Events
Upcoming Events and Series
Yoga for Trauma
Yoga for Trauma with Anna Ferguson and Becca Odom
Date: Saturday, March 22
Time: 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $25-$40 sliding scale
This 3 hour workshop will focus on teaching you yogic techniques and modern neuroscience theory to heal from trauma. Taught by Anna Ferguson, Yoga Therapist, and Becca Odom, LCSWA, we will take you on a journey back to your heart, giving you the tools to not only heal your traumatic experiences, but also thrive in your life.
Are you currently challenged with grief, loss, divorce, anxiety, depression or PTSD? Yoga has tools, developed over thousands of years, to help you manage and heal traumatic experiences. Whether you or a loved one is experiencing the physical, mental or emotional effects of trauma, we invite you to come and learn the ancient techniques of yoga discussed and taught in tandem with modern neuroscience, blended into a powerful and gentle healing process by Anna Ferguson, E-RYT 200, RYT 500 and Becca Odom, LCSWA, RYT 200.
You will learn:
- How trauma affects all levels of being – physical, mental and emotional
- Simple, effective techniques you can use on and off the mat to help you cope and heal.
- How to access your body’s tools that already exist to heal and thrive.
- How to strengthen your mind, heart and spirit to deal with challenges with less suffering.
- A safe, supportive and sensitive environment that abides by guidelines created by one of the foremost research institutes for trauma, The Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute in Boston, MA.
This workshop is appropriate for all who are seeking to heal the trauma of past experiences and live freely in the present moment.
Monthly Gong Bath Meditation with Bob and Jaime
Monthly Gong Bath Meditation with Bob and Jaime
Dates: One Saturday per Month Next date Saturday, March 22
April Event is Friday, April 11
Time: 6-8pm
Cost: $15
Join Bob Bauer and Jaime Moshe for an experience of healing and transformation as we share Kundalini Meditation and Gong Bath once a month at West Asheville Yoga. Each evening begins with some gentle Kundalini Yoga warm ups to open to body and loosen the spine to prepare for the energy of the gong and ease of sitting.
“The Gong is the first and the last instrument for the human mind. There is only one thing that can supersede and command the human mind–the sound of the Gong. It is the first sound in the universe, the sound that created this universe. It is the mind, the sound of the gong is like a mother and father that gave It birth. The mind has no power to resist a gong that is well played.”
Yogi Bhajan
Benefits of the Gong Sound Bath:
Creates a state of relaxation and release of tension
Stimulates the circulatory and glandular systems
Rebalances the physical, emotional and spiritual bodies
Helps clear energetic and emotional blockages
Regenerates the parasympathetic nervous system
Awakens higher states of consciousness
Overall healing and transformation
Induces a state of meditation by calming the mind
Reduces the internal dialogue
Bathes you in a cascade of healing sound — to shift the brain from Beta (waking state) to Theta or Delta (meditation) through the vibrations of the instrument.
Self Treatment for Headaches and Migraines with Cat Matlock
Self Treatment Practice for Headaches and Migraines with Cat Matlock
This two part series offer 5 CE credits for Massage Therapists
Date: 2 Sundays, March 23 & 30
Time: 1-3:30pm
Cost: $80
If you suffer from tension headaches and migraines, this class may hep you to alleviate your headaches completely or reduce the frequency and intensity of your headaches. Cat Matlock, Founder of West Asheville Yoga, is a trigger point therapist specializing in the reduction and elimination of chronic pain. For over 20 years she has devoted her life to the study and understanding of natural techniques that can be used in the treatment of pain. It is estimated that approximately 85% of all headaches are caused by muscular trigger points and Cat is considered the local expert in knowing how to find and release these points.
In this class you will learn:
What a trigger point is
The 10 muscles most likely to cause headaches
How do we locate trigger points within these muscles
How to release the trigger points using balls, tools, and our own hands
How posture is related to your headaches.
In this class you will learn through powerpoint, experiential anatomy, and self massage. Cat will provide you will pdf documents with pictures to help you with the practice at home. You will be given all the tools you will need including therapy balls and trigger point tools to be able to effectively continue this practice at home.
