Somatic release is a therapeutic practice that aims to release physical and emotional tension stored in the body by focusing on the mind-body connection. Somatic release incorporates mindful movement, breath work, guided imagery, and sound to help release patterns of holding trauma and stress in the body.

Join Kris to breathe, move, and experience the benefits of somatic bodywork in this two hour session. Participants will learn how to tune in to the ways their body is holding trauma and stress, have space to practice the techniques, learn simple effective breath work and intuitive movement practices to incorporate into their daily life, and come away with a sense of empowerment and release from patterns preventing healing. No experience required, all bodies welcome.

Fee: $55 (10% off automatically applied for members). *If you have financial concerns about attending, please contact the studio.

For more information: http://www.balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Are you new to yoga or looking to revisit the roots of your practice? Join studio owner, Laurie Markowitz, who will help you build a strong foundation and gain confidence in your yoga journey.

We'll review the 8 Limbs of Yoga, exploring how this ancient philosophy supports a balanced and mindful life. We'll go deeper into 3 of the limbs: Pranayama, learning foundational breathing techniques; Asana, basic poses with a focus on techniques tailored for all levels, and meditation, experiencing simple, calming techniques to center your mind and enhance focus. We'll also discuss studio etiquette and culture so you feel at ease in any studio setting.

Limited to 14 participants.

Fee: $45 (includes 1-month of unlimited yoga classes)

For more information: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Take a break for this extended healing experience as we get closer to a colder and busier season. Enjoy restorative yoga, guided meditation, and a magical sound bath by candlelight combining several healing techniques to help you release physical, mental and emotional tension in your body.

We'll begin by helping you to get comfortable in your space, setting your intention for the session, followed by a sensory relaxation guided meditation. We'll then move through restorative poses while Laurie moves around the room placing bowls on and around participants to feel the full effects of the sound and vibration healing. She'll also come around with personalized offerings of chimes, essential oils, energy healing and smudging (energy clearing by burning palo santo). The evening will conclude with a silent shavasana. All levels welcome, no experience required.

To learn more about the benefits of sound healing, click here:
https://balancingowlyoga.com/sound-healing 

Limited to 14 participants.

Fee: $55 (10% off automatically applied for members). *If you have financial concerns about attending, please contact the studio.

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Release holiday stress and prepare for the cold of winter with gentle yoga and simple Ayurvedic self-care practices.

In this 2-hour workshop, you will practice self-care through nurturing gentle yoga, exploration of your dosha (mind-body type), and abhyanga (or self-massage). You'll identify your dosha type, learn how to implement some stress-relieving Ayurvedic self-care practices, and create body oil blends suitable for your dosha and for the season. You'll also learn simple foot, hand, and facial massage techniques using your personal oil blend.

Ayurveda is described as "the sister science to yoga" - it is the traditional Hindu system of medicine, which is based on the idea of balance in bodily systems. In Ayurveda, each of us has a unique mind-body type, known as a dosha - your individual blueprint that describes your unique personality, tendencies, and physical nature. Understanding your dosha reveals how to keep yourself in balance to stay happy, healthy and disease free.

This workshop is limited to 14 participants.

Fee: $59 (all supplies included, 10% off automatically applied for members). *If you have financial concerns about attending, please contact the studio.

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Take a break for this extended healing experience as we get closer to a colder and busier season. Enjoy restorative yoga, guided meditation, and a magical sound bath by candlelight combining several healing techniques to help you release physical, mental and emotional tension in your body.

We'll begin by helping you to get comfortable in your space, setting your intention for the session, followed by a sensory relaxation guided meditation. We'll then move through restorative poses while Laurie moves around the room placing bowls on and around participants to feel the full effects of the sound and vibration healing. She'll also come around with personalized offerings of chimes, essential oils, energy healing and smudging (energy clearing by burning palo santo). The evening will conclude with a silent shavasana. All levels welcome, no experience required.

To learn more about the benefits of sound healing, click here:
https://balancingowlyoga.com/sound-healing 

Limited to 14 participants.

Fee: $55 (10% off automatically applied for members). *If you have financial concerns about attending, please contact the studio.

