Upcoming Classes, Groups, & Trainings
Embodied. Connected. Empowered.
Empowered Spaces Community Garden Work Day
Planting Connections, Growing Communities
Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.
Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!
We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!
Practices for These Times: Sit in community on Saturdays in April
If you’re having a hard time right now, you’re not the only one.
There’s a lot of madness, vitriol, and chaos in our world right now. It’s especially difficult for those of us who value peace, equity and compassion for all people and for the natural world.
My hope for this four-week group is for us to be able to be in community and to collectively build our capacity to handle challenging times.
The first step is simply sitting together.
Your Empowered Birth
Learn how to use the tools of yoga to empower your birth experience so that you feel at ease and in control from the first contraction to the first time you hold your little one in your arms. This workshop will teach you to use the power of the breath, the mind, and the body to prepare for birth. You’ll also learn how to use these strategies to carry you through your unique birth experience with a sense of agency and peace—no matter what kind of delivery you have. Finally, you’ll gain practical skills to help you practice and prepare for pushing so that you can reduce tearing and have a smooth delivery.
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
Empowered Spaces Community Garden Work Day
Planting Connections, Growing Communities
Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.
Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!
We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
Empowered Spaces Community Garden Work Day
Planting Connections, Growing Communities
Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.
Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!
We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!
EcoDharma: Hope As Active Compassion
Deanna (they/them), is bringing their “EcoDharma: Hope As Active Compassion” offering from STL Earth Day to our Garden Day on 5/17! This offering is a group, regenerative somatic healing practice that weaves the felt-senses + nature elements + “karuna” or “active compassion” together to cultivate interdependent eco-care & climate justice. Deanna teaches from the Theravada and Engaged Buddhist lineages, find more info about their Somatics + Solidarity work at: www.deannadangersomatics.com .
Meditation Yoga
This nurturing and therapeutic class invites you to cultivate inner peace and support emotional and mental well-being through the power of mindful meditation and gentle movement.
We will explore various meditation techniques, including breath awareness, body scans, and guided visualizations, to gently quiet the mind and connect with your inner landscape. Complementing these practices, we will incorporate gentle, supported yoga postures to release physical tension and create a comfortable foundation for stillness.
In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly invited to listen deeply to your body and engage in the practices in a way that feels most supportive in each moment. Variations and modifications will always be offered, allowing you to find a sense of ease and presence.
Meditation Yoga
This nurturing and therapeutic class invites you to cultivate inner peace and support emotional and mental well-being through the power of mindful meditation and gentle movement.
We will explore various meditation techniques, including breath awareness, body scans, and guided visualizations, to gently quiet the mind and connect with your inner landscape. Complementing these practices, we will incorporate gentle, supported yoga postures to release physical tension and create a comfortable foundation for stillness.
In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly invited to listen deeply to your body and engage in the practices in a way that feels most supportive in each moment. Variations and modifications will always be offered, allowing you to find a sense of ease and presence.
Restorative Yoga
This nurturing and deeply therapeutic class is designed to support physical, emotional, and mental restoration. Through the art of stillness and gentle support, you'll be invited to completely relax and release deeply held tension.
We will utilize props such as bolsters, blankets, and blocks to fully support the body in comfortable, passive poses. These supported postures are held for longer durations, allowing the nervous system to deeply calm and the body to naturally unwind. Gentle guidance on breath awareness will further enhance the experience of profound relaxation.
In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly invited to listen deeply to your body and settle into the poses in a way that feels completely safe and supported in each moment. Variations will always be offered to ensure maximum comfort and ease.
Whether you are seeking relief from stress, recovering from physical exertion, or simply yearning for profound rest and self-care, this class offers a compassionate sanctuary for deep relaxation and renewal.
Restorative Yoga
This nurturing and deeply therapeutic class is designed to support physical, emotional, and mental restoration. Through the art of stillness and gentle support, you'll be invited to completely relax and release deeply held tension.
