EVENTS

special programs, workshops, series

WALKING WELLNESS: Strengthen Your Body, Enhance Your Gait with JKA Solvents and Glue® ~ Ruth Knill ~ Thursdays thru November 21, 10:15-11:15am ~ no class October 31

Join Ruth Knill, GCFP for a unique and enriching 7-week program applying the JKA Solvents and Glue® movement system to the analysis and development of a healthy, balanced walking gait. Learn to recognize the basic phases of walking, break down each phase into detailed movements, and enhance your personal walking pattern. Experience improved stability, strength, and balance through precise, invigorating movements that complement practices like Feldenkrais and Iyengar Yoga. Whether you aim to enhance your own walking or assist others, this workshop offers valuable insights and practical techniques. Ruth Knill is a JKA Solvents and Glue® certified teacher. $125, or $25 + Pass: Unlimited ~ spaces limited ~ register here

RESTORATIVE YOGA & MASSAGE with Chandra Cantor & Robin Shaw ~ Saturday, November 16, 3-5pm

Join Chandra & Robin for an afternoon of deep relaxation and massage! Chandra will guide the class through a sequence of Restorative Yoga postures - long holds in passive, gentle poses supported by yoga props - while Robin, massage therapist offers therapeutic bodywork. This luxurious 2 hour class is a wonderful opportunity to slow down, practice self-care, and receive healing touch. All levels welcome. Reach out with any questions you may have to Robin or Chandra. $40 ~ space is limited - reserve your spot here!

REIKI Level II Certification: Walking the Healers Path with Devlin O’Malley ~ Saturday-Sunday, November 23-24, 1-5:30pm ~ In person ~ Preregistration required here!

Deepen your Reiki skills with Usui Reiki II, where the focus is healing on others in a more formal setting. In this level you will learn the Usui Reiki symbols to help deepen your healings, healing on a Reiki table, long distance healing, healing ethics, and how to provide an intake. We will meet over two days with day one focused on learning and day two primarily on practicing. Reiki Level I certification is a prerequisite for this course. $250, includes training manual and certificate

GRATITUDE! A Free Thanksgiving Vinyasa Yoga Class with Barbara Freedman ~ Thursday, November 28, 10-11:30am

Breathe in the spirit of Thanksgiving with a yoga class freely offered by Barbara Freedman and The Arlington Center! All are invited to participate in this gentle yet energizing special holiday yoga flow, culminating in the tranquility of meditation, breath awareness, gratitude, and lovingkindness. Come with family and friends to let go of tension, and cultivate the ease and joy of well-being. Open to all on a first come basis ~ please preregister here!

TIBETAN SINGING BOWLS! A Sound Bath with Ben Anderson ~ Sunday, December 1, 3-4pm

Realign your energy centers and clear negativity with the power of sound and singing bowls exciting the crystalline structures throughout various bodily systems. Let the soothing vibrations wash over you and bring harmony to your mind, body, and spirit, as healer and meditation coach Ben Anderson immerses you in transformative sound, intuitively guided to promote deep relaxation and emotional well-being. $25 - preregister here!

MEDICINE BUDDHA: A Healing Retreat with Lama Tsering ~ Saturday, December 7, 10am-12:30pm, 2-4:30pm

Medicine Buddha meditation is a holistic and spiritual path to heal and restore. Its practices help one transcend the ailments, afflictions, and challenges all humans encounter in life, but especially in contemporary culture where our minds can so easily become mired in anxiety, dissatisfaction, and division. Medicine Buddha practices - visualization, mantra recitation, and absorption in nondual meditation - serve as powerful methods to foster clear presence of mind, and to heal from the source. In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition these unique practices are regarded as blessings emanating directly from Sakyamuni Buddha. This retreat is open to all, regardless of ability to pay, but spaces are limited - please register now for $95, or contact the Center if seeking financial support

Live Music! KIRTAN with Shubal Larry Kopp + Friends ~ Saturday, December 7, 7:30-9:30pm ~ Free/Donate

Created by ancient Indian rishis from Vedic mantras, kirtan is a yoga of sound - an evening of beautiful music and heartfelt call-and-response singing. No previous experience is necessary to experience its emotional depth, yet powerful as it is, kirtan is effortless and incredibly enjoyable. Free ~ please make a donation!

