Come learn strategies to help reduce or prevent tearing during birth. Join Dr. Ashlie Emert, pelvic floor physical therapist, yoga teacher and mom, in this interactive workshop to help you prepare for birth and take control to help prevent tearing. You will learn what perineal tears are, what you can do to help prevent them, labor positions that help reduce tears, and techniques to reduce stress and tension during birth and more! There will also be an anonymous “ask anything” question session so that you can be sure to get answers to all of your questions in a supportive environment. Leave feeling empowered and equipped with tools to reduce tearing during birth!

Dr. Ashlie Emert, DPT, is a pelvic floor and orthopedic physical therapist, who specializes in pre and postpartum conditions. She has also been a certified yoga teacher for over a decade. She believes her patients thrive with her multifaceted approach to PT, which includes a mix of manual therapy and exercise, often integrating concepts and postures from Hatha, Ashtanga, and Vinyasa yoga. Ashlie has recently been distinguished as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and is also recognized as a certified specialist in treatment of pregnant and postpartum women (CAPP-Ob).

Community Acupuncture offers high-quality, affordable treatments in a group setting. Sessions will take place in one of Aditi’s spacious and peaceful yoga room, where patients will be individually treated in supportive and restorative Yoga postures, on a mat, on the floor for about one hour. There are many props and blankets to ensure comfort, and ambient relaxing music will be played. This therapeutic setting offers individuals an opportunity to relax, renew and receive the proven method of Chinese Medicine’s Balance Method.

Andy Hall, L.Ac., LMT, is a licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist and he loves his work. Through curated Acupuncture sessions, he offers this comprehensive and ancient medicine to his patients, meeting the dynamic needs of each individual. He’s an intuitive and attentive practitioner, who’s passionate about offering affordable acupuncture to his community at Aditi.

Cancellation Policy: Refunds of 90% up to five days prior to workshop. No refunds allowable after that time.

Was 2025 a hard year for you? Did you feel your peace disturbed, personally, politically, or in some other way? Come and experience the healing power of the peacemaking circle. Traditionally used in indigenous communities for reconciliation and connecting as a community, peacemaking circles have been used in the criminal justice system, in schools and classrooms, by families and communitites, to facilitate healing, create connection, and deal with difficult issues. The unique protocols of the circle quickly create a feeling of trust and safety among participants, which allows them to feel comfortable sharing deep truths in a vulnerable way.

This circle will be focused around the topic of PEACE: How to find it, what makes finding it hard, and, hopefully, having an experience of peace in and through community. It will be led by Lara Simmons, an RYT200 yoga teacher with a Masters in Teaching from Seattle University. She was taught to lead circles by Saroeum Phong, a pioneer in the field of restorative justice utilizing the Peacemaking Circle Process.