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Yoga and Moving Through Emotions

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$25 | Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

It can be challenging to allow emotions to surface, to feel them as they arise while also having the skills to regulate and integrate them.

This workshop will examine the difference between emotions and feelings, how yoga can help to establish healthy ways to be with one’s emotions, and how to use them skillfully not only for personal and spiritual growth but also enrich one’s lived experience.

A guided practice will explore how working with body and breath can increase emotional awareness and balance.

Claudia Bartsch, E-500CYT, C-IAYT, has been teaching yoga for over 20 years. With over 1,700 hours of official training she offers an in-depth understanding of the yogic practices and techniques and how to apply them for healing, integration and transformation. She studied with the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy School and was certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists in 2016.

Additionally, Claudia is a certified Stress Management Educator and a trained Reiki and Shiatsu Practitioner.

Please visit her website for more information, claudiabartsch.com

2022-01-29T12:46:39-08:00November 30th, 2021|Tags: , , |

New Beginnings Writing Group

By donation $0, $5, $10, $15 Sliding scale, pay what you can.

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Meets monthly on the second Friday | Free follow up – Friday, JAN 25, 2022 ⋅ 4:00 – 6:00pm

In these times of great change, we will explore a path toward meeting ourselves where we are to give voice to all that matters!
As we live with interruptions and chaos, we can deepen to the roots of our creativity, encouraging the river of expression to flow.
Beginners and seasoned writers are welcome, as we explore various forms of writing: poetry, prose, short stories, memoir, among others. Through writing exercises using everyday life, place, family, images, poetry of others, while using pranayama, meditation and the guidance of the Sutras we will build a body of work. Participants are encouraged to go at their own pace.
Tools we will Practice:

  • The Art of Paying Attention
  • Acceptance
  • Play
  • Writing from the Heart

Together we will combine self-care with our writing and discover what a writing practice means to us and how it may take shape.

Susan Ford, C-IAYT, RYT-500, began teaching in 2011 and has been an assistant trainer for the Basic Yoga Teacher at IYI since 2012.She specializes in gentle yoga and yoga therapy working with people with disabilities, cancer, heart disease, arthritis, aging, bone health, anxiety, depression and asthma. Her focus is to help students to meet their bodies where they are by introducing and incorporating Therapeutic Yoga, Raja Yoga, Hatha Yoga, pranayama and meditation.
Susan has been a writer of poetry, short stories and plays most of her adult life and has been repeatedly featured in the storytelling events in Northern California. She has led writer groups, tutored many in writing, and regularly hosts poetry reading Satsangs at the IYI.

2022-01-12T13:35:03-08:00November 30th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , , |

Moon Salutation Workshop

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ONLINE | $20

At this New Moon, we will open our being to the sideways flow of the moon salutation asana series and open the doors to allow the voice of intuition and creativity to come forth and manifest. This feminine flow, the creative process comes from stillness “darkness of the night”, the empty canvas, the empty page.
We will dive into exploration of our bodies, let our patterns come to the surface and will allow space for expression and sharing.

Prior experience with yoga and meditation is helpful.

Diana Meltsner, C-IAYT and e-RYT 500, has been teaching yoga in the Bay Area since 2001. Diana has been a lead teacher trainer for 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2012. The classes she teaches include chair/gentle, various levels of Hatha yoga, prenatal, guided mindfulness meditations, and various yoga, pranayama and meditation workshops. She’s been working as a health educator and yoga instructor for Kaiser Permanente since 2014.
She is C-IAYT certified yoga therapist and San Francisco center manager for the Integral Yoga Therapy 800-hour certification program. Diana offers individual therapeutic sessions with focus on physical and mental wellness. Her offerings help people to find a deeper sense of well-being and ability to move through life with increased ease, intuition, and stress resilience.
www.dianameltsner.com

2021-11-19T17:50:17-08:00November 19th, 2021|Tags: , , |

New Years Eve: Meditation and Prayers for World Peace

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By donation $0, $5, $10, $15 sliding scale, pay what you can.

The beginning of a new year is a potent time to pause from our daily pursuits and send out heartfelt prayers for the spiritual upliftment of all beings. Swami Ramananda will offer a brief message of inspiration and lead us in chanting mantras dedicated to world peace followed by meditation. Sincere prayer brings healing to our own hearts, and the stillness of meditation allows us to begin the new year charged with a natural sense of Oneness.

Swami Ramananda is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition, who has been practicing Yoga for over 45 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life, and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential. He leads beginner, intermediate and advanced level Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco, and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the U.S., Europe and South America. Ramananda co-developed the Stress Management Teacher Training program with Swami Vidyananda, has trained many teachers to bring Yoga into corporate, hospital and medical settings, and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a certified Yoga therapist and founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes yoga teachers as professionals. He is a co-founder of The Spiritual Action Initiative (SAI) which brings together individuals committed to working for social justice for all beings and for the care and healing of our natural world. His warmth, wisdom and sense of humor have endeared him to many.

Diana Meltsner, C-IAYT and e-RYT 500, has been teaching yoga in the Bay Area since 2001. Diana has been a lead teacher trainer for 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2012. The classes she teaches include chair/gentle, various levels of Hatha yoga, prenatal, guided mindfulness meditations, and various yoga, pranayama and meditation workshops. She’s been working as a health educator and yoga instructor for Kaiser Permanente since 2014.
She is C-IAYT certified yoga therapist and San Francisco center manager for the Integral Yoga Therapy 800-hour certification program. Diana offers individual therapeutic sessions with focus on physical and mental wellness. Her offerings help people to find a deeper sense of well-being and ability to move through life with increased ease, intuition, and stress resilience. dianameltsner.com

2021-12-22T11:22:37-08:00November 5th, 2021|Tags: , , , , |
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