Kids Yoga & Therapeutic Yoga at Palo Santo Wellness!

I am excited to announce that I have recently joined the team of therapists at Palo Santo Wellness, where we are dedicated to helping you live a healthier and happier life while growing in the awareness of the integration of your body, mind and spirit! Palo Santo is one of the only private clinics in Tucson that offers low-cost, sliding scale therapy. If you don’t have insurance or can’t find a therapist through your insurance, please contact us at (520) 539-6455.

 

Beginning in July, On Sundays and Mondays, I will be offering the following small group Yoga Therapy classes in the Community Room at Palo Santo Wellness; which is located at 3045 N. 1st Avenue, Suite A, Tucson, AZ. 

There is limited space for each of offering, therefore pre-registration is required; please contact me at EmpowerTucsonYoga@gmail.com to reserve your spot! 

 

HATHA YOGA FOR TRAUMA WITH TRE® - SUMMER SERIES  

4 Sundays, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, & 7/30,

10:30-11:45am (75 minutes)

*Limited to 5 participants per session, Must Pre-Register, $15/session or $50 full series 

In this Therapeutic Yoga class you will experience a blend of Hatha Yoga, trauma & tension releasing exercises (TRE®), and self-induced therapeutic tremoring (SITT®); all techniques proven to help in releasing excess stress and tension from within the body. The class will conclude with a guided relaxation to ease the mind, body, and spirit from the effects of trauma, pain and suffering.  

 YOGA FOR KIDS - SUMMER SERIES

4 Sundays, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, & 7/30

12-12:45pm  (45 minutes)

*Limited to 10 participants per session, Must Pre-Register, $7/session or $20 full series 

 In this Kids Yoga series children will learn how to focus and center themselves with various breathing and visualization techniques. They will improve strength, flexibility, and coordination as they learn self-respect and respect for others with the practice of fun and challenging poses, partner and group poses, yoga games, and basic anatomy.

 HATHA & RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR DEPRESSION

3 Mondays, 7/17 & 8/14, & 9/11

5:30-6:45pm  (75 minutes)

*Limited to 5 participants per session, Must Pre-Register, $15/session, $35 Full Series

In this Therapeutic Yoga class you will experience a blend of Hatha & Restorative Yoga practices to empower your mind, body, & spirit. The class will conclude with a guided Yoga Nidra meditation, an ancient practice proven to ease the effects of depression and relieve suffering. 

 RESTORATIVE & GENTLE YOGA FOR ANXIETY

3 Mondays, 7/31 & 8/28, & 9/25 5:30-6:45pm  (75 minutes)

*Limited to 5 participants per session, Must Pre-Register, $15/session, $35 Full Series

In this Therapeutic Yoga class you will experience a blend of Restorative, Gentle and Yoga Nidra practices proven to help ease the mind, body, and spirit from the effects of tension and stress and to alleviate the symptoms of anxiety. 

Check out these Upcoming Events!

 

"If there is to be a future, it will wear a crown of feminine design." ~ Aurobindo

Something profoundly important is missing from a world in which the power of the divine feminine is not understood, and in which women themselves are out of touch with their own Shakti, the force of feminine strength and the flavors of feminine love. 

This series was created so that we may join together and re-member and re-align the divinely feminine and powerfully rhythmic aspects within ourselves with the larger forces of nature. 

 

Our world needs more strong, empowered and healed Women. If you feel called to embark on this path of healing with me, please register today. Space is limited to a group of 12 women in order to maintain an intimate and sacred healing environment.

Healing Trauma with Yoga for Women

{Spring 3-Week Series} 

Sundays, 3/19, 3/26, & 4/2, 12-2:00pm

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga

$75 Full Series - Limit 12 participants 

Click Here to Register for Healing Trauma with Yoga for Women

 

The New Year is under way and we have passed through the halfway point, Imbolc, on the way towards Spring Equinox. It is a time of coming back to life as the days grow longer. What has withered over the past season and needs to be let go of? What patterns, habits, relationships, beliefs are ready to be released and composted to fertilize the ground for new seeds to be planted and nourished to fruition in the coming season/year? 

