Whether you call it locomotion, movement, primal patterns, or crawling - it's all the rage these days...and for good reason!

This sort of "mindful movement" can help to balance your body and bulletproof your joints, tendons, and ligaments for more radical training and sports regimens. 

Essentially, this is the missing link in your training and exercise! Learn the basics of the GMB method and prepare your body to handle whatever life throws at it.

What: Locomotion Workshop
When: May 19, 2018 @ 1030 - 1230
Where: Factory Coffee, Kalamazoo, MI 49007

Price: $25

Journey through the Fourth Chakra with us in this special event!

Have you ever wanted to learn the basics of [proper] Kettlebell training? Are you interested in strength training for Yoga? Do you enjoy a cup o Joe? Then this is the workshop for you!

This workshop includes a manual that will include the following:
- Proper Vinyasa Yoga Flow
- Specific drills to target commons weaknesses and imbalances
- How to Plank...for real
- Basics of Handstanding
- The Goblet Squat
- The Get-up
- The Swing
- Seriously helpful extras!
- Recommended programming

This is meant to be an overview and introduction to properly executed training so there’s a TON of information. Even if you’ve been training with all the above for a while, this workshop can still be very useful!

Kettlebells & Coffee will be held at Factory Coffee in Kalamazoo!

Price: $35

Price: $25

Journey through the third Chakra with us in this special event!

Donations Only: pay what you can!

Another Full Moon meditation coming at you this Wednesday, don't miss it!  This time it's an even more rare "blue moon" which is like Double-blue-MOONey!

Price: 25

Journey through the Second Chakra with us in this special event!

Price: $25

Price: $25

Price: $15

A soothing and peaceful practice to start your Holidays right! Come chill out, stretch out, bliss out... then head out on your way to family and fun!

Holiday Season is here and it’s time to shake off the winter blues!  This workshop, which combines Restorative Yoga with Reflexology, is exactly what your nervous system needs to rejuvenate, energize, and prepare for the holiday fun ahead.

Bring your winter weary self (and any specific injuries you may be dealing with) so the healing can begin.  Restorative Yoga and Reflexology both assist the body’s process of recovering from injuries and clearing away any illness by releasing the deep tension that impedes healing.

Bolsters, straps, blankets, and blocks will support your body in restful poses, held for longer periods of time in a state of deep relaxation.  While enjoying your rest, everyone will receive moments of the healing touch of reflexology throughout the session.           Pure Bliss!

Come celebrate the gifts of the season, community, practice, and meditation Thanksgiving morning at The Collective $10!

Price: $25.00

Want to take your physical Yoga practice to the next level?  I'll show you how to get there!    

In this workshop I will show you the foundational principles and techniques to master your body.  I will show you how to use a variety of bodyweight and kettlebell drills to not only help your practice but repair any imbalances you may have incurred over time.  

You will master a few movements / exercises and the results will cross-over to everything you will ever do in the future!    

Sign-up for the 5-week follow-up series on the day of the event for a discount!  Keep your practice STRONG!

Price: $35 or $40 day-of

An amazing experience of guided meditation, relaxation, cleansing, and sound. Not to be missed! This time celebrate the Autumnal Equinox with us! 

“For some the experience is meditative, other’s emotional, even transcendent, but in all circumstances it is a powerful and unforgettable event.”  
Gong Lab is best known for its deeply transporting blend of guided visualization, healing sound, hypnotic percussion, and otherworldly vocals. Each session carefully creates a protected space to disengage from stress and pain, so that the deep relief, bliss, and nurturance of reconnecting with the body’s natural revitalizing energies can be experienced. 
The evening begins by candlelight with a direction of intention and guided meditation as participants, reclining comfortably on the floor, are ushered into a spiraling cocoon of luminous sound. The shimmering reverberations of the Earth Gong create sound pressure waves that travel through the connective tissues which form one continuous network into all parts and systems of the body down to a cellular level. These multi-tonal frequencies facilitate the movement of “chi” or “prana” in the body and initiate the release of blocked energy that can often manifest as fear, fatigue, depression or illness. As this energetic recalibration takes place we experience the kind of reorganization of our inner resources that can help us transcend the challenging situations in our daily lives and access new templates for being.
Participants will lay comfortably on the floor for most of the experience. Please bring a mat, blanket, pillow, and any items in support of your deepest clearing and relaxation.
For More Info On GongLab:
* What might you expect in a GongLab session?:  
http://www.heartwoodcenter.com/a-review-of-gonglab-by-catherine-mcglynn

Price: $40 / $30 if you BYOB(oard), paddle & life jacket

Kids are headed back to school, now moms (and dads) can have some final summer fun!  We'll head out to our floating Yoga studio, in the Lilly Pads, one more time for a SUP + Yoga class as we say goodbye to summer and embrace the fall + winter ahead :)  

Don't miss out on the fun, register now!

Price: $49

Join us on Sunday, June 11th for a collaboration event between The Collective, North Pier Brewing Company, Mason Jar Cafe and Dweller's Coffee

You'll start the morning off with a next level yoga experience on the outdoor deck with the crew from The Collective. Once you're finished you can enjoy a relaxing pint or two courtesy of North Pier Brewing Company. Finally, you'll head back out to the deck for a wonderful farm fresh brunch provided by Mason Jar Cafe and delicious, fresh roasted coffee from Dweller's Coffee. Don't miss out!

