Yoga Mendocino

05/01/2023

Memorial Day Weekend retreat at Mariposa with local therapist Jo-ann Rosen and Kim Nhat Nguyen. with a focus on EMBRACE: Embodying Mindfulness-Based Resilience to Awaken Community Empowerment. Nature, music, art, and healing movement.

04/21/2023

Greetings friends. Starting May 10th, Abhayagiri monks will speak in Ukiah every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Join them for a meditation, dharma talk, and a Q&A session from 7-8:30pm at the Sudhana Center on the corner of Hope and Church Streets. Hosted by and in partnership with Dharma Realm Buddhist University. All are welcome to attend!

04/06/2023

Hi folks! Long time, no post. There is a movement happening right now to bring the monks from Abhayagiri Monstery back to Ukiah regularly for meditation events. If anyone would like to be involved in this process or kept in the loop about future events, please respond to this post.

11/13/2022

"Gratituding!" - Free Thanksgiving Online Class with Mary Paffard
Thursday, November 24
9:00 AM 10:15 AM
More info and to register:
https://www.maryyoga.com/workshops/gratituding
Mary Paffard Yoga

Join us for a free simple yoga practice to open bellies and warm hearts or vice versa! 9-10am Yoga + 10-10.15am Optional Gratituding Meditation. Essential to pre-register - Details by clicking on title

08/30/2022

Environmental Justice & Yoga
Featuring Raeeka Yassaie, Ash Williams & our very own Mary Paffard, hosted by Reggie Hubbard. Wednesday August 31st, 2022
12pm-2pm PDT Community Forum discussing yoga and environmental justice. FREE registration.
Presenters will share their experience and expertise on the topic, discussing the interrelationships of climate justice, land back movements, and anti-racism work, grassroots organizing, and environmental justice as a spiritual practice. They will also offer a vital reframe of the earth as part of our collective body and offer ideas for supporting front-line activists through the practice and teaching of yoga.

Workshop, Asana Class & Community Forum

08/19/2022

A few more fun party photos. Thanks Trudi♡

08/09/2022

What a wondeful Party! Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Sun House in July to celebrate YoMo.
Special thanks for the delicious hors d’oeuvres from Blackdogfarms, the perfect musical ambience courtesy of the Rural Jazz Trio (Tom Aiken, Steve Baird, and Will Siegel), the ideal location ,
Photos from Mauri Fox(esp the great portraits) and Maggie Norton Yoga (let us know if you have any to add).

03/29/2022

With heavy hearts, we will be officially closing the organization in June. We thank each of you for your part in contributing to our community for so long! We hope you can join us on May 15 for a final YoMo-hosted workshop with Mary at Rivino (and stay tuned for info on a party later in the summer to celebrate the life of YoMo!)

What a wild ride we have all endured over the past couple of years through this pandemic and during a world and time full of uncertainty and friction. We hope that you have all made it through with heart and some amount of equanimity. The Yoga Mendocino Board has recently – sadly – decided that ...

01/25/2022

01/14/2022

TRE® – Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises – Introductory Workshop
With senior teacher and trainer Maria Alfaro
Via Zoom
JANUARY 22, 2022
10AM – 12PM 
$45 – A Zoom Link will be sent the week prior to the event.  You will receive confirmation via email. Please contact yomo@yogamendocino.org with registration questions.

TRE® (Tension, Stress and Trauma Releasing Exercises) is an innovative series of simple exercises which assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma by inducing a gentle muscular shaking response. This natural response generally feels pleasant and soothing, and after doing TRE many people report feelings of peace and well being.
Some of the many BENEFITS of TRE™:
A safe and natural way to release chronic pain and tension
Experience positive changes in your sleep patterns
Change deep seated habits
A sense of feeling more relaxed and less impacted by stressors
Bring homeostasis to your body
*****Designed to eventually be done without the aid of a teacher and can therefore cut down on health-care expenses

TRE® – Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises – Introductory Workshop With Maria AlfaroVia ZOOMJANUARY 22, 202210AM – 12PM TRE® is a simple, gentle, and profound technique that facilitates the lengthening and relaxation of the psoas muscle and the release of physical and emotional tension and ...