Anywhere Anytime Meditation Online
2025-04-24 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-05-01 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-05-08 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-05-15 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-05-22 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-05-29 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE
Anywhere Anytime Meditation course ONLINE via zoom
6 Thursdays, 9-10:30am PACIFIC TIME
April 24-May 29, 2025
$150. NOTAFLOF. Open to all
Email catorshachoy@gmail.com to register and receive link
Curious about meditation? Anytime Anywhere Meditation (AAM) is a new course designed to introduce people to the benefits of meditation. This course is unique in focusing on short periods of meditation, time for discussion and applying a meditative awareness to our daily lives. this secular course was developed by renowned meditation teacher Mingyur Rinpoche. Class time includes guided meditations, discussions and videos of Mingyur Rinpoche. Open to all. No previous experience with meditation required. Contact Cator with questions.

Yoga & The Vagus Nerve
2025-05-17 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-18 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California Yoga Center, 1776 Miramonte Avenue, Mountain View, CA, 94040, United States
This workshop is designed to help students understand and regulate their nervous system through the vagus nerve. It focuses on how vagal tone affects overall well-being, stress resilience, and emotional regulation. The session will incorporate breathing and mindfulness practices that stimulate the vagus nerve, helping individuals transition between different nervous system states, freeze (shutdown/trauma), activation (fight/flight/play), and relaxation (rest/digest).

Free Cranial Babies Clinic
2025-07-13 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | East Bay Birth Collective, 6333 Telegraph Ave #103, Oakland, CA, 94609
Free Craniosacral Clinic for pre-crawling babies. Pre-registration required. Limited space available. No drop-ins. Click the link for more information and to register.

Relieve Jaw Tension with Yoga & Mindfulness
2025-07-26 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Yoga Room Berkeley, CA, 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite D, Berkeley, CA, 94702, United States
Join us as we explore how to relieve jaw tension with yoga & mindfulness. Class time includes yoga asana, mindfulness practices and 4 core actions connecting your jaw, shoulders, hips, and feet as well as gentle facial self-massage. You will learn about the many causes and repercussions of jaw tension and how to support yourself. If you clench or grind, this workshop is for you!
**Jaw Tension can be a factor in many conditions including headaches, sinusitis, sciatica, digestive and hormonal disorders. Come and learn why this is so and how to bring relief.

Free Infant Craniosacral Clinic
2025-10-05 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Preventive Medical Center of Marin, 4340 Redwood Hwy, A-22, San Rafael, 94903, United States
Free craniosacral clinic for pre-crawling infants. By appointment only. Pre-registation required. No drop-ins. Donations gratefully accepted.
To register, complete this form – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfx9Xbgh3YcF0OM6mtYvx5Hv605f_DuJVNQ79WG0-Z7LSUL6A/viewform

Yoga & The Vagus for Self-Regulation & Resilience
2025-10-19 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Yoga Room Berkeley, CA, 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite D, Berkeley, CA, 94702, United States
The vagus nerve is essential in supporting relaxation and ease of being. This workshop will help you understand and regulate your nervous system. We’ll focus on how vagal tone affects overall well-being, stress resilience, and emotional regulation. Class time incorporates yoga postures, mindfulness and breathing practices to stimulate the vagus nerve, supporting you to transition between different nervous system states. Learn to identify Freeze (shutdown/trauma), Activation (fight/flight/play), and Relaxation (rest/digest). This workshop includes scientific insight and practical movement, making it valuable for anyone looking to enhance their mind-body connection and improve their quality of life.

