Workshops, Series, & Special Events
MAX STROM WORKSHOPS
APRIL 1 & 2
OUTDOOR YOGA SERIES
APRIL 8-MAY 20
In-Person Enrollment Sessions
All In-Person Sessions are open for drop-ins, space permitting.
To guarantee your spot and get the most economical pricing, enroll for the entire session!
Make-up missed classes online or by attending another in-person class
Livestream option is available for all of these classes
HYC Online Monthly Members get 30% off session enrollment/drop-in fees
6-week session: Monday Night Vinyasa in Wheaton
Dates: February 20 - March 27, 2023 (classes are ongoing, join anytime!)
6-7pm - Level 1 with Ellen Bennett - great for beginners, no prior experience or flexibility needed!
Learn More and Register Here
7:15-8:30pm - Level 2 with Dave Cohen - for those with some yoga experience and free of serious injuries, looking for more of a challenge
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Cost: $119 for 6 weeks / $23 per class to drop in
Located at the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad
2400 Arcola Ave, Wheaton, MD 20902
**A portion of your fee will go to support the WVRS
4-week Beginner’s Session: Wednesday Nights at UU Congregation of Rockville
Dates: March 8-29, 2023
7:30-8:45pm - Introduction to Vinyasa Flow & Meditation w/ Carrie Vieira
Cost: $85 for 4 weeks* / $23 per class to drop in
Located at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville
100 Welsh Park Dr #1900, Rockville, MD 20850
*Early Bird Discount - SAVE $6 through March 5th
Learn More and Register Here
7-week session: Thursday Evenings at Tikvat Israel Congregation
Dates: February 16 - March 30, 2023
6-7:15pm - Vinyasa Flow, Levels 1 and 2 with Sarah Fishman
Cost: $119 for 6 weeks / $23 per class to drop in
Located at 2200 Baltimore Rd, Rockville, MD 20851
108 Sun Salutations: A Veteran’s Day Weekend Fundraiser and Community Event
Saturday, November 12th from 1:00-3:00pm
Join HYC teachers Dave & Monya Cohen, and HYC teacher and owner Sarah Fishman, for a practice of 108 Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskars), held in-person at the Manor Woods Swim Club in Rockville, MD, or accessible online via Zoom.
This workshop will flow as follows:
- 4 sets of 27 Sun Salutations, each led by different teachers
- Guided stretching breaks between each set of 27
- Guided meditation during savasana
You do NOT have to do 108 Sun Salutations to participate - do some, none or all!
Learn More and Register Here (100% of the proceeds from your donation will go to benefit TAPS.)
HYC is proud to support TAPS, or the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, which has been bringing support and resources to families grieving the loss of a military or veteran loved one since 1994.
Thanksgiving Day:
Embody Gratitude
Thursday, November 24th , from 9:30-10:45am (also offered via Zoom)
Cost: $25 (HYC members get 15% off)
Learn More and Register Here
In-Person Offering at the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad, also on Zoom
Gather together with your HYC community on Thanksgiving morning as Dave and Monya lead you through a special holiday-themed class. Set the tone for the rest of your holiday by cultivating santosha, a yogic principle which highlights the importance of contentment and gratitude.
This workshop will include:
- An energetic 60-min all levels Vinyasa Flow class, led by Dave.
- A grounding Yoga Nidra -- guided meditation -- led by Monya during a nice, long savasana.
Emerge feeling rested and rejuvenated, ready to embrace the day with a light body and rooted mind.
Yoga & Nutrition Workshop
with Rhonda Cohen
In-Person Offering at the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad
Join Rhonda Cohen (Registered Dietitian, Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist, and Certified Sports Nutritionist) in her quest to help people achieve good health through nutrition, and prove that eating well can be both Zen and delicious!
This workshop will include:
~ A nutrition discussion with Rhonda, followed by a hands-on cooking demonstration in WVRS's commercial kitchen;
~ An all levels Vinyasa Flow yoga practice with Sarah Fishman
~ Time to eat customized quinoa bowls and schmooze!
Sunday, December 11th, from 2-4:30pm
Cost: $30 by 12/6, $39 as of 12/7
(HYC members get 15% off)
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Workshop: Pranayama Master Class
“The mind is the king of the senses, and the breath is the king of the mind.”
