Songs for Tending Our Hearts w/ Conie and Liz
Friday, May 30th | 7:30-9 pm | Donation based
Our culture desperately needs spaces where it is safe to feel your sorrow and the weight of the weary world. Come sing through the small and large griefs in your life and give them space to breathe and heal.
Pride Pin Making w/ Ash
Saturday, May 31st | 2:30-4 pm | Donation based: suggested donation $20
This June, celebrating Pride and queer community feels more urgent and important than ever. Connect with community and your own creativity while also getting ready for Pride in this crafting workshop at Yess. With guidance and materials from Ash, you’ll create your own pride pin out of recycled fabrics. There will be options for both beginners and hand-sewers with more experience. Either way, you’ll end up with an awesome pin (or patch, or both).
Ash will provide necessary materials and instructions, but if you have small fabric scraps that you want to incorporate into your project or a favorite hand-sewing needle, fabric scissors, etc., feel free to bring those items with you.
This workshop is sliding-scale and all proceeds will be donated to RECLAIM. RECLAIM’s mission is to increase access to mental health care for queer and trans youth so they may reclaim their lives from oppression in all its forms. RECLAIM is one of the only organizations in Minnesota that offers financially accessible, specialized mental health care to this population.
Reclaiming your Joy w/ Sarah and Kristin
Saturday, June 7th | 6-8 pm | $40 or $75/ two people
Join Sarah and Kristin for an evening of heart-opening connection, embodied expression and deep exploration of joy. This nourishing workshop is a space to return to your truth, your light, your joy and yourself. The first half of our session will begin with a cacao ceremony, a gentle heart opener to soften the edges and circle to share our truth and what it means to reclaim joy. We will engage in a somatic practice focused on connecting to our solar plexus, sacral and heart chakras where we house creativity, passion, pleasure and heart centered joy. In the second portion of the session, expect some fiery movement, intuitive exploration of our bodies and playful dance. We will end our time together soaking in a long savasana while Sarah and Kristin offer Reiki. Expect to be witnessed in your truth, to explore authentic expression where we move not to perform but to feel, to remember, to release. Wear comfortable clothing that is easy to move in and allows you to be cozy as we wind down. Feel free to bring something of comfort to you.
Yoga and Acupuncture w/ Tatum
Sunday, June 8th | 7-8:30 pm | $40 or $70/ two people
Yoga and acupuncture are a match made in the chillest of heavens. Whether you’re new to acupuncture, yoga or you love them both, this is an accessible and affordable way to combine these two healing modalities at once, each month at Yess Yoga.
This 90-minute trauma-informed yoga class will begin with a slow flow / yin yoga practice and conclude with an extended savasana needle nap. Together, the two complementary modalities will provide an opportunity for folks to relax and find balance. Tatum Fjerstad, a yoga teacher and licensed acupuncturist, will be leading the yoga and providing the acupuncture. All levels are welcome.
Masks are optional during yoga and required during the acupuncture portion.
This event will be split into three parts: time to discuss the current astrology, time to lay down and breathe together, and time after the breathing to share witness. No previous breathwork experience necessary. Wear comfy clothes, bring a yoga mat, an eye covering (mats and other props are also available onsite to borrow if needed!)
Perinatal Yoga w/ Izzy
Monday’s, June 9th-July 28th | 5:30-6:45 pm | $120 series or $20 drop-in
Perinatal yoga can help with sleep during pregnancy and postpartum, optimize baby’s position for birth, and soothe the common physical discomforts associated with pregnancy and postpartum. It can also help you feel more connected to your body as you prepare for your new journey into parenthood. Each class will include asana (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises), and movement all specifically designed to prepare the body for a better birth and postpartum experience.
How is a series different than a drop-in class? When you enroll in this yoga series you will be joining a set group of pregnant and postpartum folks that you’ll be practicing alongside each week. We’ll get to know each other through weekly check ins, share the ups and downs of pregnancy + parenthood, move, and breathe together as a group.
Intro to Somatics with Emily
Saturday, June 14th | 1:30-3:30 pm | $35 or $60/two people
Join this workshop to learn about somatics, how to work with and through the body to heal our trauma, conditioning, patterns, pains, and anything getting in our way of living the life we truly desire. We will discuss how through working with and through the body we can find wisdom, connection, and joy in our life.
We will look at how mental patterns, mindset, shapes we carry ourselves in, language, background, conditioning, and more affect us and our wellbeing. All of these show us how we are finding safety, connection, and belonging in the world. This class will discuss how we are currently doing these and explore ways in which we could find these things more in alignment with what we truly want, value, and care about. You will also be guided into your body to heal and find wisdom there.
Summer Solstice: Movement, Yoga Nidra & Sound Bath w/ Elisabeth and Michele
Friday, June 20th | 6:30-8:30 pm | $50 or $95/two people
Breathwork and Astrology w/ Amy and Lacey
Saturday, June 28th | 6-8 pm | $40 or $75/two people
Join Amy Kuretsky, from Constellation Acupuncture & Healing Arts, and Lacey Prpić Hedtke, from The Future, for a special astrology and group breathwork event at Yess Yoga. Breathwork is a powerful experiential tool and process that allows deep self-exploration and transformation. Breathwork uses only the power of our own breath with the support of music and a group dynamic to access a non-ordinary state of consciousness. with an intentional breathing practice to go within into the deepest parts of ourselves and witness whatever we find there with love and compassion.
There’s significant power in coming together in a sacred container to breathe and open our hearts together as a group. This group dynamic allows you to care for yourself while you care for your community through group healing. Because this process can bring up intense emotions and strong physical experiences, please understand that issues arising from participation in Breathwork may require additional therapeutic or supportive interventions. If you are in the first trimester of pregnancy, have a recent TBI or history with seizures, retinal detachment, or any other significant health issue you’d like Amy to be aware of, please make this information known to her prior to your participation. As always, please feel empowered to discuss breathwork with your physician if you are concerned about participating for any reason.
This event will be split into three parts: time to discuss the current astrology, time to lay down and breathe together, and time after the breathing to share witness. No previous breathwork experience necessary. Wear comfy clothes, bring a yoga mat, an eye covering (mats and other props are also available onsite to borrow if needed!)
Full Moon Yin & Yin, Assist + Sound Bath w/ Sarah
Saturday, July 12th | 7-8:30 pm | $40 or $75/two people
We are so excited to welcome you to a Yess Yoga special offering or training. We have a 48 hr cancellation policy. Please email [email protected] if you no longer can make it to the workshop you signed up for. If you are unable to attend class or email after 48 hours to the start of the workshop, a credit(s) will be deducted from your account.
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Yess Yoga