Workshops

To help you deepen your practice in selected areas, Yoga for Life regularly offers specialty workshops. Workshops are typically at least 2 hours in length. Unless otherwise noted, registration is $30. (Early bird rate of $25 applies until midnight 4 days before the date of the workshop.)

Yoga for a Better Back
Saturday March 13
12:30-3:00 p.m.
Rick St George, Physical Therapist & Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist & Mary Lou Buck
Rick will give a presentation on the anatomy/physiology of the spine and how to understand and move safely to protect your back. Mary Lou's instruction will include a basic flow of yoga postures (exercises), with emphasis on postures which appropriately stretch and strengthen the body and bring it into alignment. Regular yoga practice helps improve posture, release tension, prevent and correct back problems, e.g., safe forward and backward bending.
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Day-Long Meditation Retreat

Sunday, March 14th

8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Debbie George

This day-long meditation retreat will provide an opportunity for participants to experience the calming of the mind that can be achieved through a prolonged period of practice. The day will consist of alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, along with a vegetarian lunch and a recorded Dharma talk by a recognized meditation teacher. [Special Note] Although the Online Registration description identifies the price of this workshop as $0, the workshop is actually being offered on a "dana" basis. In the Buddhist tradition, dana means that students make voluntary contributions based upon each individual’s leading to give back in response to what they feel they have received.

Yin Yoga
Sunday, March 21st
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Kathryn Fish
Yin Yoga invites you to expand the deep inner sanctuary of body and mind. You will be guided through postures appropriately affecting the connective tissue and meridians of the body. Restore, re-connect, re-balance through the still, deep and quiet practice of Yin Yoga.

From the Inside Out: The Way of Self Discovery
Friday, March 26
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Shobhan and Danna Faulds
Registration - FREE
Happiness is an elusive goal. If you pursue it directly, disappointment, frustration and addiction are often the result. But if you set out to discover your true self, fulfillment comes naturally as a by-product of self-expression and growth. Come explore your potential to live from a direct connection to self in an evening of dharma talk, poetry, and experiential exercises.

Move Into Knowing: The Power of the Felt Sense
(Session One) Saturday, March 27 - 9:30-12:30
(Session Two) Saturday, March 27 - 2:00-5:00
(Session Three) Sunday, March 28 - 9:30-12:30
Registration for All Three Sessions - $135 (Early Bird through March 13th - $120)
Register for Single Session - $50

Healing and transformation do not result from changing what you believe or even the way you think. They come from allowing a shift to occur at the very core of your being. This core shift changes how you feel in your body, how you perceive the world around you and eventually gives rise to positive thinking and wholesome mind states.

One of the most potent ways to foster this shift is to explore the mysterious felt sense of your body. This felt sense is the surface of the unconscious mind, a doorway to your authentic self and a reliable source of intuitive guidance. Learn how the tools of yoga, breathwork, meditation, body-mind focusing, authentic communication and free writing can take you to the place deep inside that doesn’t have to figure it out – it just knows.

Session One - Saturday morning's session (9:30-12:30) includes yoga, pranayama, meditation, deep relaxation and small and large group sharing.
Session Two - Saturday afternoon's session (2:00-5:00) includes dharma talk, bodymind focusing, authentic communication, breathwork, meditation and free writing.
Session Three - Sunday morning's session (9:30-12:30) includes yoga, pranayama, meditation, free writing, small group work, truth circle and closing ceremony.