Come join Ashley at Beacon Hill Yoga on Saturday July 23rd at 11am for a 60 min flow, all levels welcome. As we raise money to aid in the fight for safe abortion and reproductive rights and access for all we will be flowing to upbeat music, lifting our spirits and amplifying our voices.

All proceeds will go directly to Planned Parenthood.

Register via MINDBODY.

Donate via EventBrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-levels-yoga-flow-to-benefit-planned-parenthood-tickets-382458221837

Arm balances are an empowering component of any yoga practice, providing strength, courage, and playfulness to advance your practice. Join us for a dedicated workshop to explore the fundamentals and provide tips and modifications to help you grow your skills.

The 90-minute workshop led by Natalie Bartlett will kick off with a 45-minute flow focused on strengthening the core, opening the shoulders, and fine-tuning your balance. We’ll then explore poses such as crow, flying pigeon, forearm balance, handstands, and more.

This workshop is open to those that are brand new to arm balances or looking to enhance an existing arm balances practice.

$45 to register here

Where: Beacon Hill Yoga (1 Grove St, Boston)
When: Sunday Dec 12 @ 2-3:30pm

*Masks + proof of vaccination required

As the days become shorter and our attention starts to naturally go inwards, we have an opportunity to discover the immense world that lies within. Yin yoga allows these discoveries to take place as we work deep into the connective tissue and bones. These slow paced poses help us to reconnect inward, balance our energy flows, and revitalize our bodies.

Join Natalie and Ryan this November for a series of three Yin + Sound Healing classes to rebalance, reconnect, and regenerate your body and senses. Each class will combine seven poses across the distinct energy channels within the body, accompanied by the healing and restorative sound from the crystal singing bowls. The frequency and vibration from the bowls, as well as the deeper, more internal experience from Yin Yoga, will ground you and leave you feeling restored and recentered.

This is a 3-part series being offered Wednesday evenings in November: 11/3, 11/10, 11/17

This series can be taken all together, or as individual drop-in. $45/session or $120 for three.

Register here

PLEASE NOTE: In line with city of Boston’s current health recommendations, proof of vaccination and masks are required. To read more about our COVID policies, click here.

Arm balances are an empowering component of any yoga practice, providing strength, courage, and playfulness to advance your practice. Join us for a dedicated workshop to explore the fundamentals and provide tips and modifications to help you grow your skills.

The 90-minute workshop led by Natalie Bartlett will kick off with a 45-minute flow focused on strengthening the core, opening the shoulders, and fine-tuning your balance. We’ll then explore poses such as crow, flying pigeon, forearm balance, handstands, and more.

This workshop is open to those that are brand new to arm balances or looking to enhance an existing arm balances practice.

$45 to register here

Where: Beacon Hill Yoga (1 Grove St, Boston)
When: Sunday Nov 14 @ 2-3:30pm

*Masks + proof of vaccination required

In a world of doing, Yoga Nidra takes you to a place of non-doing, a place that might be as foreign as traveling to a distant country. In this state of rest, healing is taking place at the optimal level for our physical, energetic, mental, and emotional bodies.

The ethereal sounds of the crystal singing bowls add an even deeper level of relaxation through auditory vibrations tuned to the universal sound of 432 Hz. This practice, along with the sound, brings us back to our original state of being, a place where we can enter again and again, and come home to ourselves.

About Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra translates to "sleep yoga". It is a systematic form of guided relaxation that takes you to a point just above sleep, a point where your body can experience true relaxation. In this day and age, most individuals never truly get out of flight or fight mode, activating the heightened stress response in the body. The practice of this deep meditative state allows your body to soften in all ways. It allows your awareness to drop as far as the delta brainwave state. Since all other activity is shut off, this is the most restorative state for the body. It is here where the body can increase serotonin, oxytocin, and human growth hormone. It is also here where the body decreases cortisol, soothes chronic pain and depression, and releases anxiety, bringing us back to our original state of being.

In this experience, Yoga Nidra is paired with the sound of the crystal singing bowls, tuned to the universal sound of 432 hz. Participants receive the healing properties of crystal quartz on a physical, mental, and emotional level. Sound is important in Yoga Nidra because most people constantly deal with the "mental chatter", and the auditory vibrations "distract" the mind from anxiously attaching to these sensations that come in the form of thoughts, emotions, or physical sensations. You will emerge from this workshop feeling rejuvenated and at ease.

