Cope with battling the winter blues, using seven different mood lifting remedies. This workshop will focus on some simple ways to combat the winter blues and give you tools needed to fight anxiety-based and seasonal depression. Remedies to be discussed will incorporate diet, supplements, and lifestyle options for those that suffer from mild to moderate depression, and/or SAD. We will also discuss ways to nourish your brain chemistry to support you through this time of year. This workshop will explain how specific yoga poses, breathing techniques, and meditation techniques can release life's traumas and losses. Yoga taps into the link between emotional well-being and inner peace.
We will teach you how to bring mindfulness into caring for yourself using two powerful alternative healing modalities - Chinese medicine and yoga. The class will be taught by Jill Neukam M.S., Lic. Acu and Kamie Slegers B.S., yoga instructor, personal trainer.
Yoga for Your Back and Neck Workshop
Time and date to be determined
This workshop is designed to help with chronic musculoskeletal back and neck strain, osteoporosis, spinal arthritis, premenstrual syndrome, pregnancy and scoliosis. You will learn a practical approach to healing your back, realigning your body, and coping with stress. We will show you how your daily activities may be hurting your back and how to modify them to prevent back pain and injury. You will be able to be more sensitive to the signs of a "back attack" and how to prevent it from happening. Most importantly, you can stop "learning to live with it" and free yourself from the pain.
Ayurveda and Asana
Time and date to be determined
Personalizing your yoga practice to fit your constitution
Registered yoga teacher and ayurveda student Melissa Mayo will be teaching how to use yoga asana in relationship to our ayurvedic dosha (mind-body type). A brief overview of ayurveda handouts and a dosha quiz will be covered. There will be a 1-1/2 hour yoga practice with a 1/2 hour devoted to each of the three doshas (vata, pitta and kapha). We will wrap up with questions and comments. Come learn about yourself and expand your yoga and ayurveda knowledge.
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Introduction to Energy Healing Workshop
Time and date to be determined
This workshop introduces participants to the human energy field as well as several energy based therapies as recognized by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Some of these modalities include Reiki, Healing Touch, Acupuncture, Acupressure, Qigong, Pranic Healing, and Homeopathy.
Energy healing focuses on bringing balance to the subtle flow of energy within the body and has been practiced in various forms for thousands of years all over the world. By working to remove blockages and restore this energy flow, the body can return to its natural state of health.
Information presented will include describing the aura and chakras, popular energy healing modalities and how to choose a practitioner, ways you can balance the energy flow in your own body and in your home, how we relate to the world around us through energy, and numerous resources for more information.
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Trigger-Ball Release Workshop
Time and date to be determined
The trigger point is a hard, tender "lump" in the body of a muscle. It may be as small as a pinpoint or as big as your thumb, and is tender to pressure. The trigger point is characterized by intense contractile activity in the absence of nerve excitation. (Like a muscle with a cramp, but in a small area). Tennis ball technique is usually most effective in the muscles of the back and the hips: places where you can lie on the tennis ball, pinching it between the ground and your body. The key to successful tennis ball technique is to achieve a "release" by applying just the right amount of pressure: enough to do some good, but not enough to irritate the knot. This is the "release", or a "melting" of the knot and can take anywhere from ten seconds to several minutes.
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Yin Yoga Workshop
Time and date to be determined
The practice of Yin Yoga addresses the more yin parts of the body. These parts lie close to the core, specifically the bone and connective tissue above the knees and below the navel. The postures are all practiced on the floor and are held for a significant period of time, usually around three to five minutes. The reason for holding the poses so long is to give the connective tissue time to be relaxed with an attitude of quiet expectance. By putting ourselves in a safe and controlled pose, we can relax the muscles around the areas we are working, allowing the connective tissue to be gently and safely maintained. This workshop will take you deeper into the practice of Yin Yoga. You will learn why Yin Yoga is important in our yang society and how we are all built differently.
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Yoga Nidra Workshop
Time and date to be determined
Yoga Nidra literally means "Yoga sleep". It explains the highest state of consciousness, but you are actually awake in a state of deep introversion. It has also been designed to create a state of deep relaxation. In the beginning of the practice, the process involves relaxing the body, part by part, and creating a calm centered mind and creating an inner awareness. You cannot relax by trying to relax. You need to feel relaxed. Yogis also believe that you cannot relax your body unless your mind is relaxed. So, Yoga Nidra relaxation is a complete package of relaxing the mind, body and spirit.
Learn How to Create Your Own Personal Practice:
Time and date to be determined
The asanas are tools not goals. Find your inner teacher.
