Free and open to all.  Read the book and bring a cup of tea to sip while we discuss.

 

Take time to unwind and reset your nervous system. Join us for a deeply nourishing restorative yoga class, where soft lighting, candlelight, gentle music, and fully supported poses create the perfect atmosphere for relaxation and release. No prior yoga or meditation experience is needed—just come as you are. This is a chance to slow down, reconnect with your breath, and let go of the tension you didn’t even realize you were holding. You’ll leave feeling lighter, calmer, and more at ease. Bring your own yoga mat and eye pillow if you have one; all other props will be provided. Space is limited, so register early. Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours in advance to avoid being charged.

This Valentine’s season, we celebrate love in its most essential form — the love that begins within. Join us for a deeply calming restorative yoga class designed for anyone seeking rest, renewal, and heart-centered connection.

Soft lighting, gentle music, and fully supported poses create a nurturing space to release tension, soothe stress, and reset your nervous system. This about feeling held, replenished, and reconnected to yourself.

Because love isn’t something we earn — it’s something we return to. This class is your invitation to exhale, soften, and reconnect with your body, your heart, and yourself in all the ways that matter.

Come as you are. Rest in what is. Leave feeling restored.

Discover the strength, control, and balance that Pilates can bring to your body. This six-week course is designed for those new to Pilates or anyone looking to revisit the fundamentals with fresh attention.

Each week, you’ll be introduced to essential principles such as core engagement, breathwork, alignment, and mindful movement. We’ll focus on building a strong foundation by moving at a comfortable pace, emphasizing form, technique, and body awareness.

Classes will include:

• Fundamental mat exercises
• Techniques for safe and effective movement
• Breath-centered core work
• Gentle strength-building and flexibility exercises
• Tools to integrate Pilates into your everyday life

No prior experience is needed — just curiosity and a willingness to explore your body’s natural strength. Whether you’re new to movement practice or complementing your yoga journey, Pilates Foundations will help you develop stability, mobility, and confidence from the inside out.

Join us and lay the groundwork for a lifetime of healthy movement.

• Please bring a mat and wear comfortable clothing.
• There are no make ups for refunds for missed classes in the series.
• We need 5 people signed up for the series before we can open the class to drop-ins.
• Questions? Contact the instructor, Whitney Speer on 201-450-3838 or EssentialMovement@msn.com

Register $150 https://shreeyoga.punchpass.com/series/46400

Drop ins welcome once we have 5 signed up for the series: $25 https://shreeyoga.punchpass.com/passes/216465?check=1732220570

Free and open to all.  Read the book and bring a cup of tea to sip while we discuss.

In the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank of the River Tigris, King Ashurbanipal of Mesopotamia, erudite but ruthless, built a great library that would crumble with the end of his reign. From its ruins, however, emerged a poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh, that would infuse the existence of two rivers and bind together three lives.

In 1840 London, Arthur is born beside the stinking, sewage-filled River Thames. With an abusive, alcoholic father and a mentally ill mother, Arthur’s only chance of escaping destitution is his brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a leading publisher, Arthur’s world opens up far beyond the slums, and one book in particular catches his interest: Nineveh and Its Remains.

In 2014 Turkey, Narin, a ten-year-old Yazidi girl, is diagnosed with a rare disorder that will soon cause her to go deaf. Before that happens, her grandmother is determined to baptize her in a sacred Iraqi temple. But with the rising presence of ISIS and the destruction of the family’s ancestral lands along the Tigris, Narin is running out of time.

In 2018 London, the newly divorced Zaleekah, a hydrologist, moves into a houseboat on the Thames to escape her husband. Orphaned and raised by her wealthy uncle, Zaleekah had made the decision to take her own life in one month, until a curious book about her homeland changes everything.

A dazzling feat of storytelling, There Are Rivers in the Sky entwines these outsiders with a single drop of water, a drop which remanifests across the centuries. Both a source of life and harbinger of death, rivers—the Tigris and the Thames—transcend history, transcend fate: “Water remembers. It is humans who forget.”

