Yin & Meditation:
The Art Of Just Being
Schedule:
Friday: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pm (with a one hour lunch break)
Sunday: 9:00am - 12:00pm
A weekend of stillness, embodied awareness, and quiet discovery.
Join Gota Cebrero for a contemplative exploration of Yin Yoga and Zazen (Zen meditation), where stillness becomes a practice of listening, and presence an art of being.
With over 25 years of Zazen practice and a background in Yin Yoga and Shiatsu, Gota brings together contemplative wisdom and embodied awareness, weaving the Five Elements and meridian system of Traditional Chinese Medicine into the practice.
Through Yin Yoga, seated and walking meditation, breath awareness, gentle movement, and silence, we will explore the subtle relationship between body, mind, and energy.
Yin invites us to soften into the body. Zazen invites us to sit with life as it is. Both offer a path beyond striving, toward acceptance, clarity, and a deeper intimacy with the present moment.
We’ll Explore:
- Zazen: The art of sitting, observing, and simply being.
- Yin Yoga: Long-held postures, mindful sensation, and inner listening.
- The Five Elements & Meridians: Exploring traditional energetic pathways through Yin and Shiatsu.
- Breath & Awareness: Cultivating presence through stillness and subtle sensation.
Walking Meditation & Silence: Extending mindfulness beyond the mat.
- Mindful Assists: Exploring supportive touch with sensitivity and care.
No experience is necessary. You don’t need to arrive calm, clear, or prepared—only willing to meet yourself as you are.
Perhaps stillness is not something to seek, but something to recognize when we stop searching.
Come sit beneath the noise.
Soften into the body.
Meet the mind with kindness.
Just sitting. Just feeling. Just being.
Eligible for 12 Yoga Alliance Contact HoursRoom: Blue Room
Pachamama Flow & Shamanic
Journey Weekend Workshop
Weekend Workshop
Oct 9-11-2026
In-Person
With Gota & Ainhoa
We welcome all to come and embark on a journey in this sacred circle of life. We offer ancient rituals of coming home to our Pacha Mama (Mother Earth) and all she embodies. We will partake in a ceremony of Calling Directions. This is a way of honoring and invoking the living energies of Earth, Air, Sun, Water & the Great Mystery through gratitude and prayer. Weaving in these ancient blessings, we will experience an empowering flow honoring the elements within us and around us.Through breath, mantra and sacred movements, we will gather forth in reflection and meaningful intentions you hold deeply within.
Through Shamanic Journeying, you will learn how to discover helping guides or Power animals that can take different forms specific to your life's unique needs to offer dear guidance and support unique to each individual. We welcome beginners or experienced practitioners to join in this beautiful gift of life.
Shamanic journey has been practiced by many healing traditions of indigenous peoples around the world. It is a sacred interaction with the spirit world connecting you deeper to your Highest Self and can also be used to support communities and tribal nations by offering guidance in many diverse ways.
Journeying usually takes place with the sound of a rhythmic drum beat and lying or sitting on the earth with closed eyes. One will enter the journey symbolically through openings in the earth that one chooses such as a cave, water, a hole in a tree or the ground, unique to every being.
We look forward to sharing this ancient and beautiful ceremony woven with yoga uniting us to our true self and connecting us deeper to this sacred earth we live in.
Schedule:
Friday: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am-4:00pm (includes 1 hour lunch break)
Sunday: 9:00am-12:00pm
Register here:
Asheville Yoga Center
July 10-12-2026
Schedule:
Friday: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pm (with a one hour lunch break)
Sunday: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Let's embark on a journey to unleash our highest potential by restoring the flow in mind and body. Using this ancient knowledge of the five elements woven through asanas, we will restore the flow in the meridians, and the extension of the subtle body that corresponds to each of our internal organs. We will explore their expressions and how they yield into our many diverse emotions. In this workshop, you will leave with great confidence of taking your first steps into this beautiful universe steeped in the ancient knowledge of the Oriental Philosophies. It will be a great honor for me to share this beautiful path of yoga with you.
Content:
Philosophy of the five elements
Asanas and meridians
The seasons in relation to the elements
Subtle body visualizations, pranayama & mantra
How to apply this knowledge to our Sadhana
How to implement this knowledge in our class
How to work one on one with clients using this ancient knowledge
Yogic view in relation to meridians, nadis, and the five elements
Register here
Asheville yoga center
October 9-11-2026
We welcome all to come and embark on a journey in this sacred circle of life. We offer ancient rituals of coming home to our Pacha Mama (Mother Earth) and all she embodies. We will partake in a ceremony of Calling Directions. This is a way of honoring and invoking the living energies of Earth, Air, Sun, Water & the Great Mystery through gratitude and prayer. Weaving in these ancient blessings, we will experience an empowering flow honoring the elements within us and around us.
