Take the 40 Day Yoga Challenge with Karissa Bryant
create a new habit -
a healthier, happier, radiant you
Sundays, February 5 - March 11 from 4:30 - 6 PM

"We do not need to enter a showdown with our self-destructive behavior, nor can we deny its existence. We must simply come to know it, and move on. We learn to focus wholeheartedly on positive behavior.After your yoga practice see if you do not feel more at home in your body, more at home in your life, more at home in your spirit. This sense of coming home is real. You have come closer to the truth about yourself, and that is why you feel peace." - Rolf Gates

your commitment to you:
Practice yoga daily
Meditate daily - at least 10 minutes
Keep a daily log
Attend 6 Sunday evening meetings

Our commitment to you:
6 weeks unlimited drop in yoga classes (current passes frozen)
Weekly inspiring and thought provoking themes based on the 8 limbs of yoga and shared at each Sunday meeting
Book: Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates or Sutra Study Book.
Teachers will incorporate this theme into their classesto keep you focused

* Regular practice of yoga and meditation have long been known to lead to transformation in one's body, relationships, emotional well-being. and spirit. Be bold and find out what it holds for you.
* Your yoga practice will begin to sing as you deepen your awareness of yoga principles based on the Yoga Sutras.
* Experiencing each teacher's interpretation of the weekly theme will add rich layers of insight and understanding.
* We have a wise, kind-hearted yoga community. Sunday meetings give you a chance to get to know the people you practice next to in class.
* Newcomers to yoga who wish to jump in with both feet are welcome.

- $165
register here

(Just want the Sutra study on Sundays + book? - $98)

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with
Janice Sack-Ory and
Karen Schwisow
An 8 Week Meditation Program
Orientation:
Sunday February 12 from 6:30 -7:30
Series:
Thursdays, February 16 - April 5
from 6:30 - 8:30 PM
plus a one day retreat on Sunday, March 25 from 9am - 4pm

Reserve your space for the orientation.
Register for the series now

This class could change your life.

MBSR is a clinically proven and extensively studied 8 week meditation program based on the groundbreaking work of Jon Kabat-Zinn from the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

. It has been shown to be helpful for:
-stress
- chronic pain
- anxiety
- depression
- high blood pressure
- GI issues
- sleep disorders
- cancer
- weight management
- every day life challenges and more

To be mindful is to develop skills in attention and moment-to-moment awareness. You learn to transform stressful situations by going through them in a skillful way, in order to get beyond them. This is accomplished by using awareness of one's breath and body to achieve skills of relaxed observing and clarity. This course consists of guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practices, gentle yoga, group dialogue and mindful communication exercises to increase awareness in every day life, individually tailored instruction, daily home practice, guided meditation CDs and hand outs on home practice. Your commitment to attend the weekly sessions and the one day retreat as well as practice daily on your own is critical. No previous meditation experience needed.

"In this very moment, no matter what your condition or situation, you have within you all the resources you need for growing, healing and working with stress, plain, illness and the everyday challenges you are facing. A growing body of scientific evidence supports the reality of a profound mind-body connection and now recognizes that learning and practicing mindfulness can positively affect your sense of health and well-being physically, mentally and emotionally, while simultaneously offering you a means of discovering a deeper sense of ease and peace of mind." - Saki Santorelli, Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness, Stress Reduction Program. University of Massachusetts Medical School

The MBSR program started in the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979 and is now offered in over 200 medical centers, hospitals, and clinics around the world. Center for Mindfulness web sitefor more information.

This class will be held offsite Dumas Bay Centre. The orientation will be held at Three Trees Yoga Studio.

We recognize that benefiting from the MBSR course requires a substantial investment of time and energy in addition to the fee for the course. The decision to enroll is best made with full information. We want each person's choice to be a comfortable one. For that reason the orientation is strongly encouraged. If you cannot attend, please contact us and we'll work with you one-on-one.
Reserve your space for the orientation.

