events
january events
JANUARY EVENTS
- Saturday, January 21st, 1-4p Acro Yoga Foundations Workshop with Steve and Alissa
- SOLD OUT - Sunday, January 22nd, 4-6p 2-Hour Restorative Yoga + Healing Gong Sound Bath with MyLinda and Renee We will be offering this class again in the near future. Check back for details.
- Saturday, January 28th, 4-5p Naada Yoga, the Yoga of Sound, with Fred
FEBRUARY EVENTS
FEBRUARY EVENTS
- Thursday, February 3rd, 6p-8p 2-Hour Yin Yoga Master Class with Joe Barnett
- Friday - Sunday, February 3-5th, 9a-6p Yin Yoga Training Immersion Twisted Tree Archetypewith Joe Barnett
- Saturday, February 11th, 1-2:30p Valentine's AcroYoga with Clyde
- 30 Day Yoga Challege TBA
- Yoga + Sound Bath with MyLinda TBA
please join us for acroyoga and naada yoga!
Valentines acroyoga with clyde
Join us for Acro Yoga with Clyde Saturday, February 11th, 1p.
Acro Yoga combines the awareness of yoga with the movement and dynamics of acrobatics into a practice that is collaborative, energetic, and fun. It is a great way to build strength, agility, flexibility, and balance while experiencing the freedom to play, explore, and be silly. No experience is needed! No partner is required, bring a friend or make some new ones!
This workshop is appropriate for all levels, including those who are completely new to Acro Yoga. Here you will learn several fundamental Acro Yoga poses, and ways to link them together in flows. Advanced variations will be offered for more experienced students. In addition, you'll also learn techniques and tips for training to strengthen your practice.
New students will walk away with a solid base of skills from which to grow their Acro practice. Experienced students will get opportunities to refine their existing skills and some advanced variations to play with. All who come will have plenty of fun in this playful practice!
Details:
Date - Saturday, February 11th, 2023
Time - 1pm
Pricing - Early Bird $30 before January 14th $40 after January 14th
Refund Policy - one month prior to the event FULL refund less $20 - after 1 month prior to the event NO REFUNDS
naada yoga - the yoga of sound
Please join us for a healing afternoon of Naada Yoga with Fred Cantor, Saturday, January 28th, 2023 from 4-5p.
What is Naada Yoga?
Naada Yoga is one of the oldest yoga practices that uses sound and vibration to bring about the union of mind, body, and soul which is the goal of all forms of yoga. Since it doesn't require asanas (physical postures), naada yoga can be practiced by just about anyone seeking the benefits of yoga. All you need is the ability to sit comfortably and breathe. Using your own voice, you will be drawn into the depths of the ocean of awareness and soar to the highest realms of being. A $10 donation is suggested.
coming soon! restorative Yoga + healing Gong sound bath
restorative yoga to calm the body
We are overwhelmed with gratitude for your support of this event. This event is officially SOLD OUT! If you would like to join the waitlist send us an email and we will add you.
This workshop includes an introduction to restorative yoga, opening and closing meditations, restorative yoga practice, healing Gong sound bath, and energy healing tools to use anytime but especially during stressful times.
See below for information and benefits of Restorative Yoga and Gong Sound Baths.
meditation to calm the mind
In order to create the perfect environment for relaxation please bring your yoga props including:
- 2 blankets
- 1 bolster (if you do not have a bolster firm couch cushions will work)
- 2 yoga blocks
- 2 yoga straps
- 1 pillow
- 1 eye pillow
- 1 large towel, 1 bath towel, 2 hand towels
- socks
- If you don't have yoga props bring what you have and we will adjust. We have a limited number of props available to borrow.
Due to the extensive use of props space is limited. Register early!
gong sound bath to heal body and mind
Master Class Details:
- Date Sunday, January 22, 2023
- Time 4p-6p
- Early pricing - $30
- Late pricing - $35
- Discount Deadline - Sunday, January 15, 2023
- This class is NOT heated.
Check below for Instructor bios and for information and benefits of Restorative Yoga and Gong Sound Baths.