Join Tiffany Georgia and Kim Knebel for another Mala Making workshop where you can explore these questions in a meditative and restorative yoga practice to then bring forth your heart’s desires and pour them into crafting your very own Mala! Infuse this sacred tool for meditation with your intentions, be they to let go of things which no longer serve you to cultivate new practices, or a combination of both. 

If you have missed previous workshops, here’s another chance.  If you’ve been and now want to make a Mala for gifting to a loved one, please know this is a great time to do that as well. We look forward to sharing this nourishing practice with you.

 

Space is limited to 12 participants. 

Pre-Register by 3/5/17 for $65 ($75 after) 

Registration includes; 

* Restorative Yoga & Meditation

* Aromatherapy & Healing Touch

* Group Mantra (Chanting) 

* Basic Mala Kit (rudraksha beads, assorted gemstone beads, tassel, string, spacers) 

* Mantra Cards (set of 4) 

*Additional charms and upgraded Mala options available at workshop. 

Spring Equinox ~ 

Yoga, Mantra  & Make Your Own Mala 

with Tiffany Georgia & Kim Knebel

Saturday, 3/25/17, 2-5pm

150 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga 

Click Here to Register for Spring Equinox - Yoga & Make Your Own Mala

 

Author David Frawley (Astrology of the Seers) sees astrology as "a means of converting all the Universe into a simple language for the development of the Soul." 

As Souls, we all have the same potential and the same basic problems to work out in our destiny. The spiritual goal is to go beyond the need to be somebody in the external world. In this regard our birth chart is the picture of our ignorance, the pattern of desire in karma in which we are caught. The purpose of Astrology is not just to tell us what this pattern is, but to show us the way out of it. 

As Souls, we are not limited to the birth chart, though it represents the present phase of our manifestation. It is a structure that we have created, though not entirely in this life, and one that we can change in time by changing our daily action. While we can look at this process as an unfoldment in time, it is more an unfoldment of related qualities and will not follow the same line of development in each individual. 

While this is largely a process of Yoga and Meditation, the remedial measures of Astrology will prove to be a helpful tool to facilitate it. Participants will learn about and experience an Alchemy of tools for  healing & spiritual growth, including; Yoga, Meditation, Mudra, Mantra, Yantra, Vedic Astrology, Hindu Mythology, Gemstone Healing, and Aromatherapy. 

 

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED in order to prepare your birth chart prior to the workshop. Upon paid registration, please submit the following information to Tiffany Georgia at: EmpowerTucsonYoga@gmail.com 

* First Name 

* Date of Birth

* Time of Birth 

* Place of Birth (City/State/Country) 

Yoga Alchemy with Tiffany Georgia - 

Unfolding the secrets of Karma & Destiny through Vedic Astrology

Dharma Series - 3 Sundays

4/9, 4/16, & 4/23, 12-2pm

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga Studio

$75 Full Series

*Must Pre-Register by 3/26/17

*Space Limited to 10 participants

Click Here to Register for Yoga Alchemy Dharma Series

 

.::Yoga for Healing Trauma::. Winter 3-Week Series with Tiffany Georgia - Sundays, 2/12, 2/19, & 2/26, 12-2pm 148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga Limited Space - Register Today!

.::Yoga for Healing Trauma::.

Winter 3-Week Series with Tiffany Georgia 

Sundays, 2/12, 2/19, & 2/26, 12-2pm

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga 

Limited Space - Register Today! 

 

Each of us enters this lifetime through the miracle of birth - conceived by humans, pushed into the world through the body of our mother. It's said that we choose our families; that we choose our parents, siblings, cultures, even the time and place we are born into, because our souls have determined that this is where we will learn fastest on our journey of soul growth. Well chosen or not, we are all born into family, lineage, tribe. Now, it would be lovely if the family we've landed into is brimming with nothing but love and light, a continuous feast of honey and roses. However, for many of us this is not the case. 

Over  the course of these three weeks, we will work deeply, and with intention. We'll be connecting, repairing and releasing the energetic strands and emotional cording that exist in every family's karma. It is serious energy work. 

