Join Barbara Polowy for this deeply relaxing practice that will help to reduce stress and reverse its destructive effects on the body and mind.

In a restorative yoga sequence, the body is held by blankets, pillows, and other yoga props enabling the practitioner to remain in poses without effort or strain for twenty minutes or even longer.

Barbara Polowy, a Relax and Renew® Level 1 teacher, will guide you to a comfortable, completely supported expression of each pose, allowing you to release tension and quiet the nervous system, moving body and mind into balance.

This class is accessible to practitioners of all levels including newcomers to yoga. Please refrain from wearing perfume or other scented products.

Masks optional. Pre-registration required.

Cost: $18. Class cards accepted. SIGN UP ONLINE

Questions? Contact info@community-yoga.com or 413-774-4700

Facilitated by Lance Smith.

This one-day retreat offers you the opportunity to break away from the devices (electronic, psychological, and social) that propel most of us through our busy, fast paced, stimulus-rich lives and deepen your meditation practice.

Open to all practitioners of silent meditation practice, contemplation, centering prayer, etc. -experienced and beginners alike - the day will provide a supportive environment to explore the inner dimensions of your own consciousness through sustained periods of silent practice.

There will plenty of Silence during the day. The morning session and afternoon sessions each provide about two and a half hours of Silent Practice, divided into periods of 20 minutes of Sitting Meditation and Walking Meditation.

The day will begin with an Opening Circle at 9:00 am to introduce one another and the day’s agenda, and to share our individual aspirations and intentions for the day before entering into the Silence together.

There will also be a Midday Circle at about Noon, then a 40-45 minute lunch break until 1 PM. You can bring in a bag lunch or eat out at the Coop or a variety of restaurants within easy walking distance. We will share a Closing Circle at about 3 PM to share our experiences of the day and explore what our aspirations and intentions may be for our practice in the future.

Although at least a half day’s practice is preferable, you are welcome to join and leave at any point of the day. Please move mindfully as you enter and leave.

Pre-registration required. Free and Open to All. SIGN UP ONLINE

For more info: Lance Smith thishazymoon@gmail.com (847) 502 6204

Come clear your mind and soothe your heart. Join us for some Heart Centered Kirtan either in person ~OR!~ via Facebook Live.

Your mantra music guides will be Libby Volckening (keys/vox), Ezra Landis (guitar), Thomas Matherly (bass), and Owen Landis (percussion).

$20 suggested donation. Let your heart guide you to offer more or less, whatever is right for you. Donations will be accepted at the door (cash/check/PayPal/Venmo) and online via Heart Centered Kirtan's website: https://heartcenteredkirtan.com/donate

*Ten percent of proceeds will be donated to Franklin County Community Meals Program whose vision is to foster an empowered community who work together to address food insecurity, caring for and providing for one another, while building systems and infrastructure to holistically address and end hunger. For more info visit their website www.fccmp.org

Masks are optional and welcome. ~ Please join us virtually if you have any symptoms, such as cough, fever, etc. ~OR~ if you have had recent exposure to someone who has COVID or another contagious disease.

To join us via Facebook Live (you don't need a FB account to view), click on this link around 7 pm Friday: www.facebook.com/events/2000627650298428
Close any pop ups and enjoy!

Accessibility: Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space located on the second floor, accessible by stairs.

Questions? Call 413-834-4524, email heartcenteredkirtan@gmail.com, or visit www.heartcenteredkirtan.com

Hope to sing with you soon! 

With Libby Volckening, E-RYT 500, YACEP

Wednesdays 6 – 7:30 pm
9-week series April 10 - June 5 
In Person & Via Zoom

Beginners welcome and experienced practitioners, too! 
Advance registration required. Sign up by Sunday April 7.  

Soothe. Stabilize. Strengthen. Lengthen.  If you are ready to up-level your relationship to your spine and pelvis -- and your whole multi-dimensional being -- join us either in person or via Zoom for this gentle, progressive 9-class series.  Each week we will explore and adapt simple movements, breathing, and relaxation techniques to support your healing. Handouts and links to additional resources provided to support your home practice.

Open to anyone with any amount of flexibility or yoga experience. Great for beginners and experienced practitioners alike!

This series follows a progressive curriculum, and students are asked to make every effort to attend all 9 classes in order to nurture their own progress and support the energy of the group.

