Events & Series
Events, workshops, and special series for the whole family.
A note regarding financial accessibility: We have a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please visit our financial accessibility page or email us at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.
Cancelation Policy (All Sanctuary Special Programming): If you register for a workshop or event and you do not show up, you forfeit your pass. We require a minimum of 24 hours’ notice for reservation cancelations. Please email us at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com if you cannot make it, so we can offer your spot to someone on the waitlist. We are unable to offer credits or refunds.
Queer & Trans Yoga (6-Week Series, In-Studio)
This 6-week series is designed especially for LGBTQIA+ identified students who are looking to connect with their bodies and their breath in a supportive, community oriented environment. This space aims to create a container where queer and trans community members can cultivate joy, a deeper relationship with their bodies, and a sense of connectedness to their yoga practice.
Postpartum Yoga with Baby (6-Week Series, In-Studio, Masks Required)
This series is designed for those who have recently given birth and are looking to reconnect with their bodies and their breath in shared space with other new parents and babies. We'll practice gentle and rejuvenating poses, work on regaining core and pelvic integration, and learn techniques for breathing and moving with our little ones. This is a welcoming space for queer and trans postpartum students; everyone is welcome.
Free Info Session: Yoga Immersion and Teacher Training (Online)
Please join Corinne and Matthew to learn more about the upcoming 2024/2025 Shraddhā Yoga 100-Hour Immersion, 200-Hour Teacher Training and 300-Hour Teacher Training.
Radical Rest: Queer & Trans Restorative Yoga (In-Studio)
This workshop is designed specifically for the LGBTQ+ community to provide a supportive space to slow down, receive healing touch, and practice self-care in service of our own well-being and the well-being of our relationships and communities. This workshop is appropriate for many levels of experience and ability, including beginners and those who struggle to access stillness and relaxation. All bodies, sizes, and abilities are welcome and celebrated.
Queer/Femme Jam
The Jam will foster embodied and somatic movement exploration through a two-hour container consisting of an opening circle, a small movement offering into open jamming, and lastly, a closing circle.
Gentle Yoga at Forbes Library
An exciting collaboration with Forbes Library!
Connect with your breath and align your body, mind, and spirit with a slow, grounding flow. All experience levels welcome. Free and open to the public.
Compassionate Communication: A Language of Love (In-Studio)
Join relationship coach Michael Sheely for this practical and deep exploration of how language can reshape our mindset so we can express and listen with our hearts and turn conflict into an opportunity for deeper connection and understanding.
Kirtan with Matthew Andrews (In-Studio)
Kirtan is one of the many precious spiritual traditions that India has developed and offered to the world. It's a space for coming together to celebrate the magnificent creative power that gives birth to the material universe.
Queer/Femme Friday Jam (In-Studio)
Filling in a greatly felt gap in the western Mass Contact Improvisation (CI) community, the Queer/Femme Jam meets on the first Friday and fourth Monday of every month, and is for women, nonbinary, trans, and queer embodied movers. We will create an intentional container as a community for rigorous CI inquiry while incorporating a critique of the dance form and traditional CI spaces/culture.
Restorative Yoga & Massage Workshop (In-Studio)
Join us for an afternoon of deep relaxation and massage! This luxurious two-hour class is a wonderful opportunity to slow down, practice self-care, and receive healing touch.
Yoga & Your Pelvic Floor for Birthing Bodies at All Stages (In-Studio)
Join us for a nurturing workshop designed for individuals at all stages of the birthing experience. Whether you’re thinking about becoming pregnant, are pregnant, or gave birth years ago, this workshop will help you to explore your own connection with your pelvic floor, fostering strength, flexibility, and mindfulness.
Mindfulness Photography Walk (In-Studio)
In this relaxing two-hour workshop, you’ll experience the synergy between mindfulness and photography. This will be an opportunity to restore yourself–by slowing down, letting go, and exploring photography as a gateway to increased inner stability and calm. It’ll be a chance to deepen your innate creativity, intuition, and connection to yourself and the world.
Queer & Trans Yoga (6-Week Series, In-Studio)
This 6-week series is designed especially for members of the LGBTQIA+ community who are looking to connect with their bodies and their breath in a supportive, community-oriented environment. This space aims to create a container where queer and trans folks can cultivate joy, a deeper relationship with their bodies, and a sense of connectedness to their yoga practice. Each class will feature time for community and connection and an alignment-focused physical asana practice, ending with gentle restorative movement.
Yoga for Kids at the Carle
Join certified children’s yoga instructor Lorrie Murenzi for an exploration of movement and fun inspired by the beautiful nature in Bobbie’s Meadow! Children will be invited to practice foundational yoga poses and breathing exercises while stretching and strengthening their bodies and minds. Class will be geared towards ages 3–6, but parents and siblings are welcome.
