thrive and flow in the life you are meant to live.

With Mary Kay Vadino
Saturday, June 4
1:00-3:00 pm, in-person only (no zoom option)
$40, preregistration required

Taking your yoga practice to the wall is an opportunity to utilize the support of a vertical surface in a similar way to how we connect to grounding energy from the floor/earth. The wall creates external resistance and simultaneously increases mechanical leverage to optimize both stretching and strength building.

Incorporating “wall work” in our practice can increase our experience of being well supported, possibly eliminating some fear and allowing for a fuller engagement with, and a deeper dive into, certain poses. The wall also teaches us the basics of aligning the body so that we can get clear feedback through our tactile sense and proprioception.

This workshop is designed for students of all degrees of experience. We will work and play and explore and relax while creating new connections to self, our surroundings and The Yoga Tree community.

With Amanda Mitchell
Saturday, June 5, 4:00-6:00 pm
$40, in-person only, preregistration required

Gong Restorative is a deeply relaxing and nourishing class, combining the release available through a Restorative practice with the soothing vibrations of the gong. We'll start with a brief introduction to the history of the gong, the transformative properties of sound healing, and experience vibration in the form of chanting. From there, we'll transition to a light warmup, and relax into restorative poses held for several minutes. Amanda will play the gong while you are supported on your mat, allowing you to fully experience the powerful effect of vibration.

Not only will your body and nervous system relax and replenish, but by adding the gong to this practice, your energy field and cells will also be affected. This is an excellent and welcoming introduction to the benefits of sound, with time for asking questions and sharing your experience (if you wish).

If you're worried about volume, bring earplugs along - it is the resonance, not the sound, which matters. Come bliss out, let go, and vibrate with the gong.

Sunday, June 5 with Shubha Simhadri
10:00 am-11:30 am Pacific on Zoom only
$35, preregistration required
A zoom link will be emailed to you prior to the start of class.

According to scientific studies, Our posture not only impacts our physical well-being in terms of joint health, and muscle strength over time but it also impacts our physiological health like digestion, circulation, and emotional well-being. In this workshop, we will learn how the forward head position and the unequal weight distribution on the legs effect our posture and cause neck and shoulder tension and other joint issues.

We will work on relieving the neck tension and maintaining the neutral spinal curves to improve the posture. We will also work on strengthening the muscles that support our body in an upright position.

Since our electronic devices are not going anywhere, all we can do is be mindful about our body positioning when we use them. We can also try to counteract the iHunch by strengthening the muscles that support the body in the upright position, relieve neck tension and realign the spinal curves to improve the posture. This is what this yoga practice is about.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), summer is the most yang, or active, of the seasons. This time of year is full of heat and energy, with longer days, full calendars, and the chance to soak up energy from the sun. Summer is the season where we build on the growth started in spring and open ourselves to creation and expansion. The intent of this workshop is to find the balance between calm, grounding energy and the expansive joy, warmth, and activity of the season.

We will start with a short lecture discussing yin yoga and the associated TCM seasonal meridians of the heart and small intestine and the element of fire. Then we will allow ourselves to melt into an extended yin yoga practice, connecting with these areas and elements within ourselves.

Yin yoga is a 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 make sure to have lots of supports available for your comfort. All levels are welcome.

Special Offerings June 10-12

With Jennifer Cabanero
Friday, June 10, 6:00-8:00 pm Pacific Time
Only on Zoom
$40, preregistration required
You will receive a Zoom link from Jennifer in your email roughly one hour before the start of class.

iRest® (integrative restoration) Yoga Nidra is a western adaptation of an ancient meditation practice in which we learn to relax on every level of our being thus releasing blocks and tension from our unconscious minds.
During Yoga Nidra we use affirmation, body sensing, breath sensing, as well as proactively engaging with sensations, emotions, cognitions & well being.

This class is quiet and introspective, with plenty of time to breathe, feel, and welcome the pause between stimulus and response as we grow our ability to meet life with resilience.

Class will include the classical practice of Yoga Nidra as well as yoga nidra in motion, a moving meditation that helps develop our ability to focus and to grow our ability to take well-being with us as we go back out into the world.

Beginners welcome.
A zoom link will be emailed you one hour prior to the start of class.

