Sacred Circle

A simple and ancient form: humans sitting together in presence.
We gather to speak what is real and to listen without interruption.
To witness without attempting to fix, offer advice, or repair.  
To notice what we feel in the body when someone else is speaking, increasing our own capacity for being with self and other. 
In shared presence, the nervous system softens.  In shared attention, clarity returns.
When one nervous system settles, relational space shifts, and community can stabilize what feels unsteady alone.

Come as you are.
Share or remain quiet — both are welcome.

Sunday | 4-5 pm EST | Zoom
Free offering | Donations welcome

Topic: Sacred Circle
Time: Mar 8, 2026 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Winter is not a season of stagnation. It is a season of regeneration. Beneath the surface, the body repairs, rehydrates, and quietly reorganizes itself. This workshop is an invitation to enter that process consciously — without force, fixing, or striving. The Regeneration weaves long-held Yin Yoga and gentle, circulatory breathwork to support the body’s natural capacity for renewal and somatic inquiry during breath holds. Through slow, receptive shapes, we soften the fascia and invite hydration into tissues that have been holding too much for too long. Through breath, we support circulation, oxygenation, and subtle ignition — not to activate, but to restore. This is winter medicine. This practice supports: Deep rest and nervous system repair Hydration and fascial renewal Gentle circulation and vitality Emotional settling and mood support Immune resilience and seasonal balance There is nothing to achieve here. Nothing to become. Only the quiet intelligence of the body, allowed to do what it already knows how to do. Come as you are. Leave restored. This practice is designed to be accessible and supportive; participants are invited to honor their own health needs when choosing how to engage with breathwork, and are welcome to reach out to Emily with any questions ahead of time.

Upcoming Dates & Times:

• February 28th, 6-7:30 pm

Location: Coolidge Corner Studio - 1297 Beacon St, Brookline, MA

Price: $45|$40 Supported Rate

A special two-hour workshop weaving Yin Yoga, somatic opening, micro-dose breathwork, and guided manifestation questions. This experience blends the soft, cooling waters of Yin with the activating spark of breath and intention—an alchemical dance between fire and ice, Yin and Yang, rest and ignition. $55

Yin + Sound journey into the cosmic womb of becoming. A portal into 2025. A reset for your nervous system.

On the final night of the year, we gather inside a sanctuary of stillness, sound, and soul.
A place where the body softens, the heart exhales, and the wisdom of the year settles into its rightful place within us.

Join Ramon Mateo and River Star (Emily Peterson) for a deeply restorative New Year’s Eve Yin Yoga + Sound Healing Ceremony — where mastery integrates, beginnings stir, and the unseen world whispers its next instructions.

For more information and to sign up for this exciting event please follow the link below.

Solstice of Light & Stillness - Online (w/ 3 day replay)
A Ceremony of Renewal and Return

Saturday, December 20 4-5:15 pm (ish) EST

At the longest night of the year, we pause to honor both darkness and light.
Through yin-inspired rest, candlelight meditation, and ritual reflection, we enter the still point and the womb of winter where renewal begins.

This ceremony invites deep rest for body and soul.
We’ll close by lighting candles together, celebrating the sun’s return and the quiet luminosity that rises from within.

Rest in the dark womb of the world;
the light within you is already remembering.

Bring a candle, blanket, and journal. All are welcome.

Exchange $33 (or $88 with the ceremony package)

A 3-Part Yin Yoga & Meditation Series for Winter Preparation and Inner Coherence.
Each session is 90 minutes and includes yin postures, guided meditation, conscious breathing,
and a closing savasana healing transmission.
No prior experience with yin or meditation is necessary, simply a willingness to soften into
presence.

Part III – Returning to the Light
Close to the eve of winter’s longest night, we gather to honor the quiet power of the dark and the
light it makes possible. In this final session, we move through a restorative arc of yin and
meditation, culminating in a collective healing transmission. As we root into the body, we
reclaim joy, clarity, and the presence that lives beyond thought. Sovereignty begins within - in
the still point, in the breath, in the choice to come home.

