Yoga on the Mountain 2024

Mountain Movement and Meditation: Reconnect with Nature for Inner Peace and Forest Bathing!

Engage in physical activity to energize your body and then find stillness to calm your mind. Start your day in the refreshing mountain air, get moving, and connect with nature. Join a standing flow and seated meditation session among the trees in the Ozarks. Take a moment to breathe, be present, and tap into your inner wisdom.

Loving-kindness meditation is an ancient Buddhist practice that cultivates goodwill and universal friendliness toward oneself and others. According to the latest scientific research, regular practice of the Loving-kindness meditation reduced self criticism, reduced pain, enhanced well being, improved relationships and improved mental health. It is an easy practice to learn and is especially great for people who want to feel more empathy and connection. Now who doesn't want that?

Integrate meditation, breath work, journaling, and rhythmic movement to awaken your mind, heart, and body with purpose, ease, and creativity. Acquire simple tools and a movement practice that you can incorporate into your morning routine. Ideal for beginners seeking to establish a morning practice or seasoned practitioners in need of a revitalizing experience.

Our final gathering has all the makings of sealing our take-aways, committing more to ourselves and growth, connecting one last time to our community and LOVE. All yoga music is devoted to love in some way; the love of God, nature, even the love of "devotion", so "love" is the mission of this offering. Join us in a playful, devotional yoga flow. Expect to hear spiritual yoga tunes and some good'ol Sunday mornin' Gospel music. Get ready to move with inspiration, devotion and passion. This will be a spiritual (IN-Spired), all-levels class, all styles, all ages. This is nondenominational, all beliefs are welcome (or absence of any belief). Bring your mat, phone (to enter new friends contact info and take pictures), and a warm layer for savasana.