Spring Seasonal Reset 2024
Mar
9
to Mar 16

Spring Seasonal Reset 2024

Ayurveda offers practices to help us move through seasonal transitions with grace and ease.

I’m hosting a Spring Seasonal Reset from March 9th to March 16th.

This is an 8 day journey where we’ll come together as a community to collectively slow down and observe ourselves and our world. We’ll be guided by the intention to respect our relationship to nature and to make space to lean into the transition from winter to spring.

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Winter 2024: Yin Yoga Classes at Harmonia Salon
Jan
7
10:00 AM10:00

Winter 2024: Yin Yoga Classes at Harmonia Salon

Yin yoga is a deeply nourishing and quiet practice. Unlike restorative yoga, we create gentle edges of sensation in each pose to draw energy towards places that can experience stagnation and depletion. We hold seated and lying postures for several minutes, applying a gentle stress to the deeper tissues of our body to hydrate them and encourage smooth energy flows. Yin yoga is very calming and helps to regulate your nervous system. It’s great for your joints as well.

This winter I will be hosting 5 yin yoga classes at the beautiful and welcoming Harmonia salon in Bristol, Vermont. It is a space space so participation is limited to 7 and registration is required.

Classes will be held on the following Sundays from 10:00AM - 11:15AM:

January 7th and 21st

February 11th and 25th

March 17th

Cost is $17/class or purchase a package for all 5 classes and save $15.

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June Ayurvedic Health Clinic
Jun
24
11:00 AM11:00

June Ayurvedic Health Clinic

This Ayurvedic community-style health clinic will help you tackle your highest priority health and wellness goals in a shorter time and at a lower cost. For a reduced price, you will receive a 60 minute one-to-one consultation, a personalized wellness plan focused on preventive and self-care practices including 5 diet and/or lifestyle recommendations to support your goals, practical and simple strategies to help you alleviate stress and improve your health, and counseling to help you find more balance and peace of mind. Investment is $97. This is a savings of $90! Only 8 appointments are available so register soon!

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Spring Seasonal Reset
Mar
26
to Apr 2

Spring Seasonal Reset

Ayurveda offers practices to help us move through seasonal transitions with grace and ease.

I’m hosting a Spring Seasonal Reset from March 19th to March 26th.

This is an 8 day journey where we’ll come together as a community to collectively slow down and observe ourselves and our world. We’ll be guided by the intention to respect our relationship to nature and to make space to lean into the transition from winter to spring.

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March Ayurvedic Health Clinic
Mar
25
11:00 AM11:00

March Ayurvedic Health Clinic

This Ayurvedic community-style health clinic will help you tackle your highest priority health and wellness goals in a shorter time and at a lower cost. For a reduced price, you will receive a 60 minute one-to-one consultation, a personalized wellness plan focused on preventive and self-care practices including 5 diet and/or lifestyle recommendations to support your goals, practical and simple strategies to help you alleviate stress and improve your health, and counseling to help you find more balance and peace of mind. Investment is $97. This is a savings of $90! Only 8 appointments are available so register soon!

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On the Cusp: Ayurvedic Cooking in Seasonal Transition
Mar
22
5:30 PM17:30

On the Cusp: Ayurvedic Cooking in Seasonal Transition

Ayurveda is a health care system that follows the cycles of nature as a way to stay healthy. During winter, the predominant elements building in our bodies and minds are water and earth. As it starts to warm up, this accumulation begins to liquefy and move, making us more susceptible to colds and allergies. Seasonal transitions also activate more air and ether elements which are responsible for movement, circulation, and the health of our nervous system. Join Jen Peterson for a discussion and exploration of the 6 tastes in Ayurveda and how we can nourish ourselves with specific food to help detoxify our channels and calm the nervous system and feel fantastic on the cusp of Spring.  

Jen Peterson is an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, experienced Yoga Teacher, and Reiki Practitioner living in Bristol, VT. Her business, Yoga Grace offers individual sessions, group classes, and workshops using the powerful tools of Yoga and Ayurveda to help you heal yourself and thrive. 

