This series is designed especially for members of the LGBTQIA+ community who are looking to connect with their bodies and their breath in a supportive, community-oriented environment. This space aims to create a container where queer and trans folks can cultivate joy, a deeper relationship with their bodies, and a sense of connectedness to their yoga practice. Each class will feature time for community and connection and an alignment-focused physical asana practice, ending with gentle restorative movement.

A certified Accessible Yoga Teacher, Fran’s yoga teaching style is a testament to the belief that everyone deserves a space to explore and celebrate their unique identities. She finds it most important to foster an environment where yoga not only nurtures the body but aligns with principles of equity and justice. She has spent years studying to learn more about the needs of marginalized communities within the yoga space and has made it her mission to ensure that she creates as safe a space as possible for BIPOC, trans, and gender diverse folks.

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Drop-ins are welcome!

Sliding-scale pricing: $120 - $180. Drop in class rate: $20 - $30.

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

This series is designed especially for members of the LGBTQIA+ community who are looking to connect with their bodies and their breath in a supportive, community-oriented environment. This space aims to create a container where queer and trans folks can cultivate joy, a deeper relationship with their bodies, and a sense of connectedness to their yoga practice. Each class will feature time for community and connection and an alignment-focused physical asana practice, ending with gentle restorative movement.

A certified Accessible Yoga Teacher, Fran’s yoga teaching style is a testament to the belief that everyone deserves a space to explore and celebrate their unique identities. She finds it most important to foster an environment where yoga not only nurtures the body but aligns with principles of equity and justice. She has spent years studying to learn more about the needs of marginalized communities within the yoga space and has made it her mission to ensure that she creates as safe a space as possible for BIPOC, trans, and gender diverse folks.

Registration

Click/tap the button below to learn more about this offering and to register.

Drop-ins are welcome!

Sliding-scale pricing: $120 - $180. Drop in class rate: $20 - $30.

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

As we collectively continue to better understand the diverse impacts of trauma in our bodyminds, the call for dynamic, embodied practices for survivors expands. Simultaneously, so many of our communities are being exposed to persistently or increasingly traumatizing conditions in our social-political landscape. Within this landscape, Embodied Possibilities is a 6-week series for folks interested in a non-verbal container to explore the possibility of having a body through choiceful movement. Rooted in research in complex trauma, neurophysiology, and attachment, as well as yoga, Embodied Possibilities provides a pathway to transform embodied trauma patterns through practicing personal agency in a container attuned to safety.

In practice, an Embodied Possibilities session looks and sounds like a series of invitations to move or find stillness within the range of ways that your body moves. There's no expectation to look, move, or feel a certain way, and you’re free to make each practice your own. Importantly, there’s no specific movement or flow that heals trauma. Rather, this practice is about exploring choices and noticing points of curiosity or sensation that might serve to create more possibilities for how to move forward. I will also be practicing, from my own mat; facilitation is entirely verbal, and never includes “hands-on assists” or other “corrections.” You are welcome to practice from a chair or mat as suits you; both will be available for each in-studio session.

Embodied Possibilities is an expression of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), an evidence-based intervention for survivors navigating the effects of complex trauma found to be supportive for many survivors experiencing unwanted trauma-related patterns like fatigue, numbness or detachment, fear and sadness, self-doubt, nightmares, confusing emotions, and more. LB Marger Moore (they/ze) has been supporting folks as a neuroqueer, disabled somatic trauma steward in their work as a movement facilitator and somatic trauma therapist since 2015. You’re welcome to learn more about TCTSY and LB on their website, including a brief sample TCTSY practice.

As part of the registration process for this series, it is required to complete an additional participant waiver/registration form (Google form, only viewable by LB, see below). You will not be asked to identify as a trauma survivor or describe experiences of trauma. While Embodied Possibilities is intended to be therapeutic, this offering is not therapy. Any movement practice can bring up unexpected thoughts, feelings, or sensations; some participants find it useful to identify supportive people (such as a trusted friend, bodyworker, therapist, etc.) with whom they can verbally process their experiences outside of class if desired.

Note: Masks will be required.

Registration

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Sliding-scale pricing: $120 - $180.

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

As we collectively continue to better understand the diverse impacts of trauma in our bodyminds, the call for dynamic, embodied practices for survivors expands. Simultaneously, so many of our communities are being exposed to persistently or increasingly traumatizing conditions in our social-political landscape. Within this landscape, Embodied Possibilities is a 6-week series for folks interested in a non-verbal container to explore the possibility of having a body through choiceful movement. Rooted in research in complex trauma, neurophysiology, and attachment, as well as yoga, Embodied Possibilities provides a pathway to transform embodied trauma patterns through practicing personal agency in a container attuned to safety.

