Upcoming Events

Tai Chi Gong in the Water with Kiara Vicini

Join us in the Warm Pool for a meditation in motion with Tiger Mountain Tai Chi Gong.
A Form with many health benefits , physical & mental. We’ll practice harmonizing body, breath & mind with special awareness for the water element and how it affects the quality of the movements.
Repeating this fluid sequence slowly , smoothly and continuously we cultivate balance , tranquillity & inner strength.
With regular practice we can develop effective skills of self-regulation for more resilience in our daily life.

Thursday, March 20
3:00pm
In the Warm Pool at the Temple Dome Pool Area
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Kiara-Vicini
Paypal: paypal.me/kiara50

Originally from Italy, Kiara was inspired by the beauty of nature and the wisdom of the body to study movement education and holistic health care. She is a certified Tai Chi for Health instructor and has a private practice offering therapeutic treatments, teaching body awareness systems for self-care, pain relief and fall prevention.

Nature Altar Building Ritual 1.5-hour workshop with Natalie Pyrooz

Build an altar ~ in nature, with nature ~ to honor something or someone in your life, someone who has passed, or maybe a season of change or heartfelt emotion.
Create a bit of magic and focus your intention in this ritual, held on the special grounds at Sierra Hot Springs this fall. Maybe you are really ready to let something go, or perhaps you’ve been able to move through some transition or change this year and want to acknowledge your growth. This is the perfect time to create a space for yourself to dive deep and invite some healing and restoring through a practice of intention and ritual.

Bring small pieces that remind you of your purpose and intent to include in your altar – stones, pieces of plants, jewelry/beads, the written word, miniature art. This is an opportunity to make an even deeper connection with a place that is already very special.

Friday, March 21
4:00pm
Meet at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @natalie-pyrooz

Natalie has a background in botany, and is healing artist using tools from yoga, Ayurveda, Thai massage, sound, and nature, based in rural Lassen County.
Website: www.nataliepyrooz.com
IG: wild.heart_quiet.mind
Contact: natalie.pyrooz@gmail.com

Silent Disco Dance Party: Open Movement & Stretch Time

Join us in the Green Room for a silent Disco dance party! Headphones are available for check out at the front desk

Friday & Saturday, March 21 & 22
8:00 – 9:30pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted

Yoga Rx with Amber Abbott

Yoga Rx is a therapeutic yoga class designed to support healing and restoration for those dealing with injury, chronic pain, and postural misalignment. This class emphasizes slow, gentle movements and deep stretches, targeting the myofascial tissues to release tension and promote flexibility. Incorporating elements of Restorative, Yin, and Yoga Nidra practices, Yoga Rx provides a deeply relaxing experience, with soothing, affirmative suggestions to relief pain, enhance relaxation and foster a sense of inner calm. Ideal for anyone seeking a mindful approach to physical and mental recovery.

Saturday, March 22
10:30am
Sunday, March 23
1:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Amber-Abbott-4
Paypal: @AAACoaching

Amber Abbott is a Yoga teacher and Hypnotherapist with over 15 years experience leading classes, events and private sessions. Her passion is helping people who are suffering from chronic pain, that could be physical, mental or emotional. She believes yoga and meditation can be used in a therapeutic way to address the root cause of pain and suffering and help facilitate a happy, healthy life. She loves spending time in nature, traveling and learning new ways to make the world a better place.
amberabbottcht.com

Tea and Somatic Movement with Mina

Come join us in this nature inspired and infused offering that invites you to reconnect with yourself and the elements through the sharing of tea, meditation, and movement. We will open the circle with the sharing of herbal tea; move into a guided meditation; then finish altogether with slow and intentional movement to bring fluidity and flow into our bodies.

This experience is designed to bring you into harmony with yourself and the natural world, fostering a sense of groundedness and expansion. Whether you seek relaxation, renewal, or a deeper connection to your body and breath, this class offers a safe space to explore what is possible.

