October 11-13
Plymouth Studio
Plymouth Studio
Get a new view on you through the lens of Ayurvedic Yoga! Every individual human body has its own elemental make-up. Each of the five elements: earth, fire, water, air and space (ether) has its own particular grouping of qualities. The three doshas, constitutional types, vata, pitta and kapha are the unique combinations of the five elements. The concept of these doshas stems from India’s ancient healing science, Ayurveda, which is believed to be the oldest continually practiced form of medicine in the world. Ayurveda means “life knowledge.” Everyone is composed of all five elements, and everyone has all three doshas, just in different proportions. When you are feeling “off” physically, emotionally or mentally it can be traced to imbalances in the doshas.
This weekend is a unique exploration of three practices that offer profound impacts on your constitutional (dosha) balance. MELT, Yoga and Ayurvedic Self-Care.
Experience the innovative MELT Method® and it’s profound benefits for balancing Vata, the most vulnerable of the doshas.
Find out how an Ayurvedic approach to balancing the doshas through asana, pranayama and meditation can help you stay resilient, vital and fulfilled. Develop your personal self-care plan with an understanding of Ayurveda’s Three Pillars of Health and an initial assessment of your constitutional type, or dosha. Begin living and working with sustainable energy, a positive outlook and uplifted spirit by exploring the powerful self-care practices of Ayurveda, Yoga and MELT. Ayurveda encourages small incremental changes, avoiding extremes. Return home with a plan to incorporate a few easy-to-integrate self care practices, employing the mantra for Ayurveda, “Little by little, over and over.”
The Friday night, Saturday and Sunday sessions constitute 15hrs and count as a module toward the 60-hour Dynamic Gentle Yoga Teacher Certification and qualify for YA CEs.
All sessions are appropriate for yoga teachers and all-levels of yoga students. Attend one, all or as many sessions as you like.
This weekend is a unique exploration of three practices that offer profound impacts on your constitutional (dosha) balance. MELT, Yoga and Ayurvedic Self-Care.
Experience the innovative MELT Method® and it’s profound benefits for balancing Vata, the most vulnerable of the doshas.
Find out how an Ayurvedic approach to balancing the doshas through asana, pranayama and meditation can help you stay resilient, vital and fulfilled. Develop your personal self-care plan with an understanding of Ayurveda’s Three Pillars of Health and an initial assessment of your constitutional type, or dosha. Begin living and working with sustainable energy, a positive outlook and uplifted spirit by exploring the powerful self-care practices of Ayurveda, Yoga and MELT. Ayurveda encourages small incremental changes, avoiding extremes. Return home with a plan to incorporate a few easy-to-integrate self care practices, employing the mantra for Ayurveda, “Little by little, over and over.”
The Friday night, Saturday and Sunday sessions constitute 15hrs and count as a module toward the 60-hour Dynamic Gentle Yoga Teacher Certification and qualify for YA CEs.
All sessions are appropriate for yoga teachers and all-levels of yoga students. Attend one, all or as many sessions as you like.
$260
**excludes Friday afternoon MELT Method® session**
Friday 3:00-5:00 pm
Introduction to the Amazing MELT Method® with Joyce Peirce
Learn techniques to improve your alignment, flexibility, and balance by enhancing the functioning of your neuro-fascial system. MELT is an ideal companion to yoga, providing additional pain-relief and support for your body's own healing capacity; you will feel like you treated yourself to an excellent therapeutic massage. Joyce trained with Sue Hitzmann, the creator of this simple, powerful method and regularly assists teacher trainings in New York City. She is grateful that MELTing prevents chronic pain from creeping back into her life.
Learn techniques to improve your alignment, flexibility, and balance by enhancing the functioning of your neuro-fascial system. MELT is an ideal companion to yoga, providing additional pain-relief and support for your body's own healing capacity; you will feel like you treated yourself to an excellent therapeutic massage. Joyce trained with Sue Hitzmann, the creator of this simple, powerful method and regularly assists teacher trainings in New York City. She is grateful that MELTing prevents chronic pain from creeping back into her life.
