Inner Alchemy: Breath & Meditation Facilitator Immersion Training with David Magone

October 5 &amp; 6 • 2-8pm November 2 &amp; 3 • 2-8pm December 7 &amp; 8 • 2-8pm Newton &amp; Livestream &nbsp; This meditation &amp; breath-work training is open to teachers, and practitioners alike and upon completion, you will be eligible to apply for 36 Continuing Education hours with Yoga Alliance. Embark on a sacred journey of transformation and become a guide in the transformative practices of meditation and breath-work. Delve into traditional and contemporary techniques, empowering others on their own sacred journeys and joining a community of like-minded individuals on a path of positive change. This immersive teacher training program invites you to delve deep within yourself, unlocking the profound potential for personal growth, spiritual awakening, and the ability to positively impact the world around you. Weekend 1: Calming the Mind, Igniting the Spirit Discover the art of inner stillness as you experience traditional calming meditation practices. Immerse yourself in yoga nidra, experience the serenity of the zen walking meditation, cultivate a tranquil mind through shamatha meditation, nurturing focused awareness and deepening your connection to the present moment. Weekend 2: Breath, Consciousness, and Expansion Unveil the transformative power of breath as you journey into the realm of expanded consciousness. Explore the benefits and responsible usage of breath induced psychedelic states of awareness, unlocking doors to profound insights and heightened spiritual experiences. Learn to harness the breath as a catalyst for transformation, discovering the ability to upregulate and downregulate your nervous system &amp; consciousness. As you acquire the skills to guide themed breathwork sessions, you become an agent of positive change, supporting others on their own paths of growth and inner awakening. Weekend 3: Integration and Empowerment Integrate your newfound wisdom and create a ripple effect of transformation in your community and the world. Engage in practice teaching exercises, refining your ability to guide and inspire others through meditation and breathwork. Explore advanced breathwork techniques, including powerful trance breathing, expanding your awareness and accessing profound spiritual insights. Leave this weekend with a sustainable practice and a deep sense of empowerment, ready to help others unlock their inner potential and contribute to supporting your community. You will be supported by a community of like-minded individuals, sharing the journey of growth, compassion, and collective evolution. &nbsp; Unlock the Power of Meditation and Breath and become an instrument of transformation, helping to make the world a better place— one breath, one heart, and one soul at a time. Reserve your place today and embark on a journey that transcends the self, illuminates the spirit, and shapes a more harmonious future. &nbsp; Cost: $1495&nbsp; Upon completion of this program you may apply for 36 CEU hours at Yoga Alliance Down Under Teacher Trainings are final sale &amp; do not allow for any cancellations or refunds.

Down Under School of Yoga Newton & Livestream

Know Your Flow: Vinyasa Skill-building with Meredith Evangelisti & Shawna Lemelman 

Want to delve deeper into the fundamentals and do more than rush through a sequence? Join Shawna and Meredith for a 75 minute workshop breaking down the dynamics of vinyasa. In this hands-on class you will get individualized adjustments specifically for your body in the movements we use over and over again in a Flow class. Learn drills to help you smooth out transitions and progress to a proper jump forward/back. You’ll leave feeling more confident with your flow, and equipped to safely continue to progress in your vinyasa practice. Yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3

Down Under School of Yoga Brookline & Livestream

Kundalini Yoga: Meditation for a Calm Heart with Daniel Orlansky 

Prepare for the holiday season with a powerful Kundalini Yoga practice featuring the transformative “Meditation for a Calm Heart.” We’ll begin with dynamic movement and strong breathwork to awaken the Kundalini energy, followed by mudras and inner locks (bandhas) to channel this elevated pranic energy toward inner radiance and higher consciousness. The session will culminate in “Meditation for a Calm Heart,” a breath meditation focused on the heart center (4th chakra), which reduces stress while nurturing calmness and “loving-kindness” for ourselves and others. Open to all levels. Cost: $30 Yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3

Down Under School of Yoga South End 

Release and Remember: A Winter Solstice Journey with Emily Peterson & Allison Talis 