Anytime Anywhere Meditation
2025-10-30 17:15 - 18:30, 2025-11-06 17:15 - 18:30, 2025-11-13 17:15 - 18:30, 2025-11-20 17:15 - 18:30, 2025-12-04 17:15 - 18:30, 2025-12-11 17:15 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE
6 Thursdays, 5:15-6:30pm ONLINE
October 30, November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 11 (no class on Thanksgiving 11/27)
$75 to $150 sliding scale. Open to all – no one turned away for lack of funds
Email Cator at catorshachoy@gmail.com to enroll or with questions
Curious about meditation? Anytime Anywhere Meditation (AAM) is a new course designed to introduce you to the benefits of meditation. This program is unique in focusing on accessing inner well-being. AAM incorporates the latest neuroscience understanding of the brain together with time tested Buddhist practices. Developed by renowned meditation teacher Mingyur Rinpoche specifically to support bringing meditation into daily life, it will be of interest to new and experienced meditators. Class time includes guided meditations, discussion and videos of Mingyur Rinpoche. Open to all. No previous experience with meditation required. Contact Cator with questions.

Cranial Touch Daylong - The Art & Science of Craniosacral Therapy
2025-11-08 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Root & The Branch, 2409 Sacramento Street SUITE 2, San Francisco, CA, 94115, United States
Saturday, November 8, 9-5pm
Location: The Root & The Branch, 2409 Sacramento Street, SUITE 2, San Francisco, CA 94115
To Register or Q: catorshachoy@gmail.com
Craniosacral is a gentle, profound form of touch therapy. Characterized by light, specific contact, this modality invites deep healing. Central to this approach is learning to access the Inner Tide or Cranial wave. The tide is a subtle body pulse providing circulation of the fascia, and other body structures. When we tune into this rhythm, we can feel restrictions throughout the body, mind and heart. In this way we work with the whole being. Cranial work invites a deep sense of connection. We become calm, peaceful, at ease…we feel a part of everything.
This workshop will introduce the principles of Craniosacral bodywork with a focus on accessing the Tide. Hands on cranial techniques and guided movement practice to integrate awareness of the cranial wave will be presented. A small class size facilitates personal attention. Limited to 10 participants.
Open to anyone interested in learning more about Craniosacral Therapy.
***Advance Registration Required. No Drop-ins Please***

Relieve Jaw Tension with Yoga & Mindfulness
2025-12-06 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California Yoga Center, 1776 Miramonte Avenue, Mountain View, CA, 94040, United States

Yoga & Your Vagus part 2: States of Being
2026-02-21 13:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Yoga Room Berkeley, CA, 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite D, Berkeley, CA, 94702, United States
Open to all – no previous experience needed
The Yoga Room Berkeley, CA
HYBRID
Saturday, February 21, 1-3:30pm
Learn how to balance the stress of life through shifting states of being with ease. What is the difference between the nervous system states of freeze, fight/flight/mobilize and rest & digest/relax? The Vagus is instrumental in switching between these states. This class will explore how to recognize which state you are in, and how to change states for greater health and well-being. Informed by neuroscience, you can learn to care for yourself wisely. Yoga and Mindfulness are powerful tools for nervous system regulation. We’ll learn quick reset techniques and practice a yoga sequence designed to support nervous system resilience. This workshop builds on material shared previously, and is open to anyone.

Cranial Touch Workshop Series
2026-03-21 12:30 - 18:00, 2026-05-16 12:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Root & The Branch, 2409 Sacramento Street SUITE 2, San Francisco, CA, 94115, United States
A series of workshops exploring relevant subjects in Craniosacral Therapy
Saturday afternoons 12:30-5:30/ 6pm
Open to all. Limited to 10 participants
$175
Register for individual classes or the whole series
Workshop dates:
March 21 – Perceptual Skills: 6 layers, 6 elements
May 16 – Mid-line
July 18 – Sacrum
September 26 – TMJ/TMD
November 7 – Cranial Touch Intro
Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on healing modality. Through deep listening, restrictions in body and mind are released, resulting in greater health and well-being. Cator Shachoy, author of The TMJ Handbook: A Therapeutic Guide to Relieving Jaw Tension and Pain with Yoga and Mindfulness is a master practitioner, with over 35 years training and clinical experience. You are invited to join this special course exploring a variety of topics in Craniosacral Therapy.

