How often do we stop to reflect on seasons, and their effect on our bodies and minds? Adjusting our routines and lifestyle choices with the changing seasons is the simplest way to maintain our well-being. Through the healing systems of Yoga and Ayurveda, we will explore various ways to help you rediscover your body’s innate wisdom.
The focus of this workshop is cultivating a serene and smooth transition to welcome the season of the brilliant sun. The transition from Spring to Summer is marked by the peak of nature's growth during the year. Summer, a time of play and creativity, where long, light sun-filled days and lazy afternoons are plenty, has its challenges too; as the outside temperature builds, our internal landscape does the same, calling for cooling and buoyancy. Practices are aimed at helping us relax, destress and surrender to the longer days and higher temperatures. The increase in activity during the Summer invites us to find more pause, to discover ways to stay cool and calm in moments when we can "overheat" (Pitta dosha) and to balance the intensity and expansion of the summer (Vata dosha) with grounding and mellowing.
The workshop will begin with about 60 minutes of guided, cooling yoga and breath practice, aligned to the Summer season. This portion is for you to experience the seasonal wisdom of Ayurveda in your being. Gentle assists and aromatherapy will be incorporated so you feel nurtured and replenished.
Post-practice, Sona will share what inspires her seasonal rhythms and guide you through a simple but effective daily routine that will help to awaken balance within you all the way through late Summer. You'll explore the importance of seasonal yoga, pranayama and meditation practice, plus key diet and lifestyle changes, appropriate herbs to use and recipes that can be used to bring about optimal health. All levels are welcome!
What to bring: your questions + curiosities, a journal, layers, water and yoga mat.