Poses with Purpose: October, Friends of Angles, 10/17 3-4 pm
Please join us for October's Poses with Purpose - a traditional Hatha Yoga class supporting Friends of Angels in honor of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
Friends of Angels was founded in 2013. Their mission is to give back through charitable events to other established organizations, that help families who have suffered the loss of a child; whether through miscarriage, still birth, or infant loss.
For more information, about Friends of Angels, please visit their website.
- Sunday, 10/17, 3:00- 4:00 pm
- $20.00 Per Student
- Portion of Revenue will be donated to Friends of Angles
Instructed with Megan Hall- Bunty
This class will be led by Megan Hall-Bunty. Infant loss awareness is very close to Megan's heart, and she is honored to lead this class. Megan is a 700 Hour Certified Yoga Teacher who believes that yoga should be an accessible practice for every single person, no matter their body type, gender, religious affiliation, or background. She encourages her students to listen to their bodies and move in ways that serve their body, mind, and soul in that moment. Megan is a wife, mother of two elementary-aged children, and a cat-mom. She has held many jobs including preschool aide, piano teacher, and professional musician. She owns a small outdoor yoga studio in East Hempfield, Unity Life Yoga, and is also the Creative Director at West End Yoga. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, sewing, playing the piano, and reading books about religion and spirituality.
GiGi's Playhouse Fundraising Class with Meghan McLane
Join us for a very fun class, raising money for GiGi's Playhouse Lancaster!
Get in Touch with Your Childlike Joy & Awe!
GiGi’s Playhouse in Lancaster, PA opened on January 11, 2020, thanks to a great community of families, friends, educators, therapists and community members who worked together to make the dream a reality.
GiGi's Playhouse is the only worldwide network of Down Syndrome achievement centers; changing lives through free, results-driven programs for individuals of all ages, their families & communities. In helping individuals with Down syndrome achieve their best of all, we also advance our larger vision of global acceptance for people of all abilities. GiGi's was established 16 years ago and has 48+ locations.
GiGi's Playhouse Lancaster is unique because we are able to provide a physical location for participants of all ages and their families to participate in therapeutic-based, educational and career training programming. Programs are always available for free, as cost will never be a barrier to achievement or acceptance. We want to be a positive light for participants and their families because we believe that individuals with Down syndrome have a unique ability to touch someone's heart and change their life in a positive way. We believe that every person with Down syndrome can make a big difference in the lives of their families, friends and community! Through GiGi's Playhouse, we want to empower participants with Down syndrome to overcome obstacles, reach their goals, and achieve their Best of All!
For more information about Gigi's Playhouse, please click here: www.gigisplayhouse.org/lancaster
Yoga at Thistle Finch Distillery, 10/21 6-7 pm
Join Neida for a special Vinyasa Flow for All class at Thistle Finch Distillery!
This will be a slower Flow Vinyasa class, accessible to all. Receive and enjoy 15% off your order (alcohol beverages not included in coupon) for your next visit. If you can't stay that evening, no worries - your 15% Off Coupon will be valid for the next 30 days.
Register now, space is limited to 12 people
We will have several mats available to borrow
Support, play, & live locally
Studio Community Members $20, Students $25
Thistle Finch Distillery - 417 W Grant St, Lancaster Directions Here
Parking is located in the large lot on the left side of the street. Please do not park in the small lot on the right side of the street
Ayurveda & You, 10/24, 2-4 pm
A Beginner’s Workshop with Roberta Strickler
Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine. It helps us establish a healthy lifestyle, using food and yogic practices to stay balanced in a chaotic world.
Perhaps you are exploring Ayurveda for the first time. Or you may have a basic understanding of Ayurveda and the three-part dosa system on which both healthy and healing lifestyle choices are based.
This two-hour workshop will include explanations of the basics and introduce specific cues that apply to each person's unique makeup.
Because the language of Ayurveda is non-threatening, this workshop is ideal for including your partner, your friend, your spouse, to a world of good health and a lifestyle that includes the yoga you love - but does not insist on doing poses.