Retreat Day: Somatic Breathwork
Spend the day with us! Attend both of the following offerings to receive a 25% discount on a future purchase of a General Workshop Pass*:
10:00-11:15am Form & Flow I/II with Ellen Morbyrne (in-studio & online)
3-5pm Somatic Breathwork with Jon Orsini (in-studio)
Somatic Breathwork
As the mind becomes increasingly more dominant we often connect less and less to the innate wisdom of our bodies. Supported by music, this modality of breathwork guides us to be deeply in touch with our energetic body, helping to clear stuck, stagnant energy, accumulated stress and anxiety–allowing us to release old patterns and arrive fully in the present moment, welcoming new ways of being.
HypnoBirthing® Series (In-Studio)
The official HypnoBirthing® course (The Mongan Method), taught by Jen Walts, will be offered online AND in person depending on your preference.
25th Annual Bike to Work Week: Free Yoga Class & Social Hour
In collaboration with our May 2024 Community Spotlight organization, Friends of Northampton Trails, and in celebration of Northampton's 25th annual Bike to Work Week!
This free, all-levels yoga class is open to anyone who participated in Bike to Work Week. Join Sebastian Merrill for a gentle, restorative practice. No experience is necessary.
Queer/Femme Contact Improv Lab
The Lab will foster embodied and somatic movement exploration including community offerings such as facilitated exercises, technical skill shares, and integrating inquiries from practices that intersect with CI. The Lab is a unique opportunity to practice within a held container that supports diverse identities with shared experiences.
Mother's Day Mini-Retreat: Yoga Nidra (In-Studio & Online)
Step out of the every day and into a zone of deep relaxation.
We will begin with gentle movement to transition participants into a specific type of guided meditation called yoga nidra. Often translated as "yogic sleep", yoga nidra is a state of relaxation where the body "sleeps", the mind remains conscious, and deep restoration and rejuvenation can take place.
Retreat Day: Mother’s Day Yoga Nidra
Spend the day with us! Attend both of the following offerings to receive a 25% discount on a future purchase of a General Workshop Pass*:
10:00-11:15am Form & Flow with Ellen Morbyrne (in-studio & online)
12-2pm Mother’s Day Yoga Nidra Mini-Retreat with with Lexi Major, C-IAYT, M.Ed (in-studio & online)
Restorative Yoga & Massage Workshop (In-Studio)
Join us for an afternoon of deep relaxation and massage! This luxurious two-hour class is a wonderful opportunity to slow down, practice self-care, and receive healing touch.
Kirtan with Matthew Andrews (In-Studio)
Kirtan is one of the many precious spiritual traditions that India has developed and offered to the world. It's a space for coming together to celebrate the magnificent creative power that gives birth to the material universe.
Queer/Femme Friday Jam
The Jam will foster embodied and somatic movement exploration through a two-hour container consisting of an opening circle, a small movement offering into open jamming, and lastly, a closing circle.
Queer/Femme Jam
The Jam will foster embodied and somatic movement exploration through a two-hour container consisting of an opening circle, a small movement offering into open jamming, and lastly, a closing circle.
HypnoBirthing® Series (In-Studio)
The official HypnoBirthing® course (The Mongan Method), taught by Jen Walts, will be offered online AND in person depending on your preference.
Canceled: Your Soul's Music: A Writing, Movement, and Sound Workshop (In-Studio)
This workshop is for anyone wanting to find their voice, deepen their connection to, or reawaken their voice. Through guided meditation, journaling prompts, intuitive movement, and mindful movement/Alexander Technique, Pyeng will lead you on a journey to your creative voice. Bring a notebook or journal, wear clothing comfortable to move in, and expect to explore sounds of your voice.
Canceled: Lost & Found: Finding the Power In Your Voice Book Reading & Concert (In-Studio)
Join vocalist/composer, voice and movement teacher, and author Pyeng Threadgill as she reads excerpts from her recent memoir, Lost & Found: Finding The Power In Your Voice, and shares a special evening of music.
A Writing & Yoga Workshop: Yoga for Creativity (In-Studio, In Participation with the Northampton Literary Walk)
This writing and yoga workshop will include an asana practice designed to spark our creativity, followed by generative writing. We'll cultivate a sense of wonder, intuition, and magic with various tools including meditation, bibliomancy, and tarot.
Restorative Yoga & Massage Workshop (In-Studio)
Join us for an afternoon of deep relaxation and massage! This luxurious two-hour class is a wonderful opportunity to slow down, practice self-care, and receive healing touch.
CANCELED: EFT for Climate Change Stress: Cultivating Calm Within (In-Studio)
The effects of climate change can be seen everywhere in the natural world. Many people agree that climate change is impacting the environment, but what’s often overlooked is the emotional impact it has on us. Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, is a powerful and accessible modality that grants us permission to say our feelings aloud while affirming how we’d like to feel in response to this stress.
Retreat Day: Restorative Yoga & Massage
Receive a discount on a future purchase of a General Workshop Pass when you attend both of the following offerings:
10am Mindful Flow with Ellen Morbyrne
3pm Restorative Yoga & Massage Workshop with Chandra Cantor & Lani Nahele
Queer/Femme Contact Improv Lab
The Lab will foster embodied and somatic movement exploration including community offerings such as facilitated exercises, technical skill shares, and integrating inquiries from practices that intersect with CI. The Lab is a unique opportunity to practice within a held container that supports diverse identities with shared experiences.