Through breath, mantra and sacred movements, we will gather forth in reflection and meaningful intentions you hold deeply within. Through Shamanic Journeying, you will learn how to discover helping guides or Power animals that can take different forms specific to your life’s unique needs to offer dear guidance and support unique to each individual. We welcome beginners or experienced practitioners to join in this beautiful gift of life.
Shamanic journey has been practiced by many healing traditions of indigenous peoples around the world. It is a sacred interaction with the spirit world connecting you deeper to your Highest Self and can also be used to support communities and tribal nations by offering guidance in many diverse ways.
Journeying usually takes place with the sound of a rhythmic drum beat and lying or sitting on the earth with closed eyes. One will enter the journey symbolically through openings in the earth that one chooses such as a cave, water, a hole in a tree or the ground, unique to every being.
We look forward to sharing this ancient and beautiful ceremony woven with yoga uniting us to our true self and connecting us deeper to this sacred earth we live in.
To be covered:
-Shamanic Journey
-Pachamama Gentle Flow
-Calling directions
-Journaling
-Pachamama Yin
-How to create an altar
-Pranayamas
-Poetry sharing
Register here:
ASHEVILLE YOGA CENTER
LED BY
Gota & Ainhoa
We welcome all to come and embark on a journey in this sacred circle of life. We offer ancient rituals of coming home to our Pacha Mama (Mother Earth) and all she embodies. We will partake in a ceremony of Calling Directions. This is a way of honoring and invoking the living energies of Earth, Air, Sun, Water & the Great Mystery through gratitude and prayer. Weaving in these ancient blessings, we will experience an empowering flow honoring the elements within us and around us.
Through breath, mantra and sacred movements, we will gather forth in reflection and meaningful intentions you hold deeply within. Through Shamanic Journeying, you will learn how to discover helping guides or Power animals that can take different forms specific to your life’s unique needs to offer dear guidance and support unique to each individual. We welcome beginners or experienced practitioners to join in this beautiful gift of life.
Shamanic journey has been practiced by many healing traditions of indigenous peoples around the world. It is a sacred interaction with the spirit world connecting you deeper to your Highest Self and can also be used to support communities and tribal nations by offering guidance in many diverse ways.
Journeying usually takes place with the sound of a rhythmic drum beat and lying or sitting on the earth with closed eyes. One will enter the journey symbolically through openings in the earth that one chooses such as a cave, water, a hole in a tree or the ground, unique to every being.
We look forward to sharing this ancient and beautiful ceremony woven with yoga uniting us to our true self and connecting us deeper to this sacred earth we live in.
PAST EVENTS:
INTERWEAVING THE 5 ELEMENTS IN OUR LIVES:
Register here:
Asheville Yoga Center
Let's embark on a journey to unleash our highest potential by restoring the flow in mind and body. Using this ancient knowledge of the five elements woven through asanas, we will restore the flow in the meridians, and the extension of the subtle body that corresponds to each of our internal organs. We will explore their expressions and how they yield into our many diverse emotions. In this workshop, you will leave with great confidence of taking your first steps into this beautiful universe steeped in the ancient knowledge of the Oriental Philosophies. It will be a great honor for me to share this beautiful path of yoga with you.
Register Here:
Asheville Yoga Center
Register Here:
Asheville Yoga Center
BLESS YOUR HEART:
(Saturday July 27, 2024 10:00am - 11:30am EDT)
Touch upon the beautiful gift of blessings and gratitude then you’ve touched upon the heart. To open those portals of light and blessing, we need to allow the flow of shakti through us. Let’s embark on this journey together where we can bathe in a river of blessings woven through a Mindful Flow Vinyasa Class.
QI YIN:
( Friday July 26, 2024 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT)
Coming into stillness within, accompanied by our breath of life, our bodies journey through energetic pathways that open up the flow of prana. The sticks and branches are cleared in this inner river of blessings while we lie on the earth that holds us. Here we steep for a time in each pose bringing fresh new energy and a deep calm touching upon the breath of life.
Register at:
Asheville Yoga Center
Register at:
Asheville Yoga Center
Register at:
Asheville Yoga Center
