Wild Honey Yoga offers a steady practice that encourages both strength and softness, stability and ease. It is a time held for friendly curiosity, observation and relationship. Gina offers a gentle approach devoted to the art of attention; a skill that supports open and honest presence as we move through our practice and our lives.
What does it mean to practice Yoga in a way that aligns our inner world with a larger vision of liberation for all beings? Release and Restore invites you to use the tools of yoga to support yourself so that we can respond more compassionately to injustice and harm in the world.
Join us for an Ayurvedic elemental retreat situated on a historic estate centered in the Tuscan countryside. We’ll gather in the picturesque surroundings of an elegant 800-year-old villa amidst rolling hills, vineyards, and olive groves.
Connect with your elemental nature on the beautiful hiking trails woven throughout the estate or floating in the gorgeous saltwater pool under orchards and cypresses. Soak up the Tuscan sun. Nourish your body and mind with asana, pranayama, meditation, and nidra in the delightful yoga shala.
Get ready to eat your weeds! Originally introduced to North America for medicinal and culinary purposes, Garlic Mustard has now spread as an invasive throughout the US over the last 150 years. We will harvest this plant, and gather for a demo on how to make a delicious Garlic Mustard Pesto!
This offering is an opportunity to begin your day, your week, your month, with a relaxation modality that allows for deep rest and reset. Please join Kara Markovich as she envelops the room with sounds using Tibetan singing bowls, tuning forks, crystal bowls, and gongs.
Join Āyurvedic Practitioner and Yoga educator, Kara Aubin, for this four week exploration on discovering the inner pathways of āsana, and how traversing these depths moves us from experiencing our Yoga, to being our Yoga. All levels are welcome to this series. Kara weaves the sciences of Yoga & Āyurveda into transformational classes utilizing āsana, pranayama, and meditation.
Gentle Yoga offers a practice designed to build flexibility, balance, strength, calmness, and inner attunement to body and mind.
Join Seva Van Why in the practice of marma Yoga. This practice offers a unique approach to healing and self-care, integrating the wisdom of Yoga and the therapeutic benefits of marma points. By harnessing the power of these energy points, marma Yoga can help bring balance, vitality, and overall well-being to those who incorporate it into their wellness routine.
Wild Honey Yoga offers a steady practice that encourages both strength and softness, stability and ease. It is a time held for friendly curiosity, observation and relationship. Gina offers a gentle approach devoted to the art of attention; a skill that supports open and honest presence as we move through our practice and our lives.
This four week semester explores yoga as an engaged practice of individual and collective well-being. The turbulence of the world can leave us feeling overwhelmed and helpless, but our yoga practice can offer us nurturing tools to awaken our innate wisdom and feel empowered to stay connected to the things we care about.
The new moon marks the beginning of a new lunar cycle, and as such is a time to get clear, set intentions, and plant the seeds you intend to germinate over the remaining lunar phases. This monthly Yoga nidra offering presents an opportunity to evaluate and realign with the potentiation of the new moon.
Each session begins with an opportunity to hone your aspirations for the month ahead. We’ll ready the body for a deep restoration, and move prana to quiet the lower mind. You’ll then deepen into the restoration that only Yoga nidra offers.
Mid-May is peak migration season in southwest Michigan, and many of the species that can be seen in Kleinstuck at this time belong to a family of birds called Wood Warblers. Join Seth Chapman, Apothecary Manger and experienced birder, on a birdwatching hike through Kleinstuck Preserve.
Begin a journey of holistic wellness and self-discovery with Svastha: The Three Pillars of Health, an Āyurvedic theory and practice course led by Kara Aubin. Discover ancient wisdom intertwined with practical daily practices to nurture your body, mind, and spirit.
This offering is an opportunity to begin your day, your week, your month, with a relaxation modality that allows for deep rest and reset. Please join Kara Markovich as she envelops the room with sounds using Tibetan singing bowls, tuning forks, crystal bowls, and gongs.
Do you have two days a month to create a happier, healthier, more integrated you?
Join Kara Aubin E.RYT, C. Ayur for this informative session and Q&A. You can attend in-person at the Ayurvedic Wellness Center or via Zoom. And if you register and attend the information meeting, you’re invited to attend the preceding The Practice class, free of charge.
