Backpacking & Yoga Spring Adventure

 - Hello Adventure-Seeking Women - April 9-10th Have you ever wanted to backpack? Camp overnight in the wilderness? Cook food over a campfire? Set up a tent? Awake with the sun? Completely immersed in nature... We invite you to turn that curiosity into knowledge with a two day, one night trip into the wildreness at Cane Creek Canyon. (25 miles from Florence, AL) Learn everything about the exciting and challenging sport of backpacking while meeting and working together with other amazin ...

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Gray Bear Spring Retreat 2017

March 3-5th, 2017 Close your eyes, and imagine the season of SPRING with all of your senses… Breathe it in…The smells, feelings, tastes, sounds, and sights… crisp mornings, hot coffee/tea curled up in a blanket on the porch reading a book, fresh bread baking, talks around the fire, contemplating life while swaying in a hammock, endless views of dense forest, beautiful sunrises, quiet walks, fresh air, starry nights, silence, stillness, peace, laughter and JOY… (deep sigh) This season calls ...

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Whole. Complete. Untethered.

Quietly stirring in the depths of my soul. Beyond what these eyes can see, the sounds unknown. In the silence, the battle stands. Light and darkness merge, hand in hand.   Illusions fade. Veils drop away. The vision of a woman’s gown, Delicately falling to the ground. Puddling on the surface of the earth. The elegant dance of life, death, rebirth.   Unclenching my fist, my heart shatters. A million pieces lay around me scattered. Looking upward ...

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Teacher Training Course

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course co-led by Danielle Snoddy and Ashley Baker Haselton beginning January 2016 Our Teacher Training Course provides an opportunity to awaken and/or deepen your yoga practice, meet old and new friends, and to be a part of the Shoals Yoga community which is growing each day. The best part of all is learning that everything we need is already within us and how the practices can lead us into accessing our gifts and beauty from the inside out. The experience provi ...

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The Joyous Body… Let’s be real (slight sarcasm)

  "Healthy body image. Positive self talk. Love yourself. Accept your flaws. You, do you. Treat yourself with kindness. Be gentle. Respect. Honor your body." These concepts sound lovely, right?  Like a photo that aligned perfectly to post on intagram--mountains, ocean, jumping through the air... and BAM--rainbow! All is well... (sarcasm) For many years of my life... I stress the word many...  These phrases have filtered through my unconscious self over and over, but they never spoke loud en ...

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Beginner’s Yoga Series at Shoals Yoga

 Why take a beginners series? The Beginners Yoga series is a great way to focus on your poses, ask questions, develop your practice and make new friends. We will demonstrate poses and make alignment adjustments, focusing on your practice. This is a great way to learn the basics in an intimate non-competitive environment. Ashley Baker will guide you through the fundamentals of alignment and breath work as you begin to experience for yourself some of the benefits that arise from practicing yog ...

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