The body holds our memories, our inherited epigenetic road map, and our present patterning. This workshop works with and through the body to release, untangle, and create new neural pathways towards integration.&nbsp; We will begin with a guided, improvisational Soul Dance-Movement Practice, that engages somatic awareness to facilitate personal growth, emotional well-being, and collective healing. This welcoming, no eye-contact practice does not require any dance experience. Be prepared to move and sweat- knowing you are in full control of the intensity and pace for yourself.&nbsp; Next, we will practice a yin sequence to slowly deepen into somatic contemplation of ancestral patterns. We will tap into our innate ancestral resilience and resources. Finally we’ll close with a guided meditation reflecting on our inner light and the hope that lies in the heart of the winter solstice. Bring a yoga mat (mats are available to rent for $3 in studio), journal, water, and socks and a sweatshirt or even an extra set of clothes, as you might get sweaty.&nbsp; There will be a five minute break in between the movement and the stillness portions to help facilitate warmth and comfort in the yin/mediation practices.&nbsp; Cost: $55

Foundations of Yoga: A Journey into Asanas with Masaaki Okamura

Unlock the Transformative Power of Yoga! Join us for an enriching 2-hour workshop designed specifically for beginners, led by the experienced &amp; inspiring Masaaki Okamura. This is your chance to explore the world of yoga in a welcoming and supportive environment, where you'll learn foundational asanas (postures) that promote strength, flexibility, and inner peace. What to Expect:<ul><li>Learn Essential Asanas: Dive into key yoga postures, including Mountain Pose, Downward Facing Dog, Chaturanga, Upward Facing Dog and Warrior I. Masaaki will provide step-by-step instructions, alignment tips, and variations to ensure you feel confident and supported.&nbsp;</li><li>Build a Flow: Experience the joy of movement as you put your newfound knowledge into practice with a gentle flowing sequence. You'll learn to synchronize your breath with movement, creating a sense of harmony in your body and mind.</li><li>Embrace Relaxation: End your workshop with restorative poses and a guided relaxation session. Discover the importance of Savasana, where you'll learn to fully unwind and integrate your practice.</li><li>Connect with Community: Join a group of like-minded individuals on the same journey. Share your experiences, ask questions, and build connections that can last beyond the workshop.</li></ul>Why Join This Workshop?<ul><li>Personalized Guidance: Receive expert instruction uniquely designed for beginners</li><li>A Holistic Approach: Explore not just the physical aspect of yoga, but also its mental and emotional benefits</li><li>Take Home Tools: Leave with practical skills and insights to continue your practice at home</li></ul>Cost: $40 Please wear comfortable clothing you can move in &amp; bring a yoga mat (yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3)

Down Under School of Yoga Porter Square

Deeply Rooted & Rising: A New Year’s Eve Celebration with Marja Lankinen

Usher in 2025 by honoring the roots of our past and routing into the New Year with health, wellness, community, and intention. Marja will guide a 90-minute experience that begins with inquiry, introspection, and personal journal-writing and flows into an all-levels vinyasa class focused on the strength of our foundations and the creative play that accompanies growth, adventure, and flight. All levels and all bodies are welcome. Room will be warm. Bring a notebook, water and a towel.

Down Under School of Yoga Porter Square 

FroZen by David Magone

Three Sundays 12:30-2:30pm January 5, 2025 February 2, 2025 March 2, 2025 FroZen is an innovative cold-acclimation course utilizing the potential health benefits of cold temperatures for overall well-being. This structured program involves three comprehensive sessions. Over the course of the program, you will learn to safely adapt to cold temperatures, practice meditation in the cold, and experience the exhilaration of a cold water plunge in a natural lake setting. FroZen is more than just a course; it's a pioneering approach to improved health and personal growth, enabling you to not merely endure winter, but to thrive within it. Lessons will include:<ul><li>Instruction on the science of cold acclimation</li><li>guided breath-work sessions</li><li>"no shiver" walk &amp; meditation</li><li>group ice-plunge at Crystal Lake in Newton (participants will need their own transportation to Crystal Lake)</li></ul>This program is contraindicated for pregnant people, anyone suffering from epilepsy, high blood pressure, arrhythmias, coronary heart disease or a history of serious health issues, such as heart attack or stroke. As always, ask your doctor if you have any medical concerns around your participation. This programming is run by DM Adventures LLC Cost: $295 * this course is not eligible for the YogiPass discount * * cost includes all three sessions, there is no proration for missing a session *

