Unleash Your Inner Goddess Workshop - Spring Edition with Sama
Empowerment for anyone who desires to awaken their shakti energy through Movement, Mantra and Meditation.
May Throat Chakra
Unleash Your Inner Goddess: AWAKEN LIFE FORCE-will focus on the Pranamaya Kosha.
Unleash Your Inner Goddess: Awaken Life Force will focus on the Pranamaya Kosha also known as our life force sheath. Sama will guide pranayama exercises and vocal toning practices that will cleanse and unblock the throat chakra. Primal movements and a sound meditation will be infused into the offering for a total body reset from head to toe.. Let's unite, empower, and radiate our inner goddesses together!
Ascend x The Class: A Virtual Class Practiced in Community
Step into the transformative realm of Taryn Toomey's "The Class" as we bring this invigorating virtual experience to Ascend. Join us for a powerful journey of self-discovery and empowerment, presented in Ascend's spacious and stunning studio setting in Cold Spring, New York.
We will project our Class teacher on the studio walls, crank the soundtrack and practice together; cathartic community movement. Sweat, shake, and scream if you want to, as all paths bring you right back to the heart, right back to you.
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele players unite! For players of all levels. Each session we will learn a new song together and sip wine while we do it!
✓ Learn a new song each week
✓ Gather with other local ukulele players
✓ Get motivated to play & practice
✓ Wine/wine alternative included!
✓ Printout of a song
✓ Strumming pattern options for various levels
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Selman is a local musician, music teacher and wine lover. She has her masters degree in music and has been teaching for over 12 years. Her approach to teaching music focuses on learning to trust your ears and being kind to yourself. You can learn more about Kathryn in this recent Highlands Current article!
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Sisterhood of the Rose: A Monthly Women's Circle
Let us gather amongst Sisters - to witness, support & inspire each other; share in one another’s wisdom; re-connect to our precious bodies; center in our Divine essence; create and manifest our most sacred dreams; and celebrate the love, the courage & the joy we hold in our hearts! We will engage with the sacred medicines of sound, breath, ritual, movement, plants and essential oils. The Sisterhood of the Rose circles are hosted by Katya Varlamova - Cold Spring based clinical herbalist, Ascend maker, and founder of Warmicita Herbals.
“Rose is an embodiment of the Divine Feminine. She delights in beauty and magic, yet she is not ashamed of her thorns… I see Sisterhood of the Rose as a powerful community of beautiful sisters, and a sacred space of deep connection, nurture, healing & celebration!”
Katya is a clinical herbalist with more than 12 years of experience. She is a naturopath, plant wellness educator, and founder of the organic herbal wellness line Warmicita Herbals (www.warmicitaherbals.com, IG @warmicitaherbals).
Katya sees clients for a host of acute and chronic health concerns. She uses herbal medicine from a variety of traditions as well as highest quality natural supplements to help bring her clients' health to its optimum level. Katya works closely with her clients to identify the true cause of health challenges. She uses muscle testing and dynamic kinesiology as added techniques to shed light on the true origins of health patterns. Her work takes a very holistic approach, and sometimes the path to true wellness calls for shifts in non-physical realms, such as emotional, psychological, energetic or spiritual aspects of being. Katya then uses flower essences, gem elixirs, guided meditation, inner child work, ritual and breath work, to encourage and nurture the process of inner transformation. Diet, lifestyle, digestion, sleep, energy levels and connection with nature are always considered.
Katya welcomes in-person clients in NYC and in the Hudson Valley (at Ascend in Cold Spring NY.) Zoom sessions are also available. She offers single sessions, as well as 1 and 3-month health partnership programs.
Katya hosts plant walks, women’s circles, and teaches plant medicine classes and retreats in NYC, the Hudson Valley, Europe and the Amazon.
More about Katya’s private consultations, credentials & client testimonials:
warmicitaherbals.com
Somatic Release Breathwork
Somatic Release Breathwork™ is a healing practice to release trauma, stress and tension that
has been stored in the body. Through guided breath patterns, NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) and co-regulation of your nervous system this modality is self-healing on a deep subconscious level. In this practice we access the sympathetic nervous system to allow what's been stuck in the body to be expressed and moved out and invite in new more useful patterns.
The session is done laying down with eyes closed and is set to music.
Somatic Release Breathwork™ often inspires insights on what's been keeping you stuck and
creates a safe space to release the past and claim your authentic Self.
Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, water bottle and journal for insights, optional eye mask.
Julia Zern
Julia is a Vinyasa and Yin yoga teacher, as well as a Somatic Release Breathwork™ practitioner living and working in the Hudson Valley.
Julia has a background of practicing many different styles of yoga, learning from both local and international teachers since the year 2000 and teaching since 2011. She teaches a modern flow while staying true to the ancient teachings and philosophy that is the foundation of all Yoga. Julia guides gentle Yin yoga to release tension from the body and to regulate the nervous system, and as a reminder to get more present to the subtle energetics.
You can find Julia leading classes, workshops and trainings around Hudson Valley and sometimes in her home country Sweden. Julia believes that a steady and committed practice can be a catalyst for transformation and deep healing.
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Summer Solstice Yoga + Song at Boscobel Home and Gardens
Join Dani and Angela from Ascend Center for a special Summer Solstice opportunity to practice yoga outside on Boscobel’s stunning grounds.
We will move through a well-rounded asana yoga class led by Dani with the synchronized sounds of Angela singing live, all with the backdrop of the majestic Hudson River sunset in celebration of the Summer Solstice.
This yoga class is geared towards all levels with numerous options for challenges and moments for personal surrender. Let’s join together on the Great Lawn and pay homage to the sacred land that we borrow and to the power of the almighty Sun.
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele players unite! For players of all levels. Each session we will learn a new song together and sip wine while we do it!
✓ Learn a new song each week
✓ Gather with other local ukulele players
✓ Get motivated to play & practice
✓ Wine/wine alternative included!
✓ Printout of a song
✓ Strumming pattern options for various levels
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Selman is a local musician, music teacher and wine lover. She has her masters degree in music and has been teaching for over 12 years. Her approach to teaching music focuses on learning to trust your ears and being kind to yourself. You can learn more about Kathryn in this recent Highlands Current article!
Ascend X The Class: A Virtual Class Practiced in Community
Step into the transformative realm of Taryn Toomey's "The Class" as we bring this invigorating virtual experience to Ascend. Join us for a powerful journey of self-discovery and empowerment, presented in Ascend's spacious and stunning studio setting in Cold Spring, New York.
We will project our Class teacher on the studio walls, crank the soundtrack and practice together; cathartic community movement. Sweat, shake, and scream if you want to, as all paths bring you right back to the heart, right back to you.
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Sisterhood of the Rose: A Monthly Women's Circle
Let us gather amongst Sisters - to witness, support & inspire each other; share in one another’s wisdom; re-connect to our precious bodies; center in our Divine essence; create and manifest our most sacred dreams; and celebrate the love, the courage & the joy we hold in our hearts! We will engage with the sacred medicines of sound, breath, ritual, movement, plants and essential oils. The Sisterhood of the Rose circles are hosted by Katya Varlamova - Cold Spring based clinical herbalist, Ascend maker, and founder of Warmicita Herbals.
