Conference Team Workshop Picks

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By Jen Mullholand, Conference Blogger

Welcome to the inaugural blog post for the 2015 Northwest Yoga Conference! We are super excited to kick things off. The event will be held at the Lynnwood Convention Center, March 5-8, 2015. We would like to introduce you to our amazing team. We asked them to give us their top workshop picks and tell us why they are excited! Hope you gain a little insight from our sharing.

  • Karen Magarelli – Social Media – The class I am looking forward to attending is The Radiance of Fire: Igniting our Cores by Jeanne Heileman.  Core is so key to good health from digestion to strength that I think this class will help me better understand the power within and to help maintain vibrate health.
  • Jill Rivera Greene – Blogger – I am most looking forward to the workshop on Writing with Movement: Yoga and Journaling with Silvia Mordini. It’s always a treat when my two favorite practices come together!
  • Jen Mullholand – Blogger – I am super excited to get to spend a day with Annie Carpenter in her therapeutics intensive “Balance Your Hips and Free Your Spine.” I met Annie in 2011 and fell in love with her style of teaching, her grace and her knowledge. I also have a background in yoga therapeutics and a deep interest in helping students understand their bodies and movement patterns better. Spending a whole day with Annie learning therapeutics is right up my alley!
  • Julie DiRusso – Volunteers – I am really looking forward to taking classes with Jill Knouse and Jeanne Heileman. I met Jill at last year’s conference and took one of her classes. She has a wonderful energy and is very knowledgeable about movement and flow. I am also excited to take classes with Jeanne as she was my yoga teacher’s (Lydia Lagrou) instructor and I have heard about her for years!
  • Carly Hayden – Swag Bags – I’m thrilled to be able to absorb some experience from Roy Holman’s “How to Organize and Lead a Yoga Retreat” workshop. Retreats are such a gem, yet there is so much to learn in order to be an organized and joyful host. I’m leading my very first paddleboard yoga retreat on Whidbey Island in May, so this workshop comes at the perfect time!
  • Kim Desjardins – Data Entry and Name Badges – “I am excited to be part of Amber Tande’s Chakra Anatomy workshop.  I believe she will help guide me to be more attuned with myself.  I’m looking forward to the crystal bowl sound bath.”
  • Melissa Philips-Hagedorn – Director – “I am really looking forward to finding a new, fresh perspective and rhythm with my yoga practice in Theresa Elliott’s Yoga Dance workshop.  This workshops looks like hard work disguised as fun!  Theresa has gone beyond creating a new “brand” of yoga and instead, has innovated an entirely new way to practice.  I can’t wait to experience it!”
  • Torrey Kaminski – Marketplace – “I am really looking forward to The Power of Intention with Debbie Dixon!  Yoga classes often start with the teacher asking the students to “set an intention” without giving more detail about what that means.  Setting an intention is so important for the mind-body connection and Debbie will offer a deeper understanding of intentions and how they relate to our yoga practice.”