Workshops

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Plants of the Thymes

With Angela Krick

Thursdays : July 31 | August 28 | September 25

5:00 - 8:00 pm

$75 per session

This series will be held off-site

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In each session, we’ll engage in hands-on experiences - harvesting what’s seasonally available and preparing medicinal teas, tinctures, remedies and herbs from the plants we gather, which participants will take home with them.

Immerse yourself in plants. Approach earth-based cycles and abundance with practical methods and hands-on experiences with the plants that grow in the Northland, in real time. We will walk the fields and gardens, use our senses to understand and touch and feel the medicine that grows with us. Feel confident getting some wild back in your life. Recall our relationship with earth, cycles, elements and plants. Tend to the urge to feed yourself from the source.

Join local herbalist Angela Krick at her home, where the land is vibrant and rich with local ecosystems.

Wear weather-appropriate clothing, as the class will be held entirely outdoors in the gardens and surrounding land. Details, including the address, will be sent upon registration.

  • July brings the fiery heart of the season—full of heat, sunshine, and vibrant productivity.

    The air hums with life as birds sing and plants thrive in their fullest expression. This month, we’ll take a garden tour to observe, taste, and connect with the plants we pass and harvest. Together, we’ll experience a calming herbal remedy and decant a tincture to take home—crafted to soothe the nervous system.

    While sipping tea and talking plants, we’ll explore the sensory qualities of each herb and continue creating remedies with a gentle, intuitive approach. Our focus this month is on tinctures—how to make and use them with care and intention.

    Seated discussions will offer space to reflect, share, and explore how nature mirrors our health and well-being.

Meet Your Guide

Angela Krick 

Magick Mullein Herbalism & Blue Forest Plants

Angela lives in Duluth near Enger Tower, in a slice of oasis amongst the willows and pines, creeks and wild and cultivated gardens with her family and animals. They live close to home and hearth sharing the love of Earth with a passion for plants, health and wholeness. Angela has many teachers and influences to thank, forever learning and grateful to be a student in awe of the bioregional bounty of botanicals.

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Special Events

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Sundown Sanctuary

One Sunday per month :

July 20 | August 10

6:30 - 7:45 pm

Led by Pau Suárez Gomís

Cost: 1 Credit

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Soften into stillness as you are gently guided into a journey of meditation, sound & presence. Return home to your heart's center. Ground, rest, receive & relax. The 432 Hz crystal bowls sing, their vibrations offering unique medicine for your mind-body-spirit. This is a space to allow a renewed sense of inner-peace & belonging. The studio provides mats, cushions, bolsters, blankets and most props you may desire. However, please feel free to bring a pillow, blanket or anything else you may need to feel safe & supported. Whether lying down or sitting upright with eyes open or closed, this time is yours to lean into softness. Nothing to do. Simply be.

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Meet Your Guide

Pau Suárez Gomís

Writer | Guide | Sound Healer

Pronouns: she / her

Pau is a gentle guide and conduit who is inspired to share the magic of words, Reiki and sound as a pathway to return home to Self. She is devoted to authenticity and transformation. Pau believes that every person she meets on the path is already whole. To her, healing is not about fixing, but about remembering and reclaiming the deep well of wisdom, strength, and love that already resides within. She walks beside those who choose to embark on the journey home, offering safety, stillness and profound presence as an anchor and vehicle to the Heart. Find her at the nearest tree, by the whispers of water or dancing joyfully.

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Gentle Yoga and Writing in the Rose

This guided yoga and writing session will be offered on the first Thursday of each month in Svalja Yoga's Rose Studio.  The class will begin with Gentle Yoga where postures are practiced gently and slowly with a combination of moving and stillness accompanied by ambient music. In the second portion of the class, your guide will offer grounding exercises, short readings, and writing prompts followed by a time for free writing (approximately thirty minutes). At the end of the session, there will be time for a check-in and option to share writing and/or experiences.  Please bring a journal and pen or other materials for the writing portion of the session.

