Nurture Your Nature

“You cannot give what you do not have.” Our natural state of being is to be still, calm and easeful. Yet daily stressors such as family obligations, work responsibilities and the constant news cycle on top of our individual, personal internal challenges can keep us in a state of agitation and distraction, moving from the sympathetic (fight, flight or freeze) nervous system. We are conditioned to believe this normal because we are “used to it”, but our physical and energetic bodies become depleted, leading to insomnia, feeling sharp or brittle, easily distracted and deeply exhausted.

Join certified SATYA yoga teacher, Tina Rath, for a full weekend of nurturing your physical, emotional and energetic bodies. Various yoga practices, including pranayama and meditation, will leave you feeling energetically calm and restored. When we feel at peace within ourselves, we are able to show up authentically and easily share our gifts with the world.

SATYA (Sensory Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement), created by Tias Little, guides students away from “doing” movement and toward sensing, feeling, and “being” movement. The SATYA movements – a combination of dance, yin yoga, Feldenkries and myofascial release – are done on the floor in a flowing fashion without force to increase somatic awareness. The exercises are non-weight bearing and involve sliding, gliding, and circular movements to balance the body’s structure, reduce tension and fatigue and boost immunity. The practice is suitable for beginners, though some yoga experience is very helpful.

SCHEDULE (Subject to Change):

Friday:

3pm Check in

5:30pm Dinner

6:30pm Welcome and Introductions + Evening Practice

Saturday:

8am Breakfast

10 am Morning Practice + Discussion

12:15pm Lunch

3pm  Mandala Creation

4pm  Practice + Discussion

5:30pm  Dinner

Sunday:

8am  Practice + Closing

10am Brunch

About Tina Rath:

Tina Rath is a Bay Area yoga teacher and visual artist who often describes what she does as being in the transformation business. Described as spirited, warm, insightful and authentic, Tina weaves storytelling, art history and a bit of word-smithing into her thoughtful, nurturing yoga practices. In the yoga studio and in her art practice, she embraces the framework of neuroaethetics as afoundation for healing and helping others to remember who they are.