Community Conversations is a way to build community through conversation. Coming together as a community is something we highly value at Satya. While each of us leads lives across a diverse array of experiences, beliefs, and backgrounds, the practice of yoga is what unites us all – building a greater connection with ourselves, and each other.  Community Conversations is a space where members of the Satya community – and beyond – continue the unifying practice of yoga through purposeful, facilitated conversations. Much like the physical practice of yoga asana (poses), the practice of intentional conversation is a practice of connection and awareness. As we exercise our capacity for purposeful and patient communication, we gain a greater understanding of ourselves and others, build a stronger sense of community, and carry compassion forward into the rest of our lives.  

This practice integrates fundamental tenets of yoga philosophy, namely ahimsa (nonviolence) and satya (truth), while using the framework of Community Building Circles (CBCs) to facilitate the intentional conversation. In each 90-minute conversation, Madison will guide participants through thoughtfully prepared questions that center around a particular theme, to which all participants have the opportunity to respond. In order to ensure a respectful space for all, conversations follow community-established guidelines.

CURRENT THEME THROUGHOUT SUMMER 2025: Curiosity as Liberation Remaining open while experiencing strong sensations, thoughts, or emotions requires a certain amount of curiosity. Observing without judgement in an effort to be present with everything as it is requires practice This is the work of these conversations, that can lead to a sense of freedom when we choose how to respond instead of habitually reacting. Each time we make a conscious choice, it is liberating, and in starting this process for ourselves we can more easily bring it out into the world, and into many different aspects of our lives.

Curiosity is a radical act. To be curious is to admit that there is something you have yet to understand. When faced with what feels like certainty, curiosity challenges you to remain humble. This practice of being open to new ideas, beliefs, and experiences is often an uncomfortable one: rather than relying on habitually easy patterns of thought, curiosity relinquishes assumptions for the sake of possibilities. Curiosity frees us from dogmatic constraints, inviting uncertainty for the sake of itself. The humble act of asking a question is challenging, but this unique experience of wonder is what liberates the mind.

Community Conversations invites everyone to practice this humbling act of curiosity. As we listen to ourselves and one another without judgment, we gain a greater capacity to remain curious about the world around us. With compassionate uncertainty we learn to invite new ways of understanding each other.  

Community Conversations is a way to build community through conversation. Coming together as a community is something we highly value at Satya. While each of us leads lives across a diverse array of experiences, beliefs, and backgrounds, the practice of yoga is what unites us all – building a greater connection with ourselves, and each other.  Community Conversations is a space where members of the Satya community – and beyond – continue the unifying practice of yoga through purposeful, facilitated conversations. Much like the physical practice of yoga asana (poses), the practice of intentional conversation is a practice of connection and awareness. As we exercise our capacity for purposeful and patient communication, we gain a greater understanding of ourselves and others, build a stronger sense of community, and carry compassion forward into the rest of our lives.  

This practice integrates fundamental tenets of yoga philosophy, namely ahimsa (nonviolence) and satya (truth), while using the framework of Community Building Circles (CBCs) to facilitate the intentional conversation. In each 90-minute conversation, Madison will guide participants through thoughtfully prepared questions that center around a particular theme, to which all participants have the opportunity to respond. In order to ensure a respectful space for all, conversations follow community-established guidelines.

CURRENT THEME THROUGHOUT SUMMER 2025: Curiosity as Liberation Remaining open while experiencing strong sensations, thoughts, or emotions requires a certain amount of curiosity. Observing without judgement in an effort to be present with everything as it is requires practice This is the work of these conversations, that can lead to a sense of freedom when we choose how to respond instead of habitually reacting. Each time we make a conscious choice, it is liberating, and in starting this process for ourselves we can more easily bring it out into the world, and into many different aspects of our lives.

Curiosity is a radical act. To be curious is to admit that there is something you have yet to understand. When faced with what feels like certainty, curiosity challenges you to remain humble. This practice of being open to new ideas, beliefs, and experiences is often an uncomfortable one: rather than relying on habitually easy patterns of thought, curiosity relinquishes assumptions for the sake of possibilities. Curiosity frees us from dogmatic constraints, inviting uncertainty for the sake of itself. The humble act of asking a question is challenging, but this unique experience of wonder is what liberates the mind.

Community Conversations invites everyone to practice this humbling act of curiosity. As we listen to ourselves and one another without judgment, we gain a greater capacity to remain curious about the world around us. With compassionate uncertainty we learn to invite new ways of understanding each other.  

We all are born, we journey, and we will all die. Are you curious about what needs to be in place before you or a loved one dies? Have you thought about your end of life wishes and death care?  What about having conversations with your loved ones about death and dying?

Join and learn what needs to be prepared and organized for the End of Life with Teresa. 

She will go over a check list of items that need to be complete so the family isn't left trying to figure out a loved one’s estate while grieving, including defining terms that are often mystifying. Students will continue with a discussion about End of Life wishes and care as a person is dying. She will also bring up suggestions about how to bring up the conversation with loved ones. 

Talking about death is and can be heavy, but also can bring moments of laughter and joy. Together, we will start setting the stage of preparing for death by defining terms, asking questions, and sharing experiences in a supportive community.

Come ready to share, discuss, laugh, ask questions and move a little bit.  Bring paper or journal and pen.

The quote “It is not the length of life, but the depth of life,”  by Ralph Waldo Emerson invites us to reflect on the true measure of a fulfilling existence.

Slow down and surrender to this deeply restorative practice. Yoga Nidra guides your nervous system into profound relaxation while a live sound bath washes over you with resonant, soothing tones and melodies. Simply lie down, close your eyes, and drift into peaceful awareness. All experience levels welcome - no prior yoga or meditation practice needed. Come as you are, leave renewed.  

Slow down and surrender to this deeply restorative practice. Yoga Nidra guides your nervous system into profound relaxation while a live sound bath washes over you with resonant, soothing tones and melodies. Simply lie down, close your eyes, and drift into peaceful awareness. All experience levels welcome - no prior yoga or meditation practice needed. Come as you are, leave renewed.  

Calling all tweens and middle schoolers who are settling into a new school year.! Join Amber for this three-part workshop rooted in a loving kindness practice that aims to help tweens channel compassion toward themselves and others as they go back to school in the fall. During each session, we will ground with an affirmation practice, move through a short yoga sequence made just for tweens, and build community with a takeaway craft project. 

Session 1, Aug. 17: Glow Recipe
We’ll channel loving kindness to glow from within, with the affirmation “May I be happy and healthy.” Our yoga practice will inspire self-compassion and confidence, and after we move together we’ll make our own essential oil body spray or salve. 

Session 2, Aug. 24: Besties 
Now that we’ve practiced self-love, we’ll begin to shine compassion out toward our besties. We’ll practice partner poses and share affirmations with one another. We’ll close our time together by making friendship bracelets: one to keep, one to share.  

Session 3, Aug. 31: Squad Goals
In our last session, we’ll take all this loving kindness and really reach it out beyond ourselves and our besties. We’ll move through heart-opening poses to prepare for sharing the love, even when it’s uncomfortable. We’ll make affirmation cards to share in the hallway or the lunch room, reminding all of those around us that they matter and they deserve to glow from within, too.