No experience necessary, all who are interested are welcome.

Saturday, March 22
2:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @creationandsource

Mina enjoys exploring all the avenues of deepening into connection with awareness, flow, and aliveness. She has a background in dance, bodywork, and energy work. She loves to immerse herself in nature and listen to what the natural world has to teach and show her, and is excited for the opportunity to share what brings presence and joy in her life with others.

Revitalizing Yoga Flow with Natalie Pyrooz

Join Natalie for an awakening slow flow to bring focus and peace to the mind and revitalize your body, head to toe. Draw your attention inward and to the present moment, open your heart, and explore your physical body.
Our class will bring together elements from breathwork, mudra, mantra, and a gentle flow designed for all bodies and abilities.


Sunday, March 23
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @natalie-pyrooz

Natalie has a background in botany, and is healing artist using tools from yoga, Ayurveda, Thai massage, sound, and nature, based in rural Lassen County.
Website: www.nataliepyrooz.com
IG: wild.heart_quiet.mind
Contact: natalie.pyrooz@gmail.com

Tai Chi Gong in the Water with Kiara Vicini

Join us in the Warm Pool for a meditation in motion with Tiger Mountain Tai Chi Gong.
A Form with many health benefits , physical & mental. We’ll practice harmonizing body, breath & mind with special awareness for the water element and how it affects the quality of the movements.
Repeating this fluid sequence slowly , smoothly and continuously we cultivate balance , tranquillity & inner strength.
With regular practice we can develop effective skills of self-regulation for more resilience in our daily life.

Thursday, March 27
3:00pm
In the Warm Pool at the Temple Dome Pool Area
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Kiara-Vicini
Paypal: paypal.me/kiara50

Originally from Italy, Kiara was inspired by the beauty of nature and the wisdom of the body to study movement education and holistic health care. She is a certified Tai Chi for Health instructor and has a private practice offering therapeutic treatments, teaching body awareness systems for self-care, pain relief and fall prevention.

Tea and Somatic Movement with Mina

Come join us in this nature inspired and infused offering that invites you to reconnect with yourself and the elements through the sharing of tea, meditation, and movement. We will open the circle with the sharing of herbal tea; move into a guided meditation; then finish altogether with slow and intentional movement to bring fluidity and flow into our bodies.

This experience is designed to bring you into harmony with yourself and the natural world, fostering a sense of groundedness and expansion. Whether you seek relaxation, renewal, or a deeper connection to your body and breath, this class offers a safe space to explore what is possible.

No experience necessary, all who are interested are welcome.

Friday, March 28
12:00pm
Saturday, March 29
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @creationandsource 

Mina enjoys exploring all the avenues of deepening into connection with awareness, flow, and aliveness. She has a background in dance, bodywork, and energy work. She loves to immerse herself in nature and listen to what the natural world has to teach and show her, and is excited for the opportunity to share what brings presence and joy in her life with others.

All-Levels Vinyasa Flow with Emma Fajer

Come flow with us in an all-levels Vinyasa class! Move through sequences that connect breath with movement, helping you build strength, improve flexibility, and find a sense of inter-connectedness. Whether you’re new to yoga or have been practicing for years, this class is all about meeting you where you’re at and guiding you through a practice that leaves you feeling grounded and refreshed to help aid in your healing experience here at Sierra Hot Springs. 

Saturday, March 29
10:30am
Sunday, March 30
1:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Emma-Fajer

I am a passionate yoga instructor with over 10 years of personal practice and a RYT 200 certification. Yoga is a cornerstone of my spiritual practice, and I love sharing its transformative power with others. My teachings have been influenced by the wide variety of classes I have taken all around the world, as well as different explorations of mindfulness, a deep sense of somatic awareness, and my personal meditation practice. When not on the mat, you’ll find me adventuring outdoors, working with children, dancing, singing, or soaking in hot springs. 