About us
MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
MyLinda's classes are a favorite among Central Florida and North Carolina yogis. MyLinda's reputation for strong, therapeutic, alignment-based yoga classes and trainings combined with deep spirituality and compassion make MyLinda's yoga classes and yoga teacher training programs highly sought a
MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
MyLinda's classes are a favorite among Central Florida and North Carolina yogis. MyLinda's reputation for strong, therapeutic, alignment-based yoga classes and trainings combined with deep spirituality and compassion make MyLinda's yoga classes and yoga teacher training programs highly sought after by local, national, and international students.
MyLinda has been passionately interested and involved in prayer, meditation, fitness, and health for over 43 years. MyLinda began formal prayer and meditation instruction at the age of 14 with the Capuchin Nuns of Amarillo, Texas. MyLinda began practicing yoga in 1994 (29 years go!) and has been devoted to the service of yoga ever since! MyLinda is registered with Yoga Alliance® as an E-RYT 500®, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, which is the highest level currently available. MyLinda has over 7,000 hours of yoga training, over 12,000 hours of yoga teaching experience, and 1,000s more hours in personal practice. In addition, MyLinda has been teaching yoga since 1996 and training teachers since 2002. MyLinda has a fondness for restorative yoga and has been studying it since 2002 (21 years) training Restorative teachers since 2012 (11 years).
Renee Mocerino cyt
MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
Renee is a compassionate and talented sound healer who has dedicated her life to helping others find inner peace and balance. She has spent years studying the power of sound and how it can be used to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. With a deep understanding of the human energy system and a wide range of instrume
Renee is a compassionate and talented sound healer who has dedicated her life to helping others find inner peace and balance. She has spent years studying the power of sound and how it can be used to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. With a deep understanding of the human energy system and a wide range of instruments and techniques at her disposal, Renee is able to create a soothing and calming environment for her clients. Whether she is working with individuals or groups, Renee's calming presence and intuitive nature make her a valuable resource for anyone seeking to improve their overall health and well-being.
Renee is also a certified yoga teacher through Yoga University of Florida.
Restorative Yoga
MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
Restorative Yoga
What is Restorative Yoga?
Restorative Yoga, also known as the “Rest and Digest”, practice originated from the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar. It brings deep relaxation and balance to both the mind and body.
The comfort and needs of the individual are met with the use of props to support the body in relaxation poses. Along with the props’ sup
What is Restorative Yoga?
Restorative Yoga, also known as the “Rest and Digest”, practice originated from the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar. It brings deep relaxation and balance to both the mind and body.
The comfort and needs of the individual are met with the use of props to support the body in relaxation poses. Along with the props’ support, Restorative Yoga also uses gravity to assist with relaxation and release of tension. Minimal light to darkness, silence, warmth, and natural or calming breathing are used to reduce excess stimuli and keep the muscles and mind tranquil.
This is a self-care practice that counters the chronic stress and fast-paced lifestyle of the modern day.
The supported poses and calming breathing provide deep restfulness that nourishes the organ systems of the body and activates the Parasympathetic Nervous System (digestion). This balances our body’s “fight or flight” stress response that comes from the Sympathetic Nervous System.
Restorative Yoga gives time and space for ourselves, allowing us to just be, giving the body a chance to heal itself and the mind a time to settle through relaxation.
Common benefits:
- Relieve effects of chronic stress
- Reduction of blood pressure
- Improves sleep
- Improves digestion
- Reduces muscle tension and general fatigue
We can't wait to share this healing practice with you!
Gong sound bath
MyLinda Morales Hutchings E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
Restorative Yoga
What are gong baths?
Gong baths are a type of inactive meditation, where you “bathe” in the healing vibrations of sound.
Using sound as a form of healing dates back to ancient cultures. Records of using gongs have surfaced from as early as ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman times.
“Gongs have been used as shamanic healing tools, celebra
What are gong baths?
Gong baths are a type of inactive meditation, where you “bathe” in the healing vibrations of sound.
Using sound as a form of healing dates back to ancient cultures. Records of using gongs have surfaced from as early as ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman times.
