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HELLO EVERYBODY,
Is FALL your favorite time of the year?
The Fall season is symbolic of change. From the leaves evolving to beautiful warm hues to chunky knit sweaters making their way into our daily attire, Fall brings change—but with a sense of comfort and ease.
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If the change in seasons feels a little overwhelming, or if you simply need the inspiration to embrace change, here's the 3 things we can learn from the symbolism of Fall...
ABUNDANCE:
make joy, happiness, or time with self yours by refocusing your thoughts and priorities
BALANCE:
let go of the things you can't control and be gentle with yourself during a season of change
CONSCIOUSNESS:
welcome slower speeds, practice gratitude, and choose to live in the present
AND DO YOGA 💫
Here's to a new season full of wonderful journeys!
with gratitude,
Diane & the YFTH team 💜
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Yoga at Blue Back Square
Monday ~ Sept. 2 ~ 8:30 am
Jenna D'Onofrio
We've been so thrilled to be back where it all started!!!
Join us at "the Stage" in Blue Back Square, West Hartford for our FREE all levels summer YOGA Class! This is our last class for the Summer & its been a blast. See you in the Studio!!!
Yoga outdoors is an amazing full sensory experience... look up at the sky, hear the birdsong, feel Mother Nature. Grab your mat, a friend and a bottle of water & we'll see you there!
Registration recommended.
65 Memorial Rd. West Hartford
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Restorative Yoga & Reiki
Friday ~ Sept. 6 ~ 7-8:30 pm w/ Brittany Gauthier & Vilma Annicelle
Join Brittany & Vilma as they guide you into deeply relaxing postures with the support of Reiki. Your favorite workshop just got better...it's now 90 minutes of chill!
Reiki is a Japanese spiritual healing technique, where the practitioner lightly rests or hovers their hands over parts of the body where energy flows the most, allowing the body to be its own healer. In a given day, we're all running on empty, with just enough energy to get through the day, with no energy left in the body to repair, heal, and regenerate!
Your Restorative poses will calm the nervous system allowing the body to rest, heal and restore balance. Reiki will provide your body the extra energy to balance you physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
$35 registration
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Somatic Breathwork
Saturday ~ Sept. 14
1-2:30 w/ Jon Orsini
Clear out built up stress, trauma and life pressure in a safe, supportive environment.
Release stuck energy and invite new ways of being...
Exploring your deepest authenticity and fullest self expression. Set to music...
Feel free to bring a journal & pen!
~ Jon Orsini is a certified breathwork guide, meditation and archery instructor on the faculty at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. He began guiding after 14 years as a multiple award winning Broadway and film actor.
Jon’s approach to mindfulness is simple, effective and accessible. He removes all pretense and formality to invite a sense of ease, play, curiosity and exploration.
Jon believes mindfulness is our default state of being when we allow it ~ removing stuffy preconceived notions and creating more awareness, harmony, and joy in allowing ourselves to feel and enriching the experience of our lives.
$35 registration
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Building Strong Backs in Community
Sunday ~ Sept. 15 ~ 1-3:00
Todd Motyl
Join Todd for a 2 hour workshop focusing on alignment of the low back and hips using partner assists and props. Students should have a familiarity with yoga as the information can be dense and focuses on refinement of basic poses. While incorporating some flow, a significant portion of the class will focus on breaking down specific muscle groups and using partner assists to better integrate these new principles.
Great for students wanting to explore their practice, as well as Yoga Teachers as a refresh in anatomy, alignment, and assists!
About Todd Motyl:
At the age of 12 Todd started experiencing debilitating low back and hip pain. 10 years later he walked into a yoga class with a friend and quickly found some of the first real relief from pain in that time. Todd quickly developed a love for all the philosophy, community, mythology, and technical aspects of the practice. This affected every aspect of his day to day life, discovered all new friends, led to pursuing massage therapy as a career graduating Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in 2009, and then getting his yoga teaching certification in 2015 under Maggie Durbas’s 200 hour teacher training.
Todd enjoys sharing all the aspects of his practice that allow him to feel freedom and comfort as he assists others in finding a deeper connection with themselves as well.
$40 pre-registration required
(yoga teacher discount available)
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Essence Sound Meditation
Saturday ~ Sept. 21 ~ 1-2:30
John Odlum & David Ascenza
Join John & David, of Tru Elements, for a treat to all the senses combining pure medicinal essential oils, musical bliss and powerful crystals throughout a guided meditation.
Medicinal-grade essences carry the sacred message of the Plant and Tree kingdoms. The combination of scent, energy and consciousness of these pure essential oils is a great aid in helping us remember our interconnectedness with all of Nature.
Singing bowls, or sound baths, in which one is immersed in the sound and vibration of the bowls, provides relaxation and has been shown to reduce anxiety, stress, and depression. The sounds of a singing bowl offer respite from the everyday churning of the mind!
$40 registration, limited space
*bring whatever you'd like to get comfy & Studio has props to utilize.
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Yoga for Arthritis
of Low Back
Saturday ~ Sept. 28
1-2:30 w/ Robin Kirsche
Studies have shown over, and over, again that Yoga is very good for relieving back pain. This is true specifically for arthritis or stenosis of the lumbar spine. When our back hurts, the tendency is not to move, however this only makes things worse! Yoga can work wonders for an arthritic spine…. if it’s done properly!
Join Robin for this workshop and learn what postures help, as well as what postures can hurt, if low back pain due to arthritis, is a problem for you.
Robin Kirsche...
MPH, PTA, ERYT-200, C-IAYT
With clinical experience in outpatient physical therapy she brings her depth of knowledge of the body to all that she does as a yoga teacher and anatomy instructor. A self-proclaimed science nerd, Robin is always looking to learn more about how to use yoga to promote well-being and healthy aging.
Robin has advanced training in Yoga for Osteoporosis, Arthritis, and Back Pain and has been offering this to the community since 2018. She is forever grateful for the all of the places that this profound practice has taken her, and for the opportunity to share it with others.
$35 registration
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Yin Yoga & Thai Massage
Sunday~ Sept. 29
6:30-8 pm w/ Jenna D'Onofrio & Wendy Haller
Join Jenna and Wendy for an evening dedicated to deepening our connection inward and strengthening our body awareness.
During this hour and a half event, Jenna will guide you through various yin postures focused on opening deep layers of connective tissue, helping lower stress, increase circulation, and improve flexibility.
Throughout the yin practice Wendy will provide Thai yoga massage using hands, feet and elbows to apply pressure to important points on the energy lines. Applied together, with gentle yogic stretching this technique will help to open up the body to increase flexibility and relieve tension within the joints and the muscles.
This event will leave you feeling in total bliss, an internal reset of balanced energy and relaxation.
$35 registration
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