There is so much moving through and around us now. We are living through a time of immense change, uncertainty, and collective transformation, and we need practices that help us tend our energy, return to center, and remember that we do not have to navigate any of it alone.

Inspired by Michelle C. Johnson’s latest book, You Are Protected: Invoking Spiritual Support to Sustain Your Energy, this yoga class invites you to explore protection as an embodied and spiritual practice. Through mindful movement, breath, meditation, and ritual, we will tend the body's inner sanctuary and connect with the seen and unseen sources of support available to us. Rather than thinking about protection as building walls around ourselves or disconnecting from the world, we will explore what it means to become grounded enough to remain present—to ourselves, to one another, and to what is happening around us.

Together, we will practice listening to the wisdom of the body, tending our energetic boundaries, connecting with the elements, and remembering our relationship with Spirit and the larger web of life. Come as you are. No previous yoga experience is necessary. This practice is an opportunity to breathe, move, rest, reconnect, and remember: you are protected.

Props like blocks and straps are encouraged to make all postures conform to you, rather than you conforming to fit the postures. Please bring a yoga mat, a sweat towel and water.