Modern life can leave the body tight, tense, and tired. This two-hour Myo Yin workshop combines myofascial release with the long-held postures of Yin yoga to soften connective tissue, ease muscular aches, and quiet the mind. You’ll leave feeling more spacious in body and mind, with practical self-care tools you can return to whenever your body asks for support, rest, and renewal at home.

Curious about vinyasa but not sure where to begin? This supportive workshop will demystify the vinyasa class format and introduce foundational postures with clarity and care. Together, we’ll explore Sun Salutations, standing sequences, balance postures, seated folds, and backbends while learning how breath and movement connect. Ideal for newer or returning students, this workshop will help you feel more confident, supported, and at ease in vinyasa classes.

Join Sun & Moon Reads Community Book Club monthly online for reading enthusiasts practicing the yoga of heart, mind, and community. 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Ahmed offers an empowering workshop to explore the practice of arm balances as he guides you through a series of poses, drills, and techniques to help build strength, confidence, and control.  You'll explore the benefits and precautions of balancing on your arms, and by the end of the afternoon, you'll have practiced, refined, and applied what you've learned in a supportive environment. This workshop is intended for anyone looking to challenge themselves and expand their practice, and for teachers seeking to deepen their knowledge and skills. Beginners are welcome!

Join Joanna Barrett, psychotherapist and Emotional Wellness Yoga teacher, for a grounding two-hour masterclass designed to help you reconnect with your inner foundation and restore steadiness, clarity, and ease. Through gentle yoga, breathwork, mindfulness, restorative practices, journaling, and self-inquiry, you’ll explore practical tools for emotional balance and nervous system regulation. Appropriate for all levels, including beginners, this supportive class offers space to rest, reflect, and reconnect.

Whimsy in Yoga invites you to rediscover the joy of movement through playful, mindful exploration. This workshop blends coordination, balance, freeform movement, and simple props to keep the practice lighthearted and fun. Together, we’ll explore hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and wrist movements, balance challenges, and creative ways to move with curiosity rather than perfection.

Participants are encouraged to listen to their bodies, move with awareness, and give themselves grace along the way. If something doesn’t go as expected, we’ll laugh it off and keep going. This workshop is about connection, play, presence, and the freedom to enjoy movement just as it is.

We will breathe, flow, and maybe even dance and sing to a specially curated playlist as we celebrate the principles of democracy upon which our country was built: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This is a free, donations only class. Feel free to donate directly to The Brennan Center for Justice, or to bring cash or check with you – but be sure to reserve your spot in class!

Join Sun & Moon Reads Community Book Club monthly online for reading enthusiasts practicing the yoga of heart, mind, and community. 

Frighten the Horses by Oliver Radclyffe

Transcend the real-life barriers to home practice with practical, doable solutions. Gayle will help you explore how to start (and return to) a personal practice that fits your schedule, your space, and your energy—without pressure or perfection.

You’ll leave with simple, flexible frameworks and printed 10-, 15-, and 20-minute sequences, along with concrete strategies to help you build consistency and confidence at home.

We're thrilled to continue our acclaimed In-Depth Teacher Training 200-hour Foundations program for another year, returning September 2026. Using a trauma -informed approach, we integrate foundational concepts and practical tools for a full range of postural practice, pranayama, meditation, philosophical insights, and accessibility for a diverse population.

Join us to learn more about our program, ask your questions, and get an enthusiastic taste for what lies ahead of our next amazing cohort of practitioners, learners, and teachers.

Devoted to those moving through stress, transition, or emotional overwhelm. You may arrive feeling scattered or tense and leave feeling more anchored, centered, and steady. Through gentle yoga and mindfulness practices, students will be guided toward emotional balance using slow, grounding movement, supportive breathwork, and intentional rest.

THIS WORKSHOP IS CANCELED - WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED THIS FALL! Learn to use a foam roller in a practice that provides challenge and relaxation in a safe environment. Reduce the stress of tight muscles and constricted connective tissue, improve circulation, and enjoy accessible self-massage. We will incorporate the moves into a slow, all-levels hatha yoga class and end with restorative poses, to reinvigorate the body.

A Healing Practice in Memory of Claire Elise Moran. Join us for a heart centered hour of movement, stillness and reflection. All donations will benefit the National Alliance for Eating Disorders in support of their mission of education and advocacy. Come as you are, practice with intention and heart. Led my Marie Moran, in memory of her beloved daughter Claire. Donations can be made directly to the National Alliance for Eating Disorders at https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

Join Sun & Moon Reads Community Book Club monthly online for reading enthusiasts practicing the yoga of heart, mind, and community. 

