Verapose Yoga
for beginners and seasoned yogis
donation based classes that help support our community
gentle, energetic tune-up sessions
for those interested in learning about yoga and deepening their practice
Our Instructors
Courtney Fitzpatrick
Katie Hoener
Barbara Concannon
Caitlin Concannon
Celia Fellin
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Yoga Benefits: Celebrating the Now
So often when we arrive on our mats, or our cushions, we take a moment to take stock. Often times we will take a peek at both areas of dukha, those areas of holding-or barriers-in the body, as well as areas of sukha those spaces within that are at ease, that feel joyful, that feel Read more about Yoga Benefits: Celebrating the Now[…]
Pose of the Month: Vrikasana – Tree
This month we are looking at the ways that we can CELEBRATE! Celebration by definition is “the action of marking one’s pleasure at an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable, typically social, activity.” As so many of us know, when the Yoga House was created, there was a LOT of celebration on the Read more about Pose of the Month: Vrikasana – Tree[…]
Meditation on the Breath: Location
Welcome to our first month of the Year Long Meditation Challenge! The description, as laid out by the Himalayan Institute is stunning: “We want to change the world… Let’s create a brighter future together and raise collective consciousness through the power of group practice.” This is an opportunity for us to join together to heal Read more about Meditation on the Breath: Location[…]
Yoga Philosophy: 6th Chakra – Ajna
Last week we dove into how yoga gets us in touch with our own intuition, and there are so many opportunities to get in touch with that deeper all knowing space. Another perspective on this work and opportunity is through our lens of the chakras. The Ajna Chakra is often referred to as the “Third Read more about Yoga Philosophy: 6th Chakra – Ajna[…]
Yoga Benefits: Tapping into Intuition
For some of us the idea of spontaneity is a way of life, going with the flow, flitting from one thing to the next, and for others of us that is a scary prospect. One of the important things according to yogic philosophy is to determine where these impulses are coming from, and what might Read more about Yoga Benefits: Tapping into Intuition[…]
Pose of the Month: Dolphin
Looking to the definition of Spontaneity may not feel like the most spontaneous thing that we could do to start our exploration of our theme through asana. That said, it is as good a place to start as any. Spontaneous is defined as “performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or Read more about Pose of the Month: Dolphin[…]
Meditation for Beginners!
The Yoga Sutras, the basis for our practice, states the reason for this WHOLE experience, this whole journey that we call yoga is “Citta vritti nirodha” or, “Yoga is the quieting of the fluctuations of the mind. The entirely of the Yoga Sutras, or the threads that bind and weave together this wonderful practice, are Read more about Meditation for Beginners![…]
Yoga Philosophy: Trust and the 4th Chakra
We are wrapping up our month devoted to Trust this weekend. As some of us have been working on, this is a both an internal and external process, and depending on the day, we may be more challenged by one than the other. A key part of this exploration is an opening of the Anahata Read more about Yoga Philosophy: Trust and the 4th Chakra[…]
Yogi Reads: The Little Book of Hygge
There have been many studies of what makes us happy, and is this something that we can recreate outside of a selective, seemingly artificial studies. Meik Wiking is the CEO of Happiness Research Research Institute in Copenhagen, and he has spent a great deal of time surveying people and looking into just this issue. He Read more about Yogi Reads: The Little Book of Hygge[…]
Attracting The Friendships You Deserve
by guest blogger Victoria Schon, holistic health & sound practitioner Healthy friendships have become extremely important to me. Like all of us, I’ve had some good friendships, and I’ve had some toxic friendships. Each relationship taught me a lot. Especially the strenuous ones. And over the years, I learned to set boundaries and I learned Read more about Attracting The Friendships You Deserve[…]