Yoga Psyche Soul Temple

Transformation doesn't happen all at once. It grows, blooms, and bears fruit with time.

Live monthly gatherings on Zoom with Elizabeth Ruff and Kathy Jones Williams, starting Monday, October 26.

Kathy Jones Williams laughing, her long curly hair blowing in the breeze

Format: Live gatherings, one Monday each month
Where: Online, on Zoom
Starts: Monday, October 26, 4-6:30pm Pacific
Cost: $800 paid in full, or $75/month for 12 months

The Yoga Psyche Soul Temple is a year-long journey through twelve goddess archetypes, met as living energies that shape our lives.

Yoga has long been a path of awakening, a way of remembering our wholeness through body, mind, heart, and spirit. Here we return to it as a complete path, beyond postures alone.

Is this for you?

This Mystery School is for you if...

You sense there is far more to yoga than movement, and your practice leaves you thirsty for more.
You are longing for a richer relationship with yourself.
You are navigating change, grief, burnout, or a season of becoming.
You are a yoga teacher, healer, therapist, coach, or lifelong student who wants more depth and embodied wisdom, or you hope to become one someday.
You want a continuous experience and a connected community that nourishes body, mind, and soul equally.
If you are new to these practices, welcome! If you have been through a teacher training before, welcome home!

This is the Founding Circle, for those who know that healing cannot be rushed, embodiment takes practice, and community matters.

What each month looks like

One goddess of yoga, one full month

Each month is devoted to a different goddess of yoga, and her gifts, challenges, and medicine gently reveal themselves through embodied practice and everyday life.

Between gatherings, you will have practices for the month ahead and a WhatsApp group for questions, reflection, and connection.

Every gathering includes

Yoga and somatic movement
Meditation, breathwork, mantra, and mudra
Mythology and philosophy
Journaling, dream work, yantra art, and reflective inquiry
Ritual and community discussion

Every gathering is live on Zoom, so you can join from the comfort of your living room.

Along the way, we explore each goddess through four doorways.

Mythology
Her stories and symbolic teachings.
Light and shadow
Her psychological gifts and shadow expressions.
Embodiment
Meeting her through yoga and somatic movement.
Daily life
How she shows up in relationships, leadership, creativity, and healing.

The approach

Yoga Psychology + Somatics + Time = Yoga Psyche Soul Temple

Yoga Psychology

Mind into body

The heart of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: the way we work with the mind and bring it into focus through timeless wisdom.

Somatics

Body into mind

The work of asana and breath: the way we use the body to shift feelings and emotions, and ultimately mental states.

Myth

The bridge

From Homer's Odyssey to Red Riding Hood, stories have always taught us about human nature. The twelve goddesses serve as symbols, archetypes, and teachers for our own challenges and triumphs.

Your guides

Meet Elizabeth and Kathy

Elizabeth Ruff

E-RYT500, Soma Bodyworker, Yoga Psychology & Ayurveda Practitioner

Elizabeth has been a yoga practitioner since last century, and a teacher since 2002. She brings 12 years of facilitating yoga teacher trainings and mentoring new teachers to her groups and trainings. She currently co-leads the 300hr WildCore Movement® and Yoga Teacher Training with Brietta Leader.

Kathy Jones Williams

Yoga Therapist, Certified Ayurvedic Yoga Practitioner, Akashic Records Trainer, Reiki Master & Magdalena Healer

Kathy has spent 26 years in somatic education, yoga therapy, and energy healing. She danced as a professional ballerina with the Joffrey Ballet and the Alabama Ballet and used yoga to stay sane! She completed her 500-hour and Yoga Therapy certifications through Gary Kraftsow's American Viniyoga Institute and has spent her career helping people find relief from pain, including teaching a back pain program through Kaiser Permanente. Kathy has trained yoga teachers for Hyatt Hotels, and her Back Pain to Power program brings together healing movement, breathwork, Pain Reprocessing Therapy concepts, and contemplative wisdom traditions. She lives on Maui, where she offers sound healing and Akashic Records sessions, and she leads yearly retreats on Maui, the Big Island, and in the Bahamas with wild dolphins.

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Join the Founding Circle

The Yoga Psyche Soul Temple begins Monday, October 26. Join for the full year, or drop in for a single month.

12-month mystery school

Yoga Psyche Soul Temple

Journey with one goddess archetype each month, with live gatherings on Zoom woven into everyday life.

Schedule: One Monday each month, 4-6:30pm Pacific, starting October 26
Format: Live on Zoom
Price: $800 paid in full, or $75/month for 12 months
Drop-in: $95 single-month workshop
Credit: Counts toward the 300-Hour WildCore™ Movement or Soma Flow Yoga Teacher Training, with 36 hours of logged practice

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