Swan River Yoga

We offer in-studio and virtual wellness classes and events. Mid-City Yoga Mandir. What is a Mandir?

Swan River Yoga supports practitioners who are on an inward journey through skillful guidance, therapeutic approach, appropriate challenge, and community connection. The word "Mandir" refers to a large temple where multi-cultural backgrounds gather and humanitarian events take place to best serve the community with beauty, food, the arts, yoga, dance, theatre, healing arts, education, sacred practices, meditation and rituals. There are often schools & Universities within Mandirs, such as our Yoga Teacher Training School & multiple trainings as a means to activate self freedom and respect the diversity of all.

10/06/2025

October is breast cancer awareness month, and many of us have experienced this disease or know someone closely who has.

Join for “Healing From The Harp: Sound Bath With Directed Healing Intentions” this Saturday, October 11.

6pm - 8pm

In this sound healing experience, Joy offers soothing and healing frequencies from harp, crystal bowls, and mantras and chants.

A breast cancer survivor herself, Joy has experienced the restorative benefits of this practice firsthand, and is honored to offer the practice that supported her through diagnosis, surgery, treatment and into continued recovery.

In this practice Joy shares pranayama(breath work) and guided meditation for calming anxiety, followed by gentle movements to improve lymphatic flow and release fascia that may be affected by scar tissue and the trauma of illness. All is accompanied by the vibration of healing instruments.

The sound bath will conclude with the opportunity to receive the vibrations of healing mantras by either listening or feeling the most therapeutic of vibrations, your own voice, as the sound waves emanating from your own vocal cords carry healing intentions throughout your body.

Events link in bio to sign up🪉🙏

10/02/2025

Release the Voice with Keith Porteous Meade

11/1: Release the Voice: Warm-Up the Instrument

11/8: Release the Voice: Sound in Motion

11/15: Release the Voice: Therapeutic Singing

3:30-5 PM

How does yoga practice support communication? Release the Voice is a program of gentle movement and guided vocal exercises to empower students to explore their voices, whether used for speech or singing. Through practice during sessions and at home, students will find greater health and expression in the use of the voice as an instrument. This course is a Swan River Yoga original.

Each session will shine a light on the foundational ‘mechanics’ of vocal production, taking the mystery out of singing and offering practices that build strength and flexibility.

Expect gentle movement, vocal exercises guided by harmonium, and call-and-response singing.

Online recordings of the simple daily exercises will be available to participants for all of Fall 2025, with opportunities to provide feedback and ask questions. Each session will have its own exercises and reflection exercises. For those who are looking for more individualized support, private 30 minute online check-ins to review the exercises and discuss any vocal challenges can be scheduled.

Can’t make it? Each session will be recorded with a link sent within 24 hours. Please note, this course is IN-person with a recording sent afterwards.

Background: Keith is a Board-Certified Music Therapist (as of January 2025) with certifications in Neurologic Music Therapy and Hospice Music Therapy, who brings decades of singing study and professional musical experience to this offering. The Release the Voice program is designed to help students, teachers, and therapeutic professionals experience emotional release, clarity in communication, and whole-self empowerment through voice work.

Register here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000000

09/30/2025

Upcoming Full Moon Sound Baths 🌕

Saturday, 10/4 - 6:15 to 7:30 PM with Stephanie Stelly

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Friday, 11/7 - 6 to 7:15 PM with Stephanie Stelly & Adrienne Edson

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Have you ever felt the desire to rest under the mesmerizing glow of the full moon? Join us at Swan River Yoga for our monthly Full Moon Sound Bath, guided by Stephanie Stelly.

Upon arrival, we’ll begin with a brief introduction, followed by the opportunity to choose an oracle card. This card can help steer you toward positive self-reflection for the evening. You’ll then be invited to lie down on your mat, using props for added comfort. While Stephanie will recommend a restorative posture, you are free to decide what feels best for you during this 75-minute sound bath experience.

The session will commence with a guided meditation, seamlessly transitioning into a sound bath featuring a variety of instruments, including crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, tingsha bells, a bendo seed shaker, an ocean drum, and koshi chimes. At the end of the experience, Stephanie will provide writing materials and leave space for journaling any thoughts, visions, emotions, or insights that arise, allowing for deep personal healing.

