This series is the perfect place to begin, or to reawaken and resume your practice. A series of slower-paced, informative classes will provide you with a strong foundation in the practice of Yoga, preparing you to proceed with confidence to other classes.
This course includes brief philosophical background of Yoga, study and practice of the fundamental Yoga postures including correct body positioning and alignment for your body, understanding props and how to use them, and detailed instruction on how to combine breath and movement.
Class limited to 8 persons to enhance individualized instruction. Open to all bodies and abilities, no previous experience or fitness level needed. Appropriate for ages 14 and up.
Wednesday Night Workshop Series with Brenna Buckwalter
Wednesdays, February 18-March 25
7:00-8:30 pm
$295 for the series
Who this is for:
You’ve read the books, and you ‘know’ the tools (hey, you watch videos of grounding practices all the time!). You’re ready to bridge the gap between knowledge and practice, the space where your inner wisdom emerges. As social creatures, we can’t expect ourselves to always practice alone: there is a potency to community gathering and learning through sharing.
This workshop is a container for coming home to your body and inhabiting your intuition through ritual, connection, movement, (self)touch, and written reflection. This won’t be your first time meeting your intuition, of course - rather, it’s an opportunity for you to make room for deepening your relationship with it through experience.
From a place of cultivated safety and groundedness, we will explore the questions:
-
What does coming home to your body mean to you? How do you find safety and center?
-
What is intuition? What is not? What does your intuition feel like?
-
What is the next available change or step on your path?
We are all artists, creating our lives through each embodied action. In order to create with intention, we need the space and safety to drop in to our knowing.
Join us in community at The Yoga Tree.
What's Included:
-
Six 90-minute workshops
-
Take-home embodiment practices and journal prompts between workshops
-
1 20-minute 1:1 integration session (optional)
About Brenna:
I teach what I am most curious about. I offer this workshop to you as a peer in learning, holding a container for your experience and sharing the wisdom of the teachers, researchers, practitioners, and artists who have come before me. What excites me most is seeing the people I work with become more connected to their bodies and intuition, and therefore more self-referential and empowered to share their gifts with the world.
I am a bodyworker, yoga teacher, and community member who explores paths to connecting to our (always present) wholeness through nervous system health, myofascial work, embodiment practices, community, and ritual.
Whether you are brand new to iRest Yoga Nidra, or have been taking classes but are wanting to spend a bit more time exploring the fundamental aspects of the protocol, this Fundamentals Series is for you.
Each week, Susanne will guide you through an in-depth exploration of a different step of the iRest protocol. Class will consist of some lecture, discussion, and a guided practice.
This series can serve as a great place to begin before taking one of Jennifer’s Tuesday advanced series, or as a supplement to the weekly drop-in classes.
Week 1 - Inner Resource - Discovering our felt sense of security and well-being
Week 2 - Intention and Heartfelt Desire - Laying the foundation
of Sankalpa: making commitments that support our heart’s
longing
Week 3 - Body sensation - Sensing and welcoming the body as
sensation
Week 4 - Breath sensing - Experiencing the breath as a flow of
energy that moves through the body
Week 5 - Meeting emotions, thoughts, and beliefs
Week 6 - Joy and Well-being - Welcoming joy independent of objects
or circumstance, and Realizing our Essential Nature
This series will run continuously, every 6 weeks. So if you miss one week, no worries! You can catch it the next time around, or drop in to any single session that you want to spend more time exploring.
CEUs available for Yoga Alliance.