Take time to unwind and reset your nervous system. Join us for a deeply nourishing restorative yoga class, where soft lighting, candlelight, gentle music, and fully supported poses create the perfect atmosphere for relaxation and release. No prior yoga or meditation experience is needed—just come as you are. This is a chance to slow down, reconnect with your breath, and let go of the tension you didn’t even realize you were holding. You’ll leave feeling lighter, calmer, and more at ease. Bring your own yoga mat and eye pillow if you have one; all other props will be provided. Space is limited, so register early. Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours in advance to avoid being charged.

Take time to unwind and reset your nervous system. Join us for a deeply nourishing restorative yoga class, where soft lighting, candlelight, gentle music, and fully supported poses create the perfect atmosphere for relaxation and release. No prior yoga or meditation experience is needed—just come as you are. This is a chance to slow down, reconnect with your breath, and let go of the tension you didn’t even realize you were holding. You’ll leave feeling lighter, calmer, and more at ease. Bring your own yoga mat and eye pillow if you have one; all other props will be provided. Space is limited, so register early. Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours in advance to avoid being charged.

Free and open to all.  Read the book and bring a cup of tea to sip while we discuss.

In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend’s attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital—where she has been locked away for more than sixty-one years. 

Iris’s grandmother Kitty always claimed to be an only child. But Esme’s papers prove she is Kitty’s sister, and Iris can see the shadow of her dead father in Esme’s face. 

Esme has been labeled harmless—sane enough to coexist with the rest of the world. But she’s still basically a stranger, a family member never mentioned by the family, and one who is sure to bring life-altering secrets with her when she leaves the ward. If Iris takes her in, what dangerous truths might she inherit? 

Free and open to all.  Read the book and bring a cup of tea to sip while we discuss.

Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and bounded around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, more than two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and slept in your house for hours on end. For political advisor and speechwriter Chloe Dalton, who spent lockdown deep in the English countryside, far away from her usual busy London life, this became her unexpected reality.

In February 2021, Dalton stumbles upon a newborn hare—a leveret—that had been chased by a dog. Fearing for its life, she brings it home, only to discover how difficult it is to rear a wild hare, most of whom perish in captivity from either shock or starvation. Through trial and error, she learns to feed and care for the leveret with every intention of returning it to the wilderness. Instead, it becomes her constant companion, wandering the fields and woods at night and returning to Dalton’s house by day. Though Dalton feared that the hare would be preyed upon by foxes, weasels, feral cats, raptors, or even people, she never tried to restrict it to the house. Each time the hare leaves, Chloe knows she may never see it again. Yet she also understands that to confine it would be its own kind of death.

Raising Hare chronicles their journey together while also taking a deep dive into the lives and nature of hares, and the way they have been viewed historically in art, literature, and folklore. We witness firsthand the joy at this extraordinary relationship between human and animal, which serves as a reminder that the best things, and most beautiful experiences, arise when we least expect them.

Join Raji for a deeply relaxing yoga journey that combines gentle stretches, breathing exercises, and a soothing sound bath. The class begins with calming yoga poses to prepare your body for relaxation. Then, you’ll be guided through simple breathing and vocalization, followed by the healing vibrations of gongs, Tibetan singing bowls, and crystal bowls. This experience promotes stress relief and restores inner calm.

About Raji:

Raji is the co-owner of Yoga Synthesis Online and Program Director of YS Teacher Trainings. He is a certified yoga therapist and has studied extensively with renowned teachers in various yoga styles, including Ashtanga Vinyasa, Shivananda, Iyengar, Krishnamacharya, Anusara, Kundalini, and Hatha Yoga. Raji’s passion for integrating different yoga methods has led him to become a leader in innovative and creatively inspired Hatha Yoga. He has also authored three books on yoga.

$35 https://shreeyoga.punchpass.com/classes/18656548