Encouraging Connection
Before you finish frosting the cookies and tackle the wrapping, give yourself the perfect gift: your own presence.
On Thursday, December 24 we’ll have a special Christmas Eve yoga practice at 9 AM. Join in the studio (pre-registration required) or virtual via Zoom.
Monday evening is extra-special in the celestial world: Winter Solstice, with a bonus viewing of the “Bethlehem Star” (when Saturn and Jupiter align so closely they shine in extra brilliance) for the first time in 800 years. That means our Monday evening yoga practice will give an extra-special nod toward the gift of darkness as a means of celebrating Light.
In case you’re not devouring them all at once, here’s a weekly dose of Woven Conversations – this episode with our own Stephanie Book!
Beginning in November we’re piloting a new software to sign up for classes called fitDegree. This has a user app that you use to register for classes and make purchases. If you were formerly in the Vagaro system, here’s how you connect to your passes and memberships:
Our Chair Yoga classes use chairs, the walls, and other props throughout the whole class so you feel supported. Toni designs these classes with a sense of gentleness towards the wrist, shoulder, hip, knee and ankle joints: working toward flexibility and a greater range of motion mindfully and with purpose.
The class also uses chair work while gaining strength and improving balance. We use the support of the chair and the wall to find a sense of centeredness while keeping safe. With precise cuing, you’ll learn to utilize sleepy muscles to find ways of moving that feel spacious and strong.
Our standard All-Levels Flow class connects the body and the breath using a series of poses that moves from the ground to standing throughout the class. This works great for many people, but some individuals prefer to stay seated or move to the floor only once through a practice. Chair Yoga and Gentle Yoga begin seated, moves to standing, and ends with a seated, comfortable and relaxed rest pose.
Just because you’re not running marathons anymore – or even though a flight of stairs might leave you out of breath – doesn’t mean you’re sentenced to a life of immobility. Science confirms the benefits of a regular yoga practice for the whole body: better sleep, lower hypertension, fewer injuries related to falling, not to mention the mental and emotional benefits related to stress, anxiety, depression and other invisible illnesses.
Since experiencing barre several years ago, I’ve been hoping to bring it into the studio. My friend Kelsey has been practicing at Pure Barre for years and recently completed her training with Barre Intensity at GoYoga and she’s ready to share this powerful practice.
Barre isn’t a form of yoga, but rather it taps into poses and adds strong movement to smaller muscle groups that often get looked over in traditional workouts like running and biking. For yogis who are regularly lengthening our musculature, a practice such as barre that aims to work those areas will help to keep us safe and strong.
Barre classes run on the same pricing and packaging as yoga and it’s already been added to options for passholders and members – just sign up the way you would normally for a yoga class.
Bring your mat, a small (1-3 pound) set of hand weights and come ready to get sweaty.
Kelsey is offering 3 classes each week:
Have you ever wanted to “linger longer” in a pose? Looking for a slower paced counterpart to your workout routine? Join us for an inquiry into the benefits of Yin Yoga. We will gently stress the connective tissues of our bodies while working to calm the mind and focus on the sensations we uncover when we give ourselves time to find stillness in each pose.
Sign up now for our November offering of Yin Yoga!
Starting Monday, August 31 you’ll see some shifts in the weekly class schedule:
Online registration is available but not required – you can just show up!
Sunday, September 13 at 6 PM will be our first Ayurveda Workshop! Read more and get signed up for both the workshop and the guided reset >>>
There’s still time to get your 1 Month UNLIMITED pass at half price – $42! It’s good for one month from the date of purchase. Last date to buy online: September 11.
Ayurveda, the “sister science of yoga” is an ancient way of seeing the world using elements, textures, tastes, and sensory experiences. By understanding the qualities of what you eat, watch, breathe, and think, you can understand how to restore balance and make effective changes in routine that don’t require rearranging your entire existence.
This fall at Woven Yoga we will host a 90-minute workshop on the basic premises of Ayurveda. We’ll explore the Doshas and provide a framework for understanding your unique constitution so that you can approach the changing season with grace and ease.
This workshop will be held at 6 PM on Sunday, September 13. Cost: $35.
The last half hour of the workshop will include an outline of self-care practices to engage during the fall Vata season and introduce the Fall Reset experience. This week includes changing habits related to diet, movement, and mental well-being to re-center and ground yourself in nourishment and care.
Woven Yoga will also host a guided Reset experience the week of September 14-17, following the workshop.
The guided Reset experience includes:
Cost: $70 | $40 for Unlimited Members
*Those on the Surviving September pass, email me for discounted pricing codes
Toni will teach an in-studio All-Levels Flow at 6 PM or join Michele outdoors at the South Park at 7:15 PM for an All-Levels Flow. Livestream will be available only for the 7:15.
Join Kelsey for a trial class of Barre at 10 AM on Saturday. There’s room for 6 of you, so register early. Use code TRYBARRE and it’s free!
Now through mid-September there’s an Unlimited Pass option for teachers as we head back to our learning stations. The pass begins at purchase and runs for one month; this includes all the classes on our regular schedule (including Barre when it begins).
Mark your calendar now for an evening on the White Shutter Winery hillside. No need to pre-register. This is likely our last of this event for the year.
September will welcome back the 6:15 AM class on Wednesdays and add a Chair Yoga option on Tuesdays. With the addition of Barre, our studio will have evening classes 5 nights a week! Now’s the perfect time to commit to a regular practice and find a routine that fits your schedule.
Ayurveda, the Sister Science of Yoga (literally translated “the science of life”) is an ancient way of seeing the world. It uses ideas of opposite qualities (hot-cold, dry-wet, solid-spacious) to help identify ways to restore balance. Most often, Ayurveda can be used to help us decide what to take in to our lives and bodies through foods, media, and use of time.
Most years I take a week for an Ayurvedic “reset” to help me restore balance and prepare for a change in the seasons, mentally and physically. Every time I bring up this topic amongst friends or in the studio, I get a surge of interest. This year I will offer both a workshop that gives an overview of Ayurveda, the doshas, and how it can be a tool of restoring balance, paired with a guided reset experience for those interested. Details are coming your way soon, but for the moment, please email me if you have interest in participating in the workshop and/or the reset experience so I can begin to make preparations.
