Monthly Restorative Workshop with Jemma Tory

Restorative yoga is about non-doing and allowing yourself to just be.  
By using bolsters, blankets, blocks and straps, your body is fully supported in each pose to fully let go
and allow true relaxation, restoration and renewal to occur.  When we can move from our fight-or-flight responses to
the go-go-go mentality of day to day life and shift into our parasympathetic nervous system through
restorative yoga, we can lower our blood pressure, decrease our stress and anxiety and decrease insomnia.

We will start the evening with a short mediation on breath and move into a very gentle flow of movement on breath to open and warm the body.  
We will then move into the full restorative part of the workshop, where Jemma will gently assist you into each completely supportive
pose enabling you to release your body and mind into the state of non-doing so you can begin the healing powers of just being.

This workshop is open to all.  Anyone who would like to bring their own props is more than welcome.  
If not, we have plenty of props for everyone.  Space is limited so it is highly recommended to preregister.

First Sunday of every Month

Upcoming dates: 6/2, 7/7, 8/4 
6:30-8:00 pm
$20

Raw Beginner Basics with Jemma Tory

Want to start yoga but feel a little intimidated by or unprepared for the "seriousness" and "quiet" of a regular class?
Want to connect to a deeper understanding of the multiple facets of yoga through exploration, play and questioning?  
Come join us to play and connect!

Grow your practice as the buds of spring develop with instructor Jemma Tory in a safe and fun environment.  
We'll cover the basics of alignment and breathing, meditation and stress reduction and get you started.  

"Let it come, let it go, let it flow."
~ Buddhist Teacher, Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal.

3 Week Series
Sundays, 3:30 pm- 4:30pm
5/26, 6/2, 6/9
$40 for the series, $15 drop-in

Kids Yoga
with Katy O'Brien Dagle 

Little Yogis (3.5-6 year olds)
Wednesdays, May 8 - June 12, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
***Please note time change
Drop in rate: $15
6 week series: $75
Your child will use their imaginations and go on a yoga adventure through song, fun poses, games, art and laughter.
They will increase flexibility, strength and coordination while building self-esteem, focus, concentration and social skills.

Kids Yoga (6-10 year olds)
Mondays, May 6 - June 17, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
***please note time change. No class Memorial Day
Drop in rate: $15
6 week series: $75
Help your child build strength and flexibility in this playful class. We will explore more physically challenging postures and flowing sequences.
This class promotes self-confidence, self-respect and respect for others.
Kids will learn how to focus their energy through breathing and relaxation techniques.

Mom and Baby Yoga: Postpartum Yoga (6 weeks - crawlers)
Wednesday, May 8- June 12, 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Drop-in rate: $18
6 week series: $90
Please note that pre-registration is required.
Bond with your baby through a playful yoga practice, while getting back into shape after your pregnancy.
Whether you need to strengthen your abdominal and pelvic floor muscles or stretch achy necks and shoulders, we can develop a practice to fit your
individual needs after giving birth. Also, learn to do yoga with your baby to strengthen growing muscles, aid in digestion,
promote better sleeping patterns, and help your infant towards their next stage of development. Dads and caregivers welcome:)

Stretch and Sing: Yoga for You and Your Toddler (Parents and Walkers - age 3)
Mondays: May 6- June 17, 11:00-12:00 p.m.
*** No class Memorial Day
Drop in rate: $15
6 week series: $75
Connect and bond with your child through song, poses, games and, most importantly, laughter!
Partner with your toddler in poses, games, music and breathing exercises that help to strengthen coordination,
build body awareness and stimulate creativity and imagination in your child. Caregivers welcome.

New Class!
Tween Yoga with Katy O'Brien
Wednesdays: May 8 - June 12, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
6 week series for $75
Drop-in $15

For 10-13 Year Olds
Help your tween build strength and flexibility with more physically challenging postures and flowing sequences.
This class promotes self-confidence, self-respect and respect for others.
Visualization and breathing exercises are used for overall balance and concentration.

Sibling discounts now available!
Preregistration Required for ALL kids program due to minimum and maximum
enrollment OR please email Katy to let her know that you will be attending this session.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF YOGA FOR KIDS INCLUDE: 

•  INCREASES STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY
• PROMOTES SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-RESPECT AND INNER-STRENGTH
• INCREASES FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION
• TEACHES RESPECT, COMPASSION, GRATITUDE AND SHARING
• INCREASES COORDINATION AND BALANCE
• TEACHES BREATH AWARENESS, MEDITATION AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES

 

Prenatal Yoga Series, Yoga for the Natal Year, with Kara Mears of Sweet Mama Doula

Ongoing Series, every Saturday 10:45 - Noon

$90 for 6 classes or $18 Drop-in

Kara Mears, founder of SweetMama DOULA®, has been practicing and teaching yoga for nearly a decade. With a focused
interest in birth and all aspects of a woman’s natal year, she is a Certified Birth Doula and a Certified Pranakriya Prenatal Yoga Teacher (CPYT).
Kara received her birth and postpartum doula training from Certified Professional Midwife, Michelle L’Esperance of
Warm Welcome Birth Services in Northampton, Mass. Kara holds a Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism & Magazine Writing from
Emerson College in Boston and studied documentary photography at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine.
She is currently working on her nursing degree and plans to become a Certified Nurse-Midwife. Fascinated by the commonalities
of journalism, birth work, and yoga, she finds joy and fulfillment in the creative process of witnessing a story, watching the action
unfold in real time, and calling upon her keenest observation skills. Kara is passionate about empowering women
on their journey into motherhood.

****

Series Description: Yoga for the Natal Year is designed to support women in any stage of their natal experience. We have participants seeking
to conceive, many women in their first, second and last trimesters of pregnancy, and women who are anywhere from
three weeks to twelve months postpartum. Women come to Yoga for the Natal Year for many reasons: safe and effective exercise,
relief from the symptoms of pregnancy, relaxation, preparation for childbirth and mothering, recovery from birth, a chance to
build community with other mothers and the opportunity to share womens’ wisdom in a low-key, light, and informative manner.
This is a warm, lovely, funny, intelligent, and supportive group of women who have positive birth and recovery experiences.

 

BENEFITS OF PRENATAL YOGA:

• Teaches body awareness and self observation
• Improves posture
• Strengthens muscles in preparation for birth
• Improves energy level
• Increases balance
• Increases lubrication to joints, tendons, and ligaments
• Increases flexibility
• Builds stamina needed for labor and birth
• Teaches breathing techniques useful for relaxation
• Boosts circulation
• Helps prevent gestational diabetes
• Aids in relieving fluid retention
• Provides moral support and camaraderie
• Enhances sleep
• Eases lower back, round ligament, and neck/shoulder pain
• Decreases adrenaline and increases endorphins during labor
• Provides a space for all feelings to be experienced-good and bad
• Creates inner calm and increases a student’s confidence
• Reduces stress and tension