Partner Stretching & Thai Yoga Massage with Daniel Orlansky 

Sunday, April 26

1:30-4pm • Porter Square

Enjoy a relaxing afternoon of partner stretching and Thai Yoga Massage designed to open restricted areas of the body and restore a sense of harmony, ease, and lightness. This workshop blends two powerful approaches to mobility and release: modern PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretching and the time-honored tradition of Thai Yoga Massage.

Partner-assisted PNF stretching uses gentle resistance to improve flexibility and expand range of motion in a safe, effective way. Thai Yoga Massage complements this work through mindful pressure, acupressure points, and soothing joint movements that help release tension and increase circulation.

Together, these practices offer a potent reset—supporting mobility, reducing muscular tightness, easing back and neck tension, and leaving you feeling both deeply relaxed and re-energized.

Cost: $80 (Note - only one of the pair need sign up.)

Required Props: Wear comfortable loose fitting clothes or yoga clothes & please bring two yoga mats (mats are available to rent for $3 at the studio)

Why You Practice: Yoga, Ethics, and Healing with Ashley Mitchell & Liz Bucar

Saturday, May 2 

1:30-3:30pm • Central Square 

What if your yoga practice is asking you an ethical question—and you’ve never had the space to truly explore it?

In this intimate two-hour experience, Professor and author Liz Bucar and longtime Boston teacher Ashley Mitchell invite you to move, reflect, and inquire. The session begins with a grounding 45-minute yoga practice led by Ashley. Then, rather than rolling up your mat and heading out, you’ll stay to engage in guided reflection and conversation using prompts from a custom workbook drawn from Liz’s forthcoming book, Beyond Wellness: How Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices Can Heal Us (Penguin Random House, April 2026).

Together, we’ll explore what it means to practice with integrity, cultural awareness, and care—considering not only how we practice, but why.

You’ll leave with your own copy of the book, thoughtful questions to continue exploring, and the experience of practicing in community with others who are interested in the deeper dimensions of yoga.

Ticket includes a copy of Beyond Wellness and a custom workbook. Space is limited.

Please bring a pen & yoga mat (yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3) 

Cost: $50 

*This event is not eligible for the YogiPass 20% off discount.

Flow Strong with Lyndsay Allyn Cox + Wendy Rue Williams

Saturday, May 9
10:30-11:30am • Big Night Live

Down Under Yoga is partnering with Big Night Fitness for a once in a lifetime immersive experience, bringing together students from all 8 studios and beyond into one space at one time for a movement experience you can only get in a site specific location like Big Night Live.

Join Lyndsay Allyn Cox and Wendy Rue Williams for a high-energy, full-body experience that blends the fluidity of yoga with the power of bodyweight strength training—set against the vibrant backdrop of Big Night Live!

This dynamic class moves seamlessly between creative yoga flow and functional strength and conditioning, designed to build endurance, improve mobility, and enhance overall stability. Expect an upbeat, motivating class with intentional sequencing that challenges the body while staying grounded in breath and mindful movement.

Stay after class to mix, mingle, and explore the vendor village. 

This is an in-person only experience at Big Night Live @ 110 Causeway Street, Boston, MA

Cost:

• $35 general admission

• $65 VIP includes class + Down Under Yoga Swag

• $75 VIP+ includes class + Down Under Yoga Swag + entry into raffle for 3 months free yoga

Discover Iyengar Yoga: A Free Community Offering

Saturday, May 9

2-4pm • Wellesley

Curious about Iyengar Yoga? Come experience the clarity, precision, and intelligence of this method in a welcoming, supportive environment.

Guided by members of Down Under’s experienced Iyengar & Align teaching team, this class offers a thoughtful introduction to a practice known for its attention to detail, alignment, and depth.

All are welcome.

Featuring: Ann Appavoo, Rosie Richardson, Cathie Ryder, Patricia Walden, Linda Watts.

While this event is free, please do bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

The Path of the Lotus: Air Flow with Brittney Burgess 

Friday, May 22
6-8pm • Porter Square

The Lotus Flower rises triumphantly from the mud, nurtured by the elements until it blossoms and floats on the water. Similarly, we each need nourishment from the four elements to reach our fullest potential.

