Workshops & Special Events
Join Us for Upcoming Workshops!
Please note that special events are priced separately from regular classes. Monthly members receive discounts where noted.
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Softening Within: A Yin Yoga & Sound Bath For Emotional Release
with Allie Brawley & Carrie Novak
Friday, March 13th, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Non-Member Pricing: $35, Member Pricing $30
Yin yoga offers a unique invitation: to slow down long enough to listen to what the body is holding.Softening Within is a deeply nourishing evening practice that blends long-held yin yoga poses with a soothing sound bath, creating space to gently access, feel, and release stored emotions. As we settle into stillness, the connective tissues soften, the nervous system calms, and emotions that live beneath the surface are given room to move and be acknowledged.
This practice is not about forcing release, but about creating safety, support, and presence—allowing whatever arises to be met with compassion. Sound healing will weave throughout the experience, helping integrate sensation and emotion while guiding the body toward rest and balance.
No prior yoga experience is necessary. This workshop is ideal for anyone seeking emotional grounding, gentle self-inquiry, or a quiet reset during the transition toward spring.
Come exactly as you are.
Leave feeling lighter, steadier, and more connected within.✨ All levels welcome
✨ Deeply supported yin poses
✨ A safe space for rest and release
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Ayurveda Exploration: Discover Your Unique Blueprint
with Tancy Linn
Saturday, March 14th, 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Non-Member Pricing: $40, Member Pricing: $35
Step into a welcoming, beginner-friendly introduction to Ayurveda—an ancient wellness system that helps you understand your body’s natural patterns and how to support them. This interactive workshop blends practical teaching, self-reflection, and sensory experience so you can explore what balance looks like for you.You’ll start with a simple but powerful question: What if your body has already been communicating its needs, and you just haven’t learned its language yet?
From there, you’ll be guided through Ayurveda’s foundational ideas in clear, relatable terms. You’ll discover the three doshas—Vata, Pitta, and Kapha—through everyday examples that make these concepts easy to recognize in real life, plus a hands-on tasting experience to feel how different flavors influence your system.
Participants will also complete a guided self-assessment to help identify their natural constitution and current tendencies, followed by discussion and reflection exercises that highlight how daily habits can either support or throw us off balance. You’ll learn the core Ayurvedic principle “like increases like, opposites balance,” and walk away with simple, realistic practices you can begin using right away.
The experience also includes a gentle introduction to meditation and how it supports the nervous system’s ability to self-regulate. The afternoon closes with nourishing Ayurvedic refreshments and a moment to set a personal wellness intention to carry forward.
Whether you’re completely new to Ayurveda or curious to deepen your self-awareness, this event offers an engaging, down-to-earth space to learn, taste, reflect, and reconnect with your body’s natural wisdom.
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Tancy Linn
Tancy is a licensed massage therapist and Ayurvedic wellness practitioner with over fifteen years of clinical experience.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ayurveda Wellness and Integrative Health from Maharishi International University and completed the Ayurvedic Happy Healthy Mother Baby program for pre- and postnatal care.
Her bodywork practice and Ayurvedic education inform each other: she sees the body as a system, not a collection of symptoms.
Before bodywork, Tancy spent eight years in the Coast Guard, serving in Seattle, Alaska, and Virginia, including a deployment to Antarctica aboard the Polar Star.
After her husband’s 22-year Coast Guard career, the family settled in Sault Ste. Marie, where she has practiced since 2018.
She is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Thanatology at Marian University.
She homeschools three children and recently became a grandmother.
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Trauma-Informed Instructor Training
with Koral Brady
Sunday, March 15th, 12:00 - 3:30 PM
$75
This 3.5-hour session will include discussion, movement, and collaborative practice as we explore how trauma-informed awareness can meaningfully shape and deepen your yoga instruction.
We will begin by examining what it means to be “trauma-informed” and consider whether yoga is inherently a trauma-informed practice.
Together, we will develop intentional, inclusive language and apply mindfulness-based teaching strategies that honor both individual student experiences and the cultural roots of yoga.This session is designed to support current and future instructors in building teaching practices grounded in choice, accessibility, and respect.
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Koral Brady
Over the last four years, Koral has been teaching yoga from a trauma-informed lens after training with Canmore Counseling Yoga Psychology School to earn her 200 hour certificate. From her personal practice to the feedback she's received from students, it is clear that yoga is a beautiful tool for self reflection and empowerment. Students often comment on how Koral's inclusive language is meaningful to their practice as they focus on connecting rather than focusing on what is right or wrong. Koral also recently completed focused training on providing hands on assists in a way that honors consent and ties back to foundational aspects of yoga. On and off the mat, Koral uses loves to share about the power of yoga.
