Harmonist Sanctuary

09/17/2025

Join us for our Connection Immersion
Saturday, Sept. 27th
9am-7pm


denver

07/11/2025

12/21/2024

We are happy to be a “third place” for the community ❤️

Group fitness classes aren’t just about exercise, Mikala Jamison writes. https://theatln.tc/z5fhRvrd

When Jamison was teaching indoor cycling, she was the nicest version of herself: “warm, welcoming, and encouraging to the point of profound corniness, despite my usual caustic tendencies,” she writes. People that met in her class started dating; strangers went out for coffee. “These experiences have convinced me that group fitness classes are the best place to make friends as an adult,” she continues, “an idea supported by research that suggests that the glow of exercise’s feel-good chemicals has interpersonal benefits.”

Once, friendships were born in what the sociologist Ray Oldenburg called “third places”: physical spaces that aren’t a home or a workplace, don’t charge (much) for entry, and exist in large part to foster conversation. Group classes don’t quite fit in that definition—they can cost money, and their primary activities are “sweating, grunting, and skipping a few reps when the instructor isn’t looking,” Jamison writes. “But they fulfill many conditions that social-psychology research has repeatedly shown to help forge meaningful connections between strangers: proximity (being in the same place), ritual (at the same time, over and over), accumulation (for many hours), and shared experiences or interests (because you do and like the same things)”—a less awkward way to find people with similar interests than at work or at a party.

Even if you don’t find your next best friend at Zumba class, getting into a fitness habit might help you step out of your comfort zone and make more friends in other spaces.

“A room full of grown adults flailing, shouting, and running miles without ever going anywhere is a fundamentally ridiculous prospect,” Jamison continues. “Ridiculous things, however, play a crucial role in connecting with others: They make us laugh.”

Read more: https://theatln.tc/z5fhRvrd

🎨: Debora Szpilman

12/17/2024

A few spots remain for the Winter Solstice Yoga Class with Gene O'Neill this Saturday, Dec. 21st. 10-11:30am

The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, but it is also the day which marks the return of the sun. From this day until the Summer solstice, the days will continue to lengthen, the light will continue to expand.

Join Gene for a Yoga class welcoming the returning sun and appreciating everything that it brings us.

50 - 60 minutes of all-levels yoga movement supported with breathwork and ending with a 25 - 30 minute yoga-nidra guided meditation.

https://www.harmonistsanctuary.org/event-details/winter-solstice-yoga-class

12/13/2024

Tomorrow! Open Practice hours 10am-1pm.
Unstructured open practice in a supportive and peaceful environment with Jennifer.
Two Fridays a month
and Tuesday mornings 6:30am-7:30am

Drop in, use the time and the space for your own practice. Yoga, meditation, writing, reading, etc.

12/06/2024

Join Caitlin on Tuesdays 5:45pm for Tender Heart Flow yoga class.

This class is brought to you by the LIGHT Movement, a non-profit providing classes, retreats, trainings, and resources focused around grief and somatic-healing tools.
All proceeds go to the LIGHT Movement.

LIGHT Movement donations

12/06/2024

Emily's Gentle Hatha Yoga Flow has moved to Tuesday mornings at 10am.

This is a great class for those new to yoga, those with injuries who need modifications, or those who simply want a more gentle yoga flow.

https://wix.to/PRyFTmj

11/27/2024

Santosha: Feeling Contentment in the Season of Consumption
A Yoga Workshop

Saturday, Dec. 7th 10-11:30am

Desire is an ongoing challenge for most of us. We all want to be happy, and the messaging we hear is that we can find happiness through things or experiences outside of ourselves. But this kind of joy is ephemeral, fleeting, and leaves us wanting more. Santosha, or contentment, is about finding a more lasting and stable happiness from within. During this season of consumption, take a morning to appreciate the wonder that is you.

Join Gene for special yoga workshop about santosha, and set an intention to be content within yourself.

50-60 minutes of all-levels yoga movement, supported with breathwork, and ending with a 25-30 minute yoga nidra guided meditation.

09/11/2024

We've added many new classes! See our email newsletter here: https://wix.to/sCakL3N

06/14/2024

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness:
Prana, Moksha, and Ananda.
Special themed yoga class with Gene
July 6th 10:30am

06/14/2024

Weekend Evolution with Yogi Charu.
Explore rare and ta***ic practices to purify mind, body, and heart.
Visiting guest Yogi Charu, a rigorously trained traditional yoga, meditation, and philosophy teacher, will be visiting Denver and offering two sessions at the Harmonist.

04/16/2024

This Saturday ✨

A special Breathwork Healing Workshop is designed to help you find pleasure in releasing all that no longer serves and fully embody what is next for you on your path.