WEDNESDAYS
Mysore Ashtanga Session
​7:45-9:15am

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YOU MAY ARRIVE AND LEAVE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE ANY TIME DURING MYSORE.
This practice space is for students with a consistent and established yoga practice, but who are also seeking online community and teacher support, too. Mysore is like semi-private yoga in a group setting: you do your yoga practice in community with others, with occasional teaching and inspiration from me. I observe students throughout, and offer guidance to individual students as needed. Students in this virtual group generally practice a yoga sequence based on the Ashtanga Primary or Intermediate series, while some include therapeutic SRY/Spinal Release Yoga in their practice, too. I am happy to support you in our virtual shala space in this practice as well. 

Virtual doors open at 7:45am for students who need to begin their practice a little earlier, or check in with me about any concerns or practice questions. The traditional Sanskrit Ashtanga invocation will be chanted by everyone in the virtual room at 8am. I'll observe all students from 8-9:15am, and give brief verbal cues and instruction when/if needed. Longer instruction/guidance will occur via private chat if required. I chant the closing Mangala Mantra to finish the session.

Tips to Prepare for class on Zoom:

• Download Zoom here and if you haven't already, create a free account.
• If you feel uncomfortable being on live video, no problem: email me beforehand so we can discuss proper alignment and safe, sensible approaches to doing a postural yoga practice.
• Be comfortable. Have blocks, blankets or cushions on hand. Set up an additional heat source if your space is cool. I suggest that students end with relaxation, so have socks and/or a wrap nearby, and ensure you have enough space to lie down fully.
• Please try not to eat beforehand. Warm liquids are OK about 30 minutes before. 
• If you need to arrive late or leave early, no worries, Mysore is very convenient - come when you want to, and simply end the zoom class at your own convenience, too! But, remember to take at LEAST five minutes of rest on the floor at the end of your practice (that's when the magic happens!)

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Selected SATURDAYS
OUTDOORS IN CHESTERFIELD, MA​
​​9-10:15am

​June 26
July 3 - CANCELED DUE TO RAIN!
July 10
July 17 - CANCELED DUE TO RAIN!
July 24

(No class 7/31; August dates tba)

Email to Register

Join me for yoga practice in the beauty of the great outdoors in the Grove at my home in West Chesterfield this summer (see image below). My outdoor classes are accessible to all regardless of yoga experience. Along with asana practice, I include gentle pranayama and/or guided Yoga Nidra in these classes, which are a sensible hybrid of Ashtanga yoga, vinyasa flow, and yoga therapy modalities based on my almost three decades of dedicated yoga practice and study. 

• Please pre-register! Because parking can get tight, class is limited to 20 students.
• I have a small supply of mats, blankets and  blocks, so BYOP (bring your own props!)
• Masks are no longer required outdoors, so everyone can practice mask-free. If you are unvaccinated, I respect this choice and your bodily autonomy, but please be courteous and maintain a distance from fellow students, to respect their bodily autonomy. 
• Regardless of vaccination, if you are feeling ill or have a fever, it's counter-indicated to practice yoga asana; stay home, and find healing through rest and quiet self-care. (This has always been my policy regarding illness, even before the pandemic!)
• Class will be held weather permitting. If it's too cold for yoga, but not raining, I'll offer folks an alternative 75-minute hike on our land, to a beautiful view on the Worthington/Chesterfield border, where I will guide a short seated awareness practice before heading back.  IF IT'S RAINING, THERE WILL BE NO CLASS NOR ALTERNATE HIKE.
• Ideally, I'll continue to offer selected Saturday classes outdoors through early Fall, dates TBA here on this webpage and via my email newsletter.
• Students must pre-register so that I can give you directions, plus any notification if we have to change plans due to weather. Please include in your email which Saturdays you will attend, and your best contact info - cell or email - when you register. In case of weather cancelation/changes, I'll inform students by 7:45am the morning of. 

The Sacred Grove practice area!