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Let’s celebrate springtime with creativity, connection, and fun! Invite your tween into the studio and join other families for a dynamic parent/tween yoga workshop designed to inspire movement and meaningful connection.
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This workshop is a relaxed, supportive space for folks to explore their relationship to breathing. Breathing underpins our mental, emotional, social, and physical lives, and yet so few of us have a relationship to our own breathing or have taken the time to unpack our breathing patterns. Learn More/Reserve Your Space»
Immerse yourself in deep rest and renewal through the healing vibrations of crystal singing bowls, chimes, and other resonant instruments. Sound baths calm the nervous system, ease stress, and invite spacious awareness, leaving you lighter, grounded, and deeply refreshed. Simply come as you are—props are provided, and you’re welcome to bring extra comforts for a cozy experience.
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We’re honored to welcome Raya Yeary as our next featured artist, with her work on display from May through August. Raya’s bold, vibrant style brings a fresh energy to the gallery, and we’re excited for you to experience it. To celebrate her installation, we’ll be hosting a free open house event. We invite you to stop by, explore the collection, and help us welcome Raya and her work into the studio.
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This workshop explores how play, variability, and awareness can support long-term joint health, coordination, and resilience. Rather than focusing on performance or perfect shapes, we’ll explore curiosity, adaptability, and listening to the body through a mix of grounded movement, playful locomotion, coordination games, and guided exploration.
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This May Blue Moon shines as a rare and powerful celestial moment, representing both culmination and renewal within the heart of spring. As the second full moon of the month, it amplifies the season’s energy of growth, abundance, and transformation, much like blossoms continuing to flourish under lengthening days. Spiritually, it invites reflection on how far you’ve come while encouraging you to break through limitations and embrace your path with bold confidence.
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Discover the gentle, restorative practice of Reiki in this welcoming, hands-on introductory course designed to support relaxation, balance, and overall self-care. Whether you are completely new to energy work or simply curious about holistic wellness practices, this class offers a calm and supportive space to begin exploring.
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Step into the height of the sun’s energy with a 2-hour yoga workshop designed to honor completion and welcome what is emerging in your life. This supportive, nourishing experience blends mindful movement, restorative relaxation, guided reflection, and symbolic ritual to help you transition into the season with presence, joy, and vitality.
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Alexandra facilitates a unique and powerful healing experience, weaving the grounding energies of the drum and didgeridoo with the expressive resonance of her voice. Through intuitive channeling, she offers the vibrations and spirit songs most needed in each moment, supporting you on your personal journey of healing and self-discovery.
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This late June Full Strawberry Moon glows with the sweetness of early summer, symbolizing fruition, gratitude, and the enjoyment of life’s simple pleasures. Named for the ripening of wild strawberries, it reflects a time of gathering the rewards of what has been nurtured and cultivated over recent months. Spiritually, it encourages appreciation for how far you’ve come while inviting you to savor the present moment with an open and joyful heart.
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Discover the gentle, restorative practice of Reiki in this welcoming, hands-on introductory course designed to support relaxation, balance, and overall self-care. Whether you are completely new to energy work or simply curious about holistic wellness practices, this class offers a calm and supportive space to begin exploring.
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How can we live a spiritually meaningful life without withdrawing from society and our family obligations? How do we make it through our struggles for self-mastery?
These are the essential questions posed in the beloved and sacred ancient Hindu scripture known as the Bhagavad Gita.
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This July Full Buck Moon rises with the strength and vitality of midsummer, symbolizing resilience, renewal, and personal growth. Named for the time when deer begin to regrow their antlers, it reflects a powerful period of regeneration and steady development. Spiritually, it encourages you to stand firmly in your progress while continuing to build upon your inner strength and purpose.
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This August Full Sturgeon Moon glows with the richness of late summer, symbolizing endurance, wisdom, and the rewards of sustained effort. Named for the ancient fish once most plentiful during this season, it reflects a time of perseverance and drawing strength from deep, steady currents within. Spiritually, it invites you to honor your resilience and trust the knowledge gained through experience.
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Step into the world of energy healing and awaken your natural ability to support balance and well-being in yourself and others. This beginner-friendly training is thoughtfully designed as two half-day sessions, allowing you time to absorb, practice, and integrate what you learn in a relaxed and supportive environment.
