With Nirmal Chandraratna

Enjoy the beauty of music, mantra and vibration to help you drop into the present moment.

A Meditative Concert is a musical experience drawing elements of Sanskrit mantra and sound healing together to create a dynamic, transformative environment. You are invited to connect with your intentions, both for yourself and for the world, and then let them take flight as the music begins. Layered textures of the voice, cello, and world percussion will weave a tapestry of melody and mantra. As we come together as a community, we can help each other to collectively align our lives with our vision for a better world.

Each concert offers a unique variety of music and themes See NirmalC.com for dates of future gatherings.

Cost: $20
Click here for online purchasing 

Nirmal Chandraratna is a composer and kirtan artist with a passion for nurturing connection— to spirit, to community, and to one's deeper self— through music. Using the voice, the harmonium and the cello, he creates music for Kirtan and meditation, and works for communal performance. You can listen to music and media at NirmalC.com.

With Emily Redman

A weekly class on Thursdays: 5:30-6:30pm. Starts Thursday, September 17

Join Emily for this creatively sequenced, vigorous flow class that includes core work, breath with movement, and thoughtful challenges. Options for a range of levels will be offered throughout the class.

Recommended for those with some previous yoga experience or beginners interested in a physical challenge.

Cost: $18 per class, or use your class card! SIGN UP ONLINE

Bio:

Emily took her first yoga class 20 years ago and hated every minute of it. She had paid for a whole series, so she stuck it out and slowly realized that the more she practiced, the more at home she felt in her own body and mind. Emily finds that the challenges and successes she meets on her yoga mat teach her so much about navigating the rest of her life. Her other loves are exploring the outdoors, playing in the kitchen, and finding small ways to have an adventure every day.

Emily completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the summer of 2013, and her classes are a blend of mindfulness, flow, and thoughtful challenges. She had her first child in 2015 and found pre-natal yoga to be a wonderful way to feel comfortable in her changing body and to prepare physically and mentally for childbirth. Emily completed her Pre-Natal Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Den Studios in 2016.

With Jorie Morgan

3rd Saturdays from 4-5pm

Drop in, by donation (suggested $20). All are welcome—no one turned away for lack of funds.

Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are group sound healing experiences that can assist you in relaxing and restoring in a safe environment. Many highly sensitive people (HSPs) are drawn to sound healing work, but some will leave experiences feeling drained, overstimulated, or even unwell. Trauma survivors, in particular, can benefit greatly from sound healing and can also be prone to vibrational reactivity. Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are carefully designed to be gentle on the nervous system so that all those in attendance can rest, heal, and restore.

In these monthly gatherings, Jorie will work with a combination of crystal bowls, temple bells, and chimes. These instruments work with the principles of resonance, entrainment, and cellular healing in promoting general relaxation, resetting the nervous system, restoring mental clarity, and aiding in cellular restoration.  

Please plan on arriving at least five minutes early in order to set up a comfortable space for yourself. The studio provides mats, blankets, bolsters and chairs; and feel free to bring anything that would help you to feel more comfortable (eye mask, special blanket, pillow, etc).

Questions? Email Jorie at woollymammothstudio@gmail.com.

Bio: Jorie  Morgan(they/them) is a queer trauma survivor who believes that sensitivity and creativity are superpowers, and they use these tools in sound healing work to restore health to others and themselves. As a highly sensitive person (HSP), they have been both drawn to and challenged by most sound healing methods. So they set out to create sound healing experiences for other sensitive souls. Jorie uses a combination of crystal bowls, temple bells, and chimes. 

As an visual and performing artist, Jorie pulls from their background in music, composition, and improvisation to create experiences that are as artistic as they are healing. They compose each sound bath (whether one-on-one or group) using specific musical intervals known to embrace, release, and call in different emotional and physical states. This musical approach combines seamlessly with their intuitive skills and the inherent healing capabilities of the instruments.

Sound Healing Contraindications:

Please reach out to Jorie at  woollymammothstudio@gmail.com if any of the following apply to you, or if you have any questions. 

• Pregnancy 
  Avoid using sound healing instruments on the body during pregnancy, especially during the first 12 weeks. 

• Heart conditions 
  Keep a minimum distance of 20 cm from any implanted heart pacemaker, stent, or shunt. You should also consult your doctor before using sound healing if you have carotid stenosis, cardiac pacemakers, artificial heart valves, or cardiac arrhythmias. 

