workshops and special events
Our workshops offer deep dives for knowledge and practice that focus on a particular area of interest, led by guest experts or our own experienced teaching staff. We also feature occasional fun yoga classes for kids and families, holiday pop-ups, and donations-only classes to support good causes. Don’t see something you’d love to learn about or experience more deeply? Give us an email and we’ll get creative with you!
Featured Workshop: Yoga for Osteoporosis and Osteopenia
A Weekend with Gernot Huber
Learn Dr. Loren Fishman’s evidence-based yoga method for osteoporosis and osteopenia with certified instructor Gernot Huber. This two-session workshop focuses on improving bone mineral density, posture, balance, coordination, and safer movement patterns to help reduce the risk of falls and fractures. You’ll learn both morning and evening yoga sequences, with Session 2 building on the foundation established in Session 1. No prior yoga experience is required. Particpants must have attended Session 1 in order to participate in Session 2.
Functional fitness prepares your body for the movements and demands of everyday life, helping you move with greater ease, strength, and confidence. In this workshop, explore seven key functional movements and learn how to incorporate them creatively into your yoga practice. Options will include gentle, moderate, and more vigorous variations, with and without hand weights and resistance bands. Some yoga experience is suggested. Room temperature is 72 degrees for comfort.
Autumn invites us to slow down, savor what is full, and gently let go. This half-day retreat blends Reiki relaxation, sound bathing, and supportive silence to help you reconnect with your energy and find greater calm and balance. No experience is needed. We’ll provide mats, props, tea, healthy snacks, and Marjorie’s famous gluten-free cookies. Just bring yourself and a willingness to move with the season.
Join us for an immersive journey into the world of Indian classical music. The first half of this workshop will explore the history, emotional depth, and intricate techniques of the sarod. In the second half, students will be guided through a restorative yoga practice led by Dena Jensen, supported by live, deeply relaxing acoustic music designed to foster a profound state of rest.
Our feet serve as the cornerstone of our daily movements, bearing the weight of our bodies and facilitating motion. Unfortunately, many of us face challenges with foot health, stemming from issues like bio-mechanical imbalances, excess weight, or the prolonged use of improper footwear. Amir's yoga therapeutics can make a significant impact by addressing limitations and promoting alignment, flexibility, and strength in the feet.
Discover how gentle movement, breathwork, and relaxation can support your body's natural lymphatic flow. Explore the lymphatic system's role in wellness while learning simple self-massage techniques and breathing practices that encourage circulation. Enjoy a nourishing yoga practice and restorative relaxation designed to promote vitality, ease, and balance. Leave feeling refreshed and empowered with practical self-care tools you can incorporate into your daily routine to support your overall well-being.
Amir will teach you how to create a customized routine to address your specific low back dysfunctions and related pains. He'll review the anatomy of the lower back and sacroiliac joint, as well as common misalignments, muscles spasms, compression, and disc issues. Using yoga therapeutics, as well as techniques from Egoscue, Somatics, and Thai Yoga Massage, Amir will offer tools to self-evaluate and find ease from both chronic and acute conditions.
Ahmed will begin with a guided meditation accompanied by music from Surge.DJ, then move into an all-levels vinyasa flow guided by breath and a live DJ soundscape. You’ll move with the music, not just to it, building energy as you flow and softening as you breathe. Expect to sweat, breathe deeply, and leave feeling clear, grounded, energized, and completely reset. All bodies welcome.
Learn Dr. Loren Fishman’s evidence-based yoga method for osteoporosis and osteopenia with certified instructor Gernot Huber. This two-session workshop focuses on improving bone mineral density, posture, balance, coordination, and safer movement patterns to help reduce the risk of falls and fractures. You’ll learn both morning and evening yoga sequences, with Session 2 building on the foundation established in Session 1. No prior yoga experience is required. Particpants must have attended Session 1 in order to participate in Session 2.
Functional fitness prepares your body for the movements and demands of everyday life, helping you move with greater ease, strength, and confidence. In this workshop, explore seven key functional movements and learn how to incorporate them creatively into your yoga practice. Options will include gentle, moderate, and more vigorous variations, with and without hand weights and resistance bands. Some yoga experience is suggested. Room temperature is 72 degrees for comfort.
Four days and nights in a Riviera Mayan paradise. Join Annie and Amir for yoga, meditation, community, and deep deep rest. This luxury resort , sweetly nestled on the whitest sand beach and the bluest Caribbean water you can imagine, offers an all-inclusive experience of three meals per day featuring local/organic food prepared by Michelen-star chefs, luxury accommodations in private king and queen suites, and a surplus of holistic and healing activities to choose from. Our schedule leaves lots of room to spend your days as you wish, and you may opt to stay longer at our reduced/group rate. You’ll return home feeling profoundly nourished and revitalized.
