Yoga Nidra is a non-doing practice. This class will start with a brief description of Yoga Nidra followed by some breath work and gentle movements to release tightness and tension in the body. Then, you will find a comfortable position using your home props (a bolster, two blocks, two blankets, and an eye pillow or a small towel to cover the eyes) and anything else you need to allow the body to relax completely and the mind to stay aware through the practice of Yoga Nidra.

This is called the sleep of the yogi. It's a technique that goes through the layers of the body and the spirit to release blockages and allow you to plant beautiful affirmations deep into the subconscious mind to bring about positive changes in your life.

Recommended props: 1 bolster, 2 blocks, 2 blankets, and an eye pillow or small towel to cover the eyes

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

Cost: $63 Pay online via PayPal / $60 Pay by mailing a check

This workshop will be taught online—livestream via Zoom. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link after you register and pay.

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced efficiency.  In this class we learn yoga poses that increase lymphatic flow and restore balance to the nervous system to enhance general health/well-being.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student.

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to use to increase the positive effects of the practice.

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers. Choose to attend in-person at Prairie Yoga in Lisle or online —livestream via Zoom

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance. 

$50 with paid registration one week prior;
$60 thereafter
Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

After a few months of shrugging the shoulders and shoveling snow, you may have noted that your shoulders are achy and sore. Add to that the long hours in front of a computer screen and you have the perfect set up for weak, sore upper back, neck and shoulders. This workshop is designed to address those difficulties.

In this workshop we will:

• Release tight and constricted muscles of the upper back neck and shoulders

• Release tight muscles of the chest

• Work on some techniques to position the head over the spine for better alignment

• Release some of the upper back muscles from hunching over a screen.

• Strengthen the muscles of the upper back and shoulders.

• Introduce more efficient breathing patterns

• Guide you through relaxation and meditation practices to calm the mind and nervous system.

Choose to attend in-person at Prairie Yoga in Lisle or online —livestream via Zoom

$50 each paid before Thursday, March 3;
$60 thereafter
 Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and or decreased functional movement.  In this class, we will work with supported poses to reduce discomfort in the lower back.  We will also work on poses that lengthen the spine, open the hips, and strengthen the core and back muscles to increase stability throughout the whole body including the spine.  This class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to increase the positive effects of the practice

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers. Choose to attend in-person at Prairie Yoga in Lisle or online —livestream via Zoom

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance

$50 with paid registration by Fri, December 2, 2022
$60 thereafter
 An additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

Reduce Pain and Stiffness in Knees & Hips

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga poses to increase function and alignment and address misalignment, which can cause pain and reduced functional movement. In this workshop, we will work on releasing and stabilizing the hips and buttock muscles to decrease stress on the knees, reduce pain, and increase flexibility and ease of movement.

Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf document to increase the positive effects of the practice.

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers. Choose to attend in-person at Prairie Yoga in Lisle or online —livestream via Zoom.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance

$50 each paid one week prior; 
$60 thereafter
 Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

Yoga Workshop for Teachers & Teacher Trainees

Optimize your time and skills by increasing your ability to offer private yoga lessons in person and on a virtual platform such as Zoom. In this workshop, you’ll gain skills and techniques to increase your confidence to teach effective private sessions and discover how teaching a private is different than teaching a class. Fine tune your assessment skills and learn how to “see” your student when teaching a private session.

In this workshop, you’ll:

• Learn how to assess your student’s stability and mobility using common yoga poses

• Learn how to use this information to develop a sequence that will address the needs of your student

• Develop tools to help with assessment

• Learn how to set up a safe environment to allow your student maximum potential to heal

• Learn how to set guidelines for time, price, location, and waivers/liability

• Learn how to compile a therapeutic manual or a home program for your student to work on

This workshop will be taught in person at the studio.