Shubalananda Larry Kopp has been leading kirtan for many years, having studied with Neem Karoli Baba, Sathya Sai Baba, KarunaSeptemberi and Shree Maa. His guitar & harmonium playing and voice of experience gives his kirtan a power and a heartfulness that is shared with all who join in. Find out more at https://www.facebook.com/ShubalanandaKirtan/

DHARMA TALK & MEDITATION with Lama Tsering Ngodup ~ Sunday, December 8, 12-2pm  ~ Free/Donation

You’re invited to receive Buddhist teachings (dharma), practice meditation, and experience the relevance and benefits of Buddhist philosophy and meditation in daily life. People of all ages, backgrounds, and beliefs are welcome to this freely offered monthly event ~ donations gratefully accepted. Tsering Ngodup is a lama, or spiritual teacher, authorized to teach by HH ShaMar Rinpoche. He has devoted over twenty-five years to sharing the religious and spiritual teachings of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. He has traveled across the world, translating and interpreting Buddhist teachings for highly accomplished Tibetan lamas and masters from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He is currently a chaplain at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Looking Ahead To 2025! YOGA IN TUSCANY with Anne Curtis ~ May 11-17 ~ Explore here!

Come enjoy a weeklong springtime yoga retreat with Anne Curtis at La Dogana, a beautiful 40-acre olive grove estate in the rolling hills of Tuscany. The 1-week package includes villa accommodations, daily yoga and meditation, 3 city tours, a wine tasting, gelato-making, pizza-making, an olive oil tasting at Montemelino Vineyard, pool access, breakfasts, 4-course dinners, and shuttle service to/from Florence. Details at https://www.yogawithin.studio/retreats. Questions and info about La Dogana? Email Anne here!

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PRENATAL YOGA with Barrett Reinhorn ~ Sundays, 6-7:30pm ~ In Person & Livestreaming

Prenatal Yoga is designed for students who are pregnant and have an ongoing practice as well as pregnant students brand new to yoga. Learn practices that build strength, flexibility, calm and focus — all the way through to delivery. We begin class with a ‘check-in' to share with the others how we are doing, which builds a caring community within the group. This class is appropriate for all stages of pregnancy. Single class $25, 4-class Prenatal Yoga pass $80 ~ join here

OmDRUM: A Welcoming Circle with Pasha Cohen ~ Mondays, 7:30-8:30pm ~ In Person

Join professional percussionist and teacher Pasha Cohen for a lively weekly drum circle. We’ll explore together how to use the Drum as a tool for meditation and self-healing, sampling African and Western styles of hand drumming. All ages and levels of experience are welcome in OmDrum’s judgment-free space. Bring a drum if you have one, or rent one from Pasha…and if you have any friends who might like to try drumming, please tell them about it! $20 or Pass ~ $5 drum rental ~ register here

BABY & ME YOGA with Barrett Reinhorn ~ Thursdays, 10-11:15am ~ In Person ~ Postnatal yoga classes welcome new moms/parents with infants for a bit of quiet reflective time while building back their strength. Classes specifically focus on creating connection and comfort in the back, chest, abdominals and pelvic floor – all the places that are achy after pregnancy, birth, and life with a newborn! We focus on recovering from birth, but add a little baby yoga into the mix too (especially if the babies are restless!). Parents are welcome with or without their babies, anytime from early postpartum until babies are crawling. Bring a baby blanket for your baby to lie on, and anything else to make you and your baby comfortable (yoga mat, car seat, toy, etc). Attend single classes or buy a discount multi-pass ~ join here

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: Feldenkrais with Ruth Knill ~ Thursdays, 11:30a-12:30p ~ In Person & Livestream ~ Join here

The Feldenkrais Method® of somatic learning is a gentle and pleasant way to improve the quality of your movement and your awareness of your embodied self. By engaging with your habits of movement in a supportive, exploratory way, Feldenkrais can help you to discover more comfortable and efficient ways of moving and being. Safe and gentle, yet challenging in surprising and satisfying ways, the material in each class is tailored to suit the needs and interest of the participants. Attend single classes or buy a discount multi-pass ~ join here