In practice, an Embodied Possibilities session looks and sounds like a series of invitations to move or find stillness within the range of ways that your body moves. There's no expectation to look, move, or feel a certain way, and you’re free to make each practice your own. Importantly, there’s no specific movement or flow that heals trauma. Rather, this practice is about exploring choices and noticing points of curiosity or sensation that might serve to create more possibilities for how to move forward. I will also be practicing, from my own mat; facilitation is entirely verbal, and never includes “hands-on assists” or other “corrections.” You are welcome to practice from a chair or mat as suits you; both will be available for each in-studio session.

Embodied Possibilities is an expression of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), an evidence-based intervention for survivors navigating the effects of complex trauma found to be supportive for many survivors experiencing unwanted trauma-related patterns like fatigue, numbness or detachment, fear and sadness, self-doubt, nightmares, confusing emotions, and more. LB Marger Moore (they/ze) has been supporting folks as a neuroqueer, disabled somatic trauma steward in their work as a movement facilitator and somatic trauma therapist since 2015. You’re welcome to learn more about TCTSY and LB on their website, including a brief sample TCTSY practice.

As part of the registration process for this series, it is required to complete an additional participant waiver/registration form (Google form, only viewable by LB, see below). You will not be asked to identify as a trauma survivor or describe experiences of trauma. While Embodied Possibilities is intended to be therapeutic, this offering is not therapy. Any movement practice can bring up unexpected thoughts, feelings, or sensations; some participants find it useful to identify supportive people (such as a trusted friend, bodyworker, therapist, etc.) with whom they can verbally process their experiences outside of class if desired.

Note: Masks will be required.

Registration

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Sliding-scale pricing: $120 - $180.

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

Immerse yourself in this blissful workshop of movement and sound meditation. This 90-minute Yoga & Sound workshop combines a revitalizing yoga practice with the deeply relaxing and restorative benefits of sound meditation.

In the first 45 minutes, you'll flow through a nurturing sequence of yoga asana (postures) designed to release tension and cultivate mind-body awareness. The practice will be accessible for all levels, with many variations to honor your body.

The second half of the workshop will be devoted to a profoundly calming sound meditation/sound bath. As you rest in gentle seated or reclined postures, you'll bathe in the vibrations of singing bowls, chimes, steel drums, and other sound meditation instruments. These resonant tones will help relax your nervous system, reduce stress and anxiety, and transport you into a state of deep relaxation and inner stillness.

You'll leave feeling grounded yet uplifted–your body rejuvenated and your mind at peace.

Registration

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Drop-ins are welcome! Sliding-scale pricing: $30 - $50.

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

Do you often find yourself unsure how to integrate props into your personal yoga practice? In “The Art of Props,” Fran will guide you through various techniques to enhance your practice using essential props like bolsters, blocks, blankets, and straps. 

This 90-minute immersive workshop will help you better understand how to use props for deeper support and stability. Props will be incorporated to help release tightness, and offer a more accessible practice for yogis of all levels. The workshop will be set up like an all-levels yoga asana class, with opportunities for Fran to provide pointers on how to use props, and will end with a lengthy savasana.

This workshop will empower you to make the most of your props – turning them into powerful tools for transformation. Props are not just for beginners; they offer benefits for practitioners of every level, adding an element of ease and exploration to your yoga journey.

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Drop-ins are welcome! Sliding-scale pricing: $30 - $50.

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are group sound healing experiences that will assist you in relaxing and restoring in a safe environment. Many highly sensitive people (HSPs) are drawn to sound healing work, but some will leave experiences feeling drained, overstimulated, or even unwell. Trauma survivors, in particular, can benefit greatly from sound healing and can also be prone to vibrational reactivity. Sound Baths for Sensitive Souls are carefully designed to be gentle on the nervous system so that all those in attendance can rest, heal, and restore.

In these monthly gatherings, Jorie will work with a combination of crystal bowls, temple bells, and chimes. These instruments work with the principles of resonance, entrainment, and cellular healing in promoting general relaxation, resetting the nervous system, restoring mental clarity, and aiding in cellular restoration. All sessions will be touch-free and mindful of potential reactivity to dissonance, binaurals, and overplaying.  

Each sound bath will have a score built around specific musical intervals known to embrace, release, and call in different emotional and physical states. This musical approach combines seamlessly with the inherent healing capabilities of the instruments.

Jorie is a member of the Survivor Arts Collective and is committed to collaborating with and accompanying fellow sensitives and survivors as we all move towards embodiment and healing. 

