What’s coming up at the studios?
Let us know if you have any questions about these upcoming workshops:
Chant ~ Once Monthly
In this once monthly class, Kate will bring chants from the yoga tradition, other spiritual and secular traditions, and from her own invention.
Time: 6:00 – 7:15PM

Writing Present: A Yoga and Writing Workshop
Time: 2:00 – 5:00PM

Yoga for Osteoporosis
While you may know that a regular yoga practice improves flexibility and balance, decreasing the risk of falls, you may not know that there have been studies showing that certain yoga poses can also possibly slow down losses in bone density.
Yoga is a simple impact-free way of applying gentle force to the bones through muscular action. It is this gentle force, over time, that has shown some promise for those with osteoporosis.
This workshop will teach the sequence developed by Dr. Loren Fishman, a physician and yoga teacher who has researched the safe application of yoga for osteoporosis.
Selected yoga poses will be taught in a gentle and supported way. Handouts outlining the sequence will be provided.
Bonnie attended her first yoga class after years of increasing pain from scoliosis and she felt as if she had finally come home. A graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, Advanced Studies Teacher Training Program, she is also a certified Yoga for Scoliosis Teacher, and Certified Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist. Practicing yoga with a strong emphasis on alignment and breath work, she has been able to successfully manage her own chronic back pain and now focuses her teaching on helping others do the same. Bonnie has a Master’s degree in public health and is an active a member of the Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices Group of the American Public Health Association. She brings enthusiasm, a sense of exploration, and a healthy dose of humor to all her classes.
Time: 1:00 – 3:00PM

Yin Yoga with Sound Bath
Time: 5:30 – 7:30PM

Free Reiki Share

Roll and Relax ~ Once Monthly
In this class we will use therapy balls to soothe the nervous system and relieve achy muscles.
Using therapy balls to massage the body helps to relieve pain and mobilize “stuck” areas of your body, while also creating mental and physiological down-regulation and increasing your sense of your body and its positioning in space.
The goal of these once monthly classes will be to create a sense of calm and relaxation. This will be a more restorative rolling practice.
Time: 5:30 – 6:45PM

Living Simply With The Seasons ~ Yoga and Self-Care with Sona Buchanan
Time: 1:00 – 4:30PM

Yoga Nidra ~ Once Monthly
Yoga Nidra is “yogic sleep”. Yoga Nidra is a paradigm shift that allows us to drop beneath the mental and emotional activity of the mind to a state of deep consciousness that promotes extreme relaxation by using guided words and imagery all while in a deeply relaxing posture. This offers a space to explore what you need in the moment, as well as an opportunity to release long-held emotions just by being guided. Nothing to do, nothing to think, just allowing yourself to rest while listening.
Time: 7:00 – 8:00PM
Time: 7:30 – 8:30PM

Day of Mindfulness ~ One Day Mindfulness and Yoga Retreat
- A body nourished by a gentle, mindful yoga practice.
- A mind cleared of its day to day clutter.
- A sense of a spacious heart, feeling re-connected to who you really are.
Time: 10:00AM – 5:00PM
Location: Camp Sealth, Vashon Island

Queer Yoga
Folks across the LGBTQIA+, gender non-conforming/non-binary spectrum are invited to this donation-based yoga class in order to develop tools of resilience, embodiment, self-trust, self-healing and self-love. Through movement, breathing, meditation, reflection, and community, practitioners of any level can explore yoga is a practice to help move through and survive difficult times, and also to support thriving and self-expression.
Welcoming to all gender expressions and emotional states. Big bodies welcome too! Allies are welcome as accompanying friends/guests of queer attendees. No yoga or meditation experience necessary.
This is a donation based class. All funds go to the Tacoma Rainbow Center.
Time: 11:00 – 12:15PM

Yin Yoga ~ Once Monthly
Yin yoga is a practice of long held postures in stillness either seated or laying on the ground. Yin places gentle stress on the connective tissue to stimulate cells to repair, rebuild and to help move fluid and energy through the tissues. We utilize the breath to calm the nervous system and mindfulness to connect with sensations that arise in our bodies and mind. Yin yoga combines Hatha yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Mindfulness to form a beautiful quiet practice. All levels welcome.
Time: 5:30 – 6:45PM

BeLOVE ~ An Afternoon of Yoga, Sound and Books
Join us in welcoming local author and artist, Jackie Zinni, as she shares with us her new book, LOVE. Accompanying her with the harmonic, vibrational sounds of Himalayan singing bowls will be Soulfire Sound Therapy, and our very own Family Yoga teacher Christine Hills will guide us in a heart-opening and balancing – but mostly just pure fun! – yoga practice. This interactive class allows families to explore yoga, music, and love of books together in shared space. We invite you to join in community to deepen your awareness and connection of the LOVE we have both within us and surrounding us!
About the book: LOVE opens little ones to the power of Love and its connection to all things through simple phrases and rainbow watercolors. A great guide for adults to introduce an experience of meditation to children that helps develop more heart awareness through feelings. The illustrations and questions allow the readers to remember that Love always was, is, and will be.
LOVE is a book for everyone: that plants new seeds of awareness and the beauty of Love.
Open to families of all ages & stages.
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