“Rose is an embodiment of the Divine Feminine. She delights in beauty and magic, yet she is not ashamed of her thorns… I see Sisterhood of the Rose as a powerful community of beautiful sisters, and a sacred space of deep connection, nurture, healing & celebration!”
Katya is a clinical herbalist with more than 12 years of experience. She is a naturopath, plant wellness educator, and founder of the organic herbal wellness line Warmicita Herbals (www.warmicitaherbals.com, IG @warmicitaherbals).
Katya sees clients for a host of acute and chronic health concerns. She uses herbal medicine from a variety of traditions as well as highest quality natural supplements to help bring her clients' health to its optimum level. Katya works closely with her clients to identify the true cause of health challenges. She uses muscle testing and dynamic kinesiology as added techniques to shed light on the true origins of health patterns. Her work takes a very holistic approach, and sometimes the path to true wellness calls for shifts in non-physical realms, such as emotional, psychological, energetic or spiritual aspects of being. Katya then uses flower essences, gem elixirs, guided meditation, inner child work, ritual and breath work, to encourage and nurture the process of inner transformation. Diet, lifestyle, digestion, sleep, energy levels and connection with nature are always considered.
Katya welcomes in-person clients in NYC and in the Hudson Valley (at Ascend in Cold Spring NY.) Zoom sessions are also available. She offers single sessions, as well as 1 and 3-month health partnership programs.
Katya hosts plant walks, women’s circles, and teaches plant medicine classes and retreats in NYC, the Hudson Valley, Europe and the Amazon.
More about Katya’s private consultations, credentials & client testimonials:
warmicitaherbals.com
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Dani
If you find it hard to switch off, this class is for you! We all need more rest especially before the holidays. Achieving this however can be very challenging for most of us, especially if you find it hard to relax, to fall asleep or to stay asleep. This Yoga for Deep Rest class aims to support your body to learn to relax fully, so the mind and body soften to allow the nervous system settle.
This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset.
You will be guided into a few very supportive asanas to relax the body and then you will be guided through a Yoga Nidra mediation enhanced with essential oils. A special place of sleepless sleep where you just listen to your internal pulse of just being.
Danielle Locastro
Danielle Locastro, usually known as Dani, is a professional artist and a certified yoga instructor. She has been exploring her connection to something greater than herself her entire life through her art. She initially came to the mat 17 years ago as a way back to health after a near death experience during childbirth. When she started practicing with Charles Matkin and Lisa Bennet, she knew that this practice was transformative. The first time she moved her body and breath in a yoga class for her was like drawing, praying and painting. It too would be part of her life’s practice to maintain a healthy, mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2013 Dani starting teaching after achieving her teacher certification, in the Raja Hatha Style of Yoga under Amy Pearce-Hayden. Her focus is on alignment with a dash of creative expression so that yoga on and off the mat is accessible for everybody. She works weekly in a variety of Hudson Valley Studios such as Elevate Yoga & Barre, Encourage, All Sport Fitness and Ascend Studio in her hometown of Cold Spring. In addition she works with numerous private clients to maintain wellness, promote balance, improve quality of life and explore creative expression.
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Somatic Salsa with Nikki Haas
Discover freedom and celebrate your unique spirit in this fun experience with dynamic movement. Connecting movement with music, we will lose ourselves in the power of expression. Music has the power to shift our mindset and cultivate joy.
In this workshop we will shake away stagnant energy through a fun yoga dance experience. After learning the basic steps of latin music styles like salsa, merengue and reggaeton we will lean into our own creative flow. Through a unique mixture of flowing movement, breath work, tribal dance and introspective meditation we will awaken our own rhythm and leave feeling empowered and confident. There will be opportunities to slow down and feel the shift within ourselves. Beginners are welcomed. Wear something that makes you feel beautiful. Together we will reach for expression, not perfection.
Ascend X The Class: A Virtual Class Practiced in Community
Step into the transformative realm of Taryn Toomey's "The Class" as we bring this invigorating virtual experience to Ascend. Join us for a powerful journey of self-discovery and empowerment, presented in Ascend's spacious and stunning studio setting in Cold Spring, New York.
We will project our Class teacher on the studio walls, crank the soundtrack and practice together; cathartic community movement. Sweat, shake, and scream if you want to, as all paths bring you right back to the heart, right back to you.
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Sisterhood of the Rose: A Monthly Women's Circle
Let us gather amongst Sisters - to witness, support & inspire each other; share in one another’s wisdom; re-connect to our precious bodies; center in our Divine essence; create and manifest our most sacred dreams; and celebrate the love, the courage & the joy we hold in our hearts! We will engage with the sacred medicines of sound, breath, ritual, movement, plants and essential oils. The Sisterhood of the Rose circles are hosted by Katya Varlamova - Cold Spring based clinical herbalist, Ascend maker, and founder of Warmicita Herbals.
“Rose is an embodiment of the Divine Feminine. She delights in beauty and magic, yet she is not ashamed of her thorns… I see Sisterhood of the Rose as a powerful community of beautiful sisters, and a sacred space of deep connection, nurture, healing & celebration!”
Katya is a clinical herbalist with more than 12 years of experience. She is a naturopath, plant wellness educator, and founder of the organic herbal wellness line Warmicita Herbals (www.warmicitaherbals.com, IG @warmicitaherbals).
Katya sees clients for a host of acute and chronic health concerns. She uses herbal medicine from a variety of traditions as well as highest quality natural supplements to help bring her clients' health to its optimum level. Katya works closely with her clients to identify the true cause of health challenges. She uses muscle testing and dynamic kinesiology as added techniques to shed light on the true origins of health patterns. Her work takes a very holistic approach, and sometimes the path to true wellness calls for shifts in non-physical realms, such as emotional, psychological, energetic or spiritual aspects of being. Katya then uses flower essences, gem elixirs, guided meditation, inner child work, ritual and breath work, to encourage and nurture the process of inner transformation. Diet, lifestyle, digestion, sleep, energy levels and connection with nature are always considered.
Katya welcomes in-person clients in NYC and in the Hudson Valley (at Ascend in Cold Spring NY.) Zoom sessions are also available. She offers single sessions, as well as 1 and 3-month health partnership programs.
Katya hosts plant walks, women’s circles, and teaches plant medicine classes and retreats in NYC, the Hudson Valley, Europe and the Amazon.
More about Katya’s private consultations, credentials & client testimonials:
warmicitaherbals.com
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Dani
If you find it hard to switch off, this class is for you! We all need more rest especially before the holidays. Achieving this however can be very challenging for most of us, especially if you find it hard to relax, to fall asleep or to stay asleep. This Yoga for Deep Rest class aims to support your body to learn to relax fully, so the mind and body soften to allow the nervous system settle.
This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset.
You will be guided into a few very supportive asanas to relax the body and then you will be guided through a Yoga Nidra mediation enhanced with essential oils. A special place of sleepless sleep where you just listen to your internal pulse of just being.
