Available Workshops

To see my current in-person and virtual offerings, go to “in-person events” or “virtual events” under the “work with me” tab at the top of the page.

I’m also available to teach the workshops below in your community, whether in-person or virtually. I am local to Chicago and happy to travel if needed. I am also enthusiastic about collaborating with you to create a workshop that is tailored to the needs of your community.

 

Yoga for Diabetes

My Yoga for Diabetes retreat emphasizes two things: community support and yogic strategies for managing stress, which have been shown to have significant positive impacts on blood glucose levels.

The agenda will feature a combination of theory and practice, including a combination of active yoga and relaxation practices. There will also be time for discussing various relevant aspects of yoga philosophy as related to diabetes, as well as time for connecting and sharing with the other group participants. 

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Yoga for Stress Management

(Diet Culture Edition)

Stress is a reality of daily life, and it's not always a bad thing, but experiencing continuous, uninterrupted activation of the stress response is where we run into problems. Unfortunately, our diet culture-riddled society imposes upon us a plethora of scenarios on a daily basis that can register as bonafide threats to our nervous system. In this course, we'll discuss the inner workings of the fight/flight and rest/digest mechanisms and practice strategies for interrupting the stress response, as well as how to to turn it off, once it's been activated. 

Yoga for Chronic Pain

Pain is not a sign that there is damage. While sometimes pain does go along with tissue damage (and sometimes it doesn't), the purpose of pain is actually to alert us to danger and then make us stop what we're doing, move away from the danger, and sometimes even go lie down!

​The problem is, our brain doesn't always know the difference between real danger and perceived danger. Additionally, the brain is a creature of habit, and it often interprets certain signals the way it does simply because that's what it's used to.

Our neurons receive information from the body and create brain activity that leads to the experience of pain. When pain is chronic (lasting more than 3 months) and the tissues seem to have healed,  the problem is neurological, not physiological. 

Yoga can help.