$75 with registration and payment by Thursday, October 6, 2022; 
$85 thereafter
 Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

In this workshop learn how to

• Discover how somatic movements and therapeutic yoga can help to re-educate the brain and the muscles for optimal well-being.

• Release the holding patterns of the body and the mind to release stress and anxiety

• Be guided through relaxation methods to create space in the body and the mind and embody a new understanding of ease and equanimity.

Please wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing or yoga apparel, and bring a yoga mat.

All participants will be given a program for continued practice.

3 CEU credits available through Yoga Alliance for yoga instructors

Masks are required to be worn regardless of vaccination status

Cost: $45 when paid by April 13.
$55 afterward

After a few months of shrugging the shoulders and shoveling snow, you may have noted that your shoulders are achy and sore. Add to that the long hours in front of a computer screen and you have the perfect set up for weak, sore upper back, neck and shoulders. This workshop is designed to address those difficulties.

In this workshop we will:

• Release tight and constricted muscles of the upper back neck and shoulders

• Release tight muscles of the chest

• Work on some techniques to position the head over the spine for better alignment

• Release some of the upper back muscles from hunching over a screen.

• Strengthen the muscles of the upper back and shoulders.

• Introduce more efficient breathing patterns

• Guide you through relaxation and meditation practices to calm the mind and nervous system.

Choose to attend in-person at Prairie Yoga in Lisle or online —livestream via Zoom

$40 each paid before Thursday, March 3;
$50 thereafter
 Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

If you have been noticing that your hips are cranky and seem to complain more than they used to then this workshop is for you.

This workshop will focus on:

• Strengthening the muscles of the feet, legs, buttocks & hips that weaken while sitting

• Stretch tight muscles and fascia of the hips that tighten while sitting or not moving

• Re-education of muscles that have been on vacation to increase hip stability

• Release of the stress muscle, the Psoas (hip stabilizer, hip flexor)

• Breath practices to increase ease of the breath.

• Address asymmetries in the ways that hips function

• Relaxation/meditation to calm the nervous system

Held in-person at Prairie Yoga in Lisle and livestream via Zoom

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance

$40 each paid before Thursday, February 3; 
$50 thereafter
 Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

The Issues Live in the Tissues: SomaYoga to Release Stress and Anxiety with Linda Troutman, C-IAYT Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Held in-person at Pairie Yoga studio in Lisle and livestream via Zoom

For more than a year now, we have all been dealing with the fear and anxiety associated with the COVID pandemic. The body has responded in the best way it knows how, it went into protect mode. In somatics, we refer to this as the RED LIGHT PATTERN. Like the name suggests it is about stopping and protecting.

Add to this the long hours of sitting and or not moving at the same quantity, aging, and the effects of Gravity and Father time, the body starts to respond by curling inward and over. This has major ramifications on posture, breath, mental well-being, focus, balance, anxiety & levels of stress.

This workshop will focus on countering all of these negative effects and promote:

• Re-education of the body-mind connection to release the Red Light pattern

• Mental and Physical Well-being

• Increased capacity to breathe

• Reduced Stress and Anxiety

• Increased ability to relax both the body and the mind through relaxation techniques.

A program will be sent to all participants after the workshop to encourage continued home practice.

Cost

$59 paid by Thursday, January 4, 2022 
$65 thereafter
Additional 4.5% transaction fee for credit card payments

After you register, please email us at prairieyoga@comcast.net and let us know if you plan to attend in person or on Zoom.

All in-person attendees must be vaccinated and wear a mask at all times.

Restorative Yoga + Reiki with Linda Troutman, C-IAYT

Held in-person at Prairie Yoga

A much-deserved R&R (Restorative & Reiki) practice with poses that are gentle and supported. The intention of the class will be to release tightness in the muscles and calm the mind to invite emotional resilience and healing as we head toward the holiday season. The last part of the class will be a healing reiki session directed and guided by Linda.

Cost

$30 paid by Monday, November 8, 2021 
$35 thereafter

Additional 4.5% transaction fee for credit card payments

All in-person attendees must be vaccinated and wear a mask at all times.

