Events / Workshops

Our Community Walks with Karen and Jen

Dates: Monday, April 01, 2024 - Monday, June 03, 2024
In-Person

Walk the #9 Trolley Trail (Ellicott City) with Karen Best and Jen Randle. This is a free event open to anyone in our community. Feel free to bring a friend, child, grandchild, and furry friends on leashes. 

Learn More Register

Yoga for your Head, Neck, and Shoulders with Lucy

Dates: Saturday, April 06, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Do you have chronic tightness or pain in your shoulders, neck, upper, middle, or lower back? In this workshop, we will explore ways to relax tight muscles, strengthen weak muscles, and increase range of motion in tight areas. We will also learn ways to support the body while integrating optimal postural support for the head, neck, and shoulders.

Learn More Register

Yoga Nidra Workshops with Karla Kettler

Dates: Sunday, April 07, 2024 - Sunday, June 02, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Enjoy the best rest you might imagine by releasing mental stress with yoga nidra. No experience necessary.

Learn More Register

Restoratives, Reiki, Reflexology with Linda Stevens and Mo Rosenbloom

Dates: Friday, April 12, 2024 - Friday, June 14, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit with this quiet self-care session to unwind tension and rest.  This is a hands-on experience with Reiki healing energy and reflexology for head and feet while reclining in restorative yoga poses.

Come to one session or as many as you like! All props provided. Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start time. 

Learn More Register

Yoga Teacher Incubation Space with Lauren

Dates: Friday, April 12, 2024 - Friday, June 07, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Join your yoga teacher colleagues new and seasoned to practice together and explore a variety of topics in a shared learning environment. This is your chance to learn and grow in a safe, supportive space.

Learn More Register

Toddler and Caregiver Yoga with Kate

Dates: Saturday, April 13, 2024 - Saturday, May 11, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Get playful with your favorite child aged 1-4 with songs, games, and props.

Learn More Register

Pranayama to Relax, Refresh, and Renew with Chris

Dates: Saturday, April 13, 2024 - Saturday, May 18, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Enjoy a seated, guided breathing practice each week that will leave you feeling refreshed and restored. Pranayama, breathing practices, help settle frayed nerves. 

Learn More Register

Hi, I'm Yoga: Introduction To Yoga

Dates: Saturday, April 13, 2024 - Saturday, May 18, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Brand new to yoga? This six week series is for you. Learn foundations and principles that will help you get the most out of your yoga practice.

Learn More Register

Purple Mountain Majesty: An Asana Experience to Commemorate and Celebrate Prince with Reggie Hubbard

Dates: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

All are welcome to experience a yoga flow unlike anything you've ever seen before. Bring your dancing feet, sassy outfits and an open heart. Let's go crazy!


Learn More Register

The B Side: Pure Sound to Ground with Reggie Hubbard

Dates: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

After a sweaty celebration of awesome, Reggie will bathe us in sound, featuring gongs, crystal bowls, and antique bowls with the expressed goal to rest in spacious community and feel as though we've been purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.


Learn More Register

Our Community Hikes with Chris McCloskey and Lauren Vint

Dates: Friday, April 19, 2024 - Sunday, June 16, 2024
In-Person

Tap into the healing power of nature and community! Welcome Spring back into your body, mind, and spirit by joining Chris McCloskey and Lauren Vint for some meditative time in nature. Chris and Lauren will lead monthly community hikes in Howard County and surrounding areas with the invitation to more fully awaken our senses and connect to the natural world. All $5 donations for these monthly hikes go to the Middle Patuxent Environmental Foundation.



Learn More Register

Balance Postures at the Wall with Madeline

Dates: Saturday, April 20, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

If you struggle with balance or simply desire some new and creative ways to practice your favorite balance postures, this is the workshop for you!


Learn More Register

Foam Roller for Pilates and Yoga with Jen

Dates: Sunday, April 21, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Focus on building core strength, stabilizing your posture, and releasing tired muscles. The foam roller is an excellent tool to support your good health and relaxation.

Learn More Register

Go Within with Lauren and Sharnise

Dates: Sunday, April 21, 2024 - Sunday, June 23, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Deeply explore your personal yoga practice while considering societal pressures like toxic positivity messaging and the weight of too many things on your daily life. There will be time for discussion, group activities, reflection, and movement.

Learn More Register

Baby and Caregiver Yoga with Kate

Dates: Saturday, April 27, 2024 - Saturday, May 18, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Get playful with your favorite pre-crawler. Caregiver may practice even if baby is sleeping. No experience necessary.

Learn More Register

Acoustic Yoga with Josh Anderson, Jamie Garonzik, and Kate Anderson

Dates: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Be serenaded with sweet acoustic guitar and violin sounds, performed live by Josh Anderson and Jamie Garonzik, while enjoying an all-levels flow class. 

Learn More Register

Self Myofascial Release and Yoga: Explore the Shoulders with Madeline

Dates: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Take a closer look at releasing muscles in and around the shoulders, upper back, and neck using yoga postures and self myofascial release.

Learn More Register

Focus on the Core with Romy

Dates: Saturday, May 04, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Practice and explore a more mindful approach to engaging your core by applying yogic principles including the chakras, bandha, pranayama, and the use of props. Teachers receive 2 CE hours with Yoga Alliance.

Learn More Register

Energy Medicine Yoga Teacher Training with Jacqueline

Dates: Sunday, May 05, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

EMYoga® is a synthesis of yoga and energy medicine; a powerful union of ancient, time-honored practices that have roots in many cultural and spiritual traditions from around the world.  This workshop will be a deep dive into understanding the body as a living system of energy defined by its nine distinct systems and its movement patterns. Teachers receive 5 CE hours with Yoga Alliance.

