February 2022 Newsletter - Live Your Life with Love!
Open Your Heart and Gather With Us This February
2022 has been an interesting year so far, to say the least, and we are happy to enter the second month with a full heart. We are so excited for this month. You can expect to see some schedule shifts, a new guest workshop instructor, and more! Continue reading to see what is going on and to learn more about our teacher of the month, Hanna Curran!
A Refresh on Our Cancellation Policy
With classes continuing to be held to a smaller number, it is very important that you notify us when you can not attend a class that you registered for. If you can not make it to class, please send us an email at gatheryogastudio@gmail.com ASAP. We ask that you cancel within one hour of class's start. If you do not show and do not notify us, we will charge you for the class.
Special Class Package for Local Teachers & First Responders!
Teachers and first responders, we are beyond thankful for everything you do each and every day! We are continuing to offer the 30 classes for $399 for the foreseeable future. To make it easy and affordable, we are offering a three month contract where you will be charged $133 each month for three months. The classes will never expire. If you fall into this category and would like to purchase a package, please email us at gatheryogastudio@gmail.com or come into the studio to purchase!
The BIG Schedule Shift of 2022
Starting this week, you can expect to see some shifts on our regular schedule. This is a great excuse to try a new instructor, new class style, and to meet some new yoga friends!
Schedule Changes in February:
Tuesday Feel Good Flow 5:30pm - Julianna Sacks
Wednesday HOT Vinyasa 8am - Sarah Matthews
Wednesday Body + Soul Refresh 9:30am - Kelsey Schubert
Wednesday Yoga Conditioning + Flow 4:15pm - Hannah Brooks
Thursday Power Vinyasa 12pm - Hanna Curran
Friday HOT Vinyasa 8am - Abby Siebert-Mills
Finding Your Root: Yoga and the Pelvic Floor
with Claire Giuliano
Join this workshop to learn more about the pelvic floor and its relationship to pranayama and asana. In this class we will discuss the anatomy of the pelvic floor and how to utilize the pelvic floor in breath work and asana. Subtle movements will be taught to awaken your understanding of this often ignored area of the body.
Claire is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy with specialized training and experience treating pelvic floor conditions. Claire has a specialty certification in pelvic rehabilitation (PRPC) and is also a trained yoga instructor (YTT-200). Claire is passionate about the use of yoga therapeutics as a complementary method to patient care and general fitness.
Date: Tuesday, February 8th
Time: 7pm-8pm
Cost: $30 Drop In
New Class with Our Newest Instructor,
Julianna Sacks
Feel Good Flow is a gentle alignment class that has a focused flow designed to create space in the body and mind. Students can expect a feel good warm up for the fascia, mild heat building and a relaxing wind down. This class invites students to move slower, open up and unwind.
You may recognize Julianna as one of our AMAZING front desk ladies. We are so beyond excited to welcome Julianna to our teaching team. Her classes are great for all levels of practitioners. She hopes to allow her students to connect to themselves, experience juicy movements, and spark joy in all areas of their life.
Join Julianna every Tuesday at 5:30pm!
Join Abby the 3rd Wednesday of the Month
for a Donation-Based Guided Meditation Class for the Flourish Foundation
The Flourish Foundation is a local non-profit organization that works to inspire systemic change through heartmind cultivation, promoting personal well-being, benevolent social action, and environmental stewardship. Many of their programs are centered around our local schools, however, they also offer classes and workshops at their own location down in Hailey.
Abby's donation-based guided meditation class will be held the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7:00pm-7:45pm.
Please bring a check or cash to class with you as your donation!
In-Studio Goddess Flow (Prenatal Yoga)
with Kelsey Schubert
Join Kelsey for one of her favorite offerings, Goddess Flow.
During this class, expecting mothers are given the opportunity to join in community and discuss the wonderful and challenging chapter that is pregnancy. After our opening, Kelsey will lead the group in a gentle flow that helps to give mothers the ability to listen to their body, trust their intuition, and gain excitement for the many things to come!
This class is open to mothers who are currently pregnant and to those are trying to conceive as well.
Class will begin with a 15 minute discussion followed by 45 minutes of mindful asana.
Date: Saturday, February 19th
Time: 11am-12pm
Cost: $25 Drop In
February 2022 Teacher Spotlight
Hanna Curran
Hanna is a life long local who radiates a sense of joy and love that you cannot ignore. Her presence is always so lovely to be around, which is one of the many reasons why she is such a wonderful teacher. She brings a sense of calm, love, and peace to her classes that we all need in our busy lives! If you haven't made it to one of her sound baths, you are seriously missing out!!
If you haven't already attended one of Hanna's classes, make it a priority! Keep reading to hear a little more about Hanna and why she does what she does.
What originally brought you to yoga?
I started going to yoga as a little girl with my mom after ski team to Richard Odem’s classes. At that age, I often would take a nap for most of it, yet my interest was sparked. As I grew up in this community I continued going solo or with my mom to his classes also with long time local teachers such as Cathie Caccia and Ryan Redman. I started to recognize the vastness of yoga beyond the walls of a studio. That it is a way of life. And a path I wanted to walk. I started studying its origins, Ayurveda, eastern philosophy, and traveling around the world where yoga has been practiced since the dawn of its time. It lit my fire and is now something I live and breathe and cannot imagine not having in my life.
What is inspiring your teaching or personal practice right now?
I am always inspired by the ancient tradition of yoga. Going to the roots is the foundation in which I build upon to then let present age inspiration and channeling flow in. It’s a combination of playfulness, following joy and creativity while also being inspired by all life offers and encompasses. I honor and dive into both the light and the dark. I ask questions. I choose to be a seeker and to then share what I learn. I believe we all are here for an authentically different yet collectively relatable experience, if we choose to witness alikeness within difference. I have learned arriving with all of the above to my classes; anchored in honesty; is where authenticity and magic is bred.
What do you want your students to leave your class with? Presence and connection is key. I believe that’s where we tap into a form of magic that is impossible to ignore. It may be subtle at first but the more we choose to witness those details the stronger the magic of our inner world, as well as what we witness outside ourselves, becomes. Breath is our anchor into conscious awareness so with constant emphasis of that, poetry, good music and often accompanied with sound bowls, I hope to gift people into presence without judgement. Embracing their inner world, physical body, as well as energetic body and to create intimacy with one’s self; just as it is; right NOW!! I hope to give the opportunity to let go and drop into the flow of life here and now because that is truly all we have. To remember we are human BEINGS not human doings :) To ride the edges with breath to expand and grow. What happens on the mat is the beginning. What we take from our practice into life is where the true practice begins!
Hanna's Weekly Schedule:
Sunday 9am Balancing Flow
Thursday 12pm Heated Vinyasa
Thursday 5:30pm Yin Yoga & Self Massage
Thank you for making Gather such a wonderful place!