Connection Games with Mihai Banulescu

Why do people love Connection Games? First, they experience an unusual level of heartfelt, intimate connection with self, others, and even humanity. Second, they receive a good amount of feedback on how they show up in the world, which they rarely get outside a therapeutic context or with (some) close friends. Third, they go home with new relating skills, which can significantly impact their lives. We hear rumors of growth, healing, and better relationships. Finally, this entire thing is fun! We love irreverence as much as we do reverence and find that keeping it light-hearted makes it easier to go deep and stay safe.

Saturday, March 29
2:00pm
Sunday, March 30
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @bluemihai

In 2010, Mihai learned about and became devoted to Circling, T-Group, and Authentic Relating. Interested in variety and choice, he created the first “C-Games” menu in 2016 and has been leading Connection Games workshops and retreats ever since. Mihai writes software by day and poetry by night, travels in a camper van with his puppy Avon, and has taught blues/fusion partner dancing since 2014.
More info at www.connectiongames.net

Healing Sound Bath with Devah

Time to be good to you. Settle deeper while drifting away with your own inner flow. This bath will include gongs, quartz singing bowls, flute, chimes, gentle drumming and some other soft surprises. I look forward to journeying with you.

Saturday, March 29
8:30pm
Sunday, March 30
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @heartglow

Devah has been working with Reiki and Sound for 15 years. Born and raised in Ireland he traveled the world for 15 years sitting with masters in Japan, India, Tibet and Portugal to refine his offering. He now lives here in the states and is excited to share sound with you all at his favorite hot spring.

Contemplative Dance Practice with Miriam Wolodarski 

Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) was developed by dance artist Barbara Dilley as “a meditators’ dance hall/ a dancers’ meditation hall.” This is a class for all moving bodies: you are welcome, whatever your experience and abilities may be. We will explore structures that facilitate embodied contemplation, sensation, composition, and playful dance improvisation. Expect a mix of still and moving meditations. Employing eye practices, maps of space, and time signatures, we will develop tools for orienting/disorienting, mapping/blurring, harmonizing/juxtaposing, starting/ending. Sensing, noticing, and moving with care, we always invite ourselves to show up just as we are.

Thursday, April 3
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Miriam-Wolodarski 

Miriam Wolodarski is a longtime dance art practitioner who believes in performance as a contemplative practice for both creator and observer. Her original performance work has appeared at local and international venues including YBCA and the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics. She has taught at universities, festivals, and studios for over a decade, and is Artistic Director of the arts organization Sense Object, as well as manager of the culture and community center Berkeley Finnish Hall. Miriam holds a Master of Fine Arts in Contemporary Performance from Naropa University, and a Bachelor’s in Political Science from Uppsala Universitet. As a performer, she danced for Scott Wells & Dancers, and in Barbara Dilley’s Desolate Delight ensemble, among others. She is currently developing the dance laboratory Compostable Feminisms with her longtime collaborator Rosemary Hannon. www.senseobject.com

Open Mic Show and Tell

All shenanigans welcome! Singing, poetry, dancing, storytelling, jokes, your favorite rock… Please join us!

The first Thursday of the month
6-8 pm in the Green Room

2025 Dates:
April 3, May 1, June 5, July 3, August 7, September 4, October 2, November 6, December 4

Sivanada Yoga with Elle Walker Buckton

This class is in the Sivanada style which consists of a bit of meditation, pranayama and yoga asana that focuses on balancing the flow of energy through the chakras as well as postures that emphasize exertion followed by deep relaxation.

The class is a moving meditation that brings stillness to the mind. Open to all levels of yogic ability.