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Sound & Scentsation
A Somatic Candle + Sound Bath Experience for the Spring Equinox
with Kim Reid & Carrie Novak
Sunday, March 22nd, 2:30 - 3:30 PM
$40
Sound & Scentsation is more than a candle bar + sound bath workshop, it’s an immersive sensory experience designed to awaken the body, calm the mind, and gently invite in fresh beginnings as we enter the Spring Equinox.This intentional afternoon engages three of the five senses in a way that supports nervous system regulation and mindful awareness:
Sound: The sound and frequency of crystal singing bowls to settle the mind and soothe the body
Scent: Thoughtfully curated fragrances that connect to memory, emotion, and the limbic system
Sensation: The warmth of wax, tactile blending, vibration felt from the bowls and the embodied experience of creating something with intentionParticipants will begin by blending and pouring their own custom candle, selecting fragrances associated with growth, renewal, clarity, and expansion. Guests will be invited to notice what they’re drawn to, allowing the body’s subtle cues to guide the process. It's more about choosing what you are stepping into this season and allowing the senses to naturally guide the fragrance selection.
While the candles begin to set, the group will transition into a restorative sound bath, allowing vibration and stillness to deepen the experience.
Perfect for anyone craving a reset, creative expression, or a mindful way to welcome spring.
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Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series
with Melissa Donaghe
Series Price: $250, Individual Sessions: $40 each
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series is a thoughtfully designed, seven-part workshop series for anyone curious about how the human body works—and how yoga supports healthy movement, breathing, and overall well-being.This series blends approachable anatomy education with practical yoga insights, helping participants better understand why we move, breathe, and rest the way we do in practice and in daily life. Whether you’re a yoga student, teacher, movement enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to feel more confident and informed in your body, these workshops offer valuable tools you can apply immediately.
Each session focuses on a key body system and explores how yoga supports strength, mobility, respiration, nervous system balance, and safe, sustainable movement. Participants may register for the full series for a comprehensive learning experience or choose individual sessions based on their interests.
No prior anatomy experience is required—content is presented in a clear, supportive, and accessible way, with time for discussion, questions, and embodied exploration.
To register for individual sessions, follow the link below and then scroll down and select the date of the individual session you would like to attend. Then select the blue Register button on the next page.
To register for the entire series, follow the link below and select the big blue Register button at the top of the page. -
Session Schedule
January 17 & 18 | 1:00–3:00 PM
Bones & Systems of the Body
Explore the skeletal system and how the body’s major systems work together to support movement and stability.February 14 & 15 | 1:00–3:00 PM
Muscles & Movement of the Body
Learn how muscles create movement, build strength, and support flexibility—both on and off the mat.February 28 | 1:00–3:00 PM
Nervous System
Understand the role of the nervous system in stress, relaxation, and resilience, and how yoga helps regulate it.March 28 | 1:00-3:00 PM
Respiratory System & Breathwork
Discover how breath impacts physical movement, energy, and the nervous system, with practical breathwork tools.March 28 | 3:00–5:00 PM
Contraindications
Learn how to modify movement safely, recognize limitations, and support longevity in yoga and everyday activities.Meet Your Instructor: Melissa Donaghe
Melissa Donaghe is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200), licensed Physical Therapy Assistant, and Army veteran whose teaching is grounded in both clinical knowledge and lived experience. Her journey with yoga began at Northern Life Yoga over a decade ago, where she discovered the powerful role mindful movement and breath can play in healing, resilience, and everyday well-being. With a strong foundation in human anatomy and movement mechanics, Melissa brings a practical, accessible approach to yoga education—helping students understand how their bodies move, breathe, and function as a whole. As a devoted mother and compassionate teacher, she creates a supportive learning environment where curiosity is encouraged and knowledge empowers confidence. We’re honored to have her lead Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series.
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Myofascial Release: Restore, Release, Rebalance
with Cora Supenski
Sunday, March 29th, 1:30 - 3:30 PM
Non-Member Pricing: $35, Member Pricing: $30
This special one-time workshop offers an introduction to myofascial release—a gentle, effective approach to releasing tension in the body’s connective tissue (fascia) to support mobility, comfort, and ease of movement.Through guided techniques, mindful movement, and body awareness, participants will learn how fascia affects posture, pain, and flexibility—and how simple release practices can help reduce chronic tightness, improve circulation, and support long-term well-being.
