Community Yoga Initiative

This offering honors the genius of Primary Series Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga - its intelligent sequencing, rhythmic vinyasa, and breath-centered movement - without outdated rigidity, hierarchy, and performance-based expectations. Ujjayi breath anchors movement, and mindful postural adaptions are encouraged to support energetic awareness, balance, and integration.

Poses are not earned. Bodies are not corrected into ideals. Perfectionism is recognized as a creativity-killer, not a virtue. The practice is approached as an evolving experience - one that emphasizes curiosity, self-inquiry, and love over striving and comparison.

Everyone is Welcome Here
All bodies, backgrounds, and experience levels are welcome. No prior experience is necessary. There is never a cost.

What to Bring
Please consider wearing comfortable, layered clothing and bringing any practice supports you enjoy - mat, blocks, straps, bolsters, or blankets. Community practice supports are available, and you’re encouraged to use them freely. Bringing water to hydrate after practice is also a good idea.

The Evolution of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga emerged in the early 20th century through Tirumalai Krishnamacharya’s practice and sharing of yoga, building on what he learned from Rama Mohan Brahmachari. One of Krishnamacharya’s students, Krishna Pattabhi Jois, began sharing a set sequence of postures taught in led, breath-synchronized group classes. He used the term Ashtanga Yoga to describe this method of postural practice.

As the practice spread globally through the work of Jois’ early students - including David Swenson and Richard Freeman - it became a foundation for many modern movement traditions. Vinyasa flow, power yoga, and countless contemporary yoga styles trace their roots back to this evolving system.

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga has never been static. Like all living practices, it has changed through culture, people, and time. What is often presented as fixed or ancient is, in reality, a modern lineage shaped by interpretation, adaptation, and experimentation. Today’s Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga exists not as a singular authority, but as a spectrum of practices - each reflecting the values, creativity, and love of the folks practicing and sharing it.

This Practice is Not Sold
This practice is not sold. It’s shared. Our offerings exist through voluntary giving - as a living expression of the community we are. What we receive is made possible by the many who have given before us, and what we offer allows the practice to remain unowned and open.

Giving is part of yoga practice - not as a duty, but as a remembering. When we give, the grip of “me and mine” loosens. The patterns of separation and self-importance are disrupted. We step out of self-absorption - the root of suffering - and feel into the truth of interconnectedness. Every act of giving dissolves a boundary. The giver and the receiver are not two. This is how the practice continues - through open hands and open hearts.

An immersive sound experience that invites deep relaxation and presence. The sustained tones of crystal singing bowls gently anchor your attention, allowing the mind to settle and the body to soften. As distraction falls away, space opens for stillness, clarity, and connection. This offering is an invitation to pause, listen, and remember the peace that is always within you. Come as you are. Rest, receive, and simply be.

Everyone is Welcome Here
All bodies, backgrounds, and experience levels are welcome. No prior experience is necessary. There is never a cost. Registration is nor required.

What to Bring
Please consider bringing any practice supports you enjoy - mat, blocks, straps, bolsters, or blankets. Community practice supports are available, and you’re encouraged to use them freely. Bringing water to hydrate after practice is also a good idea. We practice indoors, in a large room. We recommend wearing comfortable layered clothing to help regulate preferred body temperature.

This Practice is Not Sold
This practice is not sold. It’s shared. Our offerings exist through voluntary giving - as a living expression of the community we are. What we receive is made possible by the many who have given before us, and what we offer allows the practice to remain unowned and open.

Giving is part of yoga practice - not as a duty, but as a remembering. When we give, the grip of “me and mine” loosens. The patterns of separation and self-importance are disrupted. We step out of self-absorption - the root of suffering - and feel into the truth of interconnectedness. Every act of giving dissolves a boundary. The giver and the receiver are not two. This is how the practice continues - through open hands and open hearts.

A Note About the Gift of Sound Bath
For many people, meditation can feel inaccessible. The mind wanders, the body resists stillness, and an expectation to "clear your mind" can become another source of effort. A sound bath can offer a different doorway.

The sustained resonance of crystal singing bowls naturally invites your attention to rest on sound. As awareness becomes gently absorbed in vibration and tone, mental activity often begins to soften on its own. This effortless quality of attention can become a bridge into meditative states that might otherwise feel difficult to access.

In many contemplative traditions, focused attention is recognized as a natural gateway to meditation. Sound becomes the object of awareness and as listening deepens, the familiar boundaries of thinking begin to loosen, revealing the quiet presence that always is.

Whether meditation is already part of your life or you're encountering it for the first time, a sound bath offers a gentle, accessible path into stillness, presence, and the possibility of profound inner ease.

Guided meditation drawing from a few wisdom traditions. Together we’ll explore samatha, cultivating calm and steady attention through single pointed focus; vipassana, developing mindful awareness and insight through open observation of present moment experience; and metta, the practice of loving kindness, nurturing compassion for ourselves and others.

Whether you are new to meditation or have an established practice, you are welcome here. Clear guidance is offered throughout the session, making the practices accessible to beginners while providing depth for experienced meditators.

Loose, comfortable clothing is recommended so your body can relax with ease. Chairs and meditation cushions are available, and practitioners are encouraged to choose the posture that best supports comfort, stability, and ease.

Everyone is Welcome Here
All bodies, backgrounds, and experience levels are welcome. No prior experience is necessary. There is never a cost.

This Practice is Not Sold
This practice is not sold. It’s shared. Our offerings exist through voluntary giving - as a living expression of the community we are. What we receive is made possible by the many who have given before us, and what we offer allows the practice to remain unowned and open.

Giving is part of yoga practice - not as a duty, but as a remembering. When we give, the grip of “me and mine” loosens. The patterns of separation and self-importance are disrupted. We step out of self-absorption - the root of suffering - and feel into the truth of interconnectedness. Every act of giving dissolves a boundary. The giver and the receiver are not two. This is how the practice continues - through open hands and open hearts.