Events
Cello & Chill
February 15th, 12-1:30pm PST
Leavenworth, WA
As winter settles in, the pace of nature slows and everything turns inward. The air gets quieter, the days ask less of us, and the body naturally longs for warmth, rest, and repair. This season invites us to soften, listen, and realign with the deeper rhythms that keep us steady — especially when life feels full.Join Rae Helsel and Tarcy Rosario and Hans Joseph for a restorative practice designed to support the nervous system and replenish your energy through winter. This 90-minute class blends intuitive hands-on assists, generous props, and a slow, grounded flow — giving your system the space it needs to rebalance through breath, awareness, and touch, inviting fuller respiration at a cellular level.Throughout the practice, the live soundtrack of meditative cello by Hans Joseph will guide you inward, helping you slip into calmer brain-wave states as we reweave the body’s natural rhythms — physical, emotional, and energetic.A space to breathe, be held, and restore your reserves.
A space to soften.
And relax.
(Also available as a livestream/recording for $25)
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Canyon Wren, Icicle Creek Center for the Arts
Leavenworth, WA
90 Minutes
$55
The Art of Hands-On Assists: A Thai Massage–Inspired Approach
3-Hour Continuing Education Workshop for Yoga Teachers (3 CEUs)
Sunday, February 15th, from 2-5pm
Leavenworth, WA
Hands-on assists are a powerful way to support students’ nervous systems, deepen trust, and invite profound relaxation—but they require presence, confidence, and skill. This 3-hour workshop is designed for yoga teachers who want to refine the art of assisting with clarity, sensitivity, and intuition, drawing from the grounding and fluid principles of Thai massage.
Rooted in a Thai massage foundation, this training explores how to safely and effectively offer hands-on assists using props, body weight, and mindful touch. Teachers will learn how to energetically and physically approach students, read subtle cues, and offer assists that guide students toward release—without force or over-efforting.
We’ll explore how to connect with your intuition while maintaining clear boundaries, consent, and professionalism. You’ll gain practical tools for building confidence in assisting students in a variety of bodies and needs, with special attention to restorative yoga.
The workshop culminates in learning a 75-minute restorative yoga sequence specifically designed for hands-on assists, including options for double touch, so you can immediately integrate these techniques into your own classes.
In this workshop, you will learn to:
• Apply Thai massage–inspired principles to yoga assists
• Gain confidence assisting students using props and supportive positioning
• Energetically and physically approach students with clarity and ease
• Develop intuitive awareness while offering safe, grounded touch
• Assist students toward deeper relaxation, release, and nervous system regulation
• Learn and practice a full 75-minute restorative sequence with hands-on assists and double touch options
About the Instructor: Rae Helsel
Rae is Thai massage certified, holds over 1,000 hours of Yoga Alliance training, and has 15 years of experience teaching and assisting students in a wide range of settings.
Her approach blends technical skill with intuitive presence, emphasizing safety, compassion, and embodied awareness.This workshop is open to yoga teachers and qualifies for 3 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
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Canyon Wren, Icicle Creek Center for the Arts
Leavenworth, WA
3 Hours
$95
Power Restore Series
Saturdays, 8-9:15am
January 31, February 7, February 14
Leavenworth, WA
"Our practice is about creating awareness in the moment.”// Thomas Droge
To find balance on the inside and the outside, we need REST just as much as we need MOVEMENT. Drawing upon 5 Element Theory and the principles of interval training, this heart themed class creatively intertwines a strong vinyasa practice with deeply restorative modalities to increase heart rate variability, optimize vagal tone and encourage homeostasis within the body. It allows the body to adeptly move between the sympathetic (fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system in one comprehensive practice, and it facilitates our deep human potential for self-regulation and healing. It’s how we foster our resilience - physically, mentally, and emotionally.
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DURATION
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Canyon Wren, Icicle Creek Center for the Arts
Leavenworth, WA
75 minutes per session
$28 per class
Myofascial Yin Series
Saturdays, 10-11:15am
January 24, January 31, February 7, February 14
Leavenworth, WA
Fascia is the body’s fabric—when it softens, you move with more ease.This class brings together two healing and strengthening modalities for the connective tissues in the body - the first half of the session is a self massage with therapy balls (provided) that brings about an increase of hydration for the whole of the fascial system. Primary benefits include chronic pain relief, increased mobility, injury prevention, and stress reduction. Last half will bring mindfulness based practices into traditional yin shapes geared towards the health of the fascia, ligaments, tendons, and joints. Both sides of this practice support a sense of grounding and nervous system down-regulation with 5 element meridian theory woven throughout.
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DURATION
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Canyon Wren, Icicle Creek Center for the Arts
Leavenworth, WA
75 minutes per session
28$ per class