Led by Cora Supenski, this workshop blends education with hands-on, experiential learning, giving participants practical tools they can continue using at home. The pace is slow, supportive, and accessible, making it ideal for anyone feeling stiff, sore, stressed, or curious about therapeutic movement beyond traditional stretching.
No prior experience is necessary. All bodies are welcome.
✨ Gentle, effective release
✨ Improved mobility and body awareness
✨ Practical self-care tools you can take home -
Cora Supenski
Cora has cherished yoga as an important part of her life for over a decade and brings warmth, accessibility, and depth to every session she teaches. She completed an immersive month-long yoga teacher training in Thailand, where she explored a rich curriculum that included myofascial release along with vinyasa, yin, meditation, pranayama, anatomy, and more. Her approach blends tradition, mindful movement, and grounded modifications to make practices feel both safe and transformative. She returned to Thailand last year for additional training and to hone her teaching skills. Cora’s journey teaching in diverse communities has deepened her commitment to inclusivity and helping people truly get into their bodies with confidence and care.
All Events Take Place at Northern Life Yoga Studio & Healing Arts:
529 Court Street
Sault Ste. Marie, MI, 49783
United States (map)
Northern Life Yoga Boutique
Shop and save in our Boutique! Shop for a variety of logo activewear and yoga props. We carry Jade Yoga mats, blankets, blocks, belts and mat cleaner and Hugger Mugger bolsters in a variety of styles, colors and patterns.
Softening Within: A Yin Yoga & Sound Bath for Emotional Release
with Allie Brawley & Carrie Novak
Non-Member Pricing: $35, Member Pricing: $30
Yin yoga offers a unique invitation: to slow down long enough to listen to what the body is holding.
Softening Within is a deeply nourishing evening practice that blends long-held yin yoga poses with a soothing sound bath, creating space to gently access, feel, and release stored emotions. As we settle into stillness, the connective tissues soften, the nervous system calms, and emotions that live beneath the surface are given room to move and be acknowledged.
This practice is not about forcing release, but about creating safety, support, and presence—allowing whatever arises to be met with compassion. Sound healing will weave throughout the experience, helping integrate sensation and emotion while guiding the body toward rest and balance.
No prior yoga experience is necessary. This workshop is ideal for anyone seeking emotional grounding, gentle self-inquiry, or a quiet reset during the transition toward spring.
Come exactly as you are.
Leave feeling lighter, steadier, and more connected within.
✨ All levels welcome
✨ Deeply supported yin poses
✨ A safe space for rest and release
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series
Series Price: $250, Individual Sessions: $40 each
Mar 14: Respiratory System & Breathwork
Discover how breath impacts physical movement, energy, and the nervous system, with practical breathwork tools.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series is a thoughtfully designed, seven-part workshop series for anyone curious about how the human body works—and how yoga supports healthy movement, breathing, and overall well-being.
This series blends approachable anatomy education with practical yoga insights, helping participants better understand why we move, breathe, and rest the way we do in practice and in daily life. Whether you’re a yoga student, teacher, movement enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to feel more confident and informed in your body, these workshops offer valuable tools you can apply immediately.
Each session focuses on a key body system and explores how yoga supports strength, mobility, respiration, nervous system balance, and safe, sustainable movement. Participants may register for the full series for a comprehensive learning experience or choose individual sessions based on their interests.
No prior anatomy experience is required—content is presented in a clear, supportive, and accessible way, with time for discussion, questions, and embodied exploration.
Ayurveda Exploration: Discover Your Unique Blueprint
with Tancy Linn
Members: $35, Non-members: $40
Step into a welcoming, beginner-friendly introduction to Ayurveda—an ancient wellness system that helps you understand your body’s natural patterns and how to support them. This interactive workshop blends practical teaching, self-reflection, and sensory experience so you can explore what balance looks like for you.
You’ll be guided through Ayurveda’s foundational ideas in clear, relatable terms. You’ll discover the three doshas—Vata, Pitta, and Kapha—through everyday examples that make these concepts easy to recognize in real life, plus a hands-on tasting experience to feel how different flavors influence your system.
Participants will also complete a guided self-assessment to help identify their natural constitution and current tendencies, followed by discussion and reflection exercises that highlight how daily habits can either support or throw us off balance. You’ll learn the core Ayurvedic principle “like increases like, opposites balance,” and walk away with simple, realistic practices you can begin using right away.
