True Self Yoga

As small business owners, we know how important community support is to sustain our work. Please consider donating to The Doula Team as they fill an important need for families. Stacey and Diksha are True Self yogis practicing Seva- Selfless Service. Thanks for supporting their vision. Love, Surya, Shanti, Vajra and Christina

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Mexico Retreat 2025 - Early bird ends Sept 1!

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Join us for another incredible week at Mar de Jade in 2025! Join Kristi, Christina, Kelli Mae and Vajra for a seven-day, all inclusive experience that will nourish your spirit and bring light to your life! Here's what some of our 2024 participants shared about their experience.

"It's hard to put into words how extraordinary this retreat was--Mar de Jade is a paradise and the team of teachers pulled together such a beautiful week of learning and sharing. It was magic!"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you - there was so much heartfelt intention for this retreat and it showed! I truly loved everything and it was just what I needed at just the right time. I do hope to join you again."

"So hard to say one favorite thing - I loved the whole week - the people, the yoga, Mar de Jade, the embracing of retreat, the food, the ocean, the reflections - it was simply paradise!!"

"Loved the place, loved the people, loved Kristi's classes and Christina's morning meditation sessions, loved the food. Loved the beautiful, supportive community that was created over the course of the week."

"I loved being right on the ocean, being barefoot for a week and not getting into a car - so liberating and relaxing. The yoga studio was beautiful, spacious and peaceful, the classes were challenging but I could drop in to where I was and focus on what my body needed, and the food - extraordinary."

You can save your space with a $500 deposit, and early bird pricing is available until September 1! Some of our spaces are already sold out, so don't wait to grab your spot!

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Annual Membership, Community and Retreats Join us in Mexico or British Columbia True Self Yoga September Annual Membership Special! Embark on a journey of health, balance and inner peace with a True Self Membership beginning Sept 1st! Why jo

Wim Hof Method- by Sungho Spark Sunday September 8th, 12-4pm $100 per person- limit 30 guests. Wim Hof Method breathing technique is the combination of three pillars (breath, cold therapy & commitment) to teach you to develop mastery over your nervous, immune, and cardiovascular systems to help you be happier, stronger, and healthier. A committed, consistent practice including the breathing technique and cold exposure can help you unlock a host of benefits including:Increased energy Better sleep Reduced stress levels Heightened focus & determination Increased willpower Stronger immune systemReserve your space today! Questions:[email protected]

Wim Hof Method - True Self Yoga Wim Hof Method- by Sungho Spark Sunday September 8th, 12-4pm $100 per person- limit 30 guests. Wim Hof Method breathing technique is the combination of three pillars (breath, cold therapy & commitment) to teach you to develop mastery over your nervous, immune, and cardiovascular systems to help you....

It’s a pleasure to partner with and integrate yoga into their summer dance camps. Today we shared in the benefits of mindfulness, relaxation and myofascial release!

Don’t miss Hip Hop Yoga Flow Sat @ 4:30pm with Kehle at True Nature Fest! Get ready to find your flow and strengthen your core to some awesome beats. Let’s vibe and elevate our practice together!

We are grateful to TSY teacher Kevin Mattison for sharing his personal history and thoughts on Juneteenth.

Summer Schedule & True Nature Festival Juneteenth Message from True Self's Kevin Mattison   Juneteenth Message from True Self's Kevin Mattison Juneteenth is more than just a day to me. At its minimum, Juneteenth is a reminder that we are a

True Nature Summer Yoga Festival is just over two weeks away! Registration is opening for individual classes this weekend, and full festival pass holders get priority placement! NOTE: Full Festival passes must be purchased by Saturday, July 6 to guarantee priority enrollment! Passes purchased after this date may not receive their first choice of workshop sessions. If you're planning to come and you want to take a particular class, don't wait to grab your ticket!

Register here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=283481&stype=-8&sVT=55&sView=day&sLoc=0

Hot Yogis - we didn't forget about you! We've got two hot yoga classes during our event - read on for details!