Accessibility:  Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent-free space located on the second floor, accessible by stairs.  

Suggested Pay From The Heart Tuition: $180.  Let your heart and your own personal circumstances guide you to pay more or less: whatever is right for you.  Tuition includes an optional, free 1:1 session (either in person or via Zoom) with the instructor.

Registration for the series closes Sunday April 7.  Sorry, no new students after the 2nd class.  New students must complete a Waiver prior to attending first class.  

For more info/to register, call or text 413-834-4524 or email libby@yogalibre.net.

With Heather Kuhn & Emma Daley

Friday: 7:00-9:00pm.

April 5 class: Emerging from the Darkness, facilitated by Heather Kuhn & Emma Daley. Come gather in playful community and reconnect with growth and vitality as we come out of hibernation. Together we will explore themes of emergence, renewal, and becoming. See what can happen when we share our light with each other!

SIGN UP ONLINE

This is a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed series. All bodies, brains, and levels of mindfulness and movement experience are welcome!  For safety reasons, please avoid mind-altering substances prior to the event.  Pre-registration highly recommended.

“The mind is like the wind and the body like the sand: if you want to know how the wind is blowing, you can look at the sand.” - Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

The Wind in the Sand Somatic Workshop Series is an opportunity to deepen your inner knowing through embodied, playful exploration of a different theme each month. We will journey through the darkest months together, attending to our wellbeing, relieving stress, and supporting each other’s seasonal transformation. The workshops are facilitated by two contemplative somatic therapists with a passion for supporting social, emotional, and spiritual growth in our communities. Guided activities offer enough structure to be accessible, while leaving enough room for inspiration and insight to emerge. We do this in a group to allow participants to experience themselves in relation to others and lean into the magic of collective wisdom and co-creation. Anyone who wants to bring greater self-awareness, authentic self-expression, or more joy and presence into their life is invited. 

This is a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed series. All bodies, brains, and levels of mindfulness and movement experience are welcome!  For safety reasons, please avoid mind-altering substances prior to the event.

Cost: Regular cost $40; Pay it forward $50; Subsidized $25
If cost is prohibitive to you, please talk to us about other arrangements.

heatherpkuhn@gmail.com
ewdaley@gmail.com

About the Facilitators:

Heather Kuhn MA, LMHC, RSMT, is a somatic psychotherapist and dance/movement therapist who specializes in working with adults who experienced childhood abuse and neglect. As a performing artist and expressive arts therapist, Heather incorporates many modalities and influences in her facilitation including Authentic Movement, Shintaido, folk dance, song and sound improvisation, partner play, visual art making, and psychodrama. For more info: visit her website www.heatherkuhn.com.

Emma Daley (she/they), MA, is a somatic psychotherapist and a consent and sexuality educator who is passionate about helping people lead full, authentic, joyful lives. Her approach to her work and life have been strongly influenced by the Network for a New Culture (nfnc.org) and her training as a facilitator of ZEGG Forum, an embodied process for personal and community-level growth. Emma loves partner dancing, being alone in the woods, and watching Star Trek. To learn more about Emma, visit www.consentbeyondyes.com.  

Sing kirtan!  It’s good for you!

By donation. All are welcome!  Masks optional.

Shubalananda Saraswati is an American sadhu who has been devoutly traveling since 1995 to share his powerful blues rooted kirtan - an ancient call & response spiritual practice from India.  When Shubal sings, his Guru's Shakti fills everyone in the room with a soulfully nourishing tangible energy.  His true love of God, his deep wisdom, and the grace of his Guru create an environment of ecstatic transcendent vibrational healing, accessing the grounded stillness of enlightened consciousness.  

Join us in the harmoniously uplifting spirit while singing your true heart's song with the Shubalananda friends and family kirtan band!  

All events are Dakshina based so please leave a donation if you can. 

For more information, email shubalananda@gmail.com visit www.shubalananda.com/ or for the latest updates follow them on Facebook @ShubalanandaKirtan

Everyone is welcome!

Suggested donation: $20 cash at the door

CANCELLED. Next class in series is May 17.

With Emily Redman, RYT 200, and Myk Freedman on lap steel and guitar.

Join Emily Redman and Myk Freedman for an evening of yoga and live music.  Emily leads this gently flowing yoga practice designed to help you find ease, movement, and connection, while Myk provides a resonant and meditative soundscape on lap steel and guitar.

