Gentle Movements of Five Element Qigong with Cynthia Maltenfort
Learn about Traditional Chinese Medicine's Five Element Theory, and practice corresponding gentle movements to bring balance and harmony into our complex lives.
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Learn about Traditional Chinese Medicine's Five Element Theory, and practice corresponding gentle movements to bring balance and harmony into our complex lives.
The psoas is arguably the most influential skeletal and postural muscle of the body. It links the spine, diaphragm, and legs, acting as a messenger between the inner self and the outer world. While the psoas muscle is extraordinarily sensitive and responsive, we often find it difficult to feel or locate it within the body, and often it is the culprit for chronic hip pain, back pain, and digestive issues. Amir's workshop can help you learn how to maintain proper flexibility and functionality of the psoas, and create a psoas maintenance routine. Suitable for all people - no yoga experience necessary.
Spend a weekend inspired by the season and discover more joy and love in life and your yoga practice at Melina's Radiant Spring Sanctuary. Each session is crafted to inspire mind, body, and soul, and create a sanctuary for self-discovery and renewal. Immerse yourself in a unique fusion of yin yoga and curated poetry. Engage in rich conversations around the application of Ayurveda in our modern times, experience new yoga moves to recharge your personal practice or teaching. Conclude with Melina’s speciality, Seasonal Health and Wellness insights. At Melina's Radiant Spring Sanctuary, you'll leave feeling renewed, connected, and in awe of the natural world around you.
Join Chynna and Jarrick for a deeply relaxing sound bath session to create space for exploration of the duality between movement and stillness, and between silence and sound both internally and externally. With the breath, tap into the nervous systems to settle the MindSpace and the body to facilitate a deeper state of clarity, focus and relaxation in the midst of gongs, crystal bowls, and singing bowls.
Did you know that you SHOULD be able to engage your core while maintaining your lumbar lordosis? What’s a “lumbar lordosis” you ask? Do you ever constantly hear yoga teachers say, “engage your core to protect your spine.”? But you’re not sure why your spine needs protecting or how to engage your core? If you’ve asked yourself any of these questions, this workshop is for you!
Amir's workshop is an innovative and therapeutic experience that can challenge your perceptions of the body and its ability to move with ease. Join him as he guides you through a series of specially designed yoga poses and techniques that target the knee joint and surrounding muscles, helping alleviate pain and improve flexibility.
Join Suzanne for this special opportunity to experience a yoga practice using the specialized rope wall in the Arlington Studio. Limited to three people per session so that each student has their own rope station for the length of the class. THIS SERIES IS CURRENTLY FULL. CHECK BACK SOON FOR ADDITIONAL DATES.
This special collaboration between Sun & Moon and Soul Fire Experiences is hosted by Arielle (aka DJ Electro-cute), a local DJ, conscious curator, and avid ecstatic dancer with a passion for creating spaces for people to connect to their bodies, community, and joyful expression. The event begins with an embodiment warmup to get us tapped into our bodies, goes straight into dance meditation with a live DJ, and cools down with a sound healing experience. This will be a two-room experience with an additional chill-out room for participants who would like to relax, have a chat, tea, and enjoy some offerings from curated vendors.
Join us at the new Fairfax Studio space for a healing sound journey with Tibetan singing bowls, crystal bowls, chimes, rain sticks and more. Experience a state of deep relaxation, through sound and vibration, turning on the body's natural ability to restore and renew.
Cool off in our beautiful new space and move with the gentle flows of Qigong and Tai Chi, coordinating body, breath and mind in a meditative dance with nature. In this workshop we will focus on having fun and keeping it simple with a few of these practices. No previous Qigong or Tai chi experience is required.
Come celebrate the publication of Sun & Moon teacher Alison Zak’s new book Wild Asana: Animals, Yoga, and Connecting Our Practice to the Natural World . This book is a 'nature memoir through a yoga lens.' It explores how we can connect with and become animals on our yoga mats, taking inspiration from common critter pose names, Hindu mythology, wildlife research, and more.
Join us for this All levels Hatha class as we sun-salute the principles of democracy and justice that guide our way along the ongoing aspiration toward a more perfect union. Donations only - please make contributions directly to The Brennan Center for Justice.
