Embodying Metta: Yoga with Jess Dene Schlesinger
Tuesdays 6:00 pm – 6:50 pm / October 2 – November 27

Embodying Metta is a Trauma-Informed and Access-Centered Yoga class— invitational, consensual, and variations for differing abilities and access need are offered.  Connecting breath with movement, we will work on developing lovingkindness for our complete selves, reminded that all bodies and minds are perfect and whole as is.  Each class will focus on the accessing the vagus nerve (closely tied to our sympathetic nervous systems), gentle alignment, and embodying resiliency and lovingkindness.

Dharma in Motion is a weekly offering of access-centered movement practices for all ages and abilities. Teachers and modalities will rotate every 5-6 weeks. Drop in format, no experience necessary. Please wear clothing that allows for gentle movement.

Jess Dene Schlesinger began practicing yoga and meditation 17 years ago but found that most classes she attended were not accessible for her needs. With the support of Disability Justice activists, she created Access-Centered Movement, a trauma-informed framework that attempts to dismantle the hierarchy of bodies and minds. She uses her vast knowledge of physical therapy and holistic health, her lived experience as a disabled queer, and her intuitive and empathetic abilities to offer relief for trauma and pain.  Aware that the ancestors of the spiritual traditions she practices are not her own, she is committed to decolonizing her practice and works to organize anti-racist white yoga teachers to do the same.