Cost: $20. Class size is limited; register early to reserve your spot!

Join Barbara Polowy for this deeply relaxing practice that will help to reduce stress and reverse its destructive effects on the body and mind.

In a restorative yoga sequence, the body is held by blankets, pillows, and other yoga props enabling the practitioner to remain in poses without effort or strain for twenty minutes or even longer.

Barbara Polowy, a Relax and Renew® Level 1 teacher, will guide you to a comfortable, completely supported expression of each pose, allowing you to release tension and quiet the nervous system, moving body and mind into balance.

This class is accessible to practitioners of all levels including newcomers to yoga. Please refrain from wearing perfume or other scented products.

Masks optional. Pre-registration required.

Cost: $18. Class cards accepted. SIGN UP ONLINE

Questions? Contact info@community-yoga.com or 413-774-4700

Facilitated by Lance Smith.

This one-day retreat offers you the opportunity to break away from the devices (electronic, psychological, and social) that propel most of us through our busy, fast paced, stimulus-rich lives and deepen your meditation practice.

Open to all practitioners of silent meditation practice, contemplation, centering prayer, etc. -experienced and beginners alike - the day will provide a supportive environment to explore the inner dimensions of your own consciousness through sustained periods of silent practice.

There will plenty of Silence during the day. The morning session and afternoon sessions each provide about two and a half hours of Silent Practice, divided into periods of 20 minutes of Sitting Meditation and Walking Meditation.

The day will begin with an Opening Circle at 9:00 am to introduce one another and the day’s agenda, and to share our individual aspirations and intentions for the day before entering into the Silence together.

There will also be a Midday Circle at about Noon, then a 40-45 minute lunch break until 1 PM. You can bring in a bag lunch or eat out at the Coop or a variety of restaurants within easy walking distance. We will share a Closing Circle at about 3 PM to share our experiences of the day and explore what our aspirations and intentions may be for our practice in the future.

Although at least a half day’s practice is preferable, you are welcome to join and leave at any point of the day. Please move mindfully as you enter and leave.

Pre-registration required. Free and Open to All. SIGN UP ONLINE

For more info: Lance Smith thishazymoon@gmail.com (847) 502 6204

With Heather Kuhn & Emma Daley

Somatic Workshop Series is held on 1st Fridays from October through April

7 Fridays: 7:00-9:00pm, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1, Jan 5, Feb 2, March 1, April 5

March 1 class: Exploring Your Inner Compass, facilitated by Emma Daley

SIGN UP ONLINE

This is a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed series. All bodies, brains, and levels of mindfulness and movement experience are welcome!  For safety reasons, please avoid mind-altering substances prior to the event.  Pre-registration highly recommended.

“The mind is like the wind and the body like the sand: if you want to know how the wind is blowing, you can look at the sand.” - Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

The Wind in the Sand Somatic Workshop Series is an opportunity to deepen your inner knowing through embodied, playful exploration of a different theme each month. We will journey through the darkest months together, attending to our wellbeing, relieving stress, and supporting each other’s seasonal transformation. The workshops are facilitated by two contemplative somatic therapists with a passion for supporting social, emotional, and spiritual growth in our communities. Guided activities offer enough structure to be accessible, while leaving enough room for inspiration and insight to emerge. We do this in a group to allow participants to experience themselves in relation to others and lean into the magic of collective wisdom and co-creation. Anyone who wants to bring greater self-awareness, authentic self-expression, or more joy and presence into their life is invited. 

This is a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed series. All bodies, brains, and levels of mindfulness and movement experience are welcome!  For safety reasons, please avoid mind-altering substances prior to the event.

Cost:
Individual Workshops
Regular cost $40
Pay it forward $50
Subsidized $25
If cost is prohibitive to you, please talk to us about other arrangements.

heatherpkuhn@gmail.com
ewdaley@gmail.com

About the Facilitators:

Heather Kuhn MA, LMHC, RSMT, is a somatic psychotherapist and dance/movement therapist who specializes in working with adults who experienced childhood abuse and neglect. As a performing artist and expressive arts therapist, Heather incorporates many modalities and influences in her facilitation including Authentic Movement, Shintaido, folk dance, song and sound improvisation, partner play, visual art making, and psychodrama. For more info: visit her website www.heatherkuhn.com.

