Upcoming Workshops
Special Events and Classes
Earth Day Forest Bathing
Dates: Saturday, April 19, 2025
Location: Rock Creek Park
In-Person
$40 general/$35 members
2-4pm, In-person only
Celebrate
the return of Spring with a mindful walk in nature. Join DC Certified
Forest Therapy Guide, Sarah DeWitt, in this two-hour gentle walk that
encourages you to slow down and reconnect with yourself, nature, and
your community. Forest bathing, or shinrin yoku, is the simple
practice of taking in the woods through the senses. The benefits are
numerous: boosted immunity, lowered blood pressure and heart rate,
improved attention and mood, and a chance to take an intentional break
from digital media and screen-time.
Prenatal Yoga 6-Week Series - April/May 2025
Dates: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Location: Lighthouse Yoga Center
Online In-Person
$108 general / $96 members
6:00pm-7:15pm, Online or in person.
Join birth and postpartum doula Rebecca Henry for her unique hybrid Prenatal Yoga Series!
Prenatal yoga is not just a regular yoga class adapted for pregnant people. At a time when everything is changing in your body, prenatal yoga helps moms-to-be reconnect with and build body awareness, stretch, strengthen and release the muscles most easily affected by pregnancy and foster a greater understanding of what is happening with our bodies during pregnancy and childbirth.
Postnatal Yoga 6 Week Series - April/May 2025
Dates: Friday, April 25, 2025 - Friday, May 30, 2025
Location: Lighthouse Yoga Center
Online In-Person
$108 general / $96 members
Fridays, 11am-12:15pm, online or in person.
Becoming the Best Birth Partner - May 2025
Dates: Saturday, May 03, 2025
Location: Lighthouse Yoga Center
In-Person
$95 (per couple) general/$85 members
2-5pm, In-person at Lighthouse studio.
Working with both pregnant person and partner, Rebecca will show birth partners how to guide, and support the laboring person, both at home and in the hospital, so that they can find their inner strength to bring forth baby. Together you’ll learn the basics of what to expect during labor, along with partner-enhanced poses and other relaxation techniques that you can use throughout the remainder of pregnancy and labor. The goal is to to ease stress, anxiety and pain, and to promote relaxation and calm so that you can both work to bring baby into the world surrounded with love and joy!Price is per couple.
Soothing Sound Bath Sunday May 2025
Dates: Sunday, May 04, 2025
Location: Lighthouse Yoga Center
In-Person
$36 general/$22 members (deep discount for members!)
7-8:30pm, in-person
Explore your personal relationship with sound, mood, health, and
body. Sound healing is an ancient technique used around the world, from
the gongs and bowls of Tibet to the Salish Drum Circles of the Pacific
Northwest. Advances in aural science have allowed scientists to
study the impact certain frequencies and tones have on cellular
structure and biorhythmic processes. Increasingly, sound healing is
employed as a holistic tool to calm, repair, and heal. We begin
our monthly sessions by setting a personal intention (sankalp) and
dimming the lights. We are guided through meditation to center ourselves
before we drift into a sonic bath. Every month, we will employ
frequencies and tones to aid cell repair, reduce anxiety, and manage
stress.
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika Book Club
Dates: Wednesday, May 07, 2025 - Wednesday, June 04, 2025
Location: Online
Online
$90 general/$80 members
7:30-8:30pm, online only
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika, also known as Light on Hatha Yoga, is widely agreed to be the most influential surviving text about yoga. Written as a technical manual, it includes detailed descriptions of asana, pranayama, mudras and bandhas, as well as the states of consciousness. This medieval Indian text is full of fascinating metaphors, esoteric ideas, and a whole lot of entertaining hyperbole. Join us for this fun and nerdy book club to uncover how the original intentions and techniques of hatha yoga relate to your yoga practice today.
Rest is Resistance: A Restorative Yoga Practice
Dates: Saturday, May 10, 2025
Location: Lighthouse Yoga Center
In-Person
$36 general/$30 members
2-4pm, in person
Grumpy? Weary? Anxious? Resist the capitalist, patriarchal systems
designed to link your productivity to your worth by resting! Join Tara
to relax deeply and profoundly in this receptive practice of Restorative
Yoga. Unlike more active styles of yoga, Restorative Yoga is not about
stretching or building strength. Instead, this class focuses on creating
the optimal conditions to soothe your nervous system, enhance your
mental clarity, reduce stress, prevent burnout, and restore your sense
of overall well being.
Nature & Nidra: Transition from Spring to Summer 2025
Dates: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Location: Lighthouse Yoga Center
In-Person
$30 general/$24 members
4-6:30pm, in-person
Join us as we give ourselves an opportunity to reflect on the speedy growth of spring and acclimate to the simmer of summer. Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation to take us through the pancha maya kosha (five layers of self), leaving us with a sense of profound relaxation. We will get comfortable in the studio and use props to offer ourselves space to explore what we need at the moment. A deep nidra calms the nervous system, reduces stress and promotes better healing - a wonderful way to let go of what no longer serves us.
Discover Your Divinity in Nature: A Yoga Retreat on magical Prince Edward Island
Dates: 6/9/2025 to 6/14/2025
Reteat with us on Prince Edward Island!
Happy Hamstrings
Dates: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Location: Lighthouse Yoga Center
In-Person
$27 general/$23 members
2-3:30pm, in-person
With Tara Lemerise!
Yoga postures are particularly good at stretching the backs of your legs. This can help relieve low back and hip discomfort, and leave you feeling more grounded and steady. If you are constantly plagued by tight hamstrings, this workshop will help you explore why and help you more in the direction of more ease.