Whether you’re completely new to Ayurveda or curious to deepen your self-awareness, this event offers an engaging, down-to-earth space to learn, taste, reflect, and reconnect with your body’s natural wisdom.
Trauma-Informed Instructor Training
Sunday, March 15th, 12:00 - 3:30 PM
$75
This 3.5-hour session will include discussion, movement, and collaborative practice as we explore how trauma-informed awareness can meaningfully shape and deepen your yoga instruction.
We will begin by examining what it means to be “trauma-informed” and consider whether yoga is inherently a trauma-informed practice.
Together, we will develop intentional, inclusive language and apply mindfulness-based teaching strategies that honor both individual student experiences and the cultural roots of yoga.
This session is designed to support current and future instructors in building teaching practices grounded in choice, accessibility, and respect.
Sound & Scentsation A Somatic Candle + Sound Bath Experience for the Spring Equinox
with Kim Reid & Carrie Novak
Sunday, March 22nd, 2:30 - 3:30 PM
$40
Sound & Scentsation is more than a candle bar + sound bath workshop, it’s an immersive sensory experience designed to awaken the body, calm the mind, and gently invite in fresh beginnings as we enter the Spring Equinox.
This intentional afternoon engages three of the five senses in a way that supports nervous system regulation and mindful awareness:
Sound: The sound and frequency of crystal singing bowls to settle the mind and soothe the body
Scent: Thoughtfully curated fragrances that connect to memory, emotion, and the limbic system
Sensation: The warmth of wax, tactile blending, vibration felt from the bowls and the embodied experience of creating something with intention
Participants will begin by blending and pouring their own custom candle, selecting fragrances associated with growth, renewal, clarity, and expansion. Guests will be invited to notice what they’re drawn to, allowing the body’s subtle cues to guide the process. It's more about choosing what you are stepping into this season and allowing the senses to naturally guide the fragrance selection.
While the candles begin to set, the group will transition into a restorative sound bath, allowing vibration and stillness to deepen the experience.
Perfect for anyone craving a reset, creative expression, or a mindful way to welcome spring.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series
Series Price: $250, Individual Sessions: $40 each
Mar 28: Contraindications
Learn how to modify movement safely, recognize limitations, and support longevity in yoga and everyday activities.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series is a thoughtfully designed, seven-part workshop series for anyone curious about how the human body works—and how yoga supports healthy movement, breathing, and overall well-being.
This series blends approachable anatomy education with practical yoga insights, helping participants better understand why we move, breathe, and rest the way we do in practice and in daily life. Whether you’re a yoga student, teacher, movement enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to feel more confident and informed in your body, these workshops offer valuable tools you can apply immediately.
Each session focuses on a key body system and explores how yoga supports strength, mobility, respiration, nervous system balance, and safe, sustainable movement. Participants may register for the full series for a comprehensive learning experience or choose individual sessions based on their interests.
No prior anatomy experience is required—content is presented in a clear, supportive, and accessible way, with time for discussion, questions, and embodied exploration.
Myofascial Release: Restore, Release, Rebalance
Sunday, March 29th, 1:30 - 3:30 PM
Non-Member Pricing: $35, Member Pricing: $30
This special one-time workshop offers an introduction to myofascial release—a gentle, effective approach to releasing tension in the body’s connective tissue (fascia) to support mobility, comfort, and ease of movement.
Through guided techniques, mindful movement, and body awareness, participants will learn how fascia affects posture, pain, and flexibility—and how simple release practices can help reduce chronic tightness, improve circulation, and support long-term well-being.
Led by Cora Supenski, this workshop blends education with hands-on, experiential learning, giving participants practical tools they can continue using at home. The pace is slow, supportive, and accessible, making it ideal for anyone feeling stiff, sore, stressed, or curious about therapeutic movement beyond traditional stretching.
No prior experience is necessary. All bodies are welcome.
✨ Gentle, effective release
✨ Improved mobility and body awareness
✨ Practical self-care tools you can take home
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series
Series Price: $250, Individual Sessions: $40 each
Feb 28: Nervous System
Understand the role of the nervous system in stress, relaxation, and resilience, and how yoga helps regulate it.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series is a thoughtfully designed, seven-part workshop series for anyone curious about how the human body works—and how yoga supports healthy movement, breathing, and overall well-being.
This series blends approachable anatomy education with practical yoga insights, helping participants better understand why we move, breathe, and rest the way we do in practice and in daily life. Whether you’re a yoga student, teacher, movement enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to feel more confident and informed in your body, these workshops offer valuable tools you can apply immediately.