Join Brittney Burgess for part 3 of 4 in her seasonal yoga workshop series (attend one or all!) to explore your capacity to rise from the mud into the light. Each workshop will vary, offering practices that range from deeply grounding to highly energizing, inviting you to embody the elements of earth, water, air, and fire in your practice and your life.

In this workshop, we’ll focus on the element of AIR, cultivating a strong awareness and deep connection to pranayama. Through breath, we’ll clear away the heaviness of winter and welcome the renewal of spring. Create space in your body, mind, and heart, bringing simplicity and ease into your life. This workshop will serve as a powerful reminder that your breath is always with you—to calm, energize, and guide you back to what matters most.

Expect an air element meditation, journal prompts, and a rhythmic asana practice in a lightly heated room to awaken your Anahata, or Heart Chakra.

Please Bring: A Journal, Writing instrument & a yoga mat (mats are available to rent in studio for $3) 

Cost: $40

Flow + Stretch: A Recovery Class with Amanda Bolaños
in partnership with Latin Run Club Boston

Saturday, May 23
1:30-2:30pm • South End

Join Amanda Bolaños for a recovery-focused class designed to support runners and all active bodies. This session blends a gentle, breath-driven flow with longer, targeted stretches to release tension, improve mobility, and aid in recovery. Expect a balance of steady movement and deeper, restorative work, with attention to areas like the hips, hamstrings, and lower back.

While designed with runners in mind, this class is open to all levels— whether you’re coming off a workout or simply looking to move and reset.

Sign up using your regular class pass.

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

Latin Run Club Boston is a community-driven run club focused on creating an inclusive and welcoming space for runners of all levels. Founded by Latinos, the club celebrates culture, connection, and movement, bringing people together through weekly runs and social events around Boston. We host runs every week for all paces, creating a space where everyone can show up, move, and feel part of the community.

Specialty Class: Free the Feet - Where Control Meets Creative Expression with Ivyana Robinson

Sunday, May 31
1-2:30pm • Central Square

Reconnect. Strengthen. Express.

This grounding, uplifting movement experience is designed to awaken the dancer within — whether you’re currently dancing, danced “back then,” or simply love to move.

The session begins with a 45-minute, full-body Pilates practice to build strength, stability, and confidence. From there, you’ll transition into guided dance exploration, weaving together rhythm, flow, and expressive movement.

An energizing soundscape — including live African drumming and thoughtfully curated music — supports the experience, inviting you to move with greater freedom, presence, and connection.

Led by professional dancer and Pilates facilitator Ivyana Robinson, this specialty class blends the artistry of dance with the strength and intelligence of Pilates into one seamless, embodied practice.

Build confidence. Release tension. Move with purpose — and rediscover joy, freedom, and full-body expression.

Sign up using your regular class pass.

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

Finding Support from the Inside Out: Pilates & the Pelvic Floor with Margaret Duncan (MD) & Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas (DPT)

Saturday, June 6

12:30-2:30pm • Central Square & Livestream

Join Down Under Pilates instructor and perinatal psychiatrist Margaret Duncan (MD), alongside guest pelvic floor physical therapist and author of Power to the Pelvis, Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas (DPT), for an interactive exploration of the pelvic floor and its essential role in movement, stress regulation, and overall well-being.

Together, they will introduce the foundational anatomy and function of the pelvic floor, illuminating how this often-overlooked system relates to breath, mindfulness, and the body’s response to stress.

The workshop will conclude with a thoughtfully designed Pilates flow, offering an opportunity to experience these concepts in motion and develop a deeper, more intuitive understanding of support from the center of the body.

Open to all levels, this session offers practical insight and embodied tools to support both your Pilates practice and everyday life.

Cost: $60

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

***For livestream participants: a Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***

Seasonal Reset: Preparing for Pitta Season with Kaveri Barros
Sunday, June 7 
2-3:30pm • Brookline Unwind & Livestream 

(Unwind is located 1038 Beacon Street - just a few doors down from the Brookline Studio)

Prepare your body and mind for the transition into Pitta season with this nourishing, hands-on workshop rooted in Ayurvedic wisdom.