🔥 Bikram Yoga & Tibetan Rites with Kevin 🔥
Bright and early, 8:30am Saturday July 13!

There is a difference between HEALTH and FITNESS / FUNCTION and APPEARANCE. Often, they’re conflated with one another and we miss the point entirely! For example, “you can be an extremely fit professional athlete and still need an asthma inhaler.”

At the True Nature Festival, Sensei Kevin M. is conducting a workshop where he will clarify the extremely necessary roles that HEALTH and FITNESS assume in our sometimes stressful day-2-day lives by employing Hatha Yoga principles from the lineage of Bishnu Charan Ghosh, the younger Brother of Paramahansa Yogananda. Additionally, he will show how the ancient and modern day Tibetan Lamas combined Breath, Bandha (Locks or Binds), and Specific Movements to accentuate the health enhancing benefits that we all can gain from a daily Hatha Yoga practice. No matter where you are on the Health and or Fitness spectrum, this workshop is for you because, as Kevin says, “It Fixes What’s Broken and Enhances What’s Already Working!”

Kevin owned a Bikram Yoga Studio in Southern California. For almost a decade and a half, he has taught professional athletes, survivors of serious injury and illness, as well as adherents and providers of various Holistic Healing modalities. He’s been a collaborator with Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, Massage Therapists, and Naturopaths for years, yet, still to this day, his affinity skill in applying Hatha Yoga alongside these life affirming practices glows with an ever illuminating intensity. Come to the True Nature festival, meet Kevin and experience what it feels like to be OPTIMAL and STAY that way…

🔥 Silent Hot - Instructor TBD 🔥
For regular Hot Yoga practitioners, this silent flow will meet your daily needs! Comment below and tell us your favorite Hot teacher at True Self!

True Nature Summer Yoga Festival - Music and Yoga!

Music is healing, moving, unifying, and powerful! One of the highlights of our yoga festival is the incredible musical offerings, workshops, song circles, and dance parties! Don’t miss these incredible acts! Tickets are on sale now!

🕺🏻Silent Disco with Vajra and Shawn Swanson🕺🏻

Experience the inaugural Silent Disco experience at True Self! dance music / world beats
We’ll start with familiar yoga movements to warm up simple dance movements and free flow led by the instructor- to connect with our body, the outside environment and each other. Enjoy amazing dance music and world beats in the beauty of the outdoors!

🕺🏻 Hip Hop Flow with Kehle 🕺🏻

Join Kehle for an invigorating and playful Flow class and core series set to old & new-school Hip Hop beats!

❤️‍🔥 Somatic Renewal through Ancestral Song with Travis and Aaron Johnson ❤️‍🔥

To witness, “Black Medicine” in a song circle is to witness the ancestral voice and songs being carried by sons of the diaspora.

Black Medicine takes the song to an accessible sonic tent that is welcoming for all sit under it.

Black Medicine is a sonic reclamation healing ritual song circle, that is curated for singers and non-singers alike. We invite you to bring your hearts and join in the ritual of a vocal nest. Expect your voice, mind and body to be sonically renewed.

💖 Ecstatic Dance with DJ Taylor Hadden 💖

Sound healing DJ and vocalist Taylor Hadden guides a cosmic journey of mind body and soul through atmospheric soundscapes, deep beats, and medicinal lyrics. Opening portals through music into other dimensions. Expansive sound and energy designed to heal, activate, and elevate.

With roots from Ecstatic Dance, Taylor creates expansive musical journeys and sacred spaces where people can drop into their body and inner world. Her DJ sets take the dancer through a polarizing emotive wave and cultivate connection on the dance floor.

True Nature Summer Yoga Festival Teacher Feature - Posture Clinics!

