SECOND SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
These workshops are brought to you by our fabulous teachers and the people of our amazing community. We hope you enjoy the opportunity to learn more about yourself through these different healing modalities or dive a little deeper into your asana practice.
These workshops are sure to be fun, informative & uplifting.
HARMONY WITHIN
Nervous System Wellness
APRIL 14
6:00 - 7:30pm
$45 Early Bird
$55 after 4/1
As we prepare for the vibrancy of spring and summer, this workshop focuses on nurturing your nervous system. Escape the hustle of the "new you" mentality and delve into practices that shift you
from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest mode.
Discover the art of regulating your nervous system through a harmonious blend of breath and movement. Vaza will guide you through gentle poses and mindfulness techniques, providing a toolkit to integrate tranquility into your daily life. Embrace this opportunity to cultivate a resilient and balanced nervous system, ensuring a serene approach to the months to come.
All levels are welcome to join this transformative experience.
Vaza's passion lies in helping people feel and live their best life with a combination of research-based approaches, traditional practices and over a decade of experience. She has taken over 1000 hours of different Yoga Teacher Trainings and continuously studies with her main teacher to stay up with the latest research and trends in the health and fitness industry. Vaza worked with hundreds of patients and students to help optimize their health, well-being, and performance. She is currently a transformational coach, mentor, teacher, and facilitates workshops.
INTRO to CHANTING
A Kirtan Workshop
MAY 12
6:00 - 8:00pm
$30
Come explore the heart-opening practice of Bhakti Yoga and enjoy an inspiring evening of chanting mantras, storytelling, and community.
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No singing or chanting experience is necessary.
We'll do some light stretches, pranayama (breath), and chant the night away. In this workshop we'll discuss chanting, what it is and where it comes from, and the many benefits of chanting mantras. We'll dive into some of the lore and mythology of Hindu deities, and how the stories may manifest and guide our day-to-day.
Kirtan is not a performance, but a group offering. We will collectively be using our voices to participate, creating a vibration and resonance of mantra and myth, in an uplifting and cathartic experience.
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Come as you are with an open mind and open heart, and feel the benefits and healing power of Kirtan!
No yoga mat is needed. The studio will provide props (blankets and bolsters).
Option to bring an offering for the altar (candles, murtis, flowers, crystals, photos, feathers, trinkets and other treasures).
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SOMATIC BREATH WORK JOURNEY
JUNE 9
6:00 - 8:00pm
$35
Breath work journeys are an embodiment experience that take you out of your thinking mind and into your body’s electrical network. It lets you release unneeded energy within this network caused by repeating thoughts, feelings, and old narratives by discharging it out through your body.
Your nervous system is the electrical network of your being. Over time, unresolved trauma or chronic stress causes dis-regulation of this network. When dis-regulated, difficulties in your personal or professional life arise. When you heal trauma and stress, you heal the electrical network of your nervous system. When you heal the nervous system, you heal the emotional self so your authentic self can emerge.
This breath work journey experience employs circular connected breathing coupled with rhythmic music to produce a cathartic emotional release. This release may be in the form of moving, shaking, yelling, crying, or laughing. Using the breath, you will engage your innate ability to heal and sweep out any defenses, blockages, restrictions, or pains that hold you back from who you are and how you want to show up in this world.
During our time together, I’ll be taking you through a 45 minute Breathwork journey.
The whole experience usually is about 2 hours and here’s the structure:
- Brief Educational Chat around Regulating the Nervous System
- Group Shares & Intention Setting
- Practicing Various Breathing Techniques
- The Breathwork Journey (just you and your breath, this is the bulk of the experience - approx 45 mins)
- Journaling & Sharing
- Closing Chat Around Integrating this Experience into Daily Life for Maximum Benefits
How to Prep:
Wear something breathable and comfy.
Do not eat 3 hours prior to our session.
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Sam Kabert is a seasoned serial entrepreneur with accolades like being named one of Silicon Valley’s “40 Under 40” at the age of just 31. However, beneath the veneer of success, Sam discovered a profound void. Despite his achievements, a sense of unfulfillment lingered. This awakening served as the catalyst for his profound quest to uncover his life’s true purpose.
As the accomplished Author of the #1 Bestselling book, “SOUL/Life Balance,” Sam now leads a mission to inspire and empower individuals. His focus is on providing accessible, everyday techniques that enhance mental well-being. Through transformative practices such as breathwork and the reprogramming of subconscious limiting beliefs, Sam is committed to helping people unlock their untapped potential and lead deeply fulfilling lives.
TRE®
Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises Introductory Workshop
JULY 14
6 - 8pm $55
TRE is a simple, gentle and profound technique that facilities the lengthening and relaxation of the psoas muscle and the release of physical and emotional tension and stress. The TRE exercises mildly tire the legs, triggering an involuntary shaking and trembling response, which begins in the legs and often spreads throughout the body. This natural response is the nervous system’s way of discharging long-held tension and unconscious body contraction, caused by everyday stress and traumatic life experiences, in order to restore the body to wholeness.
TRE was developed by Dr. David Berceli, a bio-energetic therapist and social worker, who used it successfully worldwide working with soldiers, firefighters, police officers and survivors of war, natural disasters and other traumatic circumstances to help alleviate the many symptoms of post-traumatic stress. TRE is taught in over 80 countries worldwide.
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Reported benefits include:
*Decrease anxiety
*Release chronic tension
*Discharge emotional and physical trauma
*Increase energy and flexibility
*Improve sleep and mood
*Decrease of aches, pains and symptoms of fibromyalgia, sciatica and other chronic conditions
This workshop is suitable for all ages and fitness levels as the exercises can be modified to accommodate any body’s need.
For more information about TRE please visit www.TREcalifornia.com
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact maria@TREcalifornia.com
Maria is a native Italian and a U.S. citizen since 1997.
Since 2004, Maria has facilitated TRE for thousands of people in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. She assisted Dr. David Berceli, TRE’s founder, in dozens of trainings around the world, including co-teaching with him in Japan. Maria has led hundreds of public workshops and over 130 certification trainings worldwide.
Her eclectic background includes massage, dance, Chinese martial arts, international business management, acting and improvisational comedy, and decades of teaching yoga.
Maria is also the co-creator of Neurogenic Yoga ™, the sister method of TRE.
Maria is known for creating a supportive, compassionate, and entertaining learning environment that are fun and feel safe.
Workshop w. Puja Chance
August 11
6pm
Info coming soon....
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GET YOUR MIND IN SHAPE! ​
w. 2MYNDS (Shan Escarra)
September 8
6-7 PM
$35
Ever wondered why it’s so hard to deliver your best under pressure? Ever thought it may be because we rarely train our mental skills under pressure, or even at all?
Come join us (Shan Escarra, Village Yoga Teacher and PT, and Leon, CEO and founder) for a 2Mynds workshop where you get to transform mental fitness with unique mind-body training! You will execute mental workouts in a relaxed state after which we’ll take you through a physical workout and repeat the same mental training under physical stress.
2Mynds' mission is to help people thrive at life under pressure. We aim to help you achieve better mental health and performance through mental fitness. To do that, we take you on a unique journey where you get to train your mind like you train your body.
Find out more about 2Mynds at 2mynds.com