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Emotional Eating: Unpacked & Under Control

$15

with Amy Burtt

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 21, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

This empowering class is designed to help you rebuild your relationship with food by understanding emotional eating and learning how to trust your body again. We'll explore the roots of emotional eating and how to recognize true hunger vs. emotional cravings. Class is lecture and Q&A.

Yoga 3-in-1

$78

with Barbara McGranahan

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 27, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks

This yoga class blends Hatha, Yin, and Restorative practices, offering a gentle yet comprehensive introduction to mindful movement, deep stretching, and profound relaxation. We will begin each session by focusing on breathwork and foundational postures to warm the body and cultivate a sense of presence. Next a transition to stretches that target deep connective tissues, promoting flexibility and releasing tension in the hips, pelvis and lower spine. Finally we will conclude with a restorative sequence, using props to support the body in passive poses allowing deep relaxation and rejuvenation. Please bring a yoga bolster or personal cushion, blanket; yoga blocks provided.

Energy Healing Insights

$25

with Shelley Fritz

Calendar Next available session starts Nov 4, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jan 5, 2026

In this engaging class, you will be presented with some basic information about the human energy field, and some simple, yet profoundly helpful tools to help you live a thriving, and fruitful life, while activating your full potential. Information will conclude the topics of Grounding, Chakras, energy clearing and more. Presented by Shelley Fritz Healing.

Plant Based Eating for Healthy Living

$25

with Shelley Fritz

Calendar Next available session starts Nov 5, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jan 6, 2026

In this class, we will explore some basics of healthy plant-based eating, with an educational focus on a healthy whole food plant-based diet. Takeaways will include some dos and don’ts to look out for and evidence-based approaches to making healthy eating an enlivening, rewarding, and nourishing experience. Presented by Shelley Fritz Healing.

Make Your Own Lotion

$35

with Katie Munn

Calendar Next available session starts Nov 13, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

The dryness of fall and winter can often affect our skin. In this class we will learn how to make our very own healing lotion. We will discuss the healing power of common herbs for the skin and how to incorporate them into your creation. We will explore different recipes on how to make lotion for the body and face. This is a great class to take if you are wanting to learn how to make hand-made lotion for holiday gifts! *A $10 Material fee is payable to the instructor on the night of class.

Self-Compassion Mini-Retreat: The Art and Science of Treating Yourself Like a Good Friend

$35

with Heather Shaughnessy-Cato

Calendar Next available session starts Dec 4, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

This heart-centered 2-hour retreat offers a gentle pause to care for yourself with the same compassion you extend to others. Using practices from the Mindful Self-Compassion program, you’ll explore what it means to meet yourself with warmth, especially in difficult moments. Whether you're new to self-compassion or returning to your practice, this session offers practical tools to bring more understanding to yourself in any moment. Activities include: Discussion of the three core components of self-compassion, Guided meditations and self-compassion practices, Journaling with gentle reflection prompts, and Group sharing or quiet integration time. Please bring: A yoga mat, a journal, and anything that helps you feel comfortable and supported.

Men's Stretching and Strengthening Program

$110

with Carlos Collado

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 6, 2026 at 6:30 pm, runs for 8 weeks

In this class, we will be using a combination of soft flowing and strengthening exercises, gentle stretching and balance postures focusing on postural alignment, focused breathing and a meditative mindset. Free the mind of distracting thoughts, expectations, and anxiety in order to experience centering, balance, reduce stress, develop strength, flexibility and gain personal control. 18 yrs. old and above. Bring a yoga mat, a stretch strap, and a water bottle. Wear loose comfortable clothing. *No Class: 2/17.

Yogalates

$78

with Barbara McGranahan

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 12, 2026 at 6:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks

This class blends the core-strengthening and flexibility-enhancing benefits of Pilates with the mindful movement and breathwork of yoga. Expect plank variations, core-focused movements, and exercises using a small ball or resistance band. Standing poses, floor sequences, and mindful breathing practices. Modifications offered to accommodate different experience levels and abilities.





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