A Second Degree Reiki Immersion

In this second-degree Reiki immersion, you’ll deepen your relationship with the Reiki energy, increasing your capacity to resonate at higher frequencies, embody, and live as a vessel of Divine light. This level invites you to refine your sensitivity, strengthen your energetic field, and awaken the luminous intelligence of your heart.

You will receive the second degree Placement and learn the sacred Reiki symbols—keys that open new pathways of healing and perception. Through practice, you’ll discover how to direct Reiki across time and space, and how to amplify the coherence of your heart’s electromagnetic field through meditative and breath-based techniques.

What we’ll explore:

• A brief review of Reiki I foundations

• The three Sacred Keys (Reiki II symbols) and their uses

• Guided practice with each symbol, including a distance healing session

• Meditation to expand heart frequency and increase energy flow

• Opening and closing spirals for energetic integrity

• Koki-ho (breath healing using a Reiki symbol)

• Additional practices as time allows 

Required text:
Reiki: The Healing Touch (First and Second Degree Manual) by William Lee Rand

December 5th 8:30am-6:30pm (one hour lunch)

In Jamaica Plain, MA

Exchange - $300 

Gratitude & Grace in Grief- ONLINE (w/ recording available 3 days)

A Ceremony of Soft Light in the Hollow Places

Saturday, Nov 22, 4-5:15 pm (ish) EST

As autumn draws inward, the natural world slows, and we prepare for Thanksgiving and all that may mean and bring up, we gather to honor the quiet terrain where grief and gratitude meet—not as opposites, but as reflections within the same soma and field. 

This ceremony is not about healing or closure.
It is an invitation to pause, to feel, and to breathe with what remains.

Together, through breath, Yin-inspired stillness,  a gentle ritual of release and remembrance, and an opportunity to speak into the shared space, we’ll explore how even the hollow places in us can hold a soft light.

• We won’t ask the ache to disappear.

• We won’t search for silver linings.

• We’ll simply offer space—for the ache to echo, for memory to ripple, and for grace to sit beside it all.

Gratitude becomes not an answer—but a rhythm.
Grief becomes not a weight—but a waveform.

Join us as we remember what cannot be lost,
and let the quiet geometry of this season show us
how light continues to move through even the unseen places.

And how grief shows us our truth. 

Exchange $33 (or $88 with the ceremony package)

A 3-Part Yin Yoga & Meditation Series for Winter Preparation and Inner Coherence
Each session is 90 minutes and includes yin postures, guided meditation, conscious breathing,
and a closing savasana healing transmission.
No prior experience with yin or meditation is necessary, simply a willingness to soften into
presence.

Part II – The Alchemy of Grief
Grief is often avoided, yet it is one of the most direct portals to the heart. In this practice, we
gently open to what’s been held, not to fix or change, but to witness and allow. In stillness, the
subtle body speaks. Through somatic breath, yin shapes, and compassionate awareness, we
practice listening to grief as a guide. What releases is not just sorrow but the space beneath it,
where love resides.

Dancing with the Ancestors (In Person)
A Hearth Ritual for Samhain

Thursday, October 30, 2025 | Jamaica Plain, MA
6:00–8:30ish PM | Intimate circle, limited to 7 participants

Exchange $66

(This supports others in our community who request a sliding scale and includes ritual, nourishment, and take-home blessing)

Come to the hearth…

As the veil thins and the Earth turns inward, you are invited to a sacred Samhain gathering — a fire-lit, heart-open ritual to honor your lineage, release what no longer serves, and dance forward as a sovereign future ancestor.
This in-person ceremony is rooted in the warmth of community and the ancient memory of the body. Together, we will gather around candlelight, movement, story, and food — remembering what we carry and choosing what continues.
This circle is small, intimate, and intentionally woven — a hearth for ancestral remembrance and joyful reclamation.

