YOGA TEACHER TRAININGLearn More
YOGA FOR OSTEOPOROSIS SERIESLearn More
AYURVEDA FOR HEALTHY AGING Learn More
SATTVA YOGA JOURNEY - INTENTIONLearn More
SATTVA YOGA JOURNEY WITH CACAO - CONNECTIONLearn More
KRIYA SERIES: THE LOWER CHAKRASLearn More
TIMELESS GIFTS OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA Learn More

Series & Workshops

 

 

 

Yoga Teacher Training

We are delighted to be offering our Yoga Alliance Approved Adaptive 200-Hour Teacher Training again with some of Seattle’s most experienced teachers! Our upcoming training begins in May 2025.

To learn more, go to https://wallingfordyoga.com/seattle-200hr-yoga-teacher-training/

This training will be offered in a convenient monthly format, over 1 year and with options to participate in-person at our beautiful studio in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle or live online through our Zoom platform. Generally, we meet once per month on Saturdays from 9:00 – 6:00 p.m. and Sundays from 1:00 – 6:30 p.m. Students have the option to become certified through our program (with Yoga Alliance) or to simply participate in our training for self-enrichment. It is life-changing either way!

We welcome you to attend an upcoming free informational session!
Offered Online through Zoom and In-Person at Wallingford Yoga, 1405 North 43rd Street, Seattle, 98103

Free Informational Sessions:
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Register for in-person -> click here
Register for online -> click here

Sunday, February 2, 2025 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Register for in-person -> click here
Register for online -> click here

Sunday, March 23, 2025 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Register for in-person -> click here
Register for online -> click here

For more information email:

Yoga for Osteoporosis Series (online)

With Christy Fisher

Winter 2025 Series

Fridays, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
Session 1: January 10 – February 14, 2025 6 week Series/$120
Buy the class pass for the series on our Punchpass site.  Monthly unlimited passholders are also welcome.

Session 2: February 21 – March 21, 2025 5 week Series/$105
Buy the class pass for the series on our Punchpass site.  Monthly unlimited passholders are also welcome.

Classes are online through Wallingford Yoga’s Zoom Classroom.

For people who have registered for the full series or who keep a current monthly unlimited pass, each class will be recorded and available with unlimited access for the duration of the program plus two weeks, which makes it possible to view recordings as often as you would like and to practice at your leisure.

In this series we will:

  • Learn how to adapt yoga practices safely for bones that may be more fragile.
  • Improve strength and balance
  • Study a specific research-supported approach to yoga that has been proven to strengthen bones.

Certified Yoga and Movement Therapist, Christy Fisher, has been teaching therapeutic yoga for over 20 years. She has studied Yoga for Osteoporosis with Ellen Saltonstall and Dr. Loren Fishman and integrates many of these principles into her classes for students who live with Osteoporosis.

You can read more about Saltonstall and Fishman’s current work in the book Yoga for Osteoporosis.

Ayurveda for Healthy Aging (In-Person and Online)

With Christy Fisher, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and Ayurvedic Health Counselor

Saturdays, February 8 – March 15, 2025, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
6- week series/ $150.
Offered both online and in-person at Wallingford Yoga.
Register for online -> click here
Register for in-person participation -> click here

Each session will also be recorded and available for participants throughout the series to view at your leisure.

Did you know that the yoga we practice is part of a much wider healing system called Ayurveda? Originating in India thousands of years ago, Ayurveda is considered to be one of the oldest and most sophisticated healing systems in the world.

This series provides an introduction for anyone interested in learning more about Ayurveda and in learning Ayurvedic tools for optimal health at any age. Many of us know that making small positive shifts can be transformational, but putting them into actual practice can be challenging! In this series, you will gain gentle support over the 6 weeks from an experienced ayurvedic counselor and a group of like-minded fellow students!

Ayurveda can support things like:

  • Improved energy and greater mental clarity/memory
  • Better sleep
  • Emotional balance
  • Improved digestion
  • Healthy weight
  • A stronger immune system
  • Reduced chronic pain, among many other benefits!

Christy’s Ayurvedic background:
In the early 1990s, Christy came across a book on Ayurveda at her local bookstore and was completely and immediately drawn into it. Taking it home, she began exploring some of the dietary and lifestyle practices on her own, as in the early 90s there was not an Ayurvedic practitioner in her hometown! She found these practices to be extraordinarily helpful in improving energy and sleep while managing daily stress. About 12 years later, after moving to Seattle, Christy began to work with an Ayurvedic Practitioner while healing from chronic bronchitis. For the first time in her life since childhood, Christy found she could make it through a winter bronchitis free. In 2024, Christy completed her Ayurvedic Health Counselor certificate with the California College of Ayurveda and is working on her final internship to become an Ayurvedic Clinical Specialist. She currently works individually with clients and teaches classes out of the Wallingford Studio in Seattle as well as online.