As the heat of late spring and summer begins to rise, we’ll explore how to stay balanced, cool, and steady through food, lifestyle, and sensory awareness.

Held in an intimate kitchen setting, this experience invites you to learn by doing. Together, we’ll prepare and enjoy a variety of seasonal, cooling recipes designed to pacify Pitta, support digestion, and build resilience without overheating the system.

Along the way, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how the qualities of the season show up in your body — and how to work with them rather than against them.

Both educational and experiential, this workshop offers practical tools you can carry into daily life, along with the simple pleasure of cooking and sharing a meal in community.

Ideal for anyone curious about Ayurveda, seasonal living, or how to feel more at ease in their body as the temperature rises.

Please bring a notebook & writing utensil.  

Cost: $55 

***For livestream participants: a Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***

Sanctuary: A Nervous System Reset & Deep Restoration Summer Solstice Workshop with Danielle DelVecchio

Saturday, June 13

2-4pm • Wellesley 

Sanctuary is an immersive restorative experience devoted to nervous system regulation and deep, intentional rest - a return to the sanctuary within. This workshop gently guides the body and mind out of chronic activation and toward balance, offering space for mental, physical, and emotional tension to unwind on a deeply embodied level.

Rather than emphasizing movement or complex sequencing, Sanctuary centers on down-regulation, awareness, and rest as a skill. Through a carefully curated blend of practices, students are invited to soften, settle, and recalibrate - learning how stress is held in the body and how restorative techniques can be used with intention to support resilience and overall well-being.

Most of the workshop is experienced lying down in a supportive, soothing environment, allowing the nervous system to shift from effort into integration.

This experience includes:

• Gentle Kundalini-based movement and breathwork moving through the chakras

• A guided I AM Yoga Nidra™ meditation

• A Reiki-infused sound bath with alchemy crystal bowls, drums, rattles, tuning forks and gong

Students will leave feeling calm, grounded, and deeply restored, with a clearer connection to their internal cues and practical tools for supporting nervous system regulation in daily life.

Sanctuary is ideal for anyone feeling overstimulated or depleted, or for those curious about yoga and meditation as pathways toward deep restoration and self-connection.

As this Sanctuary falls at the time of welcoming in the Summer Solstice, the workshop offers a meaningful opportunity to pause and honor the turning of the season. The solstice marks the longest day of the year, a powerful moment when light reaches its peak and nature stands in full expression. It invites us to slow down, regulate the nervous system, and reconnect with the vitality and abundance of the season. Together, we create space to soak in the light, celebrate what is blooming within and around us, and move into the months ahead with greater clarity, openness, and renewed energy.

Wear comfortable clothing you can move in & bring a washcloth or eye pillow & a yoga mat (yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3)

Cost: $65

DVRM®: Breathwork Teacher Training with David Magone

Five Day Intensive

Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19

8am-4pm each day

Harvard Square

This advanced training is designed for teachers and facilitators who want to offer breathwork with greater structure, clarity, and confidence.

DVRM® (Dynamic Volitional Respiratory Modulation) is a breathwork methodology developed by David Magone and studied through fMRI research in collaboration with Harvard, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital. The research explores how specific breathing patterns can influence brain states and create conditions that support focused awareness, emotional processing, and meaningful shifts in experience.

This training focuses on how to work skillfully within those states — combining precise breathing techniques with thoughtfully structured guidance.

What You’ll Learn

• The foundations of the DVRM methodology and its neuroscience-informed framework

• How to guide structured, theme-based breathwork sessions

• Script selection and delivery techniques for different teaching contexts

• Safety considerations, scope of practice, and working within appropriate boundaries

• How to hold space with clarity, steadiness, and professional integrity

What You’ll Leave With

• Certification to lead themed DVRM breathwork sessions in group settings

• Access to the DVRM script library and selection framework

• Supervised facilitation experience and feedback

• A clear understanding of how to integrate this work into your existing teaching

This is a professional-level training with a defined scope of practice and a structured path forward.