Each session focuses on a key body system and explores how yoga supports strength, mobility, respiration, nervous system balance, and safe, sustainable movement. Participants may register for the full series for a comprehensive learning experience or choose individual sessions based on their interests.
No prior anatomy experience is required—content is presented in a clear, supportive, and accessible way, with time for discussion, questions, and embodied exploration.
Rest & Restore: A Restorative Sound Bath Experience
with Allie Brawley & Carrie Novak
Non-Member Pricing: $35, Member Pricing: $30
As winter lingers, this gentle evening practice invites you to slow down, soften, and deeply rest.
Rest & Restore combines restorative yoga—with fully supported, comfortable poses—and a soothing sound bath to help calm the nervous system, release tension, and replenish energy. Using bolsters, blankets, and props, each posture is designed to be held effortlessly, allowing the body to rest while the mind unwinds.
As you settle into stillness, the healing tones of the sound bath will wash over you, encouraging deep relaxation and integration. This practice is ideal for anyone feeling tired, overwhelmed, or simply in need of quiet time to reset and recharge.
No yoga experience is necessary. Come exactly as you are, and leave feeling grounded, rested, and restored.
✨ Perfect for all levels
✨ Deeply calming and supportive
✨ A true winter reset for body and mind
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series
Series Price: $250, Individual Sessions: $40 each
Feb 14 & 15: Muscles & Movement of the Body
Learn how muscles create movement, build strength, and support flexibility—both on and off the mat.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series is a thoughtfully designed, seven-part workshop series for anyone curious about how the human body works—and how yoga supports healthy movement, breathing, and overall well-being.
This series blends approachable anatomy education with practical yoga insights, helping participants better understand why we move, breathe, and rest the way we do in practice and in daily life. Whether you’re a yoga student, teacher, movement enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to feel more confident and informed in your body, these workshops offer valuable tools you can apply immediately.
Each session focuses on a key body system and explores how yoga supports strength, mobility, respiration, nervous system balance, and safe, sustainable movement. Participants may register for the full series for a comprehensive learning experience or choose individual sessions based on their interests.
No prior anatomy experience is required—content is presented in a clear, supportive, and accessible way, with time for discussion, questions, and embodied exploration.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series
Series Price: $250, Individual Sessions: $40 each
Feb 14 & 15: Muscles & Movement of the Body
Learn how muscles create movement, build strength, and support flexibility—both on and off the mat.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series is a thoughtfully designed, seven-part workshop series for anyone curious about how the human body works—and how yoga supports healthy movement, breathing, and overall well-being.
This series blends approachable anatomy education with practical yoga insights, helping participants better understand why we move, breathe, and rest the way we do in practice and in daily life. Whether you’re a yoga student, teacher, movement enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to feel more confident and informed in your body, these workshops offer valuable tools you can apply immediately.
Each session focuses on a key body system and explores how yoga supports strength, mobility, respiration, nervous system balance, and safe, sustainable movement. Participants may register for the full series for a comprehensive learning experience or choose individual sessions based on their interests.
No prior anatomy experience is required—content is presented in a clear, supportive, and accessible way, with time for discussion, questions, and embodied exploration.
Bloom, Besties & Belong
A Self-Love Celebration | In collaboration with Bloom Co. Sault
Price: $55
This Valentine’s season, we’re celebrating love in all its forms—especially self-love, friendship, and belonging.
Bloom, Besties & Belong is a joyful, welcoming evening designed for women to gather, relax, and celebrate together. Bring a friend (or a few!) and enjoy an experience that’s equal parts calming, uplifting, and fun.
The evening begins with a deeply relaxing sound bath, offering space to unwind and reconnect with yourself. Afterward, enjoy a festive Bloom Bar experience in collaboration with Bloom Co. Sault, complete with beautiful blooms, sparkling beverages, and chocolate treats—because self-love should feel indulgent and joyful.
This is a pressure-free Valentine’s alternative focused on connection, laughter, and celebrating the relationships that help us bloom.
✨ Bloom together
✨ Bring your besties
✨ Belong exactly as you are
Love + Light Candle Creation Workshop
with Kim Reid
Sunday, February 8th, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
$40
Join us for a cozy, creative, hands-on experience designed to help you slow down, connect, and create something truly meaningful. In this workshop, you’ll be guided through the art of candle making in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere where creativity and self-expression take center stage.