To learn more about each collabortor, visit them online at:

http://www.rebelco-op.com/yoga-classes/

http://northpierbrewing.com/

http://masonjar.cafe/

https://dwellerscoffee.com/

Open your heart and embrace vulnerability through the art of back-bends.    What may at times seem uncomfortable or impossible, can happen through intelligent awakening of the physical body.  This workshop will guide you into proper alignment principles to comfortably attain your back-bending goals.

After sufficiently warming the body through flow and dynamic movement, we will begin to work deeper into these heart opening postures.  Poses will include but are not limited to camel, wheel, bow and pigeon variations.  I will help you to reach as deep as you are willing to go.

Fun facts about back-bending:

* stimulates the digestive system

* increased spinal mobility

* improved posture

* mood booster, anti-depressant

* opens the heart chakra

* stretches the front line of the body

Be forewarned, this workshop will leave you bright eyed and energetic!

Price: $25 / $20 for dads!

An extraordinary Father's Day Flow class that transitions into deep Yin poses all accompanied by the otherwordly sounds of live Cello, drums, singing bowls, bells, and chimes. The beauty of this music cannot be explained so treat dad, or yourself, to an all levels class that will leave you feeling out of this world!

Price: $20

Join us for this special 120-minute practice where we will dive deep into your power center: the Manipura Chakra. 

When in balance, you find; self confidence, joy, a healthy ego, and plenty of energy to carry out your life's purpose. We'll also explore how imbalance in this chakra center can effect your vibrancy, strength, and empowerment.

It's cold outside so come and tap into your own personal sunshine with us!

Start your New Year by relaxing deeply with a decadent 2 hour Restorative Yoga practice.  Restorative Yoga calms your nervous system and soothes the soul.  We'll set our intentions for the coming year, practice gentle supported yoga poses with long holds, and enjoy a Yoga Nidra meditation and extended savasana. Pure New Years Bliss!  Sunday January 1st 3-5 p.m.  $20 in advance, $25 day of.  

Price: $40 or $45 day-of

Say goodbye to 2016 and welcome the new year with a playful spirit at this blacklight yoga event! Live DJ, Niles, will be pumping this place full of life as we practice our Vinyasa Yoga flows to the music! 

We provide:

• Snakcs & refreshments
• Glow paints
• Movie time for the kiddos
• Complimentary champagne
• Master DJ

You can bring:

• BYOB (after party)
• Potluck style food (after party)
• Any white clothing you'd prefer to paint instead of your body
• Your kids!

List of events is as follows:

• 7-7:45p Painting Ceremony
• 7:45-9p Glowga
• 7:45-9:15p Movie Time & Kid Sitting
• 9p-12:30a After Party!!! 

The afterparty is open to all!

Price: $40

Aerial yoga instructor Brian Witten is back with a perfect Aerial Yoga Workshop for the fall! This extended aerial yoga practice will offer students a unique opportunity to create self transformation in the body and mind. The fall is a time of transition from our active, expressive self to a more inward focused state of being. As we cultivate the nourishing aspects of our lives and let go of the things that have reached an end, it is a perfect time to release the energies, habits and patterns that keep us from finding the comfort of inner peace. This dynamic practice with aerial silks hammock is a fresh approach to yoga that teaches students the art of holding on to inner peace even through uncertainty. With the support of the silks students will break away from negative patterns within the body and mind, and find grace in movement by expressing the true potential that resides within each of us. This extended practice will also include a special relaxation meditation to help rid the mind of all business and clutter that keeps us from experiencing true clarity of mind and inner bliss.

Price: $40

This dynamic, strength building workshop will introduce the fundamental skills and conditioning movements of aerial silks. With a practice geared towards freedom and fun, you will feel like your inner child or maybe your inner cirque performer has come out to play. This workshop will focus on some fundamental conditioning skills, hanging and inverting and simple flow and transition movements in the aerial silks hammock. All levels welcome to join, the practice can be modified for all students.

*There is a physical element to this practice as a conditioning class that can potentially aggravate current or recent musculo-skeletal injury. Notify the instructor of any issues or reach out with any questions prior to the workshop.

Location: The Collective & Mason Jar Cafe
Price: $99 or $110 after October 19th

Enjoy farm fresh Yoga with Adrienne and appetizers at The Collective (complimentary champagne tasting included), then stroll across the park for a local / organic Harvest Dinner at Mason Jar Cafe.

Jayme and Abel have a scrumptious menu planned for you to celebrate the harvest season including: butternut squash soup, smoked duck, ratatouille, crab stuffed mushrooms, pear apple crisp, and much much more!

*Complimentary wine pairing included.

Price: $50

A challenging Aerial Yoga practice featuring hand balancing, inversions, and strength-building while in flight. Students will learn the proper way to and engage through the upper body in a variety of arm balances and inversion variations. The best part is that the Aerial Silks provide a level of support that will allow for near-weightless access to advanced poses that would otherwise be less accessible.