Who This Training Is For

• Yoga and meditation teachers

• Wellness and fitness professionals

• Coaches and somatic practitioners

• Anyone interested in offering a more structured, evidence-informed breathwork practice offering to their existing work.

No prior DVRM experience is required.

Program Format (50 Hours Total)

Pre-Intensive (10 hours, self-paced, to be watched before the program begins)

Foundational study of the methodology, breathing techniques, neuroscience, and safety protocols.

In-Person Intensive (34 hours)

A five-day, practice-based immersion at Down Under School of Yoga, focused on direct experience, guided facilitation, and feedback.

Post-Practicum (6 hours)

Two recorded facilitation sessions with review, plus a 30-day cohort check-in.

Tuition

$2,495

Enrollment closes on June 12.

PRIDE Sculpt & Flow (4th Annual) with Lyndsay Allyn Cox

Saturday, June 20

1:30-2:30pm • Back Bay

Join Lyndsay and friends for the 4th Annual Pride Sculpt & Flow — a joyful, high-energy class blending movement, sweat, music, and celebration.

This festive class invites you to dance, sweat, sing along, and move together in honor of Pride and community. All levels are welcome — come as you are and celebrate alongside members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies.

This year we’re making it bigger than ever, with even more ways to support BAGLY (Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth). Move your body, connect with community, and help uplift the next generation of LGBTQ+ leaders.

Ticket Options:

$60 – Pride Icon Ticket

• Pride Sculpt & Flow class

• 5 raffle tickets

• Discount on entry to our post-class Pride gathering (details coming soon!)

$45 – Supporter Ticket

• Pride Sculpt & Flow class

• 2 raffle tickets

$35 – Community Ticket

• Pride Sculpt & Flow class

Additional raffle tickets will be available for purchase at the event.

Raffle prizes include:

• A private class for you and 15 friends taught by Lyndsay

• Special surprises from Haley Fortier (Nathálie & Haley Henry)

• A collector's item from Ruby Fruit, Silver Lake's dearly departed queer icon

• And more!

All ticket proceeds will be donated to The Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY)

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

Super Led Primary & Conference with Elliott McEldowney

Sunday, June 21

Super Led Primary 8-9:30am

Conference 9:30-10:30am

Harvard Square

Conference is a beloved Mysore tradition where Ashtanga teachers and students from our Mysore schools (Harvard & Brookline) gather to share food, wisdom and inspiration on practice.

Conferences explore a specific topic related to practice and are a unique opportunity to ask questions about asana, philosophy or any aspects of yoga, and to learn from and connect with colleagues. Two times a year the Ashtanga communities unite for a communal Led Primary followed by a breakfast conference at our Life Alive Cafe at Harvard Square and Brookline.

Elliott will be hosting Super Led Primary and Conference on Sunday, June 21 at 8am in Harvard Square. Sign up for class below to let us know you’re coming & stay afterwards at Life Alive Cafe Harvard Sq for the breakfast conference!

Cost: $32 drop in (or use any active DUY class pass)

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

Yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3

Summer Solstice Power Flow, Restore & Sound with Rachelle Pierre

Sunday, June 21

2:15-3:45pm • Porter Square

Move with energy, then settle into ease. In honor of the Summer Solstice — the longest day of the year — this practice invites you to open, expand, and connect with the vitality and fullness of the season.

This 90-minute experience begins with a steady, heat-building Power Flow to awaken strength, circulation, and breath, supporting a sense of spaciousness and expression in the body. From there, you’ll transition into supported restorative postures, with optional hands-on Thai bodywork assists to encourage release and openness.

We’ll close with an extended Savasana and immersive sound bath, allowing the nervous system to settle and the body to integrate the energy of the practice.

Leave feeling grounded, open, and renewed — connected to the brightness, clarity, and expansiveness of summer.

Cost: $50

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

Arm Balances: Strength, Stability & Focus with Didi von Deck

Saturday, June 27

12-2pm • Central Sq & Livestream

Sthira Bhaga, often translated as “sublime steadiness,” is the Sanskrit name for the Advanced A series of Ashtanga Yoga — a practice that explores the balance between strength, focus, and ease.