— B.K.S. Iyengar
Saturday, January 28 from 2:30-4:30pm
Cost: $39 - Offered online via Zoom
Learn More and Register Here
Support and accelerate your 2023 intentions by learning how to regulate your breath!
While prana is commonly translated as breath or respiration, it is that and so much more: our life force, vital energy, and sometimes used interchangeably with the spirit or soul. Our breath is a primary source of prana, and learning to regulate our breathing (pranayama) can boost energy levels, lower stress, and create a state of balance that promotes our health and well-being.
In this workshop, Ari Rubens will lead you through accessible movements and numerous pranayama/breathing techniques, to invigorate and focus, and calm and relax the mind and body. All participants will receive guidance to develop a personalized routine for home practice.
Ari Rubens is a yoga teacher, personal trainer, and musician. His mission is to co-create an empowered world by leading adventures into healing. Ari is passionate about integrating breathwork, movement, and sound into his workshops. He's originally from Israel, traveled extensively throughout the world, and brings his diverse life experience into his sessions. Ari enjoys spending time with his dog Bindi, surfing, and making new connections.
Workshop: Partner Yoga with Dave and Monya Cohen
Saturday, February 11 from 1:30-3pm
Cost: $45 per pair
Offered online via Zoom
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Partner yoga is about communicating, listening and building trust, and connecting with each other. Treat your friend, loved one, spouse, partner, son, daughter, or grandchild to a fun partner yoga experience.
No prior yoga experience necessary. All you need is a desire to explore something new. Have fun, relax and laugh together!
YOGA NIDRA WORKSHOP
Gentle Stretching and Guided Relaxation to Refresh, Restore and Renew
Friday, February 24th from 6:30-8pm
Experience deeper levels of relaxation than you ever imagined possible.
Yoga Nidra ("Yogic Sleep") systematically uses body sensing, breath awareness, guided imagery and meditative practices to release tension throughout the whole body, to help you switch from flight-or-fight into the relaxation response, your body’s natural healing state. Facilitate deep healing and letting go of everyday concerns, limiting beliefs, and anything holding you back from being your best self!
No previous yoga experience necessary!
Cost: $25 - offered online via Zoom
(HYC Monthly Members get 15% off)
Learn More and Register Here
Lisa Danahy, C-IAYT, E-RYT, YACEP, yoga therapist and Divine Sleep® Yoga Nidra guide, leads private and group yoga classes that specialize in the healing dimensions of yoga and mindfulness, as featured in her CD, Create Calm.
Sunday, June 25th from 1-2:30pm
with Nancy Kochuk
Workshop: Yoga for Bone Health
Cost: $25 by by June 17; $30 as of June 18 and beyond
HYC Members’ 15% discount applies
Offered In-Studio AND Online
If you cannot attend this workshop at the time it is offered, you may sign up for the online option and practice with a recording through June 27th.
Did you know research is now showing that yoga can improve bone density and even reverse osteoporosis, making us less vulnerable to falls and fractures? In fact, with just a 12 minute yoga practice per day, we may be able to help prevent the onset of osteoporosis or osteopenia!
Join Nancy for a Hatha yoga practice of poses that are especially effective in building bone strength, and gain a deeper understanding of bone health and how yoga can prevent and reverse bone loss. This workshop is based in part on the pioneering research (including a 10-year research study) on yoga for osteoporosis by Dr. Loren Fishman, with whom Nancy has studied, earning his Yoga for Low-Back Pain Teacher Certification.
No prior yoga experience necessary! This workshop is appropriate for those new to yoga and experienced yoga practitioners, people with osteoporosis or osteopenia, and those who want to prevent it.
Sunday, July 23rd from 2:30-4:30pm
with Lisa Danahy, C-IAYT
Workshop: Yoga Therapy for Chronic Pain
Cost: $35 by by July 13; $40 as of July 14 and beyond
HYC Members’ 15% discount applies
Offered In-Studio AND Online
If you cannot attend this workshop at the time it is offered, you may sign up for the online option and practice with a recording through July 25th.
"Yoga does not change pain. Practicing Yoga leads to changes in the person with pain." (Pearson, 2010, p. 53)
Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts for 3 months or more. It can be a debilitating condition, affecting the daily work and life activities for over 50 million adults in the United States -- in 2021, the CDC estimated that 1 in 5 Americans were suffering from chronic pain.
