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Movement for change! Vinyasa-inspired studio on on Sauk/Meskwaki/Waupeton land.

02/16/2026

We’re so excited to welcome Mandi King back to DRiFT: Strength & Yoga Center February 20th & 21st for a Yoga Philosophy workshops this weekend!
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This three-part workshop series with .n.king (she/her) explores Yoga’s ethical teachings as a living, anti-colonial framework for action, responsibility, and self-understanding.
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On Friday evening, Yoga’s Freedom: Rather using Yoga to simply soothe us in unjust systems, we’ll examine how Yoga trains discernment: seeing how beliefs, identities, and “common sense” are conditioned by power, habit, and history to identify solutions beyond.
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Saturday morning’s Yoga in Story & Image: Long before Yoga was reduced to techniques and poses, it taught through stories and images.
In this workshop, we’ll gather around some of Yoga’s most enduring images, including the Chariot metaphor from the Katha Upaniṣad, the Churning of the Milk Ocean, and the resting of Viṣṇu on Ādiśeṣa with Lakṣmī present
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The series closes Saturday afternoon with the Bhagavad Gita & Ethical Choice: The Bhagavad Gītā, a text central to Yoga’s literary canon, opens in a moment of ethical crisis: violence is imminent, loyalties conflict, and every available choice carries some aspect of harm. This workshop explores the Gītā not as a call to obedience or a method of transcendence, but as a rigorous inquiry into ethical action under pressure.
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Together, these sessions invite you to engage with Yoga not as abstract theory, but as the art of living rightly in relationship with self and others.
$50/workshop | $135 to bundle the weekend’s series
Reserve your spot:
www.driftlessyoga.org/events

02/14/2026

Saturday at DRiFT, be a part of love in action. One of our community members is bringing their gifts to the table — 20 homemade chocolate cherry pecan cookies, available by donation as part of their own personal “little big” Valentine’s bake sale.

Suggested donation: $5 per cookie - but no amount is too small or too big (cash or Venmo)
All proceeds will go toward supporting grassroots efforts in Minneapolis and Faribault during this current occupation and into the long road of recovery ahead. Proceeds will go towards buying food and supplies for folks who were unable to still leave their homes.

This community is more than showing up for class. It’s not just sharing space. It’s utilizing our own talents, our time, our resources, and our love then offering them up for something bigger than ourselves.

We are honored to be a conduit for this miniature bake sale. Especially on Valentine’s Day! A day that invites us to remember that love is a verb. It’s something, in practice we choose and we give.

Spaces available in both classes, but only 20 cookies available! Want to claim one now before Laree claims them all? Drop a 🍪 in the comments and we’ll put your name on one!

Register for class in our app OR at driftlessyoga.org/schedule!

02/10/2026

There is no shortage of suffering in the world right now.
And also—there is no shortage of care and people showing up. 🤍

When everything feels loud, fast, and heavy, your nervous system doesn’t need more information. It needs connection.

Here are a few ways to breathe deeper and stay connected—even while the world feels like it’s unraveling:

• Name what’s real. You’re not “too sensitive”! You’re paying attention.
• Move your body with intention, not punishment. Strength, walk, rest—it all counts.
• Lengthen your exhales. Sigh. Hum. Make sound. Let your body know you’re present in the moment.
• Regulate in relationship. Nervous systems heal faster together.
• Rest like it matters—because it does.
Lastly…
• Connect where you can. Donate money if you have it. Offer time if you can. Share knowledge, skills, or care. All of it matters.

At DRiFT, we believe care ripples outward. Taking care of yourself helps you take care of others—and being in community reminds us we don’t have to carry it alone.
Join the movement —-> driftlessyoga.org

02/05/2026

“Are these for donations?” The cashier asked as she rang up the second 20-pack of Irish soap bars.

I had wandered Costco for over an hour, working from a list created by local mutual aid organizers, trying to stretch each dollar from DRiFT donations as far as possible. Soap or lotion? Bars or liquid? The formula that’s cheaper, or the one a baby can actually keep down. Each of these decisions reminders that ICE’s harm reaches into kitchens, classrooms, and cribs.

“Yeah,” I replied somberly. “Yeah, it is.”

“There is a lot of those today,” she said, matching my tone.

And there is was; the irony of this moment. These donations, supplies easy to spot based on the necessity of them, are a reminder that the horrors of 🧊 persist in Minnesota and beyond.

AND alongside this harm, there are people everywhere leading the response: organizers, neighbors, teachers, families — reducing harm where they can and refusing to let fear have the last word. Remember, we each have the power each day to extend yoga off the mat — to do something everyday; small ripples that can accumulate into big shifts (ripples phrase inspired by and a recent podcast: Interruptin Business as Usual, EP 58).

DRiFT has raised more than $2,000 in cash and supplies being hand delivered to homes in Minnesota. Continue to call your reps. Have meaningful conversations with your loved ones. Stay connected to each other.

-Laree

02/03/2026

❤️February at DRiFT❤️

01/29/2026

DRiFT Strength & Yoga Center is participating in the National Strike on Friday, January 30th.

Standing in solidarity includes action. During the strike on Friday, all classes are FREE and open to all who need a place to move and breathe in community.

Donations are welcome Friday & Saturday (never required) and will go directly to Faribault families and Minneapolis communities terrorized by ICE. In studio, or Venmo .

Friday’s Strike Schedule:
5:30am Sculpt CircHIIT 50
For when the state of the world has you holding rage in your body. Sweat. Lift. Breathe hard. Move it out.

8:30am Mindful Vinyasa
A class for ease, steadiness and grounding. Slow, gentle movement to calm your nervous system.

In practice of ahimsa to not only do no harm, but disrupt it because movement shouldn’t be a privilege and silence is not neutral. www.DriftlessYoga.orgou

01/26/2026

There is not more we can say that hasn’t already been said, and yet it’s important to be damn clear on DRiFT’s stance with the current occupation in Minnesota and 🧊’s presence across the country.

Yoga is a practice of collective liberation and unity. It was created by people of color in South Asia thousands of years ago. The wisdom of millennia, held and passed through Black and Brown lived experiences, wisdom, communities, tribes, and teachers, is the reason DRiFT exists today.

One of the pillars of wisdom passed down to us by this ancient wisdom is Ahimsa, or radical compassion. While often translated as “do no harm,” we understand Ahimsa as a call to go further: to disrupt harm and to act in care of one another.

So, we say this with our full chest, because movement, yoga, and being alive are never neutral, DRiFT stands not only with our neighbors to the north, but with all communities and people experiencing harm: physical, emotional, or otherwise, at the hands of 🧊 and this administration.

As we prepare to safeguard our community for whatever happens, this page will remain clear in our values: the privilege of movement is never more important than the safety of anyone. We will share community call-ins, mutual aid efforts, and ways to support our Driftless immigrant families.

01/23/2026

No perfect plan required this weekend-just show up and move.

Whether you want strength, flow, or a little sweat + stretch, Dillan’s got you covered with our weekend lineup.

We’ll see you on the mat.

Saturday
7:00 AM: Sculpt Flow 45
8:00 AM: Dynamic Vinyasa

Sunday
8:00 AM: *NEW* HIIT + Flow

See our full schedule and register at www.driflessyoga.org/schedule

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101 West Water Street
Decorah, IA
52101

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http://www.driftlessyoga.org/, https://www.driftlessyoga.org/schedule, https://www.driftlessyoga.org/events

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