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

What is Laughter Yoga?  Laughter Yoga is a concept that anyone can laugh at any given time without humor, jokes or comedy.  Laughter, real or stimulated has been scientifically proven to make us more energetic and healthier.  Laughter yoga combines laughter exercises with yoga breathing.  We initiate laughter as an exercise in a group but with eye contact and childlike playfulness, it soon turns into real and contagious laughter.

Developed by Madan Kataria, M.D. in 1995.  Forced or fake laughter turns genuine as inhibitions are broken down and individuals relax and have fun with the experience.  There are many mental, physical and emotional benefits attributed to the practice of Laughter Yoga.  Mood elevates.  Stress, depression and tension decrease.  Laughing feels good when done in a group.  No mats required, comfortable clothing and a childlike playfulness are all you need. All are welcome! Class passes can be used or drop in rates apply.

$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

It’s been a long time since we rock & rolled!

This class will feature Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy, played on vinyl in its entirety.  This fun and funky flow will move you joyfully into your weekend. Come get the Led out with Lisa!

After class you’ll get a coupon to 221 Main for 10% off your total bill so you can head out and hang with your yogis!

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

Join Kelly for a special all-level vinyasa donation class with all proceeds benefitting Garden of Hope in Kenya, Africa!

The Garden of Hope Children’s Centre is located in the heart of Kibera, the 5th largest slum in the world located in Nairobi. The centre was started in 2015 and the building constructed in 2017 to serve children who have lost a parent or both parents or lives have been affected as a result of HIV/AIDS, poverty, corruption, periodic violence and contagious diseases due to environmental pollution!  The centre feeds, educates all the children, many who would not eat if they did not attend the school.

Of all the 388 children served at the centre 96 are orphans yet only 11 orphans can sleep at the residence.  The rest of the 85 kids sleep at relative’s, friend’s and volunteer teacher’s homes.  Support is needed to house additional children at the orphanage.  The needs we are focusing on supporting now are listed below:

• Additional Beds/Mattresses for Resident Children

• Additional Tables for Cafeteria 

• A Stove for the Kitchen (meals are prepared in pots over wood fires)

• Additional Desks (current 5 – 6 student ratio per desk designed for 2 - 3 students)

Your donations will be put to good use.  Past donations have allowed us purchase beds, mattresses, tables, water storage tank and connect to running water.  More information on the Centre is available upon request.  Suggested donation is $10-$15.

$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.

All of us at Yoga Life Studio would like to offer a sweet treat for all challenge participants at the end of these trying two months of intense dedication and hard work.

This class is a combination of Yin and Restorative asanas in an atmosphere of warm, woody grounding aromatic blends to create a sense of calm and wellbeing. The perfect blend of Spruce, Ho Wood, Frankincense, Blue Tansy, and Blue Chamomile offers an enticing fragrance that promotes tranquility and relaxation. PLUS for the students who would like hands-on massage assists, they will be offered in EVERY posture to deepen the practice of relaxation and feel the embodiment of letting go physically, mentally, and emotionally. This relaxing experience will spiritually open you to the potential you have uncovered in the last two months of practice. And, last but certainly not least, our own Kelly Arellano will be playing the Crystal Singing Bowls throughout our blissful experience to aid with a clearing and balancing of energies. 

Space is very limited to ensure everyone who wishes to, can receive hands-on assists. 
This class is FREE for all challenge participants who made it through February!

If space remains open, non-challenge participants are able to attend with drop-in or regular class passes used.

$50
or
$170 Bundled Price for weekend intensive*

*Bundled price includes all 3 of Heather’s Workshops- Healing from the inside out, Manifesting 101, Crystals 101 + Sound healing

In this 2-hour event, Heather will guide the class through 75 minutes of jam-packed information on how to use crystals. Learning how to work with crystals energy can help immensely on your journey. Crystals work to hold an intention, balance the energy body and remind us of our connection to Earth. The final 40 minutes of class you will receive a powerful, full-body crystal healing sound bath to balance the mind, body and spirit. 

