Roots & River Yoga

01/06/2026

New Year Release + Renewal Workshop
with Kathryn Bovino

Saturday, January 10th
3:00 - 5:00 PM

✨ Begin the new year with intention, clarity, and grounding. ✨
This 2-hour yoga workshop offers a supportive space to release what has run its course and to welcome the possibilities ahead.

This nourishing experience blends mindful movement, restorative relaxation, guided reflection, and symbolic ritual to help you transition into the new year with steadiness and purpose.

We’ll begin with grounding breathwork and gentle yoga, then move into:
🔥 Fire Burning Ceremony — Release old patterns, stressors, and stories you’re ready to set down.
💧 Water Wishing Well Ritual — Offer your hopes, values, and intentions for the year ahead.
🖊️ Guided Journaling + Quiet Reflection — Clarify what truly matters and define your path forward.
🌿 ACT-Inspired Practices — Simple tools to support presence, resilience, and purposeful action.

Rooted in nature’s wisdom, this workshop is a restorative pause—an invitation to slow down, reconnect, and step into the new season with compassion and clarity.

You’ll leave with:
• 🌱 Grounding practices you can use daily
• 🎯 A personally crafted intention for the year ahead
• 💛 Insight into your values and what matters most
• 🧭 Practical ACT tools for navigating stress with steadiness
• 🎁 Tangible takeaways to support your mindfulness practice beyond the workshop

Come as you are—ready to slow down, breathe deeply, and begin the year with purpose and renewal. ✨

Learn more or register via the link in bio or
at www.RootsAndRiverYoga.com/events

Roots & River Yoga is located at 30 W Potomac St in Historic Downtown Brunswick MD

01/05/2026

Yesterday I shared our email newsletter and spoke about how Roots & River began as my vision, but in the last 10 years it has expanded and LIVES in the people who gather here. Teachers, students, and seekers shape this space together through shared presence and practice.

After seeing our newsletter, my dear friend, Julie Kaus (mind+body+nature therapist) wrote and shared this lovely email with me...

"Simply wonderful to hear 'your story'. And wanted to contribute my relationship tale because of your studio.

Almost six years ago a Roots & River student saw one of my flyers on your community bulletin board. She reached out to me and we met at Beans in the Belfry to introduce ourselves.

We have been hiking almost weekly ever since and cultivating a meaningful friendship. Thanks for all of your efforts to contribute to the collective good. I'm sure there are many more stories like mine."

So beautiful. Do you have a story to share? 💗

01/04/2026

A few months ago, I (Machelle Lee) had the honor of being interviewed on Thriving with the Bovinos, where I shared my journey with yoga, resilience, self-growth and building Roots & River. I’m thrilled to share that podcast host Kathryn Bovino is now teaching weekly classes and special workshops at the studio! Her warmth, insight, and therapeutic approach are a gift—come experience her classes with us. Click on our recent newsletter to learn more! 💛 https://mailchi.mp/d960f485ed1e/thriving-together

01/02/2026

We had a beautiful sunset this New Year’s Day singing 108 Oms and starting 2026 with gentle intentionality. The gathering was FREE with the option to make a small donation to the Brunswick Beacon Food Bank.

At the end of the evening, I counted the donations in the basket and there was exactly $108.

That was a fun synchronicity and nod from the mystery.

Thanks to all who came. We’ll definitely be gathering to join our voices again soon. 😍

Thanks for sharing these pictures and lovely words, Elaine Lewis Yoga

01/01/2026

Sweet friends,

As we enter a new year, we thank you for your presence, friendship, and devotion to practice. Winter invites rest, dreaming, and deep listening—allow January and February to be inward months, conserving energy and nurturing what is essential. Click our New Year newsletter to discover special January offerings to Return to You.

With love,
Machelle & Roots & River Yoga Team

https://mailchi.mp/cf237528fb56/new-year-gentle-transitions-and-intentional-grounding

12/24/2025

Roots & River Gallery will be open Friday, December 26 from 3 - 7 pm. I will be there to answer any questions about my art or event photography. I will have some specials that you will need to stop in to find out about. - If Santa had a boat, this might be it. This is also one of my new works coming soon.