Class is $45 drop-in

Register here

Please note: In keeping with the city of Boston’s current health recommendations, masks and proof of vaccination is required to attend

As the days become shorter and our attention starts to naturally go inwards, we have an opportunity to discover the immense world that lies within. Yin yoga allows these discoveries to take place as we work deep into the connective tissue and bones. These slow paced poses help us to reconnect inward, balance our energy flows, and revitalize our bodies.

Join Natalie and Ryan this November for a series of three Yin + Sound Healing classes to rebalance, reconnect, and regenerate your body and senses. Each class will combine seven poses across the distinct energy channels within the body, accompanied by the healing and restorative sound from the crystal singing bowls. The frequency and vibration from the bowls, as well as the deeper, more internal experience from Yin Yoga, will ground you and leave you feeling restored and recentered.

This is a 3-part series being offered Wednesday evenings in November: 11/3, 11/10, 11/17

This series can be taken all together, or as individual drop-in. $45/session or $120 for three.

Register here

PLEASE NOTE: In line with city of Boston’s current health recommendations, proof of vaccination and masks are required. To read more about our COVID policies, click here.

As the days become shorter and our attention starts to naturally go inwards, we have an opportunity to discover the immense world that lies within. Yin yoga allows these discoveries to take place as we work deep into the connective tissue and bones. These slow paced poses help us to reconnect inward, balance our energy flows, and revitalize our bodies.

Join Natalie and Ryan this November for a series of three Yin + Sound Healing classes to rebalance, reconnect, and regenerate your body and senses. Each class will combine seven poses across the distinct energy channels within the body, accompanied by the healing and restorative sound from the crystal singing bowls. The frequency and vibration from the bowls, as well as the deeper, more internal experience from Yin Yoga, will ground you and leave you feeling restored and recentered.

This is a 3-part series being offered Wednesday evenings in November: 11/3, 11/10, 11/17

This series can be taken all together, or as individual drop-in. $45/session or $120 for three.

Register here

PLEASE NOTE: In line with city of Boston’s current health recommendations, proof of vaccination and masks are required. To read more about our COVID policies, click here.

Come join expert Prenatal Yoga teacher and doula Bec Conant for a fun workshop in how to use yoga techniques for connection and support throughout pregnancy, and during labor and birth! This workshop provides an opportunity for couples to enhance their awareness and confidence. We will use partner yoga, massage and breathing techniques in a light fun atmosphere to discover different ways to connect and use yoga off the mat and during birth.

Topics covered include:

• Yoga sequences and postures which could be useful during Labor and Delivery

• Alternative Birthing positions and how to get in and out of them

• Intuitive massagetechniques to relieve pain and increaseendorphins

• Counter pressuretechniques useful for relieving Labor discomfort

• Vocal toning to facilitate relaxation and opening.

• Workshop includes handouts on postures, massage, and general labor tips

Register Here - $115 per couple

No prior yoga experience necessary

PLEASE NOTE: Proof of vaccination is required, masks optional. To read more about our COVID re-opening policies, click here.

Instructor Bio:

Bec has been teaching Yoga classes since 2001, when she finished the teacher training course at OM Yoga Center under Cyndi Lee. Since then Bec has gone on to gain certifications in restorative yoga and her specialty, pre-natal and post-natal yoga. Bec focuses on helping women develop strength, flexibility and confidence throughout their pregnancy and post-partum. Bec has studied prenatal and post natal yoga with Betsy Kase, Janice Clarfield, and Judith Lasater. Bec has also assisted Janice in training future pre-natal yoga teachers at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Wellness. In January of 2007, Bec completed Barbara Benagh’s 15 month course: The Art of Teaching Yoga. Her DVD, Prenatal Yoga with Bec Conant was produced by Heart of the Moon media in 2008. Bec is the founder of Om Births Prenatal Yoga, an online yoga program solely focused on the journey from conception through pregnancy, birth, and into motherhood providing a holistic and personalized program of support and mindfulness. Om Births online provides an online video membership with home practice videos specifically for pregnant women and new mothers. The Om Births Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training has trained hundreds of yoga teachers in Bec’s method of holistic and empowered yoga practices for pregnancy and birth. In addition to teaching yoga Bec is trained as a Birth Doula with DONA International. Her first birth experience taught her the value of intuition and a calm, steady presence in birth. Bec has attended nearly 300 births — first in the New York area, and here in Boston. Bec is a certified HypnoBirthing® childbirth educator in the Mongan Method, a Spinning Babies Parent Educator- a technique focused on releasing myofascial tension to promote balance and easier birthing . She also holds a childbirth education certification from Boston Association of Childbirth Educators (BACE). Through her years of teaching and attending birthing women, Bec has seen a deep connection between the body, the mind and the heart; a connection she hopes to share with her students and birthing mothers. Bec’s classes focus on developing strength, flexibility, and body balance, while learning to respect and listen to the body’s wisdom. Her gentle teaching style allows students to deepen their practice while working at their own pace.