Danielle Locastro
Danielle Locastro, usually known as Dani, is a professional artist and a certified yoga instructor. She has been exploring her connection to something greater than herself her entire life through her art. She initially came to the mat 17 years ago as a way back to health after a near death experience during childbirth. When she started practicing with Charles Matkin and Lisa Bennet, she knew that this practice was transformative. The first time she moved her body and breath in a yoga class for her was like drawing, praying and painting. It too would be part of her life’s practice to maintain a healthy, mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2013 Dani starting teaching after achieving her teacher certification, in the Raja Hatha Style of Yoga under Amy Pearce-Hayden. Her focus is on alignment with a dash of creative expression so that yoga on and off the mat is accessible for everybody. She works weekly in a variety of Hudson Valley Studios such as Elevate Yoga & Barre, Encourage, All Sport Fitness and Ascend Studio in her hometown of Cold Spring. In addition she works with numerous private clients to maintain wellness, promote balance, improve quality of life and explore creative expression.
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Sisterhood of the Rose: A Monthly Women's Circle
Let us gather amongst Sisters - to witness, support & inspire each other; share in one another’s wisdom; re-connect to our precious bodies; center in our Divine essence; create and manifest our most sacred dreams; and celebrate the love, the courage & the joy we hold in our hearts! We will engage with the sacred medicines of sound, breath, ritual, movement, plants and essential oils. The Sisterhood of the Rose circles are hosted by Katya Varlamova - Cold Spring based clinical herbalist, Ascend maker, and founder of Warmicita Herbals.
“Rose is an embodiment of the Divine Feminine. She delights in beauty and magic, yet she is not ashamed of her thorns… I see Sisterhood of the Rose as a powerful community of beautiful sisters, and a sacred space of deep connection, nurture, healing & celebration!”
Katya is a clinical herbalist with more than 12 years of experience. She is a naturopath, plant wellness educator, and founder of the organic herbal wellness line Warmicita Herbals (www.warmicitaherbals.com, IG @warmicitaherbals).
Katya sees clients for a host of acute and chronic health concerns. She uses herbal medicine from a variety of traditions as well as highest quality natural supplements to help bring her clients' health to its optimum level. Katya works closely with her clients to identify the true cause of health challenges. She uses muscle testing and dynamic kinesiology as added techniques to shed light on the true origins of health patterns. Her work takes a very holistic approach, and sometimes the path to true wellness calls for shifts in non-physical realms, such as emotional, psychological, energetic or spiritual aspects of being. Katya then uses flower essences, gem elixirs, guided meditation, inner child work, ritual and breath work, to encourage and nurture the process of inner transformation. Diet, lifestyle, digestion, sleep, energy levels and connection with nature are always considered.
Katya welcomes in-person clients in NYC and in the Hudson Valley (at Ascend in Cold Spring NY.) Zoom sessions are also available. She offers single sessions, as well as 1 and 3-month health partnership programs.
Katya hosts plant walks, women’s circles, and teaches plant medicine classes and retreats in NYC, the Hudson Valley, Europe and the Amazon.
More about Katya’s private consultations, credentials & client testimonials:
warmicitaherbals.com
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Somatic Release Breathwork
Somatic Release Breathwork™ is a healing practice to release trauma, stress and tension that
has been stored in the body. Through guided breath patterns, NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) and co-regulation of your nervous system this modality is self-healing on a deep subconscious level. In this practice we access the sympathetic nervous system to allow what's been stuck in the body to be expressed and moved out and invite in new more useful patterns.
The session is done laying down with eyes closed and is set to music.
Somatic Release Breathwork™ often inspires insights on what's been keeping you stuck and
creates a safe space to release the past and claim your authentic Self.
Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, water bottle and journal for insights, optional eye mask.
Julia Zern
Julia is a Vinyasa and Yin yoga teacher, as well as a Somatic Release Breathwork™ practitioner living and working in the Hudson Valley.
Julia has a background of practicing many different styles of yoga, learning from both local and international teachers since the year 2000 and teaching since 2011. She teaches a modern flow while staying true to the ancient teachings and philosophy that is the foundation of all Yoga. Julia guides gentle Yin yoga to release tension from the body and to regulate the nervous system, and as a reminder to get more present to the subtle energetics.
You can find Julia leading classes, workshops and trainings around Hudson Valley and sometimes in her home country Sweden. Julia believes that a steady and committed practice can be a catalyst for transformation and deep healing.
Autumn Equinox Yoga + Song at Boscobel Home and Gardens
Join Dani and Angela from Ascend Center for a special Autumn Equinox opportunity to practice yoga outside on Boscobel’s stunning grounds.
We will move through a well-rounded asana yoga class led by Dani with the synchronized sounds of Angela singing live, all with the backdrop of the majestic Hudson River sunset in celebration of the Autumn Equinox.
This yoga class is geared towards all levels with numerous options for challenges and moments for personal surrender. Let’s join together on the Great Lawn and pay homage to balance on the day that brings us equal parts light and dark.
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Ascend X The Class: A Virtual Class Practiced in Community
Step into the transformative realm of Taryn Toomey's "The Class" as we bring this invigorating virtual experience to Ascend. Join us for a powerful journey of self-discovery and empowerment, presented in Ascend's spacious and stunning studio setting in Cold Spring, New York.
We will project our Class teacher on the studio walls, crank the soundtrack and practice together; cathartic community movement. Sweat, shake, and scream if you want to, as all paths bring you right back to the heart, right back to you.
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Dani
If you find it hard to switch off, this class is for you! We all need more rest especially before the holidays. Achieving this however can be very challenging for most of us, especially if you find it hard to relax, to fall asleep or to stay asleep. This Yoga for Deep Rest class aims to support your body to learn to relax fully, so the mind and body soften to allow the nervous system settle.
This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset.
You will be guided into a few very supportive asanas to relax the body and then you will be guided through a Yoga Nidra mediation enhanced with essential oils. A special place of sleepless sleep where you just listen to your internal pulse of just being.
Danielle Locastro
Danielle Locastro, usually known as Dani, is a professional artist and a certified yoga instructor. She has been exploring her connection to something greater than herself her entire life through her art. She initially came to the mat 17 years ago as a way back to health after a near death experience during childbirth. When she started practicing with Charles Matkin and Lisa Bennet, she knew that this practice was transformative. The first time she moved her body and breath in a yoga class for her was like drawing, praying and painting. It too would be part of her life’s practice to maintain a healthy, mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2013 Dani starting teaching after achieving her teacher certification, in the Raja Hatha Style of Yoga under Amy Pearce-Hayden. Her focus is on alignment with a dash of creative expression so that yoga on and off the mat is accessible for everybody. She works weekly in a variety of Hudson Valley Studios such as Elevate Yoga & Barre, Encourage, All Sport Fitness and Ascend Studio in her hometown of Cold Spring. In addition she works with numerous private clients to maintain wellness, promote balance, improve quality of life and explore creative expression.
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Dani
If you find it hard to switch off, this class is for you! We all need more rest especially before the holidays. Achieving this however can be very challenging for most of us, especially if you find it hard to relax, to fall asleep or to stay asleep. This Yoga for Deep Rest class aims to support your body to learn to relax fully, so the mind and body soften to allow the nervous system settle.
This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset.
