Art of Assisting Weekend - March 28th + 29th
Mar
28
to Mar 29

Art of Assisting Weekend - March 28th + 29th

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Saturday, March 28-Sunday, March 29

Noon-3:00 pm both days

Investment: $150, visit The Yoga Tree to register

As teachers, our job is to provide a safe container for our students to explore asana postures and find themselves within the practice. While our vocal cues can be wonderful invitations, sometimes a gentle touch (with consent!) can help a student bring attention to a particular area to soften or engage. This can help the student to increase their proprioception and interoception, which in turn can greatly enhance their overall experience of the practice and even help prevent injury.

This immersive workshop experience is not about physically manipulating students into impossible shapes or to make them “go deeper”, but rather to learn the appropriate ways of touch in specific asana shapes to help students create a greater overall awareness of what their body is doing and where it is going.

You will learn how to:

  • Ensure you are getting clear and explicit consent before touch

  • Initiate the foundational skill of “reading” bodies

  • How to effectively use your vocal cues first

  • How to use passive assists that are corrective, supportive, and directional for a wide range of poses.

  • How to use a mindful and skillful touch appropriately in different asana for different effects

CEUs available for yoga teachers

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Stand Tall Session #4 - Your neck supports the 10lb. bowling ball that's your head
Mar
28
10:00 AM10:00

Stand Tall Session #4 - Your neck supports the 10lb. bowling ball that's your head

In this workshop, you’ll awaken the connections between your mid-back, neck, shoulders, arms and head as I lead you through exercises and a practice to support your posture and wellbeing. Afterwards, you’ll be ready to engage back body muscles, stand tall and integrate good postural habits into your digital world.

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Stand Tall Session #2 - Deep Core + Pelvic Positioning Influence Posture
Mar
14
10:00 AM10:00

Stand Tall Session #2 - Deep Core + Pelvic Positioning Influence Posture

In this workshop, you’ll awaken the connections between your mid-back, neck, shoulders, arms and head as I lead you through exercises and a practice to support your posture and wellbeing. Afterwards, you’ll be ready to engage back body muscles, stand tall and integrate good postural habits into your digital world.

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Stand Tall: A Therapeutic Series for Better Posture + Wellbeing
Mar
7
to Mar 28

Stand Tall: A Therapeutic Series for Better Posture + Wellbeing

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In this workshop, you’ll awaken the connections between your mid-back, neck, shoulders, arms and head as I lead you through exercises and a practice to support your posture and wellbeing. Afterwards, you’ll be ready to engage back body muscles, stand tall and integrate good postural habits into your digital world.

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Stand Tall: Engage Your Mid-Back + Neck Muscles for Better Posture + Wellbeing (Copy)
Nov
8
10:00 AM10:00

Stand Tall: Engage Your Mid-Back + Neck Muscles for Better Posture + Wellbeing (Copy)

In this workshop, you’ll awaken the connections between your mid-back, neck, shoulders, arms and head as I lead you through exercises and a practice to support your posture and wellbeing. Afterwards, you’ll be ready to engage back body muscles, stand tall and integrate good postural habits into your digital world.

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Yoga for Chronic Stress and Tension - Wednesday Workshop Series
Apr
2
7:00 PM19:00

Yoga for Chronic Stress and Tension - Wednesday Workshop Series

Yoga for Chronic Stress and Tension - Wednesday Workshop Series

Wednesdays, April 2, 16, 30 and May 14 
7:00-8:30 pm

Location: The Yoga Tree, 4250 Fremont Ave. N

Registration: $115 for the series; https://www.yogatree.com/workshopsretreats.html

Is your body tight with knots? Does life leave you feeling constricted? Or the weight of stress cause you to feel exhausted? Are your neck, mid-back and hips routinely stiff and achey?

Release stress, release tension and ignite vitality with the play of yoga, also known as, lila.
Or as George Bernard Shaw put it, “You don’t stop playing because you get old. You get old because you stop playing.”

We can feel old when life feels hard and our being: connective tissue, immune, circulatory, cardiovascular, cognitive and nervous systems aren’t well due to chronic stress and tension.

In this lila (play of yoga) series, you’ll:

  • Use non-linear and dynamic movements to boost fascia fluidity and lymphatic drainage

  • Experiment with sound and vibration to unlock physical gripping and mental holding

  • Tap into imagination and visualization to build resiliency in body, mind and spirit connections to alleviate suffering


Learn new and small practices to regularly spark your systems with aliveness and your wellbeing with lila, the play of yoga, and live daily life with more ease!

There is no previous yoga experience necessary. You are enough. Showing up is enough. All practices are an invitation, nothing is required and you can participate as you choose. There are props and adaptations available, always. This is a therapeutic series with a short intake to complete and return prior to the first session. There will be a brief check-in at each session.

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Women's Circle - "The Untethered Soul" by Michael A. Singer
Sep
25
5:00 PM17:00

Women's Circle - "The Untethered Soul" by Michael A. Singer

Women’s Circle 6 wk series

Join this circle to share, listen and learn from one another about topics in the book “The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself” by Michael A. Singer. Together let’s allow the reins of the ego to loosen a bit.

Each session will open with a brief intention and grounding followed by discussion on the week’s topic from the book. We’ll close with a brief silent mediation. This circle is open to anyone identifying as female/she/her. There is no previous yoga, meditation or women’s circle experience necessary however only register if you are interested in supporting one another with compassion. Please email me at: hello@fueledbyyoga with any questions.

When: 6 weeks on Wednesdays September 25h  – October 30th, 5:45 - 7p

Where: In-person North QA (address to be given upon payment) or virtual

Register: $45/pp via Venmo @Heather-Hested; Space is limited to 14 participants.

 

 

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Pain in the Neck
Mar
30
1:30 PM13:30

Pain in the Neck

Some call it text neck or forward head jut, you call it a pain in the neck.

In this workshop, you’ll gain:

  • Understanding of the relationship your head and gravity have on your neck and posture.

  • Learn about and condition your neck core. 

  • Recalibrate upper spine posture for less tension in your neck and integrated alignment overall.

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More than One Core - Neck Edition
Jan
13
1:00 PM13:00

More than One Core - Neck Edition

Some call it text neck or forward head jut, you call it a pain in the neck. In this workshop, you’ll gain:

  • Understanding of the relationship your head and gravity have on your neck and posture.

  • Learn about and condition your neck core. 

  • Recalibrate upper spine posture for less tension in your neck and integrated alignment overall.

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