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Yoga Schedule

geM Yoga and Meditation classes are steeped in tradition. Each class has a theme that seeps into all physical postures, meditations, visualizations, mudras (hand gestures), and mantras (affirmations). The theme may stem from an anatomical, emotional or mental focus. geM has 28 years of study and practice in Iyengar, Hatha, Vinyasa, and Kundalini yoga styles. Classes are always intentional, fluid and never fast paced. geM focuses on each student’s body and uses a variety of props and modifications to help everyone find peace in the pose. Pranayama (breathwork) and some SOMA Breath elements are embedded into every class. You will feel physically energized, but geM’s classes are meant to heal and balance the whole being- physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

geM yoga classes held at 1917 Wisconsin Ave, New Holstein, WI

All geM yoga classes are $13. Contact me for the class sign up doc, or just drop in!

Wednesdays 9:00 am Hatha yoga/ basic level- This class is for the yogi with the beginner mindset or one recovering from injury, or the yogi who wants to move slower and with more attention to the details of the asanas (postures) and how to modify them to fit their unique body and history.

Saturdays 8:00 am Prana slow flow/ all levels- This class is a slow intentional flow with emphasis on restoring, creating and balancing our energetic body as well as the physical one. Expect pranayama (breath practices), mudras (hand gestures), and reflective themes.

geM Yoga at Elevate Yoga in Elkhart Lake

Monday- 8:15 am gentle yoga

Tuesday- 5:30-6:30 pm- slow flow

Wednesdays- 12:30-1:30 pm - slow flow

Visit www.elevateyogallc.com to sign up. All yoga classes are $20

Special Events

Creating events to deepen our practice as well as to connect our community, is one of my favorite things to do! From yoga in the lavender field, to longer SOMA workshops and special events to celebrate the seasonal changes, these are not your typical yoga classes. They invite you into an intentional, immersive experience that leaves an impact on you.

SOMA Breath

21 Day Awakening Journey- $199 Next 21 Day Journey begins first week of September

This transformative breathwork technique supercharges you into a state of passion, flow and determination by raising your emotional energy to high self esteem and confidence. Peak performance coaches recognise that passion is the number one factor for success.

This technique is also a powerful self hypnotic tool for seeding your intentions deep into your subconscious mind, programming your brain stem to tune into the frequency of reality that is essential for you to reach your dream life targets.

Be prepared for a life full of positive surprises and synchronicities when you begin your journey of awakening to your full human potential.

The Awakening breathwork naturally stimulates the scientifically proven method of intermittent hypoxic training (IHT) without needing the expensive equipment that is essential for IHT.

Unlocking Psychedelic States Without Substances: Cambridge Study Reveals Transformative Power of SOMA Breathwork

The University of Cambridge conducted a comprehensive study on SOMA Breath’s 21-Day Awakening Protocol, revealing that structured breathwork can induce altered states of consciousness similar to those produced by psychedelic substances. Key findings include:

Increased Neural Complexity: Participants exhibited heightened Lempel-Ziv complexity in brain activity during breathwork sessions, indicating richer and more diverse neural patterns akin to those observed during psychedelic experiences.
Positive Phenomenological States: Individuals reported enhanced feelings of bliss, insightfulness, and spiritual experiences, particularly during breath-hold phases.
Reduction in Negative Experiences: Over the course of the study, there was a notable decrease in negative physical and mental states, such as anxiety and boredom, as participants continued their breathwork practice.

These results suggest that SOMA Breath’s techniques can elicit profound mental and emotional experiences, offering a potential non-pharmacological alternative to psychedelics for therapeutic applications.

Watch the testimonials of participants from the 21 Day Awakening Journeys I have led this year.

Energetic Meditation- Offered live in person $15 and live online via ZOOM $10. a one hour thematic session with elevating music, ambidexterous movement and dance, AUM chanting, guided meditation and visualizations and 2-3 rounds of rhythmic breathing and IHT.

SOMA Breath Journey- a 90-120 minute live-in-person session similar to the Energetic Meditation but designed to go deeper into the experience with 4-5 rounds of rhythmic breathing. $25

Daily Dose- a 30 minute online session via ZOOM. 5 minutes of ambidextrous movement and dance, 5 minutes of AUM chanting, 2 rounds of rhythmic breathing- all set to a theme with guided medtitaitons and visualizations . $7

Megamorphosis- Transformational Coaching

A four-week coaching protocol individualized to help you transform your physical, mental and emotional habits, so you can live life as you desire.

Topics of focus but not limited to:

Sleep Issues

Moderate or severe depression

Weight loss

Lack of Focus

Boredom in life

Low energy

Menopause

Eating the Ayurvedic way

Grief and sadness

Boost self esteem

Forgiveness

Addictions

Grounding

Self discipline

Clear communications

Connection to intuition

Circadian rhythms

Creativity and Inspiration

Balanced Ego

Initial consultation - Meet for 30 minutes online or in person to complete an ayurvedic dosha test and intake questionnaire. Talk about personal obtainable goal(s) . I explain the weekly meeting and daily protocol. If we agree to it, a coaching plan will be set up.

Weekly meeting- scheduled 90-120 minutes on Zoom. Talk about goals and themes. Reflect on how the prior week(s) activities and guides are going. Share new guides each week for diet, movement, sleep, and breathwork specific to individualized goal plan. Guides might include: diverse physical exercises and dancing, journaling, visualizations, mantras (affirmations), mudras (hand positions), yoga, chanting AUM, dietary additions/substitutions/restrictions based on your dosha and ayurvedic principles, and brainwave entrainment music. Practice any new guides together to ensure confidence in daily expectations. Be led in a personalized guided meditation and 2-3 rounds of rhythmic breathing followed by exhale retentions and inhale retentions. Working with intermittent hypoxia is a powerful way to create physiological and brain changes. Answer questions.

