River & Stone Yoga

🤰Prenatal is rolling through the summer, by popular demand!

✨After 2 successful multi-week series through the spring, and requests to continue this offering for mamas, we were brainstorming how to continue through the summer (when schedules get wonky)!

💡We decided to put some pop-ups on the schedule. Prenatal yogis can opt to take 1, 2, or 3 of these dates without the whole commitment to a series.

😉This is also a little bit of a trial to see if Prenatal might just be here to stay as a weekly class... **wink, wink**

✏️Pre-registrations are still required on Mindbody, and for this special offering, it is a flat $20 drop in rate.

👶Thank you to all of the mothers who have been joining R&S during pregnancy. We are so passionate about offering yoga to support this part of the lifespan, and we have been honored to be with you and your baby during this time. 🥰

🙏💞🥹 our hearts are so full when we hear yogis feel nurtured in our studio. This is why we are here, for you.💗

💤Gentle Restorative
one of our yogis once called it, “the kind of yoga with all the pillows” 😂

🗓️ It’ll be back on the weekly sched for the fall… for the summer it’s monthly pop ups! 👌

🙏Check out the first one with Ellery, next Sunday, 6pm.

📏 spectrum of practice, spectrum of offerings, inclusive community.

💕Thank you for this beautiful feedback. We’ve had feedback for more heat, less heat, Goldilocks-just-right heat, more uplevel, more restorative, more workshops… we love all these voices, keep letting us know your opinions and flavors!

🧑‍🍳We’ll continue to offer a range; it’s super important to us and our values. Ultimately… the dream is for offering them all simultaneously in a multi-room studio, obviously. 😉

🌡️☀️A note about “cool” & summer temps!

😎We’ve put some cool and non-heated classes on the R&S schedule for the warm months ahead, because we value the importance of balance as a studio. Fiery sweaty strong practice is beautiful & has its place! And our minds & bodies need cool, rest, and easeful practice too. Many of us learn this the hard way… through burnout of mind and/or body.

🪭We did want to make a note that the temps across the schedule are general guidelines and we do emphasize teacher’s judgment. In particular, a class may be listed as “cool,” but if it’s already a cool rainy day… the teacher might not kick on the A/C and it would be a Non-Heated class. We work with Mother Earth and her moods.

Hope this clarifies!

Remember, generally…

Cool: Air conditioned
Non-heated: No added heat or A/C, ~70-79
Mild: 80-89
Hot: 90+ humidity

🌊🏄‍♀️many of you have jumped on it already!

We love being able to offer this summer special. Shakes out to be our “best deal” yet, and it’s a great way to ride that dedicated yoga practice through the summer season. 🙏🌞🕶️

The fine print is simply that this pass expires 09/01…but you can start using it today! 👌

we happily invite bikes to chill in our studio so they can get their yoga time too. 👌 in fact.. if your bike makes it to my class she’ll be featured like a social media star 🤩 🚲

love this 6am early morning ride & yoga vibe.

🗓️Summer menu drops today! Notice the changes are simply in class temps. 🌡️❄️🔥

👌We’re keeping some hot heat for sure… but also offering some mild and cool options as it’s warming up outdoors! 👍

Which classes are you looking forward to this summer? 🌀

💫 we’re ONE! Thank you for joining us for 2 beautiful & vibrant Mother’s/Anniversary classes this morning, Riv&Sto 🧘‍♀️💐

The gifts and kind words gave us sparks & smiles, and moving together as a community always is a reminder of why we do what we do. Many of you reaching out from afar who weren’t in studio, as well— 💕 we feel your support too! 🙏

Thank you for being a part, however you are a part of R&S… hundreds of classes in, a weekly warrior, occasional drop in, brand new, or a social media supporter from a distance. We feel all the love. 💗

Rounding the bases for year 2. 🙌💫🥰

Love, your studio mamas,
Kelly & Steph

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see you next weekend… 😀🌀🎉🥳

summer schedule drops
summer special drops
birthday song drops

❤️‍🔥one of the values at R&S is slowing down & cultivating wise movement (in mind & spirit, too).

📖We pride ourselves on bringing depth of teaching into the studio. Sometimes this is in the fashion of a small nugget of anatomy knowledge in a 60-min slow flow, sometimes a new take-home mobility series in a flow, sometimes some beautiful yogic history in yin, or time with alignment of warrior I in fundamentals.

🕰️As a studio, we recognize 60 min classes don’t always have the time to break it down even further. teachers get creative but we always could use more time (couldn’t we all!). And we’re really not about throwing people in the deep end, expecting people to look around people doing the postures in the room and just figure it out rapid fire.

🌀we really value the opportunities we’ve created in our first year to provide more time and space for deep dive. Weekly fundamentals, weekly miniseries, and monthly workshops. We’re being deliberate with scheduling, creative energy, and dedication to this core value. We know this helps our mind-body-spirit connection, as we allow ourselves the time to learn and digest. Also…. It really showcases the expertise and backgrounds of teachers on our team.