You can learn more about Cat Matlock and her trigger point therapy practice at her website Cat Matlock.com
Yoga for Beginners Part 2: The Next Steps
Five week series:
Date: Thursday March 27th – Thursday April 24th
Time: 7:15 – 8:30pm
Cost: $ 55.00 – 70.00, sliding scale
This five week series is a continuation of Jacci’s popular Yoga for Beginners Series for students who have some yoga experience
and want to expand their yoga practice. This slow paced class offers a safe and supportive space to learn yoga postures,
breathing techniques, flow sequences, and meditations to further your yoga journey.
Expect to
improve your strength
improve balance
improve flexibility
reduce stress
relieve back pain
improve mental focus
Jacci has been teaching yoga since 1999 and is known for her ability for help all students feel they can successfully practice yoga. She is a certified yoga therapist (RYT500).
Ma Lakshmi Invocation and Yoga Nidra with Cat Matlock
Ma Lakshmi Invocation and Yoga Nidra with Cat
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 7-8:30pm
Cost: $20
Springtime is the perfect time to honor the form of the Mother who blesses us with all riches in all the worlds. In this evening’s event we will build our collective altar to the Goddess Lakshmi; bring flowers, statues, jewelry, sacred items, sweets, etc to place on the altar. We will do a little simple movement for about 10 minutes to help prepare our bodies for stillness. Next we sit around the altar and chant a mantra to Lakshmi to invoke her Blessings and Grace into our circle. Once we complete the mantra meditation, participants lie down in savasana and are guided deeply into their consciousness, into the place of powerful intention setting. Once here in this yoga nidra, or “conscious sleeping state” you will proclaim your intention internally, making yourself a beacon for all the energies of the Universe to begin gathering to support your intention. Get ready. This is powerful stuff. And Lakshmi loves a pretty altar and a sweet gathering! Jai MA! Ask, and you shall receive. Set your intentions carefully. And register early…
Continuing Education Classes for Massage Therapists with Cat Matlock
Roll Away the Blues: Self care with Foam Rollers, Therapy Balls, and Stretching- Releasing Hip Pain, Low Back Pain and Sciatica
Saturday, April 26 2-5pm
3 CE Hours $45
In this 3 hour workshop we will go over the anatomy of the hip and low back and you will gain understanding of how the tensional relationships of the muscles in this area can cause hip pain, back pain, and sciatica. You will learn how to strengthen each muscle group, effectively roll out the trigger points in the muscles, and stretch to return resting length to the muscles to ease hip, back, and sciatica-types of pain. This class is open to all.
Trigger Point Therapy Release Techniques for the Neck
Sunday, April 27, 11:30am-7pm
7 CE Hours $140
In this class you will learn how to recognize the pain and symptom referral patterns of the neck muscles we are working with and then how to correctly and efficiently release the trigger points within them. The muscles we will cover are the scalenes, sternocleidomastoid, suboccipitals, and trapezius. After releasing the muscles, we will go over some stretching techniques to return a more comfortable resting length to the tissue.
Trigger Point Therapy for Sciatica
Friday, May 16 1pm-8pm
7 CE Hours $140, save $20 if register for Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Girdle course at same time
In this class you will learn how to identify the tensional patterns and imbalances that tend to cause sciatica-like symptoms and learn how to treat them. We will discuss the sideways tilt of the pelvis and the adductor-abductor relationship in sciatica-like symptoms. During my 20 years of practice I have learned that most “sciatica” is actually false sciatica and not true nerve impingement at the spine. You will learn how to address the adductors, abductors, hamstrings, and piriformis muscle. All of my courses include practice in self treatment.
Trigger Point Therapy for the Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Girdle
Saturday and Sunday, May 17 & 18
Saturday class 1-8pm Sunday class 9am-4pm
13 CE Hours $260, save $20 if register for Sciatica class at same time
In this class you will study the anatomy of the shoulder girdle and the relationships of the muscles which act on the shoulder joint. You will learn the common pain referral patterns of this area which can include numbness, tingling, pain, limited ROM, and more, and which points specifically cause these symptoms to arise. You will learn how to locate and effectively treat trigger points in the following muscles: pectoralis major and minor, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres major and teres minor, subscapularis, trapezius, and the latissimus dorsi.
