$25

Physically challenging, visually dramatic and fun, inversions are surprisingly accessible!

Join Brooke Margherone to step into an upside down adventure as you learn to stabilize the core and recruit key muscle groups to support postures like headstand, forearm stand, and handstand. The wall, props, drills, and partner-based progressions, will support the experience of you going upside down and finding a different perspective in your practice. All-levels welcome!

Our Fall 300-hour program runs for two 5-week sessions.
Session One: September 7th-October 6th
Session Two: October 26th-November 24th
Mandatory hours and dates are: Saturdays & Sundays from 8am-5pm.

Our curriculum meets and exceeds the standards set forth by Yoga Alliance.  The 300-hour advanced program is only for students and teachers who have already taken a 200-hour Yoga Alliance approved teacher training. This advanced program is designed to build upon and deepen the student's understanding of the fundamental concepts of the practice and teachings of yoga that are taught at the 200-hour level. This training is focused on principles and techniques of yoga that are more advanced, more detailed, and/or subtler, and the training enables them to teach with greater skill. Yang and Yin styles of Yoga will be covered.

This program has been created for: students to deepen their practice and study of Yoga, students looking to develop their personal practice, or for any students who feel a call to become, or explore becoming a Yoga teacher. This training will take place in a safe, supportive, and inspired learning environment of like-minded individuals designed for self-discovery, personal growth, and a transformational experience. 

Upon completion of both the 200 and 300-hour training, students will be well-rounded as a 500-hour Advanced Power/Vinyasa/Yin teacher, capable teaching all-levels and abilities safe and effective Yoga asana, pranayama, and meditation practices, in addition to in-depth studies of Yoga. 

In addition to the scheduled training hours, students will have additional: required readings, written homework assignments, and classes to attend each week.

Do you like rock and punk music? Do you like yoga? OF course you do!
Join Jon Shoemaker to flow along to some of his favorite rock tunes. Wear your best concert tee and get ready for some high energy Rockin’ Yoga!

Class passes may be used or drop-in rates apply.

$25

If arm balancing postures feel inaccessible or even scare you, THIS arm balancing workshop is the one for you!

In this workshop, Brooke Margherone will show you a different perspective of each pose to gain insight for yourself and remove the element of fear or inaccessibility from the beginning. We will methodically develop strength, focal points, and free you from the fear of falling, so you can begin practicing arm balances or even strengthen your existing practice.

First, the balance is removed and the focus and muscle engagement needed for each pose is found in supine variations. From there, balance is found while seated. Then, if you choose to move on, we will take the balance on our hands. At each step offered, there is a place in the pose to stop and work at your appropriate progression. All levels welcome and encouraged to face your fears and take flight!

$18

Join Sara as she breaks down and guides you through the postures that make up the Surya Namaskaras or Sun Saltations A and B. If you have taken a vinyasa yoga class, then you have definitely practiced sun salutations. This systematized sequence of postures is designed to tap into the energy around us and create a flow of movement. Every physical and energetic piece of you is touched so join Sara to bring in the mental focus and understanding of why these are vital at the beginning of our practices.

You will learn the sequence of Surya Namaskaras, many modifications of both A and B, and how to breathe within the flow of each posture to the next. By the end of this class you will feel connected, knowledgeable and efficient in your cultivation of prana or energy through Surya Namaskaras!

All levels and beginners are welcome and encouraged to attend!

$30 Early Bird Price | $35 Day of Price

When electrified, the solid body of a guitar resonates with sound and energy. So, too, the human body. The waves of sound emanating from an electric guitar have been shown to calm the nervous system and balance the subtle body, while creating a collective resonance that connects you to other bodies in the room, not unlike the feeling you get at a concert.

Experience a dynamic sound bath unlike any other in this unique yoga and live music collaboration. Maria Rosner will guide you to move and flow in concert with the ambient sounds of Ken Rose’s electrified guitar. This amplified vinyasa flow experience will transport you into an elevated and joyful level of consciousness as you move into the weekend.

When Maria Rosner isn’t on her mat or teaching yoga, she’s likely at a concert or music festival. She knows firsthand about the potency of the live music experience, especially when electric guitars are involved. Her unlikely collaboration with Ken Rose came about when he noticed her front-row photos on Instagram (from a show with his current band, Hero Jr.). Along with their lifelong passion for music, Maria and Ken found out they were equally passionate about yoga. “Electric Flow Yoga” was conceived when Ken asked Maria to “beta-test” some ambient music he was composing for yoga...and Maria suggested they test it out live instead.

