Join Alexis and Meghan Smith to ease stress this winter season. Alexis
will start with 60 minutes of restorative yoga, tailored to promote
sleep and relaxation. Hands-on assists will also be offered throughout
the practice. Once you’re ready for stillness, Meghan will lead a 45
minute Yoga Nidra, a deeply restorative and healing meditative
practice that allows us to access our feelings, thoughts and emotions
while in a state of open receptivity. Finish by taking a cup of
sleep-promoting tea to go, along with a few more surprises. Date &
Time: Friday October 18th, at 7:30-9:30pm Friday January 31st (2020),
at 7:30-9:30pm Cost: $45 About the instructors: Megan Smith & Alexis
Franklin Meghan first stepped on a yoga mat 15 years ago and
immediately fell in love. After years of intense exercise, the act of
slowing down, of tending to her body in a mindful and compassionate
way, truly felt like coming home. Meghan soon learned that the
physical practice of yoga was only a small part of what kept her
coming back to the mat. Yoga became her companion and refuge through
the inevitable changes, joys, and sorrows of life. It also taught her
that slowing down and turning inward is a powerful vehicle for
profound personal growth and transformation. Meghan has been teaching
in the Seattle area for eight years, and during this time she has seen
countless students arrive at her classes in times of personal
upheaval. Many of her students were working through loss, big life
transitions, physical and emotional pain, and deep trauma. After
class, they would approach Meghan to talk, to share their stories, and
to continue the healing process. Meghan found she wanted the tools and
skills to adequately support her students, so in the Fall of 2013 she
enrolled in a Masters program in Clinical Psychology at Seattle
University. Meghan is now both a yoga teacher and psychotherapist,
where she combines the ancient wisdom and healing of yoga with modern
day clinical practices. She incorporates movement, meditation, modern
psychology and ancient wisdom into her classes. She also runs a
psychotherapy private practice in the Seward Park neighborhood of
Seattle. Meghan bows in gratitude to her teachers: Annie Carpenter,
Seane Corn, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Hala Khouri, Bessel van der
Kolk, and countless others. Her path has been paved by them. Alexis
began practicing yoga while attending Western Washington University in
2006. Practicing on and off through the years, it was not until
recovering from an ankle injury in 2012 that Alexis rediscovered her
love of yoga. Unable to continue high-impact cross-training after the
injury, Alexis began to focus on her yoga practice. She enjoyed not
only the strength and weight-loss benefits, but the stress reduction
and mind-calming benefits resulting from a regular practice. In 2013,
Alexis received her 200 RYT through Marianne Wells Yoga School in
Costa Rica. Alexis enjoys sharing the gift of yoga with her students
in a positive, non-competitive, and nonjudgmental atmosphere. Her
upbeat classes are taught using a vinyasa style and will challenge you
to build strength, endurance, flexibility and balance, while focusing
on alignment, breath and quieting the mind.
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