In a world of doing, Yoga Nidra takes you to a place of non-doing, a place that might be as foreign as traveling to a distant country. In this state of rest, healing is taking place at the optimal level for our physical, energetic, mental, and emotional bodies.

The ethereal sounds of the crystal singing bowls add an even deeper level of relaxation through auditory vibrations tuned to the universal sound of 432 Hz. This practice, along with the sound, brings us back to our original state of being, a place where we can enter again and again, and come home to ourselves.

About Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra translates to "sleep yoga". It is a systematic form of guided relaxation that takes you to a point just above sleep, a point where your body can experience true relaxation. In this day and age, most individuals never truly get out of flight or fight mode, activating the heightened stress response in the body. The practice of this deep meditative state allows your body to soften in all ways. It allows your awareness to drop as far as the delta brainwave state. Since all other activity is shut off, this is the most restorative state for the body. It is here where the body can increase serotonin, oxytocin, and human growth hormone. It is also here where the body decreases cortisol, soothes chronic pain and depression, and releases anxiety, bringing us back to our original state of being.

In this experience, Yoga Nidra is paired with the sound of the crystal singing bowls, tuned to the universal sound of 432 hz. Participants receive the healing properties of crystal quartz on a physical, mental, and emotional level. Sound is important in Yoga Nidra because most people constantly deal with the "mental chatter", and the auditory vibrations "distract" the mind from anxiously attaching to these sensations that come in the form of thoughts, emotions, or physical sensations. You will emerge from this workshop feeling rejuvenated and at ease.

Class is $45 drop-in

Register here

Please note: vaccination (along with proof of vax) is required to attend

Summer is a naturally active time for most. With long days, immense heat, and desire to be outdoors, our bodies often yearn for a balance - a way to slow down, soften, and become grounded. Yin yoga, which focuses on a series of slow-paced poses working deep into the connective tissue, helps us to reconnect inward, balance our energy flows, and revitalize our bodies.

Join Natalie Bartlett and Ryan Eurglunes this August for a series of three Yin + Sound Healing classes to rebalance, reconnect, and regenerate your body and senses. Each class will combine a unique set of poses across the distinct energy channels within the body, accompanied by the healing and restorative sound from crystal singing bowls. The frequency and vibration from the bowls, as well as the introduction of the Yin to the very much Yang of summer, will ground you and leave you feeling restored and re-centered.

This is a 3-part series being offered Wednesday evenings in August: 8/11, 8/18, 8/25

This series can be taken all together, or as individual drop-in. $45/session or $120 for three.

Register here

PLEASE NOTE: Proof of vaccination is required, masks optional. To read more about our COVID re-opening policies, click here.

Summer is a naturally active time for most. With long days, immense heat, and desire to be outdoors, our bodies often yearn for a balance - a way to slow down, soften, and become grounded. Yin yoga, which focuses on a series of slow-paced poses working deep into the connective tissue, helps us to reconnect inward, balance our energy flows, and revitalize our bodies.

Join Natalie Bartlett and Ryan Eurglunes this August for a series of three Yin + Sound Healing classes to rebalance, reconnect, and regenerate your body and senses. Each class will combine a unique set of poses across the distinct energy channels within the body, accompanied by the healing and restorative sound from crystal singing bowls. The frequency and vibration from the bowls, as well as the introduction of the Yin to the very much Yang of summer, will ground you and leave you feeling restored and re-centered.

This is a 3-part series being offered Wednesday evenings in August: 8/11, 8/18, 8/25

This series can be taken all together, or as individual drop-in. $45/session or $120 for three.

Register here

PLEASE NOTE: Proof of vaccination is required, masks optional. To read more about our COVID re-opening policies, click here.

Summer is a naturally active time for most. With long days, immense heat, and desire to be outdoors, our bodies often yearn for a balance - a way to slow down, soften, and become grounded. Yin yoga, which focuses on a series of slow-paced poses working deep into the connective tissue, helps us to reconnect inward, balance our energy flows, and revitalize our bodies.

Join Natalie Bartlett and Ryan Eurglunes this August for a series of three Yin + Sound Healing classes to rebalance, reconnect, and regenerate your body and senses. Each class will combine a unique set of poses across the distinct energy channels within the body, accompanied by the healing and restorative sound from crystal singing bowls. The frequency and vibration from the bowls, as well as the introduction of the Yin to the very much Yang of summer, will ground you and leave you feeling restored and re-centered.