• Epilepsy 
  Some rare forms of epilepsy may be triggered by sound. You should consult your doctor to ensure you receive the right anti-epileptic medication and are in no danger of seizure from sound vibrations.

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.

Free and Open to All.

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

With Libby Volckening and Win Ridabock

Breathe, relax, and unwind with a series of gentle movements and supported yoga postures that facilitate progressive relaxation of your mind, body, and spirit. Our journey into deep rest is enhanced by a soothing soundscape to help calm the nervous system.  Join us and experience the magic!  

Beginners welcome.  Please pre-register.

Cost: $20.  Space is limited (min. 8 students, max 12).  Register by 8 AM Friday to ensure this class will run.  Registration closes Friday 5 PM.

SIGN UP ONLINE

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

Come clear your mind and soothe your heart with an evening of original call-and-response devotional music that weaves Sanskrit and Buddhist mantras into an accessible blend of modern musical styles.  Everyone is welcome including kids of all ages!  

This kirtan will be offered BOTH in person ~AND~ via Facebook Live* (link below), and tour mantra music guides for this uniquely uplifting mantra music experience will be Libby Volckening (keys/vox), Ezra Landis (guitar), Thomas Matherly (bass), and special guest Chris Ball (percussion).

$20-30 suggested donation.  Pay it forward if you can. No one turned away for lack of funds. Donations will be gratefully accepted at the door (cash/check/PayPal/Venmo) and online via our website 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

To join us via Facebook Live, click this link around 7 pm Saturday:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2265889517541908
Close and/or ESC out of any pop-ups, turn on the sound and enjoy! 

Accessibility: Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space located on the second floor, accessible by stairs.  Questions about CYWC?  Email info@community-yoga.com or call 413-774-4700.

For more info about this event or Heart Centered Kirtan, call 413-834-4524, email heartcenteredkirtan@gmail.com, or visit www.heartcenteredkirtan.com

Hope to sing with you soon! 

With Kat Now

Every month on First Fridays!

Leave behind the hectic pace of the modern world to find refuge within your own body in our beautiful, peaceful studio. Restorative yoga helps to calm the nervous system with gentle postures supported by props. This peaceful practice will quiet your mind and body to help you receive sound more deeply and relax even more.  Sink into your bliss in savasana with a sound bath to soothe your spirit.

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

Cost: $20 SIGN UP ONLINE

Masks optional. Pre-registration required.

Bio: Kat Now is a yoga, mindfulness, and conscious dance teacher & musician. She holds over 300 hours of certifications from Kripalu, The Accessible Yoga School, Love Your Brain Yoga, JourneyDance, and more. Learn more about Kat and Embodied Mindfulness offerings on her website, YouTube @EmbodiedMindfulness, and on Instagram @EmbodiedMindfulness.

The School of Trusting The Voice presents
GROUP SINGING CLASS
Monthly on first Wednesdays: 7:15 – 8:45 pm (October 7, November 4, December 2 etc)
with Peter Barley
Drop-ins welcome!

Have you been told you can’t sing? Do you enjoy singing but still feel blocked?

Learn how to trust your voice! Each of our sessions together will start with practices to open and heal the voice. Then we will share medicine songs from around the world to connect us to our hearts, each other, and nature.

Bring a simple song to share or come with an open heart.

$15 - 30 sliding scale

For more info: 413-695-0375 or barleypeter5@gmail.com

About the Instructor
Peter Barley has been focalizing groups of singers for 20 years. He has a way of making everyone feel safe to share their song, creating an inclusive space for singing, learning, and enjoying. Peter struggled to open his voice for 17 years. Through this healing path he created a body of work called The School of Trusting the Voice. He believes everyone can learn to sing and welcomes you to join us.

Join world musician Kālidāsa for an evening of ecstatic, meditative call-and-response singing steeped in raga and roots music.  Kālidāsa's kirtans offer an inspiring blend of voice, harmonium, bamboo flutes, and hand drums. 

$20 suggested donation.  All are welcome!

About the Wallah:

Kālidāsa Joseph Getter is a creative world musician and teacher, with decades of experience in kirtan, Javanese gamelan of Indonesia, Carnatic classical music of southern India, experimental music, drumming, Jazz, and music for yoga, theater, dance, sound healing, and the circus arts. Recently he co-created with Marcella Trowbridge a recording of music and poetry to ease the end of life, “RELEASE. FORGIVE. A Soundscape for Dying” (available on Soundcloud and YouTube). He has lived in India for two years, and studied religion at Oberlin College and ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University. 