Emma Daley (she/they), MA, is a somatic psychotherapist and a consent and sexuality educator who is passionate about helping people lead full, authentic, joyful lives. Her approach to her work and life have been strongly influenced by the Network for a New Culture (nfnc.org) and her training as a facilitator of ZEGG Forum, an embodied process for personal and community-level growth. Emma loves partner dancing, being alone in the woods, and watching Star Trek. To learn more about Emma, visit www.consentbeyondyes.com.  

With Elena Mamatas, RYT-500, TCTSY-F

6 Thursdays: 10:30-11:30am, February 29 - April 4.

Trauma sensitive yoga is a thoughtfully curated practice where you are invited to move, breathe, and connect to your body while moving through a gentle mat-based yoga practice.

In this non-judgmental practice space, you are welcome to explore movements at the pace of your choice. There is never any pressure to achieve the “correct alignment” as we move through various asanas or yoga forms. Rather, you will always be offered choices for ways you might engage with each form, and you’ll be offered many gentle reminders that there is no way to do this practice wrong. Everything is always optional, and taking breaks, skipping things, and doing things your way is warmly welcome.

As we practice tuning into our present-moment, body-based experience, the possibility emerges for making the movement choices that truly feel best or right to you. In this way, each of us becomes the ultimate authority and expert of our own personal practice.

Although this practice is designed with trauma in mind, we don’t talk about trauma during these sessions. Rather, this space is all about exploring what it’s like to move, sense, and have agency over our bodies. You always get to be fully in control of your own practice (there are no hands on assists).

You do not need any previous yoga experience to take part, nor do you need to consider yourself flexible.

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is an evidence-based adjunctive treatment designed especially for complex trauma which you can read more about here.

In order to make this space truly trauma sensitive, each participant is asked to setup a brief 10-15 minute phone call with Elena prior to joining the group. The call is an opportunity for Elena to answer your questions, share a little bit of information about the practice, and to confidentially hear anything about you that you want her to know about you. There is absolutely no pressure to share anything you don’t want to share. There is also no pressure to decide on the spot whether or not you’d like to join. Rather, the call is an opportunity for you get all the information you need to help you decide whether this practice feels like a good fit.

Cost: $90-120 sliding scale. For more information & to register, click here

About Elena Mamatas:

Body-based modalities like trauma sensitive yoga have the potential to powerfully support those of us who have experienced trauma. That has been the case in Elena Mamatas’ own life, and she has become deeply passionate about sharing these transformative tools with others.  A certified Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator and a practitioner of Somatic Experiencing (SE), it is her great joy to create spaces where individuals are free to connect their bodies and harness their inner-power as fuel for their post-traumatic growth.

Elena first discovered yoga and meditation in college, and since then, she has been an avid practitioner and life-long student. She has coupled her yoga studies with years of intensive training in SE and TCTSY, and is continually amazed by the power of these practices to expand our capacity for vitality, joy, and resilience.

CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS

Sing kirtan!  It’s good for you!

By donation. All are welcome!  Masks optional.

Shubalananda Saraswati is an American sadhu who has been devoutly traveling since 1995 to share his powerful blues rooted kirtan - an ancient call & response spiritual practice from India.  When Shubal sings, his Guru's Shakti fills everyone in the room with a soulfully nourishing tangible energy.  His true love of God, his deep wisdom, and the grace of his Guru create an environment of ecstatic transcendent vibrational healing, accessing the grounded stillness of enlightened consciousness.  

Join us in the harmoniously uplifting spirit while singing your true heart's song with the Shubalananda friends and family kirtan band!  

All events are Dakshina based so please leave a donation if you can. 

For more information, email shubalananda@gmail.com visit www.shubalananda.com/ or for the latest updates follow them on Facebook @ShubalanandaKirtan

Everyone is welcome!

Suggested donation: $20 cash at the door

CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT.

Join Barbara Polowy for this deeply relaxing practice that will help to reduce stress and reverse its destructive effects on the body and mind.

In a restorative yoga sequence, the body is held by blankets, pillows, and other yoga props enabling the practitioner to remain in poses without effort or strain for twenty minutes or even longer.