Ceremony Includes:

• Guided meditation to connect with your paternal, maternal, and cosmic lineages — and receive symbols or messages from each 

• Shared altar building — bring a small object, photo, or offering to honor your ancestors 

• Drumming + movement ritual + dance to embody joy and weave connection  

• Communal meal + storytelling to nourish the body and spirit 

• A beautiful take-home blessing card to anchor your experience, “We are the lineage walking. And now, we choose what walks with us.”

Location & Details:

Date: Thursday, October 30
Time: 6:00–8:30 ish
Location: Jamaica Plain, MA (address shared upon registration)

Bring: a symbol for the altar (photo, stone, candle, or meaningful object), and a journal. Any food offering you would like to share
Wear: cozy, ceremonial clothing — something that makes you feel rooted and alive, and bring layers!

A 3-Part Yin Yoga & Meditation Series for Winter Preparation and Inner Coherence
Each session is 90 minutes and includes yin postures, guided meditation, conscious breathing,
and a closing savasana healing transmission.
No prior experience with yin or meditation is necessary, simply a willingness to soften into
presence.

Part I – Letting Go to Remember
As the light wanes in Fall, the season of letting go, nature invites stillness. Yet our modern lives
resist it. In this class, we explore how letting go isn't a loss, but a return. Through slow yin
postures and gentle breath, we create space in the body and mind to notice rather than react.
From this spaciousness, choice is reborn. Truth becomes accessible not as an idea, but as a lived sensation. In stillness, we remember who we are.

A sacred evening of yin yoga, harmonic toning, and ceremonial presence as we enter a rare threshold: the Virgo New Moon Solar Eclipse aligned with the Fall Equinox. Through embodied stillness, vocal resonance, and the sacred geometry of the lemniscate, we will honor the cosmic womb and the return of coherent light—balancing inner shadow and radiance at the zero point of becoming.

This transmission is a prayer, a practice, and a passage—awakening the waters within to restore frequency, soften time, and root into presence.

Bring a candle, a glass of water, two small rocks or crystals, and a journal or book of shadows. If you don’t have these things handy, no worries.

If you can, wash hands and feet or shower/bathe before ceremony.

Zoom 7-8:30 ish (replay available for three days)

Contribution to the field - $33 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Soft Heart, Strong Light
A Lion’s Gate Yin Yoga & Star Healing Transmission
Wednesday, August 7 - 6:30-8pm on zoom

This isn’t just a class—it’s a transmission.

A remembrance ceremony.

A moment to midwife your own becoming.

Together, we’ll:
Soften through Yin Yoga and open the heart
Activate the pineal portal and align with the Sun and Sirius
Journey into the mythic Sphinx, guardian of the threshold
Receive a healing transmission of light—

These frequencies will flow through the central channel, anchoring coherence between your soul and body, your presence and purpose, the earth and the cosmos. This is an embodied myth, alive in real time—and you are its vessel.

All levels welcome. Come as you are.
$22 - zoom recording can be accessed for three days. You will receive the link in confirmation email.

Bring water, a journal, and anything sacred for your altar.

This training will verse students in the fundamental concepts of yin—what it is, and how and why we do it. You’ll leave this training with evidence-based strategies to guide your students through growth, (post-traumatic and otherwise) toward the experience of joy.

Weekend One:
Friday, May 2, 2025 • 7:15-9:15pm
Saturday, May, 2025 3 • 2-8:30pm
Sunday, May 4, 2025 • 2-8:30pm

Weekend Two:
Friday, June 6, 2025 • 7:15-9:15pm
Saturday, June 7, 2025 • 2-8:30pm
Sunday, June 8, 2025 • 2-8:30pm

Tuition—$650

Required Text: Bernie Clark's The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga: The Philosophy and Practice of Yin Yoga

Prerequisite: 200 Hour YTT is required to take this training. By enrolling you are confirming you have taken a 200 Hour YTT.