You will be guided into a few very supportive asanas to relax the body and then you will be guided through a Yoga Nidra mediation enhanced with essential oils. A special place of sleepless sleep where you just listen to your internal pulse of just being.
Danielle Locastro
Danielle Locastro, usually known as Dani, is a professional artist and a certified yoga instructor. She has been exploring her connection to something greater than herself her entire life through her art. She initially came to the mat 17 years ago as a way back to health after a near death experience during childbirth. When she started practicing with Charles Matkin and Lisa Bennet, she knew that this practice was transformative. The first time she moved her body and breath in a yoga class for her was like drawing, praying and painting. It too would be part of her life’s practice to maintain a healthy, mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2013 Dani starting teaching after achieving her teacher certification, in the Raja Hatha Style of Yoga under Amy Pearce-Hayden. Her focus is on alignment with a dash of creative expression so that yoga on and off the mat is accessible for everybody. She works weekly in a variety of Hudson Valley Studios such as Elevate Yoga & Barre, Encourage, All Sport Fitness and Ascend Studio in her hometown of Cold Spring. In addition she works with numerous private clients to maintain wellness, promote balance, improve quality of life and explore creative expression.
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Somatic Release Breathwork
Somatic Release Breathwork™ is a healing practice to release trauma, stress and tension that
has been stored in the body. Through guided breath patterns, NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) and co-regulation of your nervous system this modality is self-healing on a deep subconscious level. In this practice we access the sympathetic nervous system to allow what's been stuck in the body to be expressed and moved out and invite in new more useful patterns.
The session is done laying down with eyes closed and is set to music.
Somatic Release Breathwork™ often inspires insights on what's been keeping you stuck and
creates a safe space to release the past and claim your authentic Self.
Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, water bottle and journal for insights, optional eye mask.
Julia Zern
Julia is a Vinyasa and Yin yoga teacher, as well as a Somatic Release Breathwork™ practitioner living and working in the Hudson Valley.
Julia has a background of practicing many different styles of yoga, learning from both local and international teachers since the year 2000 and teaching since 2011. She teaches a modern flow while staying true to the ancient teachings and philosophy that is the foundation of all Yoga. Julia guides gentle Yin yoga to release tension from the body and to regulate the nervous system, and as a reminder to get more present to the subtle energetics.
You can find Julia leading classes, workshops and trainings around Hudson Valley and sometimes in her home country Sweden. Julia believes that a steady and committed practice can be a catalyst for transformation and deep healing.
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Dani
If you find it hard to switch off, this class is for you! We all need more rest especially before the holidays. Achieving this however can be very challenging for most of us, especially if you find it hard to relax, to fall asleep or to stay asleep. This Yoga for Deep Rest class aims to support your body to learn to relax fully, so the mind and body soften to allow the nervous system settle.
This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset.
You will be guided into a few very supportive asanas to relax the body and then you will be guided through a Yoga Nidra mediation enhanced with essential oils. A special place of sleepless sleep where you just listen to your internal pulse of just being.
Danielle Locastro
Danielle Locastro, usually known as Dani, is a professional artist and a certified yoga instructor. She has been exploring her connection to something greater than herself her entire life through her art. She initially came to the mat 17 years ago as a way back to health after a near death experience during childbirth. When she started practicing with Charles Matkin and Lisa Bennet, she knew that this practice was transformative. The first time she moved her body and breath in a yoga class for her was like drawing, praying and painting. It too would be part of her life’s practice to maintain a healthy, mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2013 Dani starting teaching after achieving her teacher certification, in the Raja Hatha Style of Yoga under Amy Pearce-Hayden. Her focus is on alignment with a dash of creative expression so that yoga on and off the mat is accessible for everybody. She works weekly in a variety of Hudson Valley Studios such as Elevate Yoga & Barre, Encourage, All Sport Fitness and Ascend Studio in her hometown of Cold Spring. In addition she works with numerous private clients to maintain wellness, promote balance, improve quality of life and explore creative expression.
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Dani
If you find it hard to switch off, this class is for you! We all need more rest especially before the holidays. Achieving this however can be very challenging for most of us, especially if you find it hard to relax, to fall asleep or to stay asleep. This Yoga for Deep Rest class aims to support your body to learn to relax fully, so the mind and body soften to allow the nervous system settle.
This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset.
You will be guided into a few very supportive asanas to relax the body and then you will be guided through a Yoga Nidra mediation enhanced with essential oils. A special place of sleepless sleep where you just listen to your internal pulse of just being.
Danielle Locastro
Danielle Locastro, usually known as Dani, is a professional artist and a certified yoga instructor. She has been exploring her connection to something greater than herself her entire life through her art. She initially came to the mat 17 years ago as a way back to health after a near death experience during childbirth. When she started practicing with Charles Matkin and Lisa Bennet, she knew that this practice was transformative. The first time she moved her body and breath in a yoga class for her was like drawing, praying and painting. It too would be part of her life’s practice to maintain a healthy, mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2013 Dani starting teaching after achieving her teacher certification, in the Raja Hatha Style of Yoga under Amy Pearce-Hayden. Her focus is on alignment with a dash of creative expression so that yoga on and off the mat is accessible for everybody. She works weekly in a variety of Hudson Valley Studios such as Elevate Yoga & Barre, Encourage, All Sport Fitness and Ascend Studio in her hometown of Cold Spring. In addition she works with numerous private clients to maintain wellness, promote balance, improve quality of life and explore creative expression.
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Somatic Release Breathwork
Somatic Release Breathwork™ is a healing practice to release trauma, stress and tension that
has been stored in the body. Through guided breath patterns, NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) and co-regulation of your nervous system this modality is self-healing on a deep subconscious level. In this practice we access the sympathetic nervous system to allow what's been stuck in the body to be expressed and moved out and invite in new more useful patterns.
The session is done laying down with eyes closed and is set to music.
Somatic Release Breathwork™ often inspires insights on what's been keeping you stuck and
creates a safe space to release the past and claim your authentic Self.
Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, water bottle and journal for insights, optional eye mask.
Julia Zern
Julia is a Vinyasa and Yin yoga teacher, as well as a Somatic Release Breathwork™ practitioner living and working in the Hudson Valley.
Julia has a background of practicing many different styles of yoga, learning from both local and international teachers since the year 2000 and teaching since 2011. She teaches a modern flow while staying true to the ancient teachings and philosophy that is the foundation of all Yoga. Julia guides gentle Yin yoga to release tension from the body and to regulate the nervous system, and as a reminder to get more present to the subtle energetics.
You can find Julia leading classes, workshops and trainings around Hudson Valley and sometimes in her home country Sweden. Julia believes that a steady and committed practice can be a catalyst for transformation and deep healing.
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Somatic Release Breathwork
Somatic Release Breathwork™ is a healing practice to release trauma, stress and tension that
has been stored in the body. Through guided breath patterns, NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) and co-regulation of your nervous system this modality is self-healing on a deep subconscious level. In this practice we access the sympathetic nervous system to allow what's been stuck in the body to be expressed and moved out and invite in new more useful patterns.
The session is done laying down with eyes closed and is set to music.
Somatic Release Breathwork™ often inspires insights on what's been keeping you stuck and
creates a safe space to release the past and claim your authentic Self.
Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, water bottle and journal for insights, optional eye mask.
Julia Zern
Julia is a Vinyasa and Yin yoga teacher, as well as a Somatic Release Breathwork™ practitioner living and working in the Hudson Valley.
Julia has a background of practicing many different styles of yoga, learning from both local and international teachers since the year 2000 and teaching since 2011. She teaches a modern flow while staying true to the ancient teachings and philosophy that is the foundation of all Yoga. Julia guides gentle Yin yoga to release tension from the body and to regulate the nervous system, and as a reminder to get more present to the subtle energetics.
You can find Julia leading classes, workshops and trainings around Hudson Valley and sometimes in her home country Sweden. Julia believes that a steady and committed practice can be a catalyst for transformation and deep healing.
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Sisterhood of the Rose: A Monthly Women's Circle
“When the Woman Knows Herself…”
Let us gather amongst Sisters - to witness, support & inspire each other; share in one another’s wisdom; re-connect to our precious bodies; center in our Divine essence; create and manifest our most sacred dreams; and celebrate the love, the courage & the joy we hold in our hearts!
May Focus:
We will gather the Saturday before Mother's Day to honor and celebrate the magical, loving, fierce, creative, wise, compassionate, life-giving energy of the Mother we all carry deep within... and offer ourselves and each other the sacred gift of mothering, deep care and true presence - so healing and liberating, especially for those of us who did not receive it fully in our childhood years. As always, we will magick with plants, sound, ritual and partner practices inside this beautiful healing space amongst sisters.
Speak and be heard, share and feel supported, listen and be inspired!
The Sisterhood of the Rose circles are hosted by Katya Varlamova - Cold Spring based clinical herbalist, Ascend maker, and founder of Warmicita Herbals.
Cost: $27
“Rose is an embodiment of the Divine Feminine. She delights in beauty and magic, yet she is not ashamed of her thorns… I see Sisterhood of the Rose as a powerful community of beautiful sisters, and a sacred space of deep connection, nurture, healing & celebration!”
Katya is a clinical herbalist with more than 12 years of experience. She is a naturopath, plant wellness educator, and founder of the organic herbal wellness line Warmicita Herbals (www.warmicitaherbals.com, IG @warmicitaherbals).
Katya sees clients for a host of acute and chronic health concerns. She uses herbal medicine from a variety of traditions as well as highest quality natural supplements to help bring her clients' health to its optimum level. Katya works closely with her clients to identify the true cause of health challenges. She uses muscle testing and dynamic kinesiology as added techniques to shed light on the true origins of health patterns. Her work takes a very holistic approach, and sometimes the path to true wellness calls for shifts in non-physical realms, such as emotional, psychological, energetic or spiritual aspects of being. Katya then uses flower essences, gem elixirs, guided meditation, inner child work, ritual and breath work, to encourage and nurture the process of inner transformation. Diet, lifestyle, digestion, sleep, energy levels and connection with nature are always considered.
Katya welcomes in-person clients in NYC and in the Hudson Valley (at Ascend in Cold Spring NY.) Zoom sessions are also available. She offers single sessions, as well as 1 and 3-month health partnership programs.
Katya hosts plant walks, women’s circles, and teaches plant medicine classes and retreats in NYC, the Hudson Valley, Europe and the Amazon.
More about Katya’s private consultations, credentials & client testimonials:
warmicitaherbals.com
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Dani
If you find it hard to switch off, this class is for you! We all need more rest especially before the holidays. Achieving this however can be very challenging for most of us, especially if you find it hard to relax, to fall asleep or to stay asleep. This Yoga for Deep Rest class aims to support your body to learn to relax fully, so the mind and body soften to allow the nervous system settle.
This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset.
You will be guided into a few very supportive asanas to relax the body and then you will be guided through a Yoga Nidra mediation enhanced with essential oils. A special place of sleepless sleep where you just listen to your internal pulse of just being.
Danielle Locastro
Danielle Locastro, usually known as Dani, is a professional artist and a certified yoga instructor. She has been exploring her connection to something greater than herself her entire life through her art. She initially came to the mat 17 years ago as a way back to health after a near death experience during childbirth. When she started practicing with Charles Matkin and Lisa Bennet, she knew that this practice was transformative. The first time she moved her body and breath in a yoga class for her was like drawing, praying and painting. It too would be part of her life’s practice to maintain a healthy, mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2013 Dani starting teaching after achieving her teacher certification, in the Raja Hatha Style of Yoga under Amy Pearce-Hayden. Her focus is on alignment with a dash of creative expression so that yoga on and off the mat is accessible for everybody. She works weekly in a variety of Hudson Valley Studios such as Elevate Yoga & Barre, Encourage, All Sport Fitness and Ascend Studio in her hometown of Cold Spring. In addition she works with numerous private clients to maintain wellness, promote balance, improve quality of life and explore creative expression.
Wild Foraging & Spring Pesto Making with Katya
Join us on Sunday April 28, from 2 to 5 pm, rain or shine! Together we will take a stroll in our magical backyard (aka the Foundry Preserve) to ID and wild harvest a few beautiful spring medicinals such as chickweed, cleavers, dandelion, wild mustard and nettles. Come spring time these precious plants are tender, full of flavor and loaded with medicine, vitamins and minerals, that our bodies crave coming out of the winter season into spring and summer. We will forage and wild harvest our herbal treasures and take them back to Ascend where together we will whip up the most delicious, flavorful and highly medicinal spring pesto! It can be used to dress your salads, pastas or any cooked dishes, paired with lots of compliments from friends and family.You will go home with a jar of green goodness, lots of herbal knowledge, a few awesome new friends, and a great pesto recipe to share.
The workshop is led by Katya Varlamova, our in-house clinical herbalist, Ascend maker and founder of Warmicita Herbals.
Cost: $45 including all materials
Katya is a clinical herbalist with more than 12 years of experience. She is a naturopath, plant wellness educator, and founder of the organic herbal wellness line Warmicita Herbals (www.warmicitaherbals.com, IG @warmicitaherbals).
Katya sees clients for a host of acute and chronic health concerns. She uses herbal medicine from a variety of traditions as well as highest quality natural supplements to help bring her clients' health to its optimum level. Katya works closely with her clients to identify the true cause of health challenges. She uses muscle testing and dynamic kinesiology as added techniques to shed light on the true origins of health patterns. Her work takes a very holistic approach, and sometimes the path to true wellness calls for shifts in non-physical realms, such as emotional, psychological, energetic or spiritual aspects of being. Katya then uses flower essences, gem elixirs, guided meditation, inner child work, ritual and breath work, to encourage and nurture the process of inner transformation. Diet, lifestyle, digestion, sleep, energy levels and connection with nature are always considered.
Katya welcomes in-person clients in NYC and in the Hudson Valley (at Ascend in Cold Spring NY.) Zoom sessions are also available. She offers single sessions, as well as 1 and 3-month health partnership programs.
Katya hosts plant walks, women’s circles, and teaches plant medicine classes and retreats in NYC, the Hudson Valley, Europe and the Amazon.
