Series & Workshops

YOGA NIDRA SERIESLearn More
SUNDAY AFTERNOON YOGA SERIES WITH MARTHA RYAN Learn More
RESILIENT BODY AND MIND SERIESLearn More
GENTLE YOGA AND BREATH AWARENESS SERIESLearn More
YOGA FOR OSTEOPOROSIS SERIESLearn More

 

Yoga Nidra Series (online)
With Christy Fisher

Wednesday evenings, 6:00 – 7:15 p.m.

  • May 17 – June 28, 2023 (no class June 14)  $125/6-week series

Appropriate for both beginning and returning students!
Buy the 6-class pass for this series on our Punchpass site.  Monthly and weekly unlimited passholders are also welcome.
Register through https://phinneyridgeyoga.punchpass.com/

Our meetings will be held Online through Phinney Ridge Yoga’s Zoom Classroom. The live format offers a supportive community from the comfort of home, and opportunities to ask questions.

Every class will also be recorded and available to students for the duration of the series. This will allow you to join at your own pace even if you are not able to attend on class evenings. We also invite you to revisit the recordings as many times as you would like during your series.

What is Yoga Nidra? Yoga Nidra is a method of guided relaxation and meditative self-inquiry that can take place resting on one’s back, sitting in a chair, or even through slow paced movement.

Each class will incorporate some gentle yoga to help the body release tension and a long 35-minute guided Yoga Nidra practice.
Through visualization and guided relaxation, an experienced facilitator will support you in releasing layers of habitual tension in the body and mind. This process allows a person to access a state of awareness and realm of possibility that lies beyond habitual physical, emotional and/or belief patterns, clearing space for a new and more resilient way of being.

Rooted in the Vedas, Yoga Nidra has been practiced throughout the world for over 1,000 years. Current research has found that a regular practice can effectively support things like:
– Resiliency and moving through creative blocks
– Pain management
– Emotional wellness
– Healing from illness
– Better sleep

About the instructor: Christy Fisher has studied and practiced Yoga Nidra for over 20 years and is a Certified Level 2 I Rest Yoga Nidra instructor with renown teacher Richard Miller. She is also a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapy and a teacher of yoga and somatic based education for over 25 years. To read more about Christy’s background go to our website instructor page.

Sunday Afternoon Yoga Series (online)
with Martha Ryan

Discovering Your Breath in Yoga
Sundays, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
April 30 – May 28, 2023  $70/5-week series
This series will be returning in the fall! Stay tuned!

Buy the special pass for Discovering Your Breath in Yoga Series on our Punchpass site
Monthly and weekly unlimited passholders and New Student passes are also welcome.
Buy passes and register for these classes on our Punchpass site.

For people who have registered for the full series or who keep a current monthly unlimited pass, each class will be recorded and available with unlimited access for the duration of the program plus two weeks, which makes it possible to view recordings as often as you would like and to practice at your leisure.

Breath is a powerful and personal tool in yoga. Consciously working with the breath in both physical movement and separately in seated practice can provide an important foundation for our physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing by helping to:

  • Support healthy circulatory and lymphatic systems which underlie a robust immune system.
  • Support emotional balance.
  • Cultivate mental clarity while deepening self-awareness.

Over five weeks we will explore how to let the breath guide us both on and off the mat. This class is designed to explore various dimensions of the breath including specialized breathing techniques, gentle physical movements (asana) to open up the breath, and specific practices to calm the mind. Taught in the style of Sri Krisnamacharya and TKV Desikachar, this gentle class will be adapted for diverse abilities.

Read more about Martha’s background on the instructor page!

Resilient Body and Mind Series  (online)

An Inspired Yoga Practice for Healthy Aging
with Sharon St. John, Yoga Alliance 500-hour Yoga Teacher

Wednesdays, 10:00 – 11:15 a.m.

May 10 – June 14, 2023  6 weeks/$85; Monthly and Weekly Unlimited passes as well as New Student Passes are also welcome!

Buy the 6-class pass for this series on our Punchpass site
Buy passes and register for these classes on our Punchpass site.

For people who have registered for the full series or who keep a current monthly unlimited pass, each class will be recorded and available with unlimited access for the duration of the program plus two weeks, which makes it possible to view recordings as often as you would like and to practice at your leisure.

These practices are for people who are interested in increasing:

  • Suppleness and strength while supporting healthy joints.
  • Balance
  • Clarity, inner peace, and joy

While movements will be offered for the floor, on hands-and-knees, seated and standing, gentle and strengthening adaptations will also be offered in a chair for those of you who prefer to not get down on the floor or stand.

Read more about Sharon on the instructor page!

Gentle Yoga and Breath Awareness
A special discounted community class taught by newer and gifted teachers

Sundays, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
June 4 – July 9, 2023  A special discounted series: 6 weeks/$60
Buy the series pass on our Punchpass site.
Monthly and weekly unlimited passes, New Student Passes and Drop-ins are also welcome!
Pre-register at: https://phinneyridgeyoga.punchpass.com

This is a wonderful series for people who live with chronic pain or illness, or who would just like to cap your weekends with a gentle and restorative practice! Gentle strengthening will be incorporated as well as practices to support flexibility and balance. Each class will end with an exploration of breath and relaxation.

June 4 and 25 with Maria Stallings
June 11 and July 2 with Emily Grantz
June 18 and July 9 with Tiina Ritalahti

Yoga for Osteoporosis Series (online)
With Christy Fisher

Tuesdays, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.

  • May 9 – June 20, 2023  $125/6-week series
  • August 1 – August 22, 2023  $85/4-week series

These series are appropriate for beginning and returning students!
Buy the class pass for the series on our Punchpass site.  Monthly and weekly unlimited passholders are also welcome.
Register through https://phinneyridgeyoga.punchpass.com/

Classes are online through Phinney Ridge Yoga’s Zoom Classroom.

Every class will be recorded and available to students for the duration of the series. This will allow you to join at your own pace even if you are not able to attend on Tuesdays at Noon! We also invite you to revisit the recordings as many times as you would like during your series.
In this adaptive yoga class, we welcome people of all abilities. While movements and postures will be offered on the back, standing, on the knees and belly, adaptations for most practices will also be available for the chair.

In this series we will:

  • Learn how to adapt yoga practices safely for bones that may be more fragile.
  • Improve strength and balance
  • Study a specific research-supported approach to yoga that has been proven to strengthen bones.

Certified Yoga and Movement Therapist, Christy Fisher, has been teaching therapeutic yoga for over 20 years. She has studied Yoga for Osteoporosis with Ellen Saltonstall and Dr. Loren Fishman and integrates many of these principles into her classes for students who live with Osteoporosis.

You can read more about Saltonstall and Fishman’s current work in the book Yoga for Osteoporosis.