Swan River Yoga

We offer in-studio and virtual wellness classes and events. Mid-City Yoga Mandir. What is a Mandir?

Swan River Yoga supports practitioners who are on an inward journey through skillful guidance, therapeutic approach, appropriate challenge, and community connection. The word "Mandir" refers to a large temple where multi-cultural backgrounds gather and humanitarian events take place to best serve the community with beauty, food, the arts, yoga, dance, theatre, healing arts, education, sacred pract

ices, meditation and rituals. There are often schools & Universities within Mandirs, such as our Yoga Teacher Training School & multiple trainings as a means to activate self freedom and respect the diversity of all.

11/08/2024

Day to Night Flow with Rad Bhav
Sunday, Dec 8, 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

A two-hour yoga session that moves from a more energetic practice into a restorative session, with live music by kirtan band Rad Bhav! Medium Flow and Restorative Practice by Caroline Hughes

The session will begin with an engaging story and mantra chant; the theme will be woven through the embodiment practice. In this unique and extraordinary soul-connecting experience, there will be a chance to explore and love all parts of self in the spirit of belonging.

A Sliding Scale is offered for this Event: $11-$44

11/07/2024

Swansgiving Benefit Yoga Class with Swan Teachers

Thursday, Nov 28 2024
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

It's finally back!

Come enjoy an opportunity to give thanks, and celebrate gratitude in community.

Led by Swan River teachers, this class is open and suitable for all levels of practitioners, including beginners.

This year, we will be raising funds for Split Second Foundation.

Split Second Foundation offers and develops programs that enable individuals with all types of disabilities to take personal responsibility, fostering their ability to achieve or maintain independent living within the community.

Their mission is to deliver comprehensive care, resources, education and advocacy to those affected by disabilities, promoting independent living and enhancing their quality of life.

https://www.splitsecondfoundation.org/

**Pre-registration for this class is highly recommended**

Suggested Donation: $20

Register on MindBody with the suggested donation here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?sDate=11%2F28%2F2024&sLoc=3&sTG=23&sType=-8&sclassid=6831&studioid=7119

For all questions or help with registration contact [email protected]

11/05/2024

Your Higher Self In The Holiday Season: Preparing With Energy Clearing & Simple Art Making with Raney-Mills Turner

Sunday, Nov 17 2024
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Whatever your feelings are walking into the holiday season, this sweet energy clearing class will work for you. Utilizing therapeutic art-making and energy theory techniques, we will solidify your boundaries for the holiday season.

As the season often highlights family dynamics, elicits nostalgia, grief, hope, or all of the above, it serves us all to shed some stagnancies, connect to our Higher Self and move forward with grace and calm, no matter what the holidays bring. Walk away with some extra energy protection tips and a clearer connection to your truest self.

Raney-Mills is both an Art Therapist and Energy Worker and is wholeheartedly ready to offer this experience to the sweet beings of Swan River community.

Register on MindBody: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000475

11/05/2024

Swan River’s Focus for November and December:

💙 Cultivating Compassion 💙

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“Yoga” is a Sanskrit word that comes from the root word “yuj” that translates as, “to yoke” or “to unite.” Yoga can unite us within our own bodies, minds, and spirits, as well as with the entire universe. We are now coming to the close of an election year as well as entering into the holiday season. The duality that these collective seasons bring upon us can often bring up a lot of mixed emotions and a lot of differences in opinion amongst friends, relatives, coworkers, and just about anyone we may come in contact with. It is fairly easy to allow these dualities to separate us…
“

Read the full essay by Stephanie Steller here:

https://www.swanriveryoga.com/cultivating-compassion-by-stephanie-stelly

10/25/2024

Brother Son, Sister Moon: A Yoga Offering with Charlotte Mabry and Mark Berger

FRIDAY, NOV 29
5:30-7 PM

Hatha yoga translates as HA (Sun) THA (Moon) yoga.

Yoga to yoke, union and balance the solar and lunar
energies in our mindbody. Breath flows continually throughout our being.

Questions that come up in our lives are constantly pulling us in two different directions: Why does my body feel stiff/over flexible? Why is my energy low/jumping off the walls? Why am I hot sometimes and cold at other times? Why does my mind feel stuck/all over the place? What is going on?

A yoga practice gives you the opportunity to tune into your breath and body, which brings clarity and balance to your whole Self.

