26 Seattle Yoga Events For The 2021 Spring Season

About this Event: Calder means ‘rocky water’ which sums up the experience of a myofascial workshop: Rolling out the tissues in the body to find the tight spots of tension and release the tension using myofascial release therapy balls.
Myofascial release breaks up adhesions and scar tissue in the body, improves circulation and neuromuscular efficiency, relieves soreness and stress, improves range of motion, and corrects muscle imbalance.
This workshop is ideal for all people, regardless of fitness level, who wish to learn a new technique for dealing with muscle tension, fatigue, or tightness.
Supplies needed for this event include a mat or hard surface to roll on, a yoga block or stack of books, a blanket or towel, and 1 set of myofascial release balls. A foam roller is optional.

About this Event: Spira and Young Adult Yoga (YAY) will offer a 5 week series of workshops. YAY’s mission is to teach the everyday practice of the Eight Limbs of Yoga to inspire healthy habits, resiliency, and kindness in young adults. Each workshop will include physical practice, a fun 8 Limbs focused activity, as well as, time for reflection, breathwork, and meditation. All abilities are welcome!
Week 1: Intro to Yoga
Week 2: The Yamas (Social Responsibilities)
Week 3: The Niyamas (Self-compassion and care)
Week 4: Breath/Meditation/Focus
Week 5: Oneness/Trusting your inner-self/Last Day Ceremony and Reflection

About this Event: Being upright comes with its challenges! Back pain is the second most common physical complaint (headaches are number one) and the most common cause of job-related disability and a leading contributor to missed work. On a happier note, recent studies show that strengthening and stretching exercises like yoga are more effective for managing chronic back pain than surgery or pain medications and offer little to no harmful side effects. This is good news!
In this six-week Back Care series we will:
• study the basic anatomy and physiology of back pain to uncover common unhealthy habits
• learn and practice healthy alignment and movement patterns (sitting, standing, walking)
• practice gentle stretching and strengthening exercises designed to increase support and balance to the structures of the spine and pelvis, legs and feet
• practice movements that increase circulation, help to relieve pain and speed healing, and build a better mental embody map
You will leave with a well-stocked tool kit of back care savvy that will help you to solve current issues and avoid future problems.
Open to all levels of yoga experience.

About this Event: This is an hour and a half class held over Zoom. Priscilla will lead you to map out astrological events and energies for the month of March. You will have a clear view of what energies you are working with for the upcoming month. You will be able to plan your new and full moons with more intent. After this discussion, participants will dive into a breathwork practice with the intentions you will set for the month of March.

About this Event: Described as the Vedic Science of Life, Ayurveda is a five-thousand-year-old healing tradition originating in India. It is the sister science to yoga or the medical side of yoga. Ayurveda studies the harmony between humans and the environment and treats every individual as a whole, assessing body, mind, and spirit to assist in maintaining overall health.
In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to learn the fundamental principles of Ayurveda and how you can use those principles to start peeling back the layers of who you think you are to reveal who you really are and own it. Discover how to be the happiest and healthiest version of YOURSELF.
Workshop includes:
– 1 hour lecture/discussion
– 1 hour Tri-doshic balancing yoga practice

About this Event: Prepare for birth through yoga! This live, virtual partner workshop is open to pregnant people and their partners (partner can mean anyone: spouse, partner, doula, friend, or anyone who will be providing birth support during childbirth) and to all levels of yoga experience.
This workshop will offer you the opportunity to explore the intersecting pathways of support during labor and childbirth and yoga. Partner Prenatal Yoga will offer the opportunity to explore the physical practice of yoga through warm-up poses and partner yoga poses. The session will also include yoga practices such as breath and meditation as an opportunity to find connection and support.
Through thought provoking questions, simple massage, and time to share one-on-one with your partner, you will also be given the chance to touch into your expectations, excitements and fears about your upcoming birth experience and becoming a parent (or becoming a parent again!).
While this workshop may be more applicable for those late in their 2nd trimester and into their 3rd trimester, all are welcome as it works with your schedule.
All levels of yoga experience are welcome. Recording of class will be available to participants for one month after workshop.

About this Event: Wind-down from the week with a candlelit Yin Yoga class. A complimentary yin series to Shefayoga’s vinyasa flows, you’ll be guided to hold poses for 3-5 minutes and invite a little more space and stillness while you go deeper. Designed to ground and tune into yourself with breath, it’s a beautiful way to start the weekend each month.

About this Event: Calling all walkers, hikers, bikers, sitters, or anyone whose body craves attention and relief! If you want to discover new ways to refresh yourself from head to toe, then you need to be here!
In this online workshop you’ll take 2.25 hours to systematically reset the body using massage therapy balls for deep tissue release, and unwind via yoga and corrective exercises. You’ll leave with a sense of ease, balance, length, and lightness.
This hybrid workshop will incorporate yoga, and draw inspiration from practices and tools made popular by Katy Bowman and Jill Miller to target deep tissue and fascial release. Appropriate for newer students, those who need options to modify their practice, as well as longtime students who enjoy a methodical, balanced practice designed to offer access to deeper fascial planes that regular asana does not address.

