Roots & River Yoga

11/07/2025

✨ Exciting news! Thanks to your votes and support, Roots & River Yoga placed 2nd in Frederick Magazine’s 2025 “Best of the Best”! This honor celebrates not just our studio, but the vibrant yoga community in our area.

A special shoutout to Mountain Spirit Yoga, Yogamour, and Fit2Shine - incredible studios, teacher-teams, and inspiring women owners I’m grateful to know and support. Their dedication, generosity, and joy embody the heart of yoga. I have yet to meet the owner of Healthy Spirit Yoga but I look forward to connecting.

Most of all, thank you to our Roots & River community. Together, we’ve built a space rooted in connection, friendship, mindful practice, and care. By nurturing ourselves and each other, we create ripples that reach far beyond our mats. Here’s to many more years of practice, growth, and shared wellness! ✨

— Machelle Lee

11/05/2025

Last weekend was exceptionally fun as 16 lovely souls joined me, Machelle Lee, on a functional and comparative anatomy exploration through the body. We looked at 10 joint intersections and tested how similar but uniquely different people’s bones are and how those variations show up in yoga asana - making poses look and feel differently is very subtle ir obvious ways.

Yoga is the study of self in wholeness - experiencing the body, thoughts, emotion and breath as one. That means the focus is on how poses feel, their function, and less about the aesthetics of how they look.

I weave anatomy into every class I teach, but it’s super meaningful when a whole group can witness each others bones and truly see the different and totally normal ways we are all put together.

Rameshwar Das Reed took this picture and it seemed fitting for our theme AND because it was The days of All Saints/All Souls/Dia de los Mu***os weekend. 🥰💀🥰

11/03/2025

✨ November is here and we have so many wonderful events, workshops, and classes lined up at Roots & River Yoga! 🧘‍♀️

Check out our November newsletter for the full schedule and details. We look forward to seeing you in the studio this month and sharing meaningful experienes! 💛https://mailchi.mp/ab70722a0f15/november-happenings

11/01/2025

🌿 Joint Care + Conscious Rest🌿
A Day of Gentle Renewal
with Machelle Lee and Tara Lemerise
Saturday, November 8th
1:00-5:30pm

Step away from daily demands and into a day designed for deep rest and reconnection. Through Gentle, Yin, and Restorative Yoga, Machelle and Tara guide you to release tension, soften the mind, and awaken calm clarity. Slow down, breathe deeply, and rediscover the quiet joy of simply being. ✨

Learn more or register by following this link:

https://mailchi.mp/c791375e017d/unwind-renew-with-machelle-and-tara

10/30/2025

Important Studio Update 🌿 Big News!

Roots & River is shifting to Arketa software, a new, easy-to-use system for class registrations, schedules, and payments.

You’ll love how simple it is to see your credits, sign up for classes (or guests!), and access our upcoming on-demand video library.

Change can be challenging, but this one’s designed to make your experience smoother and more intuitive.

💚 Launching Nov 7! - Read this newsletter to learn more https://mailchi.mp/217f38b1ce63/super-important-studio-news

10/20/2025

🌿 Call for Artists: Peaceful Art for Yoga Studio Exhibit 🌿

Roots & River Yoga in Brunswick is seeking artists to fill one of their fine art gallery wall for a 4–6 month exhibition period in 2026!

🖼️ Artwork must be 2D, ready to hang, and convey a peaceful or tranquil feeling.
✨ Artists should have enough work to fill the space for the full display period.

Selected artists will collaborate with Roots & River Yoga to install and remove their work. Wires and hooks are provided, and artists have the option to host an opening reception.

📍 Artists do not need to be local to Brunswick or the immediate area.

👉 Apply now: brunswickmdartevents.org/art-on-display/callforart

09/28/2025

🎉 Brunswick Railroad Days is here Oct 4–5! Main Street will be closed all weekend for vendors, food, music and fun. Roots & River Yoga classes are paused Sat and Sun, but stop by our studio to enjoy Ron Batcher’s photo gallery + a chance to win a free class! ✨ Don’t miss the festivities right outside our Newberry Building. Read more in our latest newsletter. - https://mailchi.mp/ec0ba8711211/brunswick-railroad-days-october-4th-and-5th

09/28/2025

🌿 YOUR Body in Yoga: A Functional Anatomy Weekend with Machelle Lee 🌿
📅 Sat, Nov 1 (1–7pm): Upper Body & Spine
📅 Sun, Nov 2 (1–7pm): Sacrum & Lower Body
📍 Roots & River Yoga in Brunswick, MD

In this hands-on, experiential workshop, we’ll explore the 14 major joint segments that inform most yoga postures. Through bone analysis and range of motion testing, you’ll learn how your anatomy expresses itself in practice and how honoring that can transform both your experience on the mat and your teaching.

