Collective Effervescence & a Celebratory June
the Village Yoga teaching crew, June 2024. photo :: Christina Dittmar
"Collective Effervescence" is the JOY created and shared when a group of people get together to move, breathe, and be in a LIVE experience that taps into our communal embodiment and vitality.
Think of your favorite concert where thousands of strangers are singing and dancing together and suddenly feel like they are part of something bigger. The aliveness that sparks within you and that shared sense of purpose that connects you in the moment.
I remember reading a NYTimes article about Collective Effervescence as something that SO many of us missed during those socially-distant pandemic years.
Sam & I moved to Kinderhook during that time, summer 2020, and while we quietly built our family & personal community here, we were WAITING until the right alignment of time, place, and people to create a studio where that special shared experience might happen everyday, in the most ordinary extraordinary way.
And WOW have you shown up to bring that exact Collective Effervescence to LIFE at Village Yoga.
Every time you move and breath together in class -- when you start collectively singing a song from one of Sam's playlists or burst into laughter at Ashley's profound silliness in Healthy Backs or collectively melt into relaxation in Samar or Bobbie or Patrick's classes or drift off into somewhere softer in Lodro & Adreanna's meditations -- THAT is Collective Effervescence.
This Friday, June 7, 2024, marks one year of shared JOY at Village Yoga. And we simply could not have done this without you.
Unquestionably -- your participation, your simply showing up, your effort, your ease -- all of it is creating something much bigger and more magical than we could have imagined.
Our special offerings and events and this month reflect that same shared sense of collective effervescence -- Sunday Service with Lodro & Adreanna and Portrait of a Practice with Christina Dittmar. Keep reading below for all the details + to sign up.
And we hope to catch you in class this weekend to celebrate ONE Year of practice together.
SO grateful for you,
Cath & Sam
P.S. -- We curated a special June playlist that SOUNDS like shared joy, just for you!
Sunday Service | June 30
Imagine : your Sunday morning spiritual service … but it’s catered to your brand of spirituality?
Welcome to your Sunday Service — this is for the people who strive cultivate more peace and kindness in themselves so they can see these qualities in the world around them.
You + Your Loved Ones + Experienced Mediation Guides = Sunday Service
with Adreanna Limbach
& Lodro Rinzler
Join us at Village Yoga --
the last Sunday of each month this summer
(June 30, July 29, August 25)
10:30-11:30am
Each session begins with a reading from a text that inspires and a talk unpacking that nugget of wisdom.
We’ll meditate on that topic and engage in community discussion about how those teachings integrate into our daily lives.
Plus: TEA! Or coffee, if you’re into the hard stuff ;)
All ages and experience levels are welcome.
Come with your people. Come exactly as you are. You can wear comfy clothes and socks / bare feet. Please note that our studio is located up two flights of stairs.
Join us IN-PERSON or VIRTUALLY via livestream.
(link to join us via zoom will be sent 24-hours prior to each session!)
30% of all proceeds go to our Community Meditation partner, The Sylvia Center.
3-ticket options:
$15 - suggested for one-person
$30 - suggested for families / couples / groups
$100 - to become an official "friend of Community Meditation" -- your generous contribution helps us increase our contribution to our Community Meditation partners like The Sylvia Center, a New York-based non-profit educating young people and families through culinary programming to promote health and well-being at the Kinderhook-based Katchkie Farm.
Let's sit together!
Questions? please email hello@villageyoga.co
Portrait of A Practice : Mini Photoshoot Workshop with Christina Dittmar
You are MAGIC. It shows when you’re here at Village Yoga.
We know that your everyday practice is SO much more than an hour spent to get more flexible and strong (it's that too ;)).
Your practice is the foundation of all you do and how you show up for your life. It's what helps you, daily, connect with your inner source of vitality, presence, creativity, and embodied JOY.
Our Village Yoga Community is made up of artists, creatives, movers, shakers & change makers. And many of us have a need or a desire to capture a special image of ourselves, our embodiment.
Join us for this Special Workshop —
Please join us for this special offering: Portrait of a Practice.
Talented local photographer Christina Dittmar will be in our space running a series of mini-photoshoots for our members on Sunday June 30.
Whether you need a new headshot for your website or LinkedIn Bio.
Or want to simply capture, print, and frame a beautiful picture of yourself in this moment.
SPACE IS VERY LIMITED FOR THIS SPECIAL OFFERING 👇 don’t miss you!
