Workshops
Clarity Breathwork with Sound Healing & Cacao Circle
offered every month in person and online
2024
May 19th
Sunday
3-5pm
Open for all
$44
Prepare for a transformative journey that delves deep into the essence of your being. In this Clarity Breathwork session guided by Elka, you will receive expert guidance on specialized breathing techniques. Embrace a mindful inhalation, filling your upper chest with enthusiasm, followed by a relaxed, open exhale..
Dive deep into modalities such as subconscious exploration, ancestral investigations, emotional processing, and somatic practices, seamlessly woven together to offer a holistic approach to healing. Facilitated by Elka, the session incorporates powerful sound healing techniques, including crystal bowls and a shamanic drum, aligning with your body's energy channels for a profound internal massage-like sensation. Experience a sense of completion and rebirth as your nervous system finds balance, paving the way for a renewed sense of self. To enhance this transformative journey, indulge in the heart-opening benefits of delicious cacao, known as the food for the heart, grounding you and reconnecting you with your true identity.
Join us for a workshop that transcends traditional approaches, providing a unique and nurturing experience for your mind, body, and spirit. Elevate your well-being with Clarity Breathwork – a journey towards profound healing and self-discovery. Immerse yourself in the heart-opening and healing benefits of cacao, concluding the experience with a powerful meditation that solidifies your connection with nature and brings you back to your true essence
Location: La Casita Mágica at Alvarado Estates by SDSU at a beautiful private property. Address is given upon registration
To register, click on the link bellow to Venmo @elkayoga and write on the memo your email and the date you will attend. You will receive an email with the confirmation and information.
Sound Healing, Yoga Nidra, & Reiki with Elka Haeckel & Cintia Tavares
$44
IN-PERSON
Wednesday, May 22nd from 6-7:30pm
Are you struggling with insomnia, stress, anxiety, fatigue, or feeling drained? Or do you need to unplug and disconnect from the fast pace of life? This powerful experience is designed for you.
What benefits can you expect from this experience?
In this class, you’ll enter a state of deep relaxation through a guided meditation led by Elka. Yoga Nidra is a technique that restores the body's natural balance and can prevent physical symptoms from occurring. Consistent practice can even increase serotonin levels in the brain, which can assist in restoring mood and memory. Throughout the experience, Elka plays crystal bowls corresponding to chakras in your body's central energy channel. The vibrations of the bowls permeate your body, providing a sensation of internal massage. Additionally, you will receive the gentle touch of Reiki master Cintia Tavares, who uses healing energy work to reduce emotional distress, pain, and tension and promote relaxation throughout the body.
Location: La Casista Magica (address is given upon registration as this is a private sacred property)
Enroll today! Venmo @elkayoga and include workshop name and your email in the memo.
See, Feel, Touch & Heal
created by Elka Haeckel
Hands-On Adjustments
& Assisting Workshop
TBA
Saturday from 9am-5pm
*8 Hours CEUs with Yoga Alliance.
Who’s it for?
We are ready for this. It has been too long since the pandemic and now it is time….
Calling all the yoga teachers out there who are ready to take your students to the next level of their yoga practice. Elka Yoga, the master of hands-on adjustments with 18 years of experience teaching yoga and a background in holistic health specializing in Thai Medical Stretch Massage is back to leading her most popular workshop on Hands-on Adjustments & Assisting. This workshop is accredited by Yoga Alliance for 8 hours of Continuing Education.
Hands-on adjustments can be a powerful transformational part of yoga practice. They can take us to a deeper level of practice that we otherwise may not be able to access on our own. However, the teacher must feel well prepared in order to create a safe experience for their students. In this workshop, Elka will be teaching you tools on how to be intuitive, confident, and prepared to take your students deeper into the pose. Adjustments are not for everybody, but you can also provide assistance to your students with a powerful intention of touching and assisting.
What You’ll Learn
Learn how to be intuitive with your student's needs by understanding energetic alignment. Observe, Feel & Touch.
Learn the foundations of touching by connecting with your student's breathing before you touch them.
Learn how to create a safe space to build trust between you and your students
Learn somebody's mechanics for your own safety so you can adjust with confidence and power.
Get Ready to practice, hands-on adjustments, and be adjusted.
PART 1
Location: La Casita Magica in Alvarado Estates
Asanas addressed during this weekend are:
Standing Poses Adjustments
Balance Poses Adjustments
Twisting Pose Adjustments
Forward Bend Adjustments
Backbend Adjustments
PART 2
Location: Provided to registered students.
Asanas addressed during this weekend are:
Seated Poses Adjustments
Forward Fold Adjustments
Twisting Adjustments
Inversions Adjustments
Laying down adjustments
Savasana Adjustments
Pricing
$195*
*Early Bird pricing ends 03/05/2024. Regular price is $245
This workshop will be sold out fast as it will be limited due to our capacity so we can provide the best service and place.