Among the topics covered:

• Learning why crystals work

• Crystal selection, maintenance and care

• Learning which crystals correspond to the different chakras

• Activating, balancing and revitalizing your chakras with crystal therapy

• Creating personal barriers and shields so that you don’t absorb negative energies

• Consecrating crystals to greatly amplify their power, attract prosperity & help heal

• Creating crystal grids to build power for your intentions, healing and manifesting

• Using crystals to deepen your meditation practice

• Learning properties of color crystals

• Programming crystals for protection, healing and prosperity

• Using Crystals to assist with manifesting your goals

$50
or
$170 Bundled Price for weekend intensive*

*Bundled price includes all 3 of Heather’s Workshops- Healing from the inside out, Manifesting 101, Crystals 101 + Sound healing

Are you ready to learn how to tap into the flow of abundance and prosperity to manifest your desires? Do you want to transform your personal life, finances, career, but don’t know where to start? Learning how to work with energy, thought form and emotion is a fast and powerful way to bring intention into reality.

Manifestation 101 is a program aimed to unlock your powers of abundance by enabling you to tap into the universe to help you quickly achieve your goals. Whether you’ve dabbled in the art of manifesting or you’re a Law of Attraction expert, like any skill, it can always use some fine-tuning!

This interactive workshop entails:

1. What is the Law of Attraction

2. How does the Law of Attraction work

3. The Number One Key to Manifesting

4. How to Connect with your Inner Guidance System

5. Step-by-Step Guide To Use The Law Of Attraction 

6. Energetic Techniques to Boost Manifesting

7. Exercises That Help You Attract What You Desire

8. Meditations for Creating Abundance and Clearing Blocks

And so much more!

$90
or
$170 Bundled Price for weekend intensive*

*Bundled price includes all 3 of Heather’s Workshops- Healing from the inside out, Manifesting 101, Crystals 101 + Sound healing

Are you looking to heal physical, emotional or spiritual areas of your life? Are there pattern or habits you would like to break, but you need help letting go? Do you have issues of trauma, abuse or pain that you have not been able to release on your own? Would you like to take a new approach to your inner healing?

In this 3-hour energy infused intensive, you will be guided to profound transformation via a series of specific group healings to assist you in releasing the old and reclaiming the new. By working with universal energies, your higher self, and powerful techniques, you will find the tools and freedom you have been seeking. 

Step-by-step you will be led on a journey of healing trauma and limiting thoughts; releasing negative patterns in your family lineage; healing and reprogramming the body from painful memories; experiencing a powerful soul level forgiveness technique; receiving Reiki energy; balancing the body with crystal and sound healing.

Tap into the collective energy of the group to release blocks, issues or patterns that arise to be healed. The synergy of the group works in an expansive, positive way for everyone. If someone in the group is clearing an issue that is similar to yours, the intelligence of your energy picks up on that cue so your issue can clear as well.

Please Join Us for the Magic. 

$35

There is a common thread that links the mystical core of all the major spiritual traditions of the world. This ubiquitous, worldwide phenomenon connects Shamanism in its classic form from the tribal societies of Native North America, Polynesia, Africa and other parts of the world to mystics like Saint Teresa of Avila all the way up to the mindfulness revolution currently sweeping our nation. Beyond the spirituality of the thought and the spirituality of feeling is a third type of spirituality, a rare spirituality shared by people familiar with the cultivation of high states of concentration; this is the state the Buddhists call Samadhi, Judaism refers to as Kavanah, Islam as Zikr, and Taosim as Showee ~ “to hold to or preserve oneness”. 

In this workshop, an introduction to the practices and retreats at South Haven’s Higher Haven Retreat Center, Meditation Teacher and Ceremonial Leader Paul Tootalian takes an approach to the Shamanic realms of power that explores the six senses, combining equal parts profound inner silence merged with mighty sound healing. If you've ever desired establishing or strengthening a regular meditation practice to tap into the miraculous benefits of mindfulness you’ll enjoy this technique, as empowering mind-training practices will be taught together with sacred, healing songs to energetically uplift yourself and others. 

Come, feel the spirited elevation of Matakuye O'yasin – meaning "We are all related" – & experience the interconnected oneness we share as natives to planet earth.

Join Nicole for a vinyasa class in support of Well of Grace Ministries, a local non-profit organization committed to helping teen girls and woman in our community. Their services are geared towards offering support to individuals shackled to ED/BED and who have unhealthy food relationships. It is our hope that this class will help raise awareness, education, and community connection.

Our suggested donation is $15-$20 cash only.
Every donation helps!

True shifts in life take time and intention. In this 3-hour intensive, Transformational Life Coach, Amy Kuchan, will use meditation and written reflection to guide participants toward their true, heart-based desires. Attendees will identify where they are now, where they desire to be, the blocks that have held them back, and the actions that will carry them forward. Participants have the option to attend the workshop alone ($70) or to include a 30-minute private call with Amy ($90). This private call will offer one-on-one support tailored to the individual’s intentions, blocks and opportunities to breakthrough.