Workshops are a phenomenal way to enhance your regular practice. We have several opportunities for you to dive deep into specific poses with some of our most skillful teachers at the festival! Check it out and grab your ticket here!

https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=283481&stype=-8&sTG=37&sView=day&sLoc=0

🤸‍♀️ Arm Balances Demystified with Kristi 🤸‍♀️

Arm balances have their unique benefits. Like all yoga postures, arm balances increase physical strength throughout the body, particularly in the arms and the core, and they help to develop greater body control. This workshop is designed to give students and teachers the tools they need to break down and demystify arm balances as well as provide practitioners with an intelligent understanding of how to move their body into these shapes. When we support students in greater understanding, they are able to practice arm balances with curiosity and playfulness, as well as a heightened state of focus, concentration, and awareness. Above all this workshop helps to dissolve the usual fear and intimidation surrounding them. Registered yoga teachers can earn up to 3 hours of Continuing Education.

🤸‍♀️ Enhanced Enhancements with Anne: Feel the Love! 🤸‍♀️

Would you like to learn how to improve alignment in postures and create a more effective practice known to propel practitioners into deep luminosity? Experience a complete flow class - workshop style - where we pause to learn and practice giving and receiving enhancements in the postures. Yoga teachers and practitioners with over a year of practice are welcome to expand into deeply aligned yoga through gentle, conscious touches - grounded in unconditional love.

🤸‍♀️ Handstand Workshop with Andre 🤸‍♀️

Build a foundation from the ground up starting with hand/finger engagement, drills hollow body, and plank refinement.
Safely break down multiple entries into a handstand through kicking, jumping, and press. Learn to stabilize and balance in different shapes: tuck, straddle, L, stag, and straight.

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🌞True Nature Summer Yoga Festival Teacher Feature🌞

There's more to yoga than asana! We'll be hosting several conversation based classes rooted in yogic principles. These conversations and practices will support you carrying the transformative power of yoga beyond the mat.

Tickets are on sale here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=283481&stype=-8&sTG=37&sView=day&sLoc=0

🌞 Death and Dancing with Vajra and Christina 🌞

Join Vajra and Christina for a transformational practice as we dive into the essence of our yoga practice. We will use ancient tools of pranayama and yoga nidra to watch our ego death; then dance in celebration with conscious movement and divine meditative stillness. Come and experience this celebration of life and recommit to your dharma.

🌞 Conflict resolution skills and nonviolent communication with Elizabeth 🌞

Communication and conflict resolution skills are fundamental to maintaining healthy relationships and building a civil society. You will learn and practice skills that you can use in your daily life to improve communication, enhance relationships, manage conflict, and prevent escalation. These skills can support your practice of the Yama, Ahimsa, which asks yogis to refrain from nonviolence in thoughts, words, and actions. This class is taught by a certified mediator from the Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County.

🌞 Building A Nest That Helps Us Get Ahead of the Trauma Story with Aaron Johnson 🌞

Loving community can act as a nest to incubate both individual and collective transformation. Within that nest, trauma tracking helps us get ahead of the hurt and trauma that is oftentimes present in white-controlled communities. Together, we will explore simple, powerful practices to help our majority-white participants transform how we see ourselves, find resourcing and resilience, and grow our capacity for intentional integration.

⭐️ True Nature Summer Yoga Festival-Yoga and the Healing Arts! ⭐

The best thing about a festival is that we can share all of the yoga adjacent practices that our incredible and talented team of teachers offer! Have you ever been curious about Aryuveda, Reiki, Sound Healing, or Myofascial Release? This is a perfect opportunity to explore all of these supportive modalities and find out what resonates with you! Read on for details on a few of our healing arts offerings.

Tickets are available here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=283481&stype=-8&sTG=37&sView=day&sLoc=0

⭐️ Sound Healing with Annette ⭐️

The Vedic scriptures state that at the beginning of creation, God first created Sound. Annette will be using the highest quality crystal bowls to create binaural beats, which entrain us into a trance-like state for enhancing theta waves, breaking up energetic blocks, and recalibrating our systems from the physical to the etheric. Learn and experience what sound healing has for you!