May selection: My Documents by Kevin Nguyen

Pause to honor a "sweet spot” between the opening lift of spring and the intensity  summer will soon bring. This half-day retreat helps you spring into summer with a balanced physical practice based on the principles of active (yang) shapes and more reflective (yin) poses, a full hour of supportive silence, a delicious period of somatic movement, and a springtime shower of sound immersion to finish.

Ahmed will lead you through a comprehensive exploration of how to safely and confidently practice any level of inversion without struggle. Learn drills to build strength, control, and confidence in skills such as assisted headstands, forearm stands and handstands. Leave the workshop feeling empowered, inspired, and ready to take your inversion practice to the next level!

Explore the pelvis through a series of simple tests, visual demonstrations, and therapeutic practices drawn from yoga therapy, somatics, and the Egoscue method. Using props like blocks, the wall, and the floor as teachers, learn to identify common pelvic misalignments and feel how they influence the spine, hips, and posture. Through gentle corrective movements and practical tools, we’ll rediscover how the pelvis can once again become a stable foundation rather than a source of strain, supporting the body to sit, stand, and move with greater ease.

Learn to use a foam roller in a practice that provides challenge and relaxation in a safe environment. Reduce the stress of tight muscles and constricted connective tissue, improve circulation, and enjoy accessible self-massage. We will incorporate the moves into a slow, all-levels hatha yoga class and end with restorative poses, to reinvigorate the body.

An empowering workshop to explore the practice of arm balances. Ahmed will guide you through a series of poses, drills, and techniques to help build strength, confidence, and control. This workshop is for anyone looking to challenge themselves and expand their practice, and for teachers seeking to deepen their knowledge and skills.

Learn practical yoga therapy techniques to strengthen, stabilize, and care for the knees for safer and more comfortable movement in yoga and in life.

Join Sun & Moon Reads Community Book Club monthly online for reading enthusiasts practicing the yoga of heart, mind, and community. 

April selection: The Prophet by Khalil Gibran

Yoga invites us to be fully present in the moment. While yoga is often associated with asana (physical postures), its teachings offer many more valuable tools for navigating life with greater steadiness and ease. In this last class of a four-part series, Asya invites you to the practice of mudra – using hand gestures to regulate and direct energy in the body and regulate our mood is a practice that, once learned, can be done anywhere and anytime

It's been ten years since Prince left this earthly realm, but his legacy of free expression and purposeful art lives on. Join us for a yoga class (and a quasi-dance party!) in celebration of health, life and Prince. Bring your dancing feet and an open heart to this ecstatic and blissful experience of blending yoga posture and dance for 75 minutes of Purple Mountain Majesty, followed by "The B Side" as Reggie bathes us in Pure Sound to Ground, featuring gongs, crystal bowls, and antique bowls as we rest in spacious and purified community. Come dressed to express your creativity, ready to flow intuitively and open to celebrating life in glorious fellowship.

Demystify fascia with Catha! Learn what it is; its relationship to our nervous system; factors that impact how the fascia ages; and how yoga and other techniques can slow down the fascial aging process, improve mobility and increase overall well-being. After a brief discussion, move through a fun and enlivening practice that embodies all of this information.

Join us for a welcoming, one-hour yoga class led by the 2026 graduates of our In-Depth Teacher Training program. This all-levels practice is designed to be accessible, supportive, and open to everyone, whether you’re brand new to yoga or a longtime practitioner. Come move, breathe, and connect with community. All are welcome. No experience necessary.

Join Sun & Moon Reads Community Book Club monthly online for reading enthusiasts practicing the yoga of heart, mind, and community. 

March selection: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi 

Grab a buddy – couples, friends, family pairs all welcome – and join Annie and Amir to learn to give and receive an easy sequence of Thai Yoga Massage. In this unique system, the "giver" guides the "receiver" through a series of relaxed yoga postures, while palming and thumbing along the body’s energy lines and pressure points. The experience can relieve muscular tension, improve circulation, boost the immune system, and balance the body energetically. For bonus community time, join us at a local Fairfax City restaurant for dinner afterwards!

Join us for an afternoon of serenity, creativity and community. Begin with Catha Pavloff leading a 45-minute heart opening yoga practice intended to relax, rejuvenate, and spark creativity. Yoga practice will be followed by a serenity wreath-making experience led by guest artist Patty Moloney Figliola. During this workshop, you'll create one 6-inch and one 4-inch personalized "serenity" wreath with elements such as lavender for relaxation and stress relief; rose for calm and comfort; amethyst to soothe the mind and bring spiritual protection; and rose quartz to promote self-acceptance and emotional healing. Essential oils will be available to add optional fragrance. These wreaths make lovely personalized heartwarming holiday gifts for yourself or for others.