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Rise & Shine Online AM Yoga Stretch
Perfect Start to a Beautiful Day & Week
Mondays 9: to 10:25 a.m. Monday, April 7 thru June 2, 2025
Rise & Shine Online Yoga Stretch via Zoom is a wonderful way to launch into our week in a positive direction with like-minded people. No yoga experience necessary ~beginners and experienced yogis will feel at home. A great, gentle balanced morning practice to mentally and physically prepare for the day. Classes are 'From My Home to Yours,' via Zoom, making yoga not only accessible and convenient from where ever you live, but you have a professional seasoned yoga teacher to guide you effectively and safely. Must provide own yoga ball. Fee: $200. Classes can be prorated if begun after start date. Makeups can be arranged during the series. All levels. Acceptable Payments~ Venmo : @Pamela-OBrien-11 or Zelle, by check or cash. Greenleaf Studio
16 N. Riverside Ave., St. Charles, Il 60174
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The Mindful Way:
Learn to Meditate
Discover the Peace Within You!
Tuesdays 5:30 til 6:45 p.m. Beginning Tuesdays, April 15 thru May 20, 2025.
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Seeking methods to cope with depression, challenges, stress, anxiety, to discover a more centered, calm, joyful, contented approach to life? Then, come join us for this exploration into tranquil present moments through meditation! This class is all about how to balance out the barrage of vitriol, negative news, catastrophic world events and social media pressure through mindfulness meditation methods.
Students will be taught simple, mindful practices, both guided meditation and methods, helpful breathing practices and guided awareness & deep relaxation techniques called Yoga Nidra. The techniques aide students in not only coping with stress, but possessing the tools for a lifetime.
Benefits may include: improved sleep, greater calmness, lower blood pressure, an ability to handle stress appropriately, raise endorphins, better able to cope with stress and anxiety and learning to reframe difficulties.
Limited Spots! May be prorated if started after first class, when space allows. Six-week series to introduce meditation beginning Tuesday, April 15 thru May 20, 2025.
Fee: $150. Acceptable Payments~ Venmo : @Pamela-OBrien-11; Zelle, or by check or cash paid before first class.
Greenleaf Studio, 16 N. Riverside Ave., St. Charles, Il 60174
Understanding Your Back: Introduction to Yoga for Scoliosis
Learn how to help your back by knowing your curves
Friday, May 16, 2025 from 6 until 9:30 p.m.
This novel introductory workshop uses the ancient wisdom of yoga with modern sensibility and creativity of modern props to help students discover renewed mobility, back strength, and freedom from pain. We will incorporate the use of exercise balls in the class for optimal support, strengthening, balance, and assistance in flexibility. Pamela is specially certified in Seven Back Conditions by renowned doctor, Loren Fishman, MD., along with a first-hand understanding of back care due to her back challenges and spinal fusion and scoliosis condition.
Must supply your own yoga ball. Inquire how to choose the right size for your height and weight.
Register ASAP, Space limited to 8 students. Friday, May 16, 2025, from 6 until 9:30 p.m. Beginning promptly. Arrive between 5:30-5:45 p.m. to arrange your space. There will be a brief break. $150. Fee: Acceptable Payments~ Venmo : @Pamela-OBrien-11 : Zelle, or by check or cash 16 N. Riverside Ave., St. Charles, Il 60174
Unwind at Day's End
Level 2
Refresh and Renew: Untangling the knots
Begins Wednesday, April 9 thru May 28, 2025, 6:30 til 7:50 p.m.
This PM class is perfect for physically and mentally unwinding through the gentle practice of yoga. The practices encourage the untangling of body and mind. Class ends with guided yoga nidra (yogic sleep).
A yoga class for 'every body' seeking greater peace, mobility,
mental, and physical well-being. Forms and stretches, breathwork, mindfulness methods are all intended to help release the day's stress, relax the body and mind to help replenish students and fostering the habit of tranquil night's sleep.