With Heather Hested
Saturday, June 11
1:00 pm-2:30 pm, both in-person and on Zoom (Choose which option you will attend upon registration)
$35, preregistration required

Let’s get unstuck! This hybrid class incorporates a variety of movements to satisfy your cells, along with MFR practices and props that target deep tissue and fascial release.

Appropriate for newer students, those who need options to modify their practice, as well as longtime students who enjoy a balanced practice designed to access deeper fascial planes that regular asana does not address.
Props are needed for this practice.

Recommended props include:
(1) tennis/lacrosse/yoga tx ball
(2) Yoga Blocks
Blanket/towel
Optional: A 2nd ball in varying density or size

Body Play/Body Prayer - Deepening the experience of asana as embodiment

Asana as the 3rd limb of yoga according to The Yoga Sutras by Patanjali, has the potential to connect our inner world and outer actions. In deepening our understanding of our own bodies - how they feel, what our unique needs are, what gives us joy - we create an opportunity to live in an embodied way.

For experienced students well-versed in adapting practice for their unique body, any mobility welcome.

This workshop is a special donated offering from one of our talented Yoga Tree teachers! This is an opportunity for the community to support us in continuing to provide quality yoga to the Fremont area and beyond. By attending this workshop you are helping us to remain in our current location as well as helping us to thrive and grow into the future.
Can’t attend the workshop? Please consider making a donation to the studio using one of the buttons on the home page of our website.
Thank you so much for your support.

Meditation through the lens of Polyvagal Theory
with Marcia Miller
Saturday, June 4
10:30-11:30 am Pacific on Zoom
$55

Saturday, June 4
10:30-11:30 am Pacific, on Zoom
Preregistration required. A Zoom link will be sent to your email an hour before the start of class.
$55, CEUs available for Yoga Alliance
As we continue to explore all our practices through the lens of PVT, we return to meditation. What is the meditation technology that will support us to stay in connection when it is safe to do so, and how do we use meditation to support re-connection when that is appropriate? From her many decades of experience with meditation, through times of relative ease and others of deep trauma, Marcia believes that we all need a variety of practices to draw on depending on our needs of the moment. Some meditation practices can even be counter-productive for certain states of the nervous system. Let’s come together and explore.

This workshop is part of an ongoing series about Yoga Therapy and Polyvagal Theory designed for yoga practitioners, yoga teachers and therapists of all kinds. If this is your first one then please read this. Yoga Alliance CEUs are available.

About Marcia: Marcia Miller, E-RYT 500, IAYT registered yoga therapist, certified iRest teacher, has been teaching yoga for over 45 years and has taught all levels and types of students from new beginners to yoga teachers and everyone in between. In 2001 Marcia was one of the founders/owners of Yoga on High and remained an owner of the large Midwestern yoga studio until 2021. Along with her two business partners she wrote the curriculum for and co-directed the 200- and the 500-hour Teacher Training Programs and taught dozens of silent retreats. Yoga on High was also the Midwest hub for UZIT trainings, and Marcia led yearly trainings in this potent program of selfcare and caring for others.

A lifelong learner, a mother and wife, Marcia lives on a farm and is planting as many native trees and plants as she can to support the diversity of life here on earth. You can find her at www.Marciamilleryoga.com

iRest® Fundamentals:
An 8 week series
with Susanne Hutchinson
Mondays, June 6-August 1 (no class July 4!)
6:00-7:15 pm Pacific on Zoom
$80 for the Series or drop in to any single session for $14

Mondays, beginning June 6 (No class on July 4!)
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.
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 6
Week 2 - Intention and Heartfelt Desire - Laying the foundation of Sankalpa: making commitments that support our heart’s longing - June 13
Week 3 - Body sensation - Sensing and welcoming the body as sensation - June 20
Week 4 - Breath sensing - Experiencing the breath as a flow of energy that moves through the body - June 27
Week 5 - Feelings and emotions - Understanding the difference between feelings and emotions, and experiencing them as messengers - July 11
Week 6 - Cognitions - Experiencing thoughts, beliefs, images and memories - July 18
Week 7 - Joy and Well-being - Welcoming joy independent of objects or circumstance - July 25
Week 8 - Sahaj and integration - Realizing our Essential Nature, and Everything Just as it is - August 1

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.

