Yoga Art Space

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We hope your weekend has been absolutely lovely and we hope the news we have to share will make future weekends even better. Rachel Palsce is joining our virtual class schedule offering two new classes every Saturday starting on November 9th! Additionally, she has added on a workshop on November 23rd. Read on to discover more about all of our November offerings at Yoga Art Space virtually (yogaartspace.com):

Saturdays at 8am MST (starting Nov 9th): Gentle Yoga with Breathwork and Guided Meditation with Rachel

Join Rachel for one hour, every Saturday 8am online, from the comfort of your own space. Start your weekend right by finding and tuning into your breath, generating heat in your body with gentle movements and yoga poses, and centering your mind’s space as you are guided through a meditation towards the end of class. For years these techniques have helped Rachel become more mindful and more in touch with her own body, and she can’t wait to share how the synergy of breath, movement, and meditation can also help you in the most magical ways! Use this link to sign up for the Nov 9th class: https://momence.com/s/107554765

Saturdays at 9:30am MST (starting Nov 9th): Strength Building and Body Awareness with Rachel

Come find and build strength in your movement practice with Rachel every Saturday 9:30am online, from the comfort of your own space! Whether you’re working towards inversions or just wish to develop overall body awareness and strength - this class is for you. We will focus on key muscle groups that can help with alignment and deep core strength. Rachel's wish is for you to gain knowledge you can take with you wherever you go in life. This class is all levels and no experience is necessary but please be prepared for physical exertion - don’t worry Rachel tries hard to make it a fun and exciting time! Use this link to sign up for the Nov 9th class: https://momence.com/s/107554866

Wednesdays at 6pm MST (ongoing): Yin Restore Yoga with Roberta

Yin Yoga poses are practiced slowly and held longer (3-5 minutes) than in regular Vinyasa/Hatha classes to therapeutically stress fascia and other connective tissues and joints. This practice is a great complement to more dynamic muscle-based exercise routines and offers benefits of improving physical flexibility / mobility, calming and balancing the nervous system and stimulating chi energy flow in the body. While not “easy” for those with stiffer joints and muscles, Roberta has been practicing and teaching Yin since 2014 and is adept at helping students adapt poses to meet their needs. In Yin Yoga we focus on how a pose feels and NOT how a pose looks. Sign up for the Oct 30th class here: https://momence.com/s/105581814

Saturday, November 23rd at 11am MST: Moving Meditation and Finding Breath Workshop with Rachel

No experience is necessary for this workshop, this will be 75 minutes of tuning into breath (using the Wim Hoff technique) and finding ways to move mindfully- developing your own moving meditation practice. A seated, guided meditation will also be included. Be prepared to turn inward Into your thoughts, let go of any expectations and allow me to guide you through the process of becoming more mindful. The movement portion will be extremely gentle and fun, designed for you to find your own flow and feel your body’s energy. I’m so thrilled to share this experience with you and help guide you through a journey that’s all your own- whatever comes up is always ok and you can take/leave whatever you want with you after the workshop. Use this link to register for the $20 workshop: https://momence.com/s/107555956

Join Ruth weekly for her Vinyasa Morning Yoga Flow class virtually on Mondays at 6am.

This vinyasa flow class focuses on improving overall physical flexibility and strength and promoting mental calm. Options are offered to accommodate different levels, so this is an inclusive class for beginning to experienced yoga practitioners.

To register for class this week, use this link: https://momence.com/s/105582071

This class will be taught every Monday morning at 6am by Ruth Vega. Here is her bio:

Ruth’s love of yoga began in 2007 when she was living in Seattle and decided to join her roommate for a class at a local studio. She found yoga challenging, empowering and healing right away and has continued to practice ever since. Over the years, yoga has helped her manage anxiety, heal from traumatic experiences, and learn how to stay present and come back to her breath during periods of stress. She’s continually amazed at how the practice challenges and supports her and offers new ways to deepen.

Ruth has a background in nursing and currently works as a writer and editor. She completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training in the spring of 2024 and is registered with the Yoga Alliance. She loves helping others reach greater self-awareness and embodiment through movement. She teaches slow-to-moderate paced vinyasa flow and hatha yoga.

Yin Yoga poses are practiced slowly and held longer (3-5 minutes) than in regular Vinyasa/Hatha classes to therapeutically stress fascia and other connective tissues and joints. This practice is a great complement to more dynamic muscle-based exercise routines and offers benefits of improving physical flexibility / mobility, calming and balancing the nervous system and stimulating chi energy flow in the body. While not “easy” for those with stiffer joints and muscles, Roberta has been practicing and teaching Yin since 2014 and is adept at helping students adapt poses to meet their needs. In Yin Yoga we focus on how a pose feels and NOT how a pose looks.