Each participant will craft their own custom candle from start to finish. You’ll learn the basics of candle care and tips for getting the most out of your candle, then explore fragrance blending as you mix and match scents to create a blend that feels uniquely you. Whether your intention is grounding, joy, relaxation, or simply creative play, this workshop offers space to tune in and enjoy the process.
Your finished candle will be ready to take home at the end of the workshop, beautifully packaged in a sturdy gift box—perfect for gifting or keeping as a personal reminder of your time spent creating.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series
Series Price: $250, Individual Sessions: $40 each
Jan 17 & 18: Bones & Systems of the Body
Explore the skeletal system and how the body’s major systems work together to support movement and stability.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series is a thoughtfully designed, seven-part workshop series for anyone curious about how the human body works—and how yoga supports healthy movement, breathing, and overall well-being.
This series blends approachable anatomy education with practical yoga insights, helping participants better understand why we move, breathe, and rest the way we do in practice and in daily life. Whether you’re a yoga student, teacher, movement enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to feel more confident and informed in your body, these workshops offer valuable tools you can apply immediately.
Each session focuses on a key body system and explores how yoga supports strength, mobility, respiration, nervous system balance, and safe, sustainable movement. Participants may register for the full series for a comprehensive learning experience or choose individual sessions based on their interests.
No prior anatomy experience is required—content is presented in a clear, supportive, and accessible way, with time for discussion, questions, and embodied exploration.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series
Series Price: $250, Individual Sessions: $40 each
Jan 17 & 18: Bones & Systems of the Body
Explore the skeletal system and how the body’s major systems work together to support movement and stability.
Body Wisdom: An Anatomy & Yoga Exploration Series is a thoughtfully designed, seven-part workshop series for anyone curious about how the human body works—and how yoga supports healthy movement, breathing, and overall well-being.
This series blends approachable anatomy education with practical yoga insights, helping participants better understand why we move, breathe, and rest the way we do in practice and in daily life. Whether you’re a yoga student, teacher, movement enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to feel more confident and informed in your body, these workshops offer valuable tools you can apply immediately.
Each session focuses on a key body system and explores how yoga supports strength, mobility, respiration, nervous system balance, and safe, sustainable movement. Participants may register for the full series for a comprehensive learning experience or choose individual sessions based on their interests.
No prior anatomy experience is required—content is presented in a clear, supportive, and accessible way, with time for discussion, questions, and embodied exploration.
Set Your Intentions: A Yin Yoga & Sound Bath Experience for 2026 & Beyond
with Allie Brawley and Carrie Novak
Non-Member Pricing: $35, Member Pricing: $30
Begin the new year with clarity, intention, and deep restoration. This special workshop invites you to pause, reflect, and gently set intentions for 2026—and the path ahead through a nurturing blend of mindful reflection, yin yoga, and a soothing sound bath. Rather than focusing on resolutions or rigid goals, we’ll create space to listen inward, release what no longer serves you, and intentionally plant seeds for the year to come.
The experience begins with guided intention-setting to help you clarify what you wish to cultivate—whether it’s balance, strength, peace, creativity, or presence. From there, we’ll move into a series of gentle yin yoga poses, supported by props and longer holds, allowing the body to soften, the nervous system to settle, and the mind to quiet.
The workshop concludes with a deeply relaxing sound bath, where calming tones and vibrations support rest, integration, and renewal—leaving you grounded, centered, and refreshed.
This workshop is suitable for all levels and requires no prior yoga experience. Come exactly as you are, and leave feeling supported, aligned, and open to what’s possible.
✨ Rest. Reflect. Reset.
New Year Vision Board Workshop
with Beth Lindley
Non-member Pricing: $30, Member Pricing: $25
Begin the new year with intention, creativity, and mindful reflection. Guided by Beth Lindley, this 60-minute vision board workshop invites you to explore your goals and manifest positive change through collage and artistic expression. Rooted in our studio’s community of connection and wellness, this workshop offers a nurturing space to slow down, reflect, and envision what you want to cultivate in the year ahead.
All materials will be provided, and participants are welcome to bring any additional materials or images they’d like to incorporate into their boards. No prior art experience is needed—just an open heart and curiosity. This inclusive event welcomes anyone looking to connect creativity, intention, and well-being.
Cup of Light Cacao Ceremony
with Carrie Novak & Kim Reid
Non-Member Pricing: $35, Member Holiday Pricing: $20
A gentle heart-opening circle with ceremonial cacao, guided meditation, and intention setting.
