Join Amber Gasper @_thegasp @urfavfatlibra for three Friday evenings in January, as we celebrate all that our bodies can do and give it the space and loving touches it deserves. The focus for this series will be on using props and exploring variations on the poses. Props will help you access the shapes with greater ease, and you'll also learn how to move the belly and thighs to make space for all of you.

There will time for discussion and journaling in this community-minded series. This is a gathering for all bodies, with an emphasis on interrupting societal norms about what our bodies can and cannot do, and holding space as and for fat folks.

Sliding scale for the series: $60 / $80 / $100

Sliding scale for drop-ins: $20 / $27 / $33

January 3, 10, and 17th 

6 - 8 pm

at Abide Larchmere

Sense-ational Strategies: Build Your Own Sensory Kit 

Curious about how your senses shape your emotions, behaviors, and how you respond to the world around you? 

Join Meg Olegario, a Licensed Occupational Therapist and yoga teacher at Abide for two days of community learning and crafting your own sensory toolkit.

In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore practical tools and strategies to better understand and manage our unique sensory systems, so we can move through each day with more confidence and ease. We will identify useful insights and coping strategies to help you feel more grounded, focused and in control. This will be a supportive space to build a more attuned sensory lens and opportunity to foster connections in community with one another.

This sensory workshop may be particularly  beneficial for neurodivergent folks, parents/caregivers looking to support their neurodivergent loved ones or simply those who experience anxiety or overwhelm throughout their day. 

Saturday 1/11 and Sunday 1/12

1-4pm both days

at Abide West Lakewood

at Willow Room Collective

15810 Detroit Ave

Sliding Scale $80 / 100 / 120 (payment plans available)

Illuminating Our Voices is excited to offer generative & interactive writing workshops at Abide Yoga Studio.

{why} Our voices, insights, visions, imaginations ... who we are, where (and who) we come from are invaluable. We are all creative beings. We all have stories. Isn't it time you wrote yours?

{who} You! Everyone! If this is your 1st writing workshop or your 50th; If you consider yourself a 'non writer' or you've already published or somewhere in between - You will find a writing home here.

{how} Each session we will be propelled by unique writing prompts and exercises. (Think of prompts as mental trampolines!)

{when} In person monthly workshops:

3rd Sundays 1-4p EST: January 19, February 16, March 16 {2025}

{where} Abide West. 15810 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, Ohio

{your facilitator} Isabella has been writing with the AWA methodology since 1999, facilitating AWA philosophy based workshops since 2009, and became AWA certified facilitator in 2019. Originally from The Bronx, she now calls Cleveland home. For 25+ years she has worked in education including K-12 teaching, non-profit management & college administration, always finding joy in shared spaces of learning and engagement.

{cost} Sliding Scale

per session: 25 / 35 / 45

for the series: 60 / 90 / 120