We’ll offer a range of classes, workshops, and Teacher Training and special events on Zoom in 2024 as well as teaching live in the Studio (16 participants). Practising online and in person is meaningful in different ways and we hope you’ll enjoy either or both. Thank you for your continuing support in these uncertain times. And we hope you use and enjoy our pre-recorded Home Practice audios and videos.
The Studio is open for in-person classes with online advanced bookings and payment in advance only. The preferred payment method is by e-transfer to info@estheryoga.com. Sorry, we cannot accept drop-ins. Credit is available with 24 hours cancellation ONLY.
Please check this space for updates or send us an email if you have questions. Take good care – we look forward to welcoming you back to the Studio.
Our Workshops for Yoga Teachers delve into specific topics to enhance your teaching skills and personal practice. Each unique workshop is designed to expand your knowledge through yoga practice, meditation, reflection and discussion. Topics include functional anatomy, hands on assisting, pre and post natal, philosophy, anxiety and depression. Many workshops are eligible for CEUs.
Developing and Sustaining a Personal Practice
Sunday, July 28, with Monica Voss, 10:30am-1:00pm ET, $60
on Zoom
Practising yoga at home can be a refuge and a way of reconnecting to ourselves. In this workshop we will design themes for home practice, explore sequences of yoga postures, the rationale behind them and our personal responses to them. We will discuss the challenges and the joys of our time alone with yoga. Teachers and interested students of yoga are welcome to attend.
Summer Day of Yoga
Sunday, August 11, with Monica Voss, 10:30am–3:00pm ET, $60/full day, $30/half day, sliding scale available, included in your unlimited at the Studio.
morning only: 10:30am-12:30pm, afternoon only: 1:30pm-3:00pm
on Zoom
Take a day to celebrate breath, relaxation and natural movement as the sun glows warm, the gardens ripen and the crickets begin their evening chirruping. Bring shiny summer freshness into your body and heart with yoga. Everyone is welcome.
Image: Joaquin Sorolla
From the Ground Up: How to Teach Beginners
with Monica Voss and Tama Soble, Saturday, September 21, 1:30pm-4:00pm, Sunday, September 22, 10:00am-12:30pm, 1:30pm-4:00pm ET, Full workshop/$150, Full day/$105, Half day/$60
on Zoom
Spend time exploring the art of teaching yoga to beginners. Practise imagining the mind of a beginner, learn the how and why of adapting postures and breathing exercises, consider the importance of variety and flexibility in language and description, and explore the integrated principles of grounding, breathing and releasing the spine in order to guide beginning students toward self reflection, self awareness and independence.
Yoga and Anatomy
Sunday, October 20, with Tama Soble, 10:00am-12:30pm, 1:30pm-4:00pm ET, Full day/$105, Half day/$60
on Zoom
Learn how to adapt yoga poses to the precise needs of your body or those of your students by applying basic anatomical principles. Reconnect with body and breath using gentle practices that acknowledge the relationship between functional anatomy and the unique nature of each body. This workshop is open to students and teachers at all levels of experience.
Image: The vertebral column, Leonardo da Vinci, c.1510-11
Empowering the Ageing Body
Saturday, November 16 – Sunday, November 17, with Shari Stein, Tama Soble, Della Croteau, Helen Kohl, and Monica Voss, whole weekend $165, each workshop $40
on Zoom
As the population ages, teachers must inform themselves about natural changes in the body as well as common conditions such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. Changes in outlook also occur in older students as they contemplate their lives and goals. Through practice, discussion and analysis, we will explore these and other issues of ageing and create intelligent and supportive options in order to instruct older students holistically with energy, knowledge and empathy.
Empowering the Ageing Body is intended for certified and non-certified yoga and meditation teachers, teachers-in-training, health professionals, therapists, social workers and interested students of yoga.
- Saturday, November 16, 1:00pm-2:30pmET, Shari Stein, Osteoporosis
- Saturday, November 16, 3:00pm-4:30pmET, Tama Soble, Asana and pranayama re: Osteoporosis
- Sunday, November 17, 10:30am-12:00pmET, Della Croteau, Osteoarthritis
- Sunday, November 17, 1:00pm-2:30pmET, Helen Kohl, Chair Yoga
- Sunday, November 17, 3:00pm-4:30pmET, Monica Voss, Asana and Pranayama re: Osteoarthritis
Yoga for Anxiety and Depression
Sunday, December 8, with Tama Soble
10:00am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:00pm ET, Full day $105, Half day $60.
on Zoom
Spend a full day exploring how asana, pranayama and meditation practices support the physical body, the nervous and respiratory systems, and the mind in returning to homeostasis. We will practise, write, and engage in discussion in order to reflect on how as teachers we might support those living with the challenges of anxiety and depression.
For yoga and meditation teachers, teachers in training and anyone studying and/or working in the mental health arena or interested in the topic material.