Join Carrie Novak and Kim Reid for a cozy Winter Solstice cacao ceremony designed to gently open the heart and calm the nervous system. You’ll sip warm ceremonial cacao, receive personal energy clearing with rose water & palo santo, then drop into a guided meditation, simple journal prompt, and intention-setting ritual for the season ahead. No experience needed—just come as you are.
The Darkest Night: Yoga Nidra & Reiki
Friday, December 19th, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Non-Member Pricing: $35, Member Pricing: $30
Offered by Lola Kennedy & Tae Steward
As we approach the Winter Solstice and the return of the light, we invite you to slow down, soften, and turn inward to receive. Join us for a 90-minute restorative experience designed to support deep rest and gentle renewal.
Move your body in a yoga flow guided by guest instructor Tae Steward, owner of Strait to the Roots in Mackinac City. Then rest and enjoy a guided Yoga Nidra with hands-on or hands-off Reiki offered by Lola Kennedy backed by the healing music of singing bowls.
This workshop is an invitation to release the heaviness of the year and to listen for what wants to emerge next. You'll be guided to choose a word or intention to carry with you into the new year.
Zen for the Holidays: Restorative & Reiki
Limited to 8 participants per session!
Member Pricing: $125 for series or $30 per session
Non-Member Pricing: $150 for series or $35 per session
Experience a sanctuary of rest, comfort, and community designed to support your well-being.
Join us for Restorative Yoga, a gentle and restorative practice that utilizes supportive props to help your body and nervous system fully relax.
Discover the healing power of Reiki, an ancient energetic practice that nourishes your body’s energy, fostering a sense of safety, connection, and release.
Allow Autumn to guide you through an hour of deep rest and renewal, empowering you to feel your best as you navigate the holiday season with balance, grace, and ease.
Zen for the Holidays: Restorative & Reiki
Limited to 8 participants per session!
Member Pricing: $125 for series or $30 per session
Non-Member Pricing: $150 for series or $35 per session
Experience a sanctuary of rest, comfort, and community designed to support your well-being.
Join us for Restorative Yoga, a gentle and restorative practice that utilizes supportive props to help your body and nervous system fully relax.
Discover the healing power of Reiki, an ancient energetic practice that nourishes your body’s energy, fostering a sense of safety, connection, and release.
Allow Autumn to guide you through an hour of deep rest and renewal, empowering you to feel your best as you navigate the holiday season with balance, grace, and ease.
Zen for the Holidays: Restorative & Reiki
Limited to 8 participants per session!
Member Pricing: $125 for series or $30 per session
Non-Member Pricing: $150 for series or $35 per session
Experience a sanctuary of rest, comfort, and community designed to support your well-being.
Join us for Restorative Yoga, a gentle and restorative practice that utilizes supportive props to help your body and nervous system fully relax.
Discover the healing power of Reiki, an ancient energetic practice that nourishes your body’s energy, fostering a sense of safety, connection, and release.
Allow Autumn to guide you through an hour of deep rest and renewal, empowering you to feel your best as you navigate the holiday season with balance, grace, and ease.
Zen for the Holidays: Restorative & Reiki
Limited to 8 participants per session!
Member Pricing: $125 for series or $30 per session
Non-Member Pricing: $150 for series or $35 per session
Experience a sanctuary of rest, comfort, and community designed to support your well-being.
Join us for Restorative Yoga, a gentle and restorative practice that utilizes supportive props to help your body and nervous system fully relax.
Discover the healing power of Reiki, an ancient energetic practice that nourishes your body’s energy, fostering a sense of safety, connection, and release.
Allow Autumn to guide you through an hour of deep rest and renewal, empowering you to feel your best as you navigate the holiday season with balance, grace, and ease.
Bloom & Root
Before the holiday rush begins, take time to ground yourself in gratitude. We’ll start with a restorative yin yoga practice, designed for all levels, to ease tension and invite calm. Next, enjoy a hands-on Bloom bar with a whimsical autumn floral selection—creating a stunning Thanksgiving centerpiece to take home for your holiday table.
Close the afternoon with cozy tea, warm apple cider, and pumpkin treats while connecting with friends old and new.
$55 per person
Zen for the Holidays: Restorative & Reiki
Limited to 8 participants per session!
Member Pricing: $125 for series or $30 per session
Non-Member Pricing: $150 for series or $35 per session
Experience a sanctuary of rest, comfort, and community designed to support your well-being.
Join us for Restorative Yoga, a gentle and restorative practice that utilizes supportive props to help your body and nervous system fully relax.
Discover the healing power of Reiki, an ancient energetic practice that nourishes your body’s energy, fostering a sense of safety, connection, and release.