More about Katya’s private consultations, credentials & client testimonials: warmicitaherbals.com
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms
Hudson Valley 5Rhythms at Ascend Collective
Second Saturday and last Saturday Every Month from 5pm - 6:30pm
Led by Peter Fodera, Stephanie Diamond and other Guest Teachers
5Rhythms is a dance practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, dancing instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher/DJ. It is a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone, but instead are in a supportive community. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a brave space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.
The 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Classes last two hours. They begin slow, the pace pick ups in the middle and end with a slow unwinding.
Wear clothes you can move in, dance barefoot or with indoor sneakers, bring a water bottle and your open heart. This is a drug and alcohol free practice.
More information: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/
Ascend X The Class: A Virtual Class Practiced in Community
Step into the transformative realm of Taryn Toomey's "The Class" as we bring this invigorating virtual experience to Ascend. Join us for a powerful journey of self-discovery and empowerment, presented in Ascend's spacious and stunning studio setting in Cold Spring, New York.
We will project our Class teacher on the studio walls, crank the soundtrack and practice together; cathartic community movement. Sweat, shake, and scream if you want to, as all paths bring you right back to the heart, right back to you.
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele players unite! For players of all levels. Each session we will learn a new song together and sip wine while we do it!
✓ Learn a new song each week
✓ Gather with other local ukulele players
✓ Get motivated to play & practice
✓ Wine/wine alternative included!
✓ Printout of a song
✓ Strumming pattern options for various levels
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Selman is a local musician, music teacher and wine lover. She has her masters degree in music and has been teaching for over 12 years. Her approach to teaching music focuses on learning to trust your ears and being kind to yourself. You can learn more about Kathryn in this recent Highlands Current article!
Stellar Self: Empowering Teens Through Yoga and Astrology
A unique after-school program designed exclusively for teenagers to cultivate self-empowerment, balance, and inner harmony in a safe, judgement-free space. Combining the grounding practices of yoga and the insightful wisdom of astrology, this program offers a holistic approach to support our youth in their journey of self-discovery and personal growth.
Hollis Mahoney
Thursdays, April 25-May 23rd
3:30-5pm
$125
Participants will:
Cultivate physical strength, flexibility and resilience
Explore mindfulness practices for inner ease
Develop a deeper connection to their mind and body
Learn about their unique personality traits and strengths based on their natal Sun, Moon and Rising signs
Foster self-acceptance and understanding
Build community through open communication and freedom expression
Each session of the program will revolve around a different theme centered around a key component of the astrological chart. Through reflective journaling, guided meditation, a brief yoga practice, and voluntary group discussions, participants will dive deep into self-exploration and leave with practical techniques to integrate these teachings into their daily lives.
Join us on this empowering journey, where the stars align with the strength of the body and mind, unlocking boundless potential for our teenage participants.
Surrender with Alison Sinatra
Surrender: A movement class for healing
With the world quite literally feeling on fire, where do you find sanctuary? For me it is in a deeper connection to life, the elements, the directions, my ancestors and future generations. The way to healing for me is through the body, this is where everything is stored. This class is an exploration of our spiritual connection through movement.
We will do breathwork to purify, somatic exercises to release stored grief, yin yoga postures to untangle stress in the connective tissue and a yoga nidra practice to receive and integrate.
The class will be curated to music. All are welcome just as you are.
Alison Sinatra has been teaching people to connect with their body for over 20 years. She has led retreats all over the world, has been senior faculty for both Kula Yoga Project and Boston Yoga School teacher training programs. Alison is a medicine woman and classes are inspired by her work with indigenous studies from North and South America. She has just completed a year long somatic training with Gabor Mate called "compassionate inquiry" for trauma and addiction. Her work with women is a fundamental part of her heart and creates ritual and ceremony to assist with important markings in one's life. Alison lives in the Catskills with her intuitive hubby and two beautiful children.
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Sisterhood of the Rose: A Monthly Women's Circle
“When the Woman Knows Herself…”
Let us gather amongst Sisters - to witness, support & inspire each other; share in one another’s wisdom; re-connect to our precious bodies; center in our Divine essence; create and manifest our most sacred dreams; and celebrate the love, the courage & the joy we hold in our hearts!
During our April circle we will dance with the sacred medicine of Air: the power of the voice and the throat chakra, self-expression, intuition, communication, space, and healthy boundaries. We will engage with ritual, breath, sound and plant medicine such as lavender, clary sage, marjoram and palo santo, to connect with the Air element and harness its energy in our lives.
Speak and be heard, share and feel supported, listen and be inspired!
The Sisterhood of the Rose circles are hosted by Katya Varlamova - Cold Spring based clinical herbalist, Ascend maker, and founder of Warmicita Herbals.
Cost: $27
“Rose is an embodiment of the Divine Feminine. She delights in beauty and magic, yet she is not ashamed of her thorns… I see Sisterhood of the Rose as a powerful community of beautiful sisters, and a sacred space of deep connection, nurture, healing & celebration!”
Katya is a clinical herbalist with more than 12 years of experience. She is a naturopath, plant wellness educator, and founder of the organic herbal wellness line Warmicita Herbals (www.warmicitaherbals.com, IG @warmicitaherbals).
Katya sees clients for a host of acute and chronic health concerns. She uses herbal medicine from a variety of traditions as well as highest quality natural supplements to help bring her clients' health to its optimum level. Katya works closely with her clients to identify the true cause of health challenges. She uses muscle testing and dynamic kinesiology as added techniques to shed light on the true origins of health patterns. Her work takes a very holistic approach, and sometimes the path to true wellness calls for shifts in non-physical realms, such as emotional, psychological, energetic or spiritual aspects of being. Katya then uses flower essences, gem elixirs, guided meditation, inner child work, ritual and breath work, to encourage and nurture the process of inner transformation. Diet, lifestyle, digestion, sleep, energy levels and connection with nature are always considered.
Katya welcomes in-person clients in NYC and in the Hudson Valley (at Ascend in Cold Spring NY.) Zoom sessions are also available. She offers single sessions, as well as 1 and 3-month health partnership programs.
Katya hosts plant walks, women’s circles, and teaches plant medicine classes and retreats in NYC, the Hudson Valley, Europe and the Amazon.
More about Katya’s private consultations, credentials & client testimonials:
warmicitaherbals.com
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Dani
If you find it hard to switch off, this class is for you! We all need more rest especially before the holidays. Achieving this however can be very challenging for most of us, especially if you find it hard to relax, to fall asleep or to stay asleep. This Yoga for Deep Rest class aims to support your body to learn to relax fully, so the mind and body soften to allow the nervous system settle.
This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset.
You will be guided into a few very supportive asanas to relax the body and then you will be guided through a Yoga Nidra mediation enhanced with essential oils. A special place of sleepless sleep where you just listen to your internal pulse of just being.