12/17/2025

Winter Rituals to Soothe Your Heart and Mind
As winter settles in and a new year approaches, we’re invited to slow down and listen more closely to the heart and nervous system. This season asks not for resolutions, but for gentle care, reflection, and meaning-making. Join us for winter gatherings designed to calm the mind, soothe the heart, and begin the year rooted in intention, presence, and connection. Follow this link to our holiday newsletter. - https://mailchi.mp/a6a38cb447d9/682get8xsr

12/16/2025

Hey Friends, If you are looking for some sweet wholesome fun, the Frederick County Society of Model Engineers has put up an impressive model train exhibit at the Kaplon Building in the heart of downtown Brunswick (102 W Potomac Street in the little shop along side the Corner Store).

They will be open Saturday, Dec 20 from 10am-4pm and Sunday, Dec 21 from 1-4pm.
Bring the kids and the train lovers in your life. :)

Check out First Stop Brunswick’s video.

12/02/2025

Joint Care and Conscious Rest Yin and Restorative Day Retreat with Machelle Lee and Tara Lemerise

Saturday, December 20th
1:30 - 6:00 PM
Uplift Yoga
3411 olandwood Ct , MD

Day retreats create a meaningful pause to step out of the day to day responsibilities and reset. Through yoga practices and community connection Machelle and Tara invite you to join us in creating a sacred space to wind down slowly and deeply pause to reveal calm, clarity, and joy.
In this day-retreat, Tara and Machelle will co-lead a full-body, gentle yoga practice to untangle tension in the body and the mind. Machelle will then guide you through a nurturing Yin Yoga practice designed for the support of the joints, ligaments, and fascia of the shoulders, low back, sacrum and spine while reading mediative texts to soothe your soul.

After a break, Tara will guide you in winding down even more through a series of propped Restorative Yoga poses. With calming music and very little talking, Restorative Yoga consists of doing less in order to receive more. The practice soothes the nervous system, quiets the mind, and releases deeply held tension within the body in a completely passive way.

The combination Gentle Yoga, Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga will move progressively into a profoundly relaxing afternoon to remember the gift of who you are a little more clearly!

Learn more or register via the link in bio or
at www.RootsAndRiverYoga.com/events

11/28/2025

✨ Black Friday & Small Business Saturday in Historic Downtown Brunswick! ✨
Historic Downtown Brunswick is open and buzzing this weekend for Black Friday and Shop Small Saturday! Come explore our local shops, art galleries, cafés, and makers — offering one-of-a-kind, locally crafted gifts perfect for holiday giving. 🎁

At Roots & River’s Gallery (30 W Potomac St.), photographer Ron Batcher will be hosting an open gallery of his stunning work.

Enjoy 20% off all of his greeting cards, matted prints, and framed photography — this weekend only.

📅 Black Friday – 11/28
⏰ 12–8pm (during Brunswick LIVE)
📅 Small Business Saturday – 11/29
⏰ 12–6pm

Come shop small, support local artists, and find something truly meaningful this holiday season. ✨

11/28/2025

✨ Gratitude in Action at Roots & River Yoga ✨

This morning, members of our community came together in-studio and online for a gentle, grounding practice led by Jaclyn Muir. It was truly a thanks-giving with so much heart!

With their generosity, $305 was raised for the Brunswick Beacon Food Bank, supporting local families this holiday season.

Jaclyn also brought these beautiful words of affirmation and people could take one home as a touchstone for the season!

It was a beautiful morning of breath, movement, and community! 🍁

Jaclyn leads a weekly Slow Flow at Roots & River
Tuesday, 12–1pm
✨ In-studio
✨ Online LIVE
✨ Or register online and receive a recording to enjoy from home for 6 days!

May we continue through this season by choosing practices of loving self-care, remembering that there are many ways to show up for ourselves and for our communities. By cultivating presence, balance, and compassion within, we create space for peace to ripple outward - to our hearts, our families, our neighbors, and the wider world.

11/25/2025

Did you know you can still sign up for the donation-based Thanksgiving Gratitude practice? You can!

Did you know you can join the Thanksgiving Gratitude practice virtually from the comfort of your home? You can!

Did you know that if that time is challenging to set aside on Thanksgiving day, you can receive a recording of the practice to enjoy in the following7 days? You can!

Here, rge scoop: Thursday 9:00-10:15, join Jaclyn Muir as she guides you through a Gentle yoga practice intent on cultivating joy and gratitude on this holiday of Thanks-giving!

Registration is on a sliding fee and donation based

This is our 7th annual Thanksgiving Gratitude practice. ALL proceeds are donated lovingly to the Brunswick Beacon Food Bank.

Wishing all of you a peaceful, happy Thanksgiving!

Register to reserve your in-studio spot or to receive the zoom link to attend LIVE, or wait for the recording.

Www.RootsAndRiverYoga.com/classes