$45
Friday 6:00-8:30 pm
Vata Soothing Gentle Yoga with Rudy Peirce
Vata dosha is associated with the air and ether elements. Think butterflies, hummingbirds, balloons, thoughts floating, constant movement, never landing, resisting steadiness. Without grounding or river banks, vata imbalances can lead to nervousness, anxiety and confusion. We all have a certain amount of vata, and it is the aspect of our constitution most easily thrown out of imbalance. Generally, we all need vata soothing…especially when we’re leading busy lives and on the move. Move from anxious to steady in this slow, grounded practice to soothe vata.
Vata dosha is associated with the air and ether elements. Think butterflies, hummingbirds, balloons, thoughts floating, constant movement, never landing, resisting steadiness. Without grounding or river banks, vata imbalances can lead to nervousness, anxiety and confusion. We all have a certain amount of vata, and it is the aspect of our constitution most easily thrown out of imbalance. Generally, we all need vata soothing…especially when we’re leading busy lives and on the move. Move from anxious to steady in this slow, grounded practice to soothe vata.
$50
Saturday 9:30-12:30 pm
Kapha Boosting Yoga with Rudy Peirce
Kapha dosha is associated with the water and earth elements. This quality likes chilling out, relaxing activities at home and on the couch, munching comfort foods and taking it easy. “Don’t worry, be happy” is a kapha organizing principle. Kapha-dominant people tend to be calm, loyal, affable, steady, slow and sure. For this dosha to come into balance, movement is medicine. You can start out slow, then gradually nudge it, ramp it up, deepen the breath, begin to churn, keep it moving, flow in, flow out, get the juices flowing, the heart pumping, stoke the fire. This can be the perfect morning practice. Rest assured, you will be encouraged to churn at your own chosen speed.
Kapha dosha is associated with the water and earth elements. This quality likes chilling out, relaxing activities at home and on the couch, munching comfort foods and taking it easy. “Don’t worry, be happy” is a kapha organizing principle. Kapha-dominant people tend to be calm, loyal, affable, steady, slow and sure. For this dosha to come into balance, movement is medicine. You can start out slow, then gradually nudge it, ramp it up, deepen the breath, begin to churn, keep it moving, flow in, flow out, get the juices flowing, the heart pumping, stoke the fire. This can be the perfect morning practice. Rest assured, you will be encouraged to churn at your own chosen speed.
$55
Saturday 2:00-5:00 pm
Yoga and MELT® - Get Grounded with Joyce Peirce
This workshop is a unique combination of gentle yoga and MELT also known as Hands-Off Bodywork®. The human body is up to 70% water, however, as we age, keeping our tissues moist and supple becomes more challenging and we are vulnerable to muscle strain, injury, chronic pain, inflammation, depression, anxiety, etc. Essentially, the vata dosha becomes more vulnerable with the accumulation of stress and the physiology of aging. New science shows that what we attribute to “aging” is related to the hydration and functioning of the neuro-fascial system. When you combine the gentle tools and techniques of MELT with accessible yoga, you improve your breathing, enhance your alignment and balance, decrease the risk of injury and muscle strain, and soothe the nervous system so it can down-shift into the rest and repair mode to support the body's ability to relax and heal. Learn to soothe the vata dosha to increase steadiness and resilience and deepen relaxation. Get grounded with yoga and MELT!
This workshop is a unique combination of gentle yoga and MELT also known as Hands-Off Bodywork®. The human body is up to 70% water, however, as we age, keeping our tissues moist and supple becomes more challenging and we are vulnerable to muscle strain, injury, chronic pain, inflammation, depression, anxiety, etc. Essentially, the vata dosha becomes more vulnerable with the accumulation of stress and the physiology of aging. New science shows that what we attribute to “aging” is related to the hydration and functioning of the neuro-fascial system. When you combine the gentle tools and techniques of MELT with accessible yoga, you improve your breathing, enhance your alignment and balance, decrease the risk of injury and muscle strain, and soothe the nervous system so it can down-shift into the rest and repair mode to support the body's ability to relax and heal. Learn to soothe the vata dosha to increase steadiness and resilience and deepen relaxation. Get grounded with yoga and MELT!