Allow Autumn to guide you through an hour of deep rest and renewal, empowering you to feel your best as you navigate the holiday season with balance, grace, and ease.
Fall Sound Bath Series
$25 per session
Ease into the changing fall season by joining Carrie for this Fall Sound Bath Series. Surround yourself with cozy props and immerse yourself in the soothing sound waves of singing bowls to help you achieve a deep sense of relaxation and calm.
We encourage you to slow down with us and nurture your body, mind, and spirit this season.
Comfortable layers recommended.
Fall Sound Bath Series
$25 per session
Ease into the changing fall season by joining Carrie for this Fall Sound Bath Series. Surround yourself with cozy props and immerse yourself in the soothing sound waves of singing bowls to help you achieve a deep sense of relaxation and calm.
We encourage you to slow down with us and nurture your body, mind, and spirit this season.
Comfortable layers recommended.
Fall Sound Bath Series
$25 per session
Ease into the changing fall season by joining Carrie for this Fall Sound Bath Series. Surround yourself with cozy props and immerse yourself in the soothing sound waves of singing bowls to help you achieve a deep sense of relaxation and calm.
We encourage you to slow down with us and nurture your body, mind, and spirit this season.
Comfortable layers recommended.
Fall Sound Bath Series
$25 per session
Ease into the changing fall season by joining Carrie for this Fall Sound Bath Series. Surround yourself with cozy props and immerse yourself in the soothing sound waves of singing bowls to help you achieve a deep sense of relaxation and calm.
We encourage you to slow down with us and nurture your body, mind, and spirit this season.
Comfortable layers recommended.
Fall Sound Bath Series
$25 per session
Ease into the changing fall season by joining Carrie for this Fall Sound Bath Series. Surround yourself with cozy props and immerse yourself in the soothing sound waves of singing bowls to help you achieve a deep sense of relaxation and calm.
We encourage you to slow down with us and nurture your body, mind, and spirit this season.
Comfortable layers recommended.
Fall Sound Bath Series
$25 per session
Ease into the changing fall season by joining Carrie for this Fall Sound Bath Series. Surround yourself with cozy props and immerse yourself in the soothing sound waves of singing bowls to help you achieve a deep sense of relaxation and calm.
We encourage you to slow down with us and nurture your body, mind, and spirit this season.
Comfortable layers recommended.
Peace, Poses & Prim
Find balance with playful partner yoga and discover the basics of healthy skin care—all in one event created especially for girls 10–14.
With Northern Life Yoga and Prim Aesthetics, you’ll walk away with more confidence, calm, and glow.
Join us as friends or as a mother-daughter pair!
Friday, October 3rd 6:00 - 7:00 PM
$25 each or $40 for two
Elemental Alignment: Blue Lotus Ceremony & Sound Bath
Step into an evening of sacred ritual and intuitive awakening through the gentle, heart-opening power of Blue Lotus Tea and the harmonic healing of a Sound Bath.
Facilitated by Kim Reid and Susan Linz, this immersive experience blends breathwork, plant medicine, and sound therapy to guide you inward — toward clarity, spaciousness, and subtle energetic shifts.
Members: $30
Non-Members: $35
Bloom & Shine
Join Northern Life Yoga and Bloom Co. for an afternoon that blends movement, creativity, and connection. We’ll begin with an upbeat 40-minute yoga session, designed for all levels, followed by hands-on creativity at the Bloom bar with locally grown blooms. You’ll create a vibrant arrangement to take home. Then stay for a lively Bloom Kombucha tasting, featuring a variety of refreshing flavors, paired with a charcuterie board to enjoy together.
Come flow, create, and share in community.
$55 per person
Nourish to Thrive - Elemental Alignment: An Evening of Sound, Intention & Cacao
This evening will include:
Plant-based energy clearing using rose water & palo santo.
A deeply restorative sound bath with crystal bowls & sacred instruments.
A heart-opening cacao ceremony rooted in intention and mindfulness.
A safe and supportive space to reflect, release, and receive.
Honoring Sharon Kennedy Day w/Belly Dance
Lola will lead you in a beginner-friendly belly dance class full of shaking, shimmying, light, love, and laughter in celebration of her mother’s memory and love of movement.
Nourish to Thrive - One Day or Day One: Activate Your Full Potential
Whether you’re starting your wellness journey or seeking your next challenge, you'll learn why Full Potential's mantra is “One Day or Day One.” Let this be Day One. Come explore what’s possible to reach your full potential!