Special Events and Workshops

Come to explore the deeper meaning of yoga and associated healing practices at one of our special events.

We also offer:

• Ayurveda Treatments & Workshops
• Dance & Movement classes and events
• Yoga Classes and Therapies

You can see (and print) a full schedule of all ongoing classes, and our monthly and special events on our Schedule page.

Angel Circles with Karen Bianco

Monthly Special: Tuesday February 28, 7pm–8.30pm. $10.
2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month.

Join Karen Bianco ATP and other like minded individuals for an evening of angel energy and healing. Monthly Angel Circles are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.

What messages does the spirit world have for us all as we move forward? What messages does the spirit world have for us personally? Join us and find out.

Karen Bianco is an ANGEL THERAPY PRACTITIONER certified by Doreen Virtue PhD. Karen is also certified in massage, reiki and is a Bach Flower Essence Consultant.

Please book your place by calling Karen on 856-207-7282, or contact her through her web site AngelEssenceMassage.com.

Please call 856-404-7287 to register in advance for this class.

Open Door Drum Circles with Christine Wisedancer

Monthly Special: Sunday March 4, 3pm–5pm. $15 or class card.
1st Sunday of each month.

Drumming in circle unifies body-mind-and-spirit through the pathways of ancient rhythms. Heals the heart with self and group expression in positive community.

Bring your drums, hand percussion and found/created percussion instruments.

No experience necessary, but experienced players will be able to carve a groove at their level.

Optional technique class immediately before the drum circle is available by R.S.V.P. Ask for more info.

Drum circles are facilitated by Christine Wisedancer. Her light-hearted but savvy approach focuses on ears as well as hands, on opening hearts to support spontaneity and strengthening self-confidence for empowerment and expression. She's been having fun with West African drumming (djembe and dununs) for 25 years. Her approach to teaching drumming includes body alignment, energy flow and breath as anchoring fundamentals.

Christine studied djembe and ashiko with Gordy Ryan (of Baba Olatunje's band) in New York City and djembe and dununs with Tyler Richart in Seattle. She has taken workshops with Mamady Keita and Ubaka Hill. Her teachers' approaches covered both Olatunje's Yoruba music and traditional Mandinka ensemble drumming. She played for One World Dance's weekly classes for four years in Seattle, including improvisational drumming for the warm-up segment and performed with the One World Dance band at Seattle World Rhythm Festivals. She facilitated the Women of Wisdom's monthly drum & ceremony circle for three years and led the community drum circles and drum band that performed at WoW's annual women's conference. She has also performed with Simone LaDrumma at the World Rhythm Festival opening ceremony and other venues and with Nicki Scully and Ubaka Hill at a WoW conference. Before getting into drumming, Christine studied West African dance (Haitian, Guineau, Congo and Senegalese) in New York City. She works as a creative arts therapist providing psychotherapy through the arts and is a Board Certified-Dance Movement Therapist.

Deep Relaxation Class with Crystal Bowls

Join Anna Castro & Rhonda Clarke for this special class.

Monthly Special: Friday March 9, 7pm–8pm. $10 in advance, $13 drop in.
2nd Friday of every month.

In this fast-paced world, we can get so caught up in the things we have to do, that it’s easy to forget how important it is to take time to care for ourselves. In this special class we will use the ancient Healing Arts of Yoga, Sound Healing, and Deep Relaxation to relieve ourselves of stress, anxiety and worries that can bog us down.

Be gently guided to release the tension in the body, and all the stresses we hold so you can experience a much more peaceful presence and a very happy mind. A great way to start your weekend.

Anna Castro will be sharing the healing properties of sound vibration while creating a very soothing and relaxing sound with crystal bowls. Crystal Bowls are unique sound healing instruments made out of pure quartz crystal. Their melodic vibration resonate with the crystals in our bodies, mainly in our bones, having a great effect on the spine, diffusing along the nerve pathways to the organs. The effects touch systems, tissues, and cells, in turn affecting blood circulation, metabolism, endocrine and chakra balance, cleansing the auric field, and also balancing the hemispheres of the brain. But most importantly, creating a feeling of deep peace and wellbeing, aligning you with your higher Self during a very gentle yoga class that will release the tight spots in the body, preparing you for a long, deep relaxation which will restore your energy and calm the busiest of minds.

No yoga experience necessary. Free Bliss is included.

Please call 856-404-7287 to reserve your space for this event.

Zen Chats. An Evening With Seijaku Roshi

Living a Zen Inspired Life

Monthly Special: Saturday March 24, 7pm–9pm. Doors open at 6.30pm.
$10 Individual, $15 Spouse/Partner.
3rd Saturday of every month.

Please note that this month's Zen Chat is a week later than the normal 3rd Saturday of each month.

Please join Seijaku Roshi each month at Yoga For Living for the most important dialogue of your life! Each session will center on an aspect of Living a Zen Inspired Life and provide an opportunity for open discussion and questions.