Learn More Register

Five Element QiGong with Karla

Dates: Saturday, May 11, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Learn how to skillfully work with the energy of the five elements to improve your physical and emotional health. Based on traditional Chinese Medicine, these practices can be done standing or sitting in a chair.

Learn More Register

Yoga for Your Sacroiliac Joints with Lucy

Dates: Saturday, May 11, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Support your sacro-iliac joints with an exploration of anatomy and yoga postures. Teachers receive 2 CEs with Yoga Alliance.

Learn More Register

Special Mother's Day Event! Restoratives, Reiki, and Reflexology with Linda and Mo

Dates: Sunday, May 12, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit with this quiet self-care session to unwind tension and rest.  This is a hands-on experience with Reiki healing energy and reflexology for head and feet while reclining in restorative yoga poses.

This is a special Mother's Day Event! All props provided. Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start time. 

Learn More Register

Self Myofascial Release: Pranayama and Chakra Tour with Madeline

Dates: Saturday, May 18, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Practice MFR along the spine and breathing techniques to release tension in and around each of the seven energy centers known as the chakras with an atmosphere of ambient sounds and singing bowls.

Learn More Register

Ayurveda Basics Teacher Training with Rimmi

Dates: Saturday, June 01, 2024 - Sunday, June 02, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Enhance your yoga teaching by learning important principles behind the practice of Ayurveda and how it blends with yoga. Prepare to offer simple practices to your students. Teachers receive 11 CE hours with Yoga Alliance.

Learn More Register

Yoga for Strength, Balance and Ease with Lucy Lomax

Dates: Saturday, June 01, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Immerse yourself in the anatomy of yoga poses to support your muscular strength and good balance. Teachers receive 2 CE hours with Yoga Alliance.

Learn More Register

Yoga in the Black Community: Healing Practices and Principles Workshop and Book Signing with Authors Charlene Muhammad and Dr. Marilyn Peppers-Citizen

Dates: Sunday, June 02, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Delve into the history and cultural significance of yoga, and explore a fresh perspective that highlights yoga's relevance in the Black community's journey towards holistic well-being. Enjoy a book discussion followed by a contemplative practice of yoga asana and meditation. Photos for the book were taken at the Yoga Center of Columbia!

Learn More Register

Self Myofascial Release + Yoga to Open Your Heart with Madeline

Dates: Saturday, June 08, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Tap into the seasonal energy of expansion and new growth with this mashup of self-myofascial release, integrative movement, and yin yoga with a focus on the ribcage, upper back, and the front line of the body.   

Learn More Register

Fundamentals of Inversions with Romy

Dates: Sunday, June 09, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Go step-by-step to learn the basics of inversions in order to remove the fear and find the fun. Teachers receive 2 CE hours with Yoga Alliance.

Learn More Register

QiGong for Better Sleep with Karla

Dates: Saturday, June 15, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Learn the theory and practices to help you fall asleep faster, release physical, mental, and emotional stress, and generally foster a good night's sleep. Based on traditional Chinese Medicine, these practices can be done standing or sitting in a chair.

Learn More Register

Core Strength for Back Support with Lucy Lomax

Dates: Saturday, June 15, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Learn yoga poses and techniques to build core strength to reduce aches and pains in your back. Teachers receive 2 CE hours with Yoga Alliance.

Learn More Register

Restorative Energy Medicine Yoga with Jacqueline

Dates: Friday, June 21, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Learn to support your body in a way that physiologically soothes your nervous system with Energy Medicine Yoga® techniques, gentle movement, and long-held passive and supported poses.

Learn More Register

Yoga and Kayaking with Heather

Dates: Saturday, June 22, 2024
Location: Piney Run Park
In-Person

Celebrate the Summer Solstice! Enjoy a 90-minute outdoor yoga class in the yurt at Piney Run Park followed by BYO bagged lunch, then kayaking on Piney Run lake.

Learn More Register

Yoga for Cancer Support with Lucy

Dates: Saturday, June 29, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Learn yoga poses and techniques to manage cancer symptoms. Yoga practices assist the body's natural healing processes to provide support in difficult times. Teachers receive 2 CEs with Yoga Alliance.

Learn More Register

Secrets of Yoga: It's About the Joints Hips and Shoulders with Doug Keller

Dates: Saturday, July 27, 2024 - Sunday, July 28, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

So much of our thought about yoga revolves around flexibility and strength of our muscles. It can be misleading, not only to those who are inflexible and wonder if yoga is for them, but also to the hyper-mobile, who are able to bask in their flexibility in yoga classes, but end up with joint pain. 

The secret is that it’s about the joints. Good muscle tone, range of motion, and healthy joints come when we pay attention to the joints first - and don’t force them to extremes.

In this two-day teacher training event, Doug Keller will explore our ‘four corners’ of healthy movement — our hips and our shoulders — and principles for healthy joints and safe mobility in these areas.


Learn More Register

Yoga vs. Osteoporosis Certification Course

Dates: Friday, August 02, 2024 - Sunday, August 04, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Dr. Fishman is back! Learn to teach and troubleshoot the 12 yoga poses in the Series 1 protocol that has been demonstrated to raise bone mineral density. You will gain a deeper understanding of bone health and how yoga works to counteract osteoporosis.  This weekend workshop is geared toward yoga teachers and therapists, but anyone may attend.

To be certified in this protocol, you must take a written exam and a practicum involving teaching yoga poses to the group. This course is eligible for CEUs from the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). The workshop will be recorded and the recordings will be available to all participants for six weeks after the close of the program.

Learn More Register