Yoga for Gardening

Getting out in your garden during warmer weather is so exciting…until your back starts to hurt. Good news: yoga can help prepare your body to do the yard work that your mind wants to do! In this workshop, we’ll explore the ways yoga can support your gardening through better postural alignment, joint range of motion, and muscular strengthening.

Poses will be scaled from low-impact to higher-challenge, with adaptations provided for joint limitations. As always, students are encouraged to make proactive decisions about their participation in any of the asana (postures). This workshop is for people who can, without assistance, walk and get up and down from the floor.

Date: Saturday, June 28th, 2025
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Cost: $35

If you are an RYT with Yoga Alliance, this workshop can count as 2 hours of continuing education credit. For more info on Yoga Alliance continuing education credits, see
https://www.yogaalliance.org/Credentialing/ContinuingEducation

Beth Connors-Manke, E-RYT 200, YACEP

Beth has been practicing yoga since 2000 and graduated from LHAA’s first 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2009. An Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) with Yoga Alliance, Beth began teaching studio classes in January 2010 and has taught continuously since then. Beth’s teaching specialties include back health, the subtle body, yoga philosophy, ethics, and Ayurveda.

Beth joined the LHAA teaching team for the yoga teacher training in 2017, taking on the role of co-lead trainer. Since that time, Beth has helped update the curriculum to make it more integrated and learner-focused. During the Covid pandemic, she was responsible for adapting the curriculum when the program had to shift temporarily to instruction over Zoom.

Beth’s pedagogical experience extends beyond the studio. She has a doctorate in English and has taught college-level writing, rhetoric, public speaking, and literature since 2001. In that capacity, she has trained and mentored new teachers for more than 15 years.