Rise Again: Tools for the Embodied Life: Yoga Workshop with Barbara Voinar

Rise Again: Embodied Tools for Life's Falls: A Yoga Workshop with Barbara Voinar
Saturday, June 28

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM. $20 / before June 15/ $25 After

When we fall—literally or metaphorically—the moment can feel both surreal and sudden. This unique workshop offers practical tools and embodied practices for navigating these inevitable stumbles with grace, awareness, and resilience.

Through mindful movement, therapeutic asana, and guided self-inquiry, you’ll explore how the body remembers, responds, and recovers. You’ll learn how falling becomes part of the dance, and how every return to standing is an act of inner strength.

 In this workshop, you will:

• Explore key asanas that support safe and effective recovery from a fall
• Increase awareness of your body’s movement patterns and capabilities
• Discover how yoga can illuminate your unique strengths and vulnerabilities
• Develop practical strategies to rise with greater confidence and stability
• Cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and presence through guided reflection
• Leave with a renewed sense of inner alignment—physically and emotionally

Whether you're recovering from injury, managing balance challenges, or simply interested in the deeper wisdom of the body, this workshop offers a supportive and enriching space to fall, learn, and rise again.

About Barbara Voinar

Barbara Voinar is a masterful yoga teacher and Certified Yoga Therapist, skillfully blending decades of embodied wisdom with heart-centered spiritual insight. Trained in both Iyengar and Anusara Yoga, she brings a nuanced understanding of alignment, therapeutics, and the subtle body.

Her journey into contemplative practice began with Vipassana meditation and the teachings of Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, deepening further through study in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism under Rinpoche Anam Thubten.

As co-founder of 4th Street Yoga, Barbara shaped a vibrant yoga community for 28 years. She has collaborated in retreats and workshops with celebrated spiritual and musical teachers including Ram Dass, Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, WAH, Geoff Gordon, Jennifer Berezan, Sharon Salzberg, Silvia Nakkach, Uma Reed, and Nina Wise.

With compassion, clarity, and an unwavering presence, Barbara invites each student into the sacred inquiry of healing, movement, and awakening.

Please register on the class schedule. You can sign up for a single drop-in class or use your class package. See link below.

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