In this workshop, we’ll explore a range of arm balances drawn from this tradition, emphasizing that true stability arises not from force alone, but from breath, presence, and intelligent action.

Through guided preparation, participants will work with foundational strength, alignment, and technique, along with accessible variations and progressions to support a range of experience levels.

We’ll explore postures including Vasisthasana, Vishvamistrasana, Urdhva Kukkutasana, Galavasana, Eka Pada Bakasana, Koundinyasana, and Ashtavakrasana, with a focus on building confidence, clarity, and control.

This workshop is designed to help you approach arm balances with greater understanding, patience, and a sense of possibility.

Cost: $45

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

***For livestream participants: a Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***

Yoga Therapy for Idiopathic Scoliosis with Masha Leuner

Sunday, June 28

1-2:30pm • Newton & Livestream

Based on the research of Dr. Loren Fishman

This workshop is designed for individuals with diagnosed idiopathic scoliosis who are seeking a thoughtful, evidence-informed approach to working with the spine.

Drawing from the published research of Dr. Loren Fishman, we’ll explore how specific isometric and asymmetrical yoga postures may support changes in spinal curvature over time. In clinical studies, participants who practiced these targeted poses consistently demonstrated measurable improvements in Cobb angle.

Together, we’ll examine:

• The role of asymmetrical strengthening in supporting the spine

• Key postures used in the research

• How different curve patterns (thoracic, lumbar, and S-curve) respond to load and positioning

• How to practice with clarity, consistency, and appropriate effort

This is a focused, practical session centered on applying research-based methods in a safe and accessible way.

Who this workshop is for:

• Individuals with diagnosed idiopathic scoliosis

• Students interested in a more precise and informed approach to practice

• Teachers seeking a clearer understanding of how to work with scoliosis in a yoga context

You’ll leave with a small, clearly defined set of practices that you can continue on your own.

Cost: $50

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

***For livestream participants: a Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***

Rewired: Breathwork Backed by Science with David Magone

Three Mondays

July 6 • July 13 • July 20

4-5pm • Back Bay

Breathwork, Backed by Brain Science

Most breathwork asks you to take its effects on faith. This doesn’t.

DVRM (Dynamic Volitional Respiratory Modulation) is a breathwork methodology developed by David Magone, studied through fMRI research with Harvard, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital. The imaging shows dramatic increases in brain network connectivity during the practice. Specific breathing patterns shift your nervous system into altered states where real rewiring can happen. You leave different than you arrived.

Four Months. Or Just One.

Four themes, three one-hour sessions each, in a small consistent cohort. Each month stands alone. Taken together, they form a full cycle.

Month 1 (July): Clarity

Cutting through the noise to what you actually know.

Three sessions exploring the static you’ve been living inside, the quieter knowing underneath it, and how to stay clear when the world gets loud.

Cost: $120

Please bring a yoga mat (mats are available to rent in studio for $3)

* cost includes all three sessions, there is no proration for missing a session *

Rewired: Breathwork Backed by Science with David Magone

Three Mondays

August 3 • August 10 • August 17

4-5pm • Back Bay

Breathwork, Backed by Brain Science

Most breathwork asks you to take its effects on faith. This doesn’t.

DVRM (Dynamic Volitional Respiratory Modulation) is a breathwork methodology developed by David Magone, studied through fMRI research with Harvard, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

The imaging shows dramatic increases in brain network connectivity during the practice. Specific breathing patterns shift your nervous system into altered states where real rewiring can happen. You leave different than you arrived.

Four Months. Or Just One.

Four themes, three one-hour sessions each, in a small consistent cohort. Each month stands alone. Taken together, they form a full cycle.

Month 2 (August): Steady Under Pressure

For the moments that usually take you out.

The hard meeting, the overwhelmed afternoon, the conversation you brace for. Three sessions teaching your nervous system to meet pressure differently, so you stop losing yourself in it.

