Workshops & Special Events
TUE • APR 28 • 6:30-9p
Location: Severna Park
Next Book Club Pick: Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Our book club continues our conversation about how to break free from the inner critic, and deepen our understanding of buddhist teachings about inner freedom. "Believing that something is wrong with us is a deep and tenacious suffering," writes Tara Brach, spiritual teacher and psychologist. This suffering emerges in crippling self-judgments and conflicts in our relationships, in addictions and perfectionism, in loneliness and overwork — all the forces that keep our lives constricted and unfulfilled. Through personal stories and case histories, fresh interpretations of Buddhist tales, and guided meditations, Dr. Brach shows us how we can stop being at war with ourselves and begin to live out every precious moment of our lives.
✨ Book Club is always FREE! ✨
Spiral Alchemy
FRIDAY • MAY 1 • 6:30P
Welcome biological and cosmic calibration: this session uses gentle maneuvers to connect to The Spiral Line of our fascia, vibrational sound frequency throughout to harmonize the fascial matrix, and the gravitational influence of the Full Flower Moon to blossom into our fullest selves.
Under the Flower Moon, plants are most hydrated and vibrant, the peak of turgor pressure. This is also reflected in the human fascial network, a 3D continuous connective tissue web that serves as a semiconductor. We use the principle of Tensegrity: maintenance of anatomical structural integrity via a combination of tension and compression. The maneuvers serve as a manual pump to move interstitial fluid to dehydrated tissue which restores elasticity.
Our fascial network is piezoelectric, comprising of a liquid, crystalline matrix when effectively hydrated. The low resonance frequency of bowls, gongs, chimes and drums mechanically vibrate the water molecules within fascia, which serves to dissolve adhesions (bound tissue). The harmonization of specific resonant frequencies also facilitate brainwave entrainment, which helps to downregulate the autonomic nervous system and loosen our subconscious, gripping reflex.
As flowers bloom in spirals, our fascia twists from head to toe while sound received by our bodies creates vortical movement of the body's waters through their respective channels (cymatics). We harness the heightened sensitivity of the full Flower Moon to deepen our somatic release, and we embody the growth phase as solar activity increases from Beltane until the Summer Solstice.
Wear loose comfortable clothing, bring plenty of water, and come prepared to unwind!
Chants for Ma
DMV Kirtan Community
SAT | MAY 9 | 7-9P
On Mother's Day Weekend, join us for a heart-centered evening of kirtan in honor of Divine Mother. We'll gather to sing sacred names that evoke the many faces of Ma: loving, wise, fiercely protective, and ever present. Through chanting in shared devotion, we make space to honor The Mother within, The Mothers who shaped us, and the Divine Feminine presence that holds it all. All are welcome, especially beginners!
Bring an instrument if you wish, let your voice be heard, or simply receive and listen.
"Kirtan is a call and response to the divine. Not for entertainment, but transformation."
- Jai Uttal
Your offering of $15–$20 at the door helps sustain this space and honors the time and devotion of our kirtan leaders. RSVP HERE
Embodied Expression Session
A Conscious Dance Party
FRIDAY | June 19 | 7:45pm-9:15pm
Embodied Expression Sessions are guided movement and dance sessions designed to bring you back into your body & yourself. No dance experience needed, come as you are to a space where there is no pressure to perform. Here's your chance to dance like no one’s watching, shake the stress away, and reconnect with your aliveness. Jillian guides each session with optional cues you can take or leave in this fun, judgment-free space to embody your truth and move exactly as you are. Whether you come to shimmy, shake, strut, groove, twirl, or simply breathe and sway (or all of the above), Here, your whole self is invited: the good, the messy, the beautiful, the awkward, the tender, the wild, & the iconic.
Reach out to Jillian with any questions: dreamworthylifecoachllc@gmail.com
We return to River Mountain for Spring’s Awakening.
Gather with us for outdoor yoga in the fresh mountain air, forest walks, cedar hot tub soaks, star gazing, and cool pond dips — an invitation to honor spring’s unfurling toward warmth.
Be in community.
Immerse yourself in nature.
Give your attention to what is stirring, blooming, and asking to be lived.
Dates: June 11-14, 2026 (4 days/3 nights in a shared cabin)
Location: River Mountain, Everett, Pa
Your Guides:
Carleen Birnes, Nicole Neiman, Whitney Hoesin
THE GREAT YOGA BARN CAMPOUT
//SOLD OUT//
If you like a little dirt under your fingernails and find kinship in women who share a heart for the wild, join us for our first-ever Great Yoga Barn Campout. This is an intentional space designed for women to gather, connect, and reclaim their relationship with the outdoors.
In this serene setting, we find respite in the healing power of nature: gazing across rolling fields , swinging in a hammock within the sanctuary of the trees, and cooling off in the nearby creek.
Our itinerary is written by the sun: morning yoga in the mist, a mindful hike on the Appalachian Trail, and afternoons spent journaling, relaxing, or dipping in the water, sunset dinners, starlit sleeps
THE RITUALS
Nature: open-sky yoga, forest bathing, sit spot meditation, craft
Community: Communal skill-sharing and fire-side council practice
Outdoor Skills: Learn fire crafting and remember how capable you really are
YOUR GUIDES
Carleen Birnes, Kripalu Certified Mindful Outdoor Guide and Yoga Teacher, Wilderness First Aid Certified
Nicole Neiman, Yoga Teacher and Outdoor Enthusiast
DATE | LOCATION
JUNE 26-28, 2026
Fri 5p thru Sun 11a
Private Campground in Sharpsburg, MD (1.5 hour drive from Severna Park)