⭐️ Deep Restoration and Myofascial Release with Holly ⭐️

Enjoy a head-to-toe release as we explore various self-massage & myofascial release tools & techniques. Benefits include pain relief, injury prevention, muscle recovery, improved sleep, stress reduction, increased mobility & proprioception!

All tools are provided. You are welcome to bring your own tools, but please keep in mind that this practice is built around the use of Wellround massage tools.

⭐️ Harmonize with the Five Elements and Balance Your Doshas through Ayurvedic Wisdom with Lisa Ostler ⭐️

From the interplay of the 3 Gunas emerges the 5 great elements, which in turn give rise to the 3 Doshas. Dive into this profound relationship between the five great elements (Pancha Mahabhutas)—Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether—and the three Doshas: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.

Through a specially designed Yoga sequence, you will flow through each element and balance each Dosha. The session includes an introduction to Marma Therapy, which focuses on vital energy points to help you regulate and harmonize.

Join Lisa Ostler for an integrative journey, synchronizing your body's energies and enriching your comprehension of the ancient traditions of Yoga and Ayurveda, to foster authentic holistic healing.

⭐️ Yin & Reiki with Ellie & Leah ⭐️

Our Yin & Reiki Yoga class is a deeply restorative and meditative experience that blends the slow, introspective practice of Yin yoga with the gentle healing energy of Reiki. In this class, you'll be guided into Yin yoga poses that are held for extended periods, typically 3-5 minutes, to stretch and release tension in the connective tissues, enhancing flexibility and promoting joint health. while encouraging deep relaxation.

During the poses, we will integrate Reiki, a Japanese energy healing technique, by placing their hands lightly on or above the student's body to facilitate the flow of universal life energy. This combination aims to clear energy blockages, support the body's natural healing processes, and create a profound sense of well-being. The class environment is designed to be soothing and tranquil, allowing participants to fully relax and connect with their inner selves.

Beast Mode! May the 4th was celebrated in style by these rad Sculpt Yoga students! We believe those who sculpt together, SLAY together! Three sculpt classes offered weekly! SAT- 11am, TUE- 9am, WED-5:30pm.

Sculpt- May the 4th- Beast Mode - True Self Yoga Beast Mode! May the 4th was celebrated in style by these rad Sculpt Yoga students! We believe those who sculpt together, SLAY together! Three sculpt classes offered weekly! SAT- 11am, TUE- 9am, WED-5:30pm.

The True Nature Summer Yoga Festival is where we will be unveiling the new Forest Room, and where
Lori will be leading our first Yoga Trapeze workshop! Our crew has been working tirelessly to get this space ready by July 13. Grab a ticket soon so you can come hang with us!

Gravity Yoga is focused around the yoga trapeze. A fabric swing with handles at three different heights. Some postures are performed entirely in the trapeze while others are performed with one or two feet on the ground, on hands and knees, or lying on the ground.

This style of yoga is actually designed to help folks who may have limitations or who have never done yoga before. The Yoga Trapeze supports the body in ways that make some poses more accessible than they might be in traditional practices.
Among many assets the Yoga trapeze aids balancing, supports the body in backbends, facilitates traction and inversions, opens the shoulders and heart.

Gravity Yoga is Lori’s unique style of Aerial yoga. Lori has created her own style, combining her training with Yogabody international and traditional floor yoga training. Lori was among the first 25 teachers to be trained by Yogabody in Barcelona Spain. Since her training in 2016 Lori has developed her own style combining many of her own personal practices, weaving together a full body-mind experience.

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True Nature Festival - check out the full schedule! Get your tickets now! An invitation from Vajra and Christina... Tickets are on sale NOW for our first annual True Self Summer Yoga Festival! Friday & Saturday, July 12th & 13th Join us for a full da

True Nature Summer Yoga Fest - new ticket announcement!