Please register by Friday evening for this Sunday afternoon workshop to allow us to prepare better ahead of time. If you aren’t sure of your dosa (constitution type), Roberta encourages you to take this Dosa Quiz to get a foundational understanding of your makeup, even before you come to the workshop.
Students $45, Community Members $40
Meet Roberta!
Roberta seeks the unity of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Meditation as a lifestyle. In poses she works toward each person's alignment for posture and balance. Each class cites a theme and some sort of lesson. Poses develop in sequence so there is always something new. Flow is slow. Be prepared for fun and learning.
Her yoga certifications came from Kripalu in 1995, then 13 years studying Anusara, and now Iyengar yoga. She cites Doug Keller as a longtime teacher of Yoga As Therapy and the Philosophy of Yoga. Roberta taught yoga as part of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction team for 6 years. She studied Ayurveda at Himalayan Institute for 20 years and received an Ayurveda Counselor certificate from Kripalu in 2014.
Kids & Costumes Yoga: Cancled Due To Rain
Come out to Buchanan Park for this special yoga class for kids led by Colleen Gergely
Wear your costume (nothing scary please!) while stretching, moving, and playing.
Each child will receive a small special treat, and we will end with a Costume Parade through the park!
Please plan to stay with your child. Care takers can watch, walk, or feel free to join in!
If you have a beach towel or yoga mat, please bring it - we will have some on-hand for you to borrow if you do not have one. $15 per child. If you have more than one child and cost is a barrier to you, please do not hesitate to reach out to us: reach@westendyogastudio.com
Meet Colleen: Colleen holds a 200 Hour Yoga Certification and believes that every yoga student should walk away with a Yoga Toolbox that will increase strength in the body and spirit. Through various classes and techniques, Colleen provides the tools to: manage stress and anxiety through yoga; connect with the body and breath; and make meaningful connections with self and others. She is an inclusive instructor who believes yoga should be accessible to every individual.
Colleen has a Master’s Degree in Education and is a certified Reading Specialist. Through the years, she has taught grades K-8. She currently teaches at a local preschool, in addition to providing yoga classes. Colleen offers a variety of yoga classes and workshops including: Chair Yoga, Kid’s Yoga, Baptiste Power Yoga, Power+Restorative Yoga, Youth/Teen/Tween Yoga Leadership Workshops, and Adult Restorative Workshops.
Ease Into Pleasure: finding time for yourself during the busy holiday season, Saturday 11/13, 6:30- 8:30 pm
Ease into Pleasure: finding time for yourself during the busy holiday season.
The holidays can be a stressful time and as women we have a tendency to put our needs and pleasures on the back burner.
In this workshop we will take some time to just be in and move with our bodies exactly as they are!
All awhile learning skills to take home with you to practice when things get a but hectic.
Using intuitive movement and pleasure embodiment techniques, Ashley will guide you out of your head and deep into the wisdom of your body. Release all of the expectations and roles that society puts on you and step into your authentic self. Wear whatever makes you feel sensual and empowered as we explore breath and subtle movements!
Not a dancer? No problem! This workshop is focused on asking your body how they want to move moment to moment. You will be given guided questions and prompts to help facilitate your movement or you can follow your own flow! Everyone's movements will look different and unique to them. There is no right or wrong way to connect to yourself. $40.
The set intention of this workshop is to...
Relax into the safety of the body
Open up our hearts and sacred sensual self
Accept our feelings and bodies exactly as they are
Release our judgments and what is holding us back
Receive the goodness and pleasure that is already within us
Ashley Ondra Smoker
Ashley Ondra Smoker, owner of Nature's Intuition, has a passion for helping women connect with their sacred sensual self through yoni steaming, pleasure embodiment coaching, and sensual movement. Guiding people out of the head and deep into the wisdom of their bodies! Creating space to slow down and accept themselves exactly as they are in this moment. She has over 10 years of experience inside the healing field, starting as a massage therapist and continuing her education as a pleasure embodiment coach and yoni steam practitioner.
