Roots & River Yoga

09/28/2025

🎉 Brunswick Railroad Days is here Oct 4–5! Main Street will be closed all weekend for vendors, food, music and fun. Roots & River Yoga classes are paused Sat and Sun, but stop by our studio to enjoy Ron Batcher’s photo gallery + a chance to win a free class! ✨ Don’t miss the festivities right outside our Newberry Building. Read more in our latest newsletter. - https://mailchi.mp/ec0ba8711211/brunswick-railroad-days-october-4th-and-5th

09/28/2025

🌿 YOUR Body in Yoga: A Functional Anatomy Weekend with Machelle Lee 🌿
📅 Sat, Nov 1 (1–7pm): Upper Body & Spine
📅 Sun, Nov 2 (1–7pm): Sacrum & Lower Body
📍 Roots & River Yoga in Brunswick, MD

In this hands-on, experiential workshop, we’ll explore the 14 major joint segments that inform most yoga postures. Through bone analysis and range of motion testing, you’ll learn how your anatomy expresses itself in practice and how honoring that can transform both your experience on the mat and your teaching.

🧘‍♀️ Asana should not be about fitting our bodies into arbitrary alignment but rather adapting the poses to fit our unique body. Yoga is a study of the self in wholeness and of freeing ourselves from suffering. Yoga asana should assist us moving energy, honoring individuality, and cultivating self-acceptance.

Each body is unique, and variations in bones, joints, fascia, and ligaments all play a role in how poses look and feel. We will explore the 14 major joint intersections that make up most poses and take into consideration how YOUR body moves in asana.

✨ Expect liberating “ah-ha” moments that bring clarity, freedom, and deeper compassion for your body (and your students’).

“This training is a game changer for any yoga practitioner.” – Lynne Olson

✔️ Open to all practitioners
✔️ Yoga teachers earn 12 CEUs (Yoga Alliance)

💛 Join us for a weekend of self-discovery and empowerment.

👉 Register through the Roots & River Yoga schedule via our link in bio or visit www.RootsAndRiverYoga.com

09/26/2025

Brunswick is revitalizing and downtown businesses have collaborated to create “Brunswick Live”. On Fourth Fridays shops stay open late after the farmers market. 🤩 come enjoy your evening downtown and visit Ron Batcher Photography at our Roots & River Gallery and enjoy some special treats. 💗

Tomorrow is the 2nd Brunswick Live evening on Main Street! Roots & River Yoga Gallery will be open from 5-8 pm. I will have a few new works ready for a Railroad Days sneak peak. Explore all the exciting happenings, and discover local businesses staying open late to make your Friday truly special Lockhouse Gallery Maple & Rye Bakery Bridgeway Bikes of Brunswick Smoketown Brewing Potomac River Interiors Maison - Brunswick, MD

09/18/2025

🌿💛 We’re a Top 5 Finalist! We'd Love Your Vote now! 💛🌿
Because of many of you, Roots & River Yoga has been voted into the Top 5 Best Yoga Studios in Frederick County in Frederick Magazine’s Best of the Best! ✨

For us, this nomination isn’t about being truly “the best." Every yoga studio in our area offers something beautiful and important. For us, it’s about celebrating the soulful community we’ve created here in Brunswick as well as and the offerings we love to share, from gentle yoga to active flows, Tai Chi, Pilates, and massage, workshops, trainings and so much more.

Now, there’s one more round of voting and we’d be so grateful for your support. You can vote once, or once a day, through Sept. 22nd. Anyone from anywhere can vote whether you enjoy our classes in-studio or online, in Maryland or beyond.

🗳️ Vote here: https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/2xn4qe8k7d

Thank you for filling our space with heart, presence, and community. We’re so lucky to have you with us. 🌸

09/18/2025

Wowza! 14 Brunswick businesses made it to the Best if the Best finalists, including Roots & River Yoga! Will you take a moment, follow the links and give us and your favorite local businesses your vote? It doesn’t matter where you live, you can vote! 😍

Big news—Brunswick has made it to the final round of voting for Best Small Town in the Best of the Best Frederick awards! Even more exciting, 13 local businesses have also reached the final round in their categories. Let’s rally together and vote every day from now through September 23rd for these amazing businesses and our incredible small town. Show your Brunswick pride and help us bring home the win!

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Beans In The Belfry - Best Coffee House - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/p09o0ply9d

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Brunswick Family Campground - Best Place To Camp - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/ep4gv22y4w/mynkj08396

Chris Lucas - State Farm - Best Insurance Agency - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/vp75gz20n3

C.M. Bloomers - Best Floral Shop - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/vw76mg539q

Harrison Towing & Recovery - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/ep4gv22y4w/1w7ee5rw7e

H&R Block Brunswick - Best Tax Preparation - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/oxnxowgjng

Lockhouse Art Gallery - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/ep4gv22y4w/p6nm5m4j73‘

Maison - Best Cupcake - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/mpndx13o9q
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Maple & Rye Bakery - Best Bakery - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/mpndx1519q

Roots & River Yoga - Best Yoga Studio - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/2xn4qe8k7d

Traveling Bros Ci**rs - Best Smoke/Vape Shop - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/ol7rmgvx90

Whistle Punk - Best Food Truck - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/mynko82x76
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Best Sandwich - https://ogden.revfluent.com/bestof/og/5pjwyevmlx/2xn4j4jwnd

09/13/2025

It’s been an epic process but the Newberry building is nearly complete and teeming with activity. Here’s a tour of the R&R space.