About this Event: The intention of this program is to encourage a deepening of our meditation practice and, within the refuge of sangha (spiritual community), to share insights and support for living with wisdom and compassion. Each of the 8 online meetings included in this program will begin with a half-hour of meditation followed by an investigation of the first half of Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright. (The second half will be covered in Sangha Yoga’s Summer 2021 session.)
This New York Times bestselling book looks at the Buddha’s teachings through the fascinating lens of evolutionary psychology and neuroscience. The author, a long-time Buddhist practitioner, uses both science and his personal experiences with meditation to illustrate how mindfulness really does reduce the suffering we cause ourselves and others.

About this Event: Join Leah for an online exploration of the world of sacred sounds (mantra) and hand gestures (mudra). This knowledge will enhance and deepen your current breathwork, meditation, and physical yoga practices. You will learn how implementing these tools into your daily life can help settle the mind, bring increased awareness and connection to the physical body, and brighten your spirit.
The $25 investment includes the live zoom workshop, access to the recording for 7 days, and a detailed handout to use for future practices.

About this Event: Experience the yogic science of Pranayama, one of the most powerful tools for balancing body and mind, managing stress, and promoting good health and longevity.
Oxygen is our most vital nutrient. However, few of us know what it means to use the full capacity of our lungs. Fewer still know how to use the breath effortlessly, regularly, and freely. How many times have you caught yourself unconsciously holding your breath while in a stressful situation?
Yoga is more than just a tool to gain strength and mobility. It is a complete system of health and fitness that teaches us to manage Prana, the vital life force. Prana is what makes it possible for the body to move and the mind to think. Our state of mind and our physical health are closely related to the quality of Prana within our body. We can influence the flow of Prana through the flow of our breath. Practicing Pranayama replenishes the body, sharpens the mind, soothes the senses, resets the nervous system, and strengthens the immune system.
The results? We begin to live more fully in the moment with less anxiety and fear, which leads us to greater clarity, vitality, and peace.

About this Event: Aham Yoga is deeply passionate about Women’s Health, Aging & Yoga. This journey started a long time ago when Arundhati, the studio owner, noticed her late mother’s struggles with health over the years, her lack of resources, community, and knowledge. This reinforced her commitment to live a life that sought these practices and resources actively, while making these tools and yogic wisdom available to others so you can help yourself, your mothers, sisters, daughters and friends. The beauty of yoga is it doesn’t matter when you begin. As long as you start…

About this Event: This workshop will move you through an extended two hour practice giving you the time & space to go deeper & feel more.
This session will begin with an intention setting meditation, then you will embark on a journey through a series of Sun A & B variations, warrior postures, standing balances, flight opportunities, seated postures, backbends, & eventually the earth. You will be guided to bring your practice to a close with a couple supine shapes & an extended savasana that will include a guided body scan. This practice will be suitable for all levels & will include both modifications & expansions, so you can create a practice that works for you & your individual body. Come experience the full spectrum of effort & ease & everything in between.

About this Event: Ayurveda is the traditional Hindu system of medicine, and means knowledge of life in Sanskrit. This series offers a comprehensive overview of Ayurveda with each session dedicated to a different topic on the science of cultivating balance and wellbeing. These six interactive lectures explore the Five Great Elements, Balancing and Boosting Practices for each Dosha, Food, Digestion and Nutrition, Daily and Seasonal Routines, and the study of how the principles of Ayurveda and Yoga are aligned. This series is for everyone, regardless of Ayurveda and/or Yoga experience.

About this Event: Join Debbie to celebrate ♥LOVE ♥ as you tune into the Cosmic Rhythm and vibration of the crystal healing bowls and Paiste Planetary Gong. You will be guided to reawaken the Power of your Heart in this Beautiful, sacred, sound healing.
The practice will involve breathing together and gentle yoga to move your body in a way that makes it more receptive to heal, release or clear anything that isn’t serving you. Don’t miss this unique and deeply rewarding yoga experience that blends sacred movement, breath control and healing frequencies of the crystal healing bowls!

About this Event: In the Sattva yoga journey, multiple tools of yoga are put together to create a journey with a theme, making them holistic and potentially transformational experiences. In this particular journey, you will explore cosmic consciousness, a state beyond identification with the ego alone. Pranayama, kriyas, meditation and asana will be utilized. Those without experience with kriyas will gain familiarity with the depth these practices offer. They are often repetitive practices, involving movement, the breath, and sometimes mantra. Unlike in drop-in classes, asana will be simply supportive, used to ground and distribute energy after this deep work together.

About this Event: So you’ve taken an Intro to Yoga class – and now what? This is a 6-week series for those who have a basic understanding of yoga and want a series that will give them time and opportunity to:
✓ practice a variety of warm-ups and yoga poses at a manageable pace
✓ investigate what’s meant when we talk about “alignment” in yoga postures
✓ cultivate strength and stamina for your life and in yoga poses & transitions
✓ improve joint mobility and control
✓ learn how to effectively use props to enhance your poses
✓ explore yoga practices and as well as other modalities that will serve you on and off the mat
This class is perfect for those who’ve taken an Intro to Yoga series and want a slower-paced class, as well as anyone who wants to focus on the nuances to create a practice tailored to them.