Here is the signup for class this week: https://momence.com/s/105581807

This class is taught weekly by Roberta Forester:

Roberta has been practicing yoga for many years and is a 500 RYT with the Yoga Alliance. Her classes creatively combine a variety of yoga styles, including Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, Restorative, and Kundalini, and she incorporates breath, energy, and meditation practices. She specializes in instructing pose kramas (stages) and encourages the use of modifications and props so that all students feel empowered to personalize their practice and work safely. Her sincere desire is to create an experience where people can learn to reconnect with their own body, mind, and spirit—and have FUN!

Enjoy my class inspired by the growth and stretching upward of plants towards the sun!

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As we are transitioning to a (mostly) virtual studio, we would love to hear your thoughts or feedback on how we can best serve your needs as we shape our schedule over the next months and years!

Future Offerings Survey As Yoga Art Space is transitioning to a (mostly) virtual studio, we would love to hear your thoughts or feedback on how we can best serve your needs as we shape our schedule over the next months and years!

Join us for an enlightening workshop that explores the powerful connection between chakras and essential oils. Designed for individuals seeking to deepen their understanding of energy centers within the body, this workshop will guide you through the fundamentals of chakras and how essential oils can enhance your healing journey.
What You Will Learn:
- *Understanding Chakras:* Discover the seven primary chakras, their locations, and their unique roles in physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Learn how imbalances in these energy centers can manifest in your life.
- *Essential Oils for Chakra Healing:* Explore the specific essential oils that resonate with each chakra. We will discuss their properties, benefits, and how to use them effectively to promote balance and harmony.
- *Practical Techniques:* Engage in hands-on activities, including guided meditations, breathing exercises, and yoga poses designed to activate and align your chakras. You’ll also learn how to incorporate essential oils into your daily routine for ongoing support.
*Who Should Attend:* This workshop is perfect for anyone interested in holistic wellness, whether you're a beginner or have prior experience with yoga, meditation, or aromatherapy. All are welcome to explore the synergy of chakras and essential oils.
*Date & Time:* Wednesday September 4th 9:30-11am
*Registration Fee:* Pay What You Can Between $10-15
*What to Bring:* A yoga mat, a journal, and an open mind!
Embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Join us to unlock the potential within you and harmonize your energy through the essence of nature. Reserve your spot today!

Breathwork event this Saturday:
Throughout history, cultures worldwide have provided a means for people to access non-ordinary realms for healing and spiritual growth. Breathwork is a means of inducing an altered state of consciousness through full and connected breathing. An energy charge is created in the body, and as the energy disperses, it serves to release, or to cleanse blockages, both physical and emotional. Possible experiences include; resolution and release of current problems, unresolved childhood wounds, birth memories, past life remembrances and stored trauma in the body. Many also experience encounters with the divine, transcendence of time or space, direct experiences of the primordial vibration, deep peace, unconditional love and or****ic states.

🏢 Yoga Art Space
📍 8338 Comanche Rd NE, ABQ NM
⏰ Arrive 10 Minutes Early
💲 Workshop fee: Pay what you can between $45-$60 range
🏧 Pre-Registration Required: https://momence.com/s/104273692
🎟Payment confirms your reservation for the class.

📈 What makes a successful experience?
😴 Good night's sleep
🥘 Light breakfast 1-2 hours Prior
💧 Stay Hydrated
🙏 Bring Gratitude
❤️ Carry An Open Heart

What to Bring...
☑️ Sleeping Eye Mask
☑️ Yoga Mat
☑️ Blanket(s)
☑️ Pillow(s)
(The studio will have props if you need to borrow anything)

What to Expect...
🏡 A Safe Space
☮️ Deep Sense of Peace
🙏 Experience Deep Relaxation

Possible Experiences Include...
❤️ Awaken your consciousness to the theta state between dream and wakefulness.
❤️ Resolution and release of current problems & unresolved childhood wounds
❤️Help the subconscious heal aspects which may be holding it back
❤️ Experiences with timelessness
❤️ Moments of freedom from duality
❤️ An opportunity to plant your heart's deepest desire into the fertile soils of your subconscious

📵 Cell phones must be powered off during the class

🙏 Be Ready Relax and Rejuvenate!

This workshop is an easy way for people to learn the fundamentals and begin developing skills that will make the transition into other aerial yoga classes more smooth. You will learn several of the basic inversions, standing poses, core/arm strengthening sequences, transitions, and terminology. Whether you are coming to check it off your bucket list or are an aspiring aerial artist, prepare to have a great time! You just might become addicted after this one class!

Preregister at https://momence.com/s/104991527

In this class we gently guide ourselves toward greater flexibility so that we can, like young trees, bend and not break.