✨again, we like to think of River & Stone like fine dining. as always, we are so grateful for our talented “chefs” who take pride in their craft. We are trying to elevate relationships with Yoga…. And the Self.
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👕🤩 we’ve had quite a number of people ask for more of these super-soft long sleeves, so we’re going to refill! 👌 (seriously, it’s so cozy)

Let us know if you want us to put you down for one. DM, comments, story, email, text, call! 📱

Your water bottles have enjoyed their little getaway vacation with us… but they probably want to go home! Shoot us a DM ☺️

🤩 what a warm community we are becoming.
January & February was vibrant. ✨
And today.. we had our most bustling classes from AM to PM. 🙏💕
thank you for rolling out your mat and joining us.

👀 you know that feeling at the end of class…

“I wish I had something draped over my eyes right now…” 😌

insert these sweet little R&S savasana lavender eye pillows! 😎

These are amateur, perfectly imperfect, upcycled, one-of-a-kind…and limited edition! 🤩☺️

Pro tip: put it in your chilled, ice cold Stanley. bring it to class. you know what to do from there.👌

Tuesday AM cancelled ❄️☃️ Stay safe & warm!

mamas and their babies joining us each Sunday at River & Stone. 💕🤰

all the props for Restorative this eve. 🫁
We love props. 🙏

Rest and props are not “beginner” practices. We all need rest… and support.

Restorative yoga is a practice where our bodies are almost fully reliant on the support of props so our body can ‘restore’ itself. Being supported by props may allow you to bask in the moment and in the breath. These postures of varying levels are often supported by props and held for several minutes.

While in rest for extended periods, we work with sensation, breath, mindfulness, dharma teachings, and meditation.

🙏🥹 thank you for the kind words!

🌀Monday Minis have been a hit! 💥

Cindy brought in Fred this eve to help educate on the structures of the hip. We were guided through different movements and postures, learning more about where to feel deeper into our hip region, and how to recognize our own compensatory patterns. We’re aiming to be well-informed in our bodies— feeling and listening, and responding. 🙏

Thank you to our team for collaborating and providing these rich educational opportunities 🦴🩻💪

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❄️ Let’s try this again. Snow cancellation on TUESDAY morning, not Monday. 🤪

🤩Winter Schedule drop!

✨ We've got a few more classes dropping on the schedule for you, Riv&Sto!
➕Mon 7p: Monday Mini's (stay tuned for details on this exciting offering…)
➕Fri 4:30p: Flow

Some teacher shifts as well, so peep MB to scope out how we’ve played musical chairs. 🪑☺️

Effective at the top of 2024! 👌🧘‍♂️🧘‍♀️🧘

River & Stone Yoga River & Stone provides inclusive space in Worcester for self-exploration through yoga.

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Happy Holidays from R&S!🎄🙏☺️

✈️ 🧳 Visiting the area for the holidays?? 🎄

Did you know we have an R&S travel pass? It’s perfect if you’re dipping in for a stay. Traveling can be stressful for the body (& mind!), so we have a way to ground some of that energy and take care of yourself. 🙌🙏

Or, for our regular yogis… bring your out-of-town family members down to meet us! The more the merrier! 🎄 😂🤪👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

commitment 🙏

This yogi has followed us in all kinds of settings over the years— our teachers/teachings, values, collective *vibe*. She gets it… *

We talked this morning about seasons of practice, sometimes we have months/years of daily time on the mat. Sometimes the season of life is chaos and we don’t/aren’t able to. A thread of *commitment to self* is what prevails.

*a lot of you “get” and live the River & Stone collective vibe! Watch out or I’ll catch your cool shirt photography moment 🤓📸😀

✨🎁 Gifts of Health 🎁✨

We love rolling out these sweet gift cards. The age of the digital gift giving can be great in many ways, and(!) there’s something nice about the old-fashioned sweet way of opening a gift. My vote is dip this into a self-care basket, complete with a candle, some tea, maybe a lavender eye pillow…take care of the ones you love. 🥰

Here are some ideas for the amount you could choose and what they’d offer:

✨$30: Gift the New Student 2 Week Intro
✨$75: 5 Class Pass
✨$120: a month of unlimited classes

💝For purchase, drop in to the studio 30 min prior to any class on the schedule, or if that’s hard to sync up, DM, email, or call and we’ll help get the card to you (or Santa).

🌅Awakening and slowly arriving to Thanksgiving morning practice.

🤲✋Touch ❤️ 👋

In a post-Covid, trauma-informed world, we know a lot can be said on this topic! Yoga studios and teachers have been “re-calibrating” and re-considering how we use assists (touch) in teaching yoga. There are even in-depth, specific trainings on assists (mine was 20 hrs!). It’s all a complex conversation.

And! We also want to provide space for practitioners who may invite and welcome supportive touch during their time on the mat. We’re here to offer you care and kinesthetic education, after all. If it feels helpful and nurturing for your practice, we have a way to say “yes please!”

Please be aware our stones are “opt-in”… some studios do the reverse. ☺️👌

Also… please be aware, on the flip side of things, some teachers do not utilize touch/assists as much in their teaching, and there could be a number of reasons for that, too!

Touch is also just one way that in studio offers a little more than a Zoom class 🤪🙃😉

Much love, River & STONE yogis 😀🙏🪨

🌄”Elevated experience” was the language another student provided recently.

Thank you for noticing. We’re Intentional in what we’re offering 🙏