Cost: $120

Please bring a yoga mat (mats are available to rent in studio for $3)

* cost includes all three sessions, there is no proration for missing a session *

Psychedelic Breathwork Journey with David Magone

A 4-Week Healing Journey Into Expanded States

Fridays • Porter Square

September 4 • 6–8pm

September 11 • 6–8pm

September 18 • 6–9pm **note extended time**

September 25 • 6–8pm

Access profound consciousness shifts. Track your transformation.

No substances required.

This four-week immersive series uses structured breathwork protocols to guide participants into psychedelic-like, non-ordinary states of awareness—experiences often marked by emotional release, somatic unwinding, intuitive insight, and visual or symbolic perception. Each week builds intentionally upon the last, blending deep breathwork journeys with tools for integration, reflection, and measurable personal change.

THE JOURNEY ARC

WEEK 1: MAPPING YOUR TERRAIN

Identify what feels stuck—emotionally, somatically, or energetically.

You’ll establish a 1–10 metric for personal blocks before entering an expanded state through breathwork. Insights may emerge through physical sensation, emotional expression, inner knowing, or visual imagery. Track your numbers again afterward to witness immediate shifts.

WEEK 2: MEETING YOUR EDGE

Work directly with resistance inside non-ordinary consciousness.

Rather than analyzing patterns intellectually, you’ll explore what keeps you stuck while accessing states that allow deeper clarity, perspective, and emotional processing than ordinary conversation often permits.

WEEK 3: THE BREAKTHROUGH (Extended Session - held 6-9pm)

A longer, more immersive breathwork journey designed to support powerful shifts.

Participants frequently report experiences comparable to certain psychedelic or plant-medicine sessions:

• deep somatic release

• emotional catharsis

• symbolic or visionary imagery

• mystical-style insight

• core pattern shifts

WEEK 4: INTEGRATION

Anchor and embody your transformation.

Learn how to carry your insights into daily life, refine your personal tools for accessing expanded states safely on your own, and celebrate the measurable changes you’ve tracked week by week.

This Program Is For You If You:

• Want legal, substance-free psychedelic-like experiences

• Seek measurable transformation, not just intense moments

• Are curious about expanded states without pharmacological support

• Want both the journey and the integration

• Are ready to work with breath, awareness, and emotional honesty

• Appreciate structured, safe space holding

Includes:

• Four themed journeys with integration practice

• Progress-tracking tools for measurable change

• A supportive group container led by an experienced facilitator

Investment: $595

THE RESEARCH

David Magone’s DVRM protocol has been studied at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. fMRI imaging showed brain activation patterns similar to those observed during psilocybin-induced states—suggesting that structured breathwork can evoke comparably expanded modes of consciousness.

Individual experiences vary. This program is not medical care. Please consult your doctor if you have any health concerns.

* this course is not eligible for the YogiPass discount & cost includes all four sessions, there is no proration for missing a session *

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

Rewired: Breathwork Backed by Science with David Magone

Three Mondays

September 14 • September 21 • September 28

4-5pm • Back Bay

Breathwork, Backed by Brain Science

Most breathwork asks you to take its effects on faith. This doesn’t.

DVRM (Dynamic Volitional Respiratory Modulation) is a breathwork methodology developed by David Magone, studied through fMRI research with Harvard, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

The imaging shows dramatic increases in brain network connectivity during the practice. Specific breathing patterns shift your nervous system into altered states where real rewiring can happen. You leave different than you arrived.

Four Months. Or Just One.

Four themes, three one-hour sessions each, in a small consistent cohort. Each month stands alone. Taken together, they form a full cycle.

Month 3 (September): Letting Go

Putting down what you’ve been carrying.

The body keeps the ledger. Three sessions meeting what’s been held, grief, tension, old stories, and letting it move.

Cost: $120

Please bring a yoga mat (mats are available to rent in studio for $3)

* cost includes all three sessions, there is no proration for missing a session *

Sanctuary: A Nervous System Reset & Deep Restoration Fall Equinox Workshop with Danielle DelVecchio

Saturday, September 19

2-4pm • Wellesley 

Sanctuary is an immersive restorative experience devoted to nervous system regulation and deep, intentional rest - a return to the sanctuary within. This workshop gently guides the body and mind out of chronic activation and toward balance, offering space for mental, physical, and emotional tension to unwind on a deeply embodied level.

