Classes & Workshops

Fall Ayurvedic Yoga

The Fall Ayurvedic Yoga classes are designed as a stand-alone, self-care practices. Each class provides practices that balance vata dosha, reducing stiffness, and bringing stability to the body. Ayurveda has a theory that says that we’re all made up of ten pairs of qualities, called gunas, that describe everything in the universe, including thoughts and emotions. These qualities come in pairs of opposites, like heavy and light, soft and hard, and hot and cold. Gunas affect dosha, which is a key term in ayurveda that means “fault” or “defect.”
Ayurvedic theory says that gunas are always changing and when they get out of balance, they turn into dosha, which causes discomfort or disease. Vata is the air and space dosha, and it’s linked to the gunas of cold vs. hot, hard vs soft, dark vs light, etc.
Vata gets stronger in the Fall because the weather is cooler and the days are shorter. We all know how our bodies feel in the Fall when it’s cold and dark outside. Our bodies get stiffer, and we can feel less grounded. Yoga, when practiced according to ayurvedic principles, is a remedy that balances the gunas and calms the vata dosha.
Back, internal belly muscles and fascia are your core stabilizers. Imbalanced muscle tension can put pressure on the spinal column affecting nerve function.
Whenever nerve function is compromised, pain can result. In ayurveda, pain is the primary indicator of deranged or excess vata.
This class addresses vata imbalances and can be taken as a stand alone, self-care class or as a series completing a whole body home practice.
Located at the Tree of Life Center  17331 Vashon Hiway WA
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Contact Melanie Farmer
Ayurvedicastrologer@gmail.com
206.370.4394
Tree of Life Center 17331 Vashon HiWy WA$25.00 drop-in $90.00 entire 4 class series

Yogic Anatomy and The Astrological Body

Yoga poses broken down into pain-free, achievable segments. This class is designed to address areas of the body with most stiffness and discomfort such as the low-back, neck and shoulders. Discover immediate relief and improved flexibility.

Therapy is defined as the remediation of a health problem. Preventive therapy is that which is intended to prevent a medical condition from occurring. Supportive therapy is that which increases comfort. Yoga means to bring together, to “yoke”, to join and unite. Therefore, Yoga Therapy is the joining together and uniting of varied practices that improve health, provide remediation of medical health conditions and that gives support to and increases comfort and well-being. Yoga therapy is for you if you have chronic pain such as shoulder and low-back discomfort or are experiencing fatigue, low immune function or difficulty with your sleep-wake cycles. These and other health challenges, can be temporary due to stress, overwork and injury. Yoga therapeutics will help to resolve these issues, with respect to each individual.

Contact Melanie Farmer
Ayurvedicastrologer@gmail.com
206.370.4394
Tree of Life Center 17331 Vashon HiWy WA$25.00 drop-in $90.00 entire 4 class series

Ayurvedic Yoga

In this unique 4-class series, you develop from your Vedic astrological chart a personal Ayurvedic yoga practice.

Month One
Lecture: Introduction to Planetary Dosha
Practical: Yoga asana for Vata

Month Two
Lecture: Planetary Dosha from the Astrological Chart
Practical: Yoga asana for Pitta

Month Three
Lecture: Dosha of the Constellations
Practical: Yoga asana for Kapha

Month Four
Lecture: Your Constellational Dosha
Practical: Yoga asana for Tridosha

Each class builds on the next. All props and hand outs are provided. Attendance in this introductory series is required for more advanced Vedic astrology yoga classes.

Contact Melanie Farmer
Ayurvedicastrologer@gmail.com
206.370.4394
Tree of Life Center 17331 Vashon HiWy WA$25.00 drop-in $90.00 entire 4 class series
Melanie Farmer

Melanie Farmer

Melanie Farmer is a massage therapist and yoga teacher,  equestrian and artist  as well as an ayurvedic clinical practitioner,  She has been in practice for 25 years in the Seattle area and is a Vashon resident.