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Link to early bird pricing is HERE. Details for workshops to be determined but Friday night will be an intense vinyasa regular “Renée class” and Saturday and Sunday (1p-3p) will be workshops working on specific things - happy to take requests until end of January :)
This retreat will be done a little differently! I’ve rented a BEAUTIFUL studio in the heart of the city (Abyasa Yoga Lisbon in the Baixa Chaido neighborhood, click the “map” :). Classes will be held from 11am each day until 3pm. From 11a - 1p we will have vinyasa practice. You’ll have a 30 minute break so that you can step outside, have a little snack, and we will spend from 1:30p - 3p each day answering questions and working on alignment and transitions for postures such as arm balances, inversions and backbends. The total cost is 550€. Members of Practice Live + Recorded receive a 10% discount (495€). It is a 100€ or $108 deposit to hold your spot (venmo @Renee-LeBlanc-5, zelle (use email teilujeener@gmail.com), IBAN for Europe just shoot me an email :) and the remainder (450€ or 395€) will be due (euros only) on the first day of practice.
With this trip, you’ll be able to make it as cost-effective (airb&b walking distance to the studio) or luxurious as suits you (Ivens Hotel around the corner from studio). It’s also a great way to take a family vacation or a trip with a non-yogi pal as long as they can spare you for 4 hours per day ;) I will help you with recommendations on where to stay (hundreds of options within walking distance), eat (unlimited cafes all over the place), sites to see, etc. This studio has mats, blocks, straps, everything that we need and it is just beautiful. Some of you runners may want to stay in a neighborhood that let’s you run along the river to the studio :) And from 3pm on, we can enjoy the city, eat dinner later like the locals do and you can still sleep in and make it to coffee AND class on time. Luca may also make an appearance. Please email with any questions, any time at renee@reneeleblancyoga.com.
Thursday night vinyasa class, Friday morning Vinyasa + Transitions Workshop Part I, Friday afternoon Transitions Workshop Part II, Saturday morning vinyasa, Saturday afternoon Arm Balance Workshop, Sunday morning vinyasa, Sunday afternoon Inversion Workshop followed by Q&A on all yoga subjects. More details to come including link to sign up and links to places to stay and options for hiking, site seeing, etc. This is another great trip for a family or non-yogi friends as long as they can spare you for a few hours per day while you study and practice!
We’ll feel this the next day. I don’t even like to say core. This will be a vinyasa class with intense focus on figuring out if you’re using your core or not in all the transitions and postures or if you’re trying to go around it…like a human :)
It’s not really a traditional restorative class it’s just the way I do it. You’ll need a wall and…maybe a candle and a cup of tea for afterward. Treat yourself :) Click here to purchase if you are not a member ;)
Flow classes are the most popular but…what if you actually want toooooooo…teach. We’ll talk about how and when to stop the flow so that you can teach the “good stuff” (ie all the stuff that I learned from my teachers + a few things I’ve come up with on my own ;)that just can’t ever be taught within a flowwithout losing your students’ focus or skipping a beat :) Emailed questions before the “forum” are always welcome. This will be online and is included in Practice Live + Recorded memberships. Go here to purchase if you’re not a member ;)
Welp…there was a lot to get through so we’re doing a second Transitions workshop. We’ll work on arm balance connections, more inversions things, jumping through, toes to wrists, dropping back from camel, wheel, low lunge and…getting up. This is included with “Practice Live +” memberships :)
Let’s. Have. FUN. This workshop is great to just work on something fun (yes you can set yourself up at a wall) it’s also great for teachers if you’re adding inversions into your “all-levels” classes, you could take one section at a time from this workshop and put it into a vinyasa class. See you on your mat (pleeeeaaaaase do not worry if you can’t do them “yet”, you gotta start somewhere! For Practice Live + Recorded members if you cannot make it please email me and I will send you a link for a recording (the recording will expire one week from the date of the workshop.)
