Master Class at Love Story Yoga

March - May (see dates below) 

Strength & Skill in Tucking Transitions

3.30.25 @ 12:30-3:30pm

Join us for a dynamic yoga intensive designed to build strength, control, and confidence in tucking transitions. This workshop will focus on refining the mechanics of tucking into and out of arm balances and inverted shapes, helping you develop the stability and coordination needed for fluid, controlled movement. Through drills, technique breakdowns, and guided practice, you’ll deepen your understanding of body mechanics and unlock new levels of strength and skill in your practice. Whether you’re working toward your first tuck entry or refining advanced transitions, this intensive will provide the tools and techniques to elevate your practice.

Splitting Transitions & Balance

4.13.25 @ 12:30-3:30pm

Explore the art of splitting transitions in this yoga intensive designed to build flexibility, balance, and fortitude. This workshop will focus on deepening your splits while developing the strength and control needed for smooth, effortless transitions into and out of arm balances and inverted shapes. Through focused drills, technique refinement, and progressive sequencing, you’ll learn how to integrate flexibility with stability, enhancing your ability to move with grace and precision. Whether you’re working on split entries into inversions or refining transitions between balancing postures, this intensive will provide the tools to expand your practice with confidence and control.

Strength & Fluidity in Straddle Transitions

5.18.25 @ 12:30-3:30pm

Unlock greater flexibility, mobility, balance, and core strength in this focused yoga intensive on straddle transitions and arm balances. This workshop will explore the mechanics of straddle positioning, helping you refine your movement patterns for smoother, more controlled transitions into and out of arm balances and inversions. Through targeted drills, technique breakdowns, and mindful sequencing, you’ll develop the strength and mobility necessary to create effortless, fluid movement. Whether you’re working toward straddle press entries, floating transitions, or balancing with confidence, this intensive will provide the tools to elevate your practice with strength and ease.

How We Change & Why We Don't: The Art & Science of Transformation

at Esalen Institute

May 26-30

Have you ever worked hard to make a change, only to find yourself slipping back into old habits? Want to supercharge your ability to stimulate behavior change in others when it comes to the issues you care about the most? Is it time to break free from old patterns and build your next chapter? This workshop is for people in the process of change and those who work as change agents with individuals, groups, and organizations and in society.

Through dialogue, experiential practice, and creative process, we will bridge the science of breakthroughs with indigenous, religious, spiritual, and secular models of transformation. You will:

• Learn what works and what doesn’t to inspire lasting change in yourself and others.
• Explore how peak experiences, a-ha! moments and awe can stimulate change.
• Examine how we and those we work with can get stuck or lost, and find ways to shake free from periods of inertia or patterns that prevent us from moving forward.
• Investigate the transformative potential of pain, hitting bottom, and post-traumatic growth.
• Delve into stories, symbols, and metaphors of transformation to guide your path.

Cultivating Vitality

at Esalen Institute

May 30-June 1

Join Nichol Chase, Elissa Epel and Cassandra Vieten to cultivate vitality!

What is vitality? Exuberance, vibrance, sparkle, spirit, and verve — terms rarely found in psychology textbooks. Vulnerability to depression and anxiety is widespread, and our culture traditionally emphasizes reducing symptoms with drugs that alter certain neurotransmitters, which is only part of the picture. We are living in a new era where vulnerabilities can become strengths, and what used to be stigma becomes common humanity. Good mental health is being redefined in terms of stress resilience, post-traumatic growth, and vitality.

This workshop explores evidence-based tools for living a vibrant life, even in the presence of stress, depression, anxiety, or any pain we may be carrying. We will help you build your own ecosystem of mental well-being — including new ways to foster vitality and purpose through caring for the brain, body, and gut. In this workshop, we’ll review the latest scientific findings on practices such as:

• Hot and cold exposures
• Optimal physical challenges
• Breathing techniques
• Meditation
• Embodied movement

Deep Rest, Rejuvenation & Resilience

at Kripalu

June 22-26

Join Dr. Elissa Epel and Nichol Chase for a program designed to deepen your expertise in the science, art, and practice of deep rest, rejuvenation, and resilience from stress.

You will: 

• Explore the science underlying the restorative effects common to meditation and mind-body practices. 
• Engage in activities that explore positive stress including high intensity interval training, vinyasa yoga, breathing techniques, and hot and cold exposure.
• Experience deep rest states using various types of breathing practices, sensory immersion, restorative yoga, and live contemplative music.

Return home with a deeper understanding of the difference between positive stress and restoration from deep rest states—and how they complement each other for optimal longevity.

Deep Rest Program

at Esalen Institute

October 24-27

Join Nichol Chase and Elissa Epel to experience deep rest and renewal! You need and deserve this.  So many of us are overtaxed by constant demands, burdens, and worries, especially those of us providing extra support for others through caregiving, healthcare, activism, and other service-oriented jobs.

We bring you expertise in the science, art, and practice of restoration from stress.

• Learn the practical and cutting-edge science of stress resilience.
• Be guided into states of deep rest and rejuvenation through meditation, yoga nidra, and restorative yoga.
• Awaken all of your senses to reconnect with your body and increase vitality through gentle yoga, expressive movement, nature immersion, and sound healing.

Immersed in the beauty of nature at Esalen, our work is well supported. We will learn and practice new ways to restore ourselves, and you will develop a toolbox of short practices that support your daily rejuvenation and sustained vitality.