During one weekly class, which meets across five-weeks, attendees will be encouraged and supported to explore the consciousness that arises while more fully inhabiting their bodies. Through the use of verbal cues, movement exercises, explorations in self-touch, props, and journaling prompts attendees will learn how to develop an increased embodied sense of their physical selves which leads to an expanded awareness of who one is without being defined by roles, positions, and 'what one does'. Instead, 'it is the awareness we experience as we do what we do.'

Ideal attendee:

·      Anyone wanting to take meditation to another level.

·      Someone who is experiencing a restricted movement or thought pattern and wants to explore 'unwinding' it.

·      Anyone who loves to restore and renew through an asana practice.

·      Someone who wants to increase their feelings of security and safety.

·      Anyone who is recovering from a chronic illness or injury.

Suggested props:

Yoga blankets, Yoga mat, a chair, tennis balls, socks, journal

How to register?

From the Northampton Senior Services website: “At the Northampton Senior Center, we offer a variety of in-person and online classes, such as art, languages, and writing. Please see the Conz Street Chronicle or see myactivecenter.com for a list of classes currently being provided online. Registration for classes can be done by phone (587-1228, opt. 4) or by going to myactivecenter.com and signing up with the membership number on your scan card.”

Restorative class for Seniors

It’ll be a mix of asanas with supports (e.g., chair and tennis balls), somatic awareness inquiries, and Qi Gong. Come restore, renew, unwind, and unfold more fully into your felt sense of being.

Just show up…no registration or class fee. We may start a donation bowl for a ‘cause’, that the class chooses. There’s so many ‘causes’. That’ll be up to everybody, not just me.

Address: 36 Grove Street, Asheville NC 28801

(On her decision to stop wearing clothes)

Coins in the hand
Can be stolen,
But who can rob this body
Of its own treasure.

The last thread of clothing
Can be stripped away,
But who can peel off Emptiness,
That nakedness covering all?

Fools, while I dress
In the Jasmine Lord’s morning light,
I cannot be shamed—
What would you have me hide under silk
And the glimmer of Jewels?

Mahadeviyakka
She was married to a local ruler in her teens and ran away to travel alone. Her only true lover was Shiva the White Jasmine Lord.

I am in process of finding a space that will allow me to resume teaching after a hiatus. I’m on the move AGAIN and am in hopes of something beginning so VERY soon. If only there were 8 hours extra in every day…like a 32 hour day.

During my hiatus, I’ve continued to develop my private yoga practice (that means, JUST me on the mat); continued to study with HS Arun when he has been in the US; continued study with Lisa Clark, who’s a Senior Teacher of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen’s, Body-Mind Centering. I’ve begun studying psychoneuroenergetics which has a Vagus nerve component-YAY! (and leading a yoga class when we get together); and have taken several Anatomy Trains workshops and hope to continue to do so. I am certain all of this will satisfyingly translate into a restorative class for those who attend.

Looking for a Space to offer Restorative Classes...(2018) San Jose, CA

ENERGIZE, LENGTHEN, UNWIND while cultivating a focused, explorative, playful attitude towards oneself and others.

Mondays from 6p-7p. 

Classes sponsored by City of Austin's Park Foundation

ENERGIZE, LENGTHEN, UNWIND while cultivating a focused, explorative, playful attitude towards oneself and others.

Tuesdays from 10a-11a. 

Classes sponsored by City of Austin's Park Foundation

Creative Movement Classes for Kids

An inventive balance of structure and fun allows students to explore movement with and in their bodies. Activities include exploration of non-verbal social cues; visual imagery; movement to shake the school day-off; and space. 

Monday: 1/23 Dittmar Recreation Center

Monday 1/30-2/13 Turner Roberts Center

Classes funded by the City of Austin's Parks Foundation. 

ENERGIZE, LENGTHEN, UNWIND while cultivating a focused, explorative, playful attitude towards oneself and others.

Wednesday's from 6-7p. 

Classes sponsored by City of Austin's Park Foundation

Saturday Morning Yoga Fundamentals Class, 808 Nile St. ATX, 78702

3 Saturdays at Onie Pavillion near Conley-Guerrero SAC from 9-10a, December 3, 10, and 17th.

Schedule time to connect to yourself. Unwind in the environment of a city park. Leave feeling grounded yet energized, more flexible yet stronger.  

Class is open to individuals with special needs and mixed abilities. 

Bring your yoga props (i.e., mat, blankets, blocks).

Restorative Yoga Class, 808 Nile St. ATX, 78702

3 Thursdays at Conley Guerrero Senior Center from 6-7p, December 1, 8, and 15th. 

Unwind and re-connect to your self and body through gentle restorative poses.

Class is open to individuals with special needs and mixed abilities. 

Bring your yoga props (i.e., mat, blankets, blocks).