Rather than emphasizing movement or complex sequencing, Sanctuary centers on down-regulation, awareness, and rest as a skill. Through a carefully curated blend of practices, students are invited to soften, settle, and recalibrate - learning how stress is held in the body and how restorative techniques can be used with intention to support resilience and overall well-being.

Most of the workshop is experienced lying down in a supportive, soothing environment, allowing the nervous system to shift from effort into integration.

This experience includes:

• Gentle Kundalini-based movement and breathwork moving through the chakras

• A guided I AM Yoga Nidra™ meditation

• A Reiki-infused sound bath with alchemy crystal bowls, drums, rattles, tuning forks and gong

Students will leave feeling calm, grounded, and deeply restored, with a clearer connection to their internal cues and practical tools for supporting nervous system regulation in daily life.

Sanctuary is ideal for anyone feeling overstimulated or depleted, or for those curious about yoga and meditation as pathways toward deep restoration and self-connection.

As this Sanctuary falls at the time of the Fall Equinox, the workshop offers a meaningful opportunity to pause and honor the turning of the season. The equinox marks a moment of balance between light and dark, inviting us to slow down, restore the nervous system, and reflect on the season that has passed. As nature begins to shift inward, it offers a gentle reminder to release what feels complete and make space for what is ready to unfold. Together, we create space to ground, recalibrate, and move into the months ahead with greater clarity, steadiness, and intention.

Wear comfortable clothing you can move in & bring a washcloth or eye pillow & a yoga mat (yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3)

Cost: $65

Super Led Primary & Conference with Didi von Deck

Sunday, September 27

Super Led Primary 7-8:30am

Conference 9-10am

Brookline

Conference is a beloved Mysore tradition where Ashtanga teachers and students from our 3 Mysore schools (Harvard, Brookline and South End) gather to share food, wisdom and inspiration on practice.

Conferences explore a specific topic related to practice and are a unique opportunity to ask questions about asana, philosophy or any aspects of yoga, and to learn from and connect with colleagues. Two times a year the Ashtanga communities unite for a communal Led Primary followed by a breakfast conference at our Life Alive Cafe at Harvard Square and Brookline.

Didi will be hosting Super Led Primary and Conference on Sunday, September 27 at 7:15am in the Brookline studio. Sign up for class below to let us know you’re coming & travel afterwards to Life Alive Cafe Brookline (888 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline) for the breakfast conference!

Yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3

Cost: $32 drop in (or use any active DUY class pass)

Come back soon to sign up!

Rewired: Breathwork Backed by Science with David Magone

Three Mondays

October 19, October 26, November 2

4-5pm • Back Bay

Breathwork, Backed by Brain Science

Most breathwork asks you to take its effects on faith. This doesn’t.

DVRM (Dynamic Volitional Respiratory Modulation) is a breathwork methodology developed by David Magone, studied through fMRI research with Harvard, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

The imaging shows dramatic increases in brain network connectivity during the practice. Specific breathing patterns shift your nervous system into altered states where real rewiring can happen. You leave different than you arrived.

Four Months. Or Just One.

Four themes, three one-hour sessions each, in a small consistent cohort. Each month stands alone. Taken together, they form a full cycle.

Month 3 (September): Letting Go

Putting down what you’ve been carrying.

The body keeps the ledger. Three sessions meeting what’s been held, grief, tension, old stories, and letting it move.

Cost: $120

Please bring a yoga mat (mats are available to rent in studio for $3)

* cost includes all three sessions, there is no proration for missing a session *

Winter Solstice Power Flow, Restore & Sound with Rachelle Pierre

Friday, December 18

7:30-9pm • Brookline

Move with care, then settle into deep stillness. In honor of the Winter Solstice — the longest night of the year — this practice invites you to slow down, turn inward, and reconnect with the quiet steadiness that lives beneath the surface.