Check him out on Facebook @KalidasaKirtan

What is Kirtan?

Kirtan is transcendental spiritual music and a meditation practice also described as Bhakti Yoga or Nada Yoga. Its origins come from Eastern Indian and Budhist culture. In its tradition, Kirtan is recited as a call and response chanting from the vocal leader to the audience, who then recites or echos back the same lyrics. By chanting in this way, the sounds and voices raise a very high conscious vibration that reverberates within and outside of you, opening up energy channels. This practice calms and quiets the mind. You don't need to have any previous experience to attend a Kirtan. All spiritual faiths are welcome.

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

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

With Libby Volckening and Win Ridabock

Start your weekend with an integrated yoga practice accompanied by a live soundscape created by multi-instrumentalist Win Ridabock. Some yoga experience helpful, but adventurous beginners are welcome!

Cost: $20. SIGN UP ONLINE

Space is limited: please register before 8 AM Friday either via our website or MindBody. Registration closes at 5 PM Friday.

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

With Jorie Morgan

3rd Saturdays from 4-5pm.

Drop in, by donation (suggested $20). All are welcome—no one turned away for lack of funds.

Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are group sound healing experiences that can assist you in relaxing and restoring in a safe environment. Many highly sensitive people (HSPs) are drawn to sound healing work, but some will leave experiences feeling drained, overstimulated, or even unwell. Trauma survivors, in particular, can benefit greatly from sound healing and can also be prone to vibrational reactivity. Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are carefully designed to be gentle on the nervous system so that all those in attendance can rest, heal, and restore.

In these monthly gatherings, Jorie will work with a combination of crystal bowls, temple bells, and chimes. These instruments work with the principles of resonance, entrainment, and cellular healing in promoting general relaxation, resetting the nervous system, restoring mental clarity, and aiding in cellular restoration.  

Please plan on arriving at least five minutes early in order to set up a comfortable space for yourself. The studio provides mats, blankets, bolsters and chairs; and feel free to bring anything that would help you to feel more comfortable (eye mask, special blanket, pillow, etc).

Questions? Email Jorie at woollymammothstudio@gmail.com.

Bio: Jorie  Morgan(they/them) is a queer trauma survivor who believes that sensitivity and creativity are superpowers, and they use these tools in sound healing work to restore health to others and themselves. As a highly sensitive person (HSP), they have been both drawn to and challenged by most sound healing methods. So they set out to create sound healing experiences for other sensitive souls. Jorie uses a combination of crystal bowls, temple bells, and chimes. 

As an visual and performing artist, Jorie pulls from their background in music, composition, and improvisation to create experiences that are as artistic as they are healing. They compose each sound bath (whether one-on-one or group) using specific musical intervals known to embrace, release, and call in different emotional and physical states. This musical approach combines seamlessly with their intuitive skills and the inherent healing capabilities of the instruments.

Sound Healing Contraindications:

Please reach out to Jorie at  woollymammothstudio@gmail.com if any of the following apply to you, or if you have any questions. 

• Pregnancy 
  Avoid using sound healing instruments on the body during pregnancy, especially during the first 12 weeks. 

• Heart conditions 
  Keep a minimum distance of 20 cm from any implanted heart pacemaker, stent, or shunt. You should also consult your doctor before using sound healing if you have carotid stenosis, cardiac pacemakers, artificial heart valves, or cardiac arrhythmias. 

• Epilepsy 
  Some rare forms of epilepsy may be triggered by sound. You should consult your doctor to ensure you receive the right anti-epileptic medication and are in no danger of seizure from sound vibrations.

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.

Free and Open to All.

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

With Kat Now

Leave behind the hectic pace of the modern world to find refuge within your own body in our beautiful studio with the glow of candlelight. Restorative yoga helps to calm the nervous system with gentle postures supported by props. This peaceful practice will quiet your mind and body to help you receive sound more deeply and relax even more.  Sink into your bliss in savasana with a sound bath to soothe your spirit.

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. Class size limited to 12.

Cost: $20 SIGN UP ONLINE

Bio: Kat Now is a yoga, mindfulness, and conscious dance teacher & musician. She holds over 300 hours of certifications from Kripalu, The Accessible Yoga School, Love Your Brain Yoga, JourneyDance, and more. Learn more about Kat and Embodied Mindfulness offerings on her website, YouTube @EmbodiedMindfulness, and on Instagram @EmbodiedMindfulness.

