The Art of Yoga Assisting with Masaaki Okamura, Kate Heffernan & Rachelle Pierre 

<a href="https://downunderyoga.com/brookline-yoga-schedule">Brookline&nbsp;</a>• In-Studio Only&nbsp; Saturday &amp; Sunday 1:15-8:15 pm June 13-14, 2026 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience a greater understanding of the art of alignment and hands-on adjustments? Join Down Under faculty for a revolutionary weekend to explore, learn, and practice what it means to teach with your hands. During this weekend you will delve into the depths of working as a tactical artist in the classroom, learning the ABC's of alignment and assisting, how to read a room, see bodies, and how to direct without your voice. Part lecture, part practice, this weekend will change the way you practice and teach, and the way you communicate with your hands. For students, teachers and those eager to deepen their understanding of the art that is assisting!&nbsp;

Down Under School of Yoga - Brookline

DVRM®: Breathwork Teacher Training with David Magone

Five Day Intensive Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19 8am-4pm each day <a href="https://downunderyoga.com/harvard-square-studio">Harvard Square</a> This advanced training is designed for teachers and facilitators who want to offer breathwork with greater structure, clarity, and confidence. DVRM (Dynamic Volitional Respiratory Modulation) is a novel, non-pharmacological breathwork technique designed to induce altered states of consciousness–similar to those experienced during psychedelic-assisted therapy. These specific protocols were rigorously tested in the world's first fMRI study of its kind. What you will learn:<ul><li>The foundations of the DVRM methodology and its neuroscience-informed framework</li><li>How to guide structured, theme-based breathwork sessions</li><li>Script selection and delivery techniques for different teaching contexts</li><li>Safety considerations, scope of practice, and working within appropriate boundaries</li><li>How to hold space with clarity, steadiness, and professional integrity</li></ul>

Down Under School of Yoga - Harvard Square

Core Happiness: Strength along the Length with Eoin Finn

Friday, June 19 6-7:45pm •&nbsp;<a href="https://downunderyoga.com/cambridge-yoga-studio">Porter Square&nbsp;</a>&amp; Livestream Learn and Grow as you Flow Join Blissology founder Eoin Finn for a fluid, intelligently designed practice that redefines what “core work” really means. This class moves away from compression, bracing, and isolated ab exercises. Instead, you’ll learn to feel the core as strength expressed along the length of the body from the feet, through the inner legs and abdominals, and up the spine, creating support that enhances breathing, balance, and ease in movement. The practice unfolds as a strong, graceful vinyasa where learning and movement evolve together. As you flow, Eoin weaves in simple, powerful ways of understanding the body drawn from his new book Yoga Optimized, including DUO (Dynamic Unifying Opposition). These principles help distribute load more intelligently, expand pain-free movement span, and cultivate strength that lasts. You’ll be invited to explore depth at your own pace. Clear options and variations allow the practice to meet you where you are, while offering plenty of room to grow, refine, and challenge yourself without forcing or strain. Expect a practice that builds heat, mobility, and integrated strength while sharpening awareness. You won’t just do the poses, you'll understand them, feel them more clearly, and leave with tools you can apply to every practice that follows. The result is the unmistakable Blissology effect: rooted strength, open 3-D breath, and a body that moves better for longer.

Down Under School of Yoga - Porter Square

Open Heart, Fluid Body with Eoin Finn

Saturday, June 20 12-2pm • <a href="https://downunderyoga.com/central-square-schedule">Central Square&nbsp;</a>&amp; Livestream This Blissology Superflow–style workshop explores the deep and powerful relationship between our hips, spine, and heart through intelligent, fluid movement. Hip openers are some of the most loved, and most misunderstood, poses in yoga. Rather than forcing shapes or following one-size-fits-all cues, this experience invites you to feel your way into your optimal expression, guided by sensation, breath, and biomechanics. We’ll begin with a short, accessible teaching that blends experiential anatomy and applied biomechanics, giving you simple tools to understand how tension, compression, and rotation actually work in the hips and spine. From there, we move straight into a continuous Superflow, an ocean wave-like vinyasa where these principles are embodied. You’ll be introduced to key Blissology concepts from Eoin’s book Yoga Optimized, including DUO (Dynamic Unifying Opposition), a way of creating spaciousness, strength, and resilience by balancing opposing forces in the body. Expect circular, ocean-inspired movement that opens the hips while keeping the joints nourished, supported, and safe. This is not about pushing deeper, it’s about moving smarter, flowing freer, and leaving with hips that feel open, strong, and alive, and a heart that feels more spacious and connected. When the body feels good, the nervous system settles, and that goodness naturally ripples outward.Come ready to move, breathe, and explore a modern, joyful expression of this ancient practice.