Barbara Polowy, a Relax and Renew® Level 1 teacher, will guide you to a comfortable, completely supported expression of each pose, allowing you to release tension and quiet the nervous system, moving body and mind into balance.

This class is accessible to practitioners of all levels including newcomers to yoga. Please refrain from wearing perfume or other scented products.

Masks optional. Pre-registration required.

Cost: $18. Class cards accepted.

Questions? Contact info@community-yoga.com or 413-774-4700

Facilitated by Lance Smith.

This one-day retreat offers you the opportunity to break away from the devices (electronic, psychological, and social) that propel most of us through our busy, fast paced, stimulus-rich lives and deepen your meditation practice.

Open to all practitioners of silent meditation practice, contemplation, centering prayer, etc. -experienced and beginners alike - the day will provide a supportive environment to explore the inner dimensions of your own consciousness through sustained periods of silent practice.

There will plenty of Silence during the day. The morning session and afternoon sessions each provide about two and a half hours of Silent Practice, divided into periods of 20 minutes of Sitting Meditation and Walking Meditation.

The day will begin with an Opening Circle at 9:00 am to introduce one another and the day’s agenda, and to share our individual aspirations and intentions for the day before entering into the Silence together.

There will also be a Midday Circle at about Noon, then a 40-45 minute lunch break until 1 PM. You can bring in a bag lunch or eat out at the Coop or a variety of restaurants within easy walking distance. We will share a Closing Circle at about 3 PM to share our experiences of the day and explore what our aspirations and intentions may be for our practice in the future.

Although at least a half day’s practice is preferable, you are welcome to join and leave at any point of the day. Please move mindfully as you enter and leave.

Pre-registration required. Free and Open to All. SIGN UP ONLINE

For more info: Lance Smith thishazymoon@gmail.com (847) 502 6204

With Emily Redman, and Myk Freedman on lap steel.

Breathe, relax, and unwind with a flowing yoga practice guided by Emily Redman and accompanied by soft candlelight and meditative music provided by Myk Freedman on lap steel.

If you have joined us for Candlelight Yoga in the past, you know how special this is.  If not, come find out!

Cost: $20 preregistered. Masks optional.

SIGN UP ONLINE

Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space.

Come clear your mind and soothe your heart for some Heart Centered Kirtan at Community Yoga & Wellness Center in Greenfield, MA.
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Since 2013, Heart Centered Kirtan has been offering kirtan throughout New England with their original call-and-response devotional music. Weaving Sanskrit and Buddhist mantras into a unique blend of modern Western musical styles, Heart Centered Kirtans are meditative and uplifting experiences.
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Your mantra music guides for this evening will be Libby Volckening (keys/vox), Ezra Landis (guitar), Thomas Matherly (bass), and special guest Chris Ball (percussion).
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We offer this kirtan freely, AND your support makes a difference.
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$20 suggested donation: more if you can, less if you can't. Let your heart guide you to offer whatever is right for you.
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Donations will be accepted at the door (cash/check/PayPal/Venmo) and online via Heart Centered Kirtan's website: https://heartcenteredkirtan.com/donate
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*Ten percent of proceeds will be donated to Franklin County Community Meals Program whose vision is to foster an empowered community who work together to address food insecurity, caring for and providing for one another, while building systems and infrastructure to holistically address and end hunger. For more info visit their website www.fccmp.org
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Masks are optional and welcome. ~ Please maintain social distance with people not in your pod. ~ Please join us virtually if you have any symptoms, such as cough, fever, etc. ~OR~ if you have had recent exposure to someone who has COVID or another contagious disease.
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Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space.
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Questions? Call 413-834-4524, email heartcenteredkirtan@gmail.com, or visit www.heartcenteredkirtan.com
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Hope to sing with you soon!

CANCELLED this moth. See you in March!

With Heather Kuhn & Emma Daley

Somatic Workshop Series is held on 1st Fridays from October through April

7 Fridays: 7:00-9:00pm, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1, Jan 5, Feb 2, March 1, April 5

Join us March 1st for Exploring Your Inner Compass with Emma Daley!

Sing kirtan!  It’s good for you!

By donation. All are welcome!  Masks optional.

Shubalananda Saraswati is an American sadhu who has been devoutly traveling since 1995 to share his powerful blues rooted kirtan - an ancient call & response spiritual practice from India.  When Shubal sings, his Guru's Shakti fills everyone in the room with a soulfully nourishing tangible energy.  His true love of God, his deep wisdom, and the grace of his Guru create an environment of ecstatic transcendent vibrational healing, accessing the grounded stillness of enlightened consciousness.  