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

This circle was formed from the “Leaning Into Aging” workshop held earlier this year from interest in continued exploration of the topics around how we can lift each other up as we all celebrate and honor ourselves at any age. This group continues to expand and has become an amazing community of support and discussion. Each time we meet, we welcome newcomers and new perspectives.

For our November gathering, we will come together to express our perceptions of what “leaning into aging” might look like through creating individual “vision boards”, a shared group activity done while conversing in our usual free flowing manner.  (supplies are provided but individuals are encouraged to bring old magazines and other publications for harvesting pictures for our boards.)

Our session will be wrapped in a meditation led by Laurie at the beginning to encourage relaxation and release and at closing to further enhance the receiving of wisdom enjoyed in community.

“Sitting around sharing stories is not just passing time…it’s the way wisdom gets passed along; it’s the way life teaches us to live.” -from Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Rema

Registration is Free, newcomers welcome! In lieu of charging for this event, cash donations will be collected to benefit Columbus Humane. Click here to donate online or learn about how to support the organization.

Join Laurie for this 90-minute magical sound bath experience where we'll combine several healing techniques to help you release physical, mental and emotional tension in your body.

This experience will begin with helping you to get comfortable in your space, setting your intention for the session, followed by a sensory relaxation guided meditation. Many instruments will then be used for the sound bath including Himalayan and crystal bowls, chimes, gongs, drums, and more. During the session, Laurie will also move around the room placing bowls on and around participants to feel the full effects of the sound and vibration healing. She'll also come around with personalized offerings of chimes, essential oils, energy healing and smudging (energy clearing by burning palo santo). The evening will conclude with a silent shavasana. All levels welcome, no experience required.

To learn more about the benefits of sound healing, click here: https://balancingowlyoga.com/sound-healing

Limited to 12 participants.

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Chandra Namaskara (Chandra = moon; Namaskara = to bow to) is a gentle yoga flow sequence honoring the cycles of the moon. Moon Salutation is a cooling, meditative practice that includes a series of asana (postures) that sync breath with movement.

Attendees will be guided through a breakdown of the sequence pose by pose, as well as learn about the ancient wisdom of the moon and energies of the moon phases.

Participants will be provided with a hard copy of the material covered during the workshop and additional tools and resources to incorporate their own self-care practice for the upcoming October Full Moon.

No experience required, suitable for all-levels.

Fee: $49 (10% off automatically applied for members). *If you have financial concerns about attending, please contact the studio.

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Come restore your body and mind with this candlelit workshop combining the power of Reiki, meditation, and gentle yoga. This workshop is a complete mind-body healing experience, designed to open the energy channels in your body and realign your chakras through gentle movement, breath, meditation, aromatherapy, and hands-on Reiki. 

 The workshop will begin with breath work to center ourselves, move into a yoga practice which includes slow movements, deep stretches, and restorative poses as a way to release stuck energy channels. Once these energy channels are open and our energy is flowing, we will begin meditation, followed by a long savasana and hands-on Reiki. In-studio event. No experience required. Beginners welcome.

 For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

This circle was formed from the “Leaning Into Aging” workshop held earlier this year from interest in continued exploration of the topics around how we can lift each other up as we all celebrate and honor ourselves at any age. This group continues to expand and has become an amazing community of support and discussion. Each time we meet, we welcome newcomers and new perspectives. 

For our Sept. gathering, please bring an affirming quote on aging that you might have come across this summer in a good book, podcast, etc. if you have one. Also, consider a particular challenge you have or anticipate with the maturing process; we will take that into small group discussion. Know that all sharing in our circle time is to be confidential within the group and that everyone’s level of participation is within the individual’s comfort level.

For the last 30-minutes of our session, we will invite guests to lead us in a drumming circle, deepening our connection to community, releasing unwanted energies and feelings about aging, providing an awareness of calm as we traverse a shift in the "seasons of life" and "seasons of nature" with the Fall Equinox.

When we express thoughts in a community of like-minded people, we broaden our wisdom and scope of ways to process life’s changes. I hope you can join us.

Fee: In lieu of charging for this event, please bring a canned good or non-perishable food item to donate to the Dublin Food Pantry.