This is a 3-part series being offered Wednesday evenings in August: 8/11, 8/18, 8/25

This series can be taken all together, or as individual drop-in. $45/session or $120 for three.

Register here

PLEASE NOTE: Proof of vaccination is required, masks optional. To read more about our COVID re-opening policies, click here.

Relax your body and mind with an afternoon of Restorative Yoga and Guided Meditation. Kate will lead you through Restorative Yoga, which will include the use of props as well as hands-on assists so you can release tension and cultivate tranquility. Explore the healing properties of meditation with an extended guided visualization and aromatherapy at the end of the session. You will leave feeling peaceful and restored. 

In this workshop, we will discover and practice fundamentalmeditation techniques. We will use these and other resources to dive deeper into our daily emotions such as anxiety, sadness, anger, and self-doubt. We will discuss daily tools that can be used to live rooted in the present and move us into contentment. Using guided meditation and restorative yoga we will experience the peace of mindfulness.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Eliza was raised in the practice of Kundalini Yoga and discovered her own practice in Vinyasa Yoga while at college in Boston. Shortly afterwards she completed her 200hr training program in Vinyasa Yoga with the New School of Yogic arts; studying under Laura Ahrens, Goldie Graham and Tatiana Sousa. Eliza has long strived to bring mindfulness into her everyday life and does the same in her personal practice and classes. She often integrates pranayam into her teaching and aims to leave her students feeling more centered and of strong mind and spirit. In her classes Eliza offers hands-on-assists to help you deepen your practice. 

Join Courtney Dutra on Thanksgiving morning for an all-levels vinyasa flow class! The class will begin with a heat-building, heart-opening flow and end with an extended, restorative cooldown. With a recommended donation of $25 dollars all profits will benefit Hands to Heart Center. .

Hands to Heart Center – Yoga for the People is a nonprofit organization that shares the healing practice of yoga with people affected by addiction, poverty & trauma in Greater Boston. HTHC provides high-quality, customized yoga classes that are accessible, inclusive and inspiring. HTHC Community Yoga Teachers are 200 and 500-hour trained yoga teachers who lead free community-based yoga and mindfulness classes that are accessible, inclusive, and inspiring to low-income, under-served neighborhoods of Boston.

Sign up at courtneydutra.com | $25 recommended donation (all proceeds will benefit HTHC)
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As stated on their website:

HTHC KNOWS that Yoga is a powerful and effective way to increase health and wellness and to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress and post-traumatic stress disorder. The majority of yoga studio classes are unaffordable for those living in poverty. There is a lack of yoga studios in low-income communities.

HTHC believes that yoga classes should be accessible, culturally competent, welcoming and enjoyable for ALL bodies, ALL levels of fitness and ALL styles of learning. HTHC is the intersection of yoga and social justice. Hands to Heart Center – Yoga for the People.
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Join us on the mat to help share the nourishing practice that we all love with those in need with the hopes that they too can find personal benefits.

Join Catyn and Gabby from Beacon Hill Yoga for a juicy and upbeat 75 minute hybrid class that mixes barre and yoga! 

Catyn will lead us through a sweat inducing barre workout that will work the whole body and Gabby will finish it off with a vinyasa flow that will leave you feeling relaxed and rejuvenated. 

Juice and smoothie samples will be provided for attendees after class courtesy of Nourish Your Soul! 

To reserve your spot, search Beacon Hill Yoga on Mindbody Online. Regular class rates apply.

April 8th, 2018

This workshop teaches the freestanding handstand and different arm balances. It will show you how to safely play upside down through total body awareness. 

Whether you're a beginner and have never tried an arm balance or handstand, or you're a seasoned practitioner and have prior experience, the workshop will provide you with all that you need to get inverted and play in space.

Handstands and arm balances are the funnest body movements to learn. Enjoy the process and have fun getting upside down!

About the Instructor:

Paloma Cabrera-Lustig is a Boston-based yoga instructor with advanced training in yoga asana, philosophy and meditation. She is specialized in the principals and fundamentals of Vinyasa yoga and teaches a challenging, fun, and alignment based class. She received her 200 hour yoga certification through Lynne Begier, Ryan Cunningham, and Renee LeBlanc at BackBay Yoga Studio in 2014 after 5 years of dedicated practice.