Friday, April 4
12pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @moonayurveda

Elle is a yogini and an Ayurvedic Practitioner. Her Yogic lineage is Sivananda Yoga. She sees Ayurvedic patients in her office in Olympic Valley, CA and is on the faculty at the California College of Ayurveda in Nevada City, CA where she teaches Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy, Marma Therapy and other body therapy intensives and workshops. She also teaches Ayurveda 101 and Healing Your Life which are on line zoom classes open to the general public through the college. Elle hosts yoga retreats in Costa Rica annually as well as retreats in Northern California. It is her dharma to bring yoga and Ayurveda to her community with love and compassion.
ayurvedaluna.com

Introduction to Contact Improvisation with Miriam Wolodarski 

Contact Improvisation (CI) is a dance form that centers our felt sense of somatic touch: weight, gravity, and momentum carry contact improvisors into a direct sensory experience of the body in space and time. CI can be meditative, playful, or athletic: to the observer, it may look like a mix of ballroom, wrestling, acrobatics, and contemporary dance. For the practitioner, it is an opportunity to experience the biomechanical poetry of human bodies colliding. This gentle and fun introductory class is accessible to bodies of all abilities.

Friday, April 4
6:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Miriam-Wolodarski 

Miriam Wolodarski is a longtime dance art practitioner who believes in performance as a contemplative practice for both creator and observer. Her original performance work has appeared at local and international venues including YBCA and the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics. She has taught at universities, festivals, and studios for over a decade, and is Artistic Director of the arts organization Sense Object, as well as manager of the culture and community center Berkeley Finnish Hall. Miriam holds a Master of Fine Arts in Contemporary Performance from Naropa University, and a Bachelor’s in Political Science from Uppsala Universitet. As a performer, she danced for Scott Wells & Dancers, and in Barbara Dilley’s Desolate Delight ensemble, among others. She is currently developing the dance laboratory Compostable Feminisms with her longtime collaborator Rosemary Hannon. www.senseobject.com

Yin Yoga with Dr. Amanda Ferraro DPT, RYT

Join Amanda for a deeply nourishing Yin yoga class designed to release tension, enhance flexibility and promote a sense of inner peace. This class will focus on slow, deep stretches with emphasis on breath control. Each pose will be held for several minutes to allow for tissue extensibility and relaxation.
Friday, April 4
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @AmandaFerraro
Paypal: aferraro17@gmail.com
Dr. Amanda Ferraro DPT, RYT lives here locally in Sierraville. She is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a yoga instructor. Amanda became a certified yoga instructor in 2022 in Bali and has since been guiding students both in person and online.
For more information visit DrFlowTherapy.com

Slow Flow with Brie

This 90 minute mid-morning Vinyasa Slow Flow is a powerful and gentle way to begin the day. This movement offering will lend space to both nurture and challenge ourselves through intentional breath and movement, while strengthening meditative awareness and focus both on and off the mat. The space held within this class is an open environment to safely discover the relationship we cultivate with our bodies through expressive flows and dynamic sequencing accessible to students of any level with a strong emphasis on connection to breath and compassion for self. We will begin with herbal tea, gentle breathwork and end with Savasana and restorative Yoga Nidra meditation.
 
Saturday, April 5
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Briana-Griffin-2
 

I am a certified yoga teacher and herbalist who simply loves restoration and connection through movement, nature, the plants, and hot springs (of course).

Yin Yoga with Brie

This 75 minute afternoon practice is a slow-paced and deeply relaxing all levels class, with emphasis upon long-held, passive floor postures ranging from 3-5 mins each. This specific practice works deeply into the fascia network and connective tissues joints with a meditative emphasis on breath and relaxation. This soft and steady practice flows slowly through several different postures to strengthen awareness, support mobility, and promote deep relaxation, it is suitable for any level of practitioner. We will begin with herbal tea, gentle breathwork and end with Savasana and restorative Yoga Nidra meditation.
Sunday, April 6
2:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Briana-Griffin-2
 

I am a certified yoga teacher and herbalist who simply loves restoration and connection through movement, nature, the plants, and hot springs (of course).

