Workshops, Events, & Specialty Classes
Mindful Self-Compassion with Cara
Most of us feel compassion for our close friends when they are struggling. What would it be like to receive the same caring attention from yourself when you needed it most? All that’s required is a shift in attention—recognizing that as a human being, you, too, are a worthy recipient of compassion.
This 6-Week Mindful Self-Compassion course draws on the skills of mindfulness and focuses on developing the resource of self-compassion to enhance our capacity for emotional wellbeing. Burgeoning research shows that self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, coping with life challenges, lower levels of anxiety and depression, healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and more satisfying personal relationships. It is an inner strength that enables us to be more fully human—more fully ourselves.
The sessions will start on Sunday, September 5th to Sunday, October 10th from 6:00-7:15 PM and are offered by Cara McNamara, who is a trained Mindful Self Compassion (MSC) teacher.
This program is designed for members of the general public, based on the values of equity, diversity, inclusiveness and belonging. Meditation experience is not necessary to participate in SC-MSC. All are welcome!
$100.00 for all 6 weeks
Sunset Yoga at the Farm
Our 4-Part Sunset Yoga at the Farm series is back!
Join us for outdoor yoga every Thursday in October from 6:00-7:00 PM
Classes are designed to be beginner friendly with options to make things easier or more challenging depending on you! No yoga experience is necessary. Please bring a mat if you own one and a beach towel or blanket. If you would like us to bring a mat for your use, please send an email to [email protected] We're happy to oblige.
Detailed instructions will be sent to all registered students.
Please plan to bring cash to support our local farmers through the purchase of fresh produce and/or flowers! Each farm is located in Howard County, within 20 to 30 minutes of Catonsville.
To register for class, please visit our schedule page and find the date you'd like to attend.
October 7th - Lynne at Myrtle Wood Farm
October 14th - Jasmine at Blue Gable Farm
October 21st - Jasmine at Patapsco Farm
October 28th - Lindy at Castlebridge Farm
Experiential Comparative Anatomy with Machelle Lee
A game changer for any yoga practitioner!
Harshly judging one's range of motion is one of the greatest sources of unnecessary suffering in many people’s yoga practice. The asanas (poses) are intended to be a method to move the healing life force. To do that, we must understand each of our own (or our students) unique structures and explore when we can move more deeply into a posture or when to acknowledge limitations with respect.
Although some restrictions in range of motion are related to tight muscles, and more are related to contracted fascia and ligaments, many significant limitations are actually due to variations in bone shapes and joint orientations that can differ dramatically from one person to the next. Understanding YOUR yoga anatomy is best learned through direct hands-on experience - testing your bones/joints and witnessing them curiously and compassionately to the bones of others.
This experiential comparative anatomy workshop explores the 14 major joint segments of the body that account for most of our yoga postures. For each joint intersection, we will perform bone analysis and range of motion tests on ourselves, compare with each other, and demonstrate how each varying joints will express itself in specific yoga postures.
Anatomy is a vast subject, but this playful, interactive workshop reveals the basics in a way that clarifies and simplifies the yoga practice - putting the attention back where it belongs - how the key action of each pose makes you FEEL and moves the life force. In this workshop, participants often experience an “ah-ha” moment about their body and their practice, which can be powerfully liberating and self-accepting.
This workshop is ideal for all yoga practitioners, whether one is a beginner or experienced student wishing to deepen their knowledge of their body in practice and for yoga teachers looking to expand their teaching, cueing and earn CEUS.
12 CEUs Available for Yoga Teachers attending both days.
Register for both days ($280):
Saturday, October 9th from 1:00-7:00 PM - Upper Body & the Spine
Saturday, October 16th from 1:00-7:00 PM - Lower Body & the Sacrum
Register for one day:
Saturday, October 9th, $140 (Upper Body & the Spine)
Saturday, October 16th, $140 (Lower Body & the Sacrum)
About Machelle Lee
Restorative Yoga & Sound Journey with Kathy & Missy
In these trying times, we invite you to experience a moment of peace and stillness on Friday, November 5th from 7:00-8:30 PM. This restorative workshop will include gentle yoga postures to warm and prepare your body for total relaxation. Many modifications and props will be available and encouraged to make yoga accessible to everyone! Restorative Yoga allows the participants a chance to totally unwind in deep relaxation poses. Techniques, such as supported asanas, mudras, affirmations, and body scans allow the body and mind access to let go and release stress.
Sound Journey will bathe you in gentle frequencies of crystal bowls, chimes, and gongs to bring you to complete rest and restore your mind and body back into harmony.
$27 for non-teachers
$22 for school teachers