Upcoming Workshops

Cary Yoga Collective Workshops can be 2-3 hours, 1/2 day, full day, 2 days or more in length depending on the workshop and training objectives. Workshops may include a combination of lecture and asana practice. CEU’s are provided for specific workshops.

CYC Workshops are scheduled throughout the year at various locations. Contact Cary Yoga Collective for more information or to schedule a workshop at your studio / location.

View Our Upcoming Workshops at Cary Yoga Collective!

Saturday, September 26th | 12:00pm – 3:00pm | 3 hours / $45

This three-hour workshop provides the foundational information and physical understanding to begin practicing yoga safely and with confidence or, for returning students, to revisit and deepen that foundation.

We’ll work through beginning poses and safe postural alignment, movement transitions, and effective breathing techniques, using mindful repetition to strengthen the connection between breath, intention, and movement. From there, we’ll explore new poses, variations, transitions, and creative ways to use props to support your practice. We’ll close with a guided relaxation designed to leave you feeling grounded, calm, and clear.

All are welcome – appropriate for those new to yoga as well as those wanting to deepen their practice. Students will leave with handouts to continue practicing at home and can ease into classes on our regular schedule.

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Yoga and brain Health workshop

There are many risk factors beyond age when it comes to brain health. Like time rolling on, some are beyond our control, but others certainly are. In this special workshop, Rick Hobson of the Alzheimer’s Association will focus on insights and actions we can take to help improve our brain health. Controlling certain health conditions and building more healthy living habits can make a huge difference. This is true even for people with a family history of dementia.

By the end of the presentation, people will be able to:

* Explain how brain health is important now and across their lifetime
* Recognize actions that help protect brain heath
* Make a plan to build brain-healthy habits by applying what they learn

Join us for a special afternoon supporting Alzheimer’s awareness and brain health. This event includes a short educational talk from Rick, followed by a gentle yoga practice with Heather focused on movement, breathwork, and meditation for brain health.

Come for the practice.

Stay for the purpose.

From Mantra to Movement – and Five Senses

5D YOGA – From Movement to Mantra and 5 Senses

Sunday September 27th, 2:00 – 4:00pm $45
Anna Kurmanova — cover teacher at CYC, invites our community to experience her original 5D Yoga approach, including a special 30-minute mantra practice with Loretta Jo.

Anna is an E-RYT 500 yoga teacher & yoga therapist with more than 18 years of teaching experience and works within a holistic, integral Hatha Yoga tradition.

This gathering began with Anna and Loretta’s shared wish to chant mantras together. As they continued talking, they discovered many points of connection in how they understand and share yoga. Loretta then warmly invited Anna to introduce her approach to our local yoga community.

We are more than just our physical bodies. We also carry energy, emotions, thoughts, inner wisdom, and a deeper sense of connection. When we learn how to notice and support these different layers of ourselves, life can feel more balanced, meaningful, and fulfilling. This is the heart of 5D Yoga: using the tools of yoga to care for the whole person, not just the body.

During this two-hour experiential workshop, short teachings will alternate with accessible practices. The workshop will offer a practical introduction to:
5 essential tools of yoga: asana, pranayama, philosophy, meditation and relaxation, and mantra;
5 elements within the body: earth, water, fire, air, and ether;
5 layers of being: the physical, energetic, mental-emotional, wisdom, and bliss bodies;
5 inner foundations of gratitude: gratitude to our parents, teachers, physical body, Higher Energy, and Mother Earth;
5 senses: sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste, brought together in a guided tea meditation.

The workshop will include chanting Om Namah Shivaya and Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu with Loretta and Anna.
We will close in silence with a guided 5 Senses Tea Meditation, using sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste to train attention and experience an ordinary moment with greater depth.

Come to move, breathe, chant, restore your energy, and experience yoga as a complete practice for the body, mind, and inner life.

All levels are welcome.

yoga foundations 4-Week series is back

Our Yoga Foundations series with Alyson Colwell-Waber, supported by Megan Bader, is perfect for students who are new to yoga or those who wish to refine their practice. Each session will focus on a specific type of yoga postures, including effective ways to align, vary, and deepen each pose. We will begin by getting grounded in mind and body, finding stability and clarity. From here we learn to lengthen and extend physically from our core to safely increase our range of movement. Next we work in all planes, inviting into the spine to safely move to fullest potential. Our final session concludes with a fully integrated Vinyasa flow in which we sequence movements together and fully experience the joy of yoga with confidence and clarity.Each class includes time to discuss, inquire, and explore. Helpful handouts will support those who wish to practice at home.

Come ground, rise, spiral, balance and flow with us!

October 24th – Week 1 – Grounding Seated Postures
October 31st – Week 2 – Rising – Standing Postures & Sun Salutations
November 7th – Week 3 – Spiraling & Balancing – Seated & Standing Twists and Balancing Poses
November 14th – Week 4 – Integrating – Putting It All Together

Each class is 1 hr and 45 minutes long and includes handouts to take home and keep practicing.

($140 for all four sessions and handouts) 

Saturdays, 12:00pm – 2:00pm | October 24, October 31, November 7, November 14