$55
Sunday 9:00-12:30 pm
The Pillars of Health, Your Dosha and Your Sustaining Plan with Rudy Peirce
Learn why Ayurveda’s three pillars of health are the true ground from which your life springs. Discover your dosha and craft a plan to sustain your vitality and spirit through an understanding of how the doshas present their qualities in a prescribed time of day, govern their own season of the year, and manifest themselves in the changing seasons of life.
$60
Learn why Ayurveda’s three pillars of health are the true ground from which your life springs. Discover your dosha and craft a plan to sustain your vitality and spirit through an understanding of how the doshas present their qualities in a prescribed time of day, govern their own season of the year, and manifest themselves in the changing seasons of life.
$60
Sunday 2:00-5:00 pm
Pitta Balancing Yoga with Rudy Peirce
Pitta, associated with the elements of fire and water, governs how we digest food and experience. Excess pitta manifests as heat in the body, the mind and the tongue. Pitta imbalances are characterized by a quality of burning, by excessive digestive acids, hyper-critical thinking, crankiness, aggravation, a sharp tongue, intolerance, blowing a fuse! Pitta often needs a low-intensity practice, to be calmed, so it can be a steady simmer, a soothing campfire, reassured so it can fuel steady focus, restraint, discerning mind and graceful interaction. This practice will be cooling and calming, slow, fluid movements; relaxing and steadying pranayama and meditation. Experience the best asanas for pitta balance.
$55
Pitta, associated with the elements of fire and water, governs how we digest food and experience. Excess pitta manifests as heat in the body, the mind and the tongue. Pitta imbalances are characterized by a quality of burning, by excessive digestive acids, hyper-critical thinking, crankiness, aggravation, a sharp tongue, intolerance, blowing a fuse! Pitta often needs a low-intensity practice, to be calmed, so it can be a steady simmer, a soothing campfire, reassured so it can fuel steady focus, restraint, discerning mind and graceful interaction. This practice will be cooling and calming, slow, fluid movements; relaxing and steadying pranayama and meditation. Experience the best asanas for pitta balance.
$55
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Joyce Peirce, M.A., RYT is a MELT Method® instructor. After first experiencing the powerful benefits of the MELT Method in 2012, Joyce knew immediately she wanted to learn to teach it to others. She began training in New York City with Sue Hitzmann, the creator of MELT in 2013 and has been regularly assisting MELT instructor trainings since 2015. Joyce is also a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher, and a Kripalu Yoga Dance/Shake Your Soul movement facilitator (Leven Institute for Expressive Movement). She loves to see the amazing changes her students experience through MELT and is convinced that hydration is critical to physical and emotional wellness. Joyce has studied Ayurveda independently and is excited to help people discover how simple it can be to ground the body-mind and soothe the vata dosha through the techniques of MELT.
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Rudy Peirce, M.A., E-RYT500, YACEP, AYT has studied and practiced yoga for over 35 years. Certified since 1983, he has been a faculty member, teacher-trainer, and mentor at The Kripalu School of Yoga, in Stockbridge, MA since 1988. His passion is guiding self- empowering, mindful, deep-release yoga that is accessible to beginners and inspiring to experienced practitionersvRudy’s style is inviting, wonderfully slow, and deeply relaxing. He skillfully breaks postures into developmental progressions that make it possible for students to explore postures with greater ease and depth. Rudy presents with care, humor and sensitivity in a warm, compassionate atmosphere. His popular 4 CD set, The Gentle Series, is well- known for supporting regular personal practice. Rudy and Joyce offer a Gentle Yoga and MELT Vacation in Tuscany, scheduled for September 12 – 19, 2020.
