Julia Forest

Co-founder & training director

Introduction

Julia is an international yoga teacher, birth doula, women’s health advocate, and closet artist who is passionate about health, environmentalism and empowered birth. She is co-creator of the Sacred Birth Yoga & Doula Training, is founding director of Awakened Spirit Yoga and co-founder of the Wellkind Foundation, a non-profit that focuses on community empowerment and wellbeing through the lens of permaculture. She also created the Sacred Earth Yoga Training, the first yoga teacher training program that combines yoga, mindfulness, permaculture and leadership to transform lives and communities.

 

Background

During the past 20 years, Julia has been practicing and studying with extraordinary teachers in North America and in India and deepened her practice in several lineages such as classical hatha yoga, mindfulness meditation, vinyasa, Scaravelli inspired, yoga therapy and kundalini. A solo journey to Spain sparked a 10 year pilgrimage to Rishikesh India, where she taught and studied yoga and meditation in ashrams and monasteries.

A self-proclaimed anatomy geek, she draws from more than 16 years of experience in body-centered therapies and physical rehabilitation and has taught individuals of many ages and abilities including teens, women who are pre- and post-natal, elders, as well as people living with MS, fibromyalgia, cancer, osteoporosis and chronic pain.

The emphasis in her classes is on alignment, yoga as a tool for transformation, the healing qualities of inner stillness, movement and breath for the cultivation of inner peace, health and wellbeing. Her approach is trauma informed and accessible. She teaches from the heart and creates an environment in which her students can explore and discover their inner wisdom and potential. She believes that we all have within us what we need to heal ourselves and is passionate about honoring source tradition while exploring the potential that yoga has to offer in everyday life.

Julia has been deeply influenced by her many teachers and mentors such as Thich Nhat Hahn, Jetsumna Tenzin Palmo, Monica Voss, and Judith Hanson Lasater. She offers retreats, yoga teacher training programs, anatomy and physiology intensives, and specialty workshops worldwide.

Courses by Julia

childbirth educator course lamaze
$999.00
Oct. 19, Nov. 16, Dec. 14, Jan. 11, Feb. 8, March 9 : 7:30am - 2:30pm Pacific   Format Online:...
$880.00$1,250.00
Upcoming Courses Live-Virtual Spring Program: May 31-June 2, June 7-9, June 21 - 23, 2024: 7:30am - 2:30pm PST  ...
$1,750.00
FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 3, 2024   Yoga and holistic birth support are potent therapeutic tools to empower the birthing journey from...
Sale!
$0.00
Enroll in our mini-course to get a taste of our prenatal & postnatal yoga training program. This introductory course offers...
$1,500.00$1,900.00
Available dates April 6-12 | Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training (April 12-15 Doula Training Optional Add-on) October 11-17 |...
$1,450.00
  SPRING IMMERSION: May 31-June 2, June 7-9, June 14-16, 2024 - 7:30am - 2:30pm PST  (*Except June 14-16 is...
Sale!
$1,750.00
March 8-15, 2025   Villa Sumaya, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala   ** Earlybird Pricing ends August 31, 2024 ** Course description...
$2,800.00
Available dates November 4 - November 30, 2024 February  3 - March 1, 2025 March 11 - April 6, 2025...
childbirth educator course lamaze
NEW DATES ANNOUNCED SOON   Format Online: live courses and self paced material.   Course description Empowered Birth Holistic Educator...
$299.00
Available dates - Self-paced (start anytime) - Live Virtual Program: June 21-23 (7:30 am - 2:30 pm PST)   Format...