workshops & events

WHOLE BODY
ROLL AND RELEASE
​ONLINE Workshop!
June 13th
Saturday 1pm - 3pm
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Join foam rolling enthusiast and anatomy geek Rebekah Nagy for a luscious session of sweet myofascial release, from the comfort of your own home. Whether you’re an avid roller or a newbie, you’ll leave this workshop feeling relaxed, refreshed, and rejuvenated, with new release and self-massage techniques for mobility and ease in your yoga practice and beyond. Foam rolling promotes flexibility, lessens soreness and stiffness, and stimulates blood flow. In this mellow-paced workshop, we’ll spend two hours nourishing our connective tissue in a flowing exploration of foam rolling techniques from head to toe, integrating the powerful potential for a healthy range of motion that foam rolling can offer. Students will leave with a better understanding of their connective tissue, including fascia and its role in the musculoskeletal system, and strategies for keeping it nourished,  comfortable, and supple.  Come roll deep with Rebekah!  

To join Rebekah via Zoom, you'll need the following supplies:
  • (1) foam roller (36” preferred, but shorter is ok if you already own it)
  • (1) 8-9” pilates ball
  • (2) two tennis, lacrosse, pinky, or therapy balls. 
  • optional but sometimes helpful: a yoga block and a yoga blanket.​
Obviously you can find all of these items or versions of them on Amazon if you like. I’m providing links for other vendors.

More affordable options:
Medium-firm foam roller (and there are cheaper versions on amazon, but your roller will last longer and feel better if you spend $10-20 more. You are worth it!): https://www.optp.com/Silver-AXIS-Standard-Density-Foam-Roller
Tennis balls (softer) or lacrosse balls (firmer), or moderately firm pinky balls (somewhere between a tennis ball and a lacrosse ball, which I prefer): https://www.optp.com/Super-Pinky-Ball
8-9" pilates / stability ball (doesn't have to be Franklin; any brand this size will do): https://www.optp.com/Franklin-Air-Ball

Better quality options (I prefer to have one of each of these rollers, but if I was only going to get one, I'd get the medium-firm.)
Medium-firm PT-grade foam roller: https://www.optp.com/PRO-ROLLER-Standard
Medium-soft PT-grade foam roller: https://www.optp.com/PRO-ROLLER-Soft
Yoga Tune-Up therapy balls (pricier than pinky balls, but I like the texture and firmness a little bit better): https://www.tuneupfitness.com/yoga-tune-up-therapy-ball-pair 
8-9" pilates / stability ball (doesn't have to be Franklin; any brand this size will do): https://www.optp.com/Franklin-Air-Ball

​ $15-25 sliding scale in advance
$25 day-of
REBEKAH NAGY
​Rebekah Nagy (E-RYT 500) began practicing yoga in 2001 as an outgrowth of her studies in dance, and has been teaching yoga and leading workshops since 2010.  She has taught in teacher trainings in New York City, Brooklyn, and Northern California.  Her ongoing studies in somatics, anatomy, and kinesiology unite philosophy and embodiment, and include a Body-Mind Centering® approach.

KUNDALINI MEDITATION SERIES 

With Milind Dhond
Time:
11 am - 12 pm

2020 Dates (All Saturdays):

TBA
 
Cost:
No charge. 
​No signup necessary. You can come to one or all of these events. 
A guided meditation class following traditional Indian teachings of Kundalini Yoga and in particular the Siddha Yoga tradition.  

more information
In these hourlong Saturday Kundalini Meditation Classes, we will learn and practice Kundalini Yoga. The class consists of didactic teaching from Hindu and Yogic texts such as Vijnana Bhairava, the Upanishads etc that allow the student to understand the nature of Self, breath, chakras, mudras and the nature of Truth, in hopes of experiencing higher states of awareness. The class is free of religious dogma but terms are used in Sanskrit and follow Indian teaching. No prior experience with meditation is required; Everyone is welcome. 
ABOUT The Teacher
Milind Dhond, M.D.  is a cardiologist practicing in Northern California. He has practiced Kundalini Yoga under the direction of Swami Radhikananda for the last fifteen years. He currently resides in Davis, California, with his three children. Dhond is a Professor at UC Davis, and the Sensei of Green Valley Kodenkan in Cordelia, California, where he teaches Jujitsu and Kundalini Yoga. 

Another Kirtan! 

With Tim Jordan 

Date tbd

Everyone is invited! 

Suggested donation: $10

The practice of kirtan, call and response chanting, is a participatory music experience that originated in India about 500 years ago. It is a devotional practice known as Bhakti Yoga. 
 
Like other forms of yoga, Bhakti Yoga, is about connection. Connection to divinity, connection to our true selves, connection to others.
 
Kirtan uses the repetition of Sanskrit mantras, mystical vibrations encased in a sound structure, to help us to tap into sacred energies that serve to quiet our mind and open our heart.
About tim
My journey with Kirtan began during a Yoga Teacher Training in South India in 2009.  There was something about chanting the names of the Divine on a daily basis that stirred something deep inside me. Having grown up in a strongly religious environment in the South, I was very familiar with devotional practices.  However, nothing had ever touched me the way that Kirtan did. I witnessed its power to open the heart and to transcend both culture and religion.  In India I sat with Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, and people with no religious affiliation, all singing these sacred Sanskrit mantras with such joy and devotion.