A conversational series intended for any yoga community stakeholder. Inviting owners, directors, managers, volunteers, teachers, and committed students who have an interest, concern, or curiosity to enrich their knowledge in service of evolving the yoga culture within their respective community. All events will take place on Zoom.
A conversational series intended for any yoga community stakeholder. Inviting owners, directors, managers, volunteers, teachers, and committed students who have an interest, concern, or curiosity to enrich their knowledge in service of evolving the yoga culture within their respective community. All events will take place on Zoom.
Amir leads the twists, Annie leads the breathing. Together we gratefully say goodbye to 2020 and start 2021 with refreshed calm and vigor.
Use yoga, meditation, and community to contemplate questions around what has transpired, what is left undone, and where you’re headed for 2021.
A conversational series intended for any yoga community stakeholder. Inviting owners, directors, managers, volunteers, teachers, and committed students who have an interest, concern, or curiosity to enrich their knowledge in service of evolving the yoga culture within their respective community. All events will take place on Zoom.
Learn classic and easy Thai Yoga Massage techniques, and find the joy and zen in giving and receiving.
A conversational series intended for any yoga community stakeholder. Inviting owners, directors, managers, volunteers, teachers, and committed students who have an interest, concern, or curiosity to enrich their knowledge in service of evolving the yoga culture within their respective community. All events will take place on Zoom.
A six-part conversational series intended for any yoga community stakeholder. Inviting owners, directors, managers, volunteers, teachers, and committed students who have an interest, concern, or curiosity to enrich their knowledge in service of evolving the yoga culture within their respective community. All events will take place on Zoom monthly, September through February.
Parents and children ages 6-10 will learn yoga and mindfulness techniques to maintain emotional balance, build resilience and self-esteem, and resolve common challenges such as emotional meltdowns, power struggles, and aggressive behavior.
A conversational series intended for any yoga community stakeholder. Inviting owners, directors, managers, volunteers, teachers, and committed students who have an interest, concern, or curiosity to enrich their knowledge in service of evolving the yoga culture within their respective community. All events will take place on Zoom.
Experience profound peace with Yoga Nidra, a supported and guided relaxation that feels like a spa vacation packed into one lovely hour.
Experience the mind’s movement past everyday disturbances as Debbie leads you through progressively deeper levels of consciousness while you lie comfortably supported by blankets.
SORRY THIS WORKSHOP IS CANCELLED Give yourself permission to rest and restore as you support the potential for deeper levels of peace and health. Follow a guided meditation for deep relaxation while listening to the soothing sounds of the live harp.
DUE TO CORONAVIRUS, WE HAVE CANCELLED THIS WEEKEND WORKSHOP
Join us in welcoming Baxter Bell, MD, C-IAYT, eRYT500, YACEP, back to our community for another enlightening and fun-filled weekend. Baxter will continue guiding us on our journey into the world of Yoga for Healthy Aging with the introduction of new props, new focuses for our practice, and exciting new thinking on pain, stress, and how yoga fits in.
Experience profound peace with Yoga Nidra, a supported and guided relaxation that feels like a spa vacation packed into one lovely hour.
Experience the mind’s movement past everyday disturbances as Debbie leads you through progressively deeper levels of consciousness while you lie comfortably supported by blankets.
Dianne Bondy is disrupting the yoga community with her love-full and unapologetic embrace of each person and each moment exactly as they are. With 35,000 followers on social media, Dianne uses her platform for all things positive. “No matter who you are, or what you look like you are enough…The perfect body is a beauty myth. We are fortunate to have mother nature create a body that is perfect for us.” Join her for a weekend of feeling good and learning how to do good in the world. This weekend is about broadening the current yoga culture so that it invites individuals who are currently on the sidelines into the center of the heart of yoga.
Three powerful healing practices converge to nourish and heal. With our external environment in a perpetual state of flux, this workshop will assist with bringing internal equilibrium. Practice restful passive poses while receiving Reiki (universal healing energy) plus your choice of an essential oil to enhance the experience. Finish with a short, guided meditation.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your best friend. Learn classic and easy Thai Yoga Massage techniques, and find the joy and zen in giving and receiving.
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