Our yoga workshops are designed for yoga students of all abilities, from the beginner to advanced yoga practitioners, and present exciting opportunities to begin or continue your study, exploration and practice of yoga. Our topic-specific yoga workshops focus on the nuances, subtleties and anatomical mechanics that aren’t always explored in our weekly yoga classes. In these carefully-sequenced workshops you’ll find a learning environment created to extend your knowledge while advancing your yoga practice.
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All classes, workshop and retreat fees are non-refundable.
Yoga University
- Dates: Saturdays, May 4│May 18│June 15│July 20│August 17│September 21
- Time: 1:00-5:00 p.m.
- Instructor: Lynn
- Cost: $540 for 6 sessions; $285 for 3 sessions; $100 per individual session
- All registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable
These workshops are designed to give you the hands-on experience, sequencing knowledge, advanced teaching skills and individual guidance needed to increase your confidence and take your teaching and your practice to a whole new level. These workshops fulfill Yoga Alliance continuing education requirements for all 200- and 300-hour teachers, and are open to participants and graduates of a 200-hour course and pre-approved advanced-level practitioners.
Introduction to Ayurveda and the Doshas
- Date: Saturday, May 25th, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
- Instructor: Wendy
- Cost: $30 preregistered; $35 day of
Ayurveda is an ancient system of preventative health care, rejuvenation and longevity. As a way of life it creates harmony by teaching us to honor our individual nature, while we consciously follow the rhythms and cycles of the natural world.
The five great elements of ether, air, fire, water and earth are the building blocks of the natural world and they pair-up in three combinations to form the doshas of Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Each individual is born with a unique combination of these doshas or constitutional nature.
Ayurveda places great emphasis on prevention and encourages the maintenance of health through close attention to balance in one’s life, right thinking, diet, lifestyle and the use of herbs. Knowledge of Ayurveda enables one to understand how to create this balance of body, mind and consciousness according to one’s own individual constitution and how to make lifestyle changes to bring about and maintain this balance.
This lecture on Ayurveda will briefly cover its history and philosophy as well as offer basic lifestyle guidelines to encourage us to come closer to our individual nature.
Yoga for Digestive Health
- Date: Saturday, June 8, 1:00-3:00 pm
- Instructor: Heather
- Cost: $40 pre-registered; $45 day of
Are you someone who experiences digestive issues? Do you have scar tissue from past abdominal surgeries? Do you have an autoimmune disease, SIBO, Chron’s, or just want to support your overall digestive health?
In this workshop, Heather will guide you through a series of yoga poses specifically designed to address the proper function of the digestive system and to nourish the body. She will be teaching visceral self-massage techniques for you to use at home and guide you through breath work, which gently assists the healing of the digestive process.
Finally, Heather will weave into class information on essential oils that can help stimulate and heal the digestive system. She’ll look at the emotional and energetic components – the how and why we store our emotions in the gut, and how the chakras (energetics) affect our digestive system. She will also discuss dietary changes that can enhance a healthy gut. All of these modalities soften scar tissue as well as the intestinal tract and create balance. When our digestive system functions properly, both our immune system and nervous system are able to function optimally.
This class is NOT recommended for pregnancy.
Let Freedom Ring
- Date: Thursday, July 4, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
- Instructor: Lynn
- Cost: $30 pre-registered; $35 day of
Before the beach and barbeque, come celebrate life, liberty and freedom! We’ll start with some slow stretches to open up the body. Then we will heat up with asana, and finally cool you down with restoratives, breath awareness and meditation, leaving you wrung out, happy and relaxed as if you had been on a week-long retreat. All levels.
Pain-Free Workshop
- Date: Saturday, August 10, 1:00-2:30 pm
- Instructor: Lynn
- Cost: $30 pre-registered; $35 day of
Sensory Motor Amnesia (SMA) is the condition of chronically-tight muscles that have learned to stay contracted due to stress, accident, injury, surgery or repetitive tasks like sitting at a desk. . The resulting patterns of muscular contraction can cause common conditions such as chronic back, neck, shoulder and hip pain, limited mobility, joint pain, poor posture, and shallow breathing. In this workshop, we’ll be practicing movements in conjunction with gentle yoga to reverse the effects of SMA so that you experience less pain.
Annual Yoga Retreat at Sanibel Harbour Resort ~ October 25-27, 2019
- Dates: October 25-27, 2019
- Cost: $450 pp double occupancy; $600 single occupancy for entire weekend (reservations are nonrefundable)
- Teachers: Lynn, Kris, and staff from YftH
What do yoga poses, poolside relaxation, and luxurious spa services and have in common? You can experience them all at Yoga from the Heart’s annual yoga retreat at Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort and Spa.
No need to worry about an itinerary. Wardrobe? Loose-fitting. If you’re a lazy planner, like to travel along without being alone, and want a vacation that’s more likely to renew than exhaust, our annual retreat is ideal.
So much more than a vacation, our annual retreat inspires inner and outer renewal with daily yoga and meditation classes that focus on enhancing your practice and improving your overall health and well-being—all in the picturesque surroundings of beautiful Sanibel Island. During your free time, relax by the pool, treat yourself to a spa service (or two), shop in local boutiques, or satisfy your adventurous side with a variety of water sports and recreational activities.
This promises to be an unforgettable retreat, so reserve your space now! Accommodations at Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort and Spa for two nights, use of resort amenities and all yoga and meditation classes is $450 per person, double occupancy; $600 single occupancy. All classes may be used for CEU’s with Yoga Alliance.