Yoga & Sacred Sound Workshop with Gaya and Friends March 19, 2023 Siren Studio @ Subbed Hall 234 Hutchins Ave, Sebastopol,CA

Investment: $55 until Feb 15, then $60

The Workshop comprises a yoga class, sound bath and kirtan. Kirtan is a form of community meditative chanting in the form of call and response with a live band.

Pick one of the yoga/sound bath sessions, then all participants will join to gather for the kirtan at the end of the workshop.

Yoga sessions: (choose one)

Gentle Somatic Yoga Noon-1:30 pm This is designed for those interested in a gentler practice (and might appeal to folks returning to movement or after surgery or injury). This will primarily be a floor practice of gentle poses where the focus is cultivating somatic (felt body) awareness. Benefits of Gentle Somatic Yoga are increased body awareness and release of long held tensions. Note: if you sign up for this session, you will have a 2 hour break before the kirtan.

Yin Yoga 2:00-3:30 pm Yin Yoga is gentle-ish, long-held poses designed to ease the nervous system into deep relaxation while lengthening muscles. The Yin class has been designed assuming you can stand, sit and lie down with relative ease. Benefits of Yin Yoga are mental relaxation and stretching.

If you are not sure which asana section to sign up for, you can book a clarity call with Gaya Shelton-Ostadi. Gaya is a yoga therapist, yoga teacher and sacred music artist with 20 plus years of experience teaching yoga. Her mission is to help people find movement, joy and mantra. Her number is 707-239-3650.

Both asana sections will end with a deep stay in savasana (rest and healing period) immersed in live, soothing sounds to create a sound bath. The vibrations of certain sounds penetrate the mind and ease us into deeper healing states.

Kirtan Session: 4:00-5:30 pm (for all participants)

At 4pm, we will all join together in one big yoga community for call and response mantra singing. Benefits of kirtan are cultivating a feeling of community, be washed in healing mantras and fun! This kirtan will be led by Gaya and three guest musicians and is sure to help us lift our minds and spirits up to higher levels! Musical guests will be Jacques Pichon on guitar, Blue Sky on cajon, and my beloved teacher, Kiranjot Kaur with raga- style vocals. You can listen Gaya's recordings here. Gaya makes it fun and easy to participate.

Cost is $55 through February, $60 thereafter. To attend only the kirtan please arrive before 6pm love offerings greatly appreciated

To register, contact Gaya to reserve your spot at yogawithgaya@gmail.com