Therapeutic Sequencing Workshop with Linda Troutman, C-IAYT

Held in-person at Praire Yoga and Live via Zoom

This workshop is geared to 200- & 500-hour yoga teachers that want to increase their income by developing skills for therapeutic sequencing either for workshops or privates.

Learn how sequencing for a multi-level class is different than sequencing for a therapeutic workshop or a private yoga session.

• Develop the ability to sequence from low load to high load to increase stability for your student.

• Increase your knowledge of the use of props to assist your student in gaining competence and confidence in their movement patterns.

• Use yoga poses to assess and determine asymmetries in muscles groups that could be the cause of pain and or injury.

Cost

$100 paid by Thursday, October 7, 2021 
$115 thereafter

Additional 4.5% transaction fee for credit card payments

After you register, please email us at prairieyoga@comcast.net and let us know if you plan to attend in person or on Zoom.

All in-person attendees must be vaccinated and wear a mask at all times.

"We are all aging and our goal is to do it well"

Come join me as I share information that I have learned while training with Baxter Bell one of the founders of Yoga for Healthy Aging blog and author of the book under the same title. In this workshop you will discover ways to use your yoga practice to stay healthy and age with grace. We will focus on finding ways to change your movement patterns in your yoga practice to:

• Increase stability and agility to prevent falls

• Increase circulation for heart health and lymphatic flow

• Increase mental clarity -

• Create new neural pathways – Train the brain

• Increase emotional resilience

• Decrease stress

This class will allow you to work within your capacity and be adapted for individual needs. It is being offered live online.

$55 each paid one week prior; 
$65 thereafter
Additional 4.5% transaction fee for credit card payments

Canceled due to the stay at home order.

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced efficiency.  In this class we learn yoga poses that increase lymphatic flow and restore balance to the nervous system to enhance general health/well-being.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student.

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to use to increase the positive effects of the practice.

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance. 

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter
Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced efficiency.  In this class we will strengthen the upper back, neck and shoulders.  Release tension from shoulder slumping (think the number of hours in front of the computer) and create more ease by learning how to position the head over the spine.  

Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements of yoga to support each student.

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf. to use to increase the positive effects o the practice.

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with the Yoga Alliance

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter
 Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced efficiency.  In this class we will integrate the pelvic floor and core to discover your innate sense of power.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student.

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to use to increase the positive effects of the practice.

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance. 

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter
Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment. In this workshop the focus will be support, support and more support.  We will activate the parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system to release the stress and tension of the holidays.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support the needs of each student.

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to increase the positive effects of the practice.

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance.

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter
Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and or decreased functional movement.  In this class we will work with supported poses to reduce discomfort in the lower back.  We will also work on poses that lengthen the spine, open the hips, strengthen the core and back muscles to increase stability through the whole body including the spine.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to increase the positive effects of the practice

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance

$35 each paid one week prior; 
$45 thereafter
 Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

Come join me to learn all about the upcoming Head To Toe Yoga’s 100 Hour Yoga Therapy Immersion to be held at Prairie Yoga in Lisle, IL. With the sampler class and information session, you’ll meet me and experience my teaching style, and learn about the format and content of the training. Feel free to attend either one or both parts. Registration beforehand is requested, but not required.

Training Synopsis

Yoga Therapy Immersion training will meet for 5 weekends, January–May 2020
The training is made up of 5 modules, 1 module per weekend.

This training is perfect for experienced 500-Hour yoga teachers, who are interested in a deeper exploration of adaptations and therapeutic applications.

• Learn how to help students create more ease and stability, find more functional movement patterns and integrate well-being into their life using the eight limbs of yoga.

• Build confidence in your ability to establish a fulfilling private practice and increase your earning potential as a yoga teacher specialized in adaptive yoga for therapeutic applications.