“Sun” Vinyasa yoga will build an internal flame, that helps cleanse and release stress from mind and body. This dharma inspired dynamic practice will energize, renew, and lift you up as prana (breath) is there to calm and flow you towards a deep relaxation for the second half of the class…..

“Moon” meditative restorative yoga will open the body to aid in further letting go of any knots and blockages that your heart-mind may be carrying? Deep rest will allow the parasympathetic nervous system to operate at its optimal level, bringing balance and healing. Breathing slows, blood pressure drops, a feeling of well-
being increases.

Props will sustain your body as it gets heavier, letting go, sinking into the trust of being held. Let the bolster, blankets, blocks, straps, aid in enhancing your mood, soothe your nervous system and relax the wholeness of your majestic and miraculous being.

This “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” practice led by Mark Berger and Charlotte Mabry at the Swan River Mandir is a collaboration of two friends that will help you find balance in your practice.

Get ready to enjoy mantra with the harmonium, to open and close the class as well as calming sounds from crystal singing bowls and Koshi chimes. After class, we would love for you to stay and share your experience of Sun and Moon in a sangha circle.

Register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?sDate=11%2F29%2F2024&sLoc=3&sTG=23&sType=-8&sclassid=6783&studioid=7119

10/23/2024

🦢 October Teacher Feature 🦢

~ Charlotte Mabry ~

Charlotte is always encouraging students and fellow teachers to deepen their practice and continue on this path of transformation.

Here is her bio:

"The blessing of yoga found me at 50. Yoga finds you when you are ready. It is never too late! After retirement as a tenured professor of dental public health at the LSU School of Dentistry; I began a new path of continually practicing, studying, and teaching yoga. Yoga enables me travel into my truest heart; “authentic self”. In the Bhakti yoga spirit of devotion, love, and relationship, I share this teaching:
“You are perfect just as you are in this present moment. Trust your innate wisdom. See yourself with eyes of love.”

Restorative yoga opens and heals. It IS possible to discover your wholeness with peace and calm. Silence and stillness create your “map” in life. Through svadhyaya, your yogic self-study, we can find clarity and choose to live life with zeal.

Simply put there are three things that have shaped me into the person that I am today: Awareness, Loss, and Surrender.

Practicing these virtues through yoga creates and transforms. Yoga lights my path in life; one step at a time. Restorative yoga asana enables us to feel sensations in the body. My classes consist of nurturing long spaces of silence, with dharmic-guided meditation. A healing vibratory sound bath with crystal singing bowls, the gong, tuning forks, bells and Koshi chimes accompany the practice. Essential oils and sprays with careful hands on adjustments are also offered with permission from the student." 💙

Join Charlotte next week on 10/29 for a special event called "Tune In Tuesday" at 5 pm where she will share space with Joy Meade to offer a Restorative Yoga practice with live harp music!

Join her any other Tuesday at 5 pm for her Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing class.

More of Charlotte's upcoming events:

11/8 - Interoception: Align & Restore Within
11/24, 12/29, 1/26 & 3/9 - Hot Stones, Restorative Yoga, & Sound Bath alongside Laura Cherry
11/29 - Brother Sun, Sister Moon alongside Mark Berger
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10/22/2024

THIS WEEKEND! Take a deeper dive into the soma with Kelly Haas

October 25-27, 2024

Join Kelly Haas, Certified Yoga Therapist, Yoga Educator, and Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, for a weekend of diverse class offerings:

Friday, October 25th:
* MOVE Your Body - 2 to 3:30pm
* Teaching Alignment of the Body, A Teacher’s Clinic - 5 to 7pm

Saturday, October 26th:
* Ground Your Body - 2 to 3:30pm
* Unwind Your Body - 5 to 6:30pm

Sunday, October 27th:
* Align Your Body - 2 to 3:30pm

We hope you'll join us! 🙏🦢💙 Click here to register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000042

10/22/2024

Sunday, November 3 & Sunday, January 12

In Reiki II, we join together with other practitioners of Reiki I, to “Call Your Power Back & Let Go of What is Not You.”

This training is broken down into two parts on two weekends for ease of practice and learning. Proof of prior completion of a Reiki I training is required in order to participate.

Reiki II requires the student to advance deeper into meditative attunements in order to invite the understanding of the nature of energy exchanges, where we place our power and what we draw from to increase our power. We will assess places in our human energy field where our energy leaks and call upon the teachings of Mikao Usui to clear what must return to the Source in order to feel attuned to a greater Power.

We will continue to enhance our connection to the Divine Source and how to keep the Light Sacred while learning how to ethically practice on others.