🧘‍♀️ Asana should not be about fitting our bodies into arbitrary alignment but rather adapting the poses to fit our unique body. Yoga is a study of the self in wholeness and of freeing ourselves from suffering. Yoga asana should assist us moving energy, honoring individuality, and cultivating self-acceptance.

Each body is unique, and variations in bones, joints, fascia, and ligaments all play a role in how poses look and feel. We will explore the 14 major joint intersections that make up most poses and take into consideration how YOUR body moves in asana.

✨ Expect liberating “ah-ha” moments that bring clarity, freedom, and deeper compassion for your body (and your students’).

“This training is a game changer for any yoga practitioner.” – Lynne Olson

✔️ Open to all practitioners
✔️ Yoga teachers earn 12 CEUs (Yoga Alliance)

💛 Join us for a weekend of self-discovery and empowerment.

👉 Register through the Roots & River Yoga schedule via our link in bio or visit www.RootsAndRiverYoga.com

09/26/2025

Brunswick is revitalizing and downtown businesses have collaborated to create “Brunswick Live”. On Fourth Fridays shops stay open late after the farmers market. 🤩 come enjoy your evening downtown and visit Ron Batcher Photography at our Roots & River Gallery and enjoy some special treats. 💗

Tomorrow is the 2nd Brunswick Live evening on Main Street! Roots & River Yoga Gallery will be open from 5-8 pm. I will have a few new works ready for a Railroad Days sneak peak. Explore all the exciting happenings, and discover local businesses staying open late to make your Friday truly special Lockhouse Gallery Maple & Rye Bakery Bridgeway Bikes of Brunswick Smoketown Brewing Potomac River Interiors Maison - Brunswick, MD

09/18/2025

🌿💛 We’re a Top 5 Finalist! We'd Love Your Vote now! 💛🌿
Because of many of you, Roots & River Yoga has been voted into the Top 5 Best Yoga Studios in Frederick County in Frederick Magazine’s Best of the Best! ✨

For us, this nomination isn’t about being truly “the best." Every yoga studio in our area offers something beautiful and important. For us, it’s about celebrating the soulful community we’ve created here in Brunswick as well as and the offerings we love to share, from gentle yoga to active flows, Tai Chi, Pilates, and massage, workshops, trainings and so much more.

Now, there’s one more round of voting and we’d be so grateful for your support. You can vote once, or once a day, through Sept. 22nd. Anyone from anywhere can vote whether you enjoy our classes in-studio or online, in Maryland or beyond.

🗳️ Vote here: https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/2xn4qe8k7d

Thank you for filling our space with heart, presence, and community. We’re so lucky to have you with us. 🌸

09/18/2025

Wowza! 14 Brunswick businesses made it to the Best if the Best finalists, including Roots & River Yoga! Will you take a moment, follow the links and give us and your favorite local businesses your vote? It doesn’t matter where you live, you can vote! 😍

Big news—Brunswick has made it to the final round of voting for Best Small Town in the Best of the Best Frederick awards! Even more exciting, 13 local businesses have also reached the final round in their categories. Let’s rally together and vote every day from now through September 23rd for these amazing businesses and our incredible small town. Show your Brunswick pride and help us bring home the win!

City of Brunswick - Best Small Town - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/vw76mex39q

Beans In The Belfry - Best Coffee House - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/p09o0ply9d

Boxcar Burger - Best Burger - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/p6nm1oz0n3
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Brunswick Family Campground - Best Place To Camp - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/ep4gv22y4w/mynkj08396

Chris Lucas - State Farm - Best Insurance Agency - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/vp75gz20n3

C.M. Bloomers - Best Floral Shop - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/vw76mg539q

Harrison Towing & Recovery - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/ep4gv22y4w/1w7ee5rw7e

H&R Block Brunswick - Best Tax Preparation - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/oxnxowgjng

Lockhouse Art Gallery - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/ep4gv22y4w/p6nm5m4j73‘

Maison - Best Cupcake - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/mpndx13o9q
Best Bakery - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/d49g0kpw7y

Maple & Rye Bakery - Best Bakery - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/mpndx1519q

Roots & River Yoga - Best Yoga Studio - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/2xn4qe8k7d

Traveling Bros Ci**rs - Best Smoke/Vape Shop - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/ol7rmgvx90

Whistle Punk - Best Food Truck - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/mynko82x76
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