March 8-9, 2026 – Ferndale Weekend Yoga Workshop w/ Kari

Join Us for a Weekend of Growth, Fun & Deep Relaxation!  Bring your yoga mat, blocks, yoga belts, blankets and sandbags—and get ready to breathe, move, and relax!

When: March 8-9, 2026
Days:  Saturday & Sunday       

                                                                                                                                                              
Regular Registration by March 1, 2026: Pay online below, Venmo @Kari-Tomashik-1 , or by mail.  Email or text Kari if you plan to attend and how many sessions. 

Regular Registration: $50.00 each session. $200.00 all four sessions.

Dharma Registration after March 1, 2026: Pay online below, Venmo @Kari-Tomashik-1 , or by mail.  Email or text Kari if you plan to attend and how many sessions. 

Dharma Registration: $55.00 each session. $220.00 all four sessions.

Location:  In-Person at The Center for Physical Arts, 247 West Nine Mile Road, Ferndale, MI 48220

Parking: Parking available in parking structure across the street. Feel free to drop off yoga props at The Center for Physical Arts back door then park. 

Yoga Lessons Available:  Contact Kari to schedule a yoga lesson.

Why You’ll Love This Weekend Workshop

All Levels Welcome: Whether you’re a first-timer or a seasoned yogi, these sessions are designed for everyone.
Pranayama, Asanas & Restorative Magic: Each class features breathwork, active poses, and relaxing restorative poses.
Transformational Work: Expert feedback that helps you take your practice to the next level.
Fun & Supportive Atmosphere: You’ll be surrounded by a welcoming yoga community where everyone’s here to grow, have fun, and feel amazing.

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Saturday Yoga Sessions  –  March , 2026
Inspiration:
“The practice of asanas lubricates the joints and increases mobility, bringing awareness to each muscle, joint, and organ. Different combinations of asanas improve the range of movement for each muscle and joint, helping align the left and right sides of the body.” — B.K.S. Iyengar

Saturday, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Session A 

Yoga for Knee Health

Your knees are complex and incredibly important joints. In addition to holding you upright and carrying you through the world, they also help absorb the shock from everyday movements including walking, running, jumping, or moving from pose to pose in your yoga practice.

Maintaining the health of your knee joints is critical. If you’re experiencing pain, it can help to strengthen the muscles around your knees including your hamstrings, quadriceps, abductors, adductors, and calves.

Benefits:

  • Strengthens supporting muscles such as the quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, and glutes, which provides better support and stability for the knee joint.
  • Increases flexibility in the muscles and tissues around the knee, which can help prevent injury.
  • Improves balance which is crucial for maintaining proper posture and alignment, thereby reducing stress on the knees.
  • Reduces pain and stiffness especially in people with knee osteoarthritis.
  • Manages stress and tension: The meditative and breathing components of yoga help manage the stress and tension that can come with chronic pain.
  • Increases energy and reduces bodily aches and pains

Transformational Work:
Awaken your inner strength and flexibility through guided feedback, helping you evolve in both body and mind.

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Saturday, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Session B

Yoga TLC for Your Hands and Wrists

This yoga class is designed to bring your hands and wrists into optimal alignment and to guide them through a wide range of healthy movements. When working with the hands and wrists this carefully, you’ll also be strengthening your forearms, upper arms, and shoulders. 

Yoga benefits the hands and wrists by increasing strength and flexibility, improving circulation, and reducing pain associated with conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis. Regular practice helps protect joints and can alleviate stiffness and tension from repetitive use.

Benefits:

  • Strength and flexibility. Gentle movements and stretches increase flexibility and improve the range of motion in the joints.
  • Pain and stiffness relief.  Yoga can help reduce pain and discomfort, particularly for conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis.It works by improving blood flow and reducing inflammation in the hands and wrists.
  • Improved circulation and joint health. Gentle, rhythmic movements improve circulation to the hands and wrists.

Transformational Work:

Unlock your body’s potential with guided feedback, creating space for energy flow and relaxation.

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Sunday Yoga Sessions – March, 2026
Inspiration:
“Asanas make your body supple and bring alertness to your mind, while soothing your nerves and glands, relaxing your brain, and maintaining physical, physiological, and emotional balance.” — B.K.S. Iyengar

Sunday, 9:00 am – 11:00 am | Session C

The Art of Practice

Description: The Art of Practice is a yoga journey of self-discovery and personal transformation that requires discipline, effort, and a commitment to being present in the moment. Mindful movement and yoga flow cultivates inner peace, balance, and self-awareness, so you can connect with your true essence. 

This class includes meditation, breathing, chanting, and body awareness.