Do you want to come just for our workshops on Saturday? You can purchase a One Day Pass to Saturday's lineup for $108! The One Day Pass includes entry to all of our class sessions on Saturday, July 13. It does not include evening events or lunch. Passes available here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=283481&stype=-8&sTG=37&sView=day&sLoc=0

We are STOKED to have Kristi Lyons offering classes at our festival this summer! Kristi is a master of making you laugh while building your strength. She has so much to offer - we need your help choosing which workshop she should lead at the festival! Check out these descriptions and tell us which one you're the most excited about!

Soul Flow + Story of Divine Lovers (Radha & Krishna)

The love story of Radha and Krishna is primarily celebrated and depicted in various Hindu scriptures, poetry, and devotional literature. Their divine dance, the Rasalila, symbolizes the deep longing for union of the individual soul (Jivatma) with the Supreme Soul (Paramatma). Through yogic story, sacred ceremony, oracle divination, Kripalu style yoga, pranayama, and the 5 senses meditation, students will be guided through a sacred mystical yoga practice, meant to inspire a blissful invitation inward for divine union with their Supreme Self.
*items + treats will be offered at this practice

Trigger Point Release + Restorative - Story of Goddess Ganga

(yogic philosophy + self massage/restorative practice)
The story of bringing the sacred River Ganges down from the heavens is primarily found in ancient Hindu texts like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, as well as in various Puranas. This story symbolizes spiritual cleansing, renewal and liberation (moksha). Through ancient story, self-trigger point therapy, restorative practices and a sacred release ceremony, students will be invited to deeply surrender for transformational renewal.

Tell us which class you can't miss!

True Nature Summer Yoga Festival Teacher Feature - Andre is back for the day! One of our favorite former True Self teachers, Andre Harris, will be joining us for our July 13 event. He's teaching a workshop every session so you'll have lots of chances to practice with him!

Andre will be offering workshops in Rocket Yoga, handstands, and AcroYoga! The Rocket Yoga system was created on the premise of making traditional Ashtanga Yoga more accessible. Rocket takes the postures from the first three Ashtanga sequences; Primary, intermediate, and some advanced. However, unlike strict traditional ashtanga, Rocket takes a light and playful approach to the practice allowing both modifications and freedom of expression to go even deeper into the asana.

In the handstand workshop, you'll build a foundation from the ground up starting with hand/finger engagement, tightness drills, hollow body, and plank refinement. We'll safely break down multiple entries into a handstand through kicking, jumping, and press. Learn to stabilize and balance in different shapes: tuck, straddle, L, stag, and straight.

For the AcroYoga workshop, Andre will guide you through the washing machines Catherine's Wheel and Ninja Star! We can't wait to host Andre again! Sign up online here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=283481&stype=-8&sTG=37&sView=day&sLoc=0

Summer Solstice Sound Healing

Summer Solstice Sound Healing - True Self Yoga Join Annette for this special sound healing event. June 15th, 2-4pm Solar energies are at their most active and the universe is at the peak of expansion. It’s a time that represents strength, courage and hope – a time to embrace the light and utilize the abundant energy for our personal and coll...

True Nature Summer Festival Teacher Feature! In the coming weeks, we'll be highlighting our festival teachers and the classes they will be offering on Saturday, July 13.

Tickets are limited - get yours by visiting https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=283481&stype=-8&sTG=37&sView=day&sLoc=0

We are lucky to have Ellie, Leah, AND Ellie & Leah offering workshops during our True Nature Summer Festival! Ellie and Leah both have wide ranging skills far beyond asana, and we are excited to highlight their talents on July 13!

Yin & Reiki with Ellie & Leah
Our Yin & Reiki Yoga class is a deeply restorative and meditative experience that blends the slow, introspective practice of Yin yoga with the gentle healing energy of Reiki. During the Yin poses, we will integrate Reiki, a Japanese energy healing technique, by placing their hands lightly on or above the student's body to facilitate the flow of universal life energy. This combination aims to clear energy blockages, support the body's natural healing processes, and create a profound sense of well-being.