Advance registration is required. Please register at least one week in advance. Classes are capped at 12 participants. Enrollment is first-come, first-served. All classes are $30, or FREE for members of the Co-op’s Food For All Program. To register, email Denise at the Hannaford Career Center (dsenesac@pahcc.org) or call (802) 382-1004. 

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NOURISH: Letting Go of the Rules and Feeding Yourself
Jan
29
12:30 PM12:30

NOURISH: Letting Go of the Rules and Feeding Yourself

NOURISH: Letting Go of the Rules and Feeding Yourself

Sunday, January 29th

12:30-2:30PM

Online Event

Everything we take in through all of our senses is an opportunity to nourish ourselves. It is also true that everything we take in is digested and turned into us. So it makes sense that what we think and feel about what we are taking in plays as much a role in how well we nourish ourselves as the "food" itself. Applying a morality towards ourselves and our food choices as good or bad inhibits digestion and can lead to poor absorption and the accumulation of toxic waste in our tissues—not to mention ongoing mental and emotional stress which takes its own toll on our health.

Ayurveda is a system of living that orients us towards harmony and balance. It can also be viewed as having lots of diet “rules”. Join me for an exploration of how the foundational principles of Ayurveda can be a path to freedom rather than restriction. Discussion will include ways to avoid using even Ayurveda as a tool for disordered eating.

My hope is that this will be a launching event to create a community of support around liberating ourselves from the destructive patterns of dieting and perfectionism and trusting our own innate knowledge of what we need to be nourished.

Cost: $37

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January Ayurvedic Health Clinic
Jan
21
11:00 AM11:00

January Ayurvedic Health Clinic

This Ayurvedic community-style health clinic will help you tackle your highest priority health and wellness goals in a shorter time and at a lower cost. For a reduced price, you will receive a 60 minute one-to-one consultation, a personalized wellness plan focused on preventive and self-care practices including 5 diet and/or lifestyle recommendations to support your goals, practical and simple strategies to help you alleviate stress and improve your health, and counseling to help you find more balance and peace of mind. Cost is $97. This is a savings of $90! Only 8 appointments are available so register soon!

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NOURISH: Letting Go of the Rules and Feeding Yourself
Dec
4
9:30 AM09:30

NOURISH: Letting Go of the Rules and Feeding Yourself

NOURISH: Letting Go of the Rules and Feeding Yourself

Sunday, December 4th

9:30-11:30AM

Online Event

Everything we take in through all of our senses is an opportunity to nourish ourselves. It is also true that everything we take in is digested and turned into us. So it makes sense that what we think and feel about what we are taking in plays as much a role in how well we nourish ourselves as the "food" itself. Applying a morality towards ourselves and our food choices as good or bad inhibits digestion and can lead to poor absorption and the accumulation of toxic waste in our tissues—not to mention ongoing mental and emotional stress which takes its own toll on our health.

Ayurveda is a system of living that orients us towards harmony and balance. It can also be viewed as having lots of diet “rules”. Join me for an exploration of how the foundational principles of Ayurveda can be a path to freedom rather than restriction. Discussion will include ways to avoid using even Ayurveda as a tool for disordered eating.

My hope is that this will be a launching event to create a community of support around liberating ourselves from the destructive patterns of dieting and perfectionism and trusting our own innate knowledge of what we need to be nourished.

Cost: $37

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Ayurveda Health Clinic
Nov
19
12:30 PM12:30

Ayurveda Health Clinic

Ayurveda Health Clinic

Ayurveda, the “science of life”, is a health care system that emphasizes finding and maintaining harmony with nature—inside and outside of ourselves despite the constant fluctuations of life. Seasonal change, work stress, family uncertainty, and aging are all fluctuations that can create health challenges such as indigestion, anxiety, depression, weight changes, chronic pain, and inflammation.

Ayurveda is grounded in the principle that all things are interdependent. Even by making subtle changes to our daily habits, we can create more harmony within ourselves and the world around us.

Ayurvedic Health Counselors, Sarah L. Frederiksen of Elevate You Well and Jen Peterson of Yoga Grace are offering an

Ayurveda Health Clinic

Saturday, November 19th

12:30PM - 6:00PM

Vergennes Movement, 179 Main St, 2nd Floor,

Vergennes, VT

This clinic is designed to help you tackle your highest priority health and wellness goals in a shorter time and at a lower cost.