Sacred Heart Opening Journey: Cacao Rose Ceremony with Mahsa

This heart-opening ceremony combines the sacred power of cacao and rose with heart-coherent breathwork and meditation to deepen your connection to the heart. It’s a space to reconnect with yourself, cultivate compassion, and share in a collective journey of healing and love.
What to expect:
The event features a heart-opening Cacao Rose Ceremony, where you’ll sip cacao infused with rose energy and set intentions for love and healing. Guided breathwork will deepen your heart connection. A heart-centered meditation will further amplify the experience, creating space for transformation. The event closes with Community Connect, where you’ll share insights and bond with others. This ceremony is a beautiful way to open your heart to love and connection.
Who is the event for:
This event is for anyone seeking to open their heart to themselves and others. It’s perfect for those looking to deepen self-love, cultivate compassion, and enhance emotional connection. This ceremony provides a nurturing space for heart-opening transformation, both internally and in connection with others.

Saturday, April 12
2:00pm
Sunday, April 20
8:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @mahsa-gh

Mahsa is the founder of Collective Awakening, a meditation practitioner, shamanic energy healer, coach, and breathwork facilitator. Her journey as a healer began with a natural affinity for energy work, which deepened through training in various modalities, including breathwork, meditation, energy healing, and Akashic record reading.

Mahsa’s focus is to align the mind, heart, body, and soul, facilitating holistic healing. Her meditations cultivate heart coherence, helping participants connect with love, compassion, and inner peace. In addition to her healing practices, Mahsa offers coaching to support individuals in navigating their personal growth, spiritual development, and emotional well-being.
www.collective-awakening.org

Healing Sound Bath with Devah

Time to be good to you. Settle deeper while drifting away with your own inner flow. This bath will include gongs, quartz singing bowls, flute, chimes, gentle drumming and some other soft surprises. I look forward to journeying with you.

Saturday, April 12
8:30pm
Sunday, April 13
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @heartglow

Devah has been working with Reiki and Sound for 15 years. Born and raised in Ireland he traveled the world for 15 years sitting with masters in Japan, India, Tibet and Portugal to refine his offering. He now lives here in the states and is excited to share sound with you all at his favorite hot spring.

Sound Bath with Blue Muse

Come, immerse yourself in a SYMPHONY OF SACRED SOUND.
Sound healing creates the space for self-healing and transformation using the power of vibration to re harmonize the entire body to its most beneficial state.
When we hear the frequencies, our cells become attuned to that vibration, and this creates a harmonic state for healing within the body. The different frequencies emanated during the sound bath will help to quiet the mind, decrease stress and anxiety, improve sleep, release physical and emotional pain, restore the body, mind and spirit to a greater state of balance, creating a deeper sense of peace and well-being.
 
Thursday, April 17
8:30pm
Friday, April 18
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @cassiopeiaskyfish
 
Cassiopeia is an intuitive Sound Healing Practitioner living in the Coastal Redwood Forest of California. She is passionate about sharing the incredible medicine of Sound with all the healing it brings. This is her vision and her life path!
Raised in the Pacific Northwest, she began to work with Sound on her personal Journey in healing from cancer. She has been sharing this powerful vibrational medicine with others since 2015, after graduating from the Globe Institute of Sound and Consciousness in San Francisco. Her continued studies have led her to work with various Sound and Plant Medicine Master teachers in Brazil and Peru, as well as Gong Masters in the U.S. She is currently studying Harp, Percussion, Voice, and Ceremonial Music.
www.bluemusesoundhealing.org

Yin Yoga with Dr. Amanda Ferraro DPT, RYT

Join Amanda for a deeply nourishing Yin yoga class designed to release tension, enhance flexibility and promote a sense of inner peace. This class will focus on slow, deep stretches with emphasis on breath control. Each pose will be held for several minutes to allow for tissue extensibility and relaxation.
Friday, April 18
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @AmandaFerraro
Paypal: aferraro17@gmail.com
Dr. Amanda Ferraro DPT, RYT lives here locally in Sierraville. She is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a yoga instructor. Amanda became a certified yoga instructor in 2022 in Bali and has since been guiding students both in person and online.
For more information visit DrFlowTherapy.com

Gentle Yoga with Jenysis Lopthien

This practice focuses on gentle stretching, restorative postures, and mindful breathing. In this class we will use postures to help alleviate tension in both the body and mind. We will use postures, breathwork, and meditation to enjoy deep mind-body awareness.
 