For more information or to register for free (required): https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Do you hold tension in your neck and shoulders? Perhaps you sit for long stretches of time or hunch over your phone and computer? Posture, sleeping habits and long-term stress may play a role in the unwanted tightness in your neck, shoulders and upper back. Tension in the neck can cause headaches, soreness, decreased mobility and dips in mood. Now is the time to take care of yourself!

Join us for a Neck & Shoulders Workshop to unwind and release tension with a gentle chair-based sequence focused on increasing ease and mobility. Practice targeted poses to incorporate into your day to promote more movement and ease in your body. Learn basic anatomy and build your understanding of how and why your body can become more comfortable through movement.

Suitable for all levels, this workshop will include visuals to facilitate learning poses and anatomy, a slow flow sequence to warm the body, deeper stretches to open and soften shoulders, neck and upper back, plus relaxing, restorative poses to sink into the space you've created.

Fee: $49 (10% off automatically applied at checkout for members). *If you have financial concerns about attending, please contact the studio.

For more info. or to register, go to: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Join Laurie for this 90-minute magical sound bath experience where we'll combine several healing techniques to help you release physical, mental and emotional tension in your body.

This experience will begin with helping you to get comfortable in your space, setting your intention for the session, followed by a sensory relaxation guided meditation. Many instruments will then be used for the sound bath including Himalayan and crystal bowls, chimes, gongs, drums, and more. During the session, Laurie will also move around the room placing bowls on and around participants to feel the full effects of the sound and vibration healing. She'll also come around with personalized offerings of chimes, essential oils, energy healing and smudging (energy clearing by burning palo santo). The evening will conclude with a silent shavasana. All levels welcome, no experience required.

To learn more about the benefits of sound healing, click here: 

https://balancingowlyoga.com/sound-healing

Limited to 12 participants.

Join Laurie for this 90-minute magical sound bath experience where we'll combine several healing techniques to help you release physical, mental and emotional tension in your body.

This experience will begin with helping you to get comfortable in your space, setting your intention for the session, followed by a sensory relaxation guided meditation. Many instruments will then be used for the sound bath including Himalayan and crystal bowls, chimes, gongs, drums, and more. During the session, Laurie will also move around the room placing bowls on and around participants to feel the full effects of the sound and vibration healing. She'll also come around with personalized offerings of chimes, essential oils, energy healing and smudging (energy clearing by burning palo santo). The evening will conclude with a silent shavasana. All levels welcome, no experience required.

To learn more about the benefits of sound healing, click here: 

https://balancingowlyoga.com/sound-healing

Limited to 12 participants.

Join Laurie for this 90-minute magical sound bath experience where we'll combine several healing techniques to help you release physical, mental and emotional tension in your body.

This experience will begin with helping you to get comfortable in your space, setting your intention for the session, followed by a sensory relaxation guided meditation. Many instruments will then be used for the sound bath including Himalayan and crystal bowls, chimes, gongs, drums, and more. During the session, Laurie will also move around the room placing bowls on and around participants to feel the full effects of the sound and vibration healing. She'll also come around with personalized offerings of chimes, essential oils, energy healing and smudging (energy clearing by burning palo santo). The evening will conclude with a silent shavasana. All levels welcome, no experience required.

To learn more about the benefits of sound healing, click here: 

https://balancingowlyoga.com/sound-healing

Limited to 12 participants.

Join Laurie for this 90-minute magical sound bath experience where we'll combine several healing techniques to help you release physical, mental and emotional tension in your body.

This experience will begin with helping you to get comfortable in your space, setting your intention for the session, followed by a sensory relaxation guided meditation. Many instruments will then be used for the sound bath including Himalayan and crystal bowls, chimes, gongs, drums, and more. During the session, Laurie will also move around the room placing bowls on and around participants to feel the full effects of the sound and vibration healing. She'll also come around with personalized offerings of chimes, essential oils, energy healing and smudging (energy clearing by burning palo santo). The evening will conclude with a silent shavasana. All levels welcome, no experience required.

To learn more about the benefits of sound healing, click here: 

https://balancingowlyoga.com/sound-healing

Limited to 12 participants.