For a reduced price, you will receive:

  • A 60 minute one-to-one consultation

  • A personalized wellness plan focused on preventive and self-care practices including 5 diet and/or lifestyle recommendations to support your goals

  • Practical and simple strategies to help you alleviate stress and improve your health.

  • Counseling to help you find more balance and peace of mind.

Cost is $97. This is a savings of $90! Only 8 appointments are available so register soon!

Sarah is a holistic health and wellness counselor helping others elevate to their next level of wellbeing through her business, Elevate You Well. She uses three primary modalities to support clients' health and wellness: Ayurveda, Yoga for Mental Wellness, and Child + Family Development. Sarah offers consultations for individuals and families, classes, and workshops both in-person and virtually. Find out more at www.elevateyouwell.com.

Jen is a certified Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher and Continuing Education Provider. She is an Ayurvedic Health Counselor and Reiki Practitioner and offers in-person and online integrative health services, classes and workshops through her business Yoga Grace.

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Community Seasonal Reset
Sep
18
to Sep 25

Community Seasonal Reset

Ayurveda offers practices to help us move through seasonal transitions with grace and ease.

I’m hosting a Community Seasonal Reset from Sept 18th to Sept 25th.

This is an 8 day journey where we’ll come together as a community to collectively slow down and observe ourselves and our world. We’ll be guided by the intention to respect our relationship to nature and to make space to lean into the transition from summer to fall.

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Daily Dose: Ayurvedic Practices for Living Gracefully
May
21
10:30 AM10:30

Daily Dose: Ayurvedic Practices for Living Gracefully

Daily Dose: Ayurvedic Practices for Living Gracefully

Ayurveda is an ancient science with modern wisdom. Ayurveda believes that we are an integral part of nature and that living in alliance with the governing forces of nature’s elements is the key to health and longevity. Ayurveda doesn’t offer one cookie cutter approach to caring for yourself. Its wisdom holds that we are each unique individuals and we can develop daily practices based on our constitution that help us live in grace and balance throughout the seasons and our changing stages of life.

Join me for a FREE workshop to learn more about Ayurveda and the daily practices know as Dinacharya. Demonstrations and resources will be offered with chances to try it for yourself!

Saturday, May 21st

10:30AM - 12:30PM

This workshop will be offered online via Zoom. It will be recorded and available for 3 days afterwards if you can’t make the livestream time.

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Aging Gracefully: Ayurveda and You
Feb
12
10:30 AM10:30

Aging Gracefully: Ayurveda and You

Aging Gracefully: Ayurveda and You

Ayurveda is an ancient science with modern wisdom. Ayurveda believes that we are an integral part of nature and that operating with respect to the cycles and elements of nature is the key to health and longevity. Ayurveda doesn’t offer one cookie cutter approach to health care and operates with the assumption that we are each unique individuals with our own unique constitutions and we can develop eating and lifestyle habits that help us stay in balance and healthy all the way to the end of life.

Join me for a FREE workshop to learn more about Ayurveda and receive some simple ideas and tools for living your best life now.

Saturday, February 12th

10:30AM - 12:30PM

This workshop will be offered online via Zoom. It will be recorded and available for 3 days afterwards if you can’t make the livestream time.

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Yoga and A Wellness Fair!
Apr
28
6:00 PM18:00

Yoga and A Wellness Fair!

Join me for a yoga class to purify and cleanse your body and spirit. I’ll be teaching this livestream class on Wednesday April 28th as part of the Vermont Collaborative Circle’s Wellness Fair. Join me and over 10 other wellness businesses in taking some time for self care and healing. Livestream, pre-recorded classes and products are all available for the amazing price of $49. Use the code YOGAGRACEVT25 before April 9th and receive an additional 25% discount! Learn more and register HERE.

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To Study is To Love - Personal and Community Reflection on Svadhyaya (Self-Study)
Mar
28
10:30 AM10:30

To Study is To Love - Personal and Community Reflection on Svadhyaya (Self-Study)

Join Elissa Cobb & Jen Peterson online Feb 28th and Mar 28th 10:30am-12:00pm for a two-part practice of Svadhyaya (self-study). We’ll share the intentions and practices of Svadhyaya that can help you find harmony within and deep connection and unity without. The first class will focus on deep inner reflection and the second class will focus on ourselves in community. Each workshop is stand alone and you don’t need to have attended the first one to participate in the second one.