Sound Healing Contraindications:

Please reach out to Jorie at woollymammothstudio@gmail.com if any of the following apply to you, or if you have any questions.

• Pregnancy 
  Avoid using sound healing instruments on the body during pregnancy, especially during the first 12 weeks. 

• Heart conditions 
  Keep a minimum distance of 20 cm from any implanted heart pacemaker, stent, or shunt. You should also consult your doctor before using sound healing if you have carotid stenosis, cardiac pacemakers, artificial heart valves, or cardiac arrhythmias. 

• Epilepsy 
  Some rare forms of epilepsy may be triggered by sound. You should consult your doctor to ensure you receive the right anti-epileptic medication and are in no danger of seizure from sound vibrations.

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Drop-ins are welcome! Sliding-scale pricing: $30 - $50.

By donation. Donation passes range from $5-40 and support Jorie’s work and Sanctuary’s scholarship fund, but absolutely no contribution is required. If you pre-register, Punchpass will prompt you to purchase a donation pass. If you choose not to contribute but still wish to pre-register, please reach out to us at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com so we can reserve your spot. Otherwise, please feel free to just show up!

Cancelation Policy (All Sanctuary Special Programming): If you register for a workshop or event and you do not show up, you forfeit your pass. We require a minimum of 24 hours’ notice for reservation cancelations. Please email us at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com if you cannot make it, so we can offer your spot to someone on the waitlist. We are unable to offer credits or refunds.

Softly start the new year with a gentle Kripalu yoga class and live music savasana to soothe your spirit.

For an auspicious start to the year, this practice is centered around Ganesha, the deity from the Hindu pantheon associated with new beginnings, transitions, and removing obstacles. Connect with Ganesha through yoga, mudra, mantra, and music to center yourself as you move into what this year may bring. Intentions for the New Year that may arise from the practice will be sweetly sealed with a peaceful live music savasana to honor Ganesha.

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Sliding-scale pricing: $30 - $50.

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

Immerse yourself in this blissful workshop of movement and sound meditation. This 90-minute Yoga & Sound workshop combines a revitalizing yoga practice with the deeply relaxing and restorative benefits of sound meditation.

In the first 45 minutes, you'll flow through a nurturing sequence of yoga asana (postures) designed to release tension and cultivate mind-body awareness. The practice will be accessible for all levels, with many variations to honor your body.

The second half of the workshop will be devoted to a profoundly calming sound meditation/sound bath. As you rest in gentle seated or reclined postures, you'll bathe in the vibrations of singing bowls, chimes, steel drums, and other sound meditation instruments. These resonant tones will help relax your nervous system, reduce stress and anxiety, and transport you into a state of deep relaxation and inner stillness.

You'll leave feeling grounded yet uplifted–your body rejuvenated and your mind at peace.

Registration

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Drop-ins are welcome! Sliding-scale pricing: $30 - $50.

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

As we approach the new year, we will gather in the warmth of great company to honor what has been and turn our hearts toward new possibility. Re-align yourself with what matters most to you and receive the power of community to magnify our individual and collective intentions. This workshop will include joyful yoga, meditation, rest, and contemplation.

All experience levels welcome.

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Sliding Scale Pricing: $30-$50

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

Sanctuary welcomes you to a discussion and physical movement workshop of yoga therapy practices aimed at supporting digestive health. The gut and brain are in constant communication and this relationship, with factors like stress, trauma, and our environment, plays a role in digestive health. In this workshop we will discuss this gut-brain axis that is central to yoga therapy practices for digestive health and bring this awareness into a gentle physical yoga practice.

You may opt to bring a notebook. The studio is wheelchair-accessible. Please note: This workshop will be presented in the context of the yoga therapy model, which is aimed at holistic treatment using yogic practices to treat body-mind system related concerns. Safara’s certification is in teaching Yoga for Digestive Health. She is not a licensed yoga therapist.

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Pay-What-You-Can, by donation: $5-$40, Suggested Rate: $30

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

With Award-Winning Poet and Yoga Instructor, Sebastian Merrill, this writing and yoga workshop will include an asana practice designed to spark our creativity, followed by generative writing. We'll cultivate a sense of wonder, intuition, and magic with various tools including meditation, bibliomancy, and tarot.

The act of writing is an act of revelation: this workshop will provide you with techniques and skills to act as a medium for your writing, discovering new ideas, shapes, and forms through your own subconscious. This workshop is for anyone who wants tools and structure for supporting their own creative practice.

