Walk & Flow Immersion • A Forest Bathing & Gentle Yoga Experience
w/ Lelia Leary at Revolution Community Yoga + Fitness, Acton, MA
Friday, Oct. 16th @ 9:30 – 11am (rain date: Oct. 23rd)
$30 early bird reg. / $40 after Oct. 13th
*5 people must register by Oct. 13th in order for this workshop to run.
Meeting Location: We’ll gather at the parking lot at the back of Mount Hope Cemetery at 166 Central St. in Acton, MA at 9:20am. After our walk, we’ll drive back over to Revolution Community Yoga (a 2-minute drive) and gather in the Waterfall Room for our yoga practice.
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Join us to take a mindful nature-walk followed by a nurturing Gentle Yoga practice. We will meander a walking loop where we can enjoy the beautiful New England forests and spectacular wetland ecosystems. A magnificent boardwalk through the marshes is a lovely spot for a forest bathing exercise with our community. Following our walk, we will gather back at Revolution Community Yoga for a Gentle Yoga practice with options for light touch hands on assists and a special essential oil blend called Shirin Yoku (translated from the Japanese as “Forest Bathing”).
Meeting Location: We’ll gather at the parking lot at the back of Mount Hope Cemetery at 166 Central St. in Acton, MA at 9:20am. After our walk, we’ll drive back over to Revolution Community Yoga (a 2-minute drive) and gather in the Waterfall Room for our yoga practice.
Lelia Leary, Yoga Instructor
Yoga Instructor Lelia Leary was unprepared to discover the power of yoga when she signed up for a class as a way to add mobility to an exercise regimen. Very quickly she learned that yoga was something extraordinary. She dove in and has never looked back. Her most valuable lesson was cultivating the power of the yogic breath to become more responsive and less reactive.
Mindfulness training and Vipassana meditation soon followed as ways to help her stay grounded. She has sat with Sharon Salzberg, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jack Kornfield and Krishna Das. In her Ashtanga practice, she has been inspired by studying with David Swenson. She’s a mom, a science teacher, and a nature lover. Currently her passions include training Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Muy Thai Kickboxing. She completed her 200 hour training at Revolution Community Yoga.
She offers a challenging yet compassionate practice to build strength, flexibility and balance. All levels are welcome with modifications to ramp up or tone down the offerings. Expect to feel calm, grounded and restored from the practice.