Gaea Yoga

Yoga, Mt Pleasant, SC

Summer Solstice Yin Yoga

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Celebrate the longest day of the year!

Join Kate Smith on the evening of the Summer Solstice to honor the shift of seasons from Spring to Summer.

Summer is a Yang time of year. Let’s use Yin Yoga, Essential Oils, & Meditation to balance the heat and fire of summer.

In Summer, we burst forth from the hibernation of Winter and the budding of Spring to venture into the FIRE of the Summer season when our hearts can truly blossom. We will discuss how this transformation of the seasons plays into our yoga practice as well as how to harness the vibrant and BRIGHT yang energy of the Summer.

Kate Smith will prepare an essential oil blend in honor of the Summer Solstice to share with the group.

These events tend to fill up. Space is limited.

Winter Solstice Yin Yoga Event

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The holidays are a busy time, but it’s important that we take time out to PAUSE and cultivate a sense of CALM within. Join Kate Smith for a Winter Solstice 2-hour Yin Yoga class honoring the longest night & shortest day of the year. What a perfect evening to practice yin yoga, y’all.

Kate Smith will lead us through a series of yin yoga postures to honor this seasonal shift from Autumn to Winter. In Chinese Medicine Theory, we are shifting from the season of the Lung to the season of the Kidney. Kate will discuss what this means for us and how we can use this transformational time to honor our own self-healing. She will also brew up one of her magical essential oil blends for the event and incorporate the blend into the class.

A few small bottles of the Winter Solstice Blend will be for sale after the event for an $8 charge.

Kate Counts will also be selling her Evolve Malas at the event. Hooray!

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Space is limited and our Seasonal Yin Yoga classes tend to fill up. We recommend early registration.

Please note: Refunds will only be issued if canceling within 7 days prior to the event. No refunds will be issued after Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Passes cannot be transferred to another yogi or used towards credit at the studio.

2-Hour Seasonal Yin: Momma Earth to Metal

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In Chinese Medicine, late Summer is associated with the element of the EARTH and the organ of the SPLEEN. Fall is associated with the element of METAL and the organ of the LUNG. Kate will discuss the significance of this shift in seasons and how we can look at this transition in terms of our own self-healing. Chinese Medicine views health as a true mind, body, and soul balance. We will discuss how Yoga and Chinese Medicine can overlap to offer us perspective, insight, and clarity moving into this new season of Autumn.

Kate Smith will lead us through yin yoga postures to honor the organs of the season. She will also make one of her special essential oil blends for the event and incorporate the blend into the class. A few small bottles of the Autumnal Equinox Blend will be for sale after the event for an $8 charge.

REGISTER ONLINE

Space is limited and our Seasonal Yin Yoga classes tend to fill up quickly. We recommend early registration. 

Please note: There are no refunds if canceling within 5 days of the event. Passes cannot be transferred to another yogi or used towards credit at the studio.

How to Dance With the Divine

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How to Dance

 

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How can we live more in the moment? How can we find the Divine in our hectic and mundane everyday lives? How can we use this knowledge of the Divine to help us not only uncover our True Nature but also TRUST in this depth within ourselves?

While she in no way claims to have mastered the Divine Dance, Kate Smith will tackle these deep questions while exploring the technique of Japa (mantra meditation with a mala). She will also focus on some of the stories and myths behind a few of the major Hindu Deities in order for us to understand how the allegories of these myths can be applied to learning within our own lives. An hour of “story-time” followed by a Yang2Yin class.

Kate Counts is preparing special and magical malas honoring deities that will be for sale at the end of the class.

Space is limited. NO REFUNDS, CREDITS, or TRANSFERS.

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FOREST-2-Fire: 2-Hour Seasonal Yin Yoga Class

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At Gaea, we love to honor the solstices and equinoxes with a class devoted specifically to these transitory times. The Summer Solstice is the first true day of summer, the longest day of the year, and marks the official shift from Spring to Summer. In Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, this is a shift from the season of the liver (associated with the element of WOOD) to the season of the heart (associated with the element of FIRE). Hence the name, Forest-2-Fire, y’all.

This year the Summer Solstice happens to fall on Monday, June 20, 2016. Which is also a FULL MOON. So we have much to celebrate.

This 2-hour Yin Yoga class will be guided by Kate Smith and will incorporate poses and meditations to specifically honor the seasonal shift. As well, Kate will make us one of her extra-ordinary, oh-so-SPECIAL essential oil blends to enhance the depth and potency of this transformational and meditational experience.

Pre-Registration Required. NO REFUNDS or credit transfers, y’all.

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