Chronic pain is complex; it can affect us both physically and psychologically, and these effects may compound to further impact, reinforce and intensify our pain and suffering. But our relationship to pain can change for the better, through the therapeutic practice of yoga.
Lisa Danahy is an E-RYT 500 and Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), with an MS in Yoga Therapy from MUIH. Join her for a workshop of gentle movement, breathing, meditation and inquiry, to:
- relieve pain in the upper and lower body;
- learn strategies to balance the nervous system;
- explore principles of pain sensitization and safe activation; and
- practice meditation and deep relaxation to reduce anxiety and improve resilience.
Workshop: Meditation 101 - Journey Inward
Friday, August 4 from 6-7:30pm
with Carrie Vieira
Cost: $25 by July 29; $30 as of July 30 and beyond
HYC Members’ 15% Discount applies
Offered In-Studio AND Online
If you cannot attend this workshop at the time it is offered, you may sign up for the online option and practice with a recording through August 6th.
Don't have time to meditate?
Can't empty your mind of thoughts?
Can't imagine sitting still for 15 minutes?
No worries!
You don't have to do ANY of these to meditate!
Discover a place of stillness and pure awareness that is always with us.
Meditation helps us create space between ourselves and the nonstop chatter of the mind. We can tune into that space at any time, even when the world feels overwhelming; the more often we do, the more easily we can navigate life’s challenges. Join us on a blissful inward journey into presence and peace!
This 90-minute workshop will include gentle movement, breathwork, mindfulness practices, and a variety of meditation techniques to help us focus the mind, release stressful thoughts, and cultivate inner peace.
All levels of experience with meditation - including beginners - are welcome!
Workshop: Yoga & Cycling with Sarah Fishman
Saturday, August 12*
from 10am-12pm
*Rain date: August 19
Cost: $35
HYC Member 15% Discount applies to any pricing option
Calling All Two-Wheeling Yogis:
Let’s Take our Practice on the Road!
This Yoga + Biking Fusion Experience will meet at the Ken-Gar Palisades Park along Beach Drive, and includes:
- a brief yoga warm-up and discussion of healthy alignment on your bike;
- a ride together along Beach Drive (where it is closed to cars on weekends)
- a yoga session upon our return to Ken-Gar, to stretch out and balance all the muscles that can get tight when you cycle; and
- light refreshments enjoyed together once the yoga practice is complete!
Maximize the Benefits of Cycling; Ditch the Unhealthy Habits!
Turn It Upside Down: Inversions Master Class
Sunday, January 7th from 1:00-3:00pm
with Sarah Fishman
Cost: $35 by by Dec 31; $40 as of Jan 1 and beyond
HYC Members' 15% discount applies
Offered In-Studio Only (requests for virtual participation from experienced students will be considered on a case-by-case basis; please email sarah@thehappyyogi.com to inquire).
Open to students/yoga teachers who have at least 6 months of experience practicing yoga, and who are free of any serious wrist, neck or shoulder injuries.
When practiced safely, inversions can:
~ relieve skeletal compression;
~ alleviate swelling in the lower body;
~ have positive influence on the cardiovascular, lymphatic, nervous, and endocrine systems; and
~ alter our mental, emotional and energetic states toward greater clarity and vitality, by redistributing the creative energy of the second chakra (found in the pelvis) toward the heart and brain.
Whether you love inversions, or are curious-but-nervous about them, join Sarah for a master class dedicated to being upside-down!
This workshop will include a brief discussion about the energetics, anatomy and safety factors of various inversions, and a vinyasa flow warm-up to strengthen and stretch key areas of the body in order to safely prepare for asanas like L-at-the-wall, handstand and forearm balance, and shoulder stand. Everyone who wishes will receive hands-on assistance for kicking up, and those already kicking up on their own will receive tips for (eventually!) moving their inversions away from the wall.
Please note: Online Memberships and class passes may not be used for enrollment sessions or workshops, separate purchase is required.
Happy Yogi Cooperative Members receive the following discounts:
30% OFF of in-person enrollment sessions
15% OFF of workshops (excludes fundraisers)
Many of the events on this page will also be live-streamed for those who prefer to practice online via Zoom; memberships and class passes MAY be used.