“Gongs have been used as shamanic healing tools, celebratory instruments, and a method of communication for thousands of years. Evidence suggests that gong making was known as early as 4,000 B.C. and ancient alchemy sources put the gong as far back as 16,000 B.C.,” says sound healing practitioner Britta Hochkeppel.
Benefits of Gong Sound Bath:
- Reduced stress
- Relief from anxiety
- Better sleep (this is one of the most cited benefits!)
- Released emotional blockages
- Better mood
- Improved focus
- Mental clarity
- Creative insights
- Profound physical restoration
- Experience of deep peace
Additional benefits are plentiful. At the physiological level, heart rate and respiration rate slow down and come into balance during a sound bath as the parasympathetic nervous system is activated, and some studies have even shown that nitric oxide (which regulates physiological processes related to good health) in the blood increases.
yin yoga master class
yin yoga master class with joe barnett
There is something for all levels of participants in this master class. This master class is open to students, non-teachers, and teachers. You do not have to be a student of Yoga University to attend this master class.
Yin Yoga is a very simple practice. We settle into an asana for 3-7 minutes and slowly relax our muscles to allow the deeper drier tissues–the connective tissues that wrap our muscles and make up our joint capsules–to be safely and therapeutically stretched, stimulated, and strengthened.
The alignment rules of the postures are also simple, but more importantly, they are functional and organic: We listen to our bodies and lead ourselves into the shape that follows the natural contours of our spine, pelvis, and hips. However, bringing ourselves into this simplicity can be quite challenging. The practice of being still and quiet for minutes at a time can be trying enough, let alone while dropping into a powerful stretch that moves across wide sheets of fascia and drops deep into the ligaments of the joints. And listening to our bodies to find the natural alignment of the pose requires a power of discrimination and an understanding and familiarity with the ever-changing sensations in the body.
Details:
Date: Thursday, February 2, 2023
Times: 6p-8p
Cost: $50 Early - $60 Late - Discount Deadline is Thursday, January 26, 2023
Refund Policy - one month prior to the event FULL refund less $20 - after 1 month prior to the event NO REFUNDS
Link to register https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=12529&stype=-101&sView=week&sLoc=0&date=02/02/23
Yin YOga training is back!
Yin YOga Variations: An intro to leading a practice of surrender february 3-5, 2023
Formerly known as Yin Yoga Foundation Training, Yin Yoga Variations: An Intro to Leading a Practice of Surrender Featuring the Twisting Tree Archetype with Senior Paul Grilley Trainer, Joe Barnett. This is one of our most popular trainings!
There is something for all levels of participants in this immersion. This training is open to students, non-teachers, and teachers. You do NOT have to be a student of Yoga University to attend this training.
YIN VARIATIONS TT: An Intro to Leading a Practice of Surrender Featuring The Twisting Tree Archetype
- 5 Archetypal Yin Yoga Postures, their Target Areas, and their Variations
- Interactive, hands-on study of anatomy: Finding skeletal landmarks and testing range of motion (ROM).
- Understanding and discriminating sensation: Tension vs Compression, Muscle vs Fascia, Physical vs Subtle Energy
- 7 Essential Cues for guiding a Yin posture and exploring its variations
- 3 Stages of Time for skillful pacing of individual poses as well as whole sequences
- Introduction to the “Functional Approach” and the “Yin Yoga Sutras” of Paul Grilley
- “Narrations” practice: Role playing and dialogue practice between teacher and student: How to listen, how to lead
- 5 Foundational Sequences and discussion of their functions and variations, and the basics for building more
Yin Yoga is a simple practice of quiet and surrender,
a practice of settling into a posture for 3-7 minutes, relaxing the body’s resistance, allowing the deeper and stiffer tissues, the fascia that wrap muscles and form joint capsules, to be safely and therapeutically stretched, hydrated, and strengthen. At the same time, the techniques naturally offer a deep rest for the body, and a refuge for the mind and heart.
Yin Yoga is a functional practice.
