This three-day immersion is a Warrior Sanctuary Collective signature seasonal reset, designed to help you clear Kapha accumulation through functional movement, yoga therapy, breathwork, and nervous-system-aware practices that restore circulation, clarity, and internal fire.
This is not about pushing harder or “powering through.” It’s about practicing smarter, using movement that works with your joints, fascia, breath, and nervous system so motivation becomes a byproduct, not something you force.
This immersion is for anyone feeling heavy, sluggish, stuck, foggy, or uninspired who wants a seasonal reset that actually works, not another routine that drains them. This class is also beneficial for yoga teachers & movement professionals seeking to earn CEUs, understand seasonal physiology, integrate functional movement into yoga classes, and teach in a way that supports real bodies and real nervous systems.
Whether you come for personal healing, professional growth, or both, you’ll leave with practices you can apply immediately, on and off the mat.
Erin Tomaso Smith
Functional Movement Specialist, Kettlebell Coach, 500-RYT, Feminine Embodiment Coach, and Women’s Holistic Movement Educator.
Erin’s work blends science-backed movement with somatic awareness to help women restore stability, power, and confidence from within. She leads the Warrior Path functional training and nervous system regulation approach at Warrior Sanctuary.
Kaitlin Faye Heavin
Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), Functional Movement Specialist, 500-E-RYT, Pilates Reformer Specialist, Ayurvedic Coach.
Kaitlin integrates trauma-informed yoga therapy, breathwork, and embodiment practices to support women in reconnecting with balance, vitality, and self-trust. Her work bridges the gap between modern science and ancient wisdom.
Pricing
| Single 3-hour workshop | $125 | Sign up for workshop |
| Full weekend immersion | $395 | Sign up for full weekend |
Kapha Season Immersion Schedule
Friday, April 17,
4:00 – 7:00 pm
Workshop 1: Foundation, Seasonal Framework & Embodied Movement
Purpose: Set the container, understand Kapha season, identify individual constitution, and begin embodying the seasonal shift through functional movement, yoga therapy principles, and nervous-system-aware sequencing.
Schedule
Opening + Centering Practice + Immersion Overview
- Gentle grounding practice to arrive in the body.
- Introduce the seasonal lens, nervous system focus, and why Kapha season requires movement that creates circulation without overwhelm.
Dosha Test + Individual Reflection
Participants complete a dosha assessment and reflect on how Kapha shows up personally (energy, motivation, joints, digestion, mood).
Ayurvedic Overview: Doshas, Gunas & Seasonal Shifts
- Kapha qualities (heavy, slow, stable, cool, damp)
- How these qualities accumulate in spring
- Why stagnation is physiological, not a lack of discipline
- The relationship between Kapha, fascia, lymph, and joint stiffness
A Seasonal Approach to Practice + Teaching
- How seasonal physiology changes what the body needs from movement:
- Why static holds and passive stretching can increase Kapha
- Why rhythm, load, and mobility are medicine in spring
- How to adapt yoga practices seasonally for sustainability
Embodiment Practice: Kapha Reset Flow
A guided movement practice blending:
- functional mobility
- joint-centered strength
- rhythmic transitions
- breath-led pacing
Focus on:
- warming the tissues
- improving circulation and lymphatic flow
- gently stimulating the nervous system without pushing
Introduction to Power Yoga (Heating + Mobile Approach)
Reframing power yoga as:
- intelligent sequencing
- purposeful load and repetition
- nervous-system-aware intensity
Discussion of how to use power elements seasonally instead of habitually.
How to Integrate Functional Movement into Yoga
Practical framework for teachers and practitioners:
- hinge, squat, lunge, rotate, carry
- why multi-plane movement matters for Kapha
- how load and resistance wake up dormant tissue
- adapting functional strength for different bodies and levels
This bridges yoga therapy, functional training, and seasonal sequencing.
Embodiment Practice: Integrative Flow + Nervous System Downshift
- Movement transitions into slower pacing, longer exhalations, and grounding shapes.
- Participants experience how to stimulate Kapha without dysregulating the nervous system.
Saturday, April 18, 12:00 – 3:00 pm
Workshop 2: Breath, Sadhana, Therapeutic Asana & Kapa Meditation
Purpose: Understand why Kapha-balancing breath and movement work together, and learn how to build a sustainable daily practice that creates momentum.
Schedule
Centering Practice
Gentle movement and breath to bring awareness into the ribs, spine, and pelvis.
Integration Check-In + Q&A
Processing insights from Friday.
- Kapha Season Breathwork Education
- seasonal changes in breathing mechanics
- Kapha and reduced respiratory expansion
- intercostal breathing for circulation and clarity
- why we follow stimulation with regulation
Breath Practice: Intercostal → Alternate Nostril
Direct experience of activating, then balancing, the nervous system.
How to Build Kapha-Balancing Asana
This is where functional movement, yoga therapy, and power yoga merge.
Includes:
- sequencing for spring energy
- functional strength embedded in asana
- joint prep + mobility strategies
- load and repetition options
- breath-to-movement integration
- how to design a daily Sadhana that creates momentum without burnout
Participants learn how to build these practices, not just follow them.
Introduction to Meditation
Why Kapha benefits from clarity-based, uplifting meditation styles.
Kapha-Specific Meditation
Understanding the intention behind the practice.
Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation
A heart-opening, lightening practice to counter Kapha heaviness.
Q&A + Open Discussion
Sunday, April 19,
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Workshop 3: Teaching Methodology, Practice Teaching & Integration
Purpose: Integrate the work into something usable — for teaching, personal practice, and daily life
Schedule
Teaching Methodology + Practice Teaching
Small groups explore teaching from a seasonal, functional, and therapeutic lens.
Includes:
- cueing and pacing for Kapha bodies
- sequencing choices: therapeutic, power, functional
- integrating breath safely
- choosing intensity intelligently
- teaching segments to one another
- supportive, constructive feedback
Integration Circle + Q&A
Reflection on how this work applies to personal health and teaching.
Closing + Guided Savasana
A grounding, regulating close to seal the work into the nervous system.
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