This workshop is welcoming to all levels. That means, you don't need a background in spiritual or yogic practices to do this work. I will guide you through, step by step, at a level that you feel comfortable with. This also means that if you are more advanced in your practice, you will understand intuitively where to expand and go deeper with this material. 

 

We will use a variety of spiritual tools in this work, such as: yoga, meditation, breathing exercises, tremor release exercises, ancient ritual, journaling, etc. This workshop is designed to bring about deep healing and change to your family relationships, and the deeper karma of your family line. As you work through this course, you will notice: shifts in the way you think about your family, in the way family members relate to you and each other, release and relaxation of energy in a profound, palpable way, in addition to healing on multiple levels. 

In many cases, you will feel free, perhaps for the first time in your life. It is a great gift to be able to honor and heal our family in this way. Often, we will be the first in our lineage to have taken on this task, or we will follow in the footsteps of others who came before us, who also healed family karma.

.::Yoga for Healing Trauma::.

Winter 3-Week Series with Tiffany Georgia 

Sundays, 2/12, 2/19, & 2/26, 12-2pm

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga 

Limited Space - Register Today!

 

Healing Trauma with Yoga - Upcoming Winter & Spring Series

 

 

When our bodies are feeling uneasy, they give us messages. The purpose of these messages is to inform us that something inside doesn't feel right and it needs our attention. If these messages go unanswered, over time, they evolve into the symptoms of trauma. 

The first symptoms that are likely to develop immediately after an overwhelming event include hyperarousal, constriction, dissociation and denial, as well as feelings of helplessness, immobility, or freezing. 

Hyperarousal may take the form of physical symptoms such as an increase in heart rate, sweating, difficulty breathing, tingling or muscular tension. It can also manifest as a mental process in the form of increased repetition of thoughts, racing mind, and worry. If we allow ourselves to acknowledge these thoughts and sensations, in other words let them have their natural flow, they will peak, then begin to diminish and resolve. 

When we respond to a life-threatening situation, hyperarousal is initially accompanied by constriction in our bodies and narrowing of perceptions. Our nervous system acts to ensure that all our efforts can be maximally focused on the threat in an optimum way. Constriction alters our breathing, muscle tone, and posture in order to promote efficiency and strength. Blood vessels in the skin, extremities, and internal organs constrict so that more blood is available to the muscles, which are tensed and prepared to take defensive action. At the same time, the digestive system is inhibited. We may also feel numb or shut down. 

Dissociation protects us from being overwhelmed by escalating arousal, fear, and pain. It "softens" the pain of severe injury by secreting nature's internal opium, the endorphins. In trauma, dissociation seems to be a favored means of enabling a person to endure experiences that are at the moment beyond endurance. 

Denial is probably a lower level energy form of dissociation. The disconnection may occur between the person and the memory or feelings about a particular event (or series of events). We may deny that an event occurred, or we may act as though it was unimportant. For instance, when someone we love dies, or when we are injured or violated, we may act as though nothing has happened, because the emotions that come with truly acknowledging the situation are too painful. In addition, dissociation may be experienced as part of the body being disconnected or almost absent. Frequently chronic pain represents a part of the body that has been dissociated. 

If hyperarousal is the nervous system's accelerator, a sense of overwhelming helplessness is its brake. The helplessness that is experienced at such times is not the ordinary sense of helplessness that can affect anyone from time to time. It is the sense of being collapsed, immobilized, and utterly helpless. It is not a perception, belief, or a trick of the imagination. It is real. 

Many other symptoms can begin to show up at the same time or shortly after those just discussed. The symptoms of trauma can be stable, that is, ever-present. They can also be unstable, meaning that they can come and go and be triggered by stress. Or they can remain hidden for decades and suddenly surface. Usually, symptoms do not occur individually, but come in groups. They often grow increasingly complex over time, becoming less and less connected with the original trauma experience.

Come, join me (Tiffany Georgia) for this upcoming therapeutic yoga series that will encourage you to let these symptoms have their natural flow so they can then begin to diminish and resolve. In this practice you will experience trembling, shaking, vibrations, waves of warmth, fullness of breath, slowed heart rate, relaxation of the muscles, and an overall feeling of relief, comfort, and safety. 

