Equinox Wellness Festival - Sept. 23 @ Canal Center

Uniting the local wellness community to celebrate the arrival of autumn

Event lineup

9:00 am

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10:00 am

Chill Flow + Astrology

This soft and sweet practice will strengthen your relationship with the stars and your inner wisdom while luxuriously nourishing your body.

Marie Belle Pérez Rivera

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Class info

Join us on the Fall Equinox for Chill Flow + Astrology. This soft and sweet practice will strengthen your relationship with the stars and your inner wisdom while luxuriously nourishing your body. We will flow, rewire, and replenish our nervous system while opening the hips, releasing tension in the chest and shoulders, and inviting spacious awareness into our heart and spine. Be ready for some astro forecasts, journaling, intuitive movement, breath work, and silence to soak it all in. All are welcome to join in this sweet embodiment practice.

About the Instructor(s)

Marie Belle Pérez Rivera, PhD, is a powerhouse of a teacher, athlete, artist, writer, community leader, and experience maker. She is a globally recognized yoga teacher, expert in Somatic and Embodiment Practices for Reducing Stress, Developing Resilience, and Healing Trauma, and a Latina health coach and small business owner. Marie Belle is an anthropologist of movement, yoga, mindfulness, personal growth, and critical thinking throughout the United States, Caribbean, Latin America, Spain, and Bali.

mariebellepr.com

@mariebellepr

10:15 am

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11:15 am

Rocket 1

You’ll leave feeling well energized and ready to blast off into your day!

Ahmed Jabali-Nash

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Class info

Progressive Ashtanga. Fun and evenly-paced flow. Look for hip-openers and forward-bending poses as well as arm balances and inversions. You’ll leave feeling well energized and ready to blast off into your day! All levels welcomed

About the Instructor(s)

Ahmed can be frequently seen doing handstands and arm balances all over the city, most especially in lululemon Athletica in Georgetown and Tysons Corner, where he is a brand ambassador. Although his forte is inversions, Ahmed has a strong background in various kinds of yoga including but not limited to: Bikram, Ashtanga, Baptiste, Power Vinyasa and Rocket. Ahmed completed his 200 hour teacher training through Corepower Yoga in April of 2014 and his Rocket yoga teacher training in October of 2014 through Little River Yoga with David C. Kyle. He also teaches creative classes such as yoga with weights, inversion and arm balance workshops and boot camp style classes. Ahmed has a very athletic background that includes Mixed Martial Arts, soccer, golf, running and cycling and practices yoga with prominent instructors such as Carson Calhoun, Irene Pappas, Mimi Rieger and David C. Kyle. He not only focuses on the physical aspect of yoga, but he also appreciates and practices the spiritual side of yoga. He meditates regularly and strives to keep a regular mindful personal practice. Ahmed enjoys teaching multi-level classes because he likes to instill strong basics with students and encourage them to progress. He focuses on teaching strong foundational skills and challenges even the most experienced students to push themselves to the next level.

ahmedtheyogiman.com

@theyogiman83

11:30 am

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12:30 pm

Fall Equinox Flow + Ancient Smoke Cleansing

A special yoga experience with the ancient ritual of smoke-cleansing

Marissa Walch

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Sonal Shah

Class info

Vinyasa Yoga class creatively designed to wake up the body and embrace the fall equinox together on our mats. Sequencing will be designed to detox the body through safe and effective movements available to all levels and with modifications offered. We will take our time to heat the body, move through a juicy flow. At the end of class, Sonal fromThe Om Room will help us let go of any negative and blocked energy through the ancient ritual of smoke-cleansing. All levels of yoga are welcome!

About the Instructor(s)

Marissa Walch, Best of Baltimore winner, is a full-time, certified fitness, yoga and wellness professional based in the Maryland area and has a large virtual audience. Marissa is a 500-hour registered yoga instructor, certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor leading a variety of classes and provides personal training to clients. During the summer you can find Marissa on the water at Capital SUP Annapolis as their stand-up paddleboarding fitness director, leading local and international yoga retreats and teaching large scale events outside. She’s also proud to partner with Pure Raw Juice as their leading Fueled Athlete, lululemon Baltimore ambassador and partnering with many other businesses and brands in the area. She hopes to inspire everyone she meets with her passion for wellness.

@marissawalch

www.marissawalch.com

www.youtube.com/marissawalch

www.facebook.com/marissawalchllc

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Sonal Shah believes in the power of scent and ancient ritual to transform one’s mood. She created The Om Room in her D.C. apartment and her mission is to help individuals transform their moods and create easy, everyday self-care rituals through a line of aromatherapy and energy-healing goods, all rooted in Ancient wisdom.

@theomroomco

12:45 pm

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2:00 pm

Vinyasa + Sound Healing

Vinyasa Flow and Relaxing Sound Bath

Kat Buechel

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Jeneen Piccuirro

Class info

Join Kat and Soul Voyage Studios for a 75 minute Vinyasa Flow practice that allows you to turn inward as we step into the sacred abundance of the autumn equinox. Pause to recognize what was important to you over summer as you prepare for the fall days ahead. ⁠The vinyasa practice will be focused on folding and twisting, designed to detox and renew the body. We will close the flow practice with a 30 minute long relaxation and sound bath led by Soul Voyage Studios.

About the Instructor(s)

Kat Buechel, Ph.D., is a Washington, D.C. based yoga instructor. Kat has trained in many different yoga styles: vinyasa flow, Prana Flow, Jivamukti, Lotus Flow, YogaWorks, and Katonah Yoga. She has seen how athletes of every type can grow and become stronger both mentally and physically for their lives off the mat. She believes in using the yoga practice to better organize your body for functionality off the mat and in life. She holds the following certifications as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT): E-RYT500 hour and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP) and serves as a lululemon Ambassador for the Washington, DC region.

@katbuechelyoga

http://www.321omfitness.com

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Jeneen Piccuirro, founder of Soul Voyage Studio. has been weaving art, sound, yoga, dance, qigong, energy work and healing modalities together for over 3 decades of teaching, guiding and leading meaningful and joyful events throughout the DMV and abroad. She has professionally apprenticed with a variety of master sound healers globally studying everything from mantra transmission to tuning fork therapy and diving into the subtle energy of sound as a potent healing modality. Jeneen has always been at the forefront of all things sound, healing & art centered and is a local pioneer in these fields. She continues to refine her craft, with creative and masterfully guided offerings customized to a variety of audiences, from small private ceremonies, to large scale public venues (National Building Museum, National Gallery of Art, Phillips Collection, Kreeger Museum,Torpedo Factory, Dupont Underground, The National Mall, Air & Space Museum, Museum of American Art and more). She also trains and mentors new and seasoned sound healers to deepen their art and skill.

@jeneenpiccuirro

soulvoyagestudio.com

facebook.com/soulvoyagestudio

@soul_voyage_studio

6pm

James Nasty

Ecstatic Dance

DJ Who

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