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

July Selection: True Biz by Sara Novic

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

June Selection: The The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

Learn how to build a storehouse, or "bank account," of energy that can provide stamina and ease throughout your daily life. Through lecture, yoga movement, and breathing practices, we will explore the body's ability to maintain its vitality, and carry you in just the ways you need.

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

May Selection: The Woman They Could Not Silence – by Kate Moore    

The powerful and untold true story of resilience, advocacy, and the fight for women's rights. This gripping and meticulously researched narrative shines a light on the remarkable journey of Elizabeth Packard, a pioneering woman whose indomitable spirit challenged the confines of her time. 

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.

April SELECTION: Trans Anthology Project: Reflections of Self-Discovery and Acceptance by Chrissy Boylan and Heather H. Kirby, LCSW. This book provides access to the lived experience of over 200 gender-diverse teens, young adults, and their parents, highlighting the complexities of navigating gender identity within oneself, one's family, and one's community. Co-author Chrissy is one of Sun & Moon Fairfax's beloved yoga teachers, and she will be joining our online discussion as she looks forward to connecting with folks about this important work. 

Restorative yoga is a practice that is focused on slowing down and opening your body through passive, supported stretching. During the long holds of restorative yoga, muscles and connective tissues are allowed to relax and elongate deeply as props, rather than muscles, are doing the work. This workshop will be recorded and available for one month following the event.

The wall is an extension of the yoga classroom, and can help in many poses beyond balancing or inversions. In this lively workshop, we will have fun experimenting with how the wall can aid or deepen your practice in a variety of seated, standing, and reclined poses.

Restorative yoga is a practice that is focused on slowing down and opening your body through passive, supported stretching. During the long holds of restorative yoga, muscles and connective tissues are allowed to relax and elongate deeply as props, rather than muscles, are doing the work. This workshop will be recorded and available for one month following the event.

Examine the anatomy of the hips, identify habitual patterns that can lead to imbalance, and move through a variety of poses and flows to build strength and lubricate the natural fluidity of the hip joints to help you move through life with function and comfort.

Throughout human history, people have gathered together for contemplative mindfulness in times of jubilation and sorrow. Now is no different. Each monthly meditation session will include centering, presentation of the day's focus, guided meditation, silence or journaling, group discussion, and a "Zen in Ten" movement/breath practice. Attend a la carte or all four - your choice!  

Ideal for anyone with tight hamstrings, sciatica, or back pain. The focus will be on isolating the backs of the legs and using yoga therapeutic techniques to bring about a greater range of motion and flexibility to the hamstrings, which can decrease any overcompensation made by the spine – often the culprit of hip strain and chronic low back pain.

Amir will teach you how to create a customized routine to address your specific low back dysfunctions and related pains.  He'll review the anatomy of the lower back and sacroiliac joint, as well as common misalignments, muscles spasms, compression, and disc issues. Using yoga therapeutics, as well as techniques from Egoscue, Somatics, and Thai Yoga Massage, Amir will offer tools to self-evaluate and find ease from both chronic and acute conditions.

Gentle, meditative movements, based on ancient practices from China to help bring balance and resilience to the body, breath and mind.

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.

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.

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 safe and inclusive space for LGBTQ-identified folx to explore movement, discover joy, and find relaxation as a community.

The spine is our body's main support structure. It keeps us upright, and is designed to be amazingly mobile and stable at the same time. With age and everyday activities our spine can lose its natural mobility, leading to aches and pains and affecting our mood and energy level. Yoga can be the difference between discomfort and freedom!

Learn about our upcoming 200-hour In-Depth Teacher Training program, starting in January 2021 on Zoom. This year we'll venture into new territory in a forever-changed landscape, while maintaining the hallmarks of our uniquely comprehensive and inspirational program.

This practical and empowering workshop is for anyone at any stage of life looking for a little boost. We'll explore the interface between the physiology, psychology, and philosophy of breath through various breath practices paired with intentional and accessible asana and meditation.

A mandala creates a sacred space to invite the Self, the center of the total personality into the present moment and a spiritual connection that perhaps you long for. This experiential workshop will include guided meditation of gratitude as we move toward the season of family, friends and hope.

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.

Do you have tension in your shoulders and neck from sitting in front of a computer? This VIRTUAL workshop combines yoga, myofascial release, and mobility exercises to counteract hours spent sitting in front of computers. You will learn simple exercises you can do everyday to relieve tension, prevent slouching, and improve your posture.

With anatomy and movement expert Theresa Murphy as your guide, feel, study, and play in and around the upper back as you bring good health and well-being to the spine, ease in the neck & shoulders, and an open & loving heart.

Experience this guided meditation that can take you into deep relaxation where you may encounter the blissful state that some yogis consider the "true self." The quality of rest achieved in the practice of Yoga Nidra can be more effective than actual sleep itself!