The Rose Studio (street level) is located at 18 1st Ave West, the door just to the left of Svälja's main studio entrance. The space is roomy with two private bathrooms.  There are mats and props available, but feel free to bring your own mat if you like.

One Thursday per month

5:00 - 6:30 pm

Please check our schedule for upcoming dates!

Led by Melissa Hepokoski 

Cost: 1 Credit

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Yin & Live Healing Sounds

Yin guided by Kristy Marie Chisti; Music provided by Shane Nelson & Corwin Pederson

One Thursday per month

7:00 - 8:15 pm

Please check our schedule for upcoming dates!

Cost: 2 Credits

The intentional, curated sounds of live guitar, vocals, and harmonium guide you on an illuminating soundscape to support your whole-being release during this Yin Yoga practice. Yin Yoga is a therapeutic, slow-paced form of yoga where postures are held passively with the support of props for longer periods of time (1-10 minutes) to move into our connective tissue and activate sensation to release and open more deeply. The interplay of music and deep fascial release encourages discerning awareness within the physical and emotional bodies.

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Yin & Live Healing Cello Vibrations

Yin Yoga guided by Kyle Leia Heyesen : Cello performed by Rebecca James Alsum

One Thursday per Month

7:00 - 8:15 pm

Please check our schedule for upcoming dates!

Cost: 2 Credits

Yin Yoga is a therapeutic, slow-paced form of yoga where postures are held passively with the support of props for longer periods of time (1-10 minutes) to move into our connective tissue and activate sensation to release and open more deeply. Live cello provides deep, resonate healing vibrations that gently break-up long-held tensions encouraging your physical body to soften and release. The soothing sounds of live cello offer comfort and calm, encouraging you to turn inward and explore your inner landscape, helping you connect with yourself more deeply. This beautiful coupling of Yin and healing cello vibrations may awaken new awareness, insight, inner-connection (mind-body-spirit), and transformation.

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Into the Night

Sacred Music with Kristy Marie Nur Jehan and The Way Of The Heart Crew

One Friday per month

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Please check our schedule for upcoming dates!

Cost: 2 Credits

Join Kristy Marie and friends for an evening deep dive into a 2-hour participatory musical offering. These nights will be full of experiential unity as we come together from all paths, many lineages, and all directions to share a moment together in song and great heart.

We will be engaging in universal Kirtan, dances of universal peace, and a deep dive into the Sufi practice of Zikr. These practices encourage sovereignty while sharing space with others, and no experience is necessary—it is forever and always a practice, not a performance. Kirtan is a more sedentary, sonic experience, while the dances of universal peace and Zikr are more of a guided, moving, and harmonizing meditation. The vibrations of our voices coming together help to dissolve the barriers between us and our hearts, and our hearts alongside all other hearts.

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Honoring the Ruhaniat Lineage

The Ruhaniat is a world-wide spiritual family, walking in the footsteps of Murshid Samuel Lewis (our founder), and of Hazrat Inayat Khan, his teacher, who brought "The Sufi Message of Spiritual Liberty" from India to the West in 1910. Our stated mission is, "helping individuals unfold their highest spiritual purpose, manifest their essential inner being, and live harmoniously with others, with the hope of relieving human suffering and contributing to the awakening of all of humankind".

Workshop Cancelation Policy

Cancellation up to 48 hours prior to the workshop will be refunded less a 10% Administrative Fee. Cancellation 24-48 hours prior to the workshop receives a 50% refund. Cancellation less than 24 hours prior or a no-show receives no refund.

Other Svälja Yoga Offerings

Classes

Visit class descriptions to learn about our variety of styles of trauma conscious yoga, kirtan, fitness classes, and more; or if are ready to register for classes, visit the weekly class schedule.

Deeper Study

Looking for a way to dive deeper into your yoga journey? Svälja Yoga hosts dozens of certification programs which provide a wide breadth of opportunities. To view these, go to the top of our website and hover over Deeper Study to discover the wide array of deeper study opportunities for growth, development, and transformation.

We also offer Yoga Teacher Training Programs — 250 hr (for 200 hr certification) and +300 hr (for 500 hr certification).