Workshop Only - $70

Workshop and 30-Minute Private Call with Amy - $90

To learn more about Amy and her intention as a coach, please visit www.spaceandspark.com

SOLD OUT!

$18 per person

Brooke Margherone will guide you through an all-level vinyasa yoga class while Alula plays the enchanting sounds of Native American flute and drumming. Through this opportunity, you’ll discover the method of healing that combines movement, conscious breath, and sound energy. By placing your body with intention, your vinyasa is enhanced by soundscapes, and you’ll perceive your inner environment with a new, compassionate, and healing approach. PLUS you’ll get the bonus of a 30 minute pure bliss relaxation, bathing you in positive sound vibrations which float you into a sweet Savasana meditation.

All-Levels welcome.
Payment will register you and save your spot.
Space is limited. No refunds or transfers.
Our musicians will be accepting love donations for the gifts they offer.

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.

Are you ready for 2019? We are ready for YOU! Join Nicole for a 75-minute led Vinyasa asana class and 15-minute meditation practice for inspiration to stay motivated on your mat in 2019! Through this self-empowering class, you will shift your vision from what was, to what is, leaving ready for what what lies ahead.  Regular class rates apply. Class passes can be used.

Join Cheryl Weise New Year's Day for a FRESH START with Yin + Restorative within one class!
Restorative asanas, or postures, are relaxing and intended to be healing and nurturing for the body relieving stress. Within this style, you will restore the nervous system and help release deeply held tensions from the body and mind. Yin is the cool, lunar, passive aspect of the yoga asana practice. Asanas are held for 3-10 minutes to allow the denser layers of the body to unwind. Yin opens the connective tissues versus the muscles and allows practitioners to experience greater range of motion and flexibility. Props are used to support the entire body in postures, while gently aiding the body in relaxation. Together, these two styles of yoga asana will enable you to move slowly, turn inward, and heal. You will access the stillness of your mind and move into your New Year with clarity and peace. All-levels welcome. Regular class rates apply.

Join us on Christmas Eve for an all-level Vinyasa class! We will flow to Christmas music and the sweet, warm aromas of orange, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and fir. Be merry. Be bright. Be on your mat this Christmas Eve! Pre-register on our online schedule to save your spot. Regular class rates and passes apply.

Gather with us on the darkest night of the year with the light in our hearts to set our intentions for what is to come. 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 a new year. 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.

$40

Join Brooke’s Teacher, Hilaire Lockwood for this special opportunity to dig deep into the philosophy of Yoga.

Sometimes knowing "why" we do something helps put meaning or intention behind our action. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali do just that. This one-day intensive for students and instructors alike will be solely focused on the foundation of the yoga practice, its roots and its meaning - all that lies within the 3,000-year-old Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Over the two-hour period we will cover as much of the book as possible, relating the foundation of yoga to our life off the mat. When we can more deeply understand the purpose behind the practice, our time on our mat has more meaning. All are welcome - no yoga or sutra experience required.

$55

Each chakra corresponds to an area of the physical body that represents an aspect of consciousness essential in our lives. Gaining understanding of each of the chakras and how they relate to the intangible and tangible pieces of who we are is a profound tool for personal growth. In this workshop, Hilaire Lockwood will break down the chakra system from the inside out and from the ground up to help us better understand ourselves and our practice. Workshop will include lecture/discussion, guided meditation and breathwork. We will finish with a well-rounded vinyasa class that will cover all 7 chakras leaving you feeling grounded, balanced, empowered and refreshed! All levels welcome!

In May 2018 Emma Grace Straub, age 9, was diagnosed with Autoimmune Encephalitis, a condition in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy brain cells, leading to inflammation.  Emma now suffers from numerous cognitive deficits and debilitating psychiatric symptoms.  The only treatment is a regular schedule of IV infusions of blood plasma ("IVIG") over the next 15 months. Not only has IVIG been proven to work for Emma, but her team of expert physicians and hospital agree that she desperately needs this treatment. 

Unfortunately, this treatment is very costly so together, let’s help Emma and her family by donating what we can. Kelly is graciously offering a donation-based class with all proceeds going to Emma. Our suggested donation is $10-$15 per person. Cash only. Thank you for your help!

For Emma’s GoFundMe Page and more information click here.