While we are all born with the mind of clarity and wisdom, the mind of compassion and self-confidence, we lose touch with it as we begin to develop an ‘idea’ of ‘my-Self’. Disconnecting with our original state of mind, this self becomes our number-one preoccupation as well as a barrier to fulfilling dreams and living life to the fullest.

The Way of Zen helps us discover how to recognize and settle into our place in the world, and to encounter it through the quality of all victorious mastery.

With Seijaku Roshi's skillful interaction, lively dialogue and sharing with students and guests, we can sense the wisdom of our true-nature and begin shedding our fears. We can then begin to live more purposeful and more joyful lives.

During the course of the talks, there will be suggested practices and experiential exercises, that participants can bring to their daily life and relationships. These include guided meditation and visualization techniques.

If you have ever wondered how to live a life that meets your practical and spiritual needs, you'll not want to miss an Evening with Seijaku Roshi!

This month's topic:

The Emotional Life and The Zen Inspired Life

What are the strategies of The Zen Inspired Life for working through fear, stress, emotional pain, and negativity, as well as the negativism, a world characterized by so much uncertainty, often creates for the contemporary man or woman?

Throughout any given day a person experiences themselves as either ‘separate from the rest’ of the world, which creates fear, anxiety, and doubt, or at ‘oneness’ with the world, their loved-ones, and friends, which creates greater opportunities for love, self-confidence, creativity, and sustainable happiness to thrive. How does one negotiate a balanced awareness between these two states-of-minds? What does The Zen Inspired Life have to offer us for not only managing stressful experiences, but also minimizing if not eliminating their root causes.

We will explore practical and logical strategies for overcoming the negativity that feeds the ego's obsession with itself, grounded in both ancient and contemporary understanding of ‘the emotional life’, the result of cultivating Authentic Spiritual Wisdom and engaging ancient techniques, well honed and proven to work.

Seijaku Roshi is from the Pine Wind Zen Community, Shamong, NJ.

Do you have aches and pains? MELT Beginner Series

Join Keira Baheti for this special beginner series of classes.

MELT Your Core. Saturday February 18, 11.30am–1pm.
MELT Your Hips & Legs. Saturday March 3, 11.30am–1pm.
MELT Your Neck & Shoulders. Saturday March 17, 11.30am–1pm.

Each class $20 or Yoga For Living class card.

Are you looking for a gentle, proactive approach to managing your chronic aches and pains? Join MELT Instructor Keira Baheti, for a 3-class Beginner Series geared toward novice MELTers. Each 90-minute workshop uses MELT soft foam rollers to rehydrate the connective tissue throughout the body. Try one workshop or try them all!

Hydrated connective tissue provides better support for muscles, bones, joints, organs, and nerves, so the body naturally works more efficiently from the inside out. Body awareness, alignment, and relaxation all improve almost immediately when you tap into this powerful tissue in the body.

The M.E.L.T. Method® is an innovative, science-based, self-treatment program that's being taught in some of the country's most prestigious health and fitness centers. Learn more about MELT at meltmethod.com.

Please bring water and wear comfortable clothing.

Keira has worked in the health and wellness industry for 10 years. She holds degrees in Sport and Exercise Science, and Occupational Therapy. She is a M.E.L.T. Method® practitioner and yoga instructor, and holds certifications with A.C.E. and NSCA.

Download the PDF flyer.

Reserve your space now by preregistering at harmonizingwellness.com or call 856-404-7287.

Laugh & Breathe Your Way to Here & Now with Bob Pileggi

Saturday February 25, 11.30am–1pm. $15 or class card.

Breath is a fundamental aspect of spiritual practices and stress-reduction techniques. But most of us are subsistence-breathers, rather than breathing to thrive.

Learn the fundamentals of a full, healthy breath to:

• increase your energy level
• increase your ability to focus
• raise your state of consciousness
• and decrease stress.

Laughter is one way to become intimately familiar with the anatomy and physiology of breathing. Laughter Yoga, now done by millions daily, is a healthy, joy-inducing exercise based on scientific principles and the simple truth that children know: laughter makes you feel better. Laughter is a form of conscious breathing which can reduce stress, increase energy, strengthen breathing muscles and focus the mind on the present moment.

Our bodies were built to laugh and here we will laugh just because we can - without even needing something funny to laugh at. In the process you'll take home simple tools (laughing, breathing, centering) you can use on your own to reduce stress and reconnect to the joy of being alive! This class will include: body-opening yoga asanas for the breathing and laughing muscles, practice with full diaphragmatic breathing, breath meditation through "continuous breathing," raucous laughter and meditative deep relaxation.

Join us in this highly experiential, rejuvenating, and fun space - you'll never breathe or laugh the same way again!

Instructor Bob Pileggi's purpose is presence - and inviting others in to it! His foundation is mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). He is a certified laughter yoga facilitator, yoga teacher, and therapeutic breath coach, as well as a spiritual coach, ceremony officiant and facilitator of meetings, workshops, and retreats for individuals, groups, businesses and organizations.

Please call 856-404-7287 to register in advance for this event.