Age-appropriate instruction for classic poses, yoga-based games, partner/teamwork. Featuring easy-to-remember techniques for calming and relaxation, which you can continue practicing at home. Use yoga’s wisdom to help your family flow and grow together! Ideal for kids aged 2-11 with at least one adult present. 

Join Catha as she guides best practices in using targeted yoga poses to mindfully improve posture and balance, correct habitual postural patterns, and learn to stand taller and fall less, both on and off the mat. 

The shoulders are the most mobile joint in the human body, but when joint function is overly focused on mobility, stability is sacrificed as a result, and if weight bearing through the arms outside of yoga practice is not part of a yoga practitioner's repertoire, it's quite common to develop shoulder issues over time. Join Dr. C to learn more about your shoulder structure, strengths, and weaknesses, and learn to sustain a regular yoga practice for years to come. 

Healthy hips require strength and flexibility within the joints themselves, but it's part of a larger system that requires attentive movement and balanced posture in neighboring knee joints and lower back as well. This workshop is perfect if you are looking to alleviate hip pain and discomfort by safely and effectively use yoga as a tool. 

Experience the state of deep relaxation that awaits you from within. Relax, get comfortable, snuggle in your own home, and take an hour to tune in and be soothed by sound. 

This workshop has been cancelled

Join Kristen to kick off March Meditation Madness, a 31-day challenge to jump start your meditation practice. This workshop will be a fun and explorative session to introduce you to a variety of ways to meditate, from the extraordinarily simple to more elaborate practice options, that you can use throughout the month.

Join us at the Fairfax Studio for an afternoon of sustenance for mind, body and spirit to help you establish or deepen contemplative practices. Spend a winter afternoon exploring intentional silence at our lovely Fairfax Studio. This half-day workshop provides an opportunity for meditation and mindfulness as well as gentle, guided movement and periods of intentional silence. Wrap-up the retreat with a sound healing session featuring peacefully employed gong, chimes, and crystal bowl tones. Accessible for all whether meditation-curious or an established practitioner. 

February is Heart awareness month. Join Christine Jansen, cardiology nurse practitioner and certified yoga teacher, in exploring the anatomy and physiology of the heart alongside the research that has debunked the myth that the heart is merely a pump. This workshop is an invitation to "see" through the lens of the heart. Using a combination of lecture, asana practice and guided meditation, we will bring our perception to our hearts allowing our entire body to operate in harmony and balance with the heart leading the way. All levels of experience are welcome.

Grab a buddy for Valentine's Day – couples, friends, family pairs all welcome – and join Annie and Amir to learn to give and receive an easy sequence of Thai Yoga Massage. In this unique system, the "giver" guides the "receiver" through a series of relaxed yoga postures, while palming and thumbing along the body’s energy lines and pressure points. The experience can relieve muscular tension, improve circulation, boost the immune system, and balance the body energetically.

A special invitation to experience Suzanne's new Wednesday evening "Movement Medicine: Yoga Tools for Life" class!  Tame your mind, up-level your health, live your best life. In addition to a highly curated yoga and meditation class, each week will include a short discussion and time-tested practices for better nutrition, tips for managing chronic disease, reducing anxiety and living your truth.

Do you find yourself hunched over your phone, computer or desk? Do you feel tight and sore, or experience limited mobility, headaches or TMJ syndrome? Upper body, neck, and shoulder tension can become so chronic that it masquerades as normal, and the symptoms take on a life of their own. If you have chronic neck and/or shoulder pain, this workshop will show you how to re-align your neck and shoulders, improve neck and shoulder function, and increase natural and safe range of motion.

Indulge in mindful movement! First, take a stroll through Fairfax City's annual Chocolate Lovers Festival, and then indulge in yoga inspired by the richness of chocolate as you melt into sweet spots with slow, soothing postures, ending in a blissful and luxurious restorative practice to start your weekend just right. 

Start 2025 with intention and discover the clarity, inner peace, and inspiration to make this year a true reflection of who you are and what you’re meant to share with the world. In this full-day workshop/afternoon retreat, you'll practice a gentle Hatha Yoga flow, learn easy meditation techniques to ease into the present moment and cultivate awareness of your thoughts, and make space to connect with your inner self. 

