Join us for a gentle and grounding 3-week journey designed to support your whole being—body, mind, and spirit—through the healing power of sound. In these challenging and often overwhelming times, it's more important than ever to reconnect with practices that nourish and restore. Whether you’re feeling emotionally tender, energetically depleted, or simply in need of a loving reset, this series offers a safer and nurturing space to rest, restore, and reconnect with yourself.

Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.  

Planting Connections, Growing Communities

Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.

Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!

We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!

This nurturing and empowering class blends the mindful stillness of yoga with the expressive freedom of gentle movement and dance, creating a unique pathway to physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

We will begin with grounding yoga practices, including gentle asanas and mindful breath work, to cultivate presence and connect with the body's wisdom. From this foundation, we will gently explore intuitive movement and simple dance elements, inviting fluidity, release, and a sense of joyful expression. No prior dance experience is necessary – this is about moving in a way that feels authentic and liberating for you.

In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly encouraged to listen deeply to your body and move in a way that feels most supportive and resonant in each moment. Invitations will be offered, and you are always empowered to modify or rest as needed. This class is about exploring movement as a tool for self-discovery and healing at your own pace.

Whether you are seeking to release tension, explore self-expression, gently reconnect with your body after injury or stress, or simply desire a holistic approach to well-being, this class offers a compassionate and empowering environment for exploration and renewal.

This nurturing and empowering class blends the mindful stillness of yoga with the expressive freedom of gentle movement and dance, creating a unique pathway to physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

We will begin with grounding yoga practices, including gentle asanas and mindful breath work, to cultivate presence and connect with the body's wisdom. From this foundation, we will gently explore intuitive movement and simple dance elements, inviting fluidity, release, and a sense of joyful expression. No prior dance experience is necessary – this is about moving in a way that feels authentic and liberating for you.

In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly encouraged to listen deeply to your body and move in a way that feels most supportive and resonant in each moment. Invitations will be offered, and you are always empowered to modify or rest as needed. This class is about exploring movement as a tool for self-discovery and healing at your own pace.

Whether you are seeking to release tension, explore self-expression, gently reconnect with your body after injury or stress, or simply desire a holistic approach to well-being, this class offers a compassionate and empowering environment for exploration and renewal.

This nurturing and deeply therapeutic class is designed to support physical, emotional, and mental restoration. Through the art of stillness and gentle support, you'll be invited to completely relax and release deeply held tension.

We will utilize props such as bolsters, blankets, and blocks to fully support the body in comfortable, passive poses. These supported postures are held for longer durations, allowing the nervous system to deeply calm and the body to naturally unwind. Gentle guidance on breath awareness will further enhance the experience of profound relaxation.

In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly invited to listen deeply to your body and settle into the poses in a way that feels completely safe and supported in each moment. Variations will always be offered to ensure maximum comfort and ease.

Whether you are seeking relief from stress, recovering from physical exertion, or simply yearning for profound rest and self-care, this class offers a compassionate sanctuary for deep relaxation and renewal.

This nurturing and deeply therapeutic class is designed to support physical, emotional, and mental restoration. Through the art of stillness and gentle support, you'll be invited to completely relax and release deeply held tension.

We will utilize props such as bolsters, blankets, and blocks to fully support the body in comfortable, passive poses. These supported postures are held for longer durations, allowing the nervous system to deeply calm and the body to naturally unwind. Gentle guidance on breath awareness will further enhance the experience of profound relaxation.

In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly invited to listen deeply to your body and settle into the poses in a way that feels completely safe and supported in each moment. Variations will always be offered to ensure maximum comfort and ease.

Whether you are seeking relief from stress, recovering from physical exertion, or simply yearning for profound rest and self-care, this class offers a compassionate sanctuary for deep relaxation and renewal.

This nurturing and therapeutic class invites you to cultivate inner peace and support emotional and mental well-being through the power of mindful meditation and gentle movement.

We will explore various meditation techniques, including breath awareness, body scans, and guided visualizations, to gently quiet the mind and connect with your inner landscape. Complementing these practices, we will incorporate gentle, supported yoga postures to release physical tension and create a comfortable foundation for stillness.

In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly invited to listen deeply to your body and engage in the practices in a way that feels most supportive in each moment. Variations and modifications will always be offered, allowing you to find a sense of ease and presence.

This nurturing and therapeutic class invites you to cultivate inner peace and support emotional and mental well-being through the power of mindful meditation and gentle movement.

We will explore various meditation techniques, including breath awareness, body scans, and guided visualizations, to gently quiet the mind and connect with your inner landscape. Complementing these practices, we will incorporate gentle, supported yoga postures to release physical tension and create a comfortable foundation for stillness.

In this trauma-informed space, you are warmly invited to listen deeply to your body and engage in the practices in a way that feels most supportive in each moment. Variations and modifications will always be offered, allowing you to find a sense of ease and presence.

Thinking your way out of overthinking doesn’t go well for, well… anybody. And that’s why meditation is actually about the body! 