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The element of earth is a strong and stabilizing force. In this class, we embody that structure and stability to help slowly lengthen our muscles while feeling grounded.

Hatha Yoga Class for Earth Stability ~ Full 60 Minute Class The element of earth is a strong and stabilizing force. In this class, we embody that structure and stability to help slowly lengthen our muscles while feeli...

We've got up to 8 more spots in our Beginners Aerial Yoga workshop tomorrow at 11am. Be sure to pre-register to save your hammock!

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It's been a while since I've posted about my yoga YouTube channel! Here is my latest full class recording. In this class, we move through a sequence that is just a little bit different than our normal. This invites us to move outside of our box and challenge our patterns.

I'm planning on expanding this channel to include more topics. Let me know what you're interested in seeing in the future (such as shorter classes, special topics for movement or philosophy, etc)

Hatha Yoga Class for Moving Outside the Box ~ Full 60 Minute Yoga Class In this class, we move through a sequence that is just a little bit different than our normal. This invites us to move outside of our box and challenge our p...

To my many students,

Yoga Art Space has been proud to be serving the Albuquerque community since 2016 and we look forwarding to continuing to serve in broader, albeit different ways!

The AUM mantra frequently chanted at the beginning or ending of yoga classes symbolizes the cycle of life. The A represents birth/the beginning/creation. The U represents the vital/the living/the sustaining, The M represents the ending/completion/destruction. I feel like I'm living a quickened version of the AUM cycle in my own life right now. A- I'm pregnant and preparing for welcoming a new life in a beautiful way. U- I'm sustaining a great early childhood for the wonderful kiddo I have. M- I have things that are asking to be released from my life right now.

As I transition closer to labor and the postnatal time with a newborn, I find myself in a place where I'm really wanting to honor the postpartum period in a way I didn't last time. To me at this time, part of that means releasing the running and managing of a physical studio that requires my constant attention to clean, manage changing teacher schedules and student expectations, marketing, accounting, etc all on top of my working another full time job to support my family and trying to be the best mom possible. Thinking of going into the newborn phase again with all that responsibility and likely needing to return to presence at the studio in a month or two instead of giving myself 6-12 months or however long we need before teaching again just sounds like more on my plate than I'm fully able to give energy to right now.

As I considered wrapping up my responsibility, my biggest goal was to find a win-win-win for myself, the teachers, the students, and the studio. I believe I've found that. We've had a ballroom dance teacher at the studio, Joseph Chavez, who had been renting the studio space in the off hours of the studio for at least 5 or 6 years. He's grown to love the space as much as we have over the years. Starting Sep 1st, the plan is for him to take over the studio lease. This is a win for the studio because it will continue to be open (under a new name) under the huge passion and enthusiasm of someone who has the time and energy to put into it to help it grow. It is a win for teachers because they can keep teaching at the studio and even grow more classes if desired. It is a win for students because they will have access to an expanded schedule. Joseph's vision is to have an active public and private teaching schedule from 6am-9pm daily. This will give students access to a variety of dance classes in addition to yoga that the studio offered previously. Joseph wants it to feel like myself, the teachers, and the students are welcome and at home still.

We also intend to maintain Yoga Art Space's virtual presence. We, the teachers, are currently discussing exactly what that schedule may look like. It will likely include some or all of the following:

Weekly virtual classes over Zoom
Monthly virtual classes/workshops over Zoom
Pre-recorded special courses or trainings that can be purchased online
Continued growth of the Yoga Art Space YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/)
Possible creation of a podcast and/or blog efforts, and more!

Likewise, I see hosting retreats as a definite possibility in the future, among other beautiful possibilities. In person events will likewise be inevitable to gather together as a community in the future!

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Whitney is also a birth doula in addition to being in the middle of a birthkeeper/midwifery training. This is intended to give women who wish for autonomous birth at home access to a knowledgeable, wise woman who will support the physiology of birth and the choices of the mother. This "Birth, Breath, and Beyond" portion of Yoga Art Space will continue to grow over the next several years!

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Please read the FAQs page of the website to learn more https://www.yogaartspace.com/studio-updates)! If you wish for doula/birthkeeper support or if you are particularly interested in some of the aforementioned aspects of the studio, please contact us via the "Contact Us" portion of the website! We want to hear how we can best serve you continuing in the future!



With Love,



Whitney

We still have space in our Restorative Aerial Yoga Workshop (Pre-Registration Required) tomorrow at Yoga Art Space!

Thanks One Clean Window LLC (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090662646117&mibextid=ZbWKwL) for cleaning my windows so I could add this fall themed window art! Which leaf/pose is your favorite?

Happy Summer Equinox! Enjoy this class recording inspired by our recent magnificent, full, super, blue moon

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