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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Restorative Yoga & Massage Workshop (In-Studio)
Chandra will guide the class through a sequence of Restorative Yoga postures—long holds in passive, gentle poses supported by yoga props—while Lani, massage therapist, offers therapeutic bodywork. This luxurious 2-hour class is a wonderful opportunity to slow down, practice self-care, and receive healing touch.
Partner Yoga (Online)
Partner yoga fosters a deep sense of connection with other people through simple tandem poses and touch. Get your partner, friend, sibling, or parent to participate with you! Bring your sense of curiosity and playfulness. All poses will be presented in this light, and all levels are welcome.
Compassionate Communication Workshop: The Art of Speaking and Listening with Your Heart (In-Studio)
In this 3 hour workshop we will explore what is required in order to live life with our hearts fully open, and how we can alter our own approach to differences so that we are more likely to engender openness, cooperation and harmony with others.
Retreat Day: Compassionate Communication
Receive a discount on a future purchase of a General Workshop Pass when you attend both of the following offerings:
10am Mindful Flow with Chandra
2pm Compassionate Communication Workshop with Michael Sheely
Heart Centered Kirtan (In-Studio & Online)
Since 2013, Heart Centered Kirtan has been offering kirtan throughout New England with their original call-and-response devotional music. Weaving Sanskrit and Buddhist mantras into a unique blend of modern Western musical styles, Heart Centered Kirtans are meditative and uplifting experiences.
Yoga Nidra Retreat (In-Studio & Online)
Step out of the every day, and step into a zone of deep relaxation. The retreat will begin with gentle movement that will transition participants into a specific type of guided meditation called yoga nidra, a state of relaxation where the body "sleeps", the mind remains conscious, and deep restoration and rejuvenation can take place.
Retreat Day: Yoga Nidra
Receive a discount on a future purchase of a General Workshop Pass when you attend both of the following offerings:
10am Mindful Flow with Chandra
12:30pm Yoga Nidra Retreat
Restorative Yoga & Massage Workshop (In-Studio)
Chandra will guide the class through a sequence of Restorative Yoga postures—long holds in passive, gentle poses supported by yoga props—while Lani, massage therapist, offers therapeutic bodywork. This luxurious 2 hour class is a wonderful opportunity to slow down, practice self-care, and receive healing touch.
Introduction to Yoga: The Kripalu Approach (4-Week Series, In-Studio)
This series is for anyone who is looking to gain more confidence in studio classes or their home practice, as well as those who are curious about or want to dive into the foundations of Kripalu Yoga.
CANCELED: Parenting Workshop: Prioritizing Connection with Our Children - Why and How? (In-Studio & Online)
Rachel will discuss the importance of prioritizing connection in creating the relationship you desire with your children, as well as a family dynamic that honors who each of you truly is. She will then guide you to identify places in your family life where you can implement connection to solve common obstacles such as lack of cooperation and conflict, as well as set you up for being able to easily implement this process for yourself as future challenges arise.
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.
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 in Postpartum Yoga.