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To Study is To Love - A Two Part Series of Personal and Community Reflection on Svadhyaya (Self Study)
Feb
28
10:30 AM10:30

To Study is To Love - A Two Part Series of Personal and Community Reflection on Svadhyaya (Self Study)

Join Elissa Cobb & Jen Peterson online Feb 28th and Mar 28th 10:30am-12:00pm for a two-part practice of Svadhyaya (self-study). We’ll share the intentions and practices of Svadhyaya that can help you find harmony within and deep connection and unity without. The first class will focus on deep inner reflection and the second class will focus on ourselves in community.

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The Yoga of Sleep
Jan
16
10:30 AM10:30

The Yoga of Sleep

Some may think it’s heresy to say so, but sleep is as important as exercise, if not more so. The long term affects of sleep deprivation are real and in our culture it is insidious. Sleep deprivation exhausts our central nervous system and brain. When that happens it drains your mental abilities and puts your physical health at real risk. Yoga is a great tool for balancing the nervous system and inviting our body and mind into a resting state so it can replenish itself. This virtual workshop will offer you knowledge and understanding about the importance of and functionality of sleep, exercises to determine what’s getting in the way of consistent sleep for you, and practices to encouraging more ease in falling and staying asleep. Cost: $25.

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Interconnection: Yin Yoga for Winter Solstice
Dec
20
3:30 PM15:30

Interconnection: Yin Yoga for Winter Solstice

As we approach the winter solstice…the turning back towards light…when our place on this earth begins to shift closer to the sun, I invite you to take a quiet pause with me and reflect and on the intertwining of light and dark in our lives. Join me for a Yin yoga practice to celebrate the abundance within the darkness. Together, we’ll find comfort in the dark exploring the lessons of our own deepest wisdom to prepare us for the growing light. Class will be virtual via Zoom and cost is $20.

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108 Breaths to Freedom Info Sessions
Aug
10
to Aug 13

108 Breaths to Freedom Info Sessions

Our breath is our most powerful resource. We can use our breath to manage stress, release tension and other energy blocks, reduce anxiety & depression, improve sleep. build our core strength, create a more healthy relationship to pain, and break unhelpful habits. Join me for one of three free info sessions to learn more how our breath affects our health. I’ll teach you a simple breath practice for relaxation and share about my free 8 Day Breath Challenge happening in mid-August. The information sessions will be held via Zoom on: Monday, August 10th , 7:30-8:00PM or Wednesday, August 12th, 9:00-9:30AM or Thursday, August 13th, 5:30-6:00PM.

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Yoga and the Art of Aging Gracefully - Lessons and Practices
Aug
2
to Aug 9

Yoga and the Art of Aging Gracefully - Lessons and Practices

Aging Gracefully - Receive tools that transcend the decades The practice of yoga will nourish you and build resilience and responsiveness at any age. Learn about how we hold and digest all of our experiences (childbearing, childrearing, working, menopause, caring for aging parents) and what we can do to stay embodied, curious, vibrant and open-hearted. These 2 prerecorded lessons and 2 live practices will offer real talk and real experience about aging as a human from a perspective of the layers of being that we each have and how getting older offers the gift of peeling away the layers and taking us deeper into knowing and appreciating ourselves and our aging process.

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Yoga and the Art of Aging Gracefully - Free Information Session
Jul
27
8:30 PM20:30

Yoga and the Art of Aging Gracefully - Free Information Session

Our free information session will introduce you to a yogic concept of our humanness as layers or sheaths of ourselves. This wisdom can guide us as we grow older to shift our practices and attitudes to support aging with grace.

We’ll also share about upcoming teachings (live and recorded) to learn and practice integrating these tools and knowledge into your daily.

Learn from experienced instructors Laura Abbott-Coan, Jen Peterson, and Cyndi Embody, aged 43, 53, and 63 and look forward to growing older!

