YIN YOGA - The edge of stillness

This class is taught by:

Nikol Kallinteris

Nikoleta Kallinteris began her yogic journey in 2006 through the practice of Ashtanga Yoga — a doorway that opened her to the deeper wisdom of yoga and its timeless teachings. Since 2010, she has shared this path with others, inviting students to cultivate body awareness, mindful reflection, and self-embodiment. Her offerings arise from a lived understanding of yoga, nurtured through the depth of her own practice.

Driven by a deep curiosity for life’s quiet mysteries, Nikol independently continues her study of sound therapy, physical vitality, spiritual discernment, and the enduring wisdom of contemplative traditions, such as the philosophy of Yoga, Zen, Buddhism, Taoism, and more.

Formal Training: 500 E-RYT Certification in Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Anatomy Studies for Yoga Teachers (ASFYT 1–3), Essential Yoga Anatomy (Glo), YogaRenew Anatomy & Physiology; Third Degree Usui Reiki Attuned; Received the Tao through ceremony by Holy Master Hsu (2018).

Nikol has studied with many esteemed teachers, including Jennifer Allen, Chris Loebsack, Swamini Ramananda, Glenda Dawson, Manju Jois, Paulie Zink; Doug Swensen, Tao Porchon, Jason Ray Brown, Seane Corn; Kino MacGregor, Jason Crandell, Paul B. Roache, MD, and Joe Miller.

Additional Studies: B.A. in Communications/Psychology, A.A. in Fashion Design, Certified Graphic Designer, Certified Beauty & Special Effects Cosmetic Artist.

“If you are a pattern for the world, there will be nothing you can’t do.” — Lao Tzu

Beth Seiwell

Beth Seiwell, 200 RYT, Kripalu Yoga, has more than a decade of experience in developing a heart centered alternative healing practice. She is trained in, and integrates, many healing modalities. In a co-created sacred space, Beth helps to bring physical, energetic and emotional bodies into a state of optimal healing and repair so the body may heal itself. Using the energies of stones and minerals to create shifts in the energy of the client and clear blockages to facilitate the free flow of energy through out the body. Using conscious resonance, her intuitive process taps into energy fields and her guides direct her on where to go -to pull and shift energy- so that those who wish to heal, expand and evolve may begin the process. Beth's intuitive connections often tap into alternative lifetimes, revealing patterns people are living out in order to learn lessons needed to clear and reprogram. Beth also emphasizes the need to heal and ground on the physical level, using yoga to link breath and movement to play out stress reactions - such as pain, resistance, and discomfort. The yoga work helps clients take the spiritual and energetic work into the physical realm - allowing for skillful, effective and permanent life changes.

*Beth's credentials include: Crystal Resonance Therapist and Instructor, Primus Activation Healing Technique Practitioner and Instructor. Usui Reiki Master and Karuna RMT - Reiki Master Teacher. Her most important credentials include loving mother to Mathew, Olivia and Maia and wife to Brian. At her home and abroad she hosts sweat lodge ceremonies, vision quests, drumming circles and other indigenous gatherings, uniting community, purification, insights and celebration of life.

This class consists entirely of gentle and long-held stretches, spending minutes in each restorative (yin) pose with the use of props for support and safety. It is time and not intensity which make the difference here. By keeping the muscles very quiet, we can allow a stretch to sink beyond the muscle fibers creating healthy stress and traction for proper stimulation of joints and connective tissue - coaxing them to become stronger. In this way we can listen to the body; respecting its requests, allowing the body to open up and invite us to go deeper.The essence of yin yoga is in yielding and acceptance.
*Due to the nature of this class, it is suitable for both beginner students as well as advanced and practicing yogis.