Space is limited. In the event that the class fills, priority will be given to those who signed up for the orientation first. Or, to guarantee your spot, register in full below.
Feel free to call or email us for more information or to discuss your situation personally. contact us

- $350 (payment plan available) advance registration required. space limited.
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Eating Mindfully - The Key to Weight loss and Lifetime Wellness
Presented by Lorrie Jones, MBSR BSN CYI

Free Workshop February 25 from 12:30 to 1:30

Learn how to implement mindful eating practices into your daily life and transform your relationship with yourself and food, making room for true and lasting change.
If you are like most women, you spend your days juggling many roles, conflicting commitments and the wants and needs of others. Often you come last, if there’s time. The temptation to reach for food as comfort or distraction can be overwhelming; although the issue is rarely about food ~ more times than not, the underlying force is emotion. Eating emotionally can become a way of life.

Eating Mindfully is about being in and embracing the present moment, learning mindfulness based skills and practices which create a foundation of awareness, focus and wise choice, ending your undesirable relationship with food. Eating mindfully provides an opportunity to inquire more deeply within, providing the keys to establishing a healthy, loving relationship with yourself and enjoying a favorable weight shift and wise eating choices as a natural result and a sustainable outcome.

Please join us for a talk on how you can create your desired weight and maintain your healthy living for a lifetime. Success is at your fingertips!
This free workshop is given by Lorrie Jones - disordered eating specialist, mindfulness based stress reduction expert, yoga teacher and longtime health educator. Lorrie has gained and lost over 1,900 pounds during a 10 year period of her younger life and has learned, through personal experience, that diets do not work. She enjoys a private consulting practice where she mentors and motivates individuals to create a life of wellness, balance and beauty. She is a welcome addition to our Healing Arts Center and her specialty is eating disorders and related food issues. For more information about Lorrie and the work she does, visit www.simpleserenity.com

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Embracing Love: Partner Yoga for Couples with Karissa Bryant
Sunday, February 26 6:30-8:30pm

Join Karissa for a playful yoga class and discussion with the theme of bringing more love and connection into your partnership. This fun class is designed to bring two people closer together through yoga and touch. We’ll explore breathing, poses and meditation for partners and talk about ways to bring about a stronger connection of awareness, acceptance, and love within your relationship. Learn tools to keep this connection alive every day and to open to giving and receiving each other more fully. Complete with simple massage and relaxation, this class will leave you feeling connected and calm. All levels welcome but an ability to do physical poses recommended.

- $35 per couple
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Kid's Yoga (Ages 3-9)
with Karissa Bryant
Saturday, March 10
from 4:30 - 5:30 PM

Yoga for Kids focuses on creative movement, body awareness, and an introduction to the mind-body connection. Using games, stories, music, and imagination this class will be a fun and exploratory process accessible to any age or physical ability. The main focus of yoga for kids is to bring movement and awareness into our children's bodies...no ability to touch your toes or sit perfectly still required. Students should come with an open mind and a willingness to move, explore, and express themselves. And have fun!
Parents are invited to listen to class from the waiting room or to take time for themselves. In this way, students usually feel more free to explore and have an internal experience.

-$13, $9 for additional sibling
register for this class

Saturday, April 7 from 4:30 - 5:30 PM
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Family Yoga Class Saturday, May 5 from 4:30 - 5:30 PM
-$14 for parent/child, $7 each additional family member
register for this class

Benefits of Yoga for kids:
• Improves Motor Skills
• Improves Balance and Coordination
• Increases neuromuscular development
• Helps to strengthen the immune system
• Promotes healthier sleep
• Increases concentration, focus and attention span
• Stimulates auditory processing and responsiveness
• Balances energy
• Builds confidence and self-esteem
• Develops discipline and self-control
• Enables social interaction and self expression
• Encourages a fit and healthy life style
• Its fun!

Click here to read an in depth article on yoga for kids in Yoga Journal magazine

Partners Yoga with Karissa Bryant
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This is a fun class that is designed to bring two people, either life partners or fitness buddies, together through yoga and touch. We explore new and creative ways to do traditional yoga postures, modifying them to fit the unique needs of each couple. Increase your level of fitness, release tension, and deepen your relationship while having a good time. All participants are invited to go out to dinner afterwards to complete the evening of fun.

