Special Events & Workshops
IN PERSON!
Sunday October 5, 4-6pm in Sebastopol
and
Thursday November 6, 6-8pm in Berkeley
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10/5/25
Harvest Moon Yoga with Ava
An Autumnal Equinox Extended Practice
Sunday October 5, 4-6pm
Radiate Studio, Sebastopol, CA
Sliding scale: $45-65
REGISTER HERE
The fall full moon closest to the equinox is often called the Harvest Moon. When this full moon falls in October, it is sometimes called the Hunters Moon. Taking inspiration from these celestial signifiers, we’ll activate our strength, stamina, and courage through heat-building Surya Namaskaras and longer holds in strong standing postures, then bow softly to the changing season and darkening of the light through calming forward bends and restorative asanas.
Incorporating both Surya (Sun) and Chandra (Moon) Namaskaras (salutations), we move from stoking inner fire and exploring diverse variations of the warrior postures to the cooling moon sequence that invites us to move in a more circular pattern, spiraling gradually back down to earth where we’ll unwind our joints with supported, durational poses.
Experience Ava’s hands-on adjustments, which are gentle and deep, and tailored to each student. Fall freely and with ease into the autumn months, a time of both harvest and restoration.
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Thursday 11/6/25, 6-8pm
Berkeley Yoga Center
Suggested Donation $30-$60
Email me and submit payment to register: agentava@gmail.com
@agentava (Venmo)
agentava@weplayers.org (PayPal)
Awaken and expand. Settle and soften. Open into the moment. Just as you are.
Our yoga practice is one of balancing oppositional forces - earth and sky, expansion and contraction, inhalation and exhalation. In this 2 hour in-person extended practice we will stimulate chi flow, increasing circulation and deepening respiration through a steadily paced vinyasa flow asana sequence. We’ll use that warmth and awareness to go deep into our major joints with some longer held supported postures for release and restoration, which help to calm our nervous systems and quiet our physical and energetic bodies. The result is a holistic practice that activates and energizes, helping to move stuck or stagnant chi (energy) while also cultivating sthira (steadiness), and providing energetic nourishment and calm. Ava is a seasoned practitioner and teacher of 20+ years - join her for a joyful journey on the mat, experience loving and sensitive hands-on adjustments, and celebrate the temple you live in - your body!
SATURDAY SANGHA: COMMUNITY PRACTICE
A monthly offering
where I practice with you
where we practice together
synchronizing our breath
and movement.
In these first Saturday sessions I will simply call out the Sanskrit name of the postures and we'll move and breathe together.
For newer students, it may be more challenging to practice in this way, but you are joyously welcome to join and follow along as best you can! Please just rest in child's pose whenever you need to.
For more advanced students, in initial sessions we’ll practice the ashtanga primary series. In subsequent sessions I’ll start to layer in 2nd series postures.
Please join me the first Saturday of each month, at 10am:
Same zoom link for each Saturday - Zoom!
password: yoga
Practice will be between 90 and 120 minutes. You will have the option to take rest at 11:30am. For those who can stay, we’ll continue with Pranyama and meditation thereafter.
“I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.”
- Mary Oliver