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Avery Kalapa

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈affirming Iyengar Yoga
𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄
Embodiment is powerful❤️‍🔥come practice
on&off line, on demand, retreats
1st class is FREE!

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APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
🌈 Queer Trans Retreat 2027🌈
Iyengar Yoga, Liberation Somatics, and Community Joy
with Avery Kalapa and G Tiarachristie
At @mardejade_retreat Chacala, Mexico.

April 24th – May 1st 2027

EARLY BIRD ENDS NOV. 1st! SAVE $250

+ first 10 to sign up get entered to win a FREE MASSAGE! (Act soon though…)

Lean in, dream a little, go check out the info. Imagine having this to!

Let’s live into the liberated future our radical imaginations dream of…

Part of creating a brave space of belonging means our QT Retreats are designed for at least 50% BIPOC and 50% trans / non-binary participation.

Come unfold alongside others who, like you, have been through a lot and are ready to give themselves permission to rest, expand, laugh and yes, receive.

Equity pricing for BIPOC and trans available, plus four 50% off scholarships for QTBIPOC.

Apply now ✨

Please help us: your likes, comments, shares are a huge help. Thankyou for real.

Tag a friend you’d love to spend a week on the beach with..?! by @yoga_with_avery

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Friendly reminder: there’s just 2 WEEKS left to save $250 at the 2027 Queer Trans Retreat at @mardejade_retreat this spring with G & Avery 🌞

Does imagining joining this beautiful week-long Queer & Trans Retreat full of Iyengar Yoga, Liberation Somatics, and community joy by the beach in Mexico next year help you feel better about your 2027?

JOIN US

Now is the perfect time to send in your application and register!

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤎In addition to early bird, there are extra equity discounts for QTBIPOC and trans folks!

Plus, the next three people to register will get entered into a drawing for a FREE MASSAGE 😍

Payment plans are available 💌

Link in bio / yogawithavery.com to learn more, book a call with us, apply! by @yoga_with_avery

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Indigenous People’s Day 🌞 today and everyday!

May Indigenous people everywhere and their world views, ways, and truths be strong and lasting.

May they be safe from harm, healthy, and well!

May we all work to heal the wounds of white settler colonialism.

May we be in right relationship to each other, yoga, and the land and waters, breath and fire that sustain our lives.

I went to visit these aspens a couple days ago, it appears to be a grove of separate trees, but they are all connected, one organism. If one tree suffers, the others send it nutrition.

Yoga with Avery continues to donate 10% net to Honor Native Land Tax and other initiatives to support
Indigenous sovereignty, dignity, and the ability to thrive within and beyond colonial systems.

Even as a low income person this consistent practice adds up to a meaningful contribution. Money isn’t everything but it is helpful.

I encourage esp my fellow white folks living on stolen land, benefiting from colonial violence, to join me in this practice.

This can be part of a spiritual practice, part of your yoga sadhana.

One group I like to support, sometimes direct, sometimes via Honor Native Land Tax, is Tewa Women United.
Check out the good work happening at @tewawomenunited ☀️

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Photo on slide 1 credit @kellyfogelphotography taken in New Mexico by @yoga_with_avery

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5 days ago

Celebrating Patricia Walden on her 80th birthday 💐
Heartfelt article full of Patricia quotes, photos, reflections, just published on my blog. 💌
With gratitude for my beloved teacher…

Link in bio!

Invite to some Patricia stories below, if you’ve studied with her?

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#PatriciaWalden by @yoga_with_avery

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6 days ago

Camaraderie is precious, especially when those in power are doing divide and conquer.

Being in it together, knowing we’re on the same team, as we do something hard. Good medicine! I hope you too, get to feel held and celebrated, especially when it’s new and scary.

Typically, practicing asana together, we don’t cheer; yoga is not a performance art.

BUT in this sweet moment of togetherness in open practice at the Iyengar Yoga Therapy Intensive with Lois Steinberg @lois_steinberg we couldn’t contain the energy.

(This is NOT what we were teaching the therapy students, just to be clear 😂 … but get a bunch of CIYTs together and it’s a special sort of play time🥰)

Sutra 1.33 includes mudita, sympathetic joy, basically the opposite of envy and competition.

Really grateful for all the good and hard work, learning, Lois and the home team, and to everyone who came to @iyengar_yoga_champaign_urbana for this week’s training.

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#chakrabandhasana

Thanks @vandana_shah13 for the photo ✨ taken in Iyengar Yoga Champaign Urbana by @yoga_with_avery

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Actually most people would probably be hunched over their phone. (Come to think of it, what’s your body doing right now, while you look at this? Is it conducive to easeful breath and good circulation to the inner organs?)
But anyways, who else can’t resist draping your upper thoracic spine over things in the environments you visit?
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Sending love from Champaign-Urbana taken in Iyengar Yoga Champaign Urbana by @yoga_with_avery

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25 days ago

There's still time . . .