Forever Folder- My weekly individualized coaching plan will be shared each week, so you can revisit topics and information discussed as a review or in the future. Recorded Zoom meetings or mp3 recordings of guided breathwork meditation and music will be shared to the folder weekly. At the end of the month, you will have everything I share with you to keep forever.

Follow-up meeting- About a week after our four weeks of coaching, I will check in to see how you are living. We’ll reconnect to see what daily practices you are continuing, or if further services are desired.

Here is what some clients have achieved after a monthly protocol:

Feeling energized and unstoppable

Ignited self-power / WILL power

Weight loss

Activated physical and mental strength

Released negative, self-limiting thoughts

Better regulator of emotions

Less reactive to stressors

Fall asleep and stay asleep

Elevated level of vibration

Benefits of Megamorphosis- a SOMA Breath Transformational approach

Intention setting- to live the life you want

One-on-one specific attention to your physical, emotional, and mental needs

Autonomy- the goal is to teach you how to take care of your unique you

Tapping into your BREATH- learn about your inner pharmacy and how to diagnose and prescribe

Neurogenesis/Brain Change- through intention setting, guided visualizations, ambidextrous dancing, chanting AUM, rhythmic breathing and retentions; you will change your brain however YOU want to.

Compensation for Coaching-

Meg has been a coach in many facets of her 48 years. As an educator with a master's degree in education, she has many years of teaching experience from first grade to adult education. She has been dubbed "Meg the Motivator" for her enthusiasm in helping others achieve success. She has studied and completed all 5 levels of SOMA breath certifications. She has learned about and helped to heal her own inflammation, gut, arthritis, and perimenopause issues through an ayurvedic approach, homeopathy, herbs, SOMA breath and yoga. There is no "one size fits all" approach to health and wellness as we are all unique. It is Meg's goal to help you understand what lifestyle practices are best for you to live a healthy and well life. Everything she shares with you will be yours forever.

Initial consultation- free

4 Week Monthly Protocol:- $500

One Zoom coaching session- $125

Payments can be made in cash or check to Meg Herschberg, or:

Paypal - megherschberg@gmail.com

Venmo- @gemyogaandmediation

Client Testimonials

Joan said, "Meg was a great leader/instructor. She explained things in a way I could understand and was kind and compassionate. She listened to my needs/concerns. I looked forward to our weekly video meetings.

My 4-week protocol was customized to my individual needs/goals based on the initial assessment and interview with Meg. I have been in a rut not knowing where to start to take charge of my health and this program gave me direction. I especially enjoy the morning routine which gives me a sense of purpose /structure and sets a positive mindset for my day. The activities that benefitted me the most were the breathing exercises for both morning and evening. The diet suggestions gave me a different focus instead of being set in a certain complicated diet

Overall this program helped me with changing my mindset from an all or nothing point of view. I feel more confident, happy and motivated to achieve my goals. Even my friends have noticed the change in me! "

Erica said, "I recently completed a 4-week Megamorphosis coachint session with Meg. I have been struggling with increased stress levels and this past year, the stress negatively impacted my GI.

First Meg had me complete an assessment form and we met online to talk about my daily health habits and concerns. Then she went over the results of the assessment and evaluation and she set up a four week individualized plan to help me reach my goals.

Over the next 4 weeks, I met with Meg via zoom once per week for about two hours and we worked together on my goals. I really was at a point where sleep was an issue for me, the increased stress levels were a negative impact and of course, my GI issues.

After our zoom meeting, she emailed me my weekly plan of activities including daily movement exercises, diet tips for my dosha, a 20-30 minute daily guided breathwork and other audio recordings to help me sleep.

I do breathwork in the morning along with some movements. Initially I was wondering about time commitment, but it wasn’t difficult to fit this into my schedule. In the evening, I take a few minutes to do some reduced breathing exercises. I continue to use SOMA Breath daily. Self-care is not selfish. Take time for yourself and contact Meg."

Amy said, "I'd like to share my experience with the Megamorphosis Transformational Coaching sessions. I appreciated the consultation first that gathered information specific to my needs and how future sessions were tailored specifically to address those needs. I found myself looking forward to my next session each week. I had both physical and mental needs to address. The yoga, meditation, SOMA breathwork and nutritional regimen was a refreshing change to my routine. I had practiced yoga in the past, but the SOMA breathwork was new to me. I really enjoyed this portion of the sessions as well. Meg has a very caring and inspiring way she leads these sessions. She offers many tools to use to reach your physical, mental, and other goals. I have already made progress toward reaching my goals. I feel very equipped after the process to continue to work toward these goals. I highly recommend this process to anyone who is interested in making meaningful long-term lifestyle changes that will make a positive change in their lives."

Reiki

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy." Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. Reiki is shared with no touch or a light touch of the reiki practitioner’s palms on the participant’s body. A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well-being. While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, and there is nothing you must believe in order to learn and use Reiki. In fact, Reiki is not dependent on belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not. Because Reiki comes from God, many people find that using Reiki puts them more in touch with the experience of their religion rather than having only an intellectual concept of it.

"You are so senesitive". I have heard these words my whole life, and much of my physical discomforts and autoimmune illness has been due to my empathetic nature. I am a super sensitive person. I am very aware of and affected by other people's moods and energy. Fortunately, due to my innate desire to learn more to help myself live better, I have studied and practiced my way to Reiki Master Practioner.

Now I give myself reiki attunements weekly to strengthen my energetic field (aura) to protect and to restore my energy. I share reiki with others to help them balance and heal their personal energy however I am guided to.