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with Gabby Hayward 2 to 4 P.M., Sunday, September 22 and Sunday, November 10, 2024 $35 (Recurring $108 monthly members use code: Members20 for 20% off.) Click here to register. Come and enjoy a few hours of creativity and relaxation led by Gabby Hayward, an Artist, Art Therapist and World Traveler. Hosted at Heart of the Village Yoga, we will start with a meditation and snacks, and then you will be led into the creative process of mandala stone painting. We will listen to calming music, and end the workshop by admiring everyones work. By focusing on your creative flow, and leaning into the fun colorful process, you will be surprised by your end results. What’s included? Snacks, tea, calming music and atmosphere, a meditation, direction, time spent with amazing humans, and 2 finished mandala stones. All artistic levels are welcome to this class. We look forward to seeing you!

with Kaitlyn Z. Tyler, RYT 500 This workshop series is a monthly invitation to find ease in your body, mind, and heart. Sukah in Sanskrit translates to sweetness— happiness, joy, and bliss. We will embody this sweetness with a nourishing restorative yoga practice by candlelight. Restorative yoga allows us to relax into poses, without strain or pain, so that we can achieve physical, mental and emotional relaxation. Our parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated when we relax into poses, which promotes a relaxation response— slowing your heart rate and breath and increasing blood flow to your vital organs— reducing stress in the body and mind. As we hold postures, the deeper layers of our physical body are able to release. This is a great practice to balance an active schedule and an excellent way to practice self care. We will begin in a restorative posture and center ourselves using pranayama (breath work). Once we settle