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This September Full Harvest Moon rises with a warm, golden glow, symbolizing abundance, gratitude, and the completion of a cycle. Traditionally marking the time of gathering crops, it reflects a period of reaping what has been nurtured with care and intention. Spiritually, it encourages reflection on your efforts and an appreciation for the growth and lessons gained along the way.
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This October Full Hunter Moon rises with a crisp, focused energy, symbolizing preparation, instinct, and readiness for what lies ahead. Traditionally associated with a time of gathering and planning for the colder months, it reflects a period of sharpening awareness and using what you’ve learned to move forward with intention. Spiritually, it encourages you to trust your instincts, stay grounded, and align your actions with your deeper purpose.
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Step into serenity as the setting sun sinks toward the horizon and daylight gently gives way to dusk. You’ll be guided through forest bathing sensory invitations during this 2-mile out-and-back hike to Weverton Cliffs Overlook, inviting you to slow down, engage your senses, and attune to the forest as evening approaches.
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This May Flower Moon takes its name from the abundance of blossoms that blanket the landscape, marking the height of spring’s vitality and color. It symbolizes a time of flourishing, when intentions planted earlier in the season begin to bloom and take shape. Spiritually, it encourages growth, alignment, and stepping fully into your potential with confidence.
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This ongoing series is for students who have completed the introductory Tai Chi courses (Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail AND The Four Corners) at Roots & River or who already have a strong foundation in the practice. Building on the basics, you’ll explore the 13 Postures, refine alignment, and deepen the meditative qualities of movement while cultivating internal energy (qi). Ideal for continuing students, this class offers a path toward greater vitality, focus, and inner harmony.
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This introductory course offers a gentle entry into Tai Chi, the ancient Chinese art of harmonizing movement, breath, and awareness. In Grasp The Sparrow’s Tail, you’ll learn foundational postures and principles that support balance, coordination, and inner calm. Perfect for beginners or those wishing to strengthen their foundation, this class can be taken on its own or paired with the other Intro Series, The Four Corners, as a step toward learning the full Tai Chi form.
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Many individuals carry ongoing stress, fatigue, insomnia, chronic pain, autoimmune symptoms, or a persistent feeling of being out of alignment in body, mind, and spirit. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), also known as 'tapping," is introduced as a gentle, self-empowering tool to support emotional regulation and the release of beliefs and emotions that may no longer be serving you.
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The calming, transformative, and expansive power of sound has been honored since ancient times and practiced across cultures including Ancient Greece, Aboriginal Australia, Tibet, and Native American traditions. This 90-minute immersive sound meditation invites you into deep rest and inner exploration.
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About a month ago, we lost a yoga legend. Lilias Folan, affectionately named the "First Lady of Yoga", died at age 90 on March 9th. As a tribute to her life and yogic contributions, Tara is offering this engaging two-hour online workshop that makes yoga history relevant to you. Tara's dynamic lecture style and generative questions guide you through the complicated history of yoga in a fascinating and accessible way.
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Step away from daily responsibilities and join Machelle and Tara for a nourishing day retreat designed to reset body, mind, and spirit. Through Gentle Yoga, Yin, and Restorative practices, we’ll progressively release tension, soothe the nervous system, and create space for calm, clarity, and joy.
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This April Pink Moon takes its name not from its color, but from the early blooming moss pink wildflower that signals spring’s return. Also known as the Paschal Moon, it is the first full moon after the spring equinox and guides the timing of Easter.
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Drum Circle Playground invites participants to take their drum circle experience to the next level. This is a safe, supportive space to explore, play, feel the rhythm, and find your groove. Suitable for all experience levels—including no experience at all—this gathering welcomes everyone just as they are.
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Step away from daily demands and settle into a day of deep rest and renewal. Through gentle movement, Yin, and Restorative Yoga, Machelle and Tara guide you in unwinding physical and mental tension, soothing the nervous system, and rediscovering calm, clarity, and simple joy with community.
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As we gather near the time of the Spring Equinox, we welcome a powerful moment of balance in the natural world. Occurring when day and night are nearly equal in length, the equinox marks a turning point into a season of renewal, growth, and fresh beginnings. Immerse yourself in deep rest and renewal through the healing vibrations of crystal singing bowls, chimes, and other resonant instruments.
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This ongoing series is for students who have completed the introductory Tai Chi courses (Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail AND The Four Corners) at Roots & River or who already have a strong foundation in the practice. Building on the basics, you’ll explore the 13 Postures, refine alignment, and deepen the meditative qualities of movement while cultivating internal energy (qi). Ideal for continuing students, this class offers a path toward greater vitality, focus, and inner harmony.