Students will learn the following:

* 3 Reiki sacred symbols and their meaning and use.
* How to conduct Reiki healing over distance + time.
* Symbols and protocols that focus on healing earlier life events in past life healing.
* Clearing and balancing energy techniques.
* How to use cord cutting as a means for calling one’s power back.
* How to create and cleanse spaces.
* Enhanced visualization techniques with Reiki mantras and sacred mudras.
*Ethics of safe energy healing for the giver and the receiver

Register on MindBody or www.swanriveryoga.com/events-and-workshops 🙏✨

10/21/2024

The pelvis is the pot out of which the spinal column grows. If the pelvis is tilted, the column is affected. Whatever sitting position you find yourself in right now, just move your pelvis in any direction only an inch and you will notice a direct effect on the column. Try it a couple of times.

To find the neutral position of your pelvis, stand on your nonskid mat in Tadasana. Put your hands around the top of the pelvis, across the tops of the illia, so your thumb is in the back and your fingers come around to the front (Figure 3.19).

Imagine that the top ridge of your illia (which is the spine of the illia) is parallel to the floor. This will take a little practice because this is a curved surface, so take your time. Let your fingers feel the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) of the pelvis and your thumbs feel the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS). When you think you have found the neutral position, your fingers and thumb will be about the same height from the floor. To test if this is truly the right position, press straight down hard. If your pelvis is in a neutral position, no movement will occur. If the position you selected is not the neutral one, then you will feel a movement under your hands. Please remember that this is an art as well as a concrete adjustment, so if you are unable to understand it the first time, don't be discouraged. Try it several times, until you find the position in which your pelvis is neutral.

Another way to verify that your pelvis is in a neutral position is to feel for any tension in the abdomen wall between the ASIS and the symphysis p***s. If you are in neutral, this area will feel soft; if not, it will feel taut.

Pg. 48 From Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana by Judith Hanson Lasater

Have you read Yogabody?

10/20/2024

Full Moon Savasana & Sound Bath with Stephanie Stelly and Caroline Chiesa

SUNDAY, NOV 17 & DEC 15
6-7:30 PM

Ease into a relaxing sensory experience with Stephanie Stelly and Caroline Chiesa. We welcome you to your mats, where the scents of incense and sage will surround you. Stephanie will begin the evening by centering and grounding us all with the sound of Om.

Caroline will then guide us through a breathwork practice. Stephanie will lead you into a relaxing, supported Savasana, offering healing consensual touch, including Thai leg pulls, shoulder grounding, and sub-occipital release for your skull.
Meanwhile, Caroline will facilitate deep relaxation and stillness through sound healing with crystal bowls, harps, and more.

At the end of the class, aromatherapy will be offered, featuring relaxing rose water and essential oils to bring sweetness back into your life after the incense and sage have warded off heavy energies.

Please inform the instructors of any injuries, and Stephanie will seek permission and feedback while offering assisted touch.

About the full moon: Humans are cyclical creatures, moving through cycles with the moon every month. Energies can feel intense or even erratic around the date of the full moon. It is in our best interest to go within and tune into our own frequencies to best express gratitude for what we already have and release anything that no longer serves us.

The law of attraction states that positive or negative thoughts and actions will lead to positive or negative experiences in a person’s life. Tune in with your true nature and relax in comfort at the Mandir monthly.

What is a sound bath? A sound bath is a deeply immersive, full-body listening experience. This is an opportunity for deep healing and relaxation...all that you need is an open heart and an open mind.

During this hour long session, you will lay down in a comfortable position and meditate to the ethereal sounds of crystal bowls, chimes, harps, and voice. Quartz crystal bowls' unique frequencies have a direct impact on the nervous system, encouraging it to shift into a state of calm and balance.
The gentle yet powerful waves of sound synchronize with your brainwaves, promoting the release of tension and restoring the body's natural rhythm.

