Events

Love Your Brain is a six-week, theme-based gentle yoga series designed for people who have experienced a brain injury. Class themes include: finding wholeness, mindfulness, finding positivity and realistic optimism, cultivating strength and resilience, the importance of community, and gratitude. Each 90-minute session includes: 10-minute introduction of the class theme and breathing exercises to calm and…

Soften, reset, and co-regulate in community. This sustainable strength yoga class offers a grounding space to return to one’s center through mindful movement, breath, and stillness. We’ll cultivate strength, flexibility, and fluidity in ways that support the nervous system and replenish rather than deplete. Students are encouraged to come as they are, allowing the practice…

Wednesday Yin Yoga Series Discover your midweek sanctuary with Alessa's Wednesday Yin Yoga Series! This is a nurturing, unhurried practice crafted for all bodies and all experience levels. Whether you're brand new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, Wednesday afternoons just became your favorite part of the week. Yin yoga works beneath the surface. Unlike…

Wednesday Hatha Rollin' Yoga is a breath-led yoga practice combining foam rolling with foundational yoga poses to support fascial health, nervous system regulation, and sustainable movement needed for everyday life. The foam roller is used as both a release tool and a supportive prop - blending gentle rolling, mindful movement, and breath awareness into a…

Ground Into Calm Strength with Weekly Slow Flow Gentle Yoga Class in SE Portland Steady movement, breath, and restoration to support your whole system Join us for an ongoing slow flow gentle yoga class designed to cultivate full-body strength, calm the nervous system, and support a deep return to presence. Led by Maya Lake-Freeman, E-RYT…

Awaken with Intention through Morning Hatha Flow in SE Portland Start your week with a 60-minute root and rise morning yoga practice designed to gently awaken the body and center the mind. Led by Maya Lake-Freeman, E-RYT 500, this class begins with mindful centering and gentle movement to warm the body, gradually building into a…

Slow doesn’t mean easy. Slow means precise, powerful, and sustainable. Led by Maya Lake-Freeman and Alessa Midtlying, this somatic strength and slow power Hatha series is a grounded, deliberately paced strength class blending mindful resistance work, deep core engagement, and somatic awareness. Movements are slow enough to feel honestly, deeply, and safely—developing resilience from the…

Shifting Into Relaxation This nervous system reset yoga class is a gentle, trauma-informed class designed to support nervous system regulation, stress relief, and reconnection to the body. This practice combines accessible breathwork, mindful movement, and  somatic tools for nervous system regulation to help participants downshift from states of overwhelm or tension into a greater calm…

Restorative Yin Yoga This restorative yin yoga is a deeply calming practice using supported postures, props, and breath to promote rest and recovery. Ideal for stress, fatigue, or nervous system dysregulation, this class encourages stillness, release, and deep relaxation. ______ Restorative Yin Yoga Details When: Every other Thursday Time: 7:30 - 8:30 PM Cost: $29 What…