Community Offerings
See dates and times on our weekly schedule for when these classes are offered.
Breathwork + Meditation
Did you know that group meditation has the potential to decrease violence and increase peace in the world? Meditation truly is medicine…it is a remedy to the chaos, turmoil, and unrest being experienced in our world. Meditation assists with bringing greater balance and peace to your life and increases your ability to intuit, empathize, and act with compassion.
Breathwork + Meditation (all levels): Interested in bringing more mindfulness into your life and replacing your stress with serenity, your fatigue with vitality, and your confusion with clarity? Through breathing techniques, guided meditation (seated or lying on the back in the form of yoga nidra), and the power of meditating in a group setting, this practice assists with bringing balance to one’s life through the greater development of intuition, empathy, compassion, focus, calm, energy, and inner peace. Explore your inner universe and connect with your authentic self.
CommUNITY Yoga at Burnet Woods (all levels)
The Stewards of Burnet Woods Wellness Series programming being sponsored by the Cincinnati Parks Foundation’s Stewards of Burnet Woods runs May-September near the Burnet Woods Bandstand; October-April at the Trailside Nature Center (indoors).
Surrounded by the beauty of nature, we meet at the historic bandstand or Trailside Natured Center located in Burnet Woods. Bring a mat or towel, and water.
Addresses:
280 Burnet Woods Dr. (Bandstand)
3251 Brookline Ave. (Trailside Nature Center)
Clifton, OH 45220
Yoga Roots: Realize Liberation (discussion, all welcome)
Interested in learning about the roots of yoga? The purpose of this experience is to gain a better understanding of the practices of yoga, on and off the mat. Take a deeper look at of yoga’s history and what the practice of yoga has become today. Learn ways you may begin to deepen your yoga practice and enjoy it in a more authentic and liberatory way. Drawing on a variety of different resources, this time is designed to discuss topics and themes related to accessibility, connectivity, domestication, and social justice increasing your awareness to how yoga was colonized and a genuine path forward as practitioners. Expect an opportunity to slow down, pause in mindfulness, and reflect.
Reference Books used in Yoga Roots: Realize Liberation for community and self study:
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Embrace Yoga’s Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Practice by Susanna Barkataki and Sonali Fiske
Meditation with Intention: Quick & Easy Ways to Create Lasting Peace by Anusha Wijeyakumar MA
The Wisdom of Wildness: Healing the Trauma of Domestication by Ren Hurst
World Peace Yoga: Yoga for People Who Breathe by Anna Ferguson
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (several translations available)