Svalja Whole-Being

Svalja Whole-Being At Svälja Yoga (pronounced “svehl-yah”) all of our offerings are trauma-conscious. Yoga means to unite.

Svälja Whole-Being is a trauma-conscious organization offering opportunities to deepen your practice and understanding of yoga through classes, workshops, retreats, and a 250 hr Yoga Teacher Training Program. Through our Whole-Being Well-Being approach, we support people on their own unique healing journey. We share the wisdom and practice of yoga in a way that is accessible, inclusive, and honors choice. Yoga is a pathway to well-being and to the realization of our innate wholeness. We guide participants to connect with their internal resources and potential for healing, transformation, and growth. Through this exploratory journey we rediscover home, deep within: our true selves. We offer classes, workshops, retreats, and a 250-hour Yoga Teacher Training program.

TOMORROW! Saturday, November 1st from 1-4pmHarbor Theater in Two HarborsIt would be so lovely to come together and suppo...
10/31/2025

TOMORROW! Saturday, November 1st from 1-4pm

Harbor Theater in Two Harbors

It would be so lovely to come together and support Maji ya Chai with you.

◯〇◯ 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿 & 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 〇◯〇

Comedy, Social Justice & Arts Access by Blackout Improv

Music by Hannah Rey & Svälja pillars Rebecca James Alsum (with Climes) and the Way of the Heart Crew.

🌔⚡️🌔𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤🌔⚡️🌔Start Saturday off with an opportunity to...
10/31/2025

🌔⚡️🌔
𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥
𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥
𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤
🌔⚡️🌔

Start Saturday off with an opportunity to reconnect mind, body and spirit and settle your nervous system. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮-𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻 ⚡️

Sunday morning brings an opportunity for meditation, visualization, breathing techniques, and gentle movements to cultivate one's Qi and create space for healing the body. 𝗤𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻 ⚡️

Close the weekend out with an opportunity to intentionally shift your breath pattern through a guided breathwork practice with curated music to access an active meditation state. 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝘃 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 ⚡️

🔴 🟠 🔵 🟣  Shake out the end of the week with us!!🔴 𝗛𝗜𝗜𝗧 & 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 - with Jubilee🟠 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 - with Karen🔵 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁...
10/30/2025

🔴 🟠 🔵 🟣 Shake out the end of the week with us!!
🔴 𝗛𝗜𝗜𝗧 & 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 - with Jubilee
🟠 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 - with Karen
🔵 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝘆𝗮𝘀𝗮 - with Emily
🟣 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 - with Rebecca

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗧 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽MELT Method is a simple self-treatment method that reduces chronic pain. It focuses on rest...
10/30/2025

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗧 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽

MELT Method is a simple self-treatment method that reduces chronic pain. It focuses on restoring the support and stability of your body's essential infrastructure: the connective tissue, or fascia. Over time, daily stresses, injuries, and aging can cause fascia to dehydrate and stiffen, leading to chronic aches, stiffness, and tension.

Using a soft foam roller, simple MELT techniques are designed to :
💧Increase Fluid Flow
💧Reduce Pain and Stiffness
💧Alleviate Stress

Come discover this form of deep healing with Karen on November 12th.

More info and registration: https://www.svalja.yoga/special-events/meltmethod2025

𝘪 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪 𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮- yung puebloThursday's opportunities to cultivate calm :✨Sunrise Shakti Flow w/ Kristy ...
10/29/2025

𝘪 𝘢𝘮
𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺
𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵
𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯
𝘪 𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮

- yung pueblo

Thursday's opportunities to cultivate calm :

✨Sunrise Shakti Flow w/ Kristy Marie
✨10-Step Tai Ji w/ Ed
✨Slow Flow & Yin w/ Kate
✨Yin & Healing Cello Vibrations w/ Kyle Leia & Rebecca

💛💛 𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆!! 💛💛Melly is a Trauma-Conscious Yoga guide at the studio and brings a...
10/29/2025

💛💛 𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆!! 💛💛

Melly is a Trauma-Conscious Yoga guide at the studio and brings authenticity & joy to their classes.
You can find her guiding class on rotation on Mondays from 3:30 - 4:30pm.

A little more about Melly:

𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘧

𝘔𝘚, 𝘓𝘗𝘊𝘊, 𝘙𝘠𝘛-200 (𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘠/𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘔/𝘚𝘏𝘌/𝘏𝘌𝘙), 𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘜𝘔𝘈 𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘚𝘊𝘐𝘖𝘜𝘚 𝘠𝘖𝘎𝘈 𝘊𝘌𝘙𝘛𝘐𝘍𝘐𝘌𝘋

𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 250 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘠𝘛𝘛 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 5 𝘪𝘯 2022, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘺𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥𝘢. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘊 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.

Join us for mid-week mindfulness :◒◓ ◒◓ ◒◓𝗣𝗶𝗬𝗼 with Jubilee𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗣𝘂𝗺𝗽 with Karen𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 with ...
10/28/2025

Join us for mid-week mindfulness :
◒◓ ◒◓ ◒◓
𝗣𝗶𝗬𝗼 with Jubilee
𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗣𝘂𝗺𝗽 with Karen
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 with Savannah
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 with Keera

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗶 𝘆𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆!〇◯ 〇◯ 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿 & 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 〇◯ 〇◯Join in this Saturday, November ...
10/28/2025

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗶 𝘆𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆!