Philosophically, we will also focus on the Scandinavian concept of Lagom: feeling satisfied, contented, as in the feeling, "I have enough, I do enough, I am enough." This goes perfectly with the yogic tenant of santosha, translated it means contentment.
Although experience is helpful, all levels welcome. Register by emailing your class selection to: Pam@greenleafyogastudio.com
Fee: $200. Acceptable payments include : cash, Venmo : @Pamela-OBrien-11 ; Zelle or check. You may register after start date at the prorated amount, if space allows; makeups may be arranged during the Spring term you've registered for.
Class Series begins Wednesday, April 9 thru May 28, 2025 $200. If room available class students may register after start date at prorated fee. Space reserved for 8 students; register now! Arrangements may be made to make-up missed classes during the 8-week series in other classes, recordings or online classes. Fee: $200. Acceptable Payments~ Venmo : @Pamela-OBrien-11 or by check or cash 16 N. Riverside Ave., St. Charles, Il 60174
Yoga at Midlife & Beyond: A Fresh Perspective
Start the Day with Positive Outlook
Wednesdays, April 9 thru May 28, 2025, 9 until 10:30 a.m.
This is not your mother's midlife and beyond! This is an uplifting, supportive way to begin your day among our kind-hearted , health-minded community! Join us! We are women who are unapologetically our ages, who've experienced the challenges of life. Life may have presented each and every one of us with myriad obstacles and challenges, yet through yogic principle we learn to reframe and craft our own unique best life.
Join us! We in Midlife & Beyond choose to say, "YES" to life, learning acceptance and self-love within a subtler style of yoga then may have been aspired to earlier in life. Our focus is on our balanced wholeness of mind, body and spirit. Mindfulness practices, breathwork, intention discover/setting will all be blended into the teachings along with gentle movement, forms and postures for awakening vibrancy, strength and health! We cultivate acceptance and peace around what is . . . and gently attend to our physical practice with the loving care of props, both physical and emotional. No experience needed~ Only an open mind:)), a sense of humor and compassion for one's own self. Eight-week session. Class Series begins Wednesday, April 9 thru May 28, 2025.
If room available class students may register after start date at prorated fee. Space reserved for 9 students; reserve your spot! Arrangements may be made to make-up missed classes during the Spring Session or receive a recorded class. Fee: $200 , payable before first class begins. Acceptable Payments~ Venmo : @Pamela-OBrien-11 or by check or cash 16 N. Riverside Ave., St. Charles, Il 60174
Yoga for Midlife and Beyond: Therapeutics ONLINE
Staying Youthful in Body & Spirit!
Thursdays 10:30 AM until noon.
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This semi-private ONLINE specialized class has the benefits of a private therapeutic session at a group discounted price. It also offers the ability to practice from the ease of your home or when you travel.
As we reach midlife and beyond, staying as flexible, strong and balanced as one can, with a positive, resilient attitude can make all the difference in our day to day quality of life. The class teaches optimal alignment, body mechanics, balance and nuance of yoga forms, for our middle-aged and beyond bodies. Class learning is enhanced with sprinklings of inspiring and uplifting ancient and modern wisdom to uplift our minds & spirits!
Maintain, awaken, strengthen and balance as you gracefully and optimally age through a therapeutic, gentle, modified yoga practice of seated, standing and lying forms. We will use chairs, an individual yoga ball, 2 blocks each and blankets as tools to make yoga safer and more accessible. Ideal for those with osteoporosis, back issues, arthritis. Learn new ways of building bone density, joint mobility, muscular strength and flexibility to leave you inspired! Thursday, April 10 thru May 29, 2025. Makeups can be arranged during the current Spring Session in other classes. Classes can be prorated if started late. Fee: $224. Acceptable Payments~ Venmo : @Pamela-OBrien-11; Zelle or by check or cash 16 N. Riverside Ave., St. Charles, Il 60174