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Upcoming Events
Illuminate Your Power: Full Moon Flow
Tuesday April 23rd 6:30pm-8pm
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In this specialty class, we will gather on the Full Moon for a magical and unique evening of power vinyasa paired with group introspection, intention setting and energetic clearing. For thousands of years, humans have been in awe of the celestial bodies and our moon has become a symbol of the cyclical nature of our lives. The full moon has represented a phase of completion, intense energy, inner wildness and release. Join us for this candle-lit power flow and connect to your inner most desires and shed that which is no longer needed. Bring your favorite crystal or altar item, a writing implement, your journal/notebook and an open heart.
Breathing Among the Vines
Outdoor Yoga & DIY Plant session with Bark & Vine
Orange Street Promenade
Saturday June 15th 12:30pm-2pm
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Join us on the Orange Street Promenade for an outdoor event you won’t want to miss! Breathing Room is partnering with Bark & Vine, New Haven’s indoor plant shop, for an outdoor yoga practice among the greenery! We’ll move through a 75min mixed-level vinyasa class followed by a DIY potting station. Students will be able to choose from a variety of 4” size plants to pot and are welcome to socialize or shop afterwards!
Past Events
Tarot Community Potluck & Swap
Breathing Room Yoga Center
Join us for a community potluck event facilitated by Thema, Haley and Kristin. Bring a dish to share, your favorite tarot decks and an open heart. This event is meant to introduce community members to tarot, create space to chat about tarot, and an opportunity to have a reading done with tarot reader, Reiki master healer and One Village Healing's co-founder, Thema Haida. If you're a regularly practicing tarot reader and have some decks that you no longer use, bring them along for a chance to swap and leave with one you connect with better.
SUMMIT TO SAVASANA
Hike & Yoga event with Breathing Room Yoga Center
West Rock Ridge State Park, New Haven
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In this 3-hr adventure, we'll start our hike at Amrhyn Field, which is located at West Rock Ridge State park, on the Westville side. This hike is an easy/medium difficulty level that will take us up the ridge to a beautiful viewing spot of New Haven and Long Island sound. We'll enjoy a hiker-focused 60min. vinyasa practice and then make our descent.
Collective Care
100% of our donations went to Sewa International which will fund oxygen concentrators, ventilators and other emergency medical equipment. India needs our support as the country navigates this time of great challenge and with this humble offering of collective care, we honor and respect the roots of our practices.
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Sewa International is a 501(c)(3) Hindu faith-based non-profit organization founded in India 1989 and the US in 2003 that specializes in disaster relief and rehab, community development, family services and education. Active in over 20 countries with chapters all over the US, Sewa International believes in “service above self” and leads through the Dharmic principles of “Serving Humanity is Serving Divinity” and “Unity in Diversity”.
Moving Through the Chaos
This 3-part monthly series is in collaboration with MPowerment New Haven as an invitation for participants of all levels to move together gently and hold space to settle our minds as we continue to navigate through uncertainty. We've been through A LOT of social, political and emotional upheavals this last year and this series is an offering to arrive as you are and gift your body some serenity. Open to all people.
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MPowerment New Haven is an HIV prevention and social program bringing together men, trans persons and others on the GBTQ+ spectrum ages 18-29. This program runs through APNH: A Place to Nourish Your Health (formerly, AIDS Project New Haven) which has been serving the New Haven area for over 35 years! As the oldest and first HIV/AIDS support program in Connecticut, their evolved mission is to provide comprehensive and culturally competent care to a diverse clientele through HIV, substance abuse and mental health related services.
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Yoga for Melanin
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While we both continue to humbly (un)learn, reflect, and listen, Giselle and I acknowledge that it is absolutely necessary for us to consistently support our BIPOC folx going forward in our careers through a few of the many lanes of dismantling white supremacy. We know that this work is in constant motion and evolution (and does not stop here), but we recently shared a project we diligently worked mindfully on. Meet Satya Yoga Cooperative & One Village Healing. These amazing organizations are BIPOC-owned & are built on the foundation of creating healing spaces, gatherings, and programs specifically by and for BIPOC. Giselle & I felt strongly that we hold space to uplift organizations that share our passion for wellness, self-growth, and transformation. Help spread the work of our BIPOC friends as we weave stronger connections! Learn more about these organizations below!
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Our event accumulated over $900 in donations. We cannot thank our friends, family and students enough for your support in showing up for our BIPOC communities. Togetherness is something we deeply need to be reminded of in the present moment. Let us all keep speaking up, speaking out, and putting our energy into connecting with each other. Do the uncomfortable work, show up with humble compassion & keep going.
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Founded in 2014 by Lakshmi Nair, Satya Yoga Cooperative is the first of its kind- a BIPOC member-owned yoga cooperative based in Denver, CO. Their vision is to “be a healing force by and for POC, using yoga as a tool for both personal liberation and social transformation”. They offer economically accessible yoga classes, work to decolonize the practice of yoga, and honor communal learning, growth and connection. Satya hosts a 200hr Yoga Immersion/Teacher Training specifically for BIPOC students. While they do not have a physical studio, their classes are led in various non-profit locations in the Denver area and range from restorative and trauma-sensitive, to Accessible and CONSCIOUS Sessions~Cannabis yoga. Their community classes are open to everyone.
Find them on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Patreon!
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One Village Healing was established in 2019 by Thema Haida and Hanifa Nayo Washington in New Haven, CT as a wellness space and healing arts initiative rooted in the healing justice movement. Their work is to offer programs that help “to collectively heal from the impact of systems of oppression so we can all live wildly liberated, connected, inspired and healthy lives.” All services are free or pay what you can, making accessibility a core value. OVH offers yoga and meditation classes, reiki sessions, sound healing, and affinity healing groups, among many other wellness practices. They partner with community social justice movements and healers both locally and internationally.
Find them on Facebook and Instagram!