〇◯ 〇◯ 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿 & 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 〇◯ 〇◯

Join in this Saturday, November 1st from 1-4pm.

Comedy, Social Justice & Arts Access by Blackout Improv

Music byHannah Rey & Svälja pillars Rebecca James Alsum (with Climes) and the Way of the Heart Crew.

𝗬𝗶𝗻 & 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗼 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝘁 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲! You have two chances to experience the powerful combination of deep, slow ...
10/27/2025

𝗬𝗶𝗻 & 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗼 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝘁 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲!

You have two chances to experience the powerful combination of deep, slow Yin yoga and live, healing Cello vibrations with Kyle Leia and Rebecca.

Come double down on your rest and recovery:

🔆𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, October 30th, 7:00 - 8:15 pm
⁂ and ⁂
🔆𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, November 6th, 7:00 - 8:15 pm

We'd love to see you there, in person or virtually.

✨✨Excerpts from the poem  "Love" by Alex Dimitrov✨✨I love that we can fail at love and continue to live.I love writing t...
10/27/2025

✨✨Excerpts from the poem "Love" by Alex Dimitrov✨✨

I love that we can fail at love and continue to live.

I love writing this and not knowing what I'll love next.

I love looking at paintings and being reminded I am alive.



I love skipping anything casual—"hi, how are you, it's been forever”—and getting straight to the center of pain. Or
happiness.



I love seeing what we do with what we can't change.

I love the moon's independent indifference.



I love what losing something does but I don't love losing it.



I love kissing.



I love being surprised by May although it happens every year.



I love Jim Morrison for saying, "I'd like to do a song or a piece of music that's just a pure expression of joy, like a celebration of existence, like the coming of spring or the sun rising, just pure unbounded joy. I don't think we've really done that yet."

I love everything I haven't done.



I love how the sky is connected to a part of us that understands something big and knows nothing about it too.



I love the minutes before you're about to see someone you love.



I love glamour-shamelessly—and all glamour. Which is not needed to live but shows people love life. What else is it there for?
Why not ask for more!



I love the sun for worshiping no one.



I love walking toward nowhere in particular and the short-lived chance of finding something new.



I love October when the veil between worlds is thinnest.

I love how at any moment I could forgive someone from the past.

I love the wind and how we never see it.



I love dreams. Conscious and unconscious. Lived and not yet.

I love anyone who risks their life for their ideal one.



I love that we continue to invent meaning.



I love that despite having one body there are many ways to live.



I love people who've quit their jobs to be artists.



I love the nostalgia of the future.



I love dancing.

I love being in love with the wrong people.



I love ritual.

I love chance, too.

🔹🌀 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸! 🌀🔹🔹 Yin & Healing Cello Vibrations : This Yin Yoga practice is a beautiful and therape...
10/27/2025

🔹🌀 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸! 🌀🔹

🔹 Yin & Healing Cello Vibrations : This Yin Yoga practice is a beautiful and therapeutic coupling of deep, passive postures with live cello, offering a unique opportunity to release physical tension and connect with your inner landscape. with Kyle Leia & Rebecca James Alsum

🔹 Breathwork for Being : A dynamic breathwork practice designed to help you connect with your body and release stuck energy and emotions. with Liv Anderson

🌀 Welcome Monday & Tuesday 🌀𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 :JubileeKarenSavannahEd KatePhoebeRebecca
10/26/2025

🌀 Welcome Monday & Tuesday 🌀
𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 :
Jubilee
Karen
Savannah
Ed
Kate
Phoebe
Rebecca

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Duluth, MN
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Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm
Sunday 8am - 8:45pm

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House of the Gathering Yoga School is Duluth’s only trauma conscious yoga school and offers a comprehensive 250 hour yoga teacher training program that integrates classical yoga, trauma conscious yoga, depth psychology, and sustainable practices. Together, these studies embody a practice that take a holistic, expansive look at the human experience-mind, body, psyche, spirit, and soul. Through classical yoga, we explore the Self, mind/body connection, develop flexibility and strength (mental and physical), and develop self-awareness through postures, meditation, and the study of ancient yogic philosophy. Our YTT curriculum is based on Patanjali’s ‘Eight Limbs’ of yoga which include ethics, self-discipline, yoga asana, breath work, meditation and more.

Through trauma conscious yoga we explore the root of trauma, as well as the way that trauma is stored and shows up in our bodies, patterning, relationships, culture, and lives. By informing our practice of yoga and meditation through a trauma conscious lens, we are better able to assist ourselves in healing, as well as to be able to see what might be unfolding for a student in a classroom setting. Through depth psychology, we learn about the psyche, both the conscious and unconscious aspects, and how to navigate the rich language of our unconscious self through dream tending, active imagination, and shadow work. Depth psychology gives a rich toolbox through which to experience the psychological, mythical, poetic, and soulful sides of life.

Through sustainable practices we learn how to bring yoga off of the mat and out into our homes, communities, and cities. We live in uncertain times in which the threats posed by unstable weather patterns are very real. By visiting farms and urban homesteads that are already engaged on the front lines of sustainable agriculture and herbalism, we can learn what we can do to live our values while making an impact on the whole. Join us on retreat, for a workshop, a private session, or one of our Yoga Teacher Training Programs!