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This introductory course offers a gentle entry into Tai Chi, the ancient Chinese art of harmonizing movement, breath, and awareness. In The Four Corners, you’ll learn foundational postures and principles that support balance, coordination, and inner calm. Perfect for beginners or those wishing to strengthen their foundation, this class can be taken on its own or paired with the other Intro Series, Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail, as a step toward learning the full Tai Chi form.
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5-Week Book Club: 8:00-9:00pm, March 4th-April 1st
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali have arguably become the most influential text to modern yoga. But why? You've seen these pithy lines as captions on instagram posts but what does this text REALLY say about yoga as a philosophy, practice, and lifestyle?
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This March Worm Moon marks the first full moon of early spring, named for the return of earthworms and beetle larvae as the soil begins to thaw. It symbolizes quiet renewal—small signs of life stirring beneath the surface and the gentle shift from stillness to growth.
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Saturday, February 21st 12:00-6:00pm AND
Sunday, February 22nd 12:00-6:00pm
Restorative Yoga is a powerful practice of rest, awareness, and intention that offers benefits far beyond simple relaxation. In this two-day immersive program, you’ll explore the principles, postures, and energetics of Restorative Yoga while learning skills for alignment, propping, adjustments, and compassionate teaching. Open to practitioners and teachers alike, this training offers 12 CEUs through Yoga Alliance for those completing both days.
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Immerse yourself in deep rest and renewal through the healing vibrations of crystal singing bowls, chimes, and other resonant instruments. Sound baths calm the nervous system, ease stress, and invite spacious awareness, leaving you lighter, grounded, and deeply refreshed. Simply come as you are—props are provided, and you’re welcome to bring extra comforts for a cozy experience.
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Discover the joy of giving and receiving as a form of communication and connection with a partner. This light-hearted partner yoga class includes poses that are restorative, accessible, and playful.
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Join us for the 9th annual Valentine’s Candlelight Yin Yoga, an evening devoted to self-acceptance, gentle presence, and the quiet pleasures that nourish the heart. Enjoy wine or tea, savory bites, and chocolates before settling into a slow, meditative Yin Yoga practice as Machelle shares poems and reflections on self-love, gratitude, and the beauty of being alive. Open to all, this is an invitation to soften, receive, and remember what truly sustains you.
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This February Snow Moon arrives in a cloak of winter’s quiet beauty, named for the heavy snows that have long marked this time of year in many Native American traditions.
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Learn a little bit of the theory of Restorative Yoga and a few stories from the yogic tradition about śavasana. Plus you'll get some very practical ways to support your body to make every śavasana satisfyingly sweet.
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We are expanding our Pilates offerings to give you more opportunities to move and strengthen. Whether you are continuing your practice or trying Pilates for the first time, we invite you to join us in celebrating Mamata’s contributions, welcoming Leigh, and enjoying our growing Pilates program.
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Immerse yourself in deep rest and renewal through the healing vibrations of crystal singing bowls, chimes, and other resonant instruments. Sound baths calm the nervous system, ease stress, and invite spacious awareness, leaving you lighter, grounded, and deeply refreshed. Simply come as you are—props are provided, and you’re welcome to bring extra comforts for a cozy experience.
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Our popular Total Fitness class—already a Thursday morning favorite—is now offered at a new time on Tuesday afternoons! This low-impact, upbeat session combines music-guided cardio, balance work, light weight training, core exercises, and floor stretches for a total body workout that’s kind to the joints and accessible for all ages.
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Begin the new year with intention and clarity in a 2-hour yoga workshop that blends gentle movement, restorative rest, and meaningful ritual—creating a supportive space to release what has completed its cycle and open to the possibilities waiting ahead.
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As Shakira and Wyclef Jean famously and wisely said: "My hips don't lie." Early 2000's pop song lyrics aside, the sensations in your hips can give you insight into feelings of being stuck physically or energetically.
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7-week book club: 7:30-8:30pm, January 7th - February 25th. Join Tara to to read and discuss a feminist lens on yoga history and the evolution of modern yoga practices in Anjali Rao's new groundbreaking book. No reading required before the first session - just bring your curiosity and an open heart.
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This ongoing series is for students who have completed the introductory Tai Chi courses (Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail AND The Four Corners) at Roots & River or who already have a strong foundation in the practice. Building on the basics, you’ll explore the 13 Postures.
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