Summer is just about here and that means all kinds of things… warmer weather, more time outside, vacation, and not wanting to cook as much. In this month’s Deeper Dive into Ayurvedic Cooking, Kristin will share some essential tips for eating ayurvedically while “on the go”.
In this workshop, we will discover your unique constitution and unpack the therapeutic use of essential oils in self care. We will be exploring the different qualities of scents, how to formulate custom blends, and create your own personal blend to take home!
Join Seth Chapman, Apothecary Manager and experienced birder, on a birdwatching hike through Kleinstuck Preserve. Our beloved feathered friends travel hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles, and the long journeys they undertake require a lot of energy! Areas like Kleinstuck Preserve (referred to as a "hotspot" in the bird world) offer birds a place to rest and refuel safely before continuing their journey.
You’re invited to drop-in to this session of Sva Sadhana Yoga + Ayurveda training. This month’s morning session explores Tantra, the science of energy, and its relationship to Yoga. An extended format āsana practice follows the lecture. This practice will include āsana, pranayama, bandha, systematic relaxation, and meditation.
The new moon marks the beginning of a new lunar cycle, and as such is a time to get clear, set intentions, and plant the seeds you intend to germinate over the remaining lunar phases. This monthly Yoga nidra offering presents an opportunity to evaluate and realign with the potentiation of the new moon.
Each session begins with an opportunity to hone your aspirations for the month ahead. We’ll ready the body for a deep restoration, and move prana to quiet the lower mind. You’ll then deepen into the restoration that only Yoga nidra offers.
Too often the transition of the perimenopause phase is pathologized, and made to seem like a disease. While this is certainly a transition from one phase of life to another, looking at perimenopause through the Āyurvedic lens provides a translation of the body’s symptomatology AND a set of tools to address any imbalances.
Join Seva Van Why in the practice of marma Yoga. This practice offers a unique approach to healing and self-care, integrating the wisdom of Yoga and the therapeutic benefits of marma points. By harnessing the power of these energy points, marma Yoga can help bring balance, vitality, and overall well-being to those who incorporate it into their wellness routine.
Join plant-baed chef and Āyurvedic Health Counselor, Kristin Linde, for part three of her cooking workshop series: A Deeper Dive into Āyurvedic Cooking. In this fun and interactive workshop, we will dive deep into each taste discussing their elemental makeup, how they impact the doshas, where they can be found in the foods we eat, AND how to use them to build satiating, nourishing, and delicious meals.
Gentle Yoga offers a practice designed to build flexibility, balance, strength, calmness, and inner attunement to body and mind.
Join Seth Chapman, Apothecary Coordinator and experienced birder, on a birdwatching hike through Kleinstuck Preserve. We kick off the first hike of the 2024 season with spring migration underway. This is a very exciting time to get out in the woods and observe the birds as they reach their breeding grounds and begin the ritual of mating, nesting, and raising young.
We live in a culture where everything is sped up. Shorter attention spans, quicker pace, smaller and smaller bite size bits of practice. This practice isn’t that…
This offering is an opportunity to begin your day, your week, your month, with a relaxation modality that allows for deep rest and reset. Please join Kara Markovich as she envelops the room with sounds using Tibetan singing bowls, tuning forks, crystal bowls, and gongs.
Āyurveda recognizes seasonal transitions as times that challenge our homeostasis. We see symptoms of seasonal allergies, cold/flu, digestive and eliminatory upset and more exacerbated in these transitional periods. It’s for this reason that Āyurveda positions strategic resets during these windows to support the body moving from one season to the next.
During this Spring Cleanse process, we’ll take an Ayurvedic, 21 day, food-based approach to cleansing and rejuvenation. This integrated, effective approach will leave you feeling clearer, cleaner, and renewed.
Ayurveda views seasonal transitions to be important opportunities for cleansing and rejuvenation. The transition from winter to spring is a time to clear the excess heavy and cold qualities that have accumulated throughout the winter.
Join Angie Jackson, aka "The Traveling Elixir Fixer" and dive into the vibrant world of handcrafted shrubs and tonics with a delightful workshop inspired by Angie's book, Drink the Wild. This immersive experience will tantalize your taste buds and unleash your inner alchemy soul, guiding you through the secrets of harnessing nature's bounty to create invigorating beverages.