With Nirmal Chandraratna

Enjoy the beauty of music, mantra and vibration to help you drop into the present moment.

A Meditative Concert is a musical experience drawing elements of Sanskrit mantra and sound healing together to create a dynamic, transformative environment. You are invited to connect with your intentions, both for yourself and for the world, and then let them take flight as the music begins. Layered textures of the voice, cello, and world percussion will weave a tapestry of melody and mantra. As we come together as a community, we can help each other to collectively align our lives with our vision for a better world.

Each concert offers a unique variety of music and themes See NirmalC.com for dates of future gatherings.

Cost: $20
Click here for online purchasing 

Nirmal Chandraratna is a composer and kirtan artist with a passion for nurturing connection— to spirit, to community, and to one's deeper self— through music. Using the voice, the harmonium and the cello, he creates music for Kirtan and meditation, and works for communal performance. You can listen to music and media at NirmalC.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

The School of Trusting The Voice presents
GROUP SINGING CLASS
Monthly on first Wednesdays: 7:15 – 8:45 pm
with Peter Barley
Drop-ins welcome!

Have you been told you can’t sing? Do you enjoy singing but still feel blocked?

Learn how to trust your voice! Each of our sessions together will start with practices to open and heal the voice. Then we will share medicine songs from around the world to connect us to our hearts, each other, and nature.

Bring a simple song to share or come with an open heart.

$15 - 30 sliding scale

For more info: 413-695-0375 or barleypeter5@gmail.com

About the Instructor
Peter Barley has been focalizing groups of singers for 20 years. He has a way of making everyone feel safe to share their song, creating an inclusive space for singing, learning, and enjoying. Peter struggled to open his voice for 17 years. Through this healing path he created a body of work called The School of Trusting the Voice. He believes everyone can learn to sing and welcomes you to join us.

With Kat Now

Every month on First Fridays!

Leave behind the hectic pace of the modern world to find refuge within your own body in our beautiful, peaceful studio. Restorative yoga helps to calm the nervous system with gentle postures supported by props. This peaceful practice will quiet your mind and body to help you receive sound more deeply and relax even more.  Sink into your bliss in savasana with a sound bath to soothe your spirit.

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

Cost: $20 SIGN UP ONLINE

Masks optional. Pre-registration required.

Bio: Kat Now is a yoga, mindfulness, and conscious dance teacher & musician. She holds over 300 hours of certifications from Kripalu, The Accessible Yoga School, Love Your Brain Yoga, JourneyDance, and more. Learn more about Kat and Embodied Mindfulness offerings on her website, YouTube @EmbodiedMindfulness, and on Instagram @EmbodiedMindfulness.

Come honor the Fall season with us at a special evening of devotional music & chanting. Together we’ll be singing from our various faiths, lifting our spirits and connecting to our light within. Join us as we raise the vibes in Greenfield!

Suggested donation at the door: $20
Cash or Venmo

Please note: Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space

Questions, or for more info: 404-295-3169

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.

Free and Open to All.

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 an integrated 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 16 students. Pre-register online before 5:00pm Friday.

SIGN UP ONLINE

Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space.

With Jorie Morgan

3rd Saturdays from 4-5pm.

Drop in, by donation (suggested $20). All are welcome—no one turned away for lack of funds.

Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are group sound healing experiences that can assist you in relaxing and restoring in a safe environment. Many highly sensitive people (HSPs) are drawn to sound healing work, but some will leave experiences feeling drained, overstimulated, or even unwell. Trauma survivors, in particular, can benefit greatly from sound healing and can also be prone to vibrational reactivity. Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are carefully designed to be gentle on the nervous system so that all those in attendance can rest, heal, and restore.

In these monthly gatherings, Jorie will work with a combination of crystal bowls, temple bells, and chimes. These instruments work with the principles of resonance, entrainment, and cellular healing in promoting general relaxation, resetting the nervous system, restoring mental clarity, and aiding in cellular restoration.  

Please plan on arriving at least five minutes early in order to set up a comfortable space for yourself. The studio provides mats, blankets, bolsters and chairs; and feel free to bring anything that would help you to feel more comfortable (eye mask, special blanket, pillow, etc).

Questions? Email Jorie at woollymammothstudio@gmail.com.

