Community Resilience Initiative
Course Description: November 2-6, Price $45.00
Mindfulness practices teach you ways to de-stress and build resilience for yourself, so that you can be there for your students, kids, and family. This course allows you to spend five days growing mindfulness habits in your own everyday setting. Course includes:
*Creating your own personalized goals
*Short daily practices that build on each other
*Daily group and individual email check-ins
*Two zoom meetings with guided practices
*A plan to continue making mindfulness a habit
• Group Zoom meeting on Sunday November 2nd from 6:30-7:30pm (PST) to meet your fellow participants, share thoughts, and inspire each other. I will discuss how mindfulness practices can benefit, enhance, or bring awareness to any area of your life.
• Daily emails with short mindfulness practices that you can begin to incorporate into your own life.
• Personal check-ins with me throughout the week to answer any questions and make sure your practices are benefiting you and are geared toward any mindfulness goals you have.
• Group Zoom meeting on Thursday November 6th from 6:30-7:30pm (PST) to share, celebrate, and support each other at the end of our 5-day session. We will discuss how to continue to make space to carry these practices into your everyday lives.
(Times for zoom meetings are PST. All zoom sessions will be recorded in case you are not able to attend)
- Teacher: Karen Vielle
Price $20
Course Description:
This one hour and ten minute digital/pre-recorded workshop offers an opportunity for you to practice resilient mindset strategies. Finding Joy in Everyday Life will introduce the ways in which present moment awareness can teach you to find joy in your daily life. I chose a virtual format on purpose so you can practice these everyday mindfulness techniques in your everyday setting.
- Manager: Karen Vielle
A Prequel to Yoga
Learning to Listen to Your Body
After teaching for 20 years, this course represents what I wish students knew before starting yoga. What I wish they knew is that the purpose of yoga is to learn to listen to your body. That's where mindfulness comes in. Whether you are new to yoga or jumped into yoga without the benefit of a structured introductory class, I hope you will find the following course helpful.
While I highly recommend you take an introduction to yoga course from a qualified instructor, I also know this might not be possible for a variety of reasons. This course is for anyone who is interested in starting a yoga practice, or reviewing the basics, but doesn't know where to start. You may be overwhelmed by the selection of books and videos available, often with the pace of instruction in the videos moving too fast or assuming you already know the postures. You may be interested in yoga but are intimidated at the thought of walking into your first public class due to body image issues or physical limitations. Maybe you just don't have access to an in-person teacher. This course is for you!
In this course you'll learn:
*Some common names and poses you're likely to encounter in a beginning class or video, so when they come up you'll know what to do!
*What it should feel like and how to avoid injury.
*Ways to modify for common physical limitations (hint: your pose does not need to look like the instructor’s in order to benefit!)
Three Video Bundle for $45 includes two hours of detailed instruction.
This course will be available On Demand for one full year.
The videos come with written instructions on how to use the course and exactly what to expect, so that you can get the most out of each session. There is also follow-up information provided with suggestions for next steps after completing the course.
Video 1–How to stand on your feet: Posture, alignment and breathing, it matters! Includes commonly used yoga anatomy concepts.
Video 2–Forward folding and moving your head below your heart. Includes considerations for general stiffness and back issues.
Video 3–Downward facing dog and upward facing dog. Includes considerations (and options) for bearing weight in the hands and arms.
A satisfied customer says, "I really wish I had been introduced to yoga this way. It would have been a much more positive experience and I would have a better understanding of the poses because my body would know what it 'should' be feeling."~K
- Manager: Karen Vielle