Maximum 12 attendants per class. Very exclusive so you can get an one-on- one with Elka
Intro To Thai Massage With Elka Haeckel
IN-Person $184
TBA
Location: LA CASITA MAGICA (location is given upon registration as this is a private property)
Thai Massage is an ancient, sacred, and therapeutic practice that brings harmony and peace into the body, mind, and spirit. Traditional Thai massage incorporates passive stretching movements with acupressure (thumb pressing). The acupressure works with the Sen lines in the body, also known as meridians or channels of energy called Chi. This pressure helps release any blocked energy and allows harmful toxins to be flushed out of the body, thus harmonizing Vata, the wind element within the body. Because Vata is accessed through movement, Thai massage enables the practitioner to bring the body into balance.
Thai massage therapy combines rhythmic massage, assisted yoga poses, and acupressure along the energy meridians.
✨Physical Benefits of Thai Massage
*Supports the detoxification of the body
*Boosts the immune system
*Increases blood circulation
*Lowers blood pressure
*Supports muscle relaxation
*Increases muscle flexibility
✨Mental Benefits of Thai Massage
*Improves outlook towards life
*Improves concentration
*Increases mental clarity
*Improves creativity
*Builds emotional balance
✨Psychological effects of Thai Massage
*Reduces and relieves stress and anxiety
*Develops discipline and self control
*Builds internal power
*Creates a natural confidence
*Increases health and vitality
*Increases external energy levels (stamina)
*Increases internal energy levels (health and harmony)
Enroll today! Venmo @elkayoga and include workshop name and your email in the memo.
Elka’s Thai Massage is truly a healing gift for the body, mind, and spirit. With her extensive experience as both a yoga teacher (with tremendous knowledge of yoga adjustments and breathing awareness) and a Thai Medical Massage therapist (since 2008) Elka has developed an extraordinary ability to tailor each session to meet the unique needs of each individual client. You will emerge feeling your body open and stretched as your mind and spirit feel relaxed and renewed. You may also book a Thai Massage.
The myths of the Asanas with Demi Chanriya
TBA
Modern day yoga classes comprise largely of asana, many of whose Sanskrit imagery hold potent histories and philosophies. Mythic Asana is an interactive lecture/discussion that explores these names as gateways to a deeper understanding of what we practice on the mat. Come learn about how to further integrate classical Tantra with contemporary yoga practice!
Demi and Grant are a teaching team devoted to yoga’s evolving expressions, whilst also honoring its philosophical lineages. They are proponents of classical Tantra, and practice in ways that let this entwine with their love of embodiment. Grant’s pathway was first seeded by a meditation practice and now flows through various modalities, ever toward truth. Demi sees movement both on the mat and through the world as dance that welcomes all facets of the human experience. Both hold the intention always to dissolve dualism, and guide practitioners home to themselves.
Enroll today! Venmo @elkayoga and include workshop name and your email in the memo. You will receive the link through email.
ONLINE
$34
TBA
Mudras (hands gestures used in yoga, mediation or pranayamas) and Mantras (‘man’ means ‘mind’, ‘tra’ means techniques). They are tools to free your mind.
You will also be introduced to Reiki. A healing energy work to reduce emotional distress, pain, and tension and promote relaxation throughout the body.
Location; At Paradise Point by the bay and/or through zoom
Enroll today! Venmo @elkayoga and include workshop name and your email in the memo.
Mantras, Mudras and Intro to Reiki with Cintia Tavares
$44
IN-PERSON
Intro to Ayurveda
ONLINE + IN-PERSON
$44
TBA
Ayurveda, an ancient medical system from India, focuses on healing the body, mind, and spirit through diet, lifestyle, and yoga and has been practiced for over 5000 years.
In this workshop, you will learn:
1. The fundamental principles of Ayurveda, including the concept of your natural state of being, the three basic Doshas, and applicable self-care techniques based on your Dosha.
2. Understand Tridosha's relationship to nature, the five elements, and how an imbalance in these elements can lead to disease.
3. The best ways to care for yourself according to the season, as what is beneficial for you today may not be suitable for tomorrow.
4. Yoga Asanas & Pranayama (breathing techniques) for the 3 Doshas.
5. Ancient wisdom that will transform the way you view yourself, others, and the world.
Enroll today! Venmo @elkayoga and include workshop name and your email in the memo.
Intro to Chakras
ONLINE + IN-PERSON
$44
TBA
In this workshop, we will explore the chakra system and the significance of activating these energy centers for a harmonious and balanced subtle body. The chakras are not only psychic energy centers but instrumental in the transformation of mental energy into spiritual energy.
Elka will provide an in-depth introduction to each chakra. Additionally, you will learn about the Kundalini Shakti, a coiled dormant serpent that rests in the root chakra and ascends through each chakra to meet Shiva, the supreme consciousness.
This workshop goes beyond theory. You will get to experience the power of the chakras using BIJA mantras, which are sacred sounds that free the mind, through which you will gain a deeper understanding and connection with each of the chakras.
By the end of the workshop, you will feel refreshed, renewed, and equipped with powerful tools that you can use to ground yourself and tap into the blissful energy that lies within.
Enroll today! Venmo @elkayoga and include workshop name and your email in the memo.
