Arm balances in yoga can be challenging, but also a very rewarding part of any yoga practice. Arm balances are beneficial as strength builders, promote great circulation and demand ultimate concentration. Join FCY's friend and mentor, Amber Cook-Green for a deep dive into arm balances covering the philosophy behind these pivotal poses, new ways to use props to explore variations and progressions, how to develop alignment-based sequences towards a variety of arm balances, and learn specific assists for poses.  This workshop is perfect for students looking to access these challenging poses wherever they currently are in their yoga journey, and for yoga teachers seeking ways to help students find their own entry point to arm balancing.

Yoga Teachers: This workshop will also qualify for 10 hours of Yoga Alliance CE credits!

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With 17 years and over 10,000 hours of teaching yoga classes, trainings, and workshops Amber is widely regarded as a teacher of teachers. She has over 2,000 hours of yoga trainings in many different styles. She is heavily influenced by Krishnamacharya lineage having completed many trainings at Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago. She is influenced by the Gabriel Halpbern of the Iyengar tradition, Smart Yoga (Annie Carpenter), Jason Crandell’s postural yoga, and Para Yoga which is in the Himalayan tradition.

In her classes and trainings she incorporates functional movements, mobility exercises, props, breathwork, poetry, philosophy and meditation. Amber is also a board certified physical therapy assistant and holds a B.A. in Poetry from Columbia College.

Arm balances in yoga can be challenging, but also a very rewarding part of any yoga practice. Arm balances are beneficial as strength builders, promote great circulation and demand ultimate concentration. Join FCY's friend and mentor, Amber Cook-Green for a deep dive into arm balances covering the philosophy behind these pivotal poses, new ways to use props to explore variations and progressions, how to develop alignment-based sequences towards a variety of arm balances, and learn specific assists for poses.  This workshop is perfect for students looking to access these challenging poses wherever they currently are in their yoga journey, and for yoga teachers seeking ways to help students find their own entry point to arm balancing.

Yoga Teachers: This workshop will also qualify for 10 hours of Yoga Alliance CE credits!

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With 17 years and over 10,000 hours of teaching yoga classes, trainings, and workshops Amber is widely regarded as a teacher of teachers. She has over 2,000 hours of yoga trainings in many different styles. She is heavily influenced by Krishnamacharya lineage having completed many trainings at Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago. She is influenced by the Gabriel Halpbern of the Iyengar tradition, Smart Yoga (Annie Carpenter), Jason Crandell’s postural yoga, and Para Yoga which is in the Himalayan tradition.

In her classes and trainings she incorporates functional movements, mobility exercises, props, breathwork, poetry, philosophy and meditation. Amber is also a board certified physical therapy assistant and holds a B.A. in Poetry from Columbia College.

Tea & Tarot with Jess and Allison exploring the suit of Wands.

Tea & Tarot with Jess and Allison exploring the suit of Cups

Spooky season and the Death card don’t have to be scary. Join Allison and Jess for an evening of Tea and Tarot on Sunday Nov. 1 to unearth some of the “difficult” cards in the Tarot deck. On Samhain, the pagan holiday that inspires Halloween, we explore shadow work as a way to bring more light and clarity to our movement practices. Together, we will drink tea, talk through the dark side of Tarot symbology, and flow through guided postures to release and let go of fear. A group tarot reading is the highlight of the evening. Each participant will receive a handcrafted tea blend and tarot spread to carry the magic of the evening with them.

Tea & Tarot with Jess and Allison exploring the suit of Swords.

Join Allison and Brigitte of Fresh Coast Yoga and Jess of Weyward Teas for an evening of gentle movement and reflection on Saturday, January 2 to explore intention setting using the story of Major Arcana cards. During the New Year, many of us recalibrate and set goals as a way to bring more light and clarity to our individual lives. In our workshop, we will drink tea, talk through the Star, Moon, and Sun of Tarot symbology, and flow through guided postures. A group tarot reading is the highlight of the evening. Each participant will choose a personal sankalpa — an embodied intention for practice — and receive a handcrafted tea blend and tarot spread to carry the magic of the evening with them.