California native Ken Rose has been a working songwriter, producer and touring/studio musician since he was 16 years old. In 1986 Ken moved to Germany where he was signed to Warner Music International as a staff songwriter and producer. In addition to Warner Music, Ken has held long-term staff-writing positions at EMI Music, BMG Music, Famous Music Corp. and Sony / ATV. Ken began working in London in 1998 and moved into his North London studio at Livingston in 2003 where he produced numerous records and ran artist development for his record label. In 2007-2008, Ken was Marianne Faithfull’s guitarist on TheSongs Of Innocence and Experience world tour. In 2012 Ken returned to America to join his band Hero Jr. and has been on the road playing over 700 shows in the last 7 years. Ken is experienced in all styles of music, specializing in outside-the-box / emotional approaches to blues, experimental instrumental, and rock, and in all genres as a songwriter, producer and arranger. Ken has been a Reiki master/teacher since 2003.

Join your Yoga Life Studio community + Alula for LIVE MUSIC on LION’S PARK BEACH during our ACRO YOGA JAM!

Our JAM will include a 2-hour Acro Yoga workshop with Yoga Life Teachers, play time flying with partners and friends, PLUS you get the bonus of a 30-minute pure bliss relaxation, bathing you in positive sound vibrations.

$25 per person

Acro Yoga brings together the art of acrobatics, Yoga, and Thai massage. This workshop will begin with partner yoga poses to open the body and develop trust, which is key. Once a solid foundation of traditional yoga postures, partner poses, and a strong, steady base is developed, we will start flying!
Feel free to sign up as a pair or come solo and we can match you up.

Come JAM!
All-levels welcome and no prior Yoga or Acro experience is required.
Bring one mat or beach towel per person, water, sunscreen, sunglasses, etc.
Payment will register you and save your spot(s).
Space is limited.
Our musicians will be accepting love donations for the gifts they offer.

At Lion’s Park Beach, we will meet at the South end near the pavilion and closest to the water plant.

$20

If you are curious about meditation, looking to begin meditating, but are not quite sure where or how to begin, or feel like your mind seem to get busier when you try to meditate, then this workshop will offer you some much needed help.

According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), Meditation is a mind and body practice that has a long history of use for increasing calmness and physical relaxation, improving psychological balance, coping with illness, and enhancing overall health and well-being. Some recent research also suggests meditation can physically change the brain and help promote healthy behaviors.

In this meditation workshop, Brooke Margherone will teach you simple meditation techniques to help you dive into the present moment which is the only place where life truly occurs and where meditation becomes an accessible state. No prior experience is needed, but a sense of humor and willingness to learn will help you go far.

$20

OR

For Full Weekend of Workshops with Heather $189

During this Sound Bath experience, crystal sound bowls are played in a way to promote a more relaxed mind and nervous system. The sounds guide listeners on a journey of self discovery and inner exploration, promotes deep relaxation and peace, expansion of consciousness, and helps to open the body’s entire energetic system. We will incorporate intention setting and the use of crystals during the sound bath to help you have a more expanded experience.

During a sound bath participants relax in a comfortable position, usually laying on their backs. One can get much more out of the sound bath if they stay present, yet relaxed. Each sound bath experience is unique – sometimes more physical sensations are felt, other times it feels like an emotional journey, and other times people will see colors, shapes, or images similar to a waking dream. Occasionally the sound bath will activate the higher mind and people will receive creative insights, or work out issues they couldn’t solve prior.  Generally, a deep state of relaxation of the body and mind is achieved and most people look and feel brighter and more relaxed after a sound bath.

$40

OR

For Full Weekend of Workshops with Heather $189

During this interactive workshop you will learn scientific ways of utilizing energy to properly protect yourself, your belongings, surroundings and love ones. Energetic Maintenance and Protection teaches you to protect yourself and loved ones from psychic attacks, negative intentions, and energetic pollution. We are constantly swimming in a world of thought forms and emotional energies, not all of which are beneficial for us. If you are not properly protected, you can be affected spiritually, mentally, emotional, physically and financially. 
Among the Topics Covered:

•     Cutting cords to sever negative ties to people, situations or attachments

•     Understanding how psychic attacks are launched and how you can protect yourself from them

•     Shielding your personal belongings, including your financial assets

•     Shielding for protection on the spiritual, mental, emotional, etheric and physical planes

•     Using Crystals to strengthen the aura that surrounds your body

•     Guarding against the four critical factors that can weaken a shield

•     Using the power of love to get an angry psychic assailant on your side

•     Experience inner peace and calmness in the midst of a chaotic work or home environment

•     Stopping "psychic vampires" from draining your precious life force

•     Cleansing the energy inside your home and office space

Reiki Level I Training $150

OR

For Full Weekend of Workshops with Heather $189

(pronounced “ray-key”)

Reiki I is a certification Course (Reiki I certification is a pre-requisite to Reiki II)

In this half-day workshop, you will learn the original Usui Reiki system, taught by Heather Fox Reiki Master Teacher.

