Events
Crawling In: Meditation for Beginners with Kristen Verderame
Location:
Online
Online
Looking to start the new year off with grounded presence and a great mindset? If you’ve never tried meditation before because it seems intimidating, or you don’t have time, or you think you’re not capable, here’s your chance to learn some simple methods to jumpstart an accessible and beneficial meditation practice. Thanks to solid and reliable research, we know that meditation is good for us. Join us to find out for yourself!
Sun & Moon Reads! Book Club & Community Discussion
Location:
Online
Online
If yoga means connection, and Sun & Moon is about community, and we know that it's about so much more than postures, then a Sun & Moon book club makes perfect sense! Join us virtually or in-person on the third Sunday of the month for community sharing, learning, and conversation, inspired by works that speak to our times and to our hearts. January's book: Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So. This is a FREE event. Meetings will NOT be recorded.
Yoga As An Act of Subversion: Reforming & Reimagining Community
Dates:
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - Tuesday, February 01, 2022
Location:
Online
Online
Pooja and Annie lead a series of four in-depth conversations about yoga and the role it plays in our individual and collective liberation. We’ll consider the historical, social, and political backdrop of Yoga in all its forms, and examine how yoga and related wellness pursuits have been simultaneously subverted to the detriment of our collective freedom, and ignored as powerful vehicles toward peace and well-being. Each week we will consider one of four aspects of the practice: mind, body, breath, and spirit; we will look at how the culture around yoga has shape-shifted in and out of service to true wellness; and we’ll offer insights and practices to stay grounded, strong, and open-hearted.
Unquarantined: The Yoga of Return with Christine Clardy
Dates:
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Location:
Arlington
Online In-Person
The post-quarantine feeling of revisiting familiar settings and finding them changed forever is now playing out on a life-sized scale. Explore yoga’s holistic approach to crisis and recovery, including textual teachings (selections from the Yoga Sutras) and physical practices (asanas and meditative movement). As we yoke words and deeds in this way, we regain access to the creativity and insight that allow us to greet our unfolding lives. Join me and others as we re-enter the auspicious space of shared community, and know that your presence will not only be welcomed but cherished.
Juicy Joints: Joint Mobility Freedom Through Rotation with Pooja Virani
Dates:
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Location:
Online
Online
Psst, the secret to healthy joints is rotation. In this workshop, we will explore Controlled Articular Rotations and other Functional Range Conditioning exercises to actively increase your mobility, flexibility, and strength. You will learn about your synovial joints and the sequence Pooja does every morning to keep her joints healthy and moving right!
Yoga for Neurological Conditions with Carol Stehl
Dates:
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Location:
Online
Online
In this virtual workshop, learn how yoga and meditation work to benefit neurological conditions such as Migraine, MS, CFS, Fibromyalgia, Epilepsy, etc. We will examine evidence-based research followed by an asana and meditation practice. Suitable for those experiencing atypical neurology as well as those caring for them.
Winter Mood Boost with Anais Ortiz
Dates:
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Online
Winter can make us feel a little down. While our bodies respond to shorter days and colder temps in the best way they know how, that lingering feeling of listlessness doesn't seem to ameliorate until the weather does. This workshop focuses on movement and breath practices (with some lifestyle practices) that wake up our sunnier sides and help students transform this tough transition into a season of self-care.
The Path To Equity: Yoga for Every Body with Dianne Bondy
Dates:
Friday, February 04, 2022 - Sunday, February 06, 2022
Location:
Online
Online In-Person
Healing Yoga for Cancer: Six Week Series for Patients, Caregivers, and Survivors
Dates:
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Location:
Online
Online
Gentle evidence-informed yoga practice and education on how yoga can promote immunity and help reduce treatment side-effects. The combination of intention setting, movement, breathing, sound, mudra, and guided visualization creates a positive connection with the body and soothes both mind and spirit. Open to cancer patients, survivors and caregivers who are looking for a way to incorporate self-care into their healing journey and build community in the process. Each class will be recorded and available for one month.
The Yoga of Self Care: Bodywork with Massage Balls with Anna Mikheeva
Dates:
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Location:
Online
Online
Massage is a wonderful way to add to your self-care routine, but it can be expensive and time-consuming if you rely on professionals. With simple tools like massage balls you can have that wonderful feeling of your knots and stress being gone in just a few minutes any time you want. Massage helps with circulation, body awareness and alignment, plus it just feels good. Join Anna to learn a few easy yet effective self-massage techniques. Miracle Balls or Franklin Balls are required to participate (approximately $20 on Amazon).
Yoga for Teens: Changing Perspectives
Dates:
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Location:
Arlington
In-Person
ATTENTION TEENS! There may be times at school, home or social events when you find yourself disagreeing with someone about something. You may even consider your viewpoint more important and more accurate. However, it can be very liberating to look at things from a different perspective. When we are grouped together with others, especially with strangers, when we see things from another's viewpoint, we maximize our ability to empathize and to get along with others. Yoga helps us to look at things differently, giving us a chance to be more inclusive in groups and helping us to more positively communicate with others, even when we disagree. In this second of a 3-part workshop series, we will continue to explore various yoga, breathing and meditation techniques to help us foster our abilities to see the bigger picture.