Events / Workshops

Restoratives, Reiki, Reflexology with Linda Stevens and Mo Rosenbloom

Dates: Friday, October 06, 2023 - Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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. 

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Meditation Staycation Weekend 10/6-10/8 with Kelly Fisher and Jen Randle

Dates: Friday, October 06, 2023 - Sunday, October 08, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Please join us for a Meditation Staycation at The Yoga Center.  A Meditation Immersion Weekend. 

Set aside time to deepen your connection to the practice of meditation with the support of a welcoming community and a calm environment. In this immersion we will study and contemplate Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras as a preparation for moving inward.

This self-renewing weekend will include philosophy, yoga, pranayama, and meditation and is appropriate for teachers or students wishing to learn more about meditation or deepen their commitment to their current practice. Set your intention to immerse yourself in the rich study and practice of meditation.


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Y4A: Yoga for Amputees - Fall 2023 - 8 week Online Teacher Training with Lucy Lomax and Heather Thamer

Dates: Thursday, October 12, 2023 - Thursday, December 07, 2023
Location: Online
Online  

Y4A: For Yoga Teachers and Professionals Working With Amputees And Those with Limb Loss Or Limb Limitation Thursdays 6-8pm.  Oct 12, 19, 26 and Nov 2, 9, 16, 30 and Dec 7

This 8-week training will be online only, live-streamed via Zoom. Counts as 36 CEUs with Yoga Alliance for yoga teachers/yoga therapists.

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Yoga For Your Head, Neck & Shoulders with Lucy Lomax

Dates: Saturday, October 14, 2023
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. 

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Yoga Nidra Workshops with Karla Kettler

Dates: Sunday, October 15, 2023 - Sunday, December 17, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Yoga Nidra, or Yogic sleep, is a guided meditative practice that deeply relaxes your body, as well as your emotional and mental systems. This workshop will be hybrid, participate in person or live-streamed via Zoom. 

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Our Community Walks

Dates: Monday, October 16, 2023 - Monday, December 18, 2023
Location: Centennial Park
In-Person

Join Kathy Donnelly on the first and third Monday of each month at Centennial Park to walk around the lake.

When you enter the park, take the first right turn and continue down to the boat ramp parking lot.

We will walk Rain or Shine.

This is a free event open to anyone in the community.  Feel free to bring a friend (furry ones too).

Inclement Weather Notice:  If Howard County schools are closed due to inclement weather, we will cancel the walk for that day.

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Life Stretch with Karen Best

Dates: Saturday, October 21, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

LifeStretch is a mat-based, pain-free stretching program developed by leading researchers and physical therapists to help you live your life without pain and with a generous and comfortable feeling of movement in your body.

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Our Community Hikes with Chris McCloskey and Lauren Vint

Dates: Sunday, October 22, 2023 - Friday, December 15, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Welcome the fall season into your body, mind and spirit by joining Chris McCloskey and Lauren Vint for some meditative time in nature.
Chris and Lauren will co-lead monthly community hikes around the area with the invitation to more fully awaken our senses and connect to the natural world. 

Friday, September 22  

Cascade Falls, Morning Choice, and Ridge Trail Loop 

Sunday, October 22   

Enjoy the fall foliage!   Catoctin Mountain Park


Friday, November 17 

Gratitude   Rockburn Area Trail

Friday, December 15   

Celebrating connections  Wincopin Trail

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Wall Yin Yoga Workshop

Dates: Sunday, October 22, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Wall Yin Yoga is a workshop for students of all levels, where students are encouraged to use support from the earth and wall to explore different poses. Kate will offer modifications or a different pose when needed.

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Yoga for your Pelvic Floor with Lucy Lomax

Dates: Saturday, October 28, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

The pelvic floor is among the most important support systems in the body. Pelvic floor muscles provide a “floor” of support to the abdominal organs and viscera (including the rectum), and act as a constrictor or continence mechanism to the urethral, anal and vaginal orifices (in females). So being able to get in touch with the pelvic floor muscles and learning to strengthen and relax those supporting muscles, especially as we age, are crucial to our overall health and lifestyle. Although we’ll be focusing on the female pelvic floor anatomy in this workshop, everyone can benefit from doing pelvic floor work.

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Seasonal Sound: Letting Go, Tuning In with Reggie Hubbard

Dates: Sunday, October 29, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Early Bird Pricing $35.00 ends 10/15/2023 - After that cost is $45.00

This workshop will use gongs, Tibetan Sound Bowls and crystal bowls to create a soundscape for meditation and rest - accessing deeper states of meditation and higher levels of consciousness.

