Summer Solstice Practice with Linnea

June 21st 7-8:15pm

drop in/class cards/passports welcome

Come celebrate the longest day of the year with an evening of meditation, gentle movement, and a collaborative ritual led by Linnea. If weather is fair, we may take a walk to the park, so please wear outdoor-friendly yoga clothing. All welcome!

Sunday, June 18th 3-5pm $35

In this workshop, we will examine the function of this wonderful grouping of muscles and learn exercises to give them what they love most: movement! Learn some creative ways to energize, awaken, lengthen and embody the happiest of hamstrings...without ever even "stretching" them.

Saturday, June 17th 6-7:30pm

$20 (or more!) donation with 5 sponsored/donated spaces for those that may not be able to afford to attend

Join us for a very special collaboration between The Bhaktishop's Kate Busby and Rita Jimenez from the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIRJ) for a co-taught, bilingual (Eng-Span) class to facilitate deep connection to community while supporting the rights of immigrants in Oregon and beyond!

This special fundraising class is accessible to all levels and will include a crystal bowl sound healing and optional Reiki at the end of class. All proceeds go to the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIRJ) supporting sanctuary across the state of Oregon.

All proceeds go to the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIRJ) supporting sanctuary across the state of Oregon. Go to www.imirj.org for more details.

June 11, 3-5pm $25 (sliding scale available)

This 2-hour workshop will help you ground both mentally and physically and you move your bodies, enjoy some restorative poses and spend some good time together with your fellow mama community. All proceeds benefit The Dougy Center.

Wednesday May 24th 7-9pm, $35

Join us for a deep dive into self-care and healing utilizing the wisdom of restorative yoga postures and essential oils.  This workshop will offer an introduction to essential oil use and safety, an opportunity to explore a variety of oils paired with well-supported and restful body positions, and the hands-on experience of creating your own custom blend for home use.  This is a great way to usher in the new moon of May and to have some self-care tools in your picnic basket for the approaching summer!  

Sunday May 21, 3-5pm $30

Understanding and exploring the movements of the pelvis can be crucial in creating ease in your lower back and hips. In this workshop we will learn/embody the anatomy of the muscles of the pelvic floor/wall (including the piriformis) and examine how this relates to movement and breathing.

Fridays from 5:30-8pm Feb. 3- May 19 (off 2/10 and 3/10) with optional three nights to Breitenbush (4/2-4/5 add $275 extra, which is the additional cost of room and board)

$400 ($675 with Breitenbush option)

Learn, explore and contemplate in good company and conversation a few of the main sacred texts of Yoga; select readings from The Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita, The Yoganjalisaram, The Joy of Self, and The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

January 31-May 18, 2017 (No class 3/9, 3/14, 4/4, 4/6)

Tu/Th mornings 6-8am $500

Join resident Anatomy expert Monicka Koneski and our house Ayurveda and Pranayama teacher Danielle Hanna in this annual Asana, Anatomy, and Pranayama exploratorium for teachers and teachers-to-be.  

Feb. 4, Feb. 26, March 26, and April 30

3-7pm $200, all 4 sessions

Teachers of all levels, come study the sacred art of Anatomy with the amazing Monicka! Learn the language of kinesthetic movement in a practical and experiential way with our resident movement expert. Basic terms and movements merge with more complex asana and mechanics patterns to create a deeper, more functional understanding of your cues, your own alignment and your infinitely complex students.

Wednesday, April 19, 7-8:30pm

Join Kate Busby and The Bhaktishop Yoga Center for an hour-long flow practice followed by a thirty-minute crystal bowl sound healing to support Living Yoga, a local non-profit that brings yoga to marginalized communities, including kids, youth and adults in correctional facilities, drug treatment centers and mental health facilities.

February 19th and April 16th, 3-7pm

$100 for both days

Part 2: Come learn about your deep inner workings and how they play out in the classroom as both teacher and student. As teachers, our challenges are enormous, complex, often funny, and sometimes painful. This course explores concepts such as transference, projection, types of students and their ways of learning, boundaries, and more.

Five Meetings: Jan. 28-29, Mar. 5, Mar. 19, and April 9, 3-7pm

$300 includes all Dinacharya supplies, oils, spices, food and materials except books)

In this five-part series, dive into Ayurveda in a practical and experiential way, working with and learning the Dinacharya (daily self-care ritual), yoga and pranayama through the lens of Ayurveda, balancing oneself according to the seasons and the doshas, practical Ayurvedic cooking and eating, and more.

Monday March 20th 7-8:30pm

Donations/Class cards/Passports welcome

Join Danielle as we mark this shift with yoga practice and the ritual of coming together in community to honor, align and connect to the energy and fertility of Spring in all its many manifestations. This class will use breathing, meditation and gentle movement to mark this powerful day. All are welcome.