Bio: Jorie  Morgan(they/them) is a queer trauma survivor who believes that sensitivity and creativity are superpowers, and they use these tools in sound healing work to restore health to others and themselves. As a highly sensitive person (HSP), they have been both drawn to and challenged by most sound healing methods. So they set out to create sound healing experiences for other sensitive souls. Jorie uses a combination of crystal bowls, temple bells, and chimes. 

As an visual and performing artist, Jorie pulls from their background in music, composition, and improvisation to create experiences that are as artistic as they are healing. They compose each sound bath (whether one-on-one or group) using specific musical intervals known to embrace, release, and call in different emotional and physical states. This musical approach combines seamlessly with their intuitive skills and the inherent healing capabilities of the instruments.

Sound Healing Contraindications:

Please reach out to Jorie at  woollymammothstudio@gmail.com if any of the following apply to you, or if you have any questions. 

• Pregnancy 
  Avoid using sound healing instruments on the body during pregnancy, especially during the first 12 weeks. 

• Heart conditions 
  Keep a minimum distance of 20 cm from any implanted heart pacemaker, stent, or shunt. You should also consult your doctor before using sound healing if you have carotid stenosis, cardiac pacemakers, artificial heart valves, or cardiac arrhythmias. 

• Epilepsy 
  Some rare forms of epilepsy may be triggered by sound. You should consult your doctor to ensure you receive the right anti-epileptic medication and are in no danger of seizure from sound vibrations.

The School of Trusting The Voice presents
GROUP SINGING CLASS
Monthly on first Wednesdays: 7:15 – 8:45 pm
with Peter Barley
Drop-ins welcome!

Have you been told you can’t sing? Do you enjoy singing but still feel blocked?

Learn how to trust your voice! Each of our sessions together will start with practices to open and heal the voice. Then we will share medicine songs from around the world to connect us to our hearts, each other, and nature.

Bring a simple song to share or come with an open heart.

$15 - 30 sliding scale

For more info: 413-695-0375 or barleypeter5@gmail.com

About the Instructor
Peter Barley has been focalizing groups of singers for 20 years. He has a way of making everyone feel safe to share their song, creating an inclusive space for singing, learning, and enjoying. Peter struggled to open his voice for 17 years. Through this healing path he created a body of work called The School of Trusting the Voice. He believes everyone can learn to sing and welcomes you to join us.

With Kat Now

Every month on First Fridays!

Leave behind the hectic pace of the modern world to find refuge within your own body in our beautiful, peaceful studio. Restorative yoga helps to calm the nervous system with gentle postures supported by props. This peaceful practice will quiet your mind and body to help you receive sound more deeply and relax even more.  Sink into your bliss in savasana with a sound bath to soothe your spirit.

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

Cost: $20 SIGN UP ONLINE

Masks optional. Pre-registration required.

Bio: Kat Now is a yoga, mindfulness, and conscious dance teacher & musician. She holds over 300 hours of certifications from Kripalu, The Accessible Yoga School, Love Your Brain Yoga, JourneyDance, and more. Learn more about Kat and Embodied Mindfulness offerings on her website, YouTube @EmbodiedMindfulness, and on Instagram @EmbodiedMindfulness.

With Megan Bathory-Peeler
Saturday, December 5: 2:00 - 5:00pm

As Nature gathers in the sun’s life force to store for the cold months ahead, the weeks when the days are shortening can be a challenging time of year for many people. Many people feel tired, drained, or even depressed.

The shortening days and the lengthening nights invite us to go within and explore the liminal places between day and night, brightness and shadow, fear and acceptance. The secret is to show up, or, as poet Mary Oliver shares, “to keep the appointment” with ourselves. Generating more empathy and compassion for ourselves, may make it easier to perceive the same in others and let our inner light shine out into the places of shadow and darkness around the globe.

The heart of Continuum lies in the depths of Mystery. Anything that carries devotion can become a soulful ritual or ceremony. In this ceremonial time we will devote this time and space to exploring what it means to be in a human body-mind. Guided by breath, vocalized sounds, imagery, and simple innate movements, we recover awareness and restore sensations in the body that are flattened by the speed of modern life and lost in the cultural quicksand of fear, sorrow, and pain.

The self-awakening practice of Continuum reminds us to slow down, rest with what is happening in this moment, and reconnect to what is alive in each of us. This season is the perfect time to embrace the contracting forces of our own inner resistance and meet the unknown with communal support, personal power, and creativity. Past participants left glowing, feeling refreshed, and restored to a fuller self of Self.

