Events + Workshops
Prana + Pendulum
with Kember
May 10 — $44
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Alpharetta
Do you ever notice that subtle shift in the room when a certain someone enters? Maybe the shift is heavy; sometimes it feels bright.
Or maybe you’ve noticed an inner shimmer following a yoga class that hit just right, or after seeing your favorite band.
What is that feeling? Energy. Prana. Your life force.
Kember, an energy work practitioner, has been teaching about and working with the chakras and subtle (energetic) body for over a decade.
Join Kember for an interactive playshop to learn about your own prana. Each student will be provided with a crystal pendulum (yours to keep!), and given time and instruction on how to utilize this tool to SEE the movement of energy.
You will also dive into the 7 main chakras, as well as play with seeing, feeling, and connecting with energy.
Roots and Wings: Pop Up Class with Sheila Ewers
with Sheila Ewers
May 15 — $40
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
Join Sheila Ewers for Roots and Wings—a 90 minute transformative yoga experience that blends stability and freedom. This class is designed to help you connect deeply to the earth while cultivating the courage to expand beyond your limits.
Through mindful movement, grounding postures, and breath work, you’ll build strong foundations (your roots)—physically, emotionally, and energetically, and from this place of steadiness, you’ll rise into heart-opening flows and uplifting sequences that awaken your inner light and give you wings.
Whether you’re seeking balance, resilience, courage or peace, Roots and Wings invites you to explore the harmony between staying grounded and embracing change.
This class is appropriate for All Levels.
Exploring Sacred Texts: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
with Sheila Ewers
May 17-18, 2025 — $325
Saturday-Sunday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
One of the most significant expositions of early yoga teaching is Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, still
widely regarded as the foundational work on yoga philosophy and methodology. The set of 196
aphorisms elaborates the science, art, philosophy and psychology that is yoga. In this course,
we will examine each of the major sections of the text, discuss their theme and origin, and learn
how we can use them to live more meaningfully in our modern world.
Saturday:
- 9am- 1pm: Session 1, Sadhana Pada (Book 2) – Practices
- 2-6pm: Session 2, Samadhi Pada (Book 1) – Concentration
Sunday:
- 9am-1pm: Session 3, Vibhuti Pada (Book 3) – Marvelous Powers
- 2-6pm: Session 4, Kaivalya Pada (Book 4) – Liberation
Breathwork + Soundbath
with Scarlett C
June 7 — $40
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Dunwoody
Summer Solstice: Yoga, Sound & Poetry
with Adriana G
June 21 — $40
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
Friday Deep Dive: Arm Balances
with Kristin C
June 27 — $40 for non-members, $10 for members
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Alpharetta
By coordinating your form, mental readiness and timing you can unlock advanced poses. Learn how to increase stability and effectively distribute weight. You’ll be guided through the best preparations and transitions to make these poses part of your yoga practice and have fun doing it.
Assisting + Adjusting Practicum
with Akasha Searcey
June 27-29, 2025 — $350
Friday: 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Saturday-Sunday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
Assisting students in yoga postures can be transformational and literally life changing. The key is to understand exactly what aspect to assist as well as making adjustments based on core concepts of stability, ability and integration. As teachers, it is of the utmost importance to know when and when not to assist a student in a way that creates space for energy to flow into new spaces of mind, body and heart.
Required book: Yoga Assists: A Complete Visual and Inspirational Guide to Yoga Asana Assists
About the Instructor:
Student of life, teacher of light. Devoted to the exploration of what it means to be human and present, to every single day of your life. She harnesses the gifts of yoga, nutrition, mindfulness, culture, adventure, emotion and life experience, to illuminate both where we are (not where we perceive ourselves to be) and where we can be (without our self imposed limitations). This truth is what Akasha calls: your level best and she is committed to helping her clients identify, achieve, and maintain it.
Understanding The Bhagavad Gita
with Sheila Ewers
July 26-27, 2025 — $325
Saturday-Sunday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
The Bhagavad Gita appears in the 6th Book of the Hindu Epic, Mahabharata. Written somewhere between the 5th and 2nd centuries B.C., the Gita has long been considered one of the most influential texts in the World. In a conversation between Prince Arjuna and his charioteer Krishna, universal themes such as the purpose of life, humankind’s relationship to divinity, the value of action vs. renunciation, and the timeless journey of the soul are explored in depth along with the concepts of Karma, Dharma, Bhakti and Yoga.
