Silent Meditation led by a practiced trainer in the method of Heartfulness Meditation. We usually sit for 30 to 45 mintues and there may be questions or discusssion for the last part of the hour. Cushions, blankets or chairs are provided. There is also a yoga class from 8 am to 8:50 am, preceeding the meditation. If you would like, you can do both back-to-back. The meditation and the yoga class are both by donation. All are welcome.
Join us for an afternoon & evening gathering of Yoga, Divine Friendship, and Joy!
All are welcome for this special program, whether you join solo, bring your family, or come with other loved ones.
Cost: $20 per Individual, $30 per Pair (partners/ friends/ family), FREE for Children aged 16 or under
You are invited to join for any part, OR for the entire program:
3PM Yoga Asana Classes - Kid's Yoga in the White Room & Adult Moderate Yoga in the Main Room
5PM Potluck Dinner - Please bring a Vegetarian Dish to share! :)
6PM Satsang - Peace Chanting (bring instruments!) & Dharma Talk with Swamiji: “Peace in our Time”
7-9PM Special Kirtan with the Elevate Orchestra! Featuring Matthew DeRubertis, Zach Friedof, Samuel Salsbury, Mark Nathanson, and Jim Kellerman
Cost: $20 per Individual, $30 per Pair (partners/ friends/ family), FREE for Children aged 16 or under
Please contact swami@divinegraceyoga.org with questions.
Physical Therapist Melissa Watson offers Muscle of the Month. We will be studying the Gastrocnemius and Soleus. Join us and find out why these muscle are so fascinating and important. What do we do to strengthen them? What do we do to stretch them?
Location: The Yoga Place. Please bring a mat for some basic movements and experiential anatomy.
12:00 to 1:00 pm
FREE
Join Bethany Santos and Matthew DeRubertis for a Kundalini Yoga practice with live music to commemorate the Winter Solstice. This practice will serve as a potent way to transition into the inward months of rest and introspection. Bethany will lead the practice, while Matthew provides live sound and music. The class will include a long sound bath meditation with bowls, gong, chimes and more - taking everyone into a deep and expansive place. $15 - $25 sliding scale.
On the evening after the Winter Solstice, come to the circle for stories, to honor plant perspectives, ancient concepts of seasonal time, and the wisdom of trees. We may imagine entering a sacred arbor vitae grove, or remember a mythic cedar guardian. We might wonder about a shape-changing serpent of the forest, an oak who calls for justice, or a pair of trees who are deeply in love. Dianna Rhyan will share some words from her book Staff of Laurel, Staff of Ash: Sacred Landscapes in Ancient Nature Myth. In plant time, from forest and borderland, in ancient myths almost lost forever, nature will say things we no longer can.
Gloria McAlister will facilitate interludes of grounding, contemplation, and movement in the circle.
You can make a donation at the event.