Down Under School of Yoga - Central Square

PRIDE Sculpt & Flow (4th Annual) with Lyndsay Allyn Cox

Saturday, June 20 1:30-2:30pm • <a href="https://downunderyoga.com/boston-back-bay-schedule">Back Bay</a> Join Lyndsay and friends for the 4th Annual Pride Sculpt &amp; Flow — a joyful, high-energy class blending movement, sweat, music, and celebration. This festive class invites you to dance, sweat, sing along, and move together in honor of Pride and community. All levels are welcome — come as you are and celebrate alongside members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies. This year we’re making it bigger than ever, with even more ways to support <a href="https://www.bagly.org/">BAGLY (Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth).</a> Move your body, connect with community, and help uplift the next generation of LGBTQ+ leaders.

Down Under School of Yoga - Back Bay

Super Led Primary & Conference with Elliott McEldowney

Sunday, June 21 Super Led Primary 8-9:30am Conference 9:30-10:30am <a href="https://downunderyoga.com/harvard-square-studio">Harvard Square</a> Conference is a beloved Mysore tradition where Ashtanga teachers and students from our Mysore schools (Harvard &amp; Brookline) gather to share food, wisdom and inspiration on practice. Conferences explore a specific topic related to practice and are a unique opportunity to ask questions about asana, philosophy or any aspects of yoga, and to learn from and connect with colleagues. Two times a year the Ashtanga communities unite for a communal Led Primary followed by a breakfast conference at our Life Alive Cafe at Harvard Square and Brookline. Elliott will be hosting Super Led Primary and Conference on Sunday, June 21 at 8am in Harvard Square. Sign up for class below to let us know you’re coming &amp; stay afterwards at Life Alive Cafe Harvard Sq for the breakfast conference!

Summer Solstice Power Flow, Restore & Sound with Rachelle Pierre

Sunday, June 21 2:15-3:45pm •&nbsp;<a href="https://downunderyoga.com/cambridge-yoga-studio">Porter Square</a> Move with energy, then settle into ease. In honor of the Summer Solstice — the longest day of the year — this practice invites you to open, expand, and connect with the vitality and fullness of the season. This 90-minute experience begins with a steady, heat-building Power Flow to awaken strength, circulation, and breath, supporting a sense of spaciousness and expression in the body. From there, you’ll transition into supported restorative postures, with optional hands-on Thai bodywork assists to encourage release and openness. We’ll close with an extended Savasana and immersive sound bath, allowing the nervous system to settle and the body to integrate the energy of the practice. Leave feeling grounded, open, and renewed—connected to the brightness, clarity, and expansiveness of summer.

Arm Balances: Strength, Stability & Focus with Didi von Deck

Saturday, June 27 12-2pm •&nbsp;<a href="https://downunderyoga.com/central-square-schedule">Central Sq&nbsp;</a>&amp; <a href="https://downunderyoga.com/livestream-schedule">Livestream</a> Sthira Bhaga, often translated as “sublime steadiness,” is the Sanskrit name for the Advanced A series of Ashtanga Yoga — a practice that explores the balance between strength, focus, and ease. In this workshop, we’ll explore a range of arm balances drawn from this tradition, emphasizing that true stability arises not from force alone, but from breath, presence, and intelligent action. Through guided preparation, participants will work with foundational strength, alignment, and technique, along with accessible variations and progressions to support a range of experience levels. We’ll explore postures including Vasisthasana, Vishvamistrasana, Urdhva Kukkutasana, Galavasana, Eka Pada Bakasana, Koundinyasana, and Ashtavakrasana, with a focus on building confidence, clarity, and control. This workshop is designed to help you approach arm balances with greater understanding, patience, and a sense of possibility.

Yoga Therapy for Idiopathic Scoliosis with Masha Leuner

Sunday, June 28 1-2:30pm • <a href="https://downunderyoga.com/newton-yoga-schedule">Newton</a> &amp; <a href="https://downunderyoga.com/livestream-schedule">Livestream</a> Based on the research of Dr. Loren Fishman This workshop is designed for individuals with diagnosed idiopathic scoliosis who are seeking a thoughtful, evidence-informed approach to working with the spine. Drawing from the published research of Dr. Loren Fishman, we’ll explore how specific isometric and asymmetrical yoga postures may support changes in spinal curvature over time. In clinical studies, participants who practiced these targeted poses consistently demonstrated measurable improvements in Cobb angle. Together, we’ll examine:<ul><li>The role of asymmetrical strengthening in supporting the spine</li><li>Key postures used in the research</li><li>How different curve patterns (thoracic, lumbar, and S-curve) respond to load and positioning</li><li>How to practice with clarity, consistency, and appropriate effort</li></ul>This is a focused, practical session centered on applying research-based methods in a safe and accessible way. Who this workshop is for:<ul><li>Individuals with diagnosed idiopathic scoliosis</li><li>Students interested in a more precise and informed approach to practice</li><li>Teachers seeking a clearer understanding of how to work with scoliosis in a yoga context</li></ul>You’ll leave with a small, clearly defined set of practices that you can continue on your own.

