GROUP YOGA THERAPY | WESTLAKE VILLAGE, VENTURA, SANTA BARBARA, OJAI + MALIBU
Group Yoga Therapy brings people together for a sense of belonging and support as they work through life’s stressful issues.
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Mindful Parenting
Get powerful support as you learn effective ways to cultivate mindfulness, reduce stress, and enhance your parenting skills. This group is for you, whether your kids are toddlers or teens, and everything in between.
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Anxiety & Stress
Find solace in our Anxiety & Stress Management group therapy. Together, we'll navigate the challenges, armed with practical tools and compassionate guidance. Join us on the path to resilience and peace. You're not alone.
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Divorced Dads
Get support and understanding as you navigate your new path. Connect with fellow dads who share similar experiences, guided by experts who provide practical advice and emotional support. We focus on effective parenting strategies, self-care, and rebuilding a fulfilling life.
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Reinventing Your Life
Ready to start a new chapter? Discover the power within you to rewrite your story, redefine your goals, and embrace change with courage and resilience. For you if a fresh start sounds amazing or if you’re navigating a major life transition.
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Couples: Build Your Relationship
Explore effective ways to deepen your connection for more trust, intimacy, and fun in your relationship. Learn practical tools and insightful strategies to enhance communication, resolve conflicts, and reignite your spark. A supportive environment to learn and grow together!
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Grief & Loss
A compassionate space designed for those navigating the profound journey of grief. Explore healing strategies, share your story, and connect with others who understand the depth of your loss. Together, we'll help you find ways to honor your loved one and rebuild your life with renewed hope and strength.
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Mindful Weight Management
Cultivate a healthier relationship with food, your body, and yourself. Through mindfulness techniques, practical strategies, and supportive group discussions, you'll uncover the root causes of your eating habits and develop sustainable habits for long-term wellness.
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Coping With Chronic Illness
A group experience that offers a mix of practical strategies and emotional support to help you manage symptoms, improve quality of life, and foster resilience. Connect with others who truly understand the ups and downs of living with chronic conditions. Live your best life despite chronic health challenges.
Why Sol Focused Group Yoga Therapy?
Working in a group can be deeply transformational.
At face value, you may think, "I could never be vulnerable about my issues with complete strangers." This is a valid concern. However, when led by a licensed and experienced therapist, Group Yoga Therapy quickly transforms into a space of authentic connection, safety, and support.
Many of us feel like we're 'not normal.' But when we're part of a group, we quickly see that others struggle as we do. And this awareness helps relieve our self-directed shame, pressure, and criticism.
We lean into our discomforts together.
We gain insights from each other's experiences.
We explore solutions and support one another with unwavering compassion.
Group Yoga Therapy teaches us that we're not alone, that we're more 'normal' and capable than we realize, and that we have the support we need to free ourselves from past pain or mistakes and move forward with our lives.
“To be human is to need others, and this is no flaw or weakness.”
—SUE JOHNSON
Community is a pillar of transformation. When we come together, there’s a change that happens through witnessing of the thoughts and perspectives of another.
We feel less ‘different’ and less alone in our struggles.
Sol Focused Group Yoga Therapy is very different from group exercise classes or group conversations led by motivational speakers. It is a somatic or embodied form of therapy that is solution focused—grounded in years of research and facilitated by a licensed psychotherapist.
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Mindful Parenting
Get powerful support as you learn effective ways to cultivate mindfulness, reduce stress, and enhance your parenting skills. This group is for you, whether your kids are toddlers or teens, and everything in between.
-
Anxiety & Stress
Find solace in our Anxiety & Stress Management group therapy. Together, we'll navigate the challenges, armed with practical tools and compassionate guidance. Join us on the path to resilience and peace. You're not alone.
-
Divorced Dads
Get support and understanding as you navigate your new path. Connect with fellow dads who share similar experiences, guided by experts who provide practical advice and emotional support. We focus on effective parenting strategies, self-care, and rebuilding a fulfilling life.
-
Reinventing Your Life
Ready to start a new chapter? Discover the power within you to rewrite your story, redefine your goals, and embrace change with courage and resilience. For you if a fresh start sounds amazing or if you’re navigating a major life transition.
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Couples: Build Your Relationship
Explore effective ways to deepen your connection for more trust, intimacy, and fun in your relationship. Learn practical tools and insightful strategies to enhance communication, resolve conflicts, and reignite your spark. A supportive environment to learn and grow together!
-
Grief & Loss
A compassionate space designed for those navigating the profound journey of grief. Explore healing strategies, share your story, and connect with others who understand the depth of your loss. Together, we'll help you find ways to honor your loved one and rebuild your life with renewed hope and strength.
-
Mindful Weight Management
Cultivate a healthier relationship with food, your body, and yourself. Through mindfulness techniques, practical strategies, and supportive group discussions, you'll uncover the root causes of your eating habits and develop sustainable habits for long-term wellness.