Join us in the harmoniously uplifting spirit while singing your true heart's song with the Shubalananda friends and family kirtan band!  

All events are Dakshina based so please leave a donation if you can. 

For more information, email shubalananda@gmail.com visit www.shubalananda.com/ or for the latest updates follow them on Facebook @ShubalanandaKirtan

Everyone is welcome!

Suggested donation: $20 cash at the door

Join Barbara Polowy for this deeply relaxing practice that will help to reduce stress and reverse its destructive effects on the body and mind.

In a restorative yoga sequence, the body is held by blankets, pillows, and other yoga props enabling the practitioner to remain in poses without effort or strain for twenty minutes or even longer.

Barbara Polowy, a Relax and Renew® Level 1 teacher, will guide you to a comfortable, completely supported expression of each pose, allowing you to release tension and quiet the nervous system, moving body and mind into balance.

This class is accessible to practitioners of all levels including newcomers to yoga. Please refrain from wearing perfume or other scented products.

Masks optional. Pre-registration required.

Cost: $18. Class cards accepted. SIGN UP ONLINE

Questions? Contact info@community-yoga.com or 413-774-4700

Facilitated by Lance Smith.

This one-day retreat offers you the opportunity to break away from the devices (electronic, psychological, and social) that propel most of us through our busy, fast paced, stimulus-rich lives and deepen your meditation practice.

Open to all practitioners of silent meditation practice, contemplation, centering prayer, etc. -experienced and beginners alike - the day will provide a supportive environment to explore the inner dimensions of your own consciousness through sustained periods of silent practice.

There will plenty of Silence during the day. The morning session and afternoon sessions each provide about two and a half hours of Silent Practice, divided into periods of 20 minutes of Sitting Meditation and Walking Meditation.

The day will begin with an Opening Circle at 9:00 am to introduce one another and the day’s agenda, and to share our individual aspirations and intentions for the day before entering into the Silence together.

There will also be a Midday Circle at about Noon, then a 40-45 minute lunch break until 1 PM. You can bring in a bag lunch or eat out at the Coop or a variety of restaurants within easy walking distance. We will share a Closing Circle at about 3 PM to share our experiences of the day and explore what our aspirations and intentions may be for our practice in the future.

Although at least a half day’s practice is preferable, you are welcome to join and leave at any point of the day. Please move mindfully as you enter and leave.

Pre-registration required. Free and Open to All. SIGN UP ONLINE

For more info: Lance Smith thishazymoon@gmail.com (847) 502 6204

With Libby Volckening, E-RYT 500 and musician Win Ridabock.

Breathe, relax, and unwind with a soothing yoga practice guided by Libby Volckening and accompanied by soft candlelight and meditative soundscape provided by multi-instrumentalist Win Ridabock.

If you have joined us for Candlelight Yoga in the past, you know how special this is.  If not, come find out!

Cost: $20 preregistered. Masks optional. Class size is limited to 12 students. Pre-register online before 4:30pm Friday.

SIGN UP ONLINE

Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space.

In-Person and Via Zoom

Runs for 8 Fridays January 19 - March 8, 9:00-10:00am. 

Emphasizes core strength, posture, general flexibility and mind-body movement connection. Incorporates props such as theraband, small ball, foam roller and light hand weights in classes. Beginners welcome.

Cost is $100 for the 8-class series; $18 per single class.
OR use your Community Yoga class cards! SIGN UP ONLINE

For more info/ to pre-register for the series, call or text Robin McKeon, DPT: 857-334-4333 or robinmckeon2@gmail.com 

About the instructor:

Robin McKeon, D.P.T. (857-334-4333 or robinmckeon2@gmail.com) began studying Pilates in 1991 and has been teaching Pilates mat classes since 2001. Her classes blend her backgrounds as a professional dancer with NYC’s Battery Dance Company and present work as a physical therapist at Valley Medical Center in Greenfield. Robin holds both mat and equipment certifications through Pilates Method Alliance. Her classes emphasize posture, core strength and general flexibility as well as mind-body movement connection. In addition to Pilates, Robin enjoys running, biking, and walks with her kids and dog. Robin especially enjoys inspiring others to be active, too.