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November 22
Mashpee Main Studio
Mashpee Main Studio
Friday November 22 3:00-5:00 pm
For teachers and students of all styles of Yoga. During this workshop you learn the techniques and skills necessary to be able to give unforgettable hands-on adjustments that will transform your students forever. Using a set of elegant alignment techniques, infused with the power of your heart, you transmit your highest intention through touch. Collaborate within a supportive community of yogis and experience the touch of Grace.
$45
For teachers and students of all styles of Yoga. During this workshop you learn the techniques and skills necessary to be able to give unforgettable hands-on adjustments that will transform your students forever. Using a set of elegant alignment techniques, infused with the power of your heart, you transmit your highest intention through touch. Collaborate within a supportive community of yogis and experience the touch of Grace.
$45
November 22-24
Mashpee Main Studio
Mashpee Main Studio
Friday 6:00-8:30 pm
Open Sky: Bask in Your Vastness
Enjoy a spacious, heart-opening practice including standing poses, backbends, hip openers, twists, and forward bends. Includes a sky meditation and deep relaxation. We are all made of the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and sky. Masterful living is achieved when these elements are balanced within. When out of balance, you may feel “contracted” (too much earth), “under water” emotionally stressed out (too much water), unmotivated (not enough fire) or over working (too much fire), scattered and fearful (too much air), or spacey and ungrounded (too much sky).
$55
$55
Saturday 10:00am - 1:00pm
Rich Earth: Transform Challenges Into Life-Enhancing Change
Challenges never come to put you down. They only come when you are ready to rise up and stand strong in your power. Learn how to engage with life’s challenges with an open heart that transforms obstacles into opportunities. Build core strength, flexibility, and balance with standing poses, hip openers, inversions (with modifications and prep poses), and backbends.
$65
Challenges never come to put you down. They only come when you are ready to rise up and stand strong in your power. Learn how to engage with life’s challenges with an open heart that transforms obstacles into opportunities. Build core strength, flexibility, and balance with standing poses, hip openers, inversions (with modifications and prep poses), and backbends.
$65
Saturday 2:30-5:00pm
Delicious Water: Gentle Yoga and Therapeutics for the Lower Back and Hips
Release strain and stress and allow yourself to enjoy a sequence of flowing, soothing, and restorative poses. Gently open the body and practice therapeutic applications to soothe, restore, and strengthen the lower back and hips in order to flow better with the currents of life. Water always finds its way back to the source – the ocean of consciousness.
$55
Release strain and stress and allow yourself to enjoy a sequence of flowing, soothing, and restorative poses. Gently open the body and practice therapeutic applications to soothe, restore, and strengthen the lower back and hips in order to flow better with the currents of life. Water always finds its way back to the source – the ocean of consciousness.
$55
Sunday 12:00-3:00pm
Bright Fire and Soothing Wind: Flame of the Heart
Masterful living is about tapping into the infinite light of the universe deep in your heart in order to source your true passion and vision for your life. Practice an inspiring sequence of postures that reconnects you to your heart where you recognize you are already whole and complete. End with a deep relaxation integrating all five elements.
$65
Masterful living is about tapping into the infinite light of the universe deep in your heart in order to source your true passion and vision for your life. Practice an inspiring sequence of postures that reconnects you to your heart where you recognize you are already whole and complete. End with a deep relaxation integrating all five elements.
$65
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Todd Norian, E-RYT 500, teaches yoga with the heartfelt intention to awaken others to their inherent potential for unlimited joy, vitality, and fulfillment. Founder of Ashaya Yoga, Todd’s style is one of precise biomechanical alignment infused with heart. He excels at making deep philosophical teachings accessible and relatable. With warmth and humor, Todd creates a sanctuary of sublime transformation in which students step into the power of their own heart. A student of yoga since 1980, Todd studied many styles of heart-centered and alignment-based yoga. He continues to study extensively with several Tantric scholars, including Paul Muller-Ortega and Professor Douglas Brooks. Todd teaches workshops and trainings internationally and is a talented musician who has created several CDs of music for yoga.
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