🍁 Gratitude and Grounding: A November Mini Series

Tuesday Evenings, Nov 4 – Nov 25 @ 7:00 - 8:00 PM

Beginner | Level 1

In this 4-week series, we’ll explore gratitude not as a mental exercise but as a felt sense, something we can cultivate through rest, breath, and presence. Each class offers nervous system-informed movement, gentle strength, and somatic tools to help you remain rooted during a time of year that often feels overstimulating or rushed. Perfect for anyone seeking steadiness, emotional clarity, or a pocket of peace before the holidays. You’ll leave each class feeling more anchored, less scattered, and better able to move through November with calm and clarity.

🧠 Week 1: Gratitude & Neuroplasticity – “Training the Brain for Joy” (Nov 4)

Gratitude isn’t just a feeling; it rewires the brain toward presence and possibility.

Educational Focus: How gratitude affects brain structure and function, shifting attention, improving mood, and supporting emotional resilience.

Class Flow:

• Arrival: Floor-based grounding and reflection on small moments of goodness

• Activation: Breath-led movement focused on expansion and release

• Integration: Yin poses to anchor awareness into the body

• Return: Rest with guided gratitude practice and visualization for lightness

  
  

🧬 Week 2: Embodied Gratitude – “Feeling, Not Forcing” (Nov 11)

Gratitude grows deeper when it’s felt in the body and not demanded by the mind.

Educational Focus: Why gratitude practices fail when disconnected from interoception and nervous system state, and how to cultivate it somatically.

Class Flow:

• Arrival: Sensory grounding and felt-sense tracking

• Activation: Breath and body connection flow, exploring safety and softening

• Integration: Yin sequence to embody appreciation and rest

• Return: Stillness with gentle gratitude guidance and breath cues

  
  

🛑 Week 3: Gratitude & Boundaries – “Grateful, Not Compromised” (Nov 18)

You can love your people and still say no.

Educational Focus: How gratitude coexists with boundaries, and why nervous system safety makes both possible.

Class Flow:

• Arrival: Containment-based grounding and boundary exploration

• Activation: Strength and core-based flow

• Integration: Yin poses with optional boundary visualization and edge awareness

• Return: Rest with internal boundary cues and a gentle reminder: gratitude ≠ people-pleasing

  
  

🎁 Week 4: Integration & Intention – “Creating a Season You Want to Feel” (Nov 25)

You don’t have to survive the holidays; you can shape them.

Educational Focus: Integrating gratitude, boundaries, and nervous system tools into real life. A reflective close to the series.

Class Flow:

• Arrival: Guided reflection on the past 3 weeks

• Activation: Gentle movement to awaken the body

• Integration: Slow flow yin focused on self-honoring and presence

• Return: Extended guided visualization; anchoring into a peaceful, embodied holiday season

***Location + Arrival Notes:

Park along the side of the building and follow the sidewalk around to the back entrance (door will be propped open). Enter and head down the long hallway to the open area and you can't miss us! I’ll be there to greet you; if not, feel free to come in and get comfy on your mat.

What to Bring: Water, yourself, your own yoga mat, and any props you need.

We do NOT have mats and all the props available any longer, sorry for the change!