with Mary Farkas, MA, RDT, LCAT

Mon. Oct. 26

3:15-4:30 pm

sliding scale pricing: $18/$25/$30

Caring for a baby takes an incredible amount of time and energy. Support from loved ones and community is essential, but it isn’t always available. And in a fast-paced world, mothers’ needs can too easily get pushed aside. Community care can’t be replaced, but gentle practices can help you draw on your inner resources when you're parenting alone. Using techniques from Attachment-Focused EMDR and creative arts therapies, we’ll explore gentle and clear ways to nurture ourselves.

with Dr. Rebecca Alexander

Sat. Nov. 7

10:00 am-12:00 pm

$55

This specialty workshop will focus on our root (Muladhara Chakra) and the pelvic floor muscles. Breath, presence, movement, and health in this area of the body will be the focus of the workshop. When we practice yoga, we move energy around within the body and outside of it. As we flow through postures and keep our focus on the breath, we invite a deeper sense of awareness: uncovering our truest self. 

The chakras are channels of energy along the midline of the body and correspond to various colors, sensations, both expressive and non-expressive communication. When we practice yoga with our attention on inviting balance to them, the intention becomes a fuller alignment of self as we practice off the mat. This will be a full event, with anatomy/physiology review of the Spine, Pelvis, Hips, and anatomy of the breath: Diaphragm, Pelvic Floor Muscles, Ribcage. We will practice asana and pranayama to explore this area more deeply.

with Sarah Capua

Friday 11/20

12:15-1:45 pm

Tiered Pricing $18/$25/$30

This group is geared toward supporting our community of holistic health providers, yoga teachers, and other spiritual caregivers. Guided by Yoga Therapist Sarah Capua, we will come together to explore the bigger questions brought up in caring for our clients, and look to the teachings of yoga as a guide for supporting our clients and ourselves. We will explore how we can understand more fully what a client is experiencing, viewing their suffering through a spiritual lens, understanding our role in the process, and exploring what is brought up in us in the act of providing care. The goal of this group is to grow from our collective curiosity and deepen our well for compassionate caregiving, so what we offer nourishes both ourselves and those we serve.

with Dr. Robin Flam

Thurs. Nov. 19, 6:00-7:15 pm

Tiered Pricing: $18/$25/$30

Phytonutrients are non-caloric, bioactive substances found in plant based food. Instead of contributing directly to cellular energy production (as do caloric substances such as proteins, fats and carbohydrates), they have a variety of boosting and cofactor/supportive effects on the mechanisms and activities of cells. For example, phytonutrients range from typical vitamins to complex anti-inflammatory and immune boosting molecules. Amazingly, many of these same substances are also responsible for giving foods their characteristic colors. We will discuss how food of each color contributes to health and wellbeing, and how a diversity of color can be used as the foundation for healthy eating. We will exchange colorful recipes in time for Thanksgiving.

with Dani Locastro

Monthly on Sunday, 4:00-5:30 pm

Nov. 22, Dec. 13

$50

This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset. 

with Joelle Van Sickle & Holly Juhn

Fri. Nov. 27

10:00 am-12:00 pm

$60

How can we be busy but balanced? The energy of Autumn is a time to reacquaint ourselves with ourselves before we settle into the inward focus of Winter. Restorative Yoga and Energy Healing helps us to gather the inner resources we need to support us during the often busy Fall season. Gentle resting postures and hands-on energy work will be offered. All are welcome.