Mindful Yoga to Support the Live for Liv Foundation
Community • Awareness • Healing
Mindful Yoga for Live for Liv
A donation-based yoga class intended to increase awareness of domestic violence
Saturday, May 2nd @ 2 – 3:15pm
w/ Julie McKay, Joanna Losty, & Janet Spiegel
at Revolution Community Yoga in Acton, MA in the 525 Mass. Ave. Studio
All proceeds go directly to the Live for Liv Foundation (https://liveforliv.org/)
Suggested donation $35 – $45 – however all are welcome regardless of donation
Donate on line at https://liveforliv.org/ and bring your receipt to class, or bring cash or check with you to class.
Register in advance as space is limited!
Mindful Yoga for Live for Liv
A donation-based yoga class intended to increase awareness of domestic violence
Join RCY Yoga Teachers Julie McKay, Joanna Nowlan, and Janet Spiegel for a community-centered Mindful Yoga practice honoring 15 years of Live for Liv’s work increasing domestic violence awareness and building safer, more compassionate communities.
Move, breathe, and connect in a supportive space rooted in choice, care, and inclusion. Optional Reiki and hands-on assists will be available. All levels are welcome, and participants are encouraged to move at their own pace and rest as needed.
Supporting Live for Liv
Live for Liv is a Westford-based nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about domestic violence through education, prevention, and community outreach, helping individuals and families access resources, support, and pathways toward safety and healing. Learn more at https://liveforliv.org/.
Julie McKay, E-RYT 500
Yoga Instructor Julie McKay grew up and raised her family on the coast of Maine. She has enjoyed calling Stow home for a decade. Trained as a dancer, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Dance at Skidmore College. She enjoyed teaching dance to children for 20 years, and as she was approaching 40, she fell deeply in love with yoga. She completed her initial Yoga Teacher Training in 2012 from Yoga On York and her advanced training from Yoga Renew in 2023. Julie cultivates a safe and comfortable atmosphere for her students weaving in philosophy, encouragement, and humor!
Some of Julie’s trainings include:
Frontiers of Trauma Treatment (van der Kolk/Moore)
The Art of Adjusting (Stackpoole/Peltz)
Classical 8 Limbed Path of Ashtanga Yoga (Birch)
Reiki I and II (Barnett)
Joanna Losty
Joanna Losty has been teaching yoga and strength/fitness classes for 18 years and completed her Yoga Teacher Training right here at Revolution Community Yoga in the very first 200-hour training session with Cindy Boulter. A kindergarten teacher and mom to three sons, Joanna brings patience, warmth and real-life understanding into every single class. Joanna is experienced, grounded, and steady…. but also brings big energy and humor. She believes that true (physical, mental and spiritual) growth and strength come only through slowing down and connecting to our true selves one mindful breath at a time.
Joanna’s teaching focuses on practices that support the nervous system and invites students to slow down and to find peace and ease, while at the same time building fire and strength in the body. She will challenge you to work hard when possible, and to take it easy when that is what you and your body need. She will support and love you no matter how you show up that day. Let’s face it, life is hard sometimes – Yoga is a safe place for all with Joanna. Her goal? To make you feel strong, confident, and at peace, both on and off your mat.
Janet Spiegel, Yoga Instructor
Yoga Instructor Janet Spiegel first came to yoga more than a decade ago to add Power classes to her training plan for a half marathon. After crossing the finish line, she kept coming to her mat. Over time, Janet found yoga to be a spiritual place of peace, compassion, and community.
Janet earned her 200-hour Fluid Yoga Teacher certification in April 2019, and is beyond grateful to all of her teachers in Maine, Massachusetts and beyond for supporting her practice over the years.
She co-founded Elevate Yoga at Elevate Yoga Café and has taught at Samudra Studios, all in Maine. You will find her in vinyasa, yin, restorative, power, yoga nidra, and meditation classes, honoring a beginner’s mind while offering different ways to explore and have fun with the practice.
When she is not on her mat, Janet is a corporate yogi working as a management consultant, and loves time spent with her husband and twins.