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Yoga for Pain Management with Lucy Lomax

Dates: Saturday, November 04, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Scientific research has documented that yoga and meditation can help mitigate pain for such conditions as lower back pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, headaches, neck pain, and other chronic pain. For helping with pain of all types, yoga’s combination of movements that strengthen and lengthen muscles to free up joints, and breath work and meditation that help calm the mind and settle the psyche, can help bring back a sense of balance and equilibrium to a body/mind dealing with pain.

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Core Strength for Back Support with Lucy Lomax

Dates: Saturday, November 11, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Core Strength For Back Support is appropriate for those with at least 1 year of yoga experience.

This Live-Streamed workshop counts as 2 hours CE for yoga teachers registered with Yoga Alliance.

This will be an active workshop including poses for upper body strength, arm balances, and plank-type moves, as well as yoga poses with core and strengthening emphasis.



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Yoga Teacher Training Information Session - Learn about RYT programs

Dates: Sunday, November 12, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

In this Information Session we will have a delicious yoga practice together first and then there will be plenty of time to ask questions about either RYT200 or RYT300 training. Jen Randle, E-RYT500, is the director of the RYT300 program, and Lucy Lomax and Kelly Fisher, both Yoga Therapists as well as E-RYT500s and co-directors of RYT200, will offer a yoga class, a short presentation on the trainings, and a question and answer session. 

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Acoustic Music and Yoga with Kate Anderson

Dates: Sunday, November 12, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
In-Person

Please join Kate Anderson for a special live yoga and music event. Kate will lead students through an all levels practice focusing on Sun Salutations and flow. Josh Anderson and Jamie Garonzik will be playing acoustic guitar, handpan, and violin live during the yoga practice. Students will enjoy a deliciously long savasana full of music.

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Giving on Thanksgiving with Kathy Donnelly

Dates: Thursday, November 23, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

This is a Mixed Level Yoga Class on Thanksgiving morning that is donation based to benefit The Howard County Food Bank. Some yoga experience is necessary. 

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Yoga Nidra 30 Hour Teacher Training with Karla Kettler

Dates: Saturday, December 02, 2023 - Sunday, December 10, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

The hybrid Yoga Nidra teacher training program is open to students of all levels. Do you have a desire to learn more about theory and practice of Yoga Nidra and it’s history? Do you want to lead your own Yoga Nidra meditations? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this course is for you.


Yoga Nidra, or the yoga of sleep, is a 
deeply transformative and healing guided meditation that yoga teachers and therapists can add to their work. And just about everyone can add Yoga Nidra to their own healing practice.  

 

Are you interested in learning to guide your own Yoga Nidras, but don't know where to start?  Are you tired of reading scripts from books or the internet and want to write your own creative and healing Yoga Nidra practices? 

 

This training will give you the knowledge, experience, and confidence to write your own Yoga Nidras and deliver them with practiced ease.

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Yoga for Scoliosis with Lucy Lomax

Dates: Saturday, December 02, 2023
Online  In-Person

Although yoga won't cure scoliosis, its movement and breathwork may help someone with the condition lengthen and strengthen the muscles of the spine to help ease discomfort. In the first part of this workshop, we'll explore the nature of scoliosis. Then we'll spend most of the workshop exploring how to adapt yoga poses to better support those with scoliosis.

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Yoga for Strength, Balance and Ease with Lucy Lomax

Dates: Saturday, December 09, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

This hybrid workshop is appropriate for yoga students of all levels. If you want to learn how to better access strength to support fluidity, balance, and ease, please come check out this workshop!  Includes a handout of poses taught.  Hours count as CE units for yoga teachers registered with Yoga Alliance.

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Self Myofascial Release + Flow: Root Down & Rise Up

Dates: Sunday, December 10, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

Self-myofascial release for the feet & lower legs followed by a flow sequence including sun salutations (with modifications) and standing balance postures. This workshop is perfect for people who want to improve their balance, walkers, runners, hikers or anyone who spends a lot of time on their feet!

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Out With The Old - New Years Eve with Kathy Donnelly

Dates: Sunday, December 31, 2023
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

New Year’s Eve Twisting Workshop (Hybrid) - Out with the old…

Come and finish 2023 with a twist ! Pre-Requisite: Must Have completed Yoga 1.

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In With The New - New Years Day with Kathy Donnelly

Dates: Monday, January 01, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

In with the new…  Set your intention for the year! Open Your Body  -  New Year's Day Hybrid Workshop. Pre-requisite: Must have completed Yoga 1


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Setting Your Intention for the Year with Yoga Nidra

Dates: Monday, January 01, 2024
Location: Yoga Center
Online  In-Person

This New Year's Day hybrid workshop with Karla Kettler helps you set your intention for the year with Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation that is practiced lying down.

Start your new year off with a practice of deep relaxation and intention setting. Join us in-studio or via Zoom.

Connect with your hearts deepest desire and embrace your intention for the new year. Feel free to bring a journal or other writing implements.  Wear comfortable clothing.

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