Relieve Jaw Tension w/ Yoga & Mindfulness
2026-04-17 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Samamkaya Yoga Backcare & Scoliosis Collective, 119 West 23rd Street, Suite 406, New York, NY, 10011, United States
6-8pm EAST COAST USA
Hosted by Samamkaya in Mid-town New York City
HYBRID
Do you clench or grind? Learn about the causes and repercussions of jaw tension, and how to get relief. We’ll explore causes and repercussions throughout the body. Yoga & Mindfulness are powerful tools for relaxing your jaw when applied wisely.

Yoga & Your Vagus 1: For Self-Regulation & Resilience
2026-04-18 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Samamkaya Yoga Backcare & Scoliosis Collective, 119 West 23rd Street, Suite 406, New York, NY, 10011, United States
9:30-12pm EAST COAST USA
Hosted by Samamkaya Yoga Backcare & Scoliosis Collective, Mid-town Manhattan, NYC
HYBRID
The vagus nerve is essential in supporting relaxation and ease of being. This workshop will help you understand how to regulate your nervous system. Vagal tone affects overall well-being, stress resilience, and emotional regulation. Class time incorporates yoga postures, mindfulness and breathing practices to stimulate the vagus nerve, supporting you to transition between different nervous system states – freeze (shutdown/trauma), activation (fight/flight/play), and relaxation (rest/digest). This workshop includes scientific insight and movement practices, making it valuable for anyone looking to enhance their mind-body connection and improve their quality of life.

Yoga & Vagus 2: States of Being
2026-04-18 14:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Samamkaya Yoga Backcare & Scoliosis Collective, 119 West 23rd Street, Suite 406, New York, NY, 10011, United States
2:30-4:30p EAST COAST TIME USA
Hosted by Samamkaya Yoga Backcare & Scoliosis, Mid-town Manhattan, NYC
HYBRID
Learn how to balance the stress of life through shifting states of being with ease. What is the difference between the nervous system states of freeze, fight/flight/mobilize and rest & digest/relax? The Vagus is instrumental in switching between these states. This class will explore how to recognize which state you are in, and how to change states for greater health and well-being. Informed by neuroscience, you can learn to care for yourself wisely. Yoga and Mindfulness are powerful tools for nervous system regulation. We’ll learn quick reset techniques and practice a yoga sequence designed to support nervous system resilience.

Yoga & Your Vagus 3: From Frozen to Supple
2026-04-19 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Samamkaya Yoga Backcare & Scoliosis Collective, 119 West 23rd Street, Suite 406, New York, NY, 10011, United States
10a-12pm EAST COAST USA
Hosted by Samamkaya Yoga Backcare & Scoliosis
HYBRID
Your vagus nerve is essential in switching between states of stress and states of calm. Identifying the areas of life where we ‘freeze’ can be challenging. We’ll take a closer look at what it means to freeze from a nervous system point of view, and how we can free up that energy to something more enjoyable – being at ease anytime, anywhere.

Anytime Anywhere Meditation Class 6 week series
2026-05-11 10:00 - 11:15, 2026-05-18 10:00 - 11:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE
Anywhere Anytime Meditation course ONLINE via zoom
6 Mondays 10-11:15am PACIFIC TIME
May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 8, 15, 2026
$75-150 sliding scale. NOTAFLOF. Open to all
Email catorshachoy@gmail.com to register and receive link
Curious about meditation? Anytime Anywhere Meditation (AAM) is a new course designed to introduce you to the benefits of meditation. This secular course offers a unique approach, combining the latest science of the mind with time tested Buddhist practices. Through short periods of meditation and discussion, you will learn to apply a meditative awareness to daily life. Developed by renowned meditation teacher Mingyur Rinpoche, author of, “The Joy of Living.” Class time includes guided meditations, discussion, movement practice and videos of Mingyur Rinpoche. Open to all. No previous experience with meditation required. Contact Cator with questions.