Chakra AromaFlow- Yoga + Essential Oils to Open and Align Chakras with Leah
Raise your vibration and align your chakras with sacred oils and guided movement. Enjoy a guided, Slow Flow style class paired with corresponding essential oils to open and align each of the 7 main chakras.

Emotional Regulation and Mindfulness with Ellie
In this discussion based class, we'll learn about emotional regulation, distress, tolerance, and mindfulness. We'll discuss the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and what your body is trying to tell you. We'll practice mindfulness exercises and pranayama to discover how your yoga practice interconnects with your nervous system and supports regulation.

We feel incredibly fortunate to be hosting Travis and Aaron Johnson for our opening event for the True Nature Summer Yoga Festival! Space in this song circle is available to the first 75 ticket holders and tickets are already selling, so don't sleep on this if you want to be a part of this powerful experience! Read on to learn more.

Get your ticket here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=283481&stype=-8&sVT=55&sView=day&sLoc=0

"So many of us have been hurt around our voices and are seeking healing. These circles create a space where we can receive emotional nourishment by disrupting the notion that we can not sing together.

We are firm believers that music, tears, and laughter are not separate. We treat them all as a critical part of the human voice. Singing together, creating sound together, and practicing listening together are a few of the ways in which we reach for each other.

People who have been told they can not sing are especially encouraged to attend.

White supremacy is really invested in us believing that we cannot sing, especially when in community. Disrupt the racist messaging in your mind and lift your voices in song with us.

This space is African Heritage-led, and all are welcome to attend.

Participating in our song circles look many different ways: singing, harmonizing, jamming with your voice, tapping your feet, snapping your fingers, or listening. There is no requirement to sing!

We often also include spoken word, invitations (not requirements) for community involvement, and conversations about race and racism in between songs."

Tickets are on sale and we expect to sell out - don’t miss your chance to be a part of this fantastic summer celebration! Enjoy classes with your favorite teachers, or try something brand new! Choose your own adventure with options for gentle or vigorous asana, restorative sessions, philosophy, music, AcroYoga, arm balances, yoga trapeze - there’s something for everyone! Lunch and evening music events are included in your ticket price. Register via MindBody or trueself.yoga/events We can’t wait to celebrate together!

We love babies at True Self Yoga! Teacher Jade and her sweet Willow in this morning’s pre/postnatal class 💕

Join Lisa Ostler for Ayurvedic Doshas April 28th, 3-5pm An Introduction to the Ayurvedic Doshas and their connection to the Maha Gunas. This workshop seeks to foster an understanding of the nuanced energies within us and their impact on our well-being. Through the practice of yoga and mindfulness, we delve into the interaction between the three Maha Gunas and the three Doshic constitutions, aiming to achieve inner balance, harmony, and peace. YTT Graduates: $15 Members: $30 Non-Member $35

Ayurvedic Doshas w/ Lisa Ostler - True Self Yoga Join Lisa Ostler for Ayurvedic Doshas April 28th, 3-5pm An Introduction to the Ayurvedic Doshas and their connection to the Maha Gunas. This workshop seeks to foster an understanding of the nuanced energies within us and their impact on our well-being. Through the practice of yoga and mindfulness, w...

Pink Moon Ceremony w/ Leah Harvy April 19th, 7-9pm Member $40. Non-Member $45 Join for a powerful evening of Lunar rituals as we explore the intuitive nature of the divine feminine and the assertiveness of the divine masculine. We'll reflect on how these energies manifest within us, and in the world around us honoring both aspects of our being. Workshop includes guided Chakra Meditations, slow flow, journal reflections, and lunar ceremony. Register HERE Questions:[email protected]

Pink Moon Ceremony w/ Leah Harvy - True Self Yoga Pink Moon Ceremony w/ Leah Harvy April 19th, 7-9pm Member $40. Non-Member $45 Join for a powerful evening of Lunar rituals as we explore the intuitive nature of the divine feminine and the assertiveness of the divine masculine. We’ll reflect on how these energies manifest within us, and in the wor...