All proceeds benefit the Multnomah County Women, Infant and Children's Program, Portland's own program that helps provide aid to low-income moms and their babies. More info here: https://multco.us/health/wic

Sunday March 12, 6-7pm by donation

Come together in joyful song and intentional company for another evening of chanting and kirtan with Lisa Mae and Monicka, honoring the peace and justice work that so many are engaged in in these complicated times. Singing together brings us together so that we can praise and offer love to what is truly divine in this life, and that is the power of love and sangha.

Sunday, February 5th 7-8pm by donation

Join Monicka, Lisa Mae and Kate Busby in an evening of heart-healing and community service as we come together to chant, meditate and use the vibration of sound to hold a container for all of us. These difficult days, we need even more ways to process experiences as well as hold some higher possibilities for ourselves, each other, and this world of beauty and heartbreak.

Sunday Jan 8th, 3-5pm

$30 earlybird before January 1st, $35 after

Sit at a desk? Look down at your phone? Teach children? Often feel like you "slept wrong" and have stiffness or have lost range of motion? Do you get headaches or jaw aches? Just want to learn more about how to embody the joints where the skull meets the spine and the functions of the trapezius?

January 1, 2017 11-12:30, By Donation

As we continue to cultivate a rich future, perhaps we can pause to appreciate and enjoy the community we are building together each time we show up and move our bodies around in a yoga room.  Let us acknowledge the strength of our small group by spending some time to share our delight in of movement, compassion, attention, subtlety, strength and most of all love! All levels encouraged.

Wednesday, December 21st, 7-8:30pm

Class cards and drop in welcome

Join us for an evening of quiet practice and reflection, connecting in to the glowing light that shines within us all as we move into the sweet stillness of Winter. All levels, all welcome.

Wednesday evening from 7-8pm:

12/14

by Donation to #standing rock, and Class cards/drop-in/passports welcome

Practices like pranayama and meditation are simple, practical tools to learn how to do manage pain and stress in the mind and body.  These practices elicit our deeper relaxation responses through activating the vagus nerve and provide the foundation for healing habits.

Sunday, December 11, 5-7pm

$10 and further donations accepted at the door, kids under 12 FREE

Need to move your body? Need to do something positive with all the energy, emotion and frustration? Want to be in good, roaring and joyful company? COME DANCE!! Join us and DJ Prashant/Jai Ho Dance Parties for an all ages, no shoes, inclusive dance party to help us metabolize emotion and fear, and to mobilize our deep connection to each other in positive and joyful company. Brief dance lessons throughout the night, and no skills required! Come dance, sweat, move and give! All proceeds to benefit Human Rights Campaign (www.hrc.org)

Friday December 9th

5:30-7:30pm $25

This gentle yet deeper immersion class is open to all levels of experience and to all students and teachers. It will include a light discussion on the benefits of this unique approach to exploring the practice of yoga for people who are healing after trauma, dealing with chronic stress or navigating difficult life circumstances.

Sunday, December 4, 3-6pm $50

Working with the precious relationship between legs and spine, we will learn the function of this deep area of muscles in everyday movements like walking/sitting/standing. yoga asana and more, and we will also cover a few simple exercises you can do to continue to energize your true "core."

Friday, December 2, 5:30-8:30pm $50

In this workshop we will work to understand and embody natural movement and counter movements in the bones of the spine, sacrum and pelvis. You will leave with fluidity and a better understanding of this sacred area, along with simple routines to practice every morning so when you go to walk/sit/stand/drive/bike/practice warrior poses, you'll feel supported and mobile from your base.

Sunday Nov. 27th from 7-8pm by donation

Join Danielle and Lisa Mae in a benefit for the protectors of #standingrock and those fighting for climate change, water rights, and human dignity. Come together, turn your fear and anger and frustration toward spiritual practices and let's make change happen. By Donation. All welcome.

Thanksgiving Day November 24th

8AM CLASS SOLD OUT; 4 SPACES LEFT IN THE 10AM!!

8am and 10am, $15 to sign up (more can be collected at the door if you're able)

Collaborative teaching and wisdom along with chanting, healthy movement and sacred time to meditate will be on the menu for this year's Thanksgiving Donation classes. Lisa Mae, Monicka and Danielle will be team-teaching these two morning classes as a benefit for social justice and change, and all donations will go to support the Black Lives Matter movement for racial equality and transformation.

Wednesdays, November 16 7-8:30pm

Drop-in and class cards/passports welcome

This class series offers a dedicated, safe space to connect with sensation, to cultivate grounding tools, and to discover a greater balance of physical and mental strength and suppleness. The embodied learning that comes from this trauma-informed approach to yoga can translate into other yoga environments and off the mat.