Part 1: We will meet for two days, Oct. 19 and 26 (2:00 to 4:00), at The Yoga Place. Learning to teach chair yoga is fun! Two experienced teachers will provide you with the instruction, the support and the plans for teaching a successful chair yoga class that will keep up your participant's enthusiasm. Includes a manual. Part 2: We will pick our 3rd day with consensus from the participants in part 1. A certification will be given after part 2. (Studying philsophy, ethics and anatomy is more a part of our 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Course. In this chair-yoga training we will discuss some of that--especially anatomy and how it pertains to an older demographic--but the focus of this course is how to lead an active chair yoga class that is fun, healthy, rewarding and beneficial for your students.)

Join Sara Weirich for a special 1.5-hour yoga experience designed to help you embrace gratitude and balance during the Thanksgiving season. In this class, you'll be guided through gentle, grounding yoga flows and restorative postures, helping you connect with your breath and body in a meaningful way. Each participant will receive a selenite soapstone as a sensory tool to promote mindfulness, along with a mini chocolate and warm tea to nourish both body and spirit. You'll also enjoy a unique non-dominant hand coloring activity, encouraging creativity and self-compassion as we reflect on gratitude. This event is perfect for anyone seeking to slow down, relax, and practice mindfulness amidst the holiday season. Participation is limited to ten people - reserve your spot today and come prepared to rest, reflect, and celebrate the power of gratitude!

Annual Ohio Forest Sanctuaries Fund-Raising Extravaganza   All are welcome on this fun and informative evening. Please join us.   We are working to protect natural places and greenspace. We would love to see you and tell you more! Drop in for a while.   Enjoy a healthy vegetarian buffet ($25 a plate) while getting an overview of our work and listening to our guest speakers.   Todd Donnelly will be the Master of Ceremonies. This will also be a night with the arts and we will offer after-dinner entertainment.   Schedule:   5pm: silent auctions, 50/50 raffle, merchandise and Todd Donnelly will be master of ceremonies.   6pm: Vegetarian food buffet, and learn about the environmental work of Ohio Forest Sanctuaries.   7 to 8:30pm: You will be immersed in music, painting, poetry and dance by professional artists. Featuring The Yoga Central Barefoot Band.    

Yoga asanas, or postures, prepare the mind and body for concentration and meditation in this 3-hour workshop. We will practice asanas and be taught to create a mandala to practice the Yogic concepts of dharana (concentration) and dhyana (meditation). It’s impossible to ‘empty’ the mind, but we can train it to become so completely absorbed with one thing that we lose all sense of time and space. This is the process of dharana and dhyana. A mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol. It can be understood in two different ways: externally as a visual representation of the universe, or internally as a guide to connect with universal energy. In Hinduism and Buddhism, the belief is that by entering the mandala and proceeding towards its center, you are guided through the cosmic process of transforming the universe from one of suffering into one of joy and happiness. Workshop Schedule: - Philosophy, dotting instruction, & applying our first layer of paint - Gentle asana practice - Applying our second layer of paint - Restorative asanas with sound medicine $30 includes all supplies: 3.5” hand-casted stone, dotting tools, paint, and a surface to paint on Participation is limited to 15 people, thank you.