Friday, April 18
6:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @jlopthi
 

I currently hold a 200hr yoga teacher certification with emphasis in Hatha and Vinyasa yoga. I am constantly honored and humbled to be able to share my practice with others. Living a healthy and active lifestyle has always been an important aspect in my life. Balancing yoga and circus arts I find myself most complete. Thanks for joining me.

Sivanada Yoga with Elle Walker Buckton

This class is in the Sivanada style which consists of a bit of meditation, pranayama and yoga asana that focuses on balancing the flow of energy through the chakras as well as postures that emphasize exertion followed by deep relaxation.

The class is a moving meditation that brings stillness to the mind. Open to all levels of yogic ability.

Saturday, April 19
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @moonayurveda

Elle is a yogini and an Ayurvedic Practitioner. Her Yogic lineage is Sivananda Yoga. She sees Ayurvedic patients in her office in Olympic Valley, CA and is on the faculty at the California College of Ayurveda in Nevada City, CA where she teaches Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy, Marma Therapy and other body therapy intensives and workshops. She also teaches Ayurveda 101 and Healing Your Life which are on line zoom classes open to the general public through the college. Elle hosts yoga retreats in Costa Rica annually as well as retreats in Northern California. It is her dharma to bring yoga and Ayurveda to her community with love and compassion.
ayurvedaluna.com

Embodied Dancing Yin-prov with Dr. Karah Charette, PT, DPT, RYT

Embodied Dancing Yin-prov is a movement class that uses that structure of yin yoga to allow for deep rest in the body and nervous system, while inviting in spaciousness and play through gentle intuitive movement. This class will use the guidance of the 7 chakras in 7 different yin poses to allow for a deeper embodied connection to the corresponding anatomy (i.e.; the root chakra invites in a deep somatic connection to the pelvic floor). Using cues for imagery and guided anatomy provided by Dr. Karah, the felt sense of each area has the potential to lead into gentle explorative movement. With consent, Dr. Karah may provide light touch for tactile input to the nervous system, or even gentle contact improv touch for those who seek it. This class is held in a container of safety and slowness, with music specifically designed for each chakra to create a resonance of individual exploration held by the collective experience. Come curious, leave embodied.
Saturday, April 19
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @khcharette
Dr. Karah Charette, PT, DPT, RYT (she/her/hers) is a doctor of physical therapy who specializes in pelvic health. She attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Dance. She received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Columbia University. A dancer for more than 20 years, Karah believes in the power of movement and its connection to expression and the human experience. Karah is also a 200 hour registered yoga teacher after doing a training in Thailand based in Ashtanga Vinyasa styled flow. She is certified in classical and contemporary Pilates mat and reformer techniques. Karah also frequently practices different somatic modalities including Body-Mind Centering and is Polyvagal informed in her teachings. Karah co-owns a pelvic health clinic in Oakland and brings her knowledge of clinical anatomy, nervous system informed care, and embodied movement practices to the classes she creates to provide an experience that is welcoming, safe, and healing for all bodies.
www.bodyfulphysicaltherapy.com

Circle Singing with Kappé Rousseau

Circle Singing is collective vocal improvisation: making stuff up and singing it together on the fly.
The facilitator creates melodies and sings them to sections of the circle. Layers of harmonies, rhythms, counter rhythms spring up with no written music. Participants will get the experience of hearing their part as an integral piece of the whole experience. The facilitator offers the pulse, feel and vibe of the flow of emotion.

