breathwork + Sound bath with Katie Lemmert, Monday, August 3, 7:30-8:45p

75 minutes to step away from the noise and reconnect with yourself.

We'll begin with guided breathwork set to a thoughtfully curated playlist. Breathwork is an active meditation that helps quiet the thinking mind so you can reconnect with the wisdom of your heart. Using a consciously connected breathing pattern, we'll work with the body's energy, creating space to release what you've been carrying.

You'll be invited to sigh, laugh, yell, cry if it arises, or simply breathe with intention. There is no right way to experience this practice. Breathwork gives us permission to acknowledge what is present—whether that's stress, grief, anger, joy, or something you can't quite put words to. Rather than pushing those emotions away, we create space to witness them with curiosity, compassion, and acceptance, allowing them to move through us.

From there, you'll settle into deep rest as the sounds of Himalayan singing bowls, Italian gongs, chimes, and other therapeutic instruments wash over you, giving your nervous system time to integrate and restore.

You'll leave feeling more grounded, clear, and connected. No prior experience is necessary—just wear comfortable clothing and give yourself permission to reset.

Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or simply craving a deeper connection with yourself, this experience offers space to breathe, acknowledge, release, rest, and return to yourself.

Investment: $30 until 7/27. $35 after. Register HERE.

body love : a somatic experience with Molly bienstock, friday, august 7, 5:30-7p

We will move through three phases together. The first is called Unwinding + Unravelling where we’ll move in circles to safely open the joints. Phase two is called Shaking + Making Sounds where, with the support of some more upbeat music, we’ll start to bounce and let whatever sounds the body wants to make come out. In the last phase, we’ll enter Surrender + Service and lay our bodies down to rest and receive all the wisdom there is to be felt. This may also be a time to listen deeply to guides or well ancestors who wish to share loving messages with you.

We end class by coming back together in a circle and sharing our experience as a way to serve us in both integration and also to be in ritual space as a community.

Together we'll explore what it means to be in a body through the lens of somatic experience, parts work, and the importance of slowing down. Come enjoy an evening of yoga, movement, and dance as a ritual for forgiveness, belonging, and collective care.

Investment: $30. Register HERE.

Molly Bienstock (they/them) is a nonbinary, queer somatic therapist and educator whose passions lie in helping people find safety in their bodies so they can experience their most playful, authentic selves. After a traumatic accident in 2014, Molly became a scholar of somatic and spiritual methodologies as a channel to better understand the body's survival responses as well as how it can thrive. Molly now offers a unique combination of tools in their private practice Magic With Molly that stems from the wisdom of yoga, breathwork, somatic experience, movement and dance therapy, traditional talk therapy, and parts work. Molly's focus is on helping people feel their most expansive, human selves by honoring our reflections in Nature and integrating contradictory aspects of the self to support the feeling of Wholeness. Molly works with clients of all ages and backgrounds in both 1-on-1 settings and groups.

Elemental Sound Healing with Juju Desta, Friday, August 14, 6-7:15p

Sound healing is an ancient practice that uses sound to relax the body and mind through allowing the vibrations of the various instruments to put one into a “yogic sleep.” In yogic sleep, the individual is neither fully asleep nor fully awake. In Aboriginal culture, it is referred to as the “Dream Time” state. The sounds vibrate with every cell of a living organism which in turn activates a natural healing process working through any physical, mental, or emotional blockages within the body.

Julian J. Desta is 200hr certified yoga instructor residing in Richmond, VA. Always having a passion for the creative arts, he was introduced to the practice of Sound Healing and Therapy when given his first singing bowl as a birthday present from a friend. Julian began researching the depths of sound and it’s powerful healing techniques. After a few years practicing Julian received his Sound Healing Certification from Mentor and friend Mark Toregson in 2019.

Specializing in a variety of instruments from the didgeridoo, to flutes, singing bowls, and drums, Julian has created a unique Sound Healing Experience called Elemental Sound Healing. Discovering relationship between sound healing and nature, he calls on the 4 elements of Air, Wind, Water, and Fire to channel through each practice to bring balance to the human system or what he likes to refer to as homeostasis.

Please bring whatever you would like to rest comfortably on the ground.  A mat, pillow, and blanket or two are recommended.

Investment: $30.  Register HERE.