Down Under School of Yoga Newton

Getting Up(side Down): Handstands with Hannah Adams

<a href="https://downunderyoga.com/brookline-yoga-schedule">Brookline</a> &amp; Livestream An all levels experiential&nbsp;workshop designed&nbsp;to move you through gravitational plateaus&nbsp;and take flight.&nbsp; After thorough preparation, we will intelligently work with the wall to support the process of getting upside down. You will leave this workshop with clear steps that you can safely practice on your own to improve your&nbsp;handstands&nbsp;every day! This workshop is designed for all levels of&nbsp;handstand&nbsp;practitioners. Beginners are encouraged to attend! Cost: $45 Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

Deepen into the Water Element: A Winter Shamanic Healing Journey with Emily Peterson 

Winter is a time for deep reflection and revelation. Just like bears hibernating, we can turn toward a sleepy silence within and connect to soul and Spirit while preparing for renewal.&nbsp; Go on a sacred, shamanic healing journey by connecting with the element of water, winter’s element, and honor the waters by deepening your understanding of water as a living being.&nbsp; We will support and connect to the waters of the body through a yin practice after which we will do a shamanic movement meditation to connect, embody, and receive messages from the spirit of water.&nbsp; The journey will end in deep rest as we seed and infuse the waters of the body with our dreams for the year to come. Bring a journal, water &amp; a yoga mat (mats are available to rent in studio for $3) Cost: $50

Mastering the Essentials: Building Strength & Confidence in Yoga with Michael Ponte

Part 1: Sun Salutations and Standing Poses Back Bay &amp; Livestream Explore the brilliance of the basics! Whether you’re just starting out or looking to sharpen your skills, this two-part series is designed to help you build confidence, refine your knowledge, and thrive in Flow or Heated Flow classes. Over the course of two Saturdays, we’ll demystify the foundational poses and movements that often leave students wondering. Ever been confused about what your legs should be doing in Warrior 2 or Triangle? Not quite sure about arm and shoulder alignment in Chaturanga or Downward Dog? Now’s your chance to get crystal clear on the foundational moves and ask the questions you’ve always wanted answered. Join Michael Ponte, one of Down Under’s lead 200 Hour trainers, to release uncertainty and build the confidence to truly enjoy your yoga practice. You’ll leave with game-changing insights and a toolkit of principles to help you unlock the full potential of any yoga class you take. Say goodbye to hesitation and step into your practice with confidence. Cost: $30 Please bring a yoga mat, yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3 ***For livestream participants: a Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***

Down Under School of Yoga Back Bay & Livestream

Part 2: Twists, Backbends, &amp; Forward Folds Back Bay &amp; Livestream&nbsp; Explore the brilliance of the basics! Whether you’re just starting out or looking to sharpen your skills, this two-part series is designed to help you build confidence, refine your knowledge, and thrive in Flow or Heated Flow classes. Over the course of two Saturdays, we’ll demystify the foundational poses and movements that often leave students wondering. Ever been confused about what your legs should be doing in Warrior 2 or Triangle? Not quite sure about arm and shoulder alignment in Chaturanga or Downward Dog? Now’s your chance to get crystal clear on the foundational moves and ask the questions you’ve always wanted answered. Join Michael Ponte, one of Down Under’s lead 200 Hour trainers, to release uncertainty and build the confidence to truly enjoy your yoga practice. You’ll leave with game-changing insights and a toolkit of principles to help you unlock the full potential of any yoga class you take. Say goodbye to hesitation and step into your practice with confidence. Cost: $30 Please bring a yoga mat, yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3 ***For livestream participants: a Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***

The Art of Assisting with Masaaki Okamura, Kate Heffernan & Ally Hines

Saturday &amp; Sunday 1:15-8:15 pm February 8-9, 2025 <a href="https://downunderyoga.com/art-of-assisting-training">Learn more</a> Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience a greater understanding of the art of alignment and hands-on adjustments? Join Down Under faculty for a revolutionary weekend to explore, learn, and practice what it means to teach with your hands. During this weekend you will delve into the depths of working as a tactical artist in the classroom, learning the ABC's of alignment and assisting, how to read a room, see bodies, and how to direct without your voice. Part lecture, part practice, this weekend will change the way you practice and teach, and the way you communicate with your hands. For students, teachers and those eager to deepen their understanding of the art that is assisting!&nbsp; &nbsp;Required Props: yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio) Cost: $275