Down Under School of Yoga - Newton

Rewired: Breathwork Backed by Science with David Magone

Three Mondays July 6 •&nbsp;July 13 •&nbsp;July 20 4-5pm •&nbsp;<a href="https://downunderyoga.com/boston-back-bay-schedule">Back Bay</a> Breathwork, Backed by Brain Science Most breathwork asks you to take its effects on faith. This doesn’t. DVRM (Dynamic Volitional Respiratory Modulation) is a breathwork methodology developed by David Magone, studied through fMRI research with Harvard, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital. The imaging shows dramatic increases in brain network connectivity during the practice. Specific breathing patterns shift your nervous system into altered states where real rewiring can happen. You leave different than you arrived. Four Months. Or Just One. Four themes, three one-hour sessions each, in a small consistent cohort. Each month stands alone. Taken together, they form a full cycle. Month 1 (July): Clarity Cutting through the noise to what you actually know. Three sessions exploring the static you’ve been living inside, the quieter knowing underneath it, and how to stay clear when the world gets loud.

Sama Ashtanga Yoga Intensive with Chuck Miller

Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17 8:30-3:30pm each day •&nbsp;<a href="https://downunderyoga.com/boston-back-bay-schedule">Back Bay&nbsp;</a> Sama! This word touches the essence of what Chuck wants to teach. It is the first word Pattabhi Jois would say at the beginning of class. It is the first chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. It is the first word of the first pranayama practice in Ashtanga Yoga. Chuck Miller, widely recognized as one of the world’s leading Ashtanga teachers, has inspired countless practitioners across the globe with his clarity, depth, and dedication to the art of yoga. A student of Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, Chuck helped co-found YogaWorks, shaping modern yoga in the United States, and has mentored many respected teachers, including<a href="https://downunderyoga.com/natasha-rizopoulos">&nbsp;Natasha Rizopoulos</a>. His teaching combines decades of experience, technical mastery, and a deep connection to the heart of the practice. We can learn one simple thing, knowing which gives us insight into many others. A small set of teachings can guide us through the complexity of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga—or any practice. This understanding helps us to be more calm and focused, reducing stress and confusion for both teacher and student. Format:<ul><li>Morning Practice: 3 hours</li><li>Afternoon Clinic: 3 hours</li><li>1 hour break (between 11:30am-12:30pm)</li></ul>Daily Themes: <ol><li>Day One – Samasthiti in Depth:</li><li> We explore how one pose, one element of practice can include all other aspects. Going deep into this sets the stage for everything else, simplifying navigation through this great practice.</li><li>Day Two – Surya Namaskar-s:</li><li> Using insights from Day One, we apply them to Sun Salutations. We observe how much we compromise to achieve external appearances of progress and reset our intentions to prioritize quality over quantity.</li><li>Day Three-Five – Traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Form:</li><li> We continue applying these principles as we progress through the traditional form. By slowing down, polishing fundamentals, and deepening the roots, we eventually return to increasing speed and observe where we fail.</li></ol>This is the essence of practice—practice rather than performance. Yoga must not be performative, comparative, or competitive. It is just for us—all of us—to improve, to become better humans, to become humane beings. Chuck prefers to call the asanas Practices, rather than poses or postures—they are alive, dynamic, ever-changing. It is not about speed or distance, but about starting correctly, with the right intention and effort. These foundational efforts bear fruit throughout your practice. The Practice is a powerful diagnostic tool, allowing observation of aspects of ourselves that are otherwise invisible. Recognizing these patterns, or Samskaras, gives the opportunity to free ourselves from them, planting seeds of personal empowerment and continued evolution. “This is not physical exercise,” Pattabhi Jois would say. “It is mental training, mental cleaning, clearing.” This is the deeper, real purpose of our practice—and it supports everything we do as human beings.