Join me for loads of practice, sweat and fun learning about vinyasa yoga that we love so much. This will sell out so sign up as soon as you can :)
Friday night vinyasa, full body flow 5:30p - 7:45p
Saturday 9a - 11:45a vinyasa warm up that will morph into an Arm Balance Workshop followed by 2p - 4p Inversion Workshop
Sunday 9a - 11:45a vinyasa warm up that will morph into a Backbend Workshop followed by 2p - 4p Q & A all things yoga as well as talk about “Vinyasa Practice & Aging”
TRANSITIONS
This workshop is free for “Practice Live” members or $50 for non - members or “Recorded Only” members (purchase will become available on April 6th). Finding focus while you're still is one thing. Keeping focus and concentration while you move? That's a whole other ballgame. Warrior one is great but the step forward to warrior one? That can unlock everything. Backbends and forward bends change completely when you enter them and leave them a certain way. You want to find balance and strength? They live in the transitions in and out of the postures. Binds, standing postures, arm balances, inversions from triangles to scorpions and everything in between, let's dig deep and figure out how to surf gravity, there's nothing like it in the world. Members will join by clicking on regular class link / non-members will receive a link via email :) For Practice Live + Recorded members if you cannot make it please email me and I will send you a link for a recording (the recording will expire one week from the date of the workshop.)
I feel like teachers need more help (if I’m wrong I won’t keep holding these but if I’m right I’d like to hold them once a month :) studio owners are either not teachers or they’re so busy trying to run the studio they can’t really help you and you’re SO on your own. Email your questions if you can or ask during the session - they can be about anything from the alignment of a particular posture to how to teach a private class to managing a room to the business of yoga. The subjects will be driven by you. (Just click on the regular live class link.) For Practice Live + Recorded members if you cannot make it please email me and I will send you a link for a recording (the recording will expire one week from the date of the workshop.)
This workshop is free for “Practice Live + Recorded” members of this site or, $50 for non-members or “Recorded Only” members. Teaching yoga is not easy and, I would argue, it’s harder for newer teachers today because there is SO much information (some would say too much) that you AND your students are hearing and seeing. But thousands of hours of trainings and online content often just lead to more conflicting information in your head and less confidence in your voice. Your students need to know that YOU know what you’re talking about and that they have good reason to listen to you rather than the dude on tiktok (with all due respect to the dudes on tiktok ;) not just because what you say sounds good but because it WORKS. Let’s figure out what’s right, what’s wrong, what works, what doesn’t and (most importantly) WHY . You want your students to benefit from YOUR TEACHING, not the heat, not the vibe, the TEACHING. Please email me before the workshop (renee@reneeleblancyoga.com) with anything you’d like to have covered!
Non-members will receive a link to the workshop via email. Members will just click on the regular class link.
Join Krista Cahill and me in my (now) hometown of Lisbon, Portugal! We will hold the retreat at the amazing Aurea Museum & Hotel right in the heart of Lisbon within walking distance of all the neighborhoods you’ll want visit (you might want to take an inexpensive uber to one or two others, Lisboa is BIG :) We will have two classes per day, Krista and I will switch off days and we will hold one early morning intense class before breakfast (intense vinyasa with me or ashtanga taught in a very methodical and detailed way with Krista).. Late morning we’ll have more of a questions and answer / stretch and release class. This will be a GREAT opportunity to really STUDY and learn. I’ve found that doing a retreat in such a dynamic city, it’s much more enjoyable to not have to worry about rushing back to take a class so our training / practice will be ended by noon each day :) I’ll have loads of recommendations and things to do and places to eat for you (but there may be some days you simply want to enjoy the hotel, walk across the street to sit by the water and enjoy a coffee :) Breakfast is included every day as well as a Welcome Dinner at the hotel the first night (so you can relax from traveling) . We are also including a dinner one night at my friend’s restaurant in the Alfama (half Italian / half traditional Portuguese / all delicious :) As we get closer, we’ll also arrange a trip (totally optional) to my favorite castle in Sintra, Quinta da Regaleira. Sintra is 30 minutes away from Lisbon and, if you decide to go on this trip, you can make it your own either spending the day there or heading back whenever you choose. Total cost is $1966 for a shared room (1800€) or $2730 (2500€) for a private room. $300 to hold a spot, Venmo @Renee-LeBlanc-5 or Zelle teilujeener@gmail.com (please understand that deposits are non-refundable.)