Reiki is the Japanese word for “Universal Life Energy.” This energy is all around us and we can channel it. It flows through the hands of the trained practitioner to accelerates the body’s natural healing process. A Level 1 Attunement is a gentle introduction to the energy. While Reiki works on all aspects of being (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual), at Level 1 the energy appears to work most prominently on the physical level. Once attuned, Reiki can be given to the self or others present by laying hands on the recipient.

Reiki was discovered by Mikao Usui, a scholar from Kyoto, Japan in the 1920s. It was passed down to Chujiro Hayashi, a medical doctor, who trained Hawayo Takata, the Japanese-American woman who introduced Reiki to the United States. 

In this class you will learn:

• The history of Reiki and science behind Reiki

• How to confidently deliver effective Reiki treatments for yourself, family, friends, and pets.

• How to bring healing comfort and calm to any condition, - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual

• How to treat acute and chronic health conditions

• How to use Reiki to manifest goals and intentions

• How to use Reiki to improve immune function

• How to use Reiki to reduce and eliminate stress, tension and pain

• How to use Reiki to prepare someone for surgery (prepare their mind and body in order to heal faster.)

• How to customize each Reiki treatment to fit anyone’s (human or animal) needs

• How to scan the human energy field and chakras (energy centers)

• A deeper understanding of the energy body and how to maintain it

• How to give Reiki treatments to yourself, your pets, dogs, cats and horses as well as to plants in your home or garden.

• How to use Reiki in your everyday life for more balance, joy and good health

• How to increase your intuition

• How to use Reiki in your meditation, yoga, creative and self-care practice
  
  To learn more about Heather Fox, visit heather@heatherfox.com

In eastern philosophy the number 108 is considered a number that represents a complete cycle and is the ultimate end of an event or phenomenon. So, for this reason it is common to do 108 rounds of something meaningful to you on auspicious occasions.

As a community, we will practice 108 Sun Salutations to honor this powerful ritual and tradition. We practice this repetition with focus and intention. Just as any repetitive task in life can lead us to boredom and restlessness, we can learn how to come back to our intention and physically work mindfully and smarter, rather than harder, which are all great lessons for ourselves as we move into the heat of Summer. We will finish with a brief meditation letting the lessons we learn on our mat this day resonate within us.

You don't have to practice all 108 Sun Salutations, your presence is enough. All- Levels welcome :)
Class passes may be used or drop in rates apply.

The 200-hour program immerses students in an understanding and embodiment of: the roots and history of Yoga, philosophy, Anatomy & Physiology of foundational yoga postures, the art of sequencing, healthy lifestyle practices, adjustments, basic Sanskrit vocabulary, and meditation. One year of consistent yoga practice is a prerequisite for this training.

This program has been created for: students to deepen their practice and study of Yoga, students looking to develop their personal practice, or for any students who feel a call to become, or explore becoming a Yoga teacher. This training will take place in a safe, supportive, and inspired learning environment of like-minded individuals designed for self-discovery, personal growth, and a transformational experience. 

Upon completion of the 200-hour training, students will feel empowered and confident as an all-level Power/Vinyasa Teacher and may continue to study at Yoga Life through our 300-hour Advanced Yin & Yang Teacher Training.

In addition to the scheduled training hours during the 200-hour program, students will have additional: required readings, written homework assignments, and classes to attend each week. Tuition includes: all weekends of training and the classes taught during these hours. Tuition does not include: required books, additional classes required for completion, 3 required private sessions, or 2 mandatory workshops.

$25

Back bending requires a beautiful balance of strength and flexibility which stems from a great deal of psychological equanimity and energetic movement to maintain these shapes.

In this workshop, Brooke Margherone will break down the fundamental techniques of back bending, with safety as the priority, to help you effectively create S P A C E and ENJOY extending the spine. We’ll explore:
- The major platforms of the body
- The wide array of benefits experienced through bending backwards
- The correct alignment for your individual skeletal make up in common backbends you see in classes
- Plus, some variations and more “advanced” postures suitable for everyone present in attendance.

All-levels are welcome!

The Beatles are back! Join us to groove to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on Vinyl (plus a few of Lisa’s favorite solo Beatles picks).

Class passes may be used or drop-in rates apply.

$35

Join us to explore your own inner vibrational energy system and become aware of those exterior vibrational energy systems that are available to you. Learn how to build a time tested and proven foundation for the expansion of your mind consciousness with the use of Hemi-Sync and Metamusic Techniques. These will be introduced and taught allowing you to experience the various mental focus levels used in Meditation which leads to healing and the manifestation of a new conscious reality from the quality of life that you choose to have.

