with Karen Soltes
Six-week series
Begins 11 January 2021
Mondays at 6:00pm CT (1 hour)
"When the Guest is being searched for, it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work."- Kabir
Learn more about Karen and Yoga Nidra:
The New Year is an opportunity to start fresh with new habits that support our well being. We can redefine and realign our actions with what is most important. This 6 week iRest Yoga Nidra class will focus on building a regular practice of iRest, and committing to what matters most in our lives.
Many of us set intentions or resolutions at the beginning of the New Year. These intentions are a refocusing of our efforts to live more in concert with our values and desires, as well as taking better care of ourselves. This 6 week series will focus on developing our Sankalpa-the intention that informs the way we live our lives. As we learn to quiet the nervous system through the practice of iRest, we open to the hearing the deeper calling of our hearts.
iRest Yoga Nidra is a form of mindfulness meditation that is easily learned and practiced. iRest invites us to connect to the deeper stillness that is always present.
Karen Soltes, LCSW, MA Ed, iRest® Yoga Nidra certified teacher, supervisor and senior trainer. She served as the Director of the Therapeutic Yoga Program at Circle Yoga in Washington, DC and was on the teaching faculty of the MUIH Yoga Therapy Master’s Program. Karen taught iRest at the Washington DC VA Hospital as part of the Integrated Health and Wellness Program for 8 years where she observed firsthand the benefits of iRest in alleviating the symptoms of PTSD, Substance Abuse, Anxiety, Depression, and Chronic Pain. In addition to her work at the VA, she was a founding partner of Warriors at Ease, whose mission is to train yoga and meditation teachers to work in military communities. She currently resides in Durango, Colorado where she hikes, bikes, and savors the outdoors.