Friday, November 15th 5:45p - 7:15p - "Class with Renée LeBlanc": An intense flow that will include arm balancing, inversions and back-bending with heavy focus on alignment that will make it clear why we do things the way we do. Get ready for good core work from your practice as well as from giggling. Sign up here master class
Saturday, November 16th 1p - 3p - Workshop "Inversions and Advanced Standing Postures" We'll break down standing upside down and rightside up using many different techniques that will help us understand the postures we're doing AND the path to the postures we want to do someday. We'll finish with transitions in and out of upside-down and right side up postures. Sign up here workshop 1
Sunday, November 17th 1p - 3p - Workshop "Backbending Postures & Transitions" We'll start with some simple anatomy followed by connecting the alignment of all the backbends so, even when they are difficult, they make perfect sense and you know what you're doing. We'll address the transitions from right side up and upside-down and, even if we're not "there" yet, we'll have a path to follow. Sign up here workshop 2
Here are details for my retreat to the Algarve (it is currently sold out but please email to be on the waitlist :) The Algarve has an international airport (Faro) that is about 1/2 hour away from our resort so you (hopefully) will be able to find a happy direct flight. Note that for about €46 you can take a train from Faro to Lisbon (about 3 hours) if you would like to spend time in Lisbon before or after your retreat (I can help you plan things to do and see :) and you could then fly in or out directly from Lisbon.
We will be staying at the Tivoli Carvoeiro (link at the bottom of this email) from October 10 -16. We will have two intense classes per day. We will practice inside in case the weather is not perfect but October is BEAUTIFUL in Portugal. Breakfast every day is included. We will also have a luxurious welcome dinner (late afternoon) on your first night that is included. There is a gorgeous onsite restaurant and bar that is indoor / outdoor as well as a beautiful full-service spa that my two new friends from Paris tell me is second to none :) The town with its many restaurants, cafes, etc is a 10 minute walk from our resort (although it does not have the hills like where I live, it is still cobble stones so I would bring good walking shoes for shopping, etc.
The price is $2,600 for a private room.
If you would like to do a shared room, you'll pay $3,600 to me and split it up between the two of you as you see fit :)
$300 deposit via Venmo to hold spot (this is refundable until DEC 8TH and after that it is not refundable because my deposit to the hotel will also be non refundable :) @Renee-LeBlanc-5
Join Caitlyn Visconte & me at the beautiful Evia Silence Retreat Center in Greece. (Despite the name, it is not a silent retreat :) Each morning there will be an early “release & restore” meditative practice followed by an incredible vegetarian breakfast. Later, from about 10a - 12p, we’ll have our intense class followed by a light vegetarian lunch (fresh fruits, salads, breads). You’ll then have the rest of the day to explore the island, visit the thermal spas, book a massage or body treatment or just relax by the pool. Incredible vegetarian dinner served each night at the center around 7p. Please email yogaclubboston@gmail.com for more information. Members of Yoga Club Boston receive a discount on all retreats. Luca will be joining this retreat :)
DEEPER STUDY TRAINING FOR STUDENTS:
There’s a lot to learn about yoga but unless you’re dying to be a yoga teacher, “teacher trainings” are an awful lot of money and time to spend. I’ve taught about 35 200-hour teacher trainings (my own for my own studio, for Back Bay Yoga and for Yoga Works) and a couple of years ago, I finally developed my “Deeper Study” training. I’ve taught it twice so far and it’s exactly what I hoped it would be - dedicated students and teachers learning yoga anatomy, yoga history, sanskrit, yoga philosophy and proper practice technique and alignment. For 2024, I’ve condensed the program more so that it is 4 weekends (schedule below). It’ll all be held on zoom, recorded if you miss a session. It’s $200 for each weekend or, if you’d like to purchase the whole program, $700 for all 4 weekends. The weekends are divided up into body parts so, it’s recommended to do the whole program :) but I’m hoping to make this something that is always going on :) Payment via Venmo to @Renee-LeBlanc-5. The only additional costs are: 1) two books that, of all the dozens of books that I’ve seen required over the years, are the most useful, about $20 each and, you’ll use them both well beyond this training and 2) OPTIONAL and only if you’re not a member of Yoga Club Boston, you’d pay $10 drop-in rate for classes that I would love to see you in :) Feel free to email any questions to renee@reneeleblancyoga.com and, after payment is received, I’ll forward the link for sessions, some reading materials to prep for the January session and, the books that you need.
