2020 IS ROARING INTO THE YOGA VAULT

2020 is Roaring into the Yoga and Wellness Vault with new classes, workshops and community events. Take a look at what's rolling out in January.

A new year is the perfect time of year to embrace eating a plant based diet and recovering from the holidays. From January 2nd through 21st, we will change the way that we eat and renew our relationship with food and ourselves. we will join together in a wheat-free, sugar-free, alcohol-free, caffeine-free vegan cleanse detox for 20 days in 2020. Join us Monday, December 30th at 10:30 am or 6:00 pm for a Q&A outlining details of the plan. If you join the fee is $20 and you will receive your 1st week's grocery list and meal plan, including recipes.

January 1, 2020 @ 6:00 PM. This 75-minute session of deep,  relaxing guided meditation is designed to help you set an intention for life in 2020 by dropping into your inner wisdom to find your deepest, heartfelt desires for the New Year.

Yoga Nidra (Yoga Sleep) is the most profound relaxation I’ve ever experienced, but it’s more than Savasana or a great nap. It’s a specific, guided journey that takes you to a place of conscious relaxation–like that magical place just before you fall asleep. But this “nidra” is not like our nightly sleep. Slowing down the activity of the brain and relaxing the body through Yoga Nidra meditation seems to access the subconscious mind in a way that creates a perfect atmosphere to absorb and recalibrate long-held beliefs, ideas, goals, intentions.

This practice will begin with some gentle stretching and breathing techniques to prepare the mind and body for rest. You will then be guided through a Yoga Nidra session focusing on renewal and commitment for the New Year.

Singing Bowls and Essential Oils will be added to the practice. Cost $15.00

Beginning in January we host our first Drumming Circle. Drumming is a time-honored method of healing and helping others. Drum circles provide the opportunity for people of like mind to unite for the attainment of a shared objective. We have a tentative date and time on the January calendar (Saturday, 1/25/2020 @ 1:00 PM). Details of the event will be forthcoming.

Become a Certified Yoga Teacher or Deepen Your Yoga Practice

Announcing the Yoga and Wellness Vault School of Yoga's 2020 Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Studies Programs.

Options 1 & 2 are 200 Hour Teacher Training Programs

Option 1 - Begins January 18, 2020 and will meet 9 weekends (one weekend per month) through September 26, 2020.

Option 2 - Begins March 9, 2020 and consists of a 1 Week Immersion (March 9, 2020 through March 13, 2002 + 4 weekends in April, May, June and July 2020.

Option 3 & 4 are Yoga Studies Programs for students who want to deepen their knowledge but not attend all 200 hours. These options do not results in a certification but hours can be applied toward a future 200 hour certification through The Yoga and Wellness Vault School of Yoga.

Option 3 - 100 Hour Program - Meets First 6 Weekends with the 200 Hour Teacher Trainees

Option 4 - 50 Hour Program - Meets First 4 Weekends with the 200 Hour Teacher Trainees

Join our Q & A Session Tuesday, January 7th at 1:00 pm or 6:00 pm for details. Payment plans are available and there is an opportunity for a scholarship if attendance meets requirements.

Thursday January 9, 2020 @ 6:30 PM join us for a Paint & Sip with Lisa (feel free to bring your own sip). Invite your friends, sip your favorite beverage and enjoy step-by-step instruction with our experienced and enthusiastic local artist, Lisa Kirk. It's a colorful, casual party atmosphere where you'll leave your cares behind and go home with a one-of-a-kind painting created by you. Cost $25

Beginning Saturday January 4th, 2020 through February 1st, 2020 @ 10:00 AM, the Yoga Vault will be offering a beginner series, a great way to start your yoga practice. This 5-week series teaches new students the fundamentals of yoga and provides a safe and engaging learning environment. Students learn yogic breathing, yoga postures, and relaxation techniques. The beginners series is taught in a sequential manner to help students build strength and flexibility. Pre-registration is required for the 5-week session and the cost is $30 for the Series (5 Classes).

Yoga Schedule for January 2020

Yoga for All - Teachers Elena Calvert and Judy Stevenson - This class is a traditional Yoga class involving postures and breath.  We practice and refine traditional yoga poses, taking the time to approach each pose mindfully and to use props and modifications to fit the poses to the individual and changing state of our bodies.  By attuning our focus and seeking the right level of challenge, we build strength, become flexible, and discover the calm of our inner selves. This class is accessible for beginners and challenging for all levels of experience. Beginning January 2nd, 2020 - Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:00 a.m. and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:45 a.m.

Breath and Meditation - Teacher Linda Stevens - Pranayama is the relationship to our breath and teaches us to control the movement of our minds. The more we become aware of our breath, the more we are able to calm the mind and access and experience the bliss of our hearts through meditation. This class will teach us about the breath and various simple techniques to access the breath, quiet the mind and turn into the sublime radiance of our hearts. This class will also teach us how to meditate! We will review appropriate sitting postures for meditation. We will also explore what meditation is and what it is not. Beginning January 6th, 2020....Every Monday and Wednesday at 10:15 a.m.

YoQi - Teacher Linda Stevens - This class combines Yin Yoga and Qigong. Yin Yoga targets the connective tissues, such as ligaments, bones, and joints in the body that are not normally exercised in asana practice. Suitable for all levels of students, Yin Yoga is a perfect compliment to dynamic & muscular (Yang) styles of yoga or exercise. Yin Yoga is a passive floor practice where poses are held for a longer period of time. Yin Yoga can be quite challenging mentally & physically. QiGong is the study and practice of cultivating vital life-force through various techniques, including: Breathing techniques, Postures, Meditations, Guided imagery. Qi means "breath" or "air" and is considered the "vital-life-force" or "life-force energy."  Qigong practitioners believe that this vital-life-force penetrates and permeates everything in the universe. Gong means "work" or "effort" and is the commitment an individual puts into any practice or skill that requires time, patience, and repetition to perfect. Beginning Monday, January 6th, 2020 Every Monday @11:00 a.m.

Be Fit - Teacher Linda Stevens - Move through a variety of exercises designed to increase muscular strength, range of movement and functional fitness to enhance your daily living. A wide variety of equipment will be used to offer resistance (hand-held weights, elastic tubing, stability balls, etc.) as well as other techniques to strengthen the body such as balance, core strength, aerobic conditioning and stretching. This class is designed to improve the quality of life for our more mature members (50+) in mind. Beginning Wednesday January 8th, 2020 - Every Wednesday @ 11:00 a.m.

Yin Yoga - Teacher Linda Stevens - Yin Yoga targets the connective tissues and is suitable for all levels of students. Yin Yoga is a passive floor practice where poses are held for a longer period of time. Beginning Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 - Every Tuesday @ 6:00 p.m.

Full Moon and New Moon Yoga Flow - Teacher Linda Stevens - On our Full Moon Days we often have a lot going on and often need to reign that high energy in so we can take action. Practicing the Moon Salutation on these high energy full moon days brings us back to what’s important so we take action in the right direction. During our New Moon Days and menses period, a Moon Salutation yoga sequence helps us go within and reflect, helping us find that quiet space to simply be. January 10th, 2020 @ 6:00 pm. - Full Moon Yoga Flow - January 24th, 2020 @ 6:00 pm. - New Moon Yoga Flow