Yoga Nidra means "yogic sleep," a guided meditation that can take you into deep relaxation where you may encounter the blissful state that some yogis consider the "true self." NOTE: This is now being offered as a pre-recorded event, available for one month.

Yoga Nidra means "yogic sleep," a guided meditation that can take you into deep relaxation where you may encounter the blissful state that some yogis consider the "true self." This workshop has been moved to Zoom-only due to weather!

Restorative yoga is a practice that is focused on slowing down and opening your body through passive, supported stretching. During the long holds of restorative yoga, muscles and connective tissues are allowed to relax and elongate deeply as props, rather than muscles, are doing the work. This workshop will be recorded and available for one month following the event.

On the heels of the holiday season, we sometimes need a break from the holiday and all of the corresponding things - travel, family, too much to do....  And at the beginning of the calendar year, it's always good to sit in stillness to feel into what commitments we want to make to our lives and communities.  With light restorative movement, gongs and sound bowls, this workshop will give space to relax, clear the mind and start the New Year with peace, presence and purpose. All levels of experience will benefit from these practices and all are welcome.

Examine the anatomy of the hips, identify habitual patterns that can lead to imbalance, and move through a variety of poses and flows to build strength and lubricate the natural fluidity of the hip joints to help you move through life with function and comfort.

Join us for the 28th offering of this special New Year's Day workshop,. Amir leads the twists, Annie leads the breathing. Together we gratefully twist away the challenges of 2024, and approach 2025 with refreshed calm and new energy.

Unlike goal-setting, intention-setting focuses on being in the present moment and aligning your actions with what truly matters to you. Join Rixie for an afternoon of yoga postures, meditation, journaling, and meaningful reflection as we honor the past year and set intentions for the next.

This workshop will use the Eight Limbs of Yoga to help find the freedom to release the frustration of these challenging times in a safe, restorative environment through a practice using asanas, meditation, conversation and restorative justice practices. Facilitator Michelle Chapman-Campbell, Doctor of Ministry, is a certified and experienced chaplain, counselor, holistic life coach, restorative justice facilitator, and yoga instructor. Her collective professional and vocational experience is a culmination of 20+ years of holding safe spaces for individuals and communities to engage in restorative conversations.

Tap into emerging research to debunk the myths around yoga and osteoporosis. You'll learn which poses are known to strengthen muscles and bones, and practice modifications for other poses. Most importantly, you will learn yoga-inspired techniques, including proper posture and better proprioceptive awareness, to improve your balance and mitigate falls.

Explore the concepts of attachment and aversion as two of the five causes of suffering, and practice emotional resilience by learning to welcome opposites of sensation and emotions with a sense of equanimity, all while staying grounded and embodied. Experience an accessible movement practice, a philosophical explanation and discussion, and guided meditation and yoga nidra. 

Ideal for anyone with tight hamstrings, sciatica, or back pain. The focus will be on isolating the backs of the legs and using yoga therapeutic techniques to bring about a greater range of motion and flexibility to the hamstrings, which can decrease any overcompensation made by the spine – often the culprit of hip strain and chronic low back pain.

IN-PERSON SPOTS FOR THIS WORKSHOP ARE FULL.

Please join us live on Zoom or access the recording for one month following. For anyone seeking support, grounding, inspiration, or relief. Annie and Amir will guide the community in restorative yoga postures, breathing practice, and guided meditation. Pay what you can. 

Explore accessible, simple, yet powerful techniques for resetting your nervous system back to the peace channel. Learn somatic movement, easy breath practices, and trauma-releasing exercises that you can incorporate into daily life, all for the sake of getting more skilled at resetting your nervous system in favor of the peace channel.  

Join Rixie to learn techniques to create a healthy balance of flexibility and strength in the feet, to help with some common issues including plantar fasciitis, bunions and hammer toes, and to learn simple and lively practices that you can take home and practice regularly. 

This workshop has been cancelled. So sorry for the inconvenience!

Grab a buddy and learn a carefully curated series of yoga poses for pairs starting with simple beginner poses moving to slightly more challenging poses. Our two-person poses promote balance, strength and flexibility. Most of all, we breath, let go and have fun! 

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.