To invest in a weekend of shared joy, exploration, and delight.

We are so excited to share @yoga_with_avery's celebrated teaching with you!

#DenverYoga #WheatRidgeYoga #IyengarYogaDenver by @yoga_with_avery

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Disrupt the scroll✨Sound on, sit tall, close your eyes if it helps you internalize your awareness.
Tune in.

No, I didn’t cut out the silent pauses. The silence is important, so nourishing.

This clip is from the beginning of a recent yoga class I taught.

I always start class with a small sit, to help us transition from the outer world to the inner universe. Helpful to gather awareness and say hello to the body and mind, before entering the field of asana.

This was the first few minutes of a great class.

But on its own, it’s a nice little guided meditation.

✨If you paused for the 3 minute sit, let me know how it went in the comments? ✨

Love to have you come to class soon, check the link bio for the schedule. First 1 is free!

And there’s over 1000 classes with me on demand, for Yoga whenever it works for your schedule.

🙏🏼🧡 by @yoga_with_avery

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Your weekly yoga class can be a beautiful way to release the stress of the day. You walk in carrying the week on your shoulders, and leave feeling more like yourself.

But sometimes, by the time you get to class, you’re already tired.

There’s only so far you can go when you have 60 or 90 minutes to decompress, and then it’s time to get home, make dinner, answer the emails, and do it all again tomorrow.

What becomes possible when you can slow down enough to really study?

When there’s time to explore a pose from multiple directions. To notice subtlety. To ask questions. To work, rest, observe, and try again. To let your practice unfold without watching the clock.

That’s the gift of a weekend workshop.

Join Avery Kalapa, CIYT for six unrushed practices exploring functional strength and mobility, restorative yoga, neck and shoulder care, psoas and pelvic health, rope wall asana, pranayama, and more.

12 of 18 spaces are already filled. Six remain.

Give yourself the time and space to go deeper.

#AwakeRelaxedEmbodied #IyengarYoga #DenverYoga #WheatRidgeYoga #IyengarYogaDenver by @yoga_with_avery

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Will you come to a yoga class with me this week? It will be sooo nourishing for your body and mind!
Your nervous system is probably carrying a lot.
💓 Come decompress, release the stress. Stabilize and energize. Come home to you.

I’m running a special this week, you can try 2 classes with me for FREE with the code BACKYOYOGA - it’ll work for restorative tonight, dynamic alignment tomorrow, or any of the on-demand classes, lots to choose from!

💌

Thanks @mo.washburn for this beautiful song and @kellyfogelphotography for this beautiful photo ✨ by @yoga_with_avery

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2 FREE YOGA CLASSES 4U🌻 Come soothe your mind, nourish your body, awaken your spirit!

Use code BACKTOYOGA tomorrow through next Friday for 2 FREE livestream and/or on demand Iyengar Yoga classes with me!
INVITE FRIENDS 🙏🏼

Autumn equinox is on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to reset your yoga practice rhythm. ✨

Access the zoom class schedule and on demand library at yogawithavery.com
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Local ABQ friends, I’m also teaching a hips and twists workshop tomorrow at @bhavayoga_abq - love to have you there!

I’m grateful for the harvest in my garden, the beauty of community, for sadhana, and that there’s water in the Bosque today.

What is helping you connect to gratitude right now?

Our inner healing is connected to the world’s healing.
Come practice! by @yoga_with_avery

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🌻BACK TO YOGA🌻 2 FREE CLASSES!

It’s so good to practice regularly! But, it can be tricky. Summer can be a time of less routine, more adventure. With fall equinox on the horizon, now is the perfect time to reset your rhythm for the daily disciplines that allow for health, resilience and delight.

Have you be wanting to reset your yoga practice?

Here’s an easy way:
Join me for BACK TO (SCHOOL)YOGA!
It’s simple. Come to class.
I’m gifting you
2 FREE CLASSES with me!
Invite a friend.
Everyone’s welcome.

Each class is a unique, beautiful journey, with practical anatomical alignment and heartfelt spirituality.

Come live on zoom or enjoy 2 classes on demand. Try one of each! Seize the moment: This offer is only available this Saturday through next Friday, Sept. 11th.

YES! I am teaching on Labor Day.

Use the code BACKTOYOGA at checkout for your 2 free classes. I can’t wait to see you!

Bring your stiffness, crankiness, racing mind, tired body, and we can breathe through and observe it all together.

With kindness and curiosity, presence and precision, we will help the body, emotions, and mind return to balance.

We will clear away what blocks the energy so you can feel amazing.

Come find out for yourself how good it is 🌻

The video on the first slide is a brief excerpt from class on Monday. We have so much fun! by @yoga_with_avery

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