-
Coping With Chronic Illness
A group experience that offers a mix of practical strategies and emotional support to help you manage symptoms, improve quality of life, and foster resilience. Connect with others who truly understand the ups and downs of living with chronic conditions. Live your best life despite chronic health challenges.
“Sol Focused Group Yoga Therapy helped me practice awareness, acceptance and gave me the tools to guide me through my day-to-day decisions, and to keep me aware of my thoughts and emotions.
Shannon is an excellent teacher, listener and guides through the yoga practice with ease. Having other people to talk to in a safe place was also very helpful for me to not feel like I was alone.”
Details:
Sol Focused Group Yoga Therapy is an 8-week group program that incorporates yoga and psychotherapy to help you transform your self-perceptions and quality of life. It’s an experiential form of Solution-Focused Therapy that brings people together for a powerful, confidence-building sense of belonging and support.
BEGIN
At the beginning of each session, we’ll connect with each other and identify the topic of focus (theme) that will serve as the structure for our journey together.
SLOW DOWN
Our cushions will be arranged in a circle. We’ll breathe, relax, and regulate our nervous systems.
TUNE IN
Then, I’ll guide us through a series of yoga poses to connect with our inner edges and inner wisdom. You do not need to be flexible or bendy—the poses are gentle and help us tune into what our bodies are saying.
EXPLORE
After the yoga portion of our session, we’ll return to our cushions with our journals—to explore any insights that bubbled to the surface of our consciousness in the yoga poses.
CONNECT
We’ll enter into a supportive and thought-provoking conversation about our experiences. Because I’m a licensed therapist, I may ask clarifying questions or offer insights that help guide the conversation to a deeper understanding of ourselves.
SHARE
Members of our group are welcome to participate in the conversation by sharing experiences, but you are never put on the spot—you can contribute to our discussion at your comfort level.
TRANSFORM
As you relax into the safety of true acceptance and support, you’ll be able to peel away the layers of your pseudo-self (the inauthentic ways you present yourself to the world), so the calm, relaxed, happy, and content version of you can emerge.
Details about Group Yoga Therapy:
I offer the program in several ways:
Online
At your yoga or meditation studio
As organizational retreats
How the program works:
One session per week for 8 weeks
Weekly sessions last 2 hours
Online groups sessions happen via:
My online telehealth platform
The program also includes:
A 1-day silent retreat
A newsletter with helpful resources
Daily yoga videos so you can practice at home
Homework assignments to help you continue integrating what you’re learning
Email and group support so you can stay consistent as you create new habits
Program Investment:
$1200 — which can be paid in 3 installments of $400
OR…
$1100 — if you’d like to purchase your program in advance with a single payment
How to get started:
1 | Begin With A Free Consultation
I’ll learn a little about you and answer your questions so you can determine if Sol Focused Group Yoga Therapy is a good fit for you.
2 | Reserve Your Spot
If you’d like to proceed with Group Yoga Therapy, you’ll be invited to enroll in an upcoming program.
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Mindful Parenting
Get powerful support as you learn effective ways to cultivate mindfulness, reduce stress, and enhance your parenting skills. This group is for you, whether your kids are toddlers or teens, and everything in between.
-
Anxiety & Stress
Find solace in our Anxiety & Stress Management group therapy. Together, we'll navigate the challenges, armed with practical tools and compassionate guidance. Join us on the path to resilience and peace. You're not alone.
-
Divorced Dads
Get support and understanding as you navigate your new path. Connect with fellow dads who share similar experiences, guided by experts who provide practical advice and emotional support. We focus on effective parenting strategies, self-care, and rebuilding a fulfilling life.
-
Reinventing Your Life
Ready to start a new chapter? Discover the power within you to rewrite your story, redefine your goals, and embrace change with courage and resilience. For you if a fresh start sounds amazing or if you’re navigating a major life transition.
-
Couples: Build Your Relationship
Explore effective ways to deepen your connection for more trust, intimacy, and fun in your relationship. Learn practical tools and insightful strategies to enhance communication, resolve conflicts, and reignite your spark. A supportive environment to learn and grow together!
-
Grief & Loss
A compassionate space designed for those navigating the profound journey of grief. Explore healing strategies, share your story, and connect with others who understand the depth of your loss. Together, we'll help you find ways to honor your loved one and rebuild your life with renewed hope and strength.
-
Mindful Weight Management
Cultivate a healthier relationship with food, your body, and yourself. Through mindfulness techniques, practical strategies, and supportive group discussions, you'll uncover the root causes of your eating habits and develop sustainable habits for long-term wellness.
-
Coping With Chronic Illness
A group experience that offers a mix of practical strategies and emotional support to help you manage symptoms, improve quality of life, and foster resilience. Connect with others who truly understand the ups and downs of living with chronic conditions. Live your best life despite chronic health challenges.