This intro to Insight Meditation class is for anyone out there who is meditation curious, meditation skeptic, or simply looking for a resource to help bring some ease to an overactive, anxiety-fueled, busy or ruminating mind. The brain is only one part of the nervous system, and through this practice participants will be guided through establishing a body & sense-based anchor to rest your awareness, to generate ease & nourishment for your nervous system.

Deanna (they/them), is bringing their “EcoDharma: Hope As Active Compassion” offering from STL Earth Day to our Garden Day on 5/17! This offering is a group, regenerative somatic healing practice that weaves the felt-senses + nature elements + “karuna” or “active compassion” together to cultivate interdependent eco-care & climate justice. Deanna teaches from the Theravada and Engaged Buddhist lineages, find more info about their Somatics + Solidarity work at: www.deannadangersomatics.com .

Planting Connections, Growing Communities

Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.

Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!

We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!

Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.  

Planting Connections, Growing Communities

Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.

Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!

We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!

Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.  

Learn how to use the tools of yoga to empower your birth experience so that you feel at ease and in control from the first contraction to the first time you hold your little one in your arms. This workshop will teach you to use the power of the breath, the mind, and the body to prepare for birth. You’ll also learn how to use these strategies to carry you through your unique birth experience with a sense of agency and peace—no matter what kind of delivery you have. Finally, you’ll gain practical skills to help you practice and prepare for pushing so that you can reduce tearing and have a smooth delivery.

If you’re having a hard time right now, you’re not the only one. 

There’s a lot of madness, vitriol, and chaos in our world right now.  It’s especially difficult for those of us who value peace, equity and compassion for all people and for the natural world.

My hope for this four-week group is for us to be able to be in community and to collectively build our capacity to handle challenging times. 

The first step is simply sitting together. 

Planting Connections, Growing Communities

Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.

Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!

We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!

Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.  

If you’re having a hard time right now, you’re not the only one. 

There’s a lot of madness, vitriol, and chaos in our world right now.  It’s especially difficult for those of us who value peace, equity and compassion for all people and for the natural world.

My hope for this four-week group is for us to be able to be in community and to collectively build our capacity to handle challenging times. 

The first step is simply sitting together. 

This 5 week series from March 16th to April 13th will focus on developing and refining familiarity with core asanas to promote a healthy home practice for your personalized practice. Participants will get to workshop asanas with different props, assists, and discussion about foundational intentions of the asana. Options and different poses will be offered to students upon request; this series is about finding right options for you and your body.

Planting Connections, Growing Communities

Join us from 10:00 - 12:00PM for our FIRST Community Garden Workday of 2025.

Imagine a space where fresh food is grown by the community, for the community. Where your hands in the soil heal both the land and yourself. A garden where people come together to learn, heal, and build a more just and sustainable future. That’s what we’re growing at Empowered Spaces Community Garden— and we invite you to be a part of it!

We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food. We invite you to join our garden co-op, and in our mission to create more of the world we want to see!

If you’re having a hard time right now, you’re not the only one. 

There’s a lot of madness, vitriol, and chaos in our world right now.  It’s especially difficult for those of us who value peace, equity and compassion for all people and for the natural world.

My hope for this four-week group is for us to be able to be in community and to collectively build our capacity to handle challenging times. 

The first step is simply sitting together. 

Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.  

This 5 week series from March 16th to April 13th will focus on developing and refining familiarity with core asanas to promote a healthy home practice for your personalized practice. Participants will get to workshop asanas with different props, assists, and discussion about foundational intentions of the asana. Options and different poses will be offered to students upon request; this series is about finding right options for you and your body.

If you’re having a hard time right now, you’re not the only one. 

There’s a lot of madness, vitriol, and chaos in our world right now.  It’s especially difficult for those of us who value peace, equity and compassion for all people and for the natural world.

My hope for this four-week group is for us to be able to be in community and to collectively build our capacity to handle challenging times. 

The first step is simply sitting together. 

This unique take on book club is a 6-week series devoted to remembering how to relax, and learning to reshape our lives around that pause. Each week, we will open our time with guided meditation and discussion followed by gentle stretching. Every practice will close with long, supported rest in a different Restorative yoga shape featured in Jillian's book, Deep Listening.

Quieting the Storm is a 12-week therapeutic empowerment group for teen girls in high school (an inclusive space for all teen girls). Since 2009, these sacred spaces have offered support and comfort that invites each individual to explore and reconnect with her most authentic selves as she learns valuable tools to help navigate her world. Individuals find connection with one another while working on building self-compassion, confidence, self-awareness, healthy coping strategies, and skills to develop healthy relationships.  

This 5 week series from March 16th to April 13th will focus on developing and refining familiarity with core asanas to promote a healthy home practice for your personalized practice. Participants will get to workshop asanas with different props, assists, and discussion about foundational intentions of the asana. Options and different poses will be offered to students upon request; this series is about finding right options for you and your body.

This unique take on book club is a 6-week series devoted to remembering how to relax, and learning to reshape our lives around that pause. Each week, we will open our time with guided meditation and discussion followed by gentle stretching. Every practice will close with long, supported rest in a different Restorative yoga shape featured in Jillian's book, Deep Listening.