Pilates Mat & Hot Power Pilates Teacher Trainings

Offering both Pilates Mat and Hot Power Pilates trainings, choose your specialty or enroll in both and become fully versed in the spectrum of our Pilates programming. Attend in-person at Back Bay studio or via livestream. The first training weekend is shared—an immersion into Pilates fundamentals, anatomy, methodology, and the principles that underpin both formats. After that, trainees branch into their chosen path: Pilates Mat or Hot Power Pilates, or trainees enrolled in both Pilates Mat &amp; Hot Power Pilates trainings attend all three weekends. By the end of the program, you will: - Confidently teach 45–60 minute beginner and mixed-level mat classes - Offer safe progressions and modifications for diverse student needs - Write professional class plans and deliver cues that inspire clarity and confidence - Step into the studio ready for real-world teaching opportunities

Seasonal Reset: Preparing for Pitta Season with Kaveri Barros

Sunday, June 7&nbsp; 2-3:30pm • Brookline Unwind &amp; Livestream&nbsp; (Unwind is located 1038 Beacon Street - just a few doors down from the Brookline Studio) Prepare your body and mind for the transition into Pitta season with this nourishing, hands-on workshop rooted in Ayurvedic wisdom. As the heat of late spring and summer begins to rise, we’ll explore how to stay balanced, cool, and steady through food, lifestyle, and sensory awareness. Held in an intimate kitchen setting, this experience invites you to learn by doing. Together, we’ll prepare and enjoy a variety of seasonal, cooling recipes designed to pacify Pitta, support digestion, and build resilience without overheating the system. Along the way, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how the qualities of the season show up in your body — and how to work with them rather than against them. Both educational and experiential, this workshop offers practical tools you can carry into daily life, along with the simple pleasure of cooking and sharing a meal in community. Ideal for anyone curious about Ayurveda, seasonal living, or how to feel more at ease in their body as the temperature rises. Please bring a notebook &amp; writing utensil.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Down Under School of Yoga - Brookline Unwind

Finding Support from the Inside Out: Pilates & the Pelvic Floor with Margaret Duncan (MD) & Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas (DPT)

Saturday, June 6 12:30-2:30pm •&nbsp;<a href="https://downunderyoga.com/central-square-schedule">Central Square</a> &amp; Livestream Join Down Under Pilates instructor and perinatal psychiatrist Margaret Duncan (MD), alongside guest pelvic floor physical therapist and author of Power to the Pelvis, Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas (DPT), for an interactive exploration of the pelvic floor and its essential role in movement, stress regulation, and overall well-being. Together, they will introduce the foundational anatomy and function of the pelvic floor, illuminating how this often-overlooked system relates to breath, mindfulness, and the body’s response to stress. The workshop will conclude with a thoughtfully designed Pilates flow, offering an opportunity to experience these concepts in motion and develop a deeper, more intuitive understanding of support from the center of the body. Open to all levels, this session offers practical insight and embodied tools to support both your Pilates practice and everyday life.

Pilates Free the Feet - Where Control Meets Creative Expression with Ivyana Robinson

Sunday, May 31 1-2:30pm • <a href="https://downunderyoga.com/central-square-schedule">Central Square</a> Reconnect. Strengthen. Express. This grounding, uplifting movement experience is designed to awaken the dancer within — whether you’re currently dancing, danced “back then,” or simply love to move. The session begins with a 45-minute, full-body Pilates practice to build strength, stability, and confidence. From there, you’ll transition into guided dance exploration, weaving together rhythm, flow, and expressive movement. An energizing soundscape — including live African drumming and thoughtfully curated music — supports the experience, inviting you to move with greater freedom, presence, and connection. Led by professional dancer and Pilates facilitator Ivyana Robinson, this specialty class blends the artistry of dance with the strength and intelligence of Pilates into one seamless, embodied practice. Build confidence. Release tension. Move with purpose — and rediscover joy, freedom, and full-body expression.

Down Under School of Yoga - Central Sq

S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

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S4: top picks

The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

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S11: happening this weekend

What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

25+ things to do in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville this weekend

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S21: roundups

Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

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S17: interest based

Your guide to everything free in and around Boston. From events, to fairs, to festivals, to outdoors. Joyraft has all the free events happening near you.

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S20: c+d experiences

Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

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S16: editor picks

The most unique and can’t miss things coming up in Boston / Cambridge / Somerville and beyond. Festivals, food, drinks, fairs, concerts, art and free activities.

Unique and Can’t Miss Things to Do in Boston

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S2 (A): top experiences

The most popular things to do on Joyraft. Concerts, restaurants, bars, events, parties, openings, kid friendly, date ideas, free things in Boston and beyond.

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S3 (A): trending experiences

Discover can’t miss events and things to do in Boston. The most fun, unique and cool events coming to the Boston area this spring and summer.

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S18: interest based

Where to eat and drink in Boston? Joyraft has Boston’s newest bars, restaurants and specials. Drinks and pre fixe dinner menus. Cambridge & Somerville too.

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