This 90-minute experience begins with a gentle, heat-building Power Flow to awaken circulation and ease the body into movement without urgency. From there, you’ll transition into supported restorative postures, with optional hands-on Thai bodywork assists to encourage release, softness, and ease.

We’ll close with an extended Savasana and immersive sound bath, allowing the nervous system to settle and the body to absorb the restorative energy of the season.

Leave feeling grounded, replenished, and deeply restored — nourished by the stillness and renewal of winter.

Cost: $50

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

Summer Solstice Power Flow, Restore & Sound with Rachelle Pierre

Sunday, June 21

2:15-3:45pm • Porter Square

Move with energy, then settle into ease. In honor of the Summer Solstice — the longest day of the year — this practice invites you to open, expand, and connect with the vitality and fullness of the season.

This 90-minute experience begins with a steady, heat-building Power Flow to awaken strength, circulation, and breath, supporting a sense of spaciousness and expression in the body. From there, you’ll transition into supported restorative postures, with optional hands-on Thai bodywork assists to encourage release and openness.

We’ll close with an extended Savasana and immersive sound bath, allowing the nervous system to settle and the body to integrate the energy of the practice.

Leave feeling grounded, open, and renewed — connected to the brightness, clarity, and expansiveness of summer.

Cost: $50

Please bring a yoga mat (rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

Sanctuary: A Nervous System Reset & Deep Restoration Winter Solstice Workshop with Danielle DelVecchio

Saturday, December 19

2-4pm • Wellesley 

Sanctuary is an immersive restorative experience devoted to nervous system regulation and deep, intentional rest - a return to the sanctuary within. This workshop gently guides the body and mind out of chronic activation and toward balance, offering space for mental, physical, and emotional tension to unwind on a deeply embodied level.

Rather than emphasizing movement or complex sequencing, Sanctuary centers on down-regulation, awareness, and rest as a skill. Through a carefully curated blend of practices, students are invited to soften, settle, and recalibrate - learning how stress is held in the body and how restorative techniques can be used with intention to support resilience and overall well-being.

Most of the workshop is experienced lying down in a supportive, soothing environment, allowing the nervous system to shift from effort into integration.

This experience includes:

• Gentle Kundalini-based movement and breathwork moving through the chakras

• A guided I AM Yoga Nidra™ meditation

• A Reiki-infused sound bath with alchemy crystal bowls, drums, rattles, tuning forks and gong

Students will leave feeling calm, grounded, and deeply restored, with a clearer connection to their internal cues and practical tools for supporting nervous system regulation in daily life.

Sanctuary is ideal for anyone feeling overstimulated or depleted, or for those curious about yoga and meditation as pathways toward deep restoration and self-connection.

As this Sanctuary falls at the time of the Winter Solstice, the workshop offers a meaningful opportunity to pause and honor the turning of the season. The solstice marks the longest night of the year, a sacred threshold that invites deep rest, reflection, and renewal. As the light slowly begins its return, this time of year encourages us to slow down, regulate the nervous system, and reconnect with what truly nourishes us. Together, we create space to settle inward, restore the body and mind, and welcome the quiet emergence of light and new beginnings.

Wear comfortable clothing you can move in & bring a washcloth or eye pillow & a yoga mat (yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3)

Cost: $65

Ring Out the Old, Ring In the Ohm with Shawna Lemelman

Thursday, December 31, 2026
10:30pm-11:59pm • Brookline

Close out the year on your mat and welcome the next with clarity, gratitude, and joy. Join Shawna Lemelman for the final flow of 2026 - a spirited, high-energy vinyasa class to move, breathe, sweat, and celebrate in community.

Expect a lively heated flow, uplifting music, a sound-bath savasana, and a sparkling moment together at midnight to toast the year ahead. The evening will include light fare and a festive beverage to toast to 2027. Shake off what you no longer need, honor what carried you here, and step into 2027 feeling inspired and renewed.

Dress Code: Festive and fun encouraged - just be ready to move, sweat & have fun!

Bring: Mat, towel, and water bottle (mat rentals are available for $3 at the studio)

All levels welcome

Cost: $40