We will utilize props such as bolsters, blankets, and blocks to fully support the body in comfortable, passive poses. These supported postures are held for longer durations, allowing the nervous system to deeply calm and the body to naturally unwind. Gentle guidance on breath awareness will further enhance the experience of profound relaxation.
In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly invited to listen deeply to your body and settle into the poses in a way that feels completely safe and supported in each moment. Variations will always be offered to ensure maximum comfort and ease.
Whether you are seeking relief from stress, recovering from physical exertion, or simply yearning for profound rest and self-care, this class offers a compassionate sanctuary for deep relaxation and renewal.
Movement for Healing: Yoga & Dance
This nurturing and empowering class blends the mindful stillness of yoga with the expressive freedom of gentle movement and dance, creating a unique pathway to physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
We will begin with grounding yoga practices, including gentle asanas and mindful breath work, to cultivate presence and connect with the body's wisdom. From this foundation, we will gently explore intuitive movement and simple dance elements, inviting fluidity, release, and a sense of joyful expression. No prior dance experience is necessary – this is about moving in a way that feels authentic and liberating for you.
In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly encouraged to listen deeply to your body and move in a way that feels most supportive and resonant in each moment. Invitations will be offered, and you are always empowered to modify or rest as needed. This class is about exploring movement as a tool for self-discovery and healing at your own pace.
Whether you are seeking to release tension, explore self-expression, gently reconnect with your body after injury or stress, or simply desire a holistic approach to well-being, this class offers a compassionate and empowering environment for exploration and renewal.
Movement for Healing: Yoga & Dance
This nurturing and empowering class blends the mindful stillness of yoga with the expressive freedom of gentle movement and dance, creating a unique pathway to physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
We will begin with grounding yoga practices, including gentle asanas and mindful breath work, to cultivate presence and connect with the body's wisdom. From this foundation, we will gently explore intuitive movement and simple dance elements, inviting fluidity, release, and a sense of joyful expression. No prior dance experience is necessary – this is about moving in a way that feels authentic and liberating for you.
In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly encouraged to listen deeply to your body and move in a way that feels most supportive and resonant in each moment. Invitations will be offered, and you are always empowered to modify or rest as needed. This class is about exploring movement as a tool for self-discovery and healing at your own pace.
Whether you are seeking to release tension, explore self-expression, gently reconnect with your body after injury or stress, or simply desire a holistic approach to well-being, this class offers a compassionate and empowering environment for exploration and renewal.
Empowered Spaces Community Garden Work Day
Planting Connections, Growing Communities
Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.
Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!
We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
Relax Through Rhythm: A Drum Circle with Eileen Wolfington
Come and connect with others through the rhythm of the drum led by Eileen Wolfington, M.Ed., CLYT. Drumming reduces stress, promotes relaxation, and fosters a sense of community and belonging. Explore your creativity and self-exploration without any musical experience. Djembes, hand held frame drums, and other percussion instruments i.e. maracas, claves, tambourines, etc. will be provided.
Empowered Spaces Community Garden Work Day
Planting Connections, Growing Communities
Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.
Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!
We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!
Rooted & Resilient: A Shared Practice of Mindful Sensing
Join us for a grounding 30-minute sensory mindfulness practice in the garden led by Laurie Brockhaus, LCSW, E-RYT500 C-IAYT (she/her). We’ll gently guide our attention through the senses—sight, sound, touch, smell, and even taste—inviting awareness of our natural surroundings and the present moment. In tuning into nature and the support of community, we’re reminded of our ability to adapt, grow, and renew. This practice offers an opportunity to take a pause from everyday stress and busyness and reconnect with your own inner steadiness.
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
Practices for These Times: Sit in community on Saturdays in April
If you’re having a hard time right now, you’re not the only one.
There’s a lot of madness, vitriol, and chaos in our world right now. It’s especially difficult for those of us who value peace, equity and compassion for all people and for the natural world.
My hope for this four-week group is for us to be able to be in community and to collectively build our capacity to handle challenging times.