Danielle Locastro
Danielle Locastro, usually known as Dani, is a professional artist and a certified yoga instructor. She has been exploring her connection to something greater than herself her entire life through her art. She initially came to the mat 17 years ago as a way back to health after a near death experience during childbirth. When she started practicing with Charles Matkin and Lisa Bennet, she knew that this practice was transformative. The first time she moved her body and breath in a yoga class for her was like drawing, praying and painting. It too would be part of her life’s practice to maintain a healthy, mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2013 Dani starting teaching after achieving her teacher certification, in the Raja Hatha Style of Yoga under Amy Pearce-Hayden. Her focus is on alignment with a dash of creative expression so that yoga on and off the mat is accessible for everybody. She works weekly in a variety of Hudson Valley Studios such as Elevate Yoga & Barre, Encourage, All Sport Fitness and Ascend Studio in her hometown of Cold Spring. In addition she works with numerous private clients to maintain wellness, promote balance, improve quality of life and explore creative expression.
Kundalini Breathwork with Amanda Nova Wellness
Kundalini Breathwork
What Amanda does is a blending of different modalities, so it is kind of a different experience than anything that is out there. It is a combination of circular breathwork, kundalini energy activation (kind of like reiki but working with the kundalini) and channeling messages.
Amanda starts the experience with somatic movement like shaking, dancing and then the participants lay on their backs on mats with blankets, pillows under their knees, eye coverings if they would like that. Amanda will then instruct you how to do the breathing and then she plays music while they begin to do the breathwork. Next, Amanda then walks around and facilitates kundalini energy work to the group. People often have releases, as it can remove stuck energy, it also can help bring the person clarity, calm and insights.
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele players unite! For players of all levels. Each session we will learn a new song together and sip wine while we do it!
✓ Learn a new song each week
✓ Gather with other local ukulele players
✓ Get motivated to play & practice
✓ Wine/wine alternative included!
✓ Printout of a song
✓ Strumming pattern options for various levels
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Selman is a local musician, music teacher and wine lover. She has her masters degree in music and has been teaching for over 12 years. Her approach to teaching music focuses on learning to trust your ears and being kind to yourself. You can learn more about Kathryn in this recent Highlands Current article!
Sound Meditation with Reverb Yogi
Relax and connect with your breath on a journey of sacred instruments and sounds. Vinny Colandrea of @reverb_yoga will be guide a meditation and immerse the room in the soothing vibrations of gongs, crystal bowls, and chimes. The intention for the evening is to create space for you to find a deeper state of calm and self care.
Ascend X The Class: A Virtual Class Practiced in Community
Step into the transformative realm of Taryn Toomey's "The Class" as we bring this invigorating virtual experience to Ascend. Join us for a powerful journey of self-discovery and empowerment, presented in Ascend's spacious and stunning studio setting in Cold Spring, New York.
We will project our Class teacher on the studio walls, crank the soundtrack and practice together; cathartic community movement. Sweat, shake, and scream if you want to, as all paths bring you right back to the heart, right back to you.
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Somatic Release Breathwork
Somatic Release Breathwork™ is a healing practice to release trauma, stress and tension that
has been stored in the body. Through guided breath patterns, NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) and co-regulation of your nervous system this modality is self-healing on a deep subconscious level. In this practice we access the sympathetic nervous system to allow what's been stuck in the body to be expressed and moved out and invite in new more useful patterns.
The session is done laying down with eyes closed and is set to music.
Somatic Release Breathwork™ often inspires insights on what's been keeping you stuck and
creates a safe space to release the past and claim your authentic Self.
Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, water bottle and journal for insights, optional eye mask.
Julia Zern
Julia is a Vinyasa and Yin yoga teacher, as well as a Somatic Release Breathwork™ practitioner living and working in the Hudson Valley.
Julia has a background of practicing many different styles of yoga, learning from both local and international teachers since the year 2000 and teaching since 2011. She teaches a modern flow while staying true to the ancient teachings and philosophy that is the foundation of all Yoga. Julia guides gentle Yin yoga to release tension from the body and to regulate the nervous system, and as a reminder to get more present to the subtle energetics.
You can find Julia leading classes, workshops and trainings around Hudson Valley and sometimes in her home country Sweden. Julia believes that a steady and committed practice can be a catalyst for transformation and deep healing.
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Dani
If you find it hard to switch off, this class is for you! We all need more rest especially before the holidays. Achieving this however can be very challenging for most of us, especially if you find it hard to relax, to fall asleep or to stay asleep. This Yoga for Deep Rest class aims to support your body to learn to relax fully, so the mind and body soften to allow the nervous system settle.
This class is about enabling you to let go of physical and mental stress and encourage your sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight freeze) to dial down and your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to dial up - promoting balance and helping you to reset.
You will be guided into a few very supportive asanas to relax the body and then you will be guided through a Yoga Nidra mediation enhanced with essential oils. A special place of sleepless sleep where you just listen to your internal pulse of just being.
Danielle Locastro
Danielle Locastro, usually known as Dani, is a professional artist and a certified yoga instructor. She has been exploring her connection to something greater than herself her entire life through her art. She initially came to the mat 17 years ago as a way back to health after a near death experience during childbirth. When she started practicing with Charles Matkin and Lisa Bennet, she knew that this practice was transformative. The first time she moved her body and breath in a yoga class for her was like drawing, praying and painting. It too would be part of her life’s practice to maintain a healthy, mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2013 Dani starting teaching after achieving her teacher certification, in the Raja Hatha Style of Yoga under Amy Pearce-Hayden. Her focus is on alignment with a dash of creative expression so that yoga on and off the mat is accessible for everybody. She works weekly in a variety of Hudson Valley Studios such as Elevate Yoga & Barre, Encourage, All Sport Fitness and Ascend Studio in her hometown of Cold Spring. In addition she works with numerous private clients to maintain wellness, promote balance, improve quality of life and explore creative expression.
Magnificent Menopause: A Special Yoga & Herbal Workshop
Join Dani Locastro and Katya Varlamova for a special workshop to reframe your understanding and support healthy changes of midlife with simple practices of yoga asana, breath work, meditation, along with herbal tonics. This is a workshop to honor the divine feminine and come together to support each other in yoga practices of movement, mediation and release through satsung.
This workshop will help you:
✓ Embrace a new perspective on midlife and challenge the established norms about aging
✓ Find inspiration for changing beliefs in history, data, other cultures and traditions
✓ Get the help you need to cope with the hormonal changes of the menopause transition
✓ Build long-term resilience in body and mind, so you can cope with life's challenges and thrive
✓ Explore the myriad possibilities for your future - start dreaming big!
✓ Evaluate and make peace with your past and present, so neither hold you back and you can become who you were always meant to be
✓ Build your own magnificent life plan, capitalizing on all you have discovered about yourself, for a truly authentic and fulfilling future
✓ Embrace your Magnificence!
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Ukulele Wine Time x Ascend: Ukulele Basics for Beginners
4 Week Series
Thursday Evenings 7:15-8:30pm
Jan 18 + 25, February 1 + 8
$135 Wine/wine alternative included!
For ukulele beginners, no experience (or ukulele!) necessary. Go from zero to playing chords and songs in this 4-week course. Plus - sip wine while you do it!
Learn how to get started playing the ukulele including:
✓ How to tune
✓ How to hold your instrument
✓ Your first 4 chords
✓ Basic strumming
✓ Tips on how to play and sing
In each 60-minute class you’ll get 2 new songs to play for the week, a technique exercise, a fun chord warm up, vocal support and lots more. A glass of wine is included! (But of course, optional.) If you need to borrow a ukulele, we got you covered.
