You're invited....

When you’re ready to let go of the holidays and the intensity of 2025, here’s an opportunity to pause, exhale, and do something for yourself.  Join us for three cozy hours of learning, self-reflection, intention-setting, community, and a little yoga for the year ahead. This retreat is a chance to let your nervous system settle, release what you’re ready to leave behind, and step into 2026 with clarity, compassion, vitality.

Retreat: Setting Your Intentions for 2026

Use the tools of the yoga tradition to develop a clear vision of your upcoming year.

  • Sunday, January 4, 2026

  • 1-4 p.m.

  • Jacksonville Community Center, 160 E. Main St., Jacksonville, OR

Registration is closed.

With self compassion.....

Using some tools of yoga, begin articulating your self-compassionate and supportive intentions for 2026 that align with your values, goals, and energy levels.

Why intentions and not resolutions?

  • Where we've been

    The last few years have been difficult, challenging, and for many, even traumatic. We don't need self-criticism and the feelings of shame that are often hidden in New Year's resolutions.

  • Where we are

    But we are at the start of a new year, a new era, and maybe some things are shifting. What if we slow down and take time to notice how we feel, and figure out the best next steps for ourselves in 2026?

  • Moving forward

    Maybe you need to take a big chunk of time for self-care. Maybe you have LOTS of ideas about how you'd like to move forward, and you're trying to figure out what you have the capacity to take on. Maybe all of the above!

What we'll do

  • Consider yoga’s holistic model of human beings and how we could apply it to daily life.

  • Explore how the yoga framework can help us gather energy and focus for the year ahead.

  • Integrate some movement, breath, and relaxation into the session.

  • Create individualized statements and tools to support your intentions for 2026.

  • Have a warm beverage and snacks.

What will the yoga be like?

  • Chair-based. No yoga mats needed. No need to get down on the floor.

  • Whether or not you have experience with yoga, this will be accessible to you.

  • We'll do some seated poses and also some standing poses using the chair optionally for support.

  • We'll learn some benefits of chair yoga for brain and nervous system.

  • BONUS! The online student portal will have some additional yoga practices to support your health and well-being throughout 2026.

Do you have questions?

I'm happy to address your questions or concerns. Email me at: [email protected]

Instructor

Lori Taft Sours brings the benefits of slow, mindful yoga to those seeking greater balance, peace, and resilience. She is passionate about guiding people to develop tools for increasing their vibrancy and living well every day.

A Certified Yoga Teacher since 2014, Lori offers an alternative to fast, fitness-based yoga through her emphasis on building nervous system resilience and increasing her students’ ability to navigate the highs and lows of life.

A cancer survivor since 2000, Lori knows first-hand what it takes to live with the worry of a recurring (or new) health crisis, the feeling of vulnerability that brings, and the need to be well and to find inner peace each and every day. She brings that experience into her teaching as she gives people tools to manage in difficult times and believe they have some agency over how they respond to life's events.

Lori holds a PhD in linguistics and has 30 years of experience in higher education where she specialized in adult learning. She is committed to making learning accessible and clear to all students, including those who may be new to yoga.

Lori is a registered yoga teacher with E-RYT200 and RYT500 certifications with Yoga Alliance, with over 1,140 hours of yoga teaching experience and over 780 hours of additional training and study. Her practice and teaching are inspired by the Viniyoga tradition, Subtle Yoga, and yoga therapy. She has specialized certification in slow, mindful yoga, with additional training in yoga for healthy aging, brain longevity, breathing practices, chair yoga, and meditation in the yoga tradition.

With her conviction that we all have the ability – and the right – to seek health, wellness, and vibrancy, Lori founded Consider Yoga to guide people to create sustainable practices for self-care and wellness through slow, mindful yoga.

Lori Taft Sours, PhD, E-RYT200, RYT500

Founder/Owner