.::Healing Trauma with Yoga::.

{Winter 3-Week Series} 

Sundays, 2/12, 2/19, & 2/26, 12-2:00pm

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga

$75 Full Series - Limit 12 participants 

Register for Winter Trauma Series (Click Here)

 

.::Healing Trauma with Yoga for Women::.

{Spring 3-Week Series} 

Sundays, 3/19, 3/26, & 4/2, 12-2:00pm

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga

$75 Full Series - Limit 12 participants 

Register for Women's Spring Trauma Series (Click Here)

 

Healing Trauma with Yoga for Women - Fall 3 Week Series

Healing Trauma with Yoga for Women ~ 

Fall 3 Week Series  

Sundays 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 12-2pm 

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga 

Pre-Register to reserve your spot! 

Limited Space  - 10 Participants

*Women Only* 

 

Every thought, emotion, and feeling has a unique vibrational state or frequency. It is the body that maintains the frequency that allows us to resonate with a particular emotion, or to have any experience. Therefore, we can honor our spiritual nature through a greater attentiveness to the pulsations, rhythms, patterns of tension and ease, and vibrations of our bodies. 

The most sacred form of prayer is one that comes through natural and uninhibited rhythms, vibrations, and movements of the body. By moving our body rhythmically, a respiratory pattern naturally emerges, inviting divergent energies to coexist in harmony. In this state, our prayer reflects who we are, where we have been, and what we have done. It is profound in it's organic nature, and provides a powerful means of sanctifying our wounds and the stories about ourselves. 

It is through our body that we can express Spirit, or the essence of our Divinity. And it is only through our profound attentiveness to our body that we can truly honor our spiritual Self, and transform our experiences of life.

 

This workshop series offers a blend of healing modalities which Tiffany has combined with the intention to create a natural, safe and profoundly sacred space for healing. In each offering participants will experience a mindfulness-based Hatha Yoga practice focused on identifying and easing into the tension held within and throughout the body, followed by a natural, rhythmic tremor experience (adapted from TRE as trained by David Berceli, P.h.D.) to release excess stress and trauma which has been trapped within the cellular tissues. Each class will conclude with a deep guided relaxation and a themed Yoga Nidra journey. Healing Mantras & Mudras, Aromatherapy & Crystal Healing are also included in this women's therapeutic yoga series. 

Pre-Register to Reserve your spot! 

Limited Space  - 10 Participants 

Pre-Register, Full Series for $75 

http://www.tucsonyoga.com/events/healing-trauma-yoga-women

 

Yoga Therapy offerings to ease through life's changes - Healing Magic

We are are in a time of rapid change and we can often have feelings of aversion arise during experiences that may become uncomfortable in any way; physically, mentally, and/or emotionally. 

In my Yoga Therapy offerings I have been sharing pieces from Dr. Donald Epstein's book "Healing Myths: Healing Magic" - in which he dispels common myths that we may hold about healing, inspiring us to trust the innate power within and reclaim our body's natural ability to heal.  

Join me in a healing practice today to help guide you with grace and ease on your own unique journey:

- Yin Yoga - 

Every Sunday, 3:30-4:45pm

150 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga

- Yoga for PTSD & Trauma - 

2nd & 4th Sundays, 7-8:30pm

314 E 6th Street - Three Jewels

Healing MYTH:

Healing means becoming more balanced, comfortable, and in control of my experience.

According to this myth, success in life depends upon becoming more balanced, comfortable, and in control of our life. Small changes are acceptable and encouraged, but rapid, unpredictable changes are to be avoided and controlled. This myth encourages us to seek a life that is predictable and safe - a life in which our plans never have to undergo rapid change. We are taught to insulate ourselves from feelings, experiences, situations, and events that we prefer not to have. 

CHANGE IS A NATURAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE. 

Symptoms and disease often have their roots in old, unresolved feelings. They arise when the truth can no longer be silenced or obscured by our convenient and established story. What we resist only persists and grows stronger, until we can no longer keep hose feelings contained within a particular region of the body. Disease, discord, and other chaotic events brings us the opportunity to break free of this energetic prison; we are biologically encouraged to "deal with it." 