Caroline's Bio: Caroline Chiesa is an E-RYT 500, Yoga Therapist, Ayurvedic Health Counselor, and Sound Healer, recognized for her multifaceted approach to yoga and holistic wellness. Caroline's journey in yoga and holistic practices has been deeply influenced by her profound respect for the timeless knowledge passed down through the teachings of yoga. This reverence led her to travel to India, where she studied Yoga and Ayurveda at Dr. D. Y. Patil University in Pune, Maharashtra. This immersive experience deepened her love and admiration for these rich wisdom traditions. Caroline's expertise spans various yoga disciplines. She is well-versed in Vinyasa, Hatha, Restorative, Aerial, Yin, Yoga Therapy, Yoga Nidra, and Yoga for Mood Management & Trauma. Beyond her yoga credentials, Caroline brings a unique dimension to her practice as a former opera singer with 17 years of training in classical music. She merges her two greatest passions—music and yoga—in her sound bath meditations, creating an immersive and tranquil experience for her students. Caroline feels honored and humbled to guide her students on their journey, offering a nurturing space that integrates the profound teachings of yoga with the healing power of sound.

Steph's Bio: Stephanie graduated with a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2017. Soon after, she started practicing yoga & fell in love with the way it made her feel comfortable in her own body. She earned her Yoga teacher training certification in the spring of 2019 at Yoga Bliss in Baton Rouge. Her 200 hr YTT primarily focused on assisting and sequencing in vinyasa flow based on the Ashtanga and Jivamukti lineages. She held a teaching spot at Yoga Bliss, Leela Yoga Lifestyle, and founded the Baton Rouge Yoga Nation, where she taught alongside and managed rotating teachers at many outdoor locations in Baton Rouge. She completed her 25 hr Restorative Yoga certification right before moving to New Orleans at Church of Yoga in 2020. In addition to her experience with yoga, her psychology background also gained her five years experience working with children with autism. She started working at Swan River in the work study program, now known as the Seva Krewe. She was then asked to start substituting classes and eventually landed her own permanent spot on the weekly teaching schedule. She now manages the Seva Krewe and has since attended trainings in the beginning levels of Ayurveda, Sound Therapy, Reiki, and Thai Yoga Therapy and Assisted Stretching. Her classes are heavily influenced by all of the amazing teachers she has been blessed with at Swan River. She believes that you are only as great a teacher as you are a student and loves being a member of this beautiful community. She cannot wait to see what the future has in store for her personal growth & expansion. Living consciously is the greatest blessing!

Register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sTG=23&sVT=12&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000509

10/15/2024

From the Ground Up with Keith Porteous Meade

November 12 & December 10th
9:15 - 10:30am

From the Ground Up begins with a lying-down sequence (from the SATYA method). After opening the fascia, we transition to mindful vinyasa and standing poses which culminate in a ‘peak pose’. Expect release of physical and mental tension, physical challenge, and greater knowledge of the “how to” of our peak pose.

Our sequence closes with a return to the ground for rest in restorative yoga accompanied by singing from the harmonium. This practice, also nicknamed “SATYAsana”, is a synthesis of the Prajna Yoga method taught by Tias and Surya Little.

Keith is SATYA-certified and completed her 300-hour teaching certification with Prajna Yoga 🦢🙌

Register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000000

10/14/2024

Kundalini Sadhana Experience & Gong Oasis with Steph Smith (Steph Navjeet)

Commit to 1 week of daily sadhana and/or end your week with a blissful gong bath

Kundalini Sadhana Experience: Nov 11-15, 7:45-8:45 AM
Gong Oasis: Nov 15 at 6:30 PM

Each sadhana has a specific focus using a breath exercise, asana practice (kriya) and meditation.

We will see you there!

Register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000031

10/07/2024

Do you ever wish you had the ability to fine tune your own energy? Maybe shift your mood? Or protect yourself from someone else’s energy? You have the ability!

Join Raney-Mills Sunday, October 13 from 1-8:30 pm to find out how to use your own intuition and energy body to do these things and more! Learning to clear ourselves of inappropriate energies while nourishing the light we innately have is the beginning of understanding both Reiki and energy itself.

This requires a subtle awareness and sensitivity of perception to one’s own intuition and felt energetic state. Within each of us is a sacred Center, untouched by trauma narratives, and this Reiki 1 class is the first step in learning how to access this place.

Register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?sDate=10%2F13%2F2024&sLoc=3&sTG=28&sType=-104&sclassid=6809&studioid=7119 ✨

10/04/2024

Interoception: Align and Restore Within with Charlotte Mabry

Friday, November 8th
5:00-6:30pm

What is interoception? Interoception can be considered the sixth sense. Interoception is all about sensation. This workshop will help you learn how to “embody” the use of the interoceptive tool as you practice an aligned yoga sequence followed by deep rest with the use of props in restorative asana. You can choose to “tune in” and trust that your body intuitively guides you to awareness of your internal state. There is NO separation between your mind and body. Interoception teaches “YOU ARE ONE”!
Practicing interoception means sensing your internal signals and sensations which aid in processing your emotions, understanding them, and enabling a pause before you act. The awareness of your internal sensations and messages of what is happening deep inside your body, its organs and physiology can bring you to a sense of calm. Peace.