Come shine your light and Embrace the Dark this December!

REGISTER/ASK A QUESTION: Contact Megan: email: megan@somanautiko.com; phone/text: 413-772-0078

Sacred Investment: $45 suggested offering* – Profits will be shared with the Resource Center of Franklin County

*Please do not let personal circumstances prevent you from attending. Those who can offer more will cover those who can offer less.

Payments:

1. CHECK or CASH – Easy! Bring to class

2. DIGITAL TRANSFER: Venmo (@meganbathory-peeler) or Zelle – Megan Bathory-Peeler

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NEW TO CONTINUUM? Beginning explorers are always welcome. In fact, a Beginner’s Mind strongly encouraged in all our explorations…

• Bring your curiosity and an open mind, and you’ll have everything you need!

• Every Body is welcome! Appropriate for teens and adults of all abilities. No previous experience is required.

• Please wear comfortable layers of clothing you feel most at ease moving in.

• There are plenty of yoga mats, bolsters, and blankets in the studio. You are welcome to bring anything that will support your comfort and ease.

• Hydration is essential. Everyone is encouraged to drink 2 cups of water before the start of class. Having a water bottle with you is strongly encouraged.

• Please bring a notebook to write in.

Come clear your mind and soothe your heart with an evening of original call-and-response devotional music that weaves Sanskrit and Buddhist mantras into an accessible blend of modern musical styles. Everyone is welcome including kids of all ages!

This kirtan will be offered both in person ~AND~ via Facebook Live* (info below), and in anticipation of Father's Day, we'll be focusing on mantras invoking the Divine Masculine. 

Your mantra music guides for this uniquely uplifting mantra music experience will be Libby Volckening (keys/vox), Ezra Landis (guitar), Thomas Matherly (bass), and Owen Landis (percussion). . $20-30 suggested donation/NOTAFLOF. Pay it forward if you can. No one turned away for lack of funds. Donations will be gratefully accepted at the door (cash/check/PayPal/Venmo) and online via our website 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 . 

*To join us via Facebook Live (you don't need a FB account to view), just click on this link around 7:00 pm:
 https://www.facebook.com/events/1681683316587609 
^ Close any pop ups (and/or press ESC key), turn on the sound, and enjoy! 

Accessibility: Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space located on the second floor, accessible by stairs. Questions about CYWC? Email info@community-yoga.com or call 413-774-4700

Questions? Call 413-834-4524, email heartcenteredkirtan@gmail.com, or visit www.heartcenteredkirtan.com . Hope to sing with you soon!

Hope to sing with you soon!

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

Breathe, relax, and unwind with an integrated 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 16 students. Pre-register online before 5:00pm Friday.

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Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space.

With Jorie Morgan

3rd Saturdays from 4-5pm.

Drop in, by donation (suggested $20). All are welcome—no one turned away for lack of funds.

Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are group sound healing experiences that can assist you in relaxing and restoring in a safe environment. Many highly sensitive people (HSPs) are drawn to sound healing work, but some will leave experiences feeling drained, overstimulated, or even unwell. Trauma survivors, in particular, can benefit greatly from sound healing and can also be prone to vibrational reactivity. Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are carefully designed to be gentle on the nervous system so that all those in attendance can rest, heal, and restore.

In these monthly gatherings, Jorie will work with a combination of crystal bowls, temple bells, and chimes. These instruments work with the principles of resonance, entrainment, and cellular healing in promoting general relaxation, resetting the nervous system, restoring mental clarity, and aiding in cellular restoration.  

Please plan on arriving at least five minutes early in order to set up a comfortable space for yourself. The studio provides mats, blankets, bolsters and chairs; and feel free to bring anything that would help you to feel more comfortable (eye mask, special blanket, pillow, etc).

Questions? Email Jorie at woollymammothstudio@gmail.com.

Bio: Jorie  Morgan(they/them) is a queer trauma survivor who believes that sensitivity and creativity are superpowers, and they use these tools in sound healing work to restore health to others and themselves. As a highly sensitive person (HSP), they have been both drawn to and challenged by most sound healing methods. So they set out to create sound healing experiences for other sensitive souls. Jorie uses a combination of crystal bowls, temple bells, and chimes. 