- $35 in advance, $40 at the door
Pre registration strongly recommended, space is limited and fills early.

Phoenix Rising Series with Janice Sack-Ory
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Consider this: your body has been everywhere you have in every moment of your life. Since it has been with you through everything you have ever experienced, it can hold your stressful, challenging or painful experiences as tension, aches/pains, anxiety, depression or disease. What can your body teach you about your life and how you react to it?

In each class of this eight week series a new theme will be introduced and explored through movement and mindfulness tools that will allow you to engage in a process of self-discovery. The postures and meditation taught in the class are more about what you are experiencing than doing it the "right way". This is why no previous yoga experience is necessary for these tools to be of value.

Phoenix Rising Yoga is a unique series of movement and mindfulness classes based on yoga and mind/body psychology. They are derived from the work of Michael Lee, the founder of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. Through this therapeutic and process based experience, you have the opportunity to enhance your health and well-being, find stress relief, and promote your own personal growth.

Phoenix Rising Yoga classes are appropriate for anyone who wants to explore Yoga practice as a life-enhancing tool. You will benefit not only from the physical aspects of the practice but will grow in your understanding of your relationship to yourself and those around you, allowing for positive life change and a healthier relationship with life’s stress

.- $99 - pre registration is required.

Restorative Yoga with
Karen Schwisow
1st Friday of Every Month
from 6:00 -7:15 PM 
DROP IN

This class involves only the most delicious yoga poses. It includes very gentle stretching as well as relaxing postures that are held for several minutes. The body is invited to release and let go
while the mind is encouraged to be quiet and awake.

You will experience a variety of poses that help to: * relieve anxiety and nervousness * treat and prevent head aches * soothe the nervous system *combat insomnia * relieve depression and foggy thinking * improve digestion * reduce symptoms of PMS * refresh and rejuvenate the entire body.  
Dim lights, soft music, bolsters, blankets and lavender-scented eye pillows will assist you in releasing tension from the body and the mind.  Float home and enjoy the rest of your week end in peace.
No previous yoga experience required. All props are provided although you are encouraged to bring your own if you have them.

- $15 or use your class pass
Register for a class from here
or call 253-815-YOGA (9642).

Meditation with
Karen Schwisow
2nd Friday of every month
6:00 - 7:00 PM
DROP IN

Meditation is an invaluable tool for self inquiry and insight as well as a pathway for releasing obstacles to health and well-being. As always, we will play with different techniques to aid in your process of developing awareness and inner peace.  Give yourself this hour to cultivate a quiet place with in. 
No experience necessary.

- $15 drop in or use your class pass

Register for a class from here
or call 253-815-YOGA (9642).

Yin & Yoga Nidra 
with Janice Sack-Ory
4th Friday of Every Month
from 6:00 - 7:15PM
DROP IN
No class November 28 or
December 24

This practice begins with yin yoga; a simple, quiet practice that explores the connective tissue and joints of the body. The major differences between a yin and a traditional yoga practice are that yin postures are passive and done with the muscles relaxed. The poses are held on the floor, for a length of time. The regular practice of Yin yoga frees areas of chronic tightness primarily in the hips, legs, and lower back. The yin aspect of yoga, therefore, is vital for a balanced approach to our physical and mental sense of well being. The practice is quiet and passive; it has a quality of stillness. Learning to be still and to enjoy that stillness, helps us to find calm amid the chaos of our daily lives.  

Then you are invited to snuggle in with blankets, bolsters and an eye pillow and listen to a guided meditation that systematically relaxes and releases each layer of the body and mind.  Yoga Nidra leads you gently to a place of quiet with in and with out and offers an opportunity for both insight and inquiry.  It is so nourishing and restful that it is considered to be equal to over 4 hours of sleep. Come and experience this deceptively simple meditation practice.  

-$15 drop in or use your class pass

Register for a class from here
or call 253-815-YOGA (9642).