The text has had international influence, informing the writing of American authors like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. Mahatma Ghandi turned to the Gita for consolation during his campaign for Indian Independence, and many other prominent politicians, philosophers, psychologists and leaders have lauded both its beauty and its message for centuries. For Yoga Practitioners world-wide, understanding the Gita has become an essential part of discovering the philosophical premise that underscores the practice.
- Session 1 – Saturday 9am-1pm: Introduction, Background and Context
- Session 2 – Saturday 2-6 pm: Understanding Dharma, Karma and How to realize the Nature of the True Self through Yoga
- Session 3 – Sunday 9am-1pm: Ishvara and Bhakti: What the Gita teaches about the Nature of God and the Worship of God
- Session 4 – Sunday 2-6pm Gunas and Atman: What the Bhagavad Gita teaches about the Nature of the Universe
Meditation and Pranayama Immersion
with Sheila Ewers
July 30 – August 3, 2025
$1,600-$1,950 depending on room choice
2:00 PM Wednesday to 11:00 AM Sunday
Location: Offsite, Elohee Retreat Center in North Georgia
This five day, four night immersion at Elohee in the North Georgia Mountains is required for those students enrolled in the Lift Yoga RYS300 training, but is open to all. Join us to dive deeply into consciousness as you explore your own meditation and pranayama practice and learn new techniques and skills to create a life-long relationship with Prana (the sacred life-force/energy that we often access and experience through the breath). Enrich your personal practice and develop skills to teach others. Our hope is that this experience will launch a lifetime commitment to the more subtle, and often more powerful practices of yoga.
Cost includes food, lodging, tuition and manual for 5 days/4 nights (space is limited to 10 Participants):
- Twin/ Shared Room: $1,600
- Queen/ Private Room/Shared Bath: $1,800
- Queen/Private Room/Private Bath: $1,950
Yin Yoga Teacher Training
with Kathy + Dennis Lang
August 15-17, 2025 — $385, $350 early bird rate if registered by June 1, 2025
Friday: 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
- A historical perspective of Yin Yoga and its roots in Taoism
- Yoga anatomy for a yin perspective
- The Dualism of body and mind
- Meridian Theory and the use of yin yoga for targeted results
- Yin for athletes
- Teaching guidelines and how to design a practice
- Over a dozen Yin yoga sequences are provided as well as class theme suggestions
- Upon completion, each student has the tools, practices and resources to lead yin yoga classes
Recommended pre-reading: The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga by Bernie Clark OR Insight Yoga by Sarah Powers
Course will be 50% lecture and 50% practice
About the Instructors:
Kathy + Dennis bring a different perspective to yoga instruction by co-teaching… a blend of Yin and Yang energies. Their abundance of knowledge, practice, and experience draws from their studies and attendance of many national workshops across the country including training with Rodney Yee, David Life and Sharon Gannon, Shiva Rea, Sean Corn, Paul Grilley, Sarah Powers, and others. Their style is influenced by the traditions of Kripalu, Kundalini, Jivamukti, Ashtanga, Yin and Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Having traveled overseas extensively to over 40 countries, they have a broad view with much cultural exposure.
One cannot simply read and theorize; one must practice and take that practice inward to experience the multiple layers and terrain of ourself. As musicians, they have added the modalities of sound and vibration as a key experience and ingredient with meditative instrumentals of guitar, Sitar, crystal bowls, Native American flute, drums, and gong. They are teachers, but consider themselves more as guides or facilitators of an experience. They believe that yoga is about relationships; first, you with yourself, then you with the world and the divine. So with us, the practice is not a “work out”, but very much a “work-in”.
Yoga Nidra Teacher Training
with Akasha S
September 12-14, 2025 — $350
Friday: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
Yoga Nidra is a simple yet profound technique adapted from the traditional tantric practice of nyasa. This workshop will provide you with transformational experiences of Yoga Nidra, a practice known as yogic sleep. By entering a state between wakefulness and sleep, you release tension and promote stress relief, cultivating self-awareness and a deeper connection with your inner self.
Yoga Nidra also supports deep physical and energetic rejuvenation, balancing energy centers (chakras) and enhancing overall well-being. It provides a safe space to explore and release buried emotions, past traumas, and limiting beliefs, promoting a sense of wholeness and inner peace.
This workshop explains the theory of Yoga Nidra in both yogic and scientific terms. Discover the profound benefits of Yoga Nidra and embrace a journey of relaxation, self-discovery, and holistic well-being today.
This counts as an elective module in Lift Yoga’s 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training program.