Our studio is equipped with yoga mats, bolsters, blocks, straps, blankets, chairs, hand weights, eye pillows, sandbags, and four back jacks for those who prefer a seated incline.

Feel free to bring your own props if that makes you more comfortable, but rest assured that we have everything you need for a soothing experience.

Additionally, Stephanie is a Level II Reiki Practitioner. Her sound baths offer the option of distance Reiki healing, channeling positive vibrations through sound.

Register on MindBody or visit here: https://www.swanriveryoga.com/events-and-workshops

09/28/2025

Join Angela Cherie Bergeron for Intentional Therapeutics

Upcoming dates:

Sunday October 19

Sunday Nov 16

Sunday Dec 14

3-5 PM

Release • Connect • Create

Using a blend of energy clearing tools- organic oils(optional), breath work, supported asana at wall, restorative yoga, hypnotic shavasana, we'll align our specific goals or intentions. Supported & infused with the New Moon energy for opportunities, setting us up for growth and fresh starts!

We'll practice standing poses at wall, including Mountain, L-shape, Down Dog, Tree, seated leg extensions, spinal twists, forward folds, back bends.

Poses will all be supported in some way to assist in your connection or your reconstruction to self.

Give your self permission to release, to let go of what is not working for you in this moment. Getting intentional with yourself and your practice.

All healing begins with the intention to be well! Becoming the creator of your own story! Begin anew.

Register here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sTG=23&sVT=12&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000286

09/27/2025

Diwali Kirtan with Joy Meade & Adrienne Edson
Friday, Oct 24
7- 8:15 PM

Friday, October 24 marks the culmination of the Diwali festivities.
A celebration of light conquering darkness and knowledge overcoming ignorance, Diwali represents the joy and hope available to each of us in our lives and in the world around us.

Join Adrienne and Joy in an evening of kirtan as we harness the vibrational energy of inspirational story and sacred chant and song to power joyfully through the obstacles that face us individually and as a community.

All are welcome to participate, singing if you know the chants or as you catch on.

Visit the Events page on our website or register here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sTG=23&sVT=12&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000539

09/26/2025

Reiki II Training with Raney-Mills Turner

A 2-Day event:
Saturday 10/4 from 1-5pm
Sunday 10/5 from 2-7pm

In Reiki II, we join together with other practitioners of Reiki I, to “Call Your Power Back & Let Go of What is Not You.”

This Reiki II training is not open to the public, as one must first acquire the completion of a Reiki I module. (This may have been completed at Swan River or elsewhere, but please send in proof of completion.)

This training is broken down into two parts (Saturday and Sunday) for ease of practice and learning.

Reiki II requires the student to advance deeper into meditative attunements in order to invite the understanding of the nature of energy exchanges, where we place our power and what we draw from to increase our power. We will assess places in our human energy field where our energy leaks and call upon the teachings of Mikao Usui to clear what must return to the Source in order to feel attuned to a greater Power.

We will continue to enhance our connection to the Divine Source and how to keep the Light Sacred while learning how to ethically practice on others.

Students will learn the following:

* 3 Reiki sacred symbols and their meaning and use.
* How to conduct Reiki healing over distance + time.
* Symbols and protocols that focus on healing earlier life events in past life healing.
* Clearing and balancing energy techniques.
* How to use cord cutting as a means for calling one’s power back.
* How to create and cleanse spaces.
* Enhanced visualization techniques with Reiki mantras and sacred mudras
* Ethics of safe energy healing for the giver and the receiver

To register, visit here: https://www.swanriveryoga.com/events-and-workshops

09/24/2025

Upcoming Events with Keith Porteous Meade 🦢

10/3 thru 12/12 at 1:30 PM (In-Person & Virtual) - Bridge 1: Threads of Truth - explore dharma through contemporary and classical texts in a small group format (early bird pricing through Friday, September 26!)

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11/1, 11/8, & 11/15 at 3:30 PM - Release the Voice: a program of gentle movement and guided vocal exercises to empower students to explore their voices, whether used for speech or singing. This is a series, with each session focusing on a different them, but you may join individual sessions or all 3.

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11/30 at 6 PM - Waiting for the Light: Sacred Sounds of the Season Sound Bath also featuring Joy Meade - an opportunity to slow down, draw attention inward, and immerse yourself in the sacred sounds of world traditions to kindle the light that shines in your own heart.

