Settle into a slower rhythm of summer with an outdoor practice at Cider Hill Farm. Surrounded by open fields and fresh air, this class weaves together deep stretch, slow flow, breathwork, and meditation to help you release tension, restore mobility, and reconnect inward. We begin with grounding breathwork, move through a steady, unhurried sequence designed to gently open the body, and close with a guided meditation so you leave feeling clear, calm, and fully reset. All levels are welcome. This practice is especially supportive if you are looking for a softer, more spacious approach to movement. Bring a mat, water, and anything you need to feel comfortable outdoors. Book HERE

Fridays • 6/12, 7/10, 8/14, 9/11 Settle into a slower rhythm of summer with an outdoor practice at Cider Hill Farm. Surrounded by open fields and fresh air, this class weaves together deep stretch, slow flow, breathwork, and meditation to help you release tension, restore mobility, and reconnect inward. We begin with grounding breathwork, move through a steady, unhurried sequence designed to gently open the body, and close with a guided meditation so you leave feeling clear, calm, and fully reset. All levels are welcome. This practice is especially supportive if you are looking for a softer, more spacious approach to movement. Bring a mat, water, and anything you need to feel comfortable outdoors. BOOK HERE

Bind Your Becoming: Hand-Built Art Journal

Friday, May 29, 2026

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Riseilience Yoga Cafe (map)

Focus: Foundations & Flow — creating the bones of your art journal so that inspiration always has a place to land.

Description: In this workshop, we’ll take away the fear of the blank page by building the foundation of your own art journal. Together, we’ll gather a variety of papers—plain, patterned, textured, and repurposed—and create a layered surface that already carries stories within it. You’ll design a personalized cover and learn how to assemble your pages using a wire-o binding machine. This process gives you a creative container that feels alive and ready for exploration. This journal will become a safe space to play, reflect, and grow long after the workshop ends.

What You’ll Experience:

• A calm and creative environment to build your own journal foundation

• Hands-on instruction in paper selection, layering, and cover design

• The satisfaction of creating a journal that already feels rich and inviting

Techniques: paper selection and layering, intuitive page composition, wire-o bookbinding, simple cover design.

Surface: custom journal created from assorted papers (recommended finished size 6 × 9 inches).

Materials: please bring an assortment of papers that inspire you—such as watercolor sheets, book pages, scrapbook papers, or recycled materials. All binding materials and wire-o machines will be provided for class use. A list of recommended materials with links will be sent ahead of class.

Say It Small: Mini Zine Storytelling

Friday, April 24, 2026

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Riseilience Yoga Cafe (map)

Focus: Personal Narrative — exploring your story through images, words, and intuitive composition.

Description: Sometimes, the smallest format can hold the biggest truths. In this workshop, we’ll create a simple folded zine, a handmade mini book, as a space to explore your inner stories. Using collage, drawing, and found text, you’ll be invited to follow your intuition rather than a plan. This process encourages gentle reflection, curiosity, and play. Your zine might hold a memory, a dream, a list of reminders to yourself, or simply layers of color and marks that feel right in the moment.

What You’ll Experience:

• A quiet and imaginative space to tell stories in your own way

• Playful experimentation with paper, image, and text

• Permission to create freely, without editing or overthinking

Techniques: intuitive layout, collage layering, drawing and mark integration, simple folded zine construction.

Surface: recommended paper size at least 11 × 17 inches to allow space for layering, folding, and intuitive composition.

Materials: please bring your own paper, pens, glue, scissors, and any collage materials that inspire you such as photos, old magazines, or printed phrases. A list of recommended materials with links will be provided ahead of class.

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Workshop 2 – Line Language: Mark-Making for Calm + Flow (February 2026)

Focus: Presence & Rhythm — a mindful exploration of repetition, movement, and flow through line and pattern.

Description:

This session is an invitation to slow down and find rhythm in simple movement. We’ll explore how a single line can hold

emotion, energy, and calm. Through guided mark-making and playful repetition, you’ll experience how drawing without

expectation can steady the mind and bring you into the present moment. Each mark becomes a quiet conversation between

your hand and your breath.

What You’ll Experience:

• Gentle, meditative drawing exercises that promote calm and focus

• Freedom to explore pattern, shape, and texture without judgment

• A deepened awareness of how movement and art connect the body and mind

Techniques: repetitive mark-making, pattern development, neurographic drawing, simple ink and brush exploration.

Surface: sketchbook or mixed-media paper (9 × 12 inches recommended).

Materials: please bring your own sketch paper, pens, markers, or drawing tools of choice. A list of recommended materials

with links will be provided ahead of class to make preparation easier. You are also welcome to bring any additional tools

that inspire you, such as brushes, inks, or texture tools.

Monthly trauma-informed workshop

Taught by Chris Warne, MEd, CYT, ISTT

In Yoga, donations are a means by which to practice an aspect of moral restraint of aparigraha-non-possessiveness, non-greed, non-hoarding, non-attachment.

In Buddhism, donations are called dana, the practice and perfection of generosity—generosity as a practice is the moral ground upon which Buddhist mindfulness practice stands.

In 12-step language, donations are a way n which spiritual principles such as honesty, integrity, willingness, humility, and service are put into action.

Note-if you just have $3, you are most welcome to join us, you are more important than your money. If you are in a position to 'pay-it-forward,' that others might be able to participate, please let us know.

1/3 goes to instructor, 1/3 goes to facility, 1/3 goes to Link House Inc. (local 501(c)3, a non-profit supporting the needs of those in recovery in the local community.

October 20th, November 17th, December 22nd.

Choose your rate: $15-30 Pre-register to secure a spot :

Venmo: @Chris-Warner-34

merrimacmindfulness@gmail.com

Monthly trauma-informed workshop

Taught by Chris Warne, MEd, CYT, ISTT

In Yoga, donations are a means by which to practice an aspect of moral restraint of aparigraha-non-possessiveness, non-greed, non-hoarding, non-attachment.

In Buddhism, donations are called dana, the practice and perfection of generosity—generosity as a practice is the moral ground upon which Buddhist mindfulness practice stands.

In 12-step language, donations are a way n which spiritual principles such as honesty, integrity, willingness, humility, and service are put into action.

Note-if you just have $3, you are most welcome to join us, you are more important than your money. If you are in a position to 'pay-it-forward,' that others might be able to participate, please let us know.

1/3 goes to instructor, 1/3 goes to facility, 1/3 goes to Link House Inc. (local 501(c)3, a non-profit supporting the needs of those in recovery in the local community.

October 20th, November 17th, December 22nd.

Choose your rate: $15-30 Pre-register to secure a spot :

Venmo: @Chris-Warner-34

merrimacmindfulness@gmail.com