Quiet Mind, Steady Heart - A Vinyasa Weekend and Meditation Workshop with Rolf Gates

Don't miss this opportunity to study with Rolf Gates at Hot Asana Southern Pines Sept 25-27, 2026.

Investment $65 per session or the complete weekend of 4 sessions for $250.

Join us for a dynamic weekend of Vinyasa, meditation, pranyama and lecture/discussion as we explore the practices that create a life that works. Throughout this weekend, we will dive into the tools of yoga that allow us to stay connected to the truth of who we are as we practice new ways of being in the world.

The yoga will be a synergy of the freedom of a powerful Vinyasa class and the structural integrity of yoga's therapeutic alignment principles. The intensive is intentionally challenging, but open to all who wish to explore yoga as an evolutionary journey. The only 'requirement' is that you show up, do your best and let your best be good enough.

The sessions are intended as a whole weekend workshop, but the sessions may be taken individually. All sessions will be based around aspects of Rolf Gates' Meditations on Intention and Beings: Dally Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Mindfulness and Compassion.

Rolf Gates, author of the bestselling books on yogic philosophy, Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, and the newly released: Meditations on Intention and Being: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Mindfulness and Compassion, conducts yoga workshops, retreats, teacher trainings, and coaching and mentorship programs throughout the U.S. and abroad--and online. Rolf and his work have been featured in numerous media, including Yoga Journal, ORGINS, Natural Health, People Magazine, and Travel and Leisure's 25 Top Yoga Studios in the World.

Rolf is the co-founder of the Yoga, Meditation and Recovery Conference at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts and a teacher at Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Center in Northern CA. He is also on the Advisory Board for the Yoga Service Council and the Veterans Yoga Project. A former addictions counselor and U.S. Army Airborne Ranger who has practiced meditation for over twenty-five years, Rolf brings his eclectic background to his practice and his teachings. Rolf and his wife, Mariam Gates, bestselling author of Good Night Yoga: A Pose by Pose Bedtime Story and Good Morning Yoga: A Pose by Pose Wake Up Story, and Meditate with Me: A Step by Step Mindfulness Journey live in Santa Cruz, California with their two children. Also check out Rolf’s NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK: Yoga Friends; A Pose by Pose Partner Adventure! And his latest book: Daily Reflections on Addiction, Yoga and Getting Well For more information check out: www.rolfgates.com

Meaning: Vinyasa Session - Friday Sept 25th 6:30-9pm - This vinyasa workshop invites practitioners to move as an act of devotion, allowing intention and awareness to infuse each posture with purpose. Through breath, inquiry, and conscious sequencing, practice becomes a living expression of what matters most.

Effort - Vinyasa Session - Saturday Sept 26th 10am-12:30pmThis workshop explores effort as sacred engagement, where steady discipline meets humility and trust. Participants learn to offer their energy wholeheartedly while remaining attuned to inner guidance, discovering strength that arises from alignment rather than force.

Sweetness: Vinyasa Session - Saturday Sept 26th 2:30-5pm - In this asana-based session we will explore and practice how we create the experience of 'sanctuary', the experience of the sacred in our every day lives. This vinyasa workshop reveals the sweetness that unfolds when effort softens into grace. As breath and movement merge, practitioners are guided toward a felt sense of joy, tenderness, and reverence that lingers beyond the mat.

Freedom: Mindfulness Workshop - Sunday Sept 27th 9:30am-12 noon - This mindfulness workshop explores freedom as an inner capacity cultivated through presence, compassion, and clear seeing. By gently releasing habitual patterns of grasping and resistance, participants experience a deeper sense of choice, ease, and spaciousness in daily life.

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'In our fear we believe that we must make things happen; in our practice we learn to let things happen.' -Rolf Gates

I Look forward to learning together! - Rolf