Thanks for following along and offering support during a grueling 3.5 year renovation process. Ultimately, it was totally worth it. Downtown Brunswick is revitalizing and the Newberry is a shining star.

Alongside Roots & River Yoga, businesses that share the Newberry with us are and . Inside Roots & River, services like acupuncture and massage are provided by Rebecca Dimmerling, Kasey Cecchini and Tanya Pederson.

I couldn’t be more pleased and proud.

We are so grateful for the grants, refinancing opportunities, and tax credits we were able to apply for and receive through the City of Brunswick and the State of Maryland programs. They were game changers for us to be able to realize our vision for the Newberry. ❤️

For those of you who have followed along with the renovation, be sure to keep an eye on our page to see some impactful before and after collections I’ll be posting soon. If you haven’t been following , now’s your chance to go check out our page. We have documented the transformation of the Newberry from a rotting wooden box to a historically preserved, yet modern code compliant, beautifully restored space that will be an anchor for downtown for 100 more years.

Many thanks and much gratitude!
-Machelle Lee, building owner and founder of Roots & River Yoga (est 2016)

09/08/2025

Yoga is more than postures - it is the study of the self in wholeness.

We invite you to join us for an Empowerment Meditation Series led by Danielle Kean-Grassi, Inner Child Healing Facilitator, Author, and Certified Anxiety Strategist.

Over 4 Sundays, we will explore Self-Calming, Rooting into Self-Worth, Letting Go /Creating Boundaries, and Embracing the Body with Compassion. 💜 Give yourself the gift of presence, healing and empowerment.

Follow this Link to Learn More!

https://www.rootsandriveryoga.com/events/empowerment-meditation-series-a-return-to-you-with-danielle-kean-grassi

09/07/2025

✨ YOUR Body in Yoga: A Functional Anatomy Weekend with Machelle Lee ✨
📅 Sat, Nov 1 (1–7pm) AND Sun, Nov 2 (1–7pm)
📍 Roots & River Yoga at 30 W Potomac St in Brunswick, MD

“This training is a game changer for any yoga practitioner.” – Lynne Olson

So often we judge our range of motion harshly, forgetting that yoga is not about fitting our body into abitrary "one-size-fits-all" shape but about moving energy, honoring our unique bodies, and finding freedom in our body, thoughts, emotions and spirit.

In this interactive weekend, we’ll explore the 14 major joint segments of the body through hands-on bone and range of motion tests. You’ll see how differences in bone structure, fascia, and ligaments can shape how postures look and feel. It is likely that you will experience a liberating and enlightening “ah-ha” moments about YOUR own body and practice.

🧘 Perfect for all practitioners + yoga teachers (12 CEUs with Yoga Alliance).

💛 Come curious. Leave empowered.

👉 Register via Roots & River Yoga schedule in the link in our bio or visit www.RootsAndRiverYoga.com

09/06/2025

As we begin to transition into Autumn, feelings of grief or loneliness may arise. This is a natural aspect of the release that Autumn brings and corresponds to the Chinese Medicine teachings around the element of Metal and the Lungs/Large Intestine energy that heightens during the Fall season. I saw this quote by Jung and thought you, or someone you know, might benefit from these timely words. 💗

09/02/2025

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08/24/2025

💛 Our sweet Roots & River Yoga instructor, Jaclyn Muir, has been navigating Intussusception, a rare medical condition where part of the intestine folds into an adjacent section, causing blockage and reduced blood flow. She has been in the hospital for over a week as doctors brainstorm this challenge and her family supports her healing journey back to wellness.

🕊️ Because we don’t yet know how long Jaclyn will need to be in the hospital - or how much time she’ll need afterward to rest and repair - we are temporarily pausing her Tuesday 12pm and Thursday 8:15am Slow Flow classes. Once she is well and strong enough, we will joyfully welcome her beloved classes back onto the schedule.

💌 Jaclyn has given permission for me to share this update. If you’d like, please feel free to drop her a kind note below.

✨ Let’s hold Jaclyn tenderly in our hearts and surround her with love and healing energy. Keep an eye on the schedule for her return.

08/24/2025

Curious Machelle Goes to India!

Machelle is teaching this weekend and coming week but then leaves for India Sat. Aug. 30th. While she is away on her 6 week Ayurvedic journey+, we invite you to keep your practice steady! 🧘‍♀️✨

🍂 Explore the schedule to see which of our wonderful teachers will be guiding classes. Stay with your favorites or try someone new for fresh inspiration.

🍂Autumn is the perfect season for routine, grounding, and care.

👉 www.rootsandriveryoga.com/classes -

https://mailchi.mp/5020292a0223/curious-machelle-goes-to-india