The first step is simply sitting together.
5 Week Yoga Foundations Series
This 5 week series from March 16th to April 13th will focus on developing and refining familiarity with core asanas to promote a healthy home practice for your personalized practice. Participants will get to workshop asanas with different props, assists, and discussion about foundational intentions of the asana. Options and different poses will be offered to students upon request; this series is about finding right options for you and your body.
Empowered Spaces Community Garden Work Day
Planting Connections, Growing Communities
Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.
Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!
We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!
Practices for These Times: Sit in community on Saturdays in April
If you’re having a hard time right now, you’re not the only one.
There’s a lot of madness, vitriol, and chaos in our world right now. It’s especially difficult for those of us who value peace, equity and compassion for all people and for the natural world.
My hope for this four-week group is for us to be able to be in community and to collectively build our capacity to handle challenging times.
The first step is simply sitting together.
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
5 Week Yoga Foundations Series
This 5 week series from March 16th to April 13th will focus on developing and refining familiarity with core asanas to promote a healthy home practice for your personalized practice. Participants will get to workshop asanas with different props, assists, and discussion about foundational intentions of the asana. Options and different poses will be offered to students upon request; this series is about finding right options for you and your body.
Practices for These Times: Sit in community on Saturdays in April
If you’re having a hard time right now, you’re not the only one.
There’s a lot of madness, vitriol, and chaos in our world right now. It’s especially difficult for those of us who value peace, equity and compassion for all people and for the natural world.
My hope for this four-week group is for us to be able to be in community and to collectively build our capacity to handle challenging times.
The first step is simply sitting together.
Deep Listening: Book Study and Rest Series
This unique take on book club is a 6-week series devoted to remembering how to relax, and learning to reshape our lives around that pause. Each week, we will open our time with guided meditation and discussion followed by gentle stretching. Every practice will close with long, supported rest in a different Restorative yoga shape featured in Jillian's book, Deep Listening.
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
5 Week Yoga Foundations Series
This 5 week series from March 16th to April 13th will focus on developing and refining familiarity with core asanas to promote a healthy home practice for your personalized practice. Participants will get to workshop asanas with different props, assists, and discussion about foundational intentions of the asana. Options and different poses will be offered to students upon request; this series is about finding right options for you and your body.
Deep Listening: Book Study and Rest Series
This unique take on book club is a 6-week series devoted to remembering how to relax, and learning to reshape our lives around that pause. Each week, we will open our time with guided meditation and discussion followed by gentle stretching. Every practice will close with long, supported rest in a different Restorative yoga shape featured in Jillian's book, Deep Listening.
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
5 Week Yoga Foundations Series
This 5 week series from March 16th to April 13th will focus on developing and refining familiarity with core asanas to promote a healthy home practice for your personalized practice. Participants will get to workshop asanas with different props, assists, and discussion about foundational intentions of the asana. Options and different poses will be offered to students upon request; this series is about finding right options for you and your body.
Yoga and the Pelvic Floor
Invigorate your yoga practice by tapping into the power of your pelvic floor. Sitting at the level of the root chakra (muladhara), the pelvic floor is a group of muscles and other tissues that is intimately connected to how we breathe and move. Discover the anatomy and physiology of the pelvic floor, the role it plays in your yoga practice, and the breath-pelvic floor connection. This workshop is open to anyone with a pelvis and to all levels of yoga practice.
Deep Listening: Book Study and Rest Series
This unique take on book club is a 6-week series devoted to remembering how to relax, and learning to reshape our lives around that pause. Each week, we will open our time with guided meditation and discussion followed by gentle stretching. Every practice will close with long, supported rest in a different Restorative yoga shape featured in Jillian's book, Deep Listening.
5 Week Yoga Foundations Series
This 5 week series from March 16th to April 13th will focus on developing and refining familiarity with core asanas to promote a healthy home practice for your personalized practice. Participants will get to workshop asanas with different props, assists, and discussion about foundational intentions of the asana. Options and different poses will be offered to students upon request; this series is about finding right options for you and your body.