Saturday, April 19
8:30pm
Sunday, April 20
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Kappe-Rousseau

My passion for musical creativity started at an early age when I became bored with piano lessons. I had to ‘practice’ or at least ‘play’ the piano every day for an hour. I started making things up – changing things up and re-arranging the music. Later in life, I lived in NYC for a time and I created a business of ‘arranging’ music for artists who were looking to attract interest in their songs. I can hear where the music is going in my head and then lay it out, or play it out.
I’ve played professionally as part of a group and solo for years. I have a background in classical/orchestral performance in percussion. My main instrument is piano and I am just as comfortable with guitar in open tunings. I have a BA in Music from U.C. Berkeley. My background in Circle Singing is from Oakland California and the Circle Singing team of Bobby McFerrin. I decided to bring Circle Singing anywhere I can so that people can experience the power of the collective voice and also tap deeply into their inner being and soul and SING!
www.circlesing.org

Slow Flow with Brie

This 90 minute mid-morning Vinyasa Slow Flow is a powerful and gentle way to begin the day. This movement offering will lend space to both nurture and challenge ourselves through intentional breath and movement, while strengthening meditative awareness and focus both on and off the mat. The space held within this class is an open environment to safely discover the relationship we cultivate with our bodies through expressive flows and dynamic sequencing accessible to students of any level with a strong emphasis on connection to breath and compassion for self. We will begin with herbal tea, gentle breathwork and end with Savasana and restorative Yoga Nidra meditation.
 
Saturday, April 26
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Briana-Griffin-2
 

I  am a certified yoga teacher and herbalist who simply loves restoration and connection through movement, nature, the plants, and hot springs (of course).

Yin Yoga with Brie

This 75 minute afternoon practice is a slow-paced and deeply relaxing all levels class, with emphasis upon long-held, passive floor postures ranging from 3-5 mins each. This specific practice works deeply into the fascia network and connective tissues joints with a meditative emphasis on breath and relaxation. This soft and steady practice flows slowly through several different postures to strengthen awareness, support mobility, and promote deep relaxation, it is suitable for any level of practitioner. We will begin with herbal tea, gentle breathwork and end with Savasana and restorative Yoga Nidra meditation.
 
Sunday, April 27
2:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Briana-Griffin-2
 

I  am a certified yoga teacher and herbalist who simply loves restoration and connection through movement, nature, the plants, and hot springs (of course).

Sivanada Yoga with Elle Walker Buckton

This class is in the Sivanada style which consists of a bit of meditation, pranayama and yoga asana that focuses on balancing the flow of energy through the chakras as well as postures that emphasize exertion followed by deep relaxation.

The class is a moving meditation that brings stillness to the mind. Open to all levels of yogic ability.

Friday, May 16
2:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @moonayurveda

Elle is a yogini and an Ayurvedic Practitioner. Her Yogic lineage is Sivananda Yoga. She sees Ayurvedic patients in her office in Olympic Valley, CA and is on the faculty at the California College of Ayurveda in Nevada City, CA where she teaches Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy, Marma Therapy and other body therapy intensives and workshops. She also teaches Ayurveda 101 and Healing Your Life which are on line zoom classes open to the general public through the college. Elle hosts yoga retreats in Costa Rica annually as well as retreats in Northern California. It is her dharma to bring yoga and Ayurveda to her community with love and compassion.
ayurvedaluna.com

Storytelling through Songwriting with Dolly Dapper

Dolly Dapper is a new original folk duo that weaves and harmonizes soulful lyrics and melodies from the vantage points of Jenna Talbott and Chandler Seipert. Talbott, with her MA in depth psychology in the arts, will guide an interactive set that welcomes discourse and storytelling along the way. This organic yet curated evening will use music and songwriting to lovingly touch upon the archetypal tones that, despite our differences, move through us all.

Saturday & Sunday, May 24 & 25
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @stilltheweather
Paypal: @stilltheweather

instagram.com/dollydapperduo