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

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

The Issues Live in the Tissues: SomaYoga to Release Stress and Anxiety with Linda Troutman, C-IAYT Friday, March 25, 2022 at 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Held in-person at United Methodist Church of Geneva 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

$35 paid by Friday, March 18, 2022 
$45 thereafter
checks should be payable to Colleen Fasbender. colleenfas@icloud.com

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