Yoga for hips can be vital for both physical flexibility and emotional balance. By focusing on hip-opening poses, we release tension in the root and sacral chakras (energy wheels), located at the base of the spine and the pelvic area. This helps to unlock creativity, stabilize emotions, and help you feel more grounded and centered. Through regular practice, we can experience greater overall well-being and a deeper connection to ourselves.

Join Vandana as you learn more about the root and sacral chakras. You'll be guided through a centering practice before practicing hip-opening poses. This workshop will end in shavasana. All levels welcome.

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

When you hear of the words, “aging gracefully”, what does that mean to you? Our culture spends a lot of time trying to stay young, essentially fighting the aging process. What if we looked at aging in a more positive way, embracing each stage of maturity for a greater sense of joy and wellbeing with each present moment?

The Intention of this workshop is to discuss the stages of aging as it pertains to our physical beauty and health, as well as, mental wellbeing. We’ll address appearance and learn ways to embrace our changing beauty with a positive perspective. We’ll also learn to practice gratitude for our bodies, even with limitations, finding comfort with discomfort, and loving ourselves more through self care and kindness. Ultimately, there is a freedom with getting older by having a better sense of who we are sharing that with the world around us.

In this workshop, we'll hear from Janis on why she feels this topic is so important. She’ll guide you through a short meditation to help you feel more present and open to new ways of thinking. Next you’ll watch a TedTalk on loving yourself at any age and have breakout and large group discussions and journaling  on the video and group questions. Last, you’ll move through a Nia class guiding you to move freely in your own way. No experience required, all levels welcome. Please bring a dedicated journal and pen for this workshop. 

Fee: $49, handouts included (10% off automatically applied for members). *If you have financial concerns about attending, please contact the studio.

To register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

In this workshop, join Wendy Adaska, certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor, where you will move your body, deepen your breath and align with your Inner Self in preparation for the total eclipse happening on April 8th.

The class will focus on channeling the Kundalini energies that are found in and around us through powerful Kriyas (sets of movements) that have been taught by yogis for thousands of years.

We will use the ancient technology of Kundalini Yoga to align our body, mind & spirit while opening our hearts to receive the cosmic guidance available within us. No experience required, beginners welcome.

Fee: $40 (10% off automatically applied at checkout for members). *If you have financial concerns about attending, please contact the studio).

To register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Spring Detox - 3-Session Series, Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30pm, March 26-April 16 (no in-person class April 2).

Boost your energy with a spring cleanse designed by you! Biologically, nature supports the cleansing of the body in spring. It is a time to clear out the toxins that have built up in your system over the winter months. Detoxifying is an important part of Ayurveda - this includes not only your food, but also your body, and your mind.

This detox will help you:

• Align with the energies of the season

• Reset your digestive system

• Improve your energy

• Experience mental clarity

• Kickstart weight loss

• Learn more about Ayurveda

• Provide you the support and accountability of a group

Week 1: Ease in through slowly adjusting your diet, cleaning up your schedule (and your kitchen), and prepping and planning for your version of a cleanse (yes you get to design your own!)

Week 2: No meet-up this week. Start your Cleanse - cook simple and nourishing foods, simplify your schedule, meditate, do yoga!

Week 3: Slowly ease out. Begin adding back into your diet and your schedule.

Week 4: Reflect on what you want to take with you into your “normal” daily life.

In this series you will be provided with a booklet including reading materials, reflection worksheets, recipes, and other references.

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Balancing Owl Yoga is hosting Sound Healing Certifications, Level 1 & 2 lead by "Meditate: School of Mindfulness & Sound Healing".

This interactive training is centered around the teaching of Sound Healing & Vibrational Therapies. The intention for this interactive training is to not only share the theory, science, and practices of Sound Healing, but to give you "hands-on" experience.

