DHARMA TALK & MEDITATION with Lama Tsering Ngodup ~ Sunday, March 16, 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

MOVING WITH EASE: Enhance Your Alignment and Fluidity in Walking with JKA Solvents and Glue® ~ Ruth Knill ~ 8 Thursdays thru April 17, 10:15-11:15am

Discover the transformative power of the JKA Solvents and Glue® movement system in this enriching program led by certified instructor Ruth Knill. Whether you're sitting at a desk, going on a walk, or engaging in your favorite activities, better alignment means more energy and less wasted effort. We will work on applying JKA Solvents and Glue® to walking. You'll explore movement sequences that strengthen and stabilize your body while increasing mobility and flexibility. Learn to recognize fundamental movement patterns, break down each action into detailed components, and enhance your personal coordination. Experience improved stability, strength, and balance through precise, invigorating movements. $150 or $125 + Pass: Unlimited, 10 Class ~ register here!

DANCE! An Introductory Modern Movement Class with the ENCORE DANCE ENSEMBLE ~ Sunday, March 16, 3-4pm

Join the local Encore Dance Ensemble for this fun introductory workshop! Encore is a troupe of women age 40+ who perform original works demonstrating lifelong learning and personal fulfillment through the art of dance. In this hour-long class, company members will guide you through a series of activities that include:  warming your core and limbs ~ increasing your movement vocabulary ~ learning dance phrases ~ exploring improvisational movement ~ bringing joy and fluidity into your body and soul. As the class concludes, Encore members will perform excerpts from their repertory of original choreographic works, tying in some of the movement phrases from the class. Come move and dance with us! $20, or 10 Pass, or Unlimited ~ all levels are welcome ~ spaces limited ~ join here!

SHAMANIC JOURNEY with Comma Williams ~ Friday, March 21, 7:30-9:30

Shamanic journey is a tool that has been traditionally used by indigenous shamans for the healing of individuals and communities. Most commonly, shamans use drums and rattles to shift their consciousness into non-ordinary reality, a trance-like state, to communicate with their helping guides and spirits. We know now that anyone can learn to journey! Join Comma Williams for this monthly crossing into non-ordinary reality to gain insight, information, and clarity about your path. $20 or Pass: Unlimited, 10 Class, Pre/Postnatal - join here!

Spring PLAYSHOP: Release & Renew for Spring! with Chandra Cantor & Robin Shaw ~ Sunday, March 23, 12:30-3pm

Spring is upon us! What a time for reconnecting to the roots of what is important to us so that we can manifest blooms that feel beautiful, and most connected to our authentic and potent selves! We will explore creatively through movement, journaling, art making and sharing in community. Nurture self and community. Receive support. Choose delightful, meaningful creative expression! We hope the Playshop will offer you the opportunity for renewal and release! If you are craving some space for creative expression and impulse, if you want to reconnect to what you'd like to manifest in the world, if you'd like to be with this in the structure of supportive community, this is for you! Bring along a journal, art supplies of any kind (we will also supply many), and dress in loose comfortable clothes, especially if you’re staying for Restorative Yoga and Massage afterwards  This is for all levels, and no prior art, movement or yoga experience is needed. There is the option to take this Playshop along with the Restorative Yoga and Massage Workshop that follows from 3:30-5:30pm. Chandra and Robin are very excited to host this gentle and creative day for love, inspiration, renewal and letting go! Reach out with any questions you may have for Robin or Chandra. $40, or $75 for Playshop and Restorative Yoga & Massage Workshop at 3:30pm ~ join here!

RESTORATIVE YOGA & MASSAGE with Chandra Cantor & Robin Shaw ~ Sunday, March 23, 3:30-5:30pm

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. There is the option to take this workshop along with the Spring Playshop from 12:30-3pm. Reach out with any questions you may have for Robin or Chandra. $40, or $75 for Spring Playshop at 12:30 and Restorative Yoga & Massage Workshop at 3:30pm ~ join here!

RELEASE YOUR NECK & SHOULDERS! Yoga To Find Ease & Let Go Of Tension with Anne Curtis ~ Saturday, April 5, 2-4pm

Do you find yourself slumping when you sit? Got a pain in the neck? Do you catch yourself looking at your phone, head forward, upper spine curving? You're not alone! This 90 minute pop up class will give you a chance to: lengthen and relax your neck ~ unwind the tension in your upper back and jaw ~ let go of the ropes connecting your shoulders to your ears ~ release subconscious patterns of holding tension in your neck and shoulders, as well as in your upper back (hint: it’s all connected!) ~ tune into and find ease in your upper body. We'll practice yoga poses and movements, both using props and free form, to help you identify areas of tightness, contraction and stiffness -- and to let them go. You will leave with  new tools in your toolkit for releasing your neck, as well as helpful ways to maintain ease and balance in your upper body. $35, or $20 with Pass: Unlimited, 10 Class, Pre/Postnatal - join here!

REFLEXOLOGY For Trauma & Addiction, Level I with Chantel C. Lucier ~ Wednesday-Thursday, April 30-May 1, 9am-5pm

Chantel’s 2-day reflexology workshop utilizes lecture, exercises, demonstration, and hands-on practice. is composed of the following segments: 1. A No-Mind Approach to Wellness (principles for releasing negative thought patterns, judgments, and diagnoses in sessions); 2. How to provide a compassionate intake process with clients to support and sustain healthful and safe environments; 3. Anatomy and physiology for specific brain structures that are affected by trauma and addiction; 4. Self-inquiry and reflection for practitioner perspective shifting; and 5. 'Reflexology Guides' (intuitive techniques and subtle rotations that enable client relaxation & support). This class offers 14 CEUs recognized by NCBTMB & ARCB. To Register: https://www.chantelclucier.com/trauma--addiction.html/#arlingtonLI ~ Pricing: $375 (members) / $425 (non-members) ~ Prerequisite: Open to all levels. While some techniques are advanced, Chantel’s approach makes the content, methods, and techniques easily accessible to all. Reflexology is a hands-on practice. Who takes this class: reflexologists, body workers, yogis, sound healers, social workers, reiki and energy students and practitioners. ~ Note: This is a hands-on workshop where students will be paired and working on each other's feet where the reflexology map is located

Looking Ahead! 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 ~ 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 ~ Tuesdays, 12-1:15pm + 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