Winter is a time for deep reflection and revelation. Just like bears hibernating, we can turn toward a sleepy silence within and connect to soul and Spirit while preparing for renewal. 

Go on a sacred, shamanic healing journey by connecting with the element of water, winter’s element, and honor the waters by deepening your understanding of water as a living being.  We will support and connect to the waters of the body through a yin practice after which we will do a shamanic movement meditation to connect, embody, and receive messages from the spirit of water. 

The journey will end in deep rest as we seed and infuse the waters of the body with our dreams for the year to come.

Bring a journal, water & a yoga mat (mats are available to rent in studio for $3)

What would our lives and the world look like if we heard each other with more presence and non-judgment? This fall, come gather together and practice holding a compassionate space for self and community as we co-create a sacred circle to be heard and held. 

Whether you decide to speak or to simply hold space for others, practice presence and non-judgmental awareness with our fellow community members using this ancient circle tradition. Human beings for thousands of years have gathered in circles to talk, share stories, sing, dance, do fire rituals and much more.  

No experience necessary. Participation is free.

***For livestream participants: a Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***

The body holds our memories, our inherited epigenetic road map, and our present patterning. This workshop works with and through the body to release, untangle, and create new neural pathways towards integration. 

We will begin with a guided, improvisational Soul Dance-Movement Practice, that engages somatic awareness to facilitate personal growth, emotional well-being, and collective healing. This welcoming, no eye-contact practice does not require any dance experience. Be prepared to move and sweat- knowing you are in full control of the intensity and pace for yourself. 

Next, we will practice a yin sequence to slowly deepen into somatic contemplation of ancestral patterns. We will tap into our innate ancestral resilience and resources. Finally we’ll close with a guided meditation reflecting on our inner light and the hope that lies in the heart of the winter solstice.

Bring a yoga mat (mats are available to rent for $3 in studio), journal, water, and socks and a sweatshirt or even an extra set of clothes, as you might get sweaty.  There will be a five minute break in between the movement and the stillness portions to help facilitate warmth and comfort in the yin/mediation practices. 

Cost: $55

What would our lives and the world look like if we heard each other with more presence and non-judgment? This fall, come gather together and practice holding a compassionate space for self and community as we co-create a sacred circle to be heard and held. 

Whether you decide to speak or to simply hold space for others, practice presence and non-judgmental awareness with our fellow community members using this ancient circle tradition. Human beings for thousands of years have gathered in circles to talk, share stories, sing, dance, do fire rituals and much more.  

No experience necessary. Participation is free.

***For livestream participants: a Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***

TIMBo (trauma informed mind & body) is an effective, evidence-based, trauma informed mind-body program that has helped hundreds of people around the globe heal and empower themselves. TIMBo is a weekly group for women to learn tools to balance the nervous system, manage stress, and build resiliency. This 8 week session is co-led by licensed TIMBo facilitator, Emily Peterson FORMER LEAD TRAINER For Timbo and Toni Visone, RYT 200 hour & Licensed Timbo Facilitator 

We will meet VIRTUALLY Mondays at 530pm -6:45 pm. TIMBo combines simple yoga-like movements, breath work, guided meditation, and a workbook-based approach to explore and better understand the impact of emotions such as fear, guilt, shame, and grief.

Attendance is mandatory and only 3 absences (no more than 2 consecutive) are permitted to maintain the established group, and for all participants to get the most out of the program. Total non-refundable cost of the program is $266 without workbook.

Workbook cost is $20 if you do not have one already. 

Email info@thesaltybuddha.com with any questions about the TIMBo program, and visit

www.timbocollective.org to learn more!

What would our lives and the world look like if we heard each other with more presence and non-judgment? This fall, come gather together and practice holding a compassionate space for self and community as we co-create a sacred circle to be heard and held. 