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Sliding Scale Pricing: $30-$50

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

With LB Moore

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is an empirically-validated choice-based movement practice for survivors navigating the effects of complex trauma. The purpose of TCTSY is to provide opportunities for participants to explore agency and the possibility of having a body through making choices about movement and/or stillness. As a modality focused on your internal experience and choices, TCTSY isn’t about “correct” or “best” ways to move, and you’re not expected or required to have a particular emotional or physical experience. There’s not a right or wrong way to move or have a body.

While participant experiences are inherently personal and varied, TCTSY is generally associated with increases in interoception (internal awareness) and self-efficacy in making choices within and beyond the movement space. Positive changes in trauma-related experiences (e.g., mood concerns, vigilance, perspective of self, relationships, physiological arousal) are also commonly reported by participants of TCTSY.

If you’d like, you can learn more about the body of formal research about TCTSY at traumasensitiveyoga.com/research.

Any movement practice can bring up unexpected thoughts, feelings, or sensations; some participants find it useful to identify supportive people (such as a trusted friend, bodyworker, therapist, etc.) with whom they can verbally process their experiences outside of class if desired.

For this series, the same overall flow and series of shapes will be provided each session in service of predictability. Options for ways to move or explore stillness are offered as invitations, and you are welcome to make choices about how to practice. If you’d like to see a brief sample video of TCTSY facilitated by LB, you can find one on their website here. You are welcome to practice from a chair or mat as suits you; both will be available for each session.

This special series is intended for adults who are interested in trauma-sensitive movement. You’re welcome to learn more about TCTSY and LB at ampersandhealing.org/tctsy. As part of the registration process for this series, you will be asked to complete a participant enrollment form (Google form, only viewable by LB). You will not be asked to identify as a trauma survivor or describe experiences of trauma.

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Sliding Scale Series Pricing: $120-$180

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

A space for queer and trans family builders of all types, this series is designed especially for members of the LGBTQIA+ community (as well as straight allies who want to be in a queer-positive space) who are looking to connect with their bodies, their breath, and their pregnancies in a supportive environment.

Each class will include time for community and connection and an exploration of the ways that yoga can support pregnancy and birth through movement, breath, and meditation. All bodies, sizes, and abilities are welcome and celebrated.

Sebastian Merrill has been teaching Queer & Trans Yoga with skill and care since 2018. He is passionate about creating supportive spaces for queer and trans pregnant people. His teaching is gender-affirming, body-positive, and trauma informed. He is a Certified Accessible Yoga Teacher as well as a Certified Prenatal Yoga Teacher.

Registration

Thursdays, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM.

Sliding-scale series pricing: $80-130. Drop-in pass: $20-30.*

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

Immerse yourself in this blissful workshop of movement and sound meditation. This 90-minute Yoga & Sound workshop combines a revitalizing yoga practice with the deeply relaxing and restorative benefits of sound meditation.

In the first 45 minutes, you'll flow through a nurturing sequence of yoga asana (postures) designed to release tension and cultivate mind-body awareness. The practice will be accessible for all levels, with many variations to honor your body.

The second half of the workshop will be devoted to a profoundly calming sound meditation/sound bath. As you rest in gentle seated or reclined postures, you'll bathe in the vibrations of singing bowls, chimes, steel drums, and other sound meditation instruments. These resonant tones will help relax your nervous system, reduce stress and anxiety, and transport you into a state of deep relaxation and inner stillness.

You'll leave feeling grounded yet uplifted–your body rejuvenated and your mind at peace.

Registration

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Drop-ins are welcome! Sliding-scale pricing: $30 - $50.

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

This 6-week series is designed for those who have recently given birth and are looking to reconnect with their bodies and their breath in shared space with other new parents and babies.

The group will practice gentle and rejuvenating poses, work on regaining core and pelvic integration, and learn techniques for breathing and moving with your little ones. This is a welcoming space for queer and trans postpartum students; everyone is welcome in Postpartum Yoga.

Registration

Mondays, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM.

Sliding-scale series pricing: $100-160. Drop-in pass: $20-30.*

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.

This 6-week series is designed for those who have recently given birth and are looking to reconnect with their bodies and their breath in shared space with other new parents and babies.

The group will practice gentle and rejuvenating poses, work on regaining core and pelvic integration, and learn techniques for breathing and moving with your little ones. This is a welcoming space for queer and trans postpartum students; everyone is welcome in Postpartum Yoga.

Registration

Mondays, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM.

Sliding-scale series pricing: $100-160. Drop-in pass: $20-30.*

A note regarding accessibility to all Sanctuary offerings:

Sanctuary has a range of scholarship options available. If the cost of participating is prohibitive, please email them at studio@yoga-sanctuary.com to learn more.