With Elena Mamatas, RYT-500, TCTSY-F

6 Thursdays: 10:30-11:30am, January 11 - February 15.

Trauma sensitive yoga is a thoughtfully curated practice where you are invited to move, breathe, and connect to your body while moving through a gentle mat-based yoga practice.

In this non-judgmental practice space, you are welcome to explore movements at the pace of your choice. There is never any pressure to achieve the “correct alignment” as we move through various asanas or yoga forms. Rather, you will always be offered choices for ways you might engage with each form, and you’ll be offered many gentle reminders that there is no way to do this practice wrong. Everything is always optional, and taking breaks, skipping things, and doing things your way is warmly welcome.

As we practice tuning into our present-moment, body-based experience, the possibility emerges for making the movement choices that truly feel best or right to you. In this way, each of us becomes the ultimate authority and expert of our own personal practice.

Although this practice is designed with trauma in mind, we don’t talk about trauma during these sessions. Rather, this space is all about exploring what it’s like to move, sense, and have agency over our bodies. You always get to be fully in control of your own practice (there are no hands on assists).

You do not need any previous yoga experience to take part, nor do you need to consider yourself flexible.

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is an evidence-based adjunctive treatment designed especially for complex trauma which you can read more about here.

In order to make this space truly trauma sensitive, each participant is asked to setup a brief 10-15 minute phone call with Elena prior to joining the group. The call is an opportunity for Elena to answer your questions, share a little bit of information about the practice, and to confidentially hear anything about you that you want her to know about you. There is absolutely no pressure to share anything you don’t want to share. There is also no pressure to decide on the spot whether or not you’d like to join. Rather, the call is an opportunity for you get all the information you need to help you decide whether this practice feels like a good fit.

Cost: $90-120 sliding scale. For more information & to register, click here

About Elena Mamatas:

Body-based modalities like trauma sensitive yoga have the potential to powerfully support those of us who have experienced trauma. That has been the case in Elena Mamatas’ own life, and she has become deeply passionate about sharing these transformative tools with others.  A certified Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator and a practitioner of Somatic Experiencing (SE), it is her great joy to create spaces where individuals are free to connect their bodies and harness their inner-power as fuel for their post-traumatic growth.

Elena first discovered yoga and meditation in college, and since then, she has been an avid practitioner and life-long student. She has coupled her yoga studies with years of intensive training in SE and TCTSY, and is continually amazed by the power of these practices to expand our capacity for vitality, joy, and resilience.

With Libby Volckening, E-RYT 500, YACEP

IN STUDIO & ON ZOOM. 9 Wednesdays: 6 – 7:15 pm (January 10 - March 6).
… Advance registration by Sunday January 7th is required.
Soothe. Stabilize. Strengthen. Lengthen.  If you are ready to up-level your relationship to your spine, join us for this 9-class series based on the gentle Viniyoga™ approach and the pioneering work of “the back doctor’s back doctor” Dr. Stuart McGill.
… Each week we will explore and adapt simple movements, breathing, and relaxation techniques to support your healing. Handouts provided to support your home practice.
… Open to anyone with any amount of flexibility or yoga experience. Beginners welcome!
… This series follows a progressive curriculum, and students are asked to make every effort to attend all 9 classes in order to nurture their own progress and support the energy of the group.
… Suggested tuition of $180 for the 9-class series includes weekly handouts PLUS a free 1:1 session (either in person or via Zoom) with me.
… Pay From The Heart.  Let your heart and your own personal circumstances guide you to pay more or less: whatever is right for you.   Your presence is enough.  Payment can be made via (1) Check, (2) Common Good (3) PayPal (@LibbyVolckening) or (4) Venmo (@Libby-Volckening).
… Registration for the series closes Sunday January 7.  Sorry, no new students after the 2nd class.  New students must complete a Waiver prior to attending first class.  Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space.
… For more info/to pre-register, call or text 413-834-4524 or email libby@yogalibre.net.

With Heather Kuhn & Emma Daley

Somatic Workshop Series is held on 1st Fridays from October through April

7 Fridays: 7:00-9:00pm, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1, Jan 5, Feb 2, March 1, April 5

January 5 class: Setting Intentions, facilitated by Emma Daley

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This is a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed series. All bodies, brains, and levels of mindfulness and movement experience are welcome!  For safety reasons, please avoid mind-altering substances prior to the event.  Pre-registration highly recommended.

