
Come Celebrate Autumn With Us!
Yoga for Happiness: Rebalancing The Five Elements Within
with internationally acclaimed yoga teacher, author and Founder of Ashaya Yoga,
Todd Norian
September 25 - 27, 2026​
Riverbend Yoga & Meditation Studio, Yarmouth, ME
Modifications will be given for those with stiffer bodies!
10 CEUs for Teachers

Reconnect. Realign. Rise
In an unpredictable world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed or off-center. Happiness often feels beyond our reach. But within you is a deep reservoir of strength, resilience, and wisdom. This workshop is your opportunity to reconnect with that core of happiness — to rise above the noise, quiet the mind, and come home to yourself.
Through the embodiment of the Five Elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Sky) you’ll tap into the energy and insight you need to stay grounded and find your inner joy again, no matter what life throws your way.
We can all make a difference by making ourselves happier. When you are happy, everyone gets happier around you.

What You’ll Gain
Mentally – Clear your mind, release self-doubt, and reconnect to purpose
Physically – Build strength, flexibility, and vibrant energy
Spiritually – Open your heart and awaken to the infinite reservoir of happiness within
What’s Included
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Five Elements Yoga: Gentle yet powerful practices to activate, open, and balance the five elements within. Rooted in Ashaya Yoga, experience therapeutic, alignment-based yoga for all levels.
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Mantra & Sound: Sacred live music, chanting, and vocal vibration for healing
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Tantra Philosophy: Heart-centered teachings to help you live with joy and authenticity
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Meditation & Yoga Nidra: Deep rest, renewal, and spiritual connection
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Hands-On Support: Optional, expert adjustments to enhance your practice
Whether you’re new to yoga or a lifelong student, this weekend will leave you feeling recharged, inspired, and deeply supported.
Spots are limited. Register now — this workshop will sell out.
Reclaim your radiance. This is your moment.
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Recommended reading: Todd Norian, Introduction to Ashaya Yoga Therapy Manual, Touch of Grace: Hands-On Adjustments, Ashaya Yoga: Align Your Body, Awaken Your Heart Manual; (available only at ashayayoga.com). Tantra Yoga: Journey to Unbreakable Wholeness, A Memoir (available at ashayayoga.com and Amazon).
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Your Investment:
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Weekend Workshop: $325.
Early Bird $295 if paid in full by Aug. 28th, 2026.
No Refunds.
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Spots are limited, register now.
A la carte registration below (click each session).
​Friday 7:00-9:00 p.m. Happiness as Vast as the Sky
Open to the sky element of happiness. Akasha, Sanskrit for space or sky, is the highest and most subtle of the five elements. We live within this vast and unbounded freedom of the sky that is filled with all possibilities. With guided reflection and journaling, you’ll explore how the five elements can help you meet life’s challenges with clarity and resilience. Practice includes poses that open the heart, legs, hips, and back, along with a restorative pose, mantra chanting, meditation, and a deep guided relaxation.
You’ll build a strong foundation for inner balance and self-trust through alignment-based postures, gentle partner work, mantra chanting, meditation, and group connection.
You’ll leave feeling more open, spacious, calm, and supported — ready for the journey ahead.
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Saturday 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Happy Earth: Become Steadfast in Who You Are
Engage with the earth element of happiness. Prithvi, Sanskrit for earth, is the most solid and stable of the five elements. Happiness in earth requires you to stay present and steadfast even in conflict.
Physically, you’ll engage in a dynamic, well-supported sequence of standing poses, hip openers, gentle core work, and backbends — all with thoughtful modifications to meet your level.
Expect guided meditation, mantra, journaling, and community support to help you transform limitation into empowerment and strength.
Practice includes enlivening standing poses, balancing poses, core strengtheners, backbends, and relaxation.
You’ll leave this session feeling alive, energized, and grounded in your unique path.
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Saturday 2:00–4:30 p.m.Flow Around Obstacles Like Water: Acceptance as the Gateway to Happiness
Like waves on the surface of the ocean, our moods go up and down like buoys. The goal of yoga is to go deeper within, beneath the surface waves, to anchor ourselves deep down to the oceanic source of all that is. Connected to source within, we learn how to stay centered in the storm, calm in the chaos. During this session, we’ll use the water element to flow around obstacles and enter the current of grace that effortlessly carries us back to the heart full of joy. Practice includes hip openers, leg stretches, forward bends, twists, and end with a guided deep Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep) relaxation.
The physical practice will center on soothing hip openers, twists, forward folds, and gentle restorative postures that encourage reflection and stillness.
Through breathwork, visualization, Yoga Nidra, mantra, and meditation, you’ll gain clarity, spiritual connection, and deep inner peace.
You’ll leave feeling quiet, nourished, and in tune with your deeper self.
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​JOIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON ONLY
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Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Heart of Happiness: Fire and Air: Breathing Your Dreams into Reality
Agni is fire and Vayu is air. During this session, you’ll ignite the fire of your passion and longing for something greater and then breathe the dreams of your heart into reality through a variety of spiritually uplifting poses. As a result, you will come to know that you are worthy of a great life beyond your wildest imagination.
You’ll move through a full-body, flowing practice that includes up-tempo warm-ups, standing poses, hip openers, twists, core work, and heart-opening backbends — all sequenced to bring you into a deep relaxation that integrates all five elements.
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Five Elements-themed movement
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Chanting and breathwork
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A deep relaxation and visualization of all Five Elements
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Journaling and group sharing for integration
This closing session brings it all together — leaving you feeling lit from within, aligned, and ready to return to life with purpose, presence, and joy.
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Riverbend Yoga & Meditation Studio, 438 US-1, Yarmouth, ME 04096