The benefits of using this tool of “interoceptive awareness” are sharpened focus, decreased depression, anxiety, and living in the present moment. Combining the practice of yoga with interoceptive awareness you connect deep within the heart/lung cavity, describing sensations of chest and neck, feeling the process of digestion, respiration, circulation and bringing the mind’s eye to the outer edges of your skin. These are all messages for you to further integrate and know the oneness of your mind body, resting in stillness and the liberation of your soul.

The focus of this workshop is to encourage you to trust the intelligence of your Whole Beingness and increase awareness of what messages your body is giving you. Aligning your body with a deep restorative yoga class will be offered after a small presentation of “interoceptive awareness” allowing time for discussion. A guided meditation on methods of how to practice interoception embodiment will be woven into the physical practice. All practices of meditation equal a healthier brain and whole-body mental health. Come connect with your divine internal brilliance. Come practice with me as we travel together on “The Yogic Path”; we are all perfectly imperfect!

Register:https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000358

10/01/2024

Reiki II Training, Call Your Power Back & Let Go of What is Not You with Raney-Mills Turner

Sunday, November 3 & Sunday, January 12
Stay tuned for more info on exact times

In Reiki II, we join together with other practitioners of Reiki I, to “Call Your Power Back & Let Go of What is Not You.”

This Reiki II training is not open to the public, as one must first acquire the completion of a Reiki I module. (This may have been completed at Swan River or elsewhere, but please send in proof of completion.)

This training is broken down into two parts on two weekends for ease of practice and learning. Each student must attend both Sundays to complete the full module: Sunday, November 3, and Sunday, January 12. Times TBD.

Reiki II requires the student to advance deeper into meditative attunements in order to invite the understanding of the nature of energy exchanges, where we place our power and what we draw from to increase our power. We will assess places in our human energy field where our energy leaks and call upon the teachings of Mikao Usui to clear what must return to the Source to feel attuned to a greater Power.

We will continue to enhance our connection to the Divine Source and how to keep the Light Sacred while learning how to ethically practice on others.

Students will learn the following:

*3 Reiki sacred symbols and their meaning and use.
*How to conduct Reiki healing over distance + time.
*Symbols and protocols that focus on healing earlier life events in past life healing.
*Clearing and balancing energy techniques.
*How to use cord cutting as a means for calling one’s power back.
*How to create and cleanse spaces.
*Enhanced visualization techniques with Reiki mantras and sacred mudras
*Ethics of safe energy healing for the giver and the receiver

Register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000475

09/28/2024

New Moon Savasana & Sound Bath with Stephanie Stelly and Caroline Chiesa

Friday, 11/1- 6 to 7:30 PM

Join us for a deeply calming sensory journey with Stephanie Stelly and Caroline Chiesa. Breathe, relax, and let go as we create space for healing and intention-setting under the new moon.

More about this event:

* Begin with grounding breathwork and an Om chant

* Move into a relaxing, supported Savasana with consensual healing touch

* Experience deep relaxation with a sound bath of crystal bowls, harps, and more

*Close with soothing aromatherapy and rose water

🌙 The new moon is the perfect time to set fresh intentions. Come as you are, leave lighter.

Read the full class description and teacher bios here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sTG=23&sVT=12&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000509

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2940 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA
70119

Website

http://www.swanriveryoga.com/

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Reiki trainings coming up soon at Swan River New Orleans

Raney-Mills Turner bridges science and spiritual concepts in her offerings and shares deep knowledge and wisdom of the Energy Body. Listen as she discusses more in this video. Join her for Reiki I and/or Reiki II trainings soon! 🙏

Pema Chodron on Meditation

In honor of our Focus of the Month, here are some words from Pema Chödrön about the essence of meditation. Pema elaborates in another quote, "Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the job that we have, and the people who are in our lives. It's about seeing how we react to all these things. It's seeing our emotions and thoughts just as they are right now, in this very moment, in this very room, on this very seat. It's about not trying to make them go away, not trying to become better than we are, but just seeing clearly with precision and gentleness." Creating space for the wisdom to show itself is where we can begin 🙏