“The mind is like the wind and the body like the sand: if you want to know how the wind is blowing, you can look at the sand.” - Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

The Wind in the Sand Somatic Workshop Series is an opportunity to deepen your inner knowing through embodied, playful exploration of a different theme each month. We will journey through the darkest months together, attending to our wellbeing, relieving stress, and supporting each other’s seasonal transformation. The workshops are facilitated by two contemplative somatic therapists with a passion for supporting social, emotional, and spiritual growth in our communities. Guided activities offer enough structure to be accessible, while leaving enough room for inspiration and insight to emerge. We do this in a group to allow participants to experience themselves in relation to others and lean into the magic of collective wisdom and co-creation. Anyone who wants to bring greater self-awareness, authentic self-expression, or more joy and presence into their life is invited. 

This is a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed series. All bodies, brains, and levels of mindfulness and movement experience are welcome!  For safety reasons, please avoid mind-altering substances prior to the event.

Cost:
Individual Workshops
Regular cost $40
Pay it forward $50
Subsidized $25
If cost is prohibitive to you, please talk to us about other arrangements.

heatherpkuhn@gmail.com
ewdaley@gmail.com

About the Facilitators:

Heather Kuhn MA, LMHC, RSMT, is a somatic psychotherapist and dance/movement therapist who specializes in working with adults who experienced childhood abuse and neglect. As a performing artist and expressive arts therapist, Heather incorporates many modalities and influences in her facilitation including Authentic Movement, Shintaido, folk dance, song and sound improvisation, partner play, visual art making, and psychodrama. For more info: visit her website www.heatherkuhn.com.

Emma Daley (she/they), MA, is a somatic psychotherapist and a consent and sexuality educator who is passionate about helping people lead full, authentic, joyful lives. Her approach to her work and life have been strongly influenced by the Network for a New Culture (nfnc.org) and her training as a facilitator of ZEGG Forum, an embodied process for personal and community-level growth. Emma loves partner dancing, being alone in the woods, and watching Star Trek. To learn more about Emma, visit www.consentbeyondyes.com.  

With Megan Bathory-Peeler

Monday January 1st ~ choose half or full day options: 10am–1pm or 10am-5 pm

Beginner’s Welcome. Pre-registration required.

Attend the 10th Annual Resolutions in Motion Retreat and create space for yourself to dissolve any residue of 2023 into the vast and open sea of potential that is the year ahead.

In this New Year’s Day retreat, we will slow down to more accurately perceive ourselves in the present moment with guided explorations of: 
• sound and silence  
• stillness and movement  
• art, language and dance
We will practice how to surrender more gracefully with less resistance, to reclaim the power of choosing how we respond to “what is” by entering the deep listening.

What is the deep listening?
… a greeting from the secret ones inside the heart, a letter.
The branches of your intelligence grow new leaves in the wind of this listening.
There’s a river inside every human being.
Learn to be companions with it.
Give more of your life to this listening.  ~ Rumi

For more info/to register: Megan@Somanautiko.com  •  413.772.0078

Suggested tuition: $45 half/$90 full
Pre-registration required. Class limited to 12 students.

If current circumstances present any obstacles to your coming to this workshop, please call Megan to arrange a rate that is affordable for you.

Sing kirtan!  It’s good for you!

By donation. All are welcome!  Masks optional.

Shubalananda Saraswati is an American sadhu who has been devoutly traveling since 1995 to share his powerful blues rooted kirtan - an ancient call & response spiritual practice from India.  When Shubal sings, his Guru's Shakti fills everyone in the room with a soulfully nourishing tangible energy.  His true love of God, his deep wisdom, and the grace of his Guru create an environment of ecstatic transcendent vibrational healing, accessing the grounded stillness of enlightened consciousness.  

Join us in the harmoniously uplifting spirit while singing your true heart's song with the Shubalananda friends and family kirtan band!  

All events are Dakshina based so please leave a donation if you can. 

For more information, email shubalananda@gmail.com visit www.shubalananda.com/ or for the latest updates follow them on Facebook @ShubalanandaKirtan

Everyone is welcome!

Suggested donation: $20 cash at the door