As a former competitive gymnast, Paloma has always been infatuated with challenging movement. You will often find her walking on her hands on the street, in the gym, or at your local Whole Foods market. Paloma cultivates an invigorating flow by integrating balance and powerful postures. She aims to create an experience where physical and emotional sensations are heightened for each individual, allowing them to move into deeper self-understanding, inner peace and clarity. Paloma seeks to demonstrate that the practice is a process of exploration and playfulness that can also be therapeutic. Sometimes the best way to find comfort in our own skin and heal our wounds, is to move our bodies, breathe in harmony with our movement, and be in silence. Paloma is devoted to teaching yoga to all willing bodies in all stages of life.

Registration now open! Sign up on the Mindbody App.  | $35

MARCH 4TH, 2018

Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose) builds strength and stability through the entire body while also preparing for arm balances and inversions.

This workshop will cover the foundation alignment as well as go though various modifications and variations of chaturanga dandasana. We will flow through tricks and tools that can be used to build or maintain a healthy, strong, sustainable chaturanga practice.  We will discuss and identify common areas of injury and how they could be avoided. 

This workshop is wonderful for beginners looking to learn the foundation of chaturanga as well as for seasoned practitioners looking to check in on their alignment and work on variations.

WHAT TO BRING: 

Come ready to practice with water.

Pen and notebook optional.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS:

Courtney Dutra completed her 200 hr and 300 hr  yoga teacher training at Down Under School of Yoga in Brookline under the instruction of senior teacher Natasha Rizopoulos.  At Down Under she has completed all four phases of their Art of Assisting training program. She has professional experience teaching both private and group classes. Her class emphasizes alignment to maximize the benefits of each pose while preventing injuries. She enjoys sharing this practice with others with the hopes that they find their own personal benefits.

Julie Helmes teaches to all levels and anyone who steps onto the mat. She enjoys learning and listening to the body and mind through movement, balance, strength, and connecting with others in a shared practice. Her class will create space and release tension in the body by combining a practice of fluid movements and heat-building postures. You will leave feeling the best version of you.

She is currently practicing Mysore Ashtanga and always looking for new opportunities to enhance her knowledge, practice, and teaching. Jules is a 200-hour Yoga Alliance Certified instructor. She completed her training with Marianne Wells Yoga School in Costa Rica.

Registration now open! Sign up on the Mindbody App.  | $30

Feb 4th, 2018

The sun salutations are often referred to as the “warm up” to the poses following them, and that is for good reason. They are most certainly a staple and the foundation for a strong practice, especially within the Ashtanga and Iyengar sequencing. In this workshop we will break down the suns by dissecting the intricacies of each pose as well as help to deepen the practice by emphasizing both strength and alignment. There will also be variations offered along with props in order to accommodate all body types.

About the Instructor:

Jeanne Kratzsch was certified at Down Under School of Yoga for 200 hours under Natasha Rizopolous in Brookline, MA. Since then she continues her practice under Natasha as well as Mickey Barr, whom she also assists. Both her practice and teaching has been informed by Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga. She feels that  strength and alignment over flexibility is what should be strived for with students in order to have a life long practice. With a slower pace, lots of hands on assists, longer holds, and a little bit of patience she believes anyone can achieve their personal goals. She is here to help every step of the way.

Registration now open! Sign up on the Mindbody App.  | $35

February 2, 2018 

This time of year is all about setting intentions and manifestation.  Not just because its the first month of the new year, but the way the planets, sun, and moon are  currently aligned.  Come spend some time setting intentions and flowing through moon salutations to jazz music.  Reiki Provided by Melissa Forster.  Students are encourage  to bring a journal and pen.

About the Instructor:

Gabby Rivas: After noticing there was some sort of physical and spiritual aspect missing in her life, Gabby found yoga in the summer of 2014 which allowed her to appreciate the physical, mental, and emotional alignment that exists both on, and off her mat. Gabby quickly learned that yoga resonated with a deeper part of her soul – the importance of change. Growing up, Gabby could be characterized as a novice nomad; moving from state to state around the country. It was then then that she discovered that change was the only true constant in life. She realized that each new day on the mat was simply a continuation of this very change and allowed her to recognize the perpetual evolution of movement, both physically and spiritually, within her practice. In May of 2015, Gabby completed her 200-hour power yoga teacher training at Corepower Yoga in Boston. Gabby is also a certified teacher for Backcountry Yoga; a practice which blends yoga, hiking, and outdoor adventures. Her ultimate goal is to empower her students, on and off the mat, with mindful and purposeful movement to create a fun, non-judgment, and high-energy environment. Off of her mat, Gabby can be found cooking, camping, hiking, dancing, or at a music festival/concert.

Registration now open! Sign up on the Mindbody App.  | $20