Series & Workshops 

Yoga for Osteoporosis Series (online)

With Christy Fisher

Spring 2025 Series

Fridays, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
April 18 – May 30, 2025 7 week Series/$145
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, April 26 – May 31, 2025, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (no class on May 24, Memorial Day Weekend)
5-week series/ $125.
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 healing system called Ayurveda? Originating in India thousands of years ago, Ayurveda is considered one of the oldest and most sophisticated global healing systems.

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

In this series we will explore time-tested tools to support

• Improved energy and mental clarity/memory
• Healthy joints
• Emotional balance
• Improved digestion
• Healthy weight
• Disease prevention

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.

Afternoon Meditation Immersion (In-Person and Online)

With Kalyani Julie Hsu (RYT 500)

Sunday, May 18, 2025  2:00 – 4:30 p.m.
$40
For in-person registration (limit 8 students) -> click here
For online via Zoom registration -> click here

Before the busy summer, join Kalyani and your fellow practitioners for a few hours of meditative practice. A short talk will be given about the nature of the mind and meditation. The rest of the time will be experiential. Meditative experiences will include movement practices accessible to everyone, pranayama, meditative kriyas (energy work involving some combination of breath, sound, and movement), and seated meditation. This will be a wonderful opportunity to find your center and remind yourself of the ways you can return there again and again.

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.