As an visual and performing artist, Jorie pulls from their background in music, composition, and improvisation to create experiences that are as artistic as they are healing. They compose each sound bath (whether one-on-one or group) using specific musical intervals known to embrace, release, and call in different emotional and physical states. This musical approach combines seamlessly with their intuitive skills and the inherent healing capabilities of the instruments.

Sound Healing Contraindications:

Please reach out to Jorie at  woollymammothstudio@gmail.com if any of the following apply to you, or if you have any questions. 

• Pregnancy 
  Avoid using sound healing instruments on the body during pregnancy, especially during the first 12 weeks. 

• Heart conditions 
  Keep a minimum distance of 20 cm from any implanted heart pacemaker, stent, or shunt. You should also consult your doctor before using sound healing if you have carotid stenosis, cardiac pacemakers, artificial heart valves, or cardiac arrhythmias. 

• Epilepsy 
  Some rare forms of epilepsy may be triggered by sound. You should consult your doctor to ensure you receive the right anti-epileptic medication and are in no danger of seizure from sound vibrations.

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.

Free and Open to All.

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

With Megan Bathory-Peeler
Friday, January 1st: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Register/contact Megan: email: megan@somanautiko.com; phone/text: 413-772-0078
Sacred Investment: $80-$120 sliding scale*

We live on an earth where change is the only thing we can be sure of. And our silky bodies, webbed with wisdoms belied by the rushings of our 21st-century lives, have the pacings of plants budding and light expanding. ~ Carolyn McVickar Edwards

2026 has challenged so many of us in so many ways. It has been easy to get flooded with information, to feel overwhelmed and ungrounded more easily. The events of 2026 have also made connections more vivid, alive, and intense as many of us experienced new levels of opening, expansion, and growth in Self, with others, and in life itself. Let’s push the refresh button together as we launch ourselves into a new year.

On January 1st, 2027, this annual Resolutions in Motion retreat presses the refresh button at the start of a new year. This retreat will create space for you to dissolve any residue of 2026 and open to the vast sea of potential that is the year ahead. Open to the creative and transformational opportunities available to each of us, especially if we are willing to dive beneath the noise, go deeper, and stretch ourselves further than ever before. What would you like to have happen?

Space is limited in the beautiful Community Yoga & Wellness studio for this popular annual event. ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUESTED.

The mind’s perception of our experience forms the world we live in. In this New Year’s Day retreat, we will SLOW DOWN, increase our awareness, and enhance our ability to sense and more accurately perceive ourselves in the present moment. With explorations of sound & silence; stillness & movement; art & language, we will practice how to surrender more gracefully, with less resistance, to change and reclaim the power of choosing how we respond to what is by entering the deep listening. This is Continuum. 

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.

~ Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273)

Continuum is at its core a deep listening practice that cultivates dynamic awareness and curiosity throughout the body. This is deep play. Beginning with simple breaths and vocalized sounds, these vibrations invoke subtle and spontaneous movements within the body. As these intrinsic movements emerge, they spark creative sensory imagery and increase fluid responsiveness in our embodied minds. Within the first few breaths, we recover and restore sensation and awareness that has been flattened and lost by the speed of modern life. This immediately increases our vitality, adaptability, and immunity — making us more resilient.

REGISTER/ASK A QUESTION: Contact Megan: email: megan@somanautiko.com; phone/text: 413-772-0078

Sacred Investment: $80-$120 sliding scale*

*Please do not let personal circumstances prevent you from attending. Those who can offer more will cover those who can offer less.

Payments:

1. CHECK or CASH – Easy! Bring to class

2. DIGITAL TRANSFER: Venmo (@meganbathory-peeler) or Zelle – Megan Bathory-Peeler

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NEW TO CONTINUUM? Beginning explorers are always welcome. In fact, a Beginner’s Mind strongly encouraged in all our explorations…

• Bring your curiosity and an open mind, and you’ll have everything you need!

• Please wear comfortable layers of clothing you feel most at ease moving in.

• There are plenty of yoga mats, bolsters, and blankets in the studio. You are welcome to bring anything that will support your comfort and ease.

• Hydration is essential. Everyone is encouraged to drink 2 cups of water before the start of class. Having a water bottle with you is strongly encouraged.

• Please bring a notebook to write in and snacks/light lunch for our nourishment break.

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. Class size is limited to 16.

SIGN UP ONLINE

Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space.

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. Class size is limited to 16.

SIGN UP ONLINE

Community Yoga & Wellness Center is a scent free space.