There are many ways to learn yoga - study from books, teachers, fellow students; take classes; or use videos. However you learn yoga, it is important to develop a personal practice. One of the greatest things about yoga is that you can do it almost anywhere, with little or no equipment and very little space. You can learn to follow your own flow of energy and tune into your needs for the moment. It creates the ability to take a deeper look inside and grow from the inside out, creating inner peace and personal growth.
These workshops will teach you how to create a personal practice. It will help you to customize sessions to practice at home on your own time in your own way.
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Pose Breakdown -
Learn How to Get More Out of Your Yoga Practice:
Time and date to be determined
There is no such thing as perfection.
In this series on workshops, you will learn how and why we do yoga poses. We will take you through the benefits and cautions of each yoga pose covered. We will also break down the modifications and advancements of each pose. Come learn about the journey that is yoga as well as the specific reasons behind the practice of different poses.
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Pranayama and Meditation 101:
Time and date to be determined
Yoga is very good for relieving stress. It offers gentle asanas, relaxation, pranayama, meditation and balance in life. You will learn how to use pranayama (breathing exercises), meditation, and asanas (yoga poses) to relax and de-stress. The breathing exercises can be done anywhere when you start to feel stressed out. Meditation helps calm your mind, teaching you to relax and giving you a quick mental vacation whenever you need one. The asanas in this workshop will be easy to understand and easy to incorporate into your daily life as needed.
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Beginning Mindfulness: The Way to Awareness and Positive Thinking for a Balanced Life
10 Week workshop, Fee: $150: Please contact Kamie for more infomation
Learning to truly know ourselves means looking deep into our own nature and the nature of everything around us. We need to learn to allow our preconceptions about ourselves, our lives and everything around us to disappear. As we learn to find and follow our true selves and understand our true nature, we will know that our thoughts are our thoughts and the way we feel is the way we feel. This brings us away from the drama and into the wonderful life that is intended.
Discover your true self and learn to experience greater independence and spiritual growth by replacing negative thoughts and old feelings with new powerful ideas that help you to grow. Learn to look at lives challenges as challenges to learn and to grow from, not obstacles that keep us from enjoying life.
In this series of workshops we will learn seated and walking meditations, breathing techniques, and learn the practice of "seeing" every action and challenge as an opportunity to grow. We will also learn the foundations of bringing mindfulness into the body. The way we think and feel will lead us to opening ourselves to compassion and loving kindness...ultimately leading us to finding our true selves.
In this series of workshops you will learn yoga poses that will help you transform yourself into the person that you would like to be, with more confidence in your body and more energy to enjoy your life. You will learn the principles that will guide you to optimal eating along with herbs and supplements that can support weight loss and curbing cravings naturally. Learn how to apply this knowledge to create a daily practice of yoga and eating to create a happy confident you. You will learn how eating, breathing, and yoga can help you to reach your ideal weight. Come join us for the transformation.
We will teach you how to bring mindfulness into caring for yourself. The class will be taught by Kamie Slegers B.S., yoga instructor, personal trainer along with guest speakers Jill Neukam M.S., Lic. Acu and Eric Cavanargh yoga instructor, food specialist.
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Free Intro to Yoga Class
Time and date to be determined
Come enjoy the journey! For students that are new to Synergize Yoga, this class will introduce and inform you about different styles of yoga taught at our studio, and build your confidence about choosing classes that suit your unique needs. Whether you are looking to practice a gentle and relaxing or a vigorous and energizing style of yoga, we have a style that will make you feel comfortable. Let us help you take the steps needed to enhance your health and longevity, create a deeper understanding of your body, and nurture your body's connection with your mind, spirit and heart. It is never too late to begin.
We currently have massage available by appointment only. If you are interested in this new offering, please contact Kamie at 612-396-9967 or Ryan at 763-742-7681 to schedule an appointment. Please reserve your spot at least 24 hours in advance.
Ryan Michael Herst attended Aveda Institute, Minneapolis, and graduated, after over 600 hours of training, with honors in their Massage/DaySpa program. Afterwards, he continued his education working at the healthclub Life Time Fitness, where through hands-on experience and crosstraining with other therapists, He deepened his understanding of fitness- and injury-related techniques. After a year, he transferred his practice, still in the Twin Cities, to the uptown Salon/Spa, Urban Retreat. In this environment, he honed his relaxation styles to an art form. Spending time in both Minnesota and California, he continues to extend that healing to you.
Our studio teaches freestyle flow classes to accommodate students of all skill levels. We welcome anyone who is seeking to deepen their practice or experience yoga for the first time, and encourage students to take each class to their own level. For more information on any of the class offerings listed below, please contact us.