Mindful Parenting, Sunday 11/14, 12-2 pm
Balance, Joy, Re-Frame, Parenting
In this practical class, we will be exploring several mindfulness and compassion tools to help you stay present and kind during all the ups and downs of parenting. We will also be examining ways mindfulness can help you re-frame common parenting challenges and cultivate balance and joy in the parenting journey itself.
No prior meditation experience is necessary. This class will be a mix of meditations, discussions and experiential learning. Studio Community Members $20, Students $25, November 14th, 12-2 pm.
JESS OKANYA PATEL, MA
Jess Okanya Patel is the mother of two beautiful boys in Lancaster PA. She has journeyed the many ups and downs of parenting, including living abroad in East Africa, homeschooling, divorce and remarriage. Through it all, mindfulness has strengthened her capacity for compassion, patience and deep listening with her children. Jess has completed a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University. She brings a warm, inviting and gentle approach to her teaching. JessOkanyaPatel.com
Memorial Day Flow at Buchanan Park!
Start your Summer and Holiday off with some strength, flexibility and fun! Join our instructor Rachel Heisey for a 1-time Memorial Day morning Yoga & Strength class in the park!
Looking to increase your energy? Your health? Physically sculpt and stretch? Or just enjoy the outdoors this Memorial Day?! This class will do all of the above!
Rachel will teach a one-hour class by the Rose Garden in Buchanan Park that will mix Yoga, Barre & Pilates. This class will be taught for all bodies and fitness levels - so you can feel comfortable no matter your experience level. The class will be built to increase your joy (something we all love to add to our Summer!), challenge your muscles in a fun caring way, lengthen your muscles to nourish your joints, all while energizing your whole body!
Come practice and learn to love the skin your in, to embrace and work with your divinely-created body and to start your Summer in a body-positive physically energizing way. All will leave feeling refreshed and excited about their Summer and the body they have.
Food Is Love: Jenny Schulder, Sun 11/21, 2-4 pm
Ayurveda for the Holidays
Sunday 11/21
2:00- 4:00 pm
Jenny Schulder
Prepare your mind, body, and spirit for Holiday time by using Ayurvedic food and lifestyle techniques for self love and practical digestion. Starting with a brief intro to Ayurveda, Jenny Schulder Brant will teach us about the Ayurvedic Clock as well as easy food combination guidelines for maximum digestion.
We will create a healing and delicious spice blend that you’ll be able to take home and we’ll discuss eating for special occasions verses everyday eating, the 70/30 rule, and how to enjoy the abundance of food at your holiday table, with love.
Be Warm, Comfortable, Enjoy Conversation, Take Notes, as We Collect Together to Explore, Learn, & Discuss:
Ayurvedic food & lifestyle techniques for self love & digestion
70/30 rule
Eating for special occassions vs. everyday eating
Food combing skills for maximum digestion
Specifications on spices- explore healing spice blends
Enjoy warm tea as we also
Design Our Own unique spice blend to take home
Jenny has been practicing and studying yoga for over 15 years. Building on her foundation of 14 years of Middle Eastern Folk & Graham Modern Dance built during childhood, she found yoga while working in the world of Media and Entertainment where she was a producer and photographer for major publications and shows. Her study of Yoga began to unravel the years of anxiety and stress that had built up due to the frenetic nature of her job and has enabled and empowered her to live a fuller, more well rounded existence.
Along her path of Yoga, Jenny found its sister science, Ayurveda, which has further strengthened Jenny's resolve to live a creative, inspiring life full of health, well being, and giving.
Jenny Schulder Brant is a NAMA Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner(750 hr), Wise Earth Ayurveda Sadikha, a Briala Bodyworks/ Yoga Alliance certified Yoga Teacher (200 hr) and a Steamy Chick certified Vaginal Steam Facilitator. She has continued her education with Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Claudia Welch, Susun Weed and Keli Garza.
Integrating all of her life's experiences, Jenny is helping others in the creative community using both Yoga and Ayurveda to bring balance and calm to the chaos of creation. She is equally passionate about educating parents and children about food as medicine, knowing that this is a critical step in fixing the existing health crisis. Jenny continues to take photographs for private clients and shows her work at local galleries/studios. She is married with two children and a dog named Squirt.