workshops & events

This workshop is just for Women
January 18th
​Saturday  1-3pm 

How we breath, feel, think, and move are all reflected in our pelvis. Sometimes this can result in a lack of tone through the pelvic floor, but often times it can cause chronically tight muscles that lack strength. This workshop will familiarize you with your pelvic floor through breath, movement, a more complete anatomical understanding of the pelvic floor, as well as offering tools to help you open and strengthen your pelvic floor. Open to all levels; no yoga experience necessary. 
If you have any questions please contact Amy at:  amy@ladleandlotus.com

$40 in advance (before 1/18)
$45 at the door
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​For the past 10 years Amy Hillman-Siracusa, MA, e-RYT, NBC-HWC
has been empowering individuals to feel better about the food they
eat and the body they live in by guiding them to uncover food
​sensitivities, practice mindful eating, and get creative in the kitchen.

Email Amy with any questions :
amy@ladleandlotus.com


Saturday, January 25th
Saturday 6:30-9:00pm
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Join Rebekah Nagy (E-RYT 500) for a deep yogic journey, through movement, stillness, visualization, embodiment, and sound.  The dark and cold half of the year invites us inward, to rest and reflect.  One very beautiful prism for inner reflection is the chakra system of classical hatha yoga, a poetic and experiential map of the body as consciousness.  This will be an opportunity to slow down in your practice, going deeper, staying longer, and more fully sensing your support.  Students may indulge in optional CBD or THC oil to enhance their experience.  Cannabis can facilitate relaxation and interoception, and Rebekah will guide a brief CBD / THC Q&A before we begin.  If you want to partake in CBD or THC, you may bring your own, and there will also be enough to share.  It is legal for adults over 21 to share THC products*.  You may also wish to bring an eye pillow, a favorite yoga blanket, and a crystal or semi-precious stone for your practice.  
*No Pre-registration required. Cash, check, Venmo or PayPal accepted at the door.
Cost: $40 
We have added more dates!
 February 8, March 14th, April 11th, May 9th
Saturdays : 11:00am - 12:30pm
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Join foam rolling enthusiast and anatomy geek Rebekah Nagy (E-RYT 500) for a luscious session of sweet myofascial release!  Whether you’re an avid roller or a newbie, you’ll leave this workshop feeling relaxed, refreshed, and rejuvenated, with new release and self-massage techniques for mobility and ease in your yoga practice and beyond.  Foam rolling promotes flexibility, lessens soreness and stiffness, and stimulates blood flow.  In this mellow-paced workshop, we’ll spend an hour nourishing our connective tissue in a flowing exploration of foam rolling techniques from head to toe, then sink into supported yin and restorative poses, integrating the powerful potential for a healthy range of motion that foam rolling can offer.  Students will leave with a better understanding of their connective tissue, including fascia and its role in the musculoskeletal system, and strategies for keeping it nourished,  comfortable, and supple.  Rollers and balls will be provided for the duration of class.  Come roll deep with Rebekah!  

​Early online registration: $35 (before 1/25)
At the door: $40
Advance Registration highly recommended. 

*Due to the materials provided, there is a cap of 15 students in this workshop. 
REBEKAH NAGY
​Rebekah Nagy (E-RYT 500) began practicing yoga in 2001 as an outgrowth of her studies in dance, and has been teaching yoga and leading workshops since 2010.  She has taught in teacher trainings in New York City, Brooklyn, and Northern California.  Her ongoing studies in somatics, anatomy, and kinesiology unite philosophy and embodiment, and include a Body-Mind Centering® approach.

KUNDALINI MEDITATION SERIES 

With Milind Dhond
A Series of Saturdays
Time:
11 am - 12 pm

2020 Dates (All Saturdays):
​TBA


Cost:
No charge. 
​No signup necessary. You can come to one or all of these events. 

A guided meditation class following traditional Indian teachings of Kundalini Yoga and in particular the Siddha Yoga tradition.  

more information
In these hourlong Saturday Kundalini Meditation Classes, we will learn and practice Kundalini Yoga. The class consists of didactic teaching from Hindu and Yogic texts such as Vijnana Bhairava, the Upanishads etc that allow the student to understand the nature of Self, breath, chakras, mudras and the nature of Truth, in hopes of experiencing higher states of awareness. The class is free of religious dogma but terms are used in Sanskrit and follow Indian teaching. No prior experience with meditation is required; Everyone is welcome. 
ABOUT The Teacher
Milind Dhond, M.D.  is a cardiologist practicing in Northern California. He has practiced Kundalini Yoga under the direction of Swami Radhikananda for the last fifteen years. He currently resides in Davis, California, with his three children. Dhond is a Professor at UC Davis, and the Sensei of Green Valley Kodenkan in Cordelia, California, where he teaches Jujitsu and Kundalini Yoga. 

Another Kirtan! 

With Tim Jordan 

Date tbd

Everyone is invited! 

Suggested donation: $10

The practice of kirtan, call and response chanting, is a participatory music experience that originated in India about 500 years ago. It is a devotional practice known as Bhakti Yoga. 
 
Like other forms of yoga, Bhakti Yoga, is about connection. Connection to divinity, connection to our true selves, connection to others.
 
Kirtan uses the repetition of Sanskrit mantras, mystical vibrations encased in a sound structure, to help us to tap into sacred energies that serve to quiet our mind and open our heart.
About tim
My journey with Kirtan began during a Yoga Teacher Training in South India in 2009.  There was something about chanting the names of the Divine on a daily basis that stirred something deep inside me. Having grown up in a strongly religious environment in the South, I was very familiar with devotional practices.  However, nothing had ever touched me the way that Kirtan did. I witnessed its power to open the heart and to transcend both culture and religion.  In India I sat with Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, and people with no religious affiliation, all singing these sacred Sanskrit mantras with such joy and devotion.