Healing MAGIC:

I give thanks for the unexpected events that take me from my established course and bring new experiences, relationships, and healing. I take this moment to rejoice in the miracle of life. I trust the flow of life, wherever it takes me, and make room in my day to celebrate changes in my schedule and plans.  I am nurtured by change, and embrace both chaos and order in my life. 

-"Healing Myths: Healing Magic" by Dr. Donald Epstein 

New Classes Starting in MAY! Full Moon Hike THIS SATURDAY!

I am excited to announce several NEW Yoga Love offerings starting in May! Please join me in a practice that meets your needs. 

- NEW YOGA LOVE OFFERINGS -

TUESDAYS

Hatha - Mixed Levels ($7)

10:30am - 11:45am

*Starts 5/5/15*

WEDNESDAYS

Yoga for Stress & Anxiety ($10)

7:00pm - 8:30pm

*Starts 5/6/15*

THURSDAYS

Restorative Yoga ($7)

10:30am - 11:45am

*Starts 4/30/15*

FRIDAYS

Friday Night Flow ($5)

5:30pm - 6:30pm

*Starts 5/1/15

SUNDAYS

Women's Yoga for Healing ($10)

1st & 3rd Sundays

7:00pm - 8:30pm

*Starts 5/3/15*

Yoga for PTSD & Trauma ($10)

2nd & 4th Sundays 

7:00pm - 8:30pm

*Starts 5/10/15*

COMMUNITY YOGA OFFERINGS -

Please join me for this month's upcoming FULL MOON Yoga, Night Hike & Meditation on Saturday, 5/2/15, 8-10pm at Sabino Canyon Recreation area. This ALL AGES, ALL LEVELS offering is only $3 and fun for everyone! 

Bring your friends, family & yoga lovers and join me for these outdoor Yoga Love offerings: 

SUNSET YOGA ($3) 

EVERY MONDAY, 5:45pm - 6:45pm

45 N 5th Avenue, BYOM 

(in collaboration with Meet Me at Maynard's & Downtown Tucson Partnership)

MONTHLY FULL MOON YOGA, NIGHT HIKE & MEDITATION ($3)

Saturday, 5/2/15, 8-10pm

at Sabino Canyon Recreation Area

MONTHLY NEW MOON YOGA, HIKE & MEDITATION ($3)

Saturday, 5/16/15, 9-11am

at Yetman Trail - Camino De Oeste Trailhead, Tucson Mountain Park   

Announcing NEW CLASS OFFERINGS starting in May!

It's sure been quite the season of change and the purpose of all this universal shifting has been to steer each of us in the direction of our life's deepest passion and highest purpose. 

When we embrace the process of letting go and allow our hearts and minds to be open to all that awaits us, it can at times be unsettling, but much like the first sight of a spring bloom, it's well worth the patience to watch your journey unfold with grace and beauty. 

And as the saying goes..."April showers bring May flowers..."

I'm excited to announce these NEW Yoga Love offerings, with intentional focus on specific areas of HEALING for each unique offering! 

Yoga for Stress & Anxiety-

This class will be offered at $10 drop-in and passes will be available. 

This offering is for any individual seeking relief from the stresses of daily life and from the mental, physical and emotional effects these stresses bring to our bodies, minds and spirits.  

We will meet once weekly to practice yoga techniques such as asana (postures), pranayama (breathing) and dyhana (meditation). 

Women's Yoga for Healing-

This class will be offered at $10 drop-in and passes will be available. 

This offering is for women only, with an intentional focus on healing oneself by aligning one's body with the rhythm and cycles of nature through the practice of yoga techniques such as asana (postures), pranayama (breathing) and dhyana (meditation).  

We will meet twice monthly to support one another on this evolutionary journey. 

Yoga for PTSD & Trauma -

This class will be offered at $10 drop-in and passes will be available. 

This offering is for any individual who has suffered from PTSD or any mental, physical or emotional trauma in life. We will practice yoga techniques such as asana (postures), pranayama (breathing) and dhyana (meditation). 

We will meet twice monthly to support one another on this healing journey.