About this Event: Join Meagan Lass for the second seasonal workshop of 2021 to harmonize your mind and body by balancing the element of Spring: Wood. The workshop begins with a general overview of Qi, or energy, the earth element and its corresponding energy channels known as meridians.
Meagan will guide you through a 60 minute yin yoga practice and meditation for the spring season followed by a discussion of how the Qi you add to your body (food) can also assist in keeping Wood balanced in your body.
You will receive a handout with information about the Wood element, the meridian lines focused on in this practice, seasonal foods to include in your diet, and recipes to support you in the season.
This is 1 out of 5 workshops that highlights each of the Traditional Chinese Medicine elements: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal. Each workshop will take place during its corresponding season throughout 2021.

About this Event: Explore and experience the benefits of slowing down and balancing a restorative practice with a more physical practice- and how to integrate it beyond the mat. Melissa will reference and draw content from Judith Lasater’s book Living Your Yoga and guiding principles she has developed based on the teachings of BKS Iyengar.
10 min – Welcome / Orientation / Guided Meditation to get grounded in the body
20 min – Discussion/lecture on What is Restorative Yoga Mindsets & Methods
75 min – Guided Restorative Yoga practice focusing on breath awareness and deep relaxation
15 min – Reflection + Q&A + Rest & Digest handout/take home that includes methods & mindsets to practice in daily- will include books & other resources

About this Event: Please join Lara Ederer, 500 E-RYT, and Therapeutic Specialist for 2 hours of head-to-toe myofascial release (MFR) and restorative yoga! Lara will briefly discuss the significance of the fascia, or connective tissue of our bodies, and how it can limit our range of motion, cause muscular tension, and affect our overall physical wellbeing.
She will lead you through several self MFR techniques from head to toe while discussing the basic anatomy, primary functions, referral patterns of tension in the body, and common dysfunctions. The last 20 minutes of the workshop will be spent in a few luxurious restorative poses for an overall reset for the central nervous system!
This all-level workshop is perfect for anyone regardless of the style of yoga practiced or general fitness background.

About this Event: This course was designed for those who either never practiced yoga before or decided to give yoga one more chance.
The course is 18 hours program that includes asana alignment, basic breathing techniques, insights to yoga philosophy. The program offers unique asanas and vinyasas from Universal Yoga System as well as asanas and approaches from Forrest Yoga.

About this Event: Please join Jodi in reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Participants will meet together via Zoom to share what they have learned through the book. They’ll also share with each other their personal commitment to taking meaningful action in helping to combat racism.
You are encouraged to acquire your book in a way that supports the world around you – from a local bookstore; used to support the planet or new to support the author. Digital, audio, or physical versions may be available at your local library.

About this Event: The intention behind this offering is to help you ground, clear, unlock, strengthen, harmonize and illuminate all your bodies: physical, energetic, mental, emotional and spiritual. These teachings are designed to re-ignite the necessity of Self-care, to sacralize the space you live in, to increase your awareness, to come in right balance with your life and all your relations.

About this Event: The stresses and strains of changing circumstances have a direct impact on our physical and mental condition. While much of the focus in contemporary yoga is on how to manage our structure, in this series, the focus will be on how to manage the impact of the stress and strains of daily life on your energy.
Interestingly, a large percentage of pharmaceuticals prescribed for managing symptoms of chronic illness are sympathetic/parasympathetic regulators. The Ancients understood how to use the breath to gain control of and regulate the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). So participants will learn how to use breath-centric āsana and prāṇāyāma as functional tools to help you move through life with vitality and relaxation.

About this Event: This Spring Seattle Yoga Arts invites you to join Claudette Evans, Ellie Rose, Douglas Brooks, and Chiara Guerrieri for an online advanced yoga teacher tune-up that will invigorate your practice, inspire your heart and mind, and refine your yoga teaching skills. This comprehensive training will introduce those new to Seattle Yoga Arts’ teaching approach, and help all those looking to revitalize their teaching to enhance and enliven the most essential teaching skills.
This 40-hour program will be offered in two 20-hour modules over the course of two weekends (March and May). Part 1 is required to enroll in Part 2. It is part of SYA’s 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training program, and may also be used toward Continuing Education credit hours through Yoga Alliance.
Each weekend will include an exploration of asana, meditation, fundamental teaching methods, working with a theme, yoga philosophy, Sanskrit for yoga, anatomy, and teaching practicums for you to explore and practice your new skills.

About this Event: This workshop has grown out of Ivo and Cosetta’s combined 40 years of yoga, shamanic and meditation training and studying, and represents the alchemy of their lives thus far as lovers, teachers, and medicine people.
You will experience a powerful ceremony that weaves together breath-work, shamanic medicine songs, guided meditations, and chakra alignment to create a safe, sacred and profound healing experience. An expanded state of consciousness and deep, inner peace is achieved through an alchemical process of purification and restoration of the physical, energetic, mental, and spiritual bodies.