Designing and Leading Transformative Workshops and Retreats
with Sheila Ewers
October 3-5, 2025 — $350
Friday: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
Join Sheila Ewers, E-RYT500, founder of Johns Creek Yoga, Yoga Teacher Trainer at both the 200 and 500 level, and leader of both local and international retreats for a weekend intensive exploring foundational principles of crafting transformative programming.
One of the most powerful ways to deepen a yoga practice is through more immersive experiences than one can gain from daily classes. Workshops and Retreats give you the ability to take your students into more subtle aspects of consciousness and self and are a fulfilling and powerful way for you to share what you love.
In this workshop, you will learn:
- Principles of effective multimodal teaching to appeal to kinesthetic, audio and visual learners
- Ways to connect students to a communal experience and build sangha
- Effective use of dyads and triads
- How to create and energetic “arc” for longer programming
- The business considerations for leading a retreat
This module is required for students participating in the RYS300 hour program, but is open to all. This module counts for 18 CEUs approved by Yoga Alliance. (16 contact, 2 non-contact)
An Exploration of the Subtle Body and Chakra System
with Sheila Ewers
October 24-26, 2025 — $350
Friday: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
Join Sheila Ewers for an in-depth exploration of the Subtle Body and Chakras – primordial centers of lifeforce (Prana) that exist within you.
Tantric Yogis believe that your body is pulsing with consciousness and energy that is particularly concentrated in 7 major centers called chakras. The word chakra translates literally to wheel or disc and indicates the swirling energy that aggregates around major nerve centers and organs in the body. These impact our physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing and become repositories for our accumulated life experience.
In this weekend intensive, we will examine the architecture of each chakra’s anatomical structure, investigate the history of the chakra system as described in ancient texts, learn to listen to our own ancient wisdom with deeper consciousness, and discover tools to steward our pranic field with greater sensitivity.
During our time, we will explore:
– Experiential exercises to energize awareness and sharpen sensitivity.
– Tools to enliven the energy body and connect to each center of psyche and soul.
– Anatomy instruction about physical systems associated with each Chakra.
– Collaborative creation implementing your new understanding.
Required Text: The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Body by Cyndi Dale
No Experience Required: This workshop is offered as part of the Lift Yoga and Body 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training but is open to all.
Total CEUs: Contact: 20 hours/ non-Contact: 2 hours (homework assignment to be submitted after completion)
Creative Theming and Sequencing
with Akasha S
November 7-9, 2025 — $350
Friday: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
Artfully weaving a theme into asana classes can take them from ordinary to extraordinary, facilitating introspection, contemplation and transformation by encouraging “Svadhyaya.” Learn how to use language and sequencing skillfully to create full body, mind, and soul experiences in your classes.
Topics covered will include:
- Advanced Sequencing
- Sequencing for Peak Pose
- Elements of Theme Based Classes
- Theme Weaving and the Power of Language
Course will include practice, lecture, student teaching and collaboration. This training is part of our 300YTT, but is open to all. Eligible for 18 CEUs through Yoga Alliance
Required text: Nourishing the Teacher, 2nd Edition by Danny Arguetty
Vinyasa Intensive: History + Practice
with Akasha S
December 12-14, 2025 — $350
Friday: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Lift Yoga Johns Creek
We dive into the history and practice of Vinyasa yoga. We revisit the roots of Ashtanga and dive into all the ways to teach this dynamic style. From funky flow to going slow you are sure to learn something new as well as get a great refresher on anatomy, the power of transformational sequencing, cueing and so much more!
Required book: Teaching Yoga: Foundations and Techniques by Mark Stephens
Free Community Classes
Did you know that Lift offers free classes for the community multiple times a week? Grab your mat and join our amazing instructors for a complimentary class! The scheduled instructors are subject to change without notice.
The following classes are taught by our newer yoga teacher training grads. Donations are welcome.
Community Vinyasa Flow at Lift Johns Creek
Fridays at 6:00 PM
Pre-registration required due to limited class size.
Click here to register.
Community Vinyasa Flow at Lift Alpharetta
Fridays at 6:00 PM
Pre-registration required due to limited class size.
Click here to register.
Yoga at Brooke Street Park, Alpharetta
On hold until Spring 2025.
2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, GA 30009
Yoga at Newtown Park Amphitheater
On hold until Spring 2025.
3150 Old Alabama Rd, Johns Creek, GA 30022
*For outdoor classes, we strongly recommend checking our Instagram page for updates regarding weather.
Holiday cancellations will be announced on Facebook and Instagram @LiftYoga.