The “Four Directions” also known as the “Four Powers” and their benefits to you will be explained. Your own birthing Totem and your placement on the Medicine Wheel will be covered as well. This workshop will include a guided Meditation which begins when the Energy Medicine Drum of the Four Powers speaks, its rhythm relaxes your body while quieting the mind as your consciousness expands. As the rhythm of the drum fades the music of Between Worlds fills your being and your journey to Self starts.

We will lay down for our guided meditation so feel free to bring a Yoga mat, if you have one and a blanket.

Chuck Harrison, his ancestry is Native and European, his teachings flow within the rhythm of both and beyond. He is a Rieki Master Teacher, Certified Hemi-Sync Sound Therapist, Facilitator for Samvit Wellness, he served on the Energy Medicine Team at the VA Hospital in Battle Creek and taught in the Michigan prison system. He is a graduate of the Monroe Institute in Faber Virg. Chuck has been involved in the Holistic Community for 35 years and is the owner of the Eagle’s Nest in Stevensville MI.

World Laughter Day was created in 1998 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the world wide Laughter Yoga movement.  The celebration of World Laughter Day is a positive manifestation for world peace and in intended to build up a global consciousness of Community through laughter.  To Yoke or to Unite is the goal of yoga and we can do this through laughter!

Laughter Yoga combines Laughter exercises and breath. The benefits from Laughter Yoga are physical, mental and emotional.  No yoga experience required.  All you need are comfortable clothes and a childlike playfulness.  Cheryl Weise will lead you through this unique experience and have you laughing all the way. All are welcome!                                                                                                       

Curious about Yoga Teacher Training? Want to learn more about how to become a yoga teacher and what our trainings involve? Are you on the fence about your next adventure in life? Are you looking to learn more about yourself, deepen your personal practice, or explore the possibly of teaching yoga? If you answered YES to any of these questions, come to our FREE teacher training info session with Brooke!

Yoga Life turns 4 years old and that is a reason to celebrate!

This means 4 years of community. 4 years of dedicated practice through the ups and downs of life. 4 years of self observation to become, day after day, the best version of Self! We are so proud of our little Yoga fam and love you all.

Join us for an entire day of FREE classes, snacks, and a few special surprises :)

Free Schedule:
8:15am Slow Flow with Brooke
9:30am All-Level Power with Brooke
10:45am Yin with Cheryl M.
11:15am Pranayama & Chanting with Brooke
12:15pm Children’s Yoga (ages 7-12) with Cheryl W.
12:15pm Intro to Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series with Sara

$20

This workshop will focus on our breath and the power it holds. The practice of breath control is the fourth limb of the eight limbs of Ashtanga yoga.

Prana is the universal energy that flows through us and everything around us. This energy creates, sustains, and destroys because it permeates everything and is considered the "breath of life". 

Pranayama practices manipulate this force within us creating profound shifts in the mind and energy of the body. Most of us are familiar with Ujjayi breath, but in this workshop, we will explore various pranayama techniques to unlock the potential you hold and elevate your physical yoga practice. 

We will focus on:

*Breakdown of the 4th limb

*Koshas: 5 layers of Being

*Pranayama techniques

*How to integrate pranayama into our existing practices and lives

*Final Meditation

$30

Restorative yoga offers us a unique opportunity to rest the body, mind and spirit. Through the use of various yoga props, the body is effortlessly supported allowing you to hold the poses longer, breathe clearer and relax deeply and completely. Different from Yin yoga, where stress is placed on the body in a passive way, in restorative there is nothing to do but allow yourself to literally “settle in”. Through stillness of the body, awareness moves with ease and from the depth of your awareness, your inner voice speaks.

Join Lisa in this workshop to understand the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS), how it impacts the body, and the effects of deep relaxation and silence on the PSNS. After an introduction to the Restorative purpose, use of props, and the postures, Lisa will take you through a restorative sequence designed for basic relaxation. You will leave feeling relaxed, renewed, and educated on why restoring yourself is a vital tool we all need. 

Join Brooke towards the end of our Meditation March for a meditative experience unlike any other.

During Yoga Nidra, or Yogic Sleep, you will be guided into a hypnagogic state of consciousness where you are between waking and sleeping. Your body will be completely relaxed. Explore an inner world of stillness by traveling through the Pancha Maya Koshas, or 5 layers of your being. This class is suitable for all abilities and anyone wanting to feel present, relaxed, and rejuvenated.

All class passes can be used or drop-in rates apply.
Wear comfortable, warm, and cozy clothing.