To read more about Christy go to: Wallingfordyoga.com instructor page.

Sattva Yoga Journey – Intention (In-Person and Online)

With Kalyani Julie Hsu (RYT 500)

Sunday, January 19, 2025  2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
$40
For in-person registration (limit 8 students) -> click here
For online registration -> click here

Many of us tend to see the new calendar year as an opportunity to reevaluate our direction and intentions for this next chapter. Join Kalyani (Julie) for a special extended class designed to create clarity for you to do just that!

In the Sattva yoga journey, multiple tools of yoga are put together to create a journey with a theme, making them holistic and potentially transformational experiences. In this particular journey, we will be exploring “sankalpa,” or intention. We will create the space to become very clear with the Sankalpa for this lifetime, as well as smaller sankalpa for the upcoming year. Pranayama, kriya (practices to move energy), meditation and asana will be utilized. Unlike in drop-in classes, asanas will be simply supportive, used to ground and distribute energy after this deep work together. Asanas will include some hatha yoga postures, as well as a couple of restorative postures to become quieter in preparation for a partially guided meditation at the end.

Sattva Yoga Journey with Cacao – Connection (In-Person and Online)

With Kalyani Julie Hsu (RYT 500)

Saturday, March 22, 2025  1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
$45 (includes cacao)
For in-person registration (limit 8 students) -> click here
For online registration -> click here

In the Sattva yoga journey, multiple tools of yoga are put together to create a journey with a theme, making them holistic and potentially transformational experiences. In this particular journey, we will be exploring the concept of connection – connection to other beings and the whole as Spirit. Pranayama, kriyas, meditation and asana will be utilized. Those without experience with kriyas will gain familiarity with the depth these practices offer. They are often repetitive practices, involving movement, the breath, and sometimes mantra. Unlike in drop-in classes, asana will be simply supportive, used to ground and distribute energy after this deep work together.

For this particular Sattva yoga journey, we will have the option of sharing a cacao drink at the beginning together. Using ceremonial cacao can have a powerful effect on opening the heart and creating a very meditative state, further deepening our experience together. This part is completely optional! If you would like to join in on having a mug of cacao at the beginning and are attending online, you can pick up a cacao packet after class at 11:30 am Monday March 10th or 17th. Other options for pick up can be arranged as well.

Kriya Series: The Lower Chakras (Online) 

With Kalyani Julie Hsu (RYT 500)

Tuesdays, March 2 – 25, 2025  9:00 – 10:00 a.m. 
$80 / 4 week series

This series will be offered online through a second Zoom account due to another class being held near the same time. Hence, you can buy a pass for the series through our website (click here), but we will send you the Zoom links separately via email.

Please Register for the series by March 1 so that we can send you the links before the start of the first class. For students with current monthly unlimited passes, you are also welcome to join! Email Christy by March 1 if you are interested.

For series registration -> click here

Each session will be recorded and available throughout the series plus 2 weeks, allowing participants to view at their leisure.

Kriyas are practices discovered by yogis that are evolutionary in nature, bringing us into closer connection with Spirit and moving us toward a more awakened and present state. Kriyas incorporate breath, movement, and/or mantra, usually in a repetitive fashion. Most of the kriyas in this series will be practiced seated, with some seated and/or standing movement to create balance.

Chakras are energy vortices intimately associated with the physical body and our emotional/psychological state. Our focus in this series will be the three lower chakras. The final week will address all the chakras.

Please come with an empty stomach and open mind!

Timeless Gifts of the Bhagavad Gita: Part 1 (In-Person and Online) 

An afternoon retreat with Christy Fisher

Offered both in-person and online. In person at the Wallingford Studio and online through Zoom.

Sunday, March 2, 2025.  1:00 – 4:00 p.m. 

Registration: $50
In-person at the Wallingford Studio, 1405 North 43rd Street, Seattle WA.
Class size limit: 8 students. Reserve your spot for in-person -> click here
Online through Zoom.  Reserve your spot online -> click here

Many of us find it challenging to carve out time for a retreat in the midst of our busy lives, especially if it means multiple days or even an overnight away. How about giving yourself an afternoon?

Regardless of your philosophical point of view, the Gita offers transformative teachings still relevant today. Through its beautiful and soul stirring verse, simple yet profound lessons are revealed that can offer all students a map for a life filled with compassion and open heartedness.

Through discussion, restorative yoga, and personal reflection, we will:

  • Create more compassion by seeing beyond limiting beliefs
  • Explore time tested tools for maintaining equanimity even amid uncertainty.
  • Balance mind, body, and heart through deep self-care
  • Discover roads to deep inner strength, fulfillment and joy