YOGA TEACHER TRAININGLearn More
YOGA FOR OSTEOPOROSIS SERIESLearn More
AN INTRODUCTION TO AYURVEDALearn More
SATTVA YOGA JOURNEY - INTENTIONLearn More
NEW YEAR'S MORNING PRACTICE AND MEDITATIONLearn More
TIMELESS GIFTS OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA Learn More

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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

Saturday, March 15, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Register for in-person -> click here
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For more information email: christy@wallingfordyoga.com

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.

An Introduction to Ayurveda (In-Person and Online)

With Christy Fisher, Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), Ayurvedic Health Consultant.

Saturdays, February 1 – March 8, 2025, 10:00 – 11:45 a.m.
6- week series/ $190.
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 medical systems in the world.

The science of Ayurveda is based on a theory that all aspects of nature are manifestations of five elements or “panchamahabhutas” including earth, water, fire, air, and ether. We each contain a particular combination of these elements that distinguish our unique ‘constitutions’. Understanding foundational principles and applying Ayurvedic tools of diet, herbs, and lifestyle, can be powerful when healing from disease; or when incorporated as a complimentary tool along with more traditional allopathic treatments; and, importantly, in the prevention of disease. Medical organizations such as Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Harvard Medical School and Sloan Kettering, are now recognizing Ayurveda as an important complimentary therapy. Ayurveda can be practiced and studied at any age and supports optimal health throughout life – things like improved energy; better sleep; emotional wellness and resilience; stronger immunity, among many other benefits!

In this series, participants will gain an introduction to:

  • Their unique constitution
  • Insight into foods that help to balance different doshas and constitutions
  • Participate in two cooking classes from our Wallingford Studio kitchen where we will learn simple and delicious recipes adapted appropriately for different doshas (constitutions).
  • Daily practices for self-care and relaxation.
  • Essential support in beginning to develop an Ayurvedic lifestyle.
  • Learning the value of slow, sustainable, and compassionate change, one step at a time.

Participants can also receive a 25 percent discount on private sessions with Christy to have their pulse and tongue analyzed for further understanding of their constitution and any imbalances along with individual recommendations.

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.

New Year’s Morning Practice and Meditation (In-Person and Online)

With Christy Fisher (C-IAYT)

All proceeds will be donated to the International Rescue Committee to help communities around the world in need.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025  10:00 a.m. – noon
$30 (All proceeds will be donated to the International Rescue Committee to help communities around the world in need)

For in-person registration (limit 8 students) -> click here
For online registration -> click here

Join others in our wonderful community to welcome the New Year through mindful, gentle movement and breathwork, followed by extended relaxation and meditation. Within a space of deep quiet, we will create intentions for a peaceful new year.
Practice will be followed by an informal community teatime!

Timeless Gifts of the Bhagavad Gita: Part 1

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