Challenge yourself
Start your practice by challenging yourself with difficult movements, and look for new challenges each day.
Be present
Let go of the past and the future, and focus on your practice in the moment.
Embrace the journey
The art of yoga practice is about accepting the process of self-discovery, not about achieving perfection in poses.

 

Physical, Mental, and Emotional Benefits:

  • Builds strength and flexibility: The continuous, flowing movements through various poses build muscle strength and lengthen muscles, increasing overall flexibility and mobility.
  • Improves cardiovascular health: The faster pace and continuous motion increase your heart rate, providing a cardio workout and improving stamina.
  • Enhances posture and balance: By building core strength and improving body awareness, it can lead to better posture and coordination.
  • Aids in weight management: Some studies suggest that the cardiovascular benefits can lead to weight loss, especially when practiced regularly.
  • Promotes circulation and detox: The increased heart rate and internal heat can stimulate blood flow and circulation, helping to purify the body.
  • Reduces stress and anxiety: Syncing breath with movement acts as a moving meditation, which helps quiet the mind, reduce stress, and calm anxiety.
  • Improves focus and concentration: The practice requires a high level of focus on the breath and movements, which can improve concentration both on and off the mat.
  • Boosts mood: By releasing tension in the body and mind, and potentially triggering the release of endorphins, flow yoga can elevate your mood and promote a more positive outlook.
  • Increases mindfulness: The mindful connection between breath, movement, and body awareness fosters a deeper sense of presence and self-connection

Transformational Work:
Feel the positive energy flow, and receive expert feedback to enhance your body’s foundation and alignment.

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Sunday, 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Session D

Yoga to Relieve Physical Exhaustion

This is a nurturing and soothing yoga practice that supports the nervous and immune system, restores homeostasis (optimal functioning within), and recharges the body’s energy system, so that you can rest deeper and more peacefully.

This sequence is designed to include gentle backbends, supported forward bends, and supported inversions to calm the nervous system and recharge the energy system. The result is to experience deeper levels of breathing and relaxation.

As the body releases stress and tension, the body, mind, emotions, and spirit can relax into a safe space of inner stillness, so you can connect with your peaceful and beautiful inner self.

Benefits

  • Restores and relaxes the body, mind, and spirit
  • Increases circulation in the body
  • Reduces stress and anxiety
  • Enhances deeper diaphragm breathing
  • Improves the immune system and decreases inflammation
  • Soothes and calms the nerves and mind
  • Relieves tension headaches

Pranayama:  Alternate nostril breathing

Asanas:  Asanas that support and nourish the nervous system and immune system 

Restoratives: Restoratives that calm the nervous system such as Setu Bandha Sarvangasana and Savasana

Transformational Work:
Transform your body and mindset through expert feedback that enhances both physical and emotional well-being.

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Healing Injury? For those who have a history of injury or trauma and notice that the effects of the minor/major injuries are beginning to interfere with your everyday lives, please note that all of the yoga classes are naturally healing.

Each yoga class is designed to help release stored pain, anxiety, stress, or tension you may be experiencing so that vital, healing energy – prana – can move freely through the entire body. When vital energy is flowing freely (not obstructed), you experience positive emotions, revitalized energy, mental clarity, lightness, pain relief, and an overall sense of well-being.

ALL ARE WELCOME

Whether you have attended any of my yoga classes or workshops in the past or not, you are welcome to attend any or all of these classes.

SKILL LEVEL

Beginner – with at least 6 months of yoga experience
Intermediate
Advanced

PROPS

One yoga mat, necessary
One or two yoga blocks, necessary
Two firm bolsters or two firm blankets
One yoga belt
One or Two sandbags, if you have
Dharma wheel, if you have 

REGISTRATION BELOW

  • Saturday Session A
    March 8, 2026
    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
  • Saturday Session B
    Ease Pain & Tension: Head, Neck & Shoulders
    March 8, 2026
    4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Sunday Session C
    March 9, 2026
    9:00 am - 11:00 am
  • Sunday Session D
    March 9, 2026
    12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
  • ALL 4 Sessions, Saturday-Sunday
    Saturday-Sunday, Sessions A, B, C, & D
    March 8, 2026 - March 10, 2026
    1:30 pm - 4:00 am
Details Price Qty
Single Yoga Sessionshow details + $50.00 (USD)  
All 4 Yoga Sessionsshow details + $200.00 (USD)  
Single Yoga Session: Dharma Registrationshow details + $55.00 (USD)  
All 4 Yoga Sessions: Dharma Registrationshow details + $220.00 (USD)   Goes On Sale
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