Who is this course for?
✓ You’re interested in learning an instrument but have never tried before (and you don’t own a ukulele!)
✓ You have a dusty ukulele sitting upstairs in the closet and don’t know how to tune it - You know a handful of chords but haven’t played for a while
✓ You’re a beginner on the ukulele and want to improve your technique and expand your repertoire
✓ You just want to start playing ukulele!
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Selman is a local musician, music teacher and wine lover. She has her masters degree in music and has been teaching for over 12 years. Her approach to teaching music focuses on learning to trust your ears and being kind to yourself. You can learn more about Kathryn in this
Spread the Love Event
Ascend and The Be A Friend Project invite all ages to join us on Wednesday, February 7th 6:00-8:30pm for a “Spread The Love” Letter Writing Campaign. Let's come together to make a difference in the life of a young New York girl who has faced years of severe bullying. “Hope” (12) wants nothing more than to be friends with everyone and stands up for all – even her bullies who target her learning disabilities. Your heartfelt letters of support with empathetic words and art will help her stay strong and know she is not alone. All ages are welcome! Come to the first floor at Ascend Center, 75 Main Street Cold Spring, New York 10516. All materials and snacks provided.
Every letter is a gift - the more letters, the greater the impact.
Together, we will make a difference!
Ukulele Wine Time x Ascend: Ukulele Basics for Beginners
4 Week Series
Thursday Evenings 7:15-8:30pm
Jan 18 + 25, February 1 + 8
$135 Wine/wine alternative included!
For ukulele beginners, no experience (or ukulele!) necessary. Go from zero to playing chords and songs in this 5 week course. Plus - sip wine while you do it!
Learn how to get started playing the ukulele including:
✓ How to tune
✓ How to hold your instrument
✓ Your first 4 chords
✓ Basic strumming
✓ Tips on how to play and sing
In each 60-minute class you’ll get 2 new songs to play for the week, a technique exercise, a fun chord warm up, vocal support and lots more. A glass of wine is included! (But of course, optional.) If you need to borrow a ukulele, we got you covered.
Who is this course for?
✓ You’re interested in learning an instrument but have never tried before (and you don’t own a ukulele!)
✓ You have a dusty ukulele sitting upstairs in the closet and don’t know how to tune it - You know a handful of chords but haven’t played for a while
✓ You’re a beginner on the ukulele and want to improve your technique and expand your repertoire
✓ You just want to start playing ukulele!
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Selman is a local musician, music teacher and wine lover. She has her masters degree in music and has been teaching for over 12 years. Her approach to teaching music focuses on learning to trust your ears and being kind to yourself. You can learn more about Kathryn in this
Ukulele Wine Time x Ascend: Ukulele Basics for Beginners
4 Week Series
Thursday Evenings 7:15-8:30pm
Jan 18 + 25, February 1 + 8
$135 Wine/wine alternative included!
For ukulele beginners, no experience (or ukulele!) necessary. Go from zero to playing chords and songs in this 4 week course. Plus - sip wine while you do it!
Learn how to get started playing the ukulele including:
✓ How to tune
✓ How to hold your instrument
✓ Your first 4 chords
✓ Basic strumming
✓ Tips on how to play and sing
In each 60-minute class you’ll get 2 new songs to play for the week, a technique exercise, a fun chord warm up, vocal support and lots more. A glass of wine is included! (But of course, optional.) If you need to borrow a ukulele, we got you covered.
Who is this course for?
✓ You’re interested in learning an instrument but have never tried before (and you don’t own a ukulele!)
✓ You have a dusty ukulele sitting upstairs in the closet and don’t know how to tune it - You know a handful of chords but haven’t played for a while
✓ You’re a beginner on the ukulele and want to improve your technique and expand your repertoire
✓ You just want to start playing ukulele!
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Selman is a local musician, music teacher and wine lover. She has her masters degree in music and has been teaching for over 12 years. Her approach to teaching music focuses on learning to trust your ears and being kind to yourself. You can learn more about Kathryn in this
Unleash Your Inner Goddess - Two-Part Series Workshop Winter Edition with Sama
Empowerment for anyone who desires to awaken their shakti energy through Movement, Mantra and Meditation.
January Solar Plexus
Unleash Your Inner Goddess: AWAKEN BODY - will focus on Annamaya Kosha. Unleash Your Inner Goddess: Awaken Body will focus on the Annamaya Kosha also known as our physical sheath. Sama will guide embodiment practices to cultivate confidence and power through kundalini yoga, primal dance and EFT. Mantra and sound meditation will be infuses into the offering for a total body reset from head to toe. Let's unite, empower, and radiate our inner goddesses together!
Friday Night Happy Hour Yoga
Happy Hour Yoga, taught by Ali Verdicchio, is a fun and powerful Vinyasa flow class set to varying musical playlists each month. It is great for all levels, with simple modifications for beginner yogis and plenty of variations for those with a more advanced practice. Be prepared to build heat through Asana and Pranayama in this invigorating, musically inspired workout. No better way to start off a weekend then by energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a Disco Ball!
One Friday monthly 6:30-7:30pm
Ali Verdichio
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele Sip & Strum
Ukulele players unite! For players of all levels. Each session we will learn a new song together and sip wine while we do it!
✓ Learn a new song each week
✓ Gather with other local ukulele players
✓ Get motivated to play & practice
✓ Wine/wine alternative included!
✓ Printout of a song
✓ Strumming pattern options for various levels
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Selman is a local musician, music teacher and wine lover. She has her masters degree in music and has been teaching for over 12 years. Her approach to teaching music focuses on learning to trust your ears and being kind to yourself. You can learn more about Kathryn in this recent Highlands Current article!
Ukulele Wine Time x Ascend: Ukulele Basics for Beginners
4 Week Series
Thursday Evenings 7:15-8:30pm
Jan/Feb 2024 18, 25, 2/1, 2/8
$135 Wine/wine alternative included!
For ukulele beginners, no experience (or ukulele!) necessary. Go from zero to playing chords and songs in this 4 week course. Plus - sip wine while you do it!
Learn how to get started playing the ukulele including:
✓ How to tune
✓ How to hold your instrument
✓ Your first 4 chords
✓ Basic strumming
✓ Tips on how to play and sing
In each 60-minute class you’ll get 2 new songs to play for the week, a technique exercise, a fun chord warm up, vocal support and lots more. A glass of wine is included! (But of course, optional.) If you need to borrow a ukulele, we got you covered.
Who is this course for?
✓ You’re interested in learning an instrument but have never tried before (and you don’t own a ukulele!)
✓ You have a dusty ukulele sitting upstairs in the closet and don’t know how to tune it - You know a handful of chords but haven’t played for a while
✓ You’re a beginner on the ukulele and want to improve your technique and expand your repertoire
✓ You just want to start playing ukulele!
Meet Your Instructor
Kathryn Selman is a local musician, music teacher and wine lover. She has her masters degree in music and has been teaching for over 12 years. Her approach to teaching music focuses on learning to trust your ears and being kind to yourself. You can learn more about Kathryn in this