WORKSHOP POLICY
- Preregistration is recommended and prepayment in full is required to hold space.
- All workshop purchases are considered a final sale. A credit (minus $10 processing fee) towards yoga classes is given if cancellation is received 72 hours prior to workshop. Cancellations within 72 hours will be charged in full.
- Series and monthly passes not valid for workshops.
- Namaste and its teachers reserve the right to cancel workshops. If Namaste cancels a workshop, a full credit or refund will be issued.
- Namaste reserves the right to amend this policy at its sole discretion.
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EVENTS & WORKSHOPS Workshops are a wonderful opportunity to deepen your yoga practice. They are not necessarily more challenging than regular classes. Rather more time is taken — with detailed instruction — to focus on a particular aspect of the practice.
Bring in the New Year Introduction to Yoga Preparing for Birth Free the Hips: Keys to Unlocking the Central Channel The Female Pelvic Floor Mama and Baby Postnatal Yoga Cultivating Metta Backbends: Opening the Front Body |
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A Benefit Class for the Alameda County Food Bank with Kimber Simpkins
Join Kimber and the Namaste community on New Year's Day with an invigorating, fun and heart-opening practice to set your New Year into motion. Let your practice vibrate with your intentions and aspirations for body, mind and spirit. We'll explore the flow of music in our bodies during our asana practice. Studio proceeds from this class will be donated to the Alameda County Food Bank.
Payments are non-refundable but may be converted into class credit (minus $10 processing fee) if cancellation is received within 72 hours prior to workshop. |
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with Melanie Salvatore-August
Interested in yoga, but unsure where to start? In this two-hour workshop, we will explore some of the basic postures and breathing techniques that make up the practice of Hatha yoga. Students will leave with a basic understanding of proper alignment and technique, and will be prepared for most beginner and all level classes. There will be time for discussion and experiencing a few different styles of Hatha yoga. No yoga experience necessary, simply bring a willingness to move and play.
Payments are non-refundable but may be converted into class credit (minus $10 processing fee) if cancellation is received within 72 hours prior to workshop. |
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with Sean Michael Hall
Our hip joint is surrounded by a complex maze of different muscle groups that connect the legs to the torso. When there is imbalance between these groups, misalignment of the spine develops and free flow of energy through the central channel (sushumna nadi) is blocked. Join Sean in a practice that opens the 6 muscle groups of the hip. We'll work slowly and systematically towards, and eventually into, hanumanasana (splits) and padmasana (lotus pose), before directing that power into and through sushumna nadi.
Payments are non-refundable but may be converted into class credit (minus $10 processing fee) if cancellation is received within 72 hours prior to workshop. |
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with Cynthea Denise
”My partner and I left the class feeling confident about In this workshop, we will practice poses that can be done during pregnancy and the birth process. Partners will learn and practice hands-on poses that can provide support for the laboring mama. We will also practice developing breath awareness and discuss how different emotional states affect movement of the breath. We will discuss the stages of labor and positions that may be effective in minimizing discomfort as labor progresses. This class is suitable for all levels and for the complete beginner. Cynthea Denise, RN has been teaching prenatal and mama/baby yoga for almost ten years. She developed an interest in teaching yoga to women and their babies as an extension of her work as a nurse in the maternal/children's health field. She continues her yoga practice of 15 years and is happy to be the mom of a 5-year son. Payments are non-refundable but may be converted into class credit (minus $10 processing fee) if cancellation is received within 72 hours prior to workshop. |
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with Leslie Howard
We are honored to bring senior teacher Leslie Howard and her pelvic floor workshop to Namaste. The female pelvic floor is an under-appreciated region of our anatomy-until something goes wrong! Common problems related to this area include lumbar pain and weakness, sacroiliac, hip and sciatic pain, loss of bladder control, digestive, menstrual and sexual difficulties. The pelvic floor can be too gripped, too weak, or even both at the same time.
You will learn how to distinguish the three layers of the pelvic floor and how to both soften and strengthen these areas. The workshop will begin with descriptions, drawings and handouts to help you retain what you learn. There will be a series of specific exercises and asanas, and a Q&A opportunity.
Payments are non-refundable but may be converted into class credit (minus $10 processing fee) if cancellation is received within 72 hours prior to workshop. |
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with Cynthea Denise
This series is for mamas and babies pre-crawling or just beginning to crawl. We will practice asanas especially for reconnecting with and strengthening the belly and pelvic floor. We will also practice asanas to improve upper back and neck alignment as well as strengthen the arms and shoulders. Asanas practiced to restore balance in the upper body. There will be time for restorative asanas to bring rest and renewal. You will learn baby massage and receive instructions on ways to facilitate and enhance the baby's coordination to encourage the natural movement inherent in the baby. This class is suitable for all levels and for the complete beginner. Cynthea is a veteran practitioner and teacher of yoga. She enjoys working with
Payments are non-refundable but may be converted into class credit (minus $10 processing fee) if cancellation is received within 72 hours prior to workshop. |
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with Ashley Sharp
Ashley Sharp is a longtime Namaste favorite, who now resides in Marin. Join Ashley as she returns to Namaste for this very special workshop. Loving kindness, or Metta, is a mind/heart state that we all experience from time to time. Both the Buddha and the Yoga Sutras ask us to cultivate this state, teaching that we can grow Ashley Sharp has been teaching yoga since 2000. She brings a lifetime of knowledge of the body from both dance and yoga into her classes. Emphasizing the breath and incorporating yogic philosophy transforms the simple physical work of asana into a spiritual practice. She sees life and therefore yoga class as a grand adventure, but be warned that she is a joke school dropout. She completed two teacher trainings, one with Erich Schiffmann and another with Sat Santokh Sing.
Payments are non-refundable but may be converted into class credit (minus $10 processing fee) if cancellation is received within 72 hours prior to workshop. |
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with Sean Michael Hall
Most activities of daily living involve a rounding forward of the shoulders, hardness in the heart and belly, and flexion of the hips. This habitual way of interacting with the world creates contracture and closure - and ultimately disconnects us from ourselves and others. Sean Michael Hall will lead a backbending practice that reprograms the physical and energy bodies to open fully and safely. This two-hour workshop will teach practices that free the breath, shoulders, hip flexors, and spine before moving deeply into a number of different backbends. Sean Michael Hall began his practice of yoga in 1996. Sean's classes blend the full spectrum of approaches he has practiced and studied. They tend to be physically challenging and vinyasa-based, but with a strong emphasis on correct alignment and cultivating the mindfulness needed to find and experience the deeper states of awareness that proper alignment allows. Sean is also a licensed acupuncturist specializing in musculo-skeletal complaints and women's health, and is owner of East Bay Acupuncture & Natural Medicine.
Payments are non-refundable but may be converted into class credit (minus $10 processing fee) if cancellation is received within 72 hours prior to workshop. |
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