Guiding students toward this simplicity and surrender can be challenging. It requires a general understanding and appreciation of the infinite complexity of human variation. Physically, mentally and emotionally, every Yogi is unique and requires a unique approach. Realizing this, the founder of Yin Yoga, Paul Grilley, along with his senior students and assistants developed a system of Archetypes and Variations and various dialogue practices to help teachers help their students toward greater self-knowledge.
This Yin Variations 25-Hour TT will guide the student-teachers through the 3-Phase cycle of a Yin Yoga practice:
#1: Explore and Communicate. Through some schematics, charts, and lots of movement and chanting, we will explore and communicate with the body and guide it into a shape, a posture that follows the its unique landscape of twists, turns, tensions, and compressions. We will learn how and where to “listen/ observe” and how best to respond to the evolving needs of the body and mind.
#2: Be still and surrender. We will study what it means to “go deep” into the body with Yin Yoga, as well as what it means to “go deep” into the mind and emotions, and spirit with Yin Yoga. We will compare and contrast these aspects of Yin Yoga with seated Chakra meditation techniques, as well as Yoga Nidra Practices.
#3: Rebound. Passively and steadily observe the flow of energy (i.e. chi, prana, “life force”) released on the exit of a Yin pose. We will discuss life-force channels of different traditions. We will turn to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras for a look into the deepest of endeavors of all our yoga practices, to truly know ourselves.
The Yin teacher’s two voices: group leader and one-on-one consultant.
Through a hands-on, interactive study of anatomy and movement, the Yin teacher appreciates the endless variety of humankind. Through personal explorations of the Yin Yoga Postures as well as dialogue techniques, “Narrations,” with fellow students, she gains a set of practical tools to successfully lead a class, or an individual through a one-on-one.
Posture Analyses: Anatomy and Function.
All Yin Foundations courses include a brief analysis of each of the 5 Yin Yoga Archetypes. In each of the Yin Foundations courses, a deeper study of one of the five. In this course, we will spend extra time on the Swan Archetype and its target areas, the glutes, and the lateral thigh.
Details:
- Dates: Friday-Sunday February 3-5, 2023
- Times: 9a-6p Daily
- Cost:
- $425 Early before January 3, 2023
- $475 Late after January 3, 2023
- To Register
- *Fee includes training manual & handouts
- Certificate and Yoga Alliance CEUs are available
- Refund Policy - one month prior to the event FULL refund less $150 - after 1 month prior to the event NO REFUNDS
See instructor bio below.
Questions? Email us
Your trainer Joe barnett
Joe Barnett is an ERYT-500 Yoga Teacher Trainer, based in Tucson, AZ.
Joe was the original assistant and is still one of the few primary assistants to Paul Grilley, the founder of Yin Yoga and innovator of a highly popular functional approach to anatomy and yoga asana. Joe has also recently copy-edited Grilley’s recent works on meditation, philosophy, and energy work. Joe has been teaching Yin and Yang forms of Yoga for 2 decades, and continues traveling nationally and internationally throughout each year offering presentations and trainings based on his long-time mentor’s work. Staying true to the curriculum of Paul Grilley, Joe provides a deep study (both experiential and anatomical) of skeletal variation, the fascia system, and yoga asana.
Joe also leads a study into the more subtle mind/body practices. Through a framework of the revered texts Patanjali Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita, and the tantric practices of Pranayama and Chakra meditation as inspired by Dr. Hiroshi Motoyama, Joe guides pranayama techniques that combine breath and imagery to soothe the mind, calm the nervous system and nurture Spirit.
Currently, he is in training to be an end-of-life doula, volunteers at his local hospice, and strives to find ways to integrate the education and normalization of death and dying with the philosophies and techniques of yoga.
However, Joe’s playtime is usually spent playing poorly at chess, learning Sanskrit, loving his goats and cats and family, practicing acroyoga, and studying anatomy, including a regular dissection course focused on the fascia layers, and one focused on the brain.
Quote - "Joe Barnett has been our friend and assistant for many years. He has two qualities that make him an excellent presenter: he knows the anatomical principles and he relates to people in a sympathetic manner. His presentations are unhurried, hands-on demonstrations, this is the easiest way to absorb these ideas.” ~ Paul and Suzee Grilley