Down Under School of Yoga Brookline

Valentine's Day Partner Stretching & Thai Yoga Massage with Daniel Orlansky 

Join us on February 14 for a special Valentine's Day experience: partner stretching and Thai Yoga Massage. Celebrate the holiday of the heart with a friend or partner in a relaxing evening designed to soften and release tension in the body. Through a combination of gentle stretches and soothing massage, this session will help reduce physical tension, improve circulation, ease lower back and neck pain, and leave you feeling more connected, refreshed, and happy. Wear comfortable loose fitting clothes or yoga clothes. Required Props: please bring two yoga mats (mats are available to rent for $3 at the studio) Cost: $75 per couple Note - only one of the pair need sign up.&nbsp;

Mastering the Float & Fly of Ashtanga with Sam Glannon

Surrender to the traditional Ashtanga Yoga method with careful emphasis on the traditional vinyasa method and have fun along the journey. Experience the integrity and purity of the Ashtanga Yoga practice and be prepared to sweat. Cost: $50 Sign up Early - Early Bird pricing of 20% off until the end of 2024! Please bring a mat, yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3

Down Under School of Yoga Harvard Square

Ashtanga Adjusting & Assisting Clinic with Elliott McEldowney

For many students, the experience of an ashtanga yoga class is tied to the adjustments and assists the teacher provides. But the current discourse around physical adjustments and consent has complicated our approach to touch in the studio. How do we resolve the question of adjustments in the ashtanga tradition with how we now teach students? In this adjustment workshop, we’ll discuss the traditional approach to hand-on adjustments and work through strategies for adjustments and assists that respect consent, keep students safe, and are sustainable for the teacher. We’ll look at the alignment of many of the asanas from ashtanga primary and second series and we will workshop ways to adjust that maintain stability. We will encourage students to deepen their experience of the pose safely and under their own power. We will do a short practice to warm up but most of our time will be spent learning and experimenting with adjustments and assists through partner work. Some familiarity with the ashtanga sequence would be helpful, but is not required. This will be a very hands-on experience: please be comfortable with giving and receiving touch.&nbsp; Cost: $50 Sign up Early - Early Bird pricing of 20% off until the end of 2024! Please bring a mat, yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3

S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

Best places to go in Boston? Things to do? Places to eat?

Questions & answers about things to do in Boston

Recs 💬

Community recs 💬

S4: top picks

The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

The most fun and cool events happening around Boston

Hot and new things to do in Boston

Hot & new

Hot & new 🔥

S11: happening this weekend

What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

25+ things to do in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville this weekend

Things to do in Boston this weekend

This wknd

This weekend for you

S21: roundups

Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

Top picks of the best things to do in and around Boston

Joyraft picks: Boston’s best things to do

Roundups ⭐️

Curated by Joyraft ⭐️

S28: calendar experiences

This week in Boston

This week in Boston 📆

This week 📆

S20: c+d experiences

Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

The newest events happening in and around Boston

The newest events on Joyraft

Just added

Just added to Joyraft

S16: editor picks

The most unique and can’t miss things coming up in Boston / Cambridge / Somerville and beyond. Festivals, food, drinks, fairs, concerts, art and free activities.

Unique and Can’t Miss Things to Do in Boston

Can’t-miss things to do in Boston 🚨

Can't-miss things to do 🚨

S2 (A): top experiences

The most popular things to do on Joyraft. Concerts, restaurants, bars, events, parties, openings, kid friendly, date ideas, free things in Boston and beyond.

Top 20 things to do in Boston

Top 20: Joyraft’s most popular

Top 20

Top 20 on Joyraft

S3 (A): trending experiences

Discover can’t miss events and things to do in Boston. The most fun, unique and cool events coming to the Boston area this spring and summer.

The hottest events happening in Boston

Trending events on Joyraft

Trending 📈

S17: interest based

Your guide to everything free in and around Boston. From events, to fairs, to festivals, to outdoors. Joyraft has all the free events happening near you.

100+ free things to do in Boston and beyond

Free things to do in Boston

Free things to do

S19: interest based

Discover kid-friendly fun in Boston, Massachusetts, and surrounding areas! Enjoy hands-on exhibits at the Boston Children’s Museum, explore the New England Aquarium, and visit the Franklin Park Zoo. Find parks, playgrounds, and seasonal events perfect for families across Massachusetts.

Top 20 kid-friendly things to do in Boston, MA

Kid-friendly things to do in Boston

Kid-friendly events

S18: interest based

Where to eat and drink in Boston? Joyraft has Boston’s newest bars, restaurants and specials. Drinks and pre fixe dinner menus. Cambridge & Somerville too.