Deep Listening: Book Study and Rest Series
This unique take on book club is a 6-week series devoted to remembering how to relax, and learning to reshape our lives around that pause. Each week, we will open our time with guided meditation and discussion followed by gentle stretching. Every practice will close with long, supported rest in a different Restorative yoga shape featured in Jillian's book, Deep Listening.
Uplifting Chair Yoga
No mat required! This gentle chair-supported yoga class is designed to help relieve stress, build strength, and improve flexibility, all while staying seated or using the chair for balance. We begin each session with a soothing warm-up, bringing your awareness to the present moment through mindful breathing and light movements to gently warm the body. In this class, everyone is encouraged to come as they are. Every movement is an invitation, not an expectation—take what feels good, and leave the rest. Guided by your breath, you’ll flow through gentle stretches and energizing movements that promote both strength and relaxation, creating a mindful, calming, and invigorating experience. Accompanied by soft music, each session weaves in elements of yogic philosophy to nurture both the body and the mind.
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
Deep Listening: Book Study and Rest Series
This unique take on book club is a 6-week series devoted to remembering how to relax, and learning to reshape our lives around that pause. Each week, we will open our time with guided meditation and discussion followed by gentle stretching. Every practice will close with long, supported rest in a different Restorative yoga shape featured in Jillian's book, Deep Listening.
Uplifting Chair Yoga
No mat required! This gentle chair-supported yoga class is designed to help relieve stress, build strength, and improve flexibility, all while staying seated or using the chair for balance. We begin each session with a soothing warm-up, bringing your awareness to the present moment through mindful breathing and light movements to gently warm the body. In this class, everyone is encouraged to come as they are. Every movement is an invitation, not an expectation—take what feels good, and leave the rest. Guided by your breath, you’ll flow through gentle stretches and energizing movements that promote both strength and relaxation, creating a mindful, calming, and invigorating experience. Accompanied by soft music, each session weaves in elements of yogic philosophy to nurture both the body and the mind.
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
Dynamic Movement
Build on your solid foundation with playful and expressive exploration. Students will improvise movements in response to one another, percussion, music, maybe even poetry. A little dance, a little theater, a little asana.
Subtle Strength
Start the weekend with a focus on subtle strength and stabilization of the physical and emotional bodies. Classes will progress through an arc of breath, group check-ins, journaling, visualization, supported physical engagement, and dialogue. Expect each student will explore the physical practice in different ways, including as completely internalized practices.
Deep Listening: Book Study and Rest Series
This unique take on book club is a 6-week series devoted to remembering how to relax, and learning to reshape our lives around that pause. Each week, we will open our time with guided meditation and discussion followed by gentle stretching. Every practice will close with long, supported rest in a different Restorative yoga shape featured in Jillian's book, Deep Listening.
Uplifting Chair Yoga
No mat required! This gentle chair-supported yoga class is designed to help relieve stress, build strength, and improve flexibility, all while staying seated or using the chair for balance. We begin each session with a soothing warm-up, bringing your awareness to the present moment through mindful breathing and light movements to gently warm the body. In this class, everyone is encouraged to come as they are. Every movement is an invitation, not an expectation—take what feels good, and leave the rest. Guided by your breath, you’ll flow through gentle stretches and energizing movements that promote both strength and relaxation, creating a mindful, calming, and invigorating experience. Accompanied by soft music, each session weaves in elements of yogic philosophy to nurture both the body and the mind.
Quieting the Storm
Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.
Dynamic Movement
Build on your solid foundation with playful and expressive exploration. Students will improvise movements in response to one another, percussion, music, maybe even poetry. A little dance, a little theater, a little asana.
Subtle Strength
Start the weekend with a focus on subtle strength and stabilization of the physical and emotional bodies. Classes will progress through an arc of breath, group check-ins, journaling, visualization, supported physical engagement, and dialogue. Expect each student will explore the physical practice in different ways, including as completely internalized practices.