The Pelvis Is Everything with Judith Lasater

Don't miss this live virtual event with Judith Lasater! The Pelvis is Everything: A New Perspective on Asana Practice (VIRTUAL & Recorded) Tuesday 6/11 & Thursday 6/13 from 6-8pm CST The pelvis is at the center of the body. It is also at the center of our movements, on and off the yoga mat. However, asana is often taught with more of a focus on the spinal column or peripheral joints and structures. When we learn to move from the pelvis however, everything changes. In this four-hour online course, we will focus on the pelvis, its anatomy and energetic importance to our lives through lecture and practice. We will study the part the pelvis plays in creating yoga poses, including standing poses, backbends, forward bends, twists and inversions. We will question with an open mind and heart some of the assumptions we make about the pelvis, and how we as teachers can open to a new way of seeing the pelvis and its potential in asana. We will also explore the dance called “walking”, and the understanding that Eastern and Western cultures teach people to walk differently. We will also explore what physical and emotional consequences are associated with the way we walk. Judith will lead us in a practice as we learn. Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.d, and physical therapist, has taught yoga all around the world since 1971. She is the author of 11 books, the latest of which is Teaching Yoga with Intention: The Essential Guide to Skillful Hands-On Assists and Verbal Communication (Shambhala, 2021) Recordings available for 2 weeks after the course ends Early bird registration open until May 28th! 🙏 Register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/res_a.asp?classID=6692&classDate=06/11/2024&tg=23&clsLoc=3

Join Charlotte Mabry and Laura Cherry for a series of spacious Sunday afternoon events which will open the body, pacify the nervous system, and balance the mind for a luscious practice of self-care. Charlotte will lead a Restorative Yoga sequence to open and ground the body. When the body settles, the mind begins to calm, dropping inward towards the rhythm of the natural breath, and our fast-paced “monkey mind” is put at ease. While your body is unwinding, Laura Cherry will lead an immersive Sound Bath using an array of therapeutic sound instruments including crystal singing bowls, gong, elemental chimes, tuning forks, steel drum, and mantra on harmonium. The pure tones and vibrations invite the mind into a relaxed, meditative state that can improve mood, ease physical tension, and “tune-up” your nervous system. Come treat yourself to this soothing, restorative offering at Swan River Yoga and start your week refreshed and renewed.

Restorative Yoga & Sound Bath Series

RESTORATIVE YOGA & SOUND BATH SERIES with Charlotte Mabry & Laura Cherry ✨ Upcoming Sundays ✨ May 26 June 23 July 28 August 25 September 29 4:00-5:30 pm Join Charlotte Mabry and Laura Cherry for a series of spacious Sunday afternoon events which will open the body, pacify the nervous system, and balance the mind for a luscious practice of self-care. Charlotte will lead a Restorative Yoga sequence to open and ground the body. When the body settles, the mind begins to calm, dropping inward towards the rhythm of the natural breath, and our fast-paced “monkey mind” is put at ease. While your body is unwinding, Laura Cherry will lead an immersive Sound Bath using an array of therapeutic sound instruments including crystal singing bowls, gong, elemental chimes, tuning forks, steel drum, and mantra on harmonium. The pure tones and vibrations invite the mind into a relaxed, meditative state that can improve mood, ease physical tension, and “tune-up” your nervous system. Come treat yourself to this soothing, restorative offering at Swan River Yoga and start your week refreshed and renewed. Pre-registration required. Register here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?sDate=05%2F26%2F2024&sLoc=3&sTG=23&sType=-8&sclassid=6709&studioid=7119

Join us Mon, 4/22 - Fri, 4/26, 7:30-8:30 AM at Swan River Yoga for Kundalini Sadhana Intensive with Steph Navjeet. Each sadhana intensive has a specific focus using a breath exercise, asana practice (kriya) and meditation. Each day you will deepen your experience of these activities and begin to receive the benefits of daily kundalini yoga practice. The energy of the group supports each individual to help them deepen their personnel practice while experiencing a meditative group consciousness. It is a beautiful way to begin your morning and support yourself through a group sadhana experience. These yogic tools will provide a means to help restore your nervous system and move through energetic blocks. Kundalini Yoga is known as the ‘yoga of awareness’, with a steady practice you can expand past the limits or your mind into a deeper understanding of your true self.Sign up at the link in our bio 🙏🏼 **Pre-registration required**

Swaha. Everything and everyone can be transformed. Throw it into the fire. May you close the door gently & choose to move on brightly. Chant the Mahamritunjaya with us to bring it to a close! 🔥🔥🔥