• Learn how to integrate SomaYoga, a blend of yoga and Somatics, into a your own personal practice, classes and therapeutic privates.

• Develop your own emotional clarity in order to provide a safe space when working with students. Learn more.
  

$20 Sampler Class 10:30–11:45 am
Join us for a yoga intensive aimed at helping you evolve from within. Set your intention to infuse your life with positive change. By releasing old patterns, we create space to reveal our essence and to realize the power that is always within us. Our teaching places a special emphasis on aligning the mind, body and spirit to develop deep wisdom and mindfulness.

FREE Information Meeting 12 Noon-1 pm
Learn more about the 100 Hour Yoga Therapy Immersion program and meet the instructor, Linda Troutman. We will discuss the content and format of the training, review the certification requirements and answer your questions. You can also review a copy of the Teacher Training Manual.

Attend either one or both parts!

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga poses to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced functional movement. In this class we will work on releasing and stabilizing the hips and buttock muscles to decrease stress on the knees.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to increase the positive effects of the practice

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance

$35 each paid one week prior; 
$45 thereafter
 Additional 4.5% transaction fee added for credit card payment

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced efficiency. This is one of my favorite classes in this series because it is a profound way to restore general health and well-being.  Even though yoga nidra means the sleep of the yogi, it allows you to become more aware of your true potential.  We will start the program with a gentle yoga practice. Then I will verbally direct you through a systematic yoga nidra practice. 

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credit with Yoga Alliance.

Apprenticeships available for yoga teachers. Contact me to learn more

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced efficiency.  In this class we learn yoga poses that increase lymphatic flow and restore balance to the nervous system to enhance general health/well-being.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student.

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to use to increase the positive effects of the practice.

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance. 

Apprenticeships available for yoga teachers. Contact me to learn more

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced efficiency.  In this class we will integrate the pelvic floor and core to discover your innate sense of power.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student.

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to use to increase the positive effects of the practice.

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance. 

Apprenticeships available for yoga teachers. Contact me to learn more

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment. In this workshop the focus will be support, support and more support.  We will activate the parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system to release the stress and tension of the holidays.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support the needs of each student.

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to increase the positive effects of the practice.

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance.

Apprenticeships available for yoga teachers. Contact me to learn more

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and or decreased functional movement.  In this class we will work with supported poses to reduce discomfort in the lower back.  We will also work on poses that lengthen the spine, open the hips, strengthen the core and back muscles to increase stability through the whole body including the spine.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering

• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles

• Therapeutic elements to support each student

• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves

• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation

• Home program pdf to increase the positive effects of the practice

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance

Apprenticeships available for yoga teachers. Contact me to learn more.

$35 each paid one week prior; 
$45 thereafter

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced efficiency. This is one of my favorite classes in this series because it is a profound way to restore general health and well-being.  Even though yoga nidra means the sleep of the yogi, it allows you to become more aware of your true potential.  We will start the program with a gentle yoga practice. Then I will verbally direct you through a systematic yoga nidra practice. 

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credit with Yoga Alliance.

Apprenticeships available for yoga teachers. Contact me to learn more

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter

Discover the greater potential of yoga by adapting yoga positions to increase function and alignment and address misalignment which can be the cause of pain and reduced efficiency.  In this class we learn yoga poses that increase lymphatic flow and restore balance to the nervous system to enhance general health/well-being.  Each class includes:

• Awareness of the breath and centering
• Yoga asana for stretching and strengthening key muscles
• Therapeutic elements to support each student. 
• Simple anatomy to increase understanding of how the body moves
• Techniques to reduce stress and increase relaxation
• Home program pdf to use to increase the positive effects of the practice. 

This workshop is appropriate for all, from beginning students to yoga teachers.

This program qualifies for YACEP credits with Yoga Alliance. 

Apprenticeships available for yoga teachers. Contact me to learn more

$35 each paid one week prior;
$45 thereafter