Kirtan with Matthew Andrews (In-Studio)
Kirtan is one of the many precious spiritual traditions that India has developed and offered to the world. It's a space for coming together to celebrate the magnificent creative power that gives birth to the material universe.
CANCELED: Our Way Home: A Writing and Somatic Healing Experience with Yoga Teacher + Award-Winning Author Sherry Sidoti (In-Studio)
Is healing found in “letting go” as the spiritual teachings insist, or is it found by digging our heals deeper into the earth and holding on to our humanness?
Join Sherry Sidoti, yoga teacher and author of the memoir A Smoke and a Song, to explore movement, meditation, and memoir writing as muse for meaning making and healing.
CANCELED: A Smoke and a Song Book Talk (In-Studio)
Join us in this candid “behind the book” conversation of Sidoti’s A Smoke and a Song, moderated by local author and writing teacher Celia Jeffries. We’ll explore the writing process, risks and rewards of sharing our stories, and the healing potential of embodied writing. Bring your memoir writing and publishing questions!
Postpartum Yoga with Baby (6-Week Series, In-Studio, Masks Required)
Drop-ins welcome!
This series is designed for those who have recently given birth and are looking to reconnect with their bodies and their breath in shared space with other new parents and babies. We'll practice gentle and rejuvenating poses, work on regaining core and pelvic integration, and learn techniques for breathing and moving with our little ones. This is a welcoming space for queer and trans postpartum students; everyone is welcome.
Mindful Grieving Yoga Therapy (6-Week Series, In-Studio)
On a global scale, we are experiencing grief of all kinds, and many of us are being called to slow down and look within to access our resiliency and inner wisdom. This series offers an intimate container for emotions and thoughts to be felt, expressed, shared, and moved through. It is an invitation to awaken to all the layers of yourself and life more deeply. Honor your journey with grief by holding it within the sacred container of yoga.
Spring Author Reading & Craft Discussion: The Art of the Opening
What makes a compelling opening in fiction, memoir, and/or poetry? What draws you in and makes you turn pages? Join us for an author reading and craft discussion exploring this topic, featuring Anders Carlson-Wee, Mira Bartók, Carolyn Zaikowski, Peter Medeiros, and PVWW Founder / Director Joy Baglio
CISA Event: Free Yoga Class & Networking Hour for Farmers (In-Studio)
This event is the culmination of our March 2024 Community Spotlight on CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture), and will bring farmers together in a supportive environment to build upon and deepen relationships among peers.
Restorative Yoga & Massage Workshop (In-Studio)
Join us for an afternoon of deep relaxation and massage! Yoga instructor Chandra Cantor will guide the class through a sequence of restorative yoga postures—long holds in passive, gentle poses supported by yoga props—while licensed bodyworker Robin Shaw offers therapeutic massage. This luxurious 2-hour class is a wonderful opportunity to slow down, practice self-care, and receive healing touch.
Yoga & Your Pelvic Floor for Birthing Bodies at All Stages (In-Studio)
Join us for a nurturing workshop designed for individuals at all stages of the birthing experience. Whether you’re thinking about becoming pregnant, are pregnant, or gave birth years ago, this workshop will help you to explore your own connection with your pelvic floor, fostering strength, flexibility, and mindfulness.
Retreat Day: Yoga & Your Pelvic Floor
Receive a discount on a future purchase of a General Workshop Pass when you attend both of the following offerings:
10am Mindful Flow with Sebastian
12pm Yoga & Your Pelvic Floor with Em Ike & Sebastian
Yoga for Inner Peace: Practices for Emotional Balance (In-Studio)
Stress, anxiety, and depression can be understood as symptoms of a dysregulated system. Yoga gives us tools to positively affect the physical body, pranic body, and conscious and unconscious mind, all leading to a more balanced state of being.
Queer & Trans Yoga (6-Week Series, In-Studio)
This 6-week series is designed especially for LGBTQIA+ identified students who are looking to connect with their bodies and their breath in a supportive, community oriented environment. This space aims to create a container where queer and trans community members can cultivate joy, a deeper relationship with their bodies, and a sense of connectedness to their yoga practice.
Yoga for Creativity (In-Studio)
This writing and yoga workshop will include an asana practice designed to spark our creativity, followed by generative writing. We'll cultivate a sense of wonder, intuition, and magic with various tools including meditation, bibliomancy, and tarot.
Postpartum Yoga with Baby (6-Week Series, In-Studio, Masks Required)
This series is designed for those who have recently given birth and are looking to reconnect with their bodies and their breath in shared space with other new parents and babies. We'll practice gentle and rejuvenating poses, work on regaining core and pelvic integration, and learn techniques for breathing and moving with our little ones. This is a welcoming space for queer and trans postpartum students—everyone is welcome.