Friday Night Yoga Nidra
with Jennifer Cabanero
June 10, 6:00-8:00 pm
ONLINE via ZOOM, $40 (a Support Your Studio Offering)

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!

Finding Our Ground Through Strength:
Using Bodyweight
with Jennifer Cabanero
Tuesdays, July 5-26
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!

4-Week Series with Jennifer Cabanero on Zoom
Finding our Ground Through Strength
Tuesdays, July 5-26
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!

Family Yoga
with Aubra Heller
Fridays, July 8-August 12
4:00-5:00 pm
$150 for the series/$30 for single drop-in session
(price is for one parent and one child)

Family Yoga for Parent and Child
Fridays, July 8-August 12
4:00 pm-5:00 pm, In-person only (No zoom option)
$150 for the series, or drop-in to any session for $30
Price is for one parent with one child. Please contact us at info@yogatree.com if needing a different configuration (one parent with two children, or two parents with one child, etc.)

Space is limited to six Parent/Child pairs. Preregistration required.
Recommended for children ages 4-8.
No previous yoga experience is necessary.

Family Yoga is a wonderful opportunity for family members to bond while exercising, learning mindfulness techniques, and having fun! Ranging from yoga under the sea to outer space, each class will be built around a theme to keep even the youngest students engaged. This class is designed for Adult/child pairs or small groups of mixed ages and abilities.

Being Peace
with Anne Douglas
Saturday, October 15-Sunday, October 16
2:00-6:00 pm Pacific both days, on Zoom
$200 Early Bird until October 1/$225 after October 1

Saturday, October 15 - Sunday, October 16
2:00-6:00 pm both days, PDT
This workshop will be streamed live via Zoom. You will receive a zoom link in your email prior to the start of the workshop.
$200 Early Bird Price until October 1.
$225 Regular Price after October 1.
A recording will be sent to you after the workshop if you are unable to attend live.

Being Peace
Peace is the very essence of who you are. It is the back drop upon which every moment of life is experienced. Yet most of us are swept away by the busyness of life and its accompanying barrage of thoughts and emotions, that we forgot our True Nature as Abiding Peace. The yogic practices can be a nourishing balm in our fast paced, 24-7 hectic lives, and help to remind us to come home to the Inner Peace that we already ARE.

Enjoy this workshop to experience:

Deep healing and rest
The deep peace that eternally abides within
How to take this practice and its benefits into your own life
A variety of yogic practices that include
Yoga
Yoga Nidra
Meditation
Breathing practices / pranayama

Anne Douglas has been offering transformational workshops, retreats and trainings internationally for over 30 years. Her boundless enthusiasm, wisdom & radiant heart create a rich & inspiring environment for insight & awakening.

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Yoga Tree Workshops and Retreats

Support Your Yoga Studio FestivalJune 3-5 and 10-12featuring donated offerings from our talented Yoga Tree teachers

Special Offerings June 3-5

Special Offerings June 10-12

Meditation through the lens of Polyvagal Theorywith Marcia MillerSaturday, June 410:30-11:30 am Pacific on Zoom$55

iRest® Fundamentals:​An 8 week serieswith Susanne HutchinsonMondays, June 6-August 1 (no class July 4!)6:00-7:15 pm Pacific on Zoom$80 for the Series or drop in to any single session for $14

Friday Night Yoga Nidra​with Jennifer Cabanero June 10, 6:00-8:00 pmONLINE via ZOOM, ​$40 (a Support Your Studio Offering)

Finding Our Ground Through Strength:​Using Bodyweightwith Jennifer CabaneroTuesdays, July 5-266:00-7:15 pm Pacific on ZoomUse your Class Pass or drop-in to any session for $14​Register on the weekly class schedule!

Family Yogawith Aubra HellerFridays, July 8-August 12 4:00-5:00 pm $150 for the series/$30 for single drop-in session(price is for one parent and one child)

​Being Peacewith Anne DouglasSaturday, October 15-Sunday, October 16 2:00-6:00 pm Pacific both days, on Zoom$200 Early Bird until October 1/$225 after October 1

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