Whether you decide to speak or to simply hold space for others, practice presence and non-judgmental awareness with our fellow community members using this ancient circle tradition. Human beings for thousands of years have gathered in circles to talk, share stories, sing, dance, do fire rituals and much more.  

No experience necessary. Participation is free.

***For livestream participants: a Zoom invitation email will go out to pre-registered students 1 hour before the class. Please make sure we have the correct email address on file for you so you receive your invitation! Contact the studio at 617.566.9642 with any questions.***

Come join Tiffany and me for another session of “yoga in my backyard!” In this 90 minute practice, we will open with a grounding meditation. Tiffany will lead us through a vinyasa flow then I will offer some restorative yin poses. In final rest, I will offer an option for reiki while Tiffany leads a meditation. It’s going to be amazing!

Cost - $30

Place - my backyard (you will receive a logistics email upon registering :)

To learn about Tiffany please go to https://www.tiffanyoga.com/about

One of the most powerful aspects in astrology is the nodal access - the moons nodes as they signify our psyche and emotional body and have a direct impact on our lives. In early 2022, they will switch signs for about eighteen months.

Durning our time together, Amanda will talk about the “golden gate of pleasure” that the North node in Taurus and the South node in Sagittarius have to offer us in 2022. Following the discussion, we will do a yin practice integrating somatically some of these themes and then we will close our time with a guided journey with the spirit of eagle.

This class will be recorded on zoom and will be available for three days, so if you can’t make it on NYE, you can practice and journey when it is right for you.

Cost is $33

Amanda is a professional astrologer who practices both Evolutionary as well as Shamanic Astrology. She is a champion and advocate for Love, Truth and Sovereignty. Her main goal for this channel is to help you remember the astrologer within and embody more of your sovereign light every day. Truth is we are all masters of light and can use astrology to help us accelerate our spiritual evolution while living our best lives.

In honor of this event, she will be offering a 45 minute reading for $111 to anyone who attends.

The winter solstice traditionally is a time to recognize the cycle of death and rebirth. It is a time to reflect on the dark and honor, call in, and celebrate the light. This solstice, gather together to honor the dark and become the light. Transfiguration is a practice of being in our true essence as spiritual beings and radiating our divine light. It is not an intellectual exercise, or something to do, but a shift in consciousness which shifts our vibration. When we shift our vibration, our inner and outer environment changes. As above, so below... as within, so without.

In this workshop, we will start off with some gentle movement and rest to open and soften. We will learn about transfiguration and have ceremony. Following the ceremony, we will practice transfiguring and then do a healing session. Lastly, we will close with sharing, intention setting and candle blessing to celebrate the light returning.

Tuesday Dec 21, 2021. 6-8pm

Cost $33

Salem Studio | 201 Washington St. Salem, MA Suite 206

Photo credit: Unknown Rwandan Artist

When we compress the dark, we compress the light. We we refuse to love and heal our shadow, we can lose touch with the ability to hope. During this solstice time, where the nights are the longest of the year, we can honor this cycle of the natural world while we take rest, turn inward, and to heal when the opportunity arises. Historically, it is also a time of great celebration and calling in the light. In this 90 minute gathering, we will practice a yin sequence that supports this process and also gives us an opportunity to feel where there is there is space and light, and thus hope. In doing this for ourselves, we are doing it for the collective. Following the sequence we will do a solstice ritual which includes intention setting and create candle sigils.

This event will be recorded and accessible FOR THREE DAYS. So if you can’t make it, you can practice as you like and if you attend live, you may want to practice again on December 21, during the time of the solstice.

I will offer THREE spaces to attend in person. After practice we will drink cacao and connect. If you are interested, please email me at emily@emilyhealing.com

When you register, you will be offered $30 off a shamanic reiki healing session with me to support you at this time. You can also give your session to someone else as a loving gift.

Energy exchange for class is $22 for virtual/ $30 in person. (If you are in person we can handle payment separately). If you are in desire of equity pricing, please reach out to me at email above.