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Beyond the Poses Series - The Layers of Our Being
Jul
12
4:00 PM16:00

Beyond the Poses Series - The Layers of Our Being

Join Elissa Cobb and Jen Peterson as we continue our study of how to integrate yoga into our lives on and off the mat. If happiness and wellbeing are what we are after, we must know and honor and care for all layers of our being. In this workshop, we’ll offer an overview of the Pancamaya model of the 5 Koshas, or layers of humaness, and use poses, breathwork and meditation to explore these layers within ourselves. You can sign up to attend this workshop on Sunday, July 12th, 4:00-5:30pm.

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The Power and Art of Pranayama: an Online Workshop
Jun
13
3:00 PM15:00

The Power and Art of Pranayama: an Online Workshop

It's not an exaggeration to say that pranayama (breath) is one of the most powerful tools in Yoga. At any stage of life it's helpful, but it's most helpful during mid-life when you're balancing the many hats you wear on a daily basis. Pranayama is a tool that can support daily life and it also calms the fluctuations of the mind (thousands of thoughts!) in preparation for meditation. Join Jen Peterson 500Hr E-RYT and Reiki Master for an enlightening and embodying workshop on breath. This workshop is best suited for people who practice yoga 1-2/wk or more.

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Williston Yin yoga and Biofield Tuning Workshop
Mar
8
2:00 PM14:00

Williston Yin yoga and Biofield Tuning Workshop

The next day and days following my body felt much less tight than usual. It feels like the Yin and tuning forks began to help loosen some deep fascia knots. I want to do it again!” – TM, workshop participant

Yin yoga gets you in touch with your true self, untarnished by the stories you tell yourself about who you are—and who you aren’t. Biofield tuning uses energy fields within and around us to reconnect us to and harmonize with the natural rhythms of the universe. Both modalities are tools for finding harmony and reconnecting with our innate wisdom. Together, they launch you into a great new year feeling freer and ready to receive all that life can offer!

Please join Jen Peterson, 500hr E-RYT, and Mary McGillivray, Certified Biofield Tuning Practitioner, for this nourishing special practice.

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Shelburne Yin yoga and Biofield Tuning Workshop
Jan
5
2:30 PM14:30

Shelburne Yin yoga and Biofield Tuning Workshop

The next day and days following my body felt much less tight than usual. It feels like the Yin and tuning forks began to help loosen some deep fascia knots. I want to do it again!” – TM, workshop participant

Yin yoga gets you in touch with your true self, untarnished by the stories you tell yourself about who you are—and who you aren’t. Biofield tuning uses energy fields within and around us to reconnect us to and harmonize with the natural rhythms of the universe. Both modalities are tools for finding harmony and reconnecting with our innate wisdom. Together, they launch you into a great new year feeling freer and ready to receive all that life can offer!

Please join Jen Peterson, 500hr E-RYT, and Mary McGillivray, Certified Biofield Tuning Practitioner, for this nourishing special practice.

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RECEIVE - Yin yoga and Biofield Tuning Workshop
Dec
14
3:00 PM15:00

RECEIVE - Yin yoga and Biofield Tuning Workshop

The next day and days following my body felt much less tight than usual. It feels like the Yin and tuning forks began to help loosen some deep fascia knots. I want to do it again!” – TM, workshop participant

Yin yoga gets you in touch with your true self, untarnished by the stories you tell yourself about who you are—and who you aren’t. Biofield tuning uses energy fields within and around us to reconnect us to and harmonize with the natural rhythms of the universe. Both modalities are tools for finding harmony and reconnecting with our innate wisdom. Together, they launch you into a great new year feeling freer and ready to receive all that life can offer!

Please join Jen Peterson, 500hr E-RYT, and Mary McGillivray, Certified Biofield Tuning Practitioner, for this nourishing special holiday practice.

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Yin & Reiki at Yoga Roots Williston
Nov
15
5:30 PM17:30

Yin & Reiki at Yoga Roots Williston

Join Jen Peterson, Reiki Master and E-RYT, for a relaxing evening of Yin Yoga and Reiki—two ancient traditions that offer physical, mental and spiritual wellness by combining a slow, introspective yoga practice with energy healing. Yin yoga nourishes your joints and connective tissues and releases deep-seated energies while Reiki energy healing supports and boosts the natural healing and cleansing processes of the body.

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