Level 1: March 23-24, Sat./Sun. 10am-6pm

Level 2: March 25-26, Mon. 10am-6pm, Tues. 10am-4:30pm

Level 1: Practitioner of Sound Healing Certification - We will take you on a journey of healing using Sound and Intention. We will teach you the science and theory of the practice, as well as allow you to experience several varieties of Sound Bath, Sound Meditation, and Yoga Nidra. You will be taught how to lead Sound Baths/Sound Meditations for groups and individuals using Crystal Singing Bowls, Gongs, Chimes, Drums, and other instruments. This certification includes an Introductory Online teaching that will prepare you for our in-person training. This Level 1 will help you find a passion for the practice and teach the many uses of Sound as a Healing Practice.

Level 2: Practitioner of Vibrational Therapies Certification - This level teaches how to use sound therapeutically in private sessions or with specialized groups. We guide you to use Sound & Vibration to align our clients to a more Harmonized State of Being.

Attend Level 1, Level 2 or both. To learn more or register, go to the link below:

https://www.meditateyou.me/columbus-ohio-sound-certification-march-2024.html

To learn more about "Meditate: School of Mindfulness & Sound Healing", click the link below:

https://www.meditateyou.me/contactinfo.html

FREE Info. Session- Melinda VanKirk Offerings with Melinda VanKirk

Melinda offers so much at the studio that we decided to set up these FREE Info. sessions so she could share about her upcoming offerings and you can ask questions before signing up. Attendance will also get you $10 off her upcoming Spring series!

The info. session will cover Melinda's offerings of:

-Winter Wellbeing- Ayurvedic Self-Care Workshop on 2/17

-Spring Detox 3-Session Series- Begins 3/26

-Energy Healing Private Sessions

-Lifestyle & Health Coaching Private Sessions

Join Melinda in either 30-minute info. session (free to register):

• Saturday, March 9th at 12:15 pm in-person

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

A workshop exploring the practical application of Yoga Sutras in everyday life.

The Yoga Sutras are ancient teachings that describe the aims and practice of yoga both on and off the mat. They foster integrated well-being amidst the chaos of daily routines.

Discover techniques to remain centered and calm, whether you're stuck in traffic or facing external disturbances. Gain insights into applying practices to promote harmony and balance in every aspect of your life. All are welcome, no experience required.

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents

Qigong is an ancient Chinese practice of strengthening energy and vitality. It involves using movements to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and well-being. Come and learn some fun movements to awaken the energy and vitality of our bodies! All levels welcome.

About your teacher: Helen Yee, Co-Founder of American Institute of Alternative Medicine and lifelong martial artist, has been studying various martial arts systems and teaching Tai Chi and Qigong to Acupuncturists, Martial artists, as well as those interested in holistic and alternative approaches to health.

 To register: From the class schedule, find the date of interest and sign up as you do for regular classes. Fee: $21 drop in or apply a current class pass bundle or membership. Click here for class schedule: https://balancingowlyoga.com/schedule 

Qigong is an ancient Chinese practice of strengthening energy and vitality. It involves using movements to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and well-being. Come and learn some fun movements to awaken the energy and vitality of our bodies! All levels welcome.

About your teacher: Helen Yee, Co-Founder of American Institute of Alternative Medicine and lifelong martial artist, has been studying various martial arts systems and teaching Tai Chi and Qigong to Acupuncturists, Martial artists, as well as those interested in holistic and alternative approaches to health.

 To register: From the class schedule, find the date of interest and sign up as you do for regular classes. Fee: $21 drop in or apply a current class pass bundle or membership. Click here for class schedule: https://balancingowlyoga.com/schedule 

FREE Info. Session- Melinda VanKirk Offerings with Melinda VanKirk

Melinda offers so much at the studio that we decided to set up these FREE Info. sessions so she could share about her upcoming offerings and you can ask questions before signing up. Attendance will also get you $10 off her upcoming Spring series!

The info. session will cover Melinda's offerings of:

-Winter Wellbeing- Ayurvedic Self-Care Workshop on 2/17

-Spring Detox 3-Session Series- Begins 3/26

-Energy Healing Private Sessions

-Lifestyle & Health Coaching Private Sessions

Join Melinda in either 30-minute info. session (free to register):

• Friday, February 2nd at 4 p.m. via Zoom (registrants will receive a zoom link via. email prior to) -or

• Saturday, March 9th at 12:15 pm in-person

For more info. or to register: https://balancingowlyoga.com/specialevents