with Sara Feley, MA, LMFT, EMDR level 1, PACT level 1, YTT

Join Sara Feley for an exploration of the benefits of yin yoga, a meditative style of yoga that focuses on long-held, passive stretches during which the practitioner is encouraged to move slowly, to settle into physical stillness, and to turn attention inward.  Of particular interest to yin yoga practitioners is the exploration and potential release of the connective tissues of the body.

Participants will also use breathing techniques, yoga props, and meditation to evaluate their particular patterns of holding tension— both physical patterns as well as emotional patterns. With repeated practice, participants will learn how to stimulate the down-regulation of their autonomic nervous systems.  In short, they will learn techniques for calming themselves— techniques that they will be able to take with them off the yoga mat and into their lives.

Over the weeks, topics to be covered will include Polyvagal Theory, Insight Yoga, and the benefits of meditation. 

Appropriate for all levels. Everyone and every body is welcome.

$35 for each individual session (Shala Members get 15% off)

Sara Feley, MA, LMFT, EMDR level 1, PACT level 1, YTT, began yoga her freshman year of college. She encountered Savasana and it changed her life forever. Her work in the wilderness therapy industry, highlighted the healing and transformative effect of being in nature while in community. She has an MA in Integral Counseling Psychology. She has studied insight meditation, diamond approach, and zen practices while grounding her practice in the Soma with Gestalt and a YTT 200- hour yoga therapy training. She became enthralled with the Polyvagal theory. Traveling around the world, she found a daily yoga practice through her month long stay in Mysore, India. You can find out more about Sara at www.SaraBethFeley.com