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To learn more or register, visit here: https://www.swanriveryoga.com/events-and-workshops

09/18/2025

Sacred Song Circle with Adrienne Edson
Fri, Oct. 10, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Be a part of a welcoming evening of song, connection, and community. Adrienne will guide participants through uplifting, easy-to-learn songs woven with themes of love and nature—inviting everyone to join in with their voice and spirit. This is a safe space to arrive authentically, however you feel, and all voices are welcome.

Participants will receive song lyrics and are welcome to record the session, becoming Song Carriers. Alongside the music, we’ll share moments of community connection through introductions, intentional prompts & reflection—creating space to explore your voice, your inner world, & express yourself freely.

To register, visit here: https://www.swanriveryoga.com/events-and-workshops

09/17/2025

🦢September/October Teacher Feature 🦢

~ Joy Greene Meade ~

Joy teaches a vinyasa flow based style which draws from many traditions to support the theme and to accommodate the students in the class. She is a certified E-RYT 200, RYT 500 through Yoga Alliance, and received her certification from Rolf Gates. She trained in arm balances and inversions with Yogi Flight School, and earned a certification in sound healing through the Sound Healing Academy.

A professional singer and voice teacher for over twenty years, Joy has a passion for helping people unlock their voices. She regularly teaches Mindfulness and Movement workshops for musicians and Freeing the Voice workshops in yoga studios. She teaches pranayama/breath work, chant, singing, and harmonium, in addition to private and group sound baths and Align and Flow and Spicy Power Flow at the Mandir.

Please join us in celebrating Joy for being an incredible part of our Swan River teaching staff.

Joy teaches 2 weekly classes every Thursday:
* Spicy Power Flow at 9:30 AM

* Swan Align + Flow at 12:30 PM

You may also join her for her upcoming events:
* The Bandhas: Yoga From the Inside Out -Saturday, 9/20 at 2-4 PM

* Healing From the Harp Sound bath - Saturday, 10/11 at 6-8 PM

* Diwali Kirtan with Joy Meade & Adrienne Edson - Friday, 10/24 at 7-8:15 PM

* Waiting for the Light, Sacred Sounds of the Season Sound Bath with Joy Meade and Keith Porteous Meade - Sunday, 11/30 at 6-8 PM

Sign up for classes on MindBody or ClassPass. To learn more about the special events or to register, please visit here: https://www.swanriveryoga.com/events-and-workshops

09/13/2025

Power in the Pelvis: Demystifying the Pelvic Floor with Lauren Shepley

Saturday, October 25 - November 1, 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

This class is an introduction to your pelvis where you will learn female pelvic anatomy from the inside out. Together, we will enter into the pelvic core in order to connect to the innate intelligence within the body.

Using anatomy, breath, sensation, and awareness as our guides, we will move through the bones, the muscles, the fascia, and the organs of the pelvis, learning about our own bodies and deepening the conversation within our living tissue.

You will be guided through slow paced exercises that will include instructions on engaging and releasing the pelvic floor muscles as well as exercises that will enhance sensory and motor awareness and coordination in this part of the body as it relates to the whole.

If you are interested in this conversation, please join us. If you have concerns about your pelvic health - this may include, but is not limited to urinary leakage, frequency, or urgency, pelvic or low back pain, constipation, or pelvic organ prolapse - this class is for you. We will cover the basic anatomy and function of the pelvis and the pelvic floor, its role in bladder, bowel, and reproductive health, and suggestions for taking care of your pelvic health from a whole body perspective.

This is a two session class with the second session building on the first. Please come with questions regarding these issues and with an open and curious mind.

Register here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=7119&stype=-8&sTG=23&sVT=12&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000541

09/12/2025

Swan River students! Caroline Hughes will be back home in New Orleans for the next few weeks. She will be subbing the 11 AM Intermediate Swan Flow class.

We know many of you appreciate practicing with Caroline as she's been a wonderful part of the community for many years. Please join her for the next 3 Saturdays while she is in town 🙏

Saturday, 9/13
Saturday, 9/20
Saturday, 9/27

All classes are from 11 AM - 12 PM

Hope to see you there 🦢💙

Register here: https://www.swanriveryoga.com/schedule

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2940 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA
70119

Website

http://www.swanriveryoga.com/

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