The new moon marks the beginning of a new lunar cycle, and as such is a time to get clear, set intentions, and plant the seeds you intend to germinate over the remaining lunar phases. This monthly Yoga nidra offering presents an opportunity to evaluate and realign with the potentiation of the new moon.
Each session begins with an opportunity to hone your aspirations for the month ahead. We’ll ready the body for a deep restoration, and move prana to quiet the lower mind. You’ll then deepen into the restoration that only Yoga nidra offers.
Gentle Yoga offers a practice designed to build flexibility, balance, strength, calmness, and inner attunement to body and mind.
What does it mean to practice Yoga in a way that aligns our inner world with a larger vision of liberation for all beings? Release and Restore invites you to use the tools of Yoga to support yourself so that we can respond more compassionately to injustice and harm in the world.
Wild Honey Yoga offers a steady practice that encourages both strength and softness, stability and ease. It is a time held for friendly curiosity, observation and relationship. Gina offers a gentle approach devoted to the art of attention; a skill that supports open and honest presence as we move through our practice and our lives.
Join Seva Van Why in the practice of marma Yoga. This practice offers a unique approach to healing and self-care, integrating the wisdom of Yoga and the therapeutic benefits of marma points. By harnessing the power of these energy points, marma Yoga can help bring balance, vitality, and overall well-being to those who incorporate it into their wellness routine.
This offering is an opportunity to begin your day, your week, your month, with a relaxation modality that allows for deep rest and reset. Please join Kara Markovich as she envelops the room with sounds using Tibetan singing bowls, tuning forks, crystal bowls, and gongs.
Join plant-based chef and Āyurvedic Health Counselor Kristin Linde for an exploratory workshop series on cooking and eating Āyurvedically.
Join Seva Van Why in the practice of marma Yoga. This practice offers a unique approach to healing and self-care, integrating the wisdom of Yoga and the therapeutic benefits of marma points. By harnessing the power of these energy points, marma Yoga can help bring balance, vitality, and overall well-being to those who incorporate it into their wellness routine.
How do birds “fall in love”? This final workshop examines the various courtship displays of birds, and other ways our beloved feathered friends show their interest and dedication to their partner. From nest building and raising young, to song and dance, the variation of courtship behavior in the bird world is vast.
Join Seva Van Why in the practice of partner Yoga. Partner Yoga aims to unite two people through postures and flow sequences. It is a great way to build stronger communication and intimacy in various types of relationships.
You’re invited to drop-in to this session of Sva Sadhana Yoga + Ayurveda training. This month’s morning session begins with Manas. An extended format āsana practice follows the lecture. This practice will include āsana, pranayama, bandha, systematic relaxation, and meditation.
These monthly drop-in sessions are an opportunity to experience the depth of practice that a training holds, with the flexibility of a drop-in session. They are a lovely way to treat yourself to a profound practice. 6 months yoga āsana experience required.
The new moon marks the beginning of a new lunar cycle, and as such is a time to get clear, set intentions, and plant the seeds you intend to germinate over the remaining lunar phases. This monthly Yoga nidra offering presents an opportunity to evaluate and realign with the potentiation of the new moon.
Each session begins with an opportunity to hone your aspirations for the month ahead. We’ll ready the body for a deep restoration, and move prana to quiet the lower mind. You’ll then deepen into the restoration that only Yoga nidra offers.
Join Āyurvedic Practitioner and Yoga educator, Kara Aubin, for this five week exploration on discovering the inner pathways of āsana, and how traversing these depths moves us from experiencing our Yoga, to being our Yoga. All levels are welcome to this series. Kara weaves the sciences of Yoga & Āyurveda into transformational classes utilizing āsana, pranayama, and meditation.
What does it mean to practice Yoga in a way that aligns our inner world with a larger vision of liberation for all beings? Release and Restore invites you to use the tools of yoga to support yourself so that we can respond more compassionately to injustice and harm in the world.
Wild Honey Yoga offers a steady practice that encourages both strength and softness, stability and ease. It is a time held for friendly curiosity, observation and relationship. Gina offers a gentle approach devoted to the art of attention; a skill that supports open and honest presence as we move through our practice and our lives.
This four week introductory course will introduce you to the foundational Ayurvedic theory that will set the stage for your relationship with this rich science. In addition to theory, each week you’ll receive home practices to allow you to have an embodied experience of the teachings.
