Classes
Body Grace Yoga and Fitness
215 Mill Street, NE
Vienna, VA 22180
https://bodygrace.com/calendar-of-classes
This is a mellow whole body yoga practice that includes a longer warm-up using gentle flowing movements that build strength and pelvic floor muscles, working toward standing postures and balance work, and ending with floor work and relaxation. A nice class for those seeking a slower-paced practice or those who are new to yoga.
Beloved Yoga: A Sanctuary for All
11109 Sunset Hills Rd.
Reston, VA 20190
https://belovedyoga.cowtinker.com/om/schedule
This yin class is a wonderful counter class to our more active lifestyle. Yin yoga is a more passive practice that targets the connective tissue and the deeper layers of muscles. We do this through longer, static holds of postures. Yoga Nidra, also called the yogic sleep, is a practice that guides you to deep relaxation and inner clarity. Come dressed for comfort and ready to enjoy all aspects of these two powerful practices.
Senior Yoga is a safe practice designed to meet the individual needs and abilities of students who are gracefully aging in their senior years. This class is focused on gentle, safe and fun techniques for a slow moving practice. Enjoy a joyful class with your peers and a teacher who is experienced with creating an appropriate class for this age group.
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Past Events
Signs of Spring Scavenger Hunt with Emily
@ Seneca Regional Park
Sunday, March 10, 2024
11 am – approximately 2 pm* EST
$35
*Reminder that Daylight Savings Time starts on March 10th
Join me for a scavenger hunt of remembrance, awe and belonging as we saunter through the wilds of Seneca Regional Park. This wide-eyed awakening to spring will take us about 2 miles through the woods with invitations to look into the mirror of nature that so compassionately reflects back to us our own essential nature. The emphasis is on imagination, paying attention and connecting to yourself, the earth and those around you.
Participants come away from the walk feeling refreshed, connected and more joyful. Tea ceremony and fire counsel experience included.
We will meet at the studio at 11 am to carpool over to the park. If you prefer, you can meet us at the park at 101 Seneca Rd., Great Falls, at 11:15 am. We will return at approximately 2 pm. Dress for the weather. Bring a water bottle and a small journal for writing.
Earth Day Hike with Emily and your Nature Loving Sangha
$20 until April 18 / $25 after April 18
Saturday, April 20, 2024
8:30 am – approximately 1:30 pm
Let’s celebrate Earth Day with a hike!! Meet at Beloved Yoga at 8:30 am where we will caravan/carpool out to Raven Rocks for this 5.7 mile challenging hike.
Come for community, hiking, and celebration of our home planet and our belonging to it and to ourselves. It will be a celebration of noticing, knowing and networking. Silent meditation and lively conversation included. Shed your layers and nurture the connection to yourself, the earth and those around you on this day of uplift.
There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. Dress appropriately with proper foot protection. Bring a water bottle and snacks.
January/February Yin Series
The Wintering Series of Yin & Nidra with Emily
Fridays 7:30-8:45 pm: January 12, 19, 26, February 2, 9
Online and in-person
Use your pass
“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter: they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through. Wintering is a time of withdrawing from the world, maximizing scant resources, carrying out acts of brutal efficiency and vanishing from sight; but that’s where the transformation occurs………..it’s a time for reflection and recuperation, for slow replenishment, for putting your house in order. Doing these deeply unfashionable things – slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting –is a radical act now, but it’s essential.”
–Katherine May
This winter, lean into the season with this slow, transformative practice of long holds and deep relaxation. Settle deep into your bones to the quietest stillness. Tune into the medicine of slowing down, conserving our resources and insulating our nervous systems.
Field Trip | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Investment: $30
Sunday, July 16 with Emily and Hannele – Meet at Beloved at 8:15am; return by 12pm
Join Emily and Hannele for a morning absorbed in the natural beauty of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, home to the largest local display of lotus flowers and other aquatic plants.
The experience will include a discussion on the lotus flower’s spiritual significance, guided walk through the park, sensory mediation, journal prompts and tea ceremony. There will be free time to explore the garden’s natural gifts before returning to the studio, refreshed and ready for the rest of your week.
Our visit will coincide with the park’s Lotus and Water Lily Festival. If you would like to stay and enjoy the festival’s events, including music, dance and art making, please plan to drive separately.
Bring sun and bug protection, journal/sketchbook, water and snacks. We recommend wearing a hat and footwear appropriate for walking on uneven gravel and grass.
Earth Day Hike w/ Emily and your Nature Loving Sangha
Investment: $20 until April 19 / $25 after April 19
Saturday, April 22, 2023 – 8:30 am – approximately 1:30 pm
Let’s celebrate Earth Day with a hike!! Meet at Beloved Yoga at 8:30 am where we will caravan/carpool out to Raven Rocks for this 5.7 mile challenging hike.
Come for community, hiking, and celebration of our home planet and our belonging to it and to ourselves. It will be a celebration of noticing, knowing and networking. Silent meditation and lively conversation included. Shed your layers and nurture the connection to yourself, the earth and those around you on this day of uplift.
There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. Dress appropriately with proper foot protection. Bring a water bottle and snacks.
Nature Bathing with Emily
Investment: $35
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 12-2 pm
Seneca Regional Park, 101 Seneca Rd., Great Falls
Forest bathing is a restorative sensory exploration usually practiced in a group. The sequence usually lasts 2 hours and includes invitations. Along the journey there will be rest and wandering, group sharing and solo time. The emphasis is on unplugging, slowing down and awakening the senses.
Participants come away from the walk feeling refreshed, relaxed and more joyful. Tea ceremony and fire counsel experience included.
River Mountain Retreat w/ Aly and Emily
Rest, Reset and Rejuvenation
March 9-12, 2023
Investment: $999 in a Glamping Pod (early bird rate of $899 registered by Jan. 10)
Join us March 9-12, just before the spring equinox, to solidify our winter rest, listen for the stirrings of spring energy within us, and tend the soil of our inner landscape for spring rejuvenation. The rhythm of our three days together will follow these rhythms of nature: rest, reset and rejuvenation.
REST, RESET and REJUVENATION
REST: Winter is a time for deep rest and retreat. On Thursday and into Friday we will gather together around the campfire to meet and greet and connect. Followed by a restful practice to nourish winter rest with ayurvedic foot oiling. On Saturday, an invigorating morning hike to sift through and commemorate our winter rest. There will be time for journaling and reflecting.
RESET: As our time together progresses, we will move into reset as we begin to listen to the quickening of energy beneath the surface with a scavenger hunt for play, guided walks in nature, Yoga Nidra with Sankalpa setting and community inquiry. What energies are quickening beneath your surface?
REJUVENATE: Gather around the fire on Saturday night to celebrate reconnection with our lost parts. On Sunday morning, a warming asana practice of belonging to the larger ecosystem, and a final sharing of our envisioned spring landscapes. What is taking root to anchor us this spring so that we may show up with grace and ground and clarity?
This experience will include:
- Asana
- Yin Yoga
- Ayurvedic Self care ritual
- Guided nature bathing
- Awakened rest (Yoga Nidra)
- Winter hikes
- Outdoor soaking tubs
- Bonfire gatherings
- Scavenger hunt
- Hammock Hangs
- Community meals
- An abundance of space for reflecting, journaling, walking and being in nature