January 26, 27, 28 2024: Fri 6p-8p “philosophy, history jam” (lecture & questions only, you can wear pj’s ;), Sat 12p-3p, Sun 9:30a-12:30p Sat & Sun are anatomy, alignment, practice technique
March 29, 30, 31 (same schedule)
July 12, 13, 14 (same schedule)
September 20, 21, 22 (same schedule)
I’m so happy to join the team at Down Under Yoga and teach a two our class / workshop (while I visit family ;) Please sign up here Crazy practice that will morph into a workshop where we can also get all your questions answered about inversions, backbends, anatomy, alignment, etc see you on your mat!
Join me for the most incredible reset & recharge. We’re staying at the Theologos Silence Yoga Retreat Villa where we will practice overlooking the Aegean Sea. Each day will start with an early morning “release & restore” practice. Then you’ll enjoy an incredible vegetarian breakfast, later we’ll have our intense practice from about 10a - 12p. There will be light lunch of fresh fruit, salads and breads then, you’ll have the day to explore the island, sit by the pool and sleep, book an in-house massage or body treatment or visit the thermal spas. Vegetarian dinner served each night around 7 or 8pm. Please email renee@reneeleblancyoga.com for details. Members of Yoga Club Boston receive a discount on all retreats :) Luca will be joining this retreat :)
Every other Sunday at 8:30am (est) I teach a “30 mins Intense / 30 mins Release” class which allows us to do some restorative postures without feeling as though we “didn’t do a whole practice”. Starting May 14, I’m teaching a new class right before it of drills for those students who are looking to strengthen, grow or start their inversion practice. You’ll need a little wall space for these classes and, two yoga blocks if you have them :) all on www.yogaclubboston.com
Two classes each day held at the Aurea Museum Hotel & Spa. We’ll have 2 practices each day but will be done by noon so that you can enjoy and explore this beautiful city (and all of it’s steep hills) without having to rush back to practice ;)
This event at Blue Spirit retreat center is sold out. Please check back here for announcements of upcoming retreats :)
Intermediate vinyasa class focused on anatomy & alignment then sliding into an inversion and backbend workshop for the last 45 minutes. Must be fully vaccinated. Space is limited. $50 send via venmo @Renee-LeBlanc-5
Please go to www.yogaworks.com for details!
Before Instagram…there was yoga. And there were poses that took skill, intense focus and, a good sense of humor like handstand, forearm balance and, headstand. We’re going to learn these poses. Most bodies need to LEARN how to go upside-down, it doesn’t just happen. In this workshop, we’ll learn as many methods as we can to find your path to inversion. Once you get there, then we can work on the posture and all the variations and different ways in and out of them. Inversions make you feel good inside and are very empowering but you need good guidance to learn how to add them to your daily practice safely. This workshop will have a short warm up, some additional core work and is also great for teachers looking to safely add inversions to their classes.
One class each morning followed by a workshop each afternoon, all healthy delicious meals included, 20 footsteps from your door to the beach, pools on site: work hard, relax, reset, repeat. For all details go to www.wetravel.com
Please go to www.yogaworks.com for details.
Many people have taken a 200-hour teacher training but man, we all know that is no where near enough. This practice runs very deep and we keep learning as we teach. If it weren't for my teachers, I'd be completely lost and honestly, I still have many days when I feel like I have no business standing in the front of a yoga room. Please join me for a 4-hour session that will start with a quick talk, followed by a class that will morph into an intense "posture lab" where we'll break down several concepts, discuss simple anatomy and practice weaving what we're learning into the classes we teach over the next few weeks. Good cueing will be emphasized. We'll discuss how these concepts will help you to sequence your classes. We'll end with some "business of yoga / state of yoga" talking and make sure all your questions are answered.
Many people have taken a 200-hour teacher training but man, we all know that is no where near enough. This practice runs very deep and we keep learning as we teach. If it weren't for my teachers, I'd be completely lost and honestly, I still have many days when I feel like I have no business standing in the front of a yoga room. Please join me for a 4-hour session that will start with a quick talk, followed by a class that will morph into an intense "posture lab" where we'll break down several concepts, discuss simple anatomy and practice weaving what we're learning into the classes we teach over the next few weeks. Good cueing will be emphasized. We'll discuss how these concepts will help you to sequence your classes. We'll end with some "business of yoga / state of yoga" talking and make sure all your questions are answered.
Pure Yoga teacher training 200 hour level. Check out http://pureyoga.com/pure-yoga-at-equinox
Join Caitlyn Visconte, Tim Kelleher and me for 200 hour vinyasa teacher training.
