Kripalu Yoga

Yoga_DSC_4359-TiINSTRUCTOR: Claire Manganello

Investment: $12/drop-in or $60/6 classes

Classes begin with warm-up movements and breath awareness to prepare for yoga postures. The heart of each class is a sequence of postures that stretch, strengthen, and balance your body. Each class ends with deep relaxation and meditation. This class will be a gentle yoga class. Due to Covid-19 concerns, classes will be held outside, weather permitting. If held indoors, social distancing and mask requirements apply.

For more information contact us at 781-585-4221 or email denise@hopefloatswellness.org

How you help make a difference…Each time you take a workshop, class or get a treatment at Hope Floats you support the Hope Floats Foundation. A portion of fees provide free support services to adults, children and teens. Thank you for your support!

Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity offering educational, support and wellness services.

After the death of his spouse, Gary Sturgis thought there was no possibility of ever feeling joyful or happy again. His life had changed and he was in a very dark place. But over time, he progressed through his grief journey and eventually began to experience light and happy moments. He was healing, and today he is a survivor. You can be a survivor too!
In this special Workshop, Gary throws you a “life preserver” if you’re drowning in your grief. He knows first-hand the intense feelings of pain and sadness after the death of a loved one. He allowed himself to experience those emotions and came to realize they wouldn’t last forever.
Gary uses his own path to healing as a reference, together with lessons learned as a health-care professional and grief specialist to help others find their own way to healing after a loss. He will take you through the physical and emotional effects of grief, helping you to navigate its difficult aspects while teaching you to recover during the process.
Gary will share his own personal stories, offering helpful advice and reassuring guidance, so you can learn new ways to honor your loved one by finding your own way from grief to healing.
Registration required. REGISTER HERE
For more information contact us at 781-585-4221 or email denise@hopefloatswellness.org
Mike’s Club Summer Programs 

We are thrilled to offer a six-week summer program for loss of a parent, caregiver, or sibling for children, teens, and their families. These will be in-person meetings which will run from mid-July through mid-August. Children will engage in creative music and art-themed expressive activities focused on processing grief and loss.

Dates: Tuesdays, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16

Registration is required. To register contact us at 781-585-4221 ext. 3.

Kundalini Yoga

LINDA 5INSTRUCTOR: Linda Sheldon
Investment: $12/drop-in or $60/6 classes.

Experience vitality, strength and inner peace with Kundalini Yoga with Linda Sheldon.  *Guided movement * Breathwork *Vibrational Sound *Deep Relaxation
 
For more information contact us at 781-585-4221
 
How you help make a difference…each time you take a workshop, class or get a treatment at Hope Floats you support the Hope Floats Foundation. A portion of fees provide free support groups, hospice programs and grants for individuals facing financial difficulties who need our services. Thank you for your support!
Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity offering educational, support and wellness services.

This group is open to anyone experiencing the loss of a spouse or partner. This group is led by a peer-facilitator, Gary Sturgis and our Program Manager, Heather Gray.

Group will be every Thursday for six weeks from 6:30-8:00 pm in person.
The dates are: 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, and 7/7.

Registration is required. Contact Heather Gray at 781-585-4221 ext. 2.

Note this is a virtual group ~ Registration is required

This group is open to any parent coping with the death of a child of any age to an overdose. The group will meet every other Tuesday from 5:30 -7:00. 5/10, 5/24, 6/7

Fall dates TBA

Registration: Denise Brack, 781-585-4221

There is no charge for this group. Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center is a non-profit public charity with 501(c)(3) status offering educational, support and wellness services.

Yoga_DSC_4359-TiINSTRUCTOR: Claire Manganello

Embrace this opportunity to learn ways to quiet the nervous system, quiet the mind, connect with nature and to find harmony and balance in your life. Restorative yoga is a nurturing practice that promotes deep relaxation and renewal within the body. Props such as bolsters, pillows and folded blankets support and stabilize the body in restorative yoga postures that are usually held for 3-10 minutes! The postures are designed to release deeply held tensions, sooth the nervous system, strengthen the immune system and refill our spiritual wells. Warm-up exercises, postures, meditation, and yogic breathing release stress and promote healing during this gentle practice. After a restorative yoga session, most people feel rested, renewed, more deeply connected to their authentic self, and more open to healing, growth and balance in their lives. Please consider nurturing your soul with one of these gentle but powerful classes.

Fee: $25

Registration is required. Space is limited. REGISTER HERE.

For more information contact us at 781-585-4221 or email denise@hopefloatswellness.org

How you help make a difference…Each time you take a workshop, class or get a treatment at Hope Floats you support the Hope Floats Foundation. A portion of fees provide free support groups, hospice programs and grants for individuals facing financial difficulties who need our services. Thank you for your support!

Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity offering educational, support and wellness services.

Summer Outdoor Kripalu Yoga

Yoga_DSC_4359-TiINSTRUCTOR: Claire Manganello

Investment: $12/drop-in or $60/6 classes
Classes begin with warm-up movements and breath awareness to prepare for yoga postures. The heart of each class is a sequence of postures that stretch, strengthen, and balance your body. Each class ends with deep relaxation and meditation. This class will be a gentle yoga class.

For more information contact us at 781-585-4221 or email denise@hopefloatswellness.org

How you help make a difference…Each time you take a workshop, class or get a treatment at Hope Floats you support the Hope Floats Foundation. A portion of fees provide free support groups, hospice programs and grants for individuals facing financial difficulties who need our services. Thank you for your support!

Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity offering educational, support and wellness services.

Fundamentals of Grief: Helping Individuals Navigate Their Grief Journey:
A 6 CE in person workshop for social service professionals, educators, and members of the community

Saturday, May 21, 2022 ~ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Registration required REGISTER HERE

Workshop cost with 6 CE credits: $175  –  Workshop cost without CE credits: $129

Workshop facilitated by Maureen Walsh, NP, FT and Erin Hourahan, LICSW

Registration deadline 5/17/22. Cancellations made before 5/16/22 will be fully refunded. No refunds after 5/16/22. Certificates of completion will be mailed to participants after fully attending all six hours of this workshop and completion of workshop evaluations. For more information contact us 781-585-4221 ext.3 or at info@hopefloatswellness.org

Find more information on our training page.

 

In-person workshop – Wednesdays 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (6 week session)
Starts: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 9:00 am through June 8, NO CLASS May 25
Instructor:  Laura Tryon Jennings, CAGs

Fee: $198 (plus $28 supply fee) – SOLD OUT

Tap into an extraordinary resource: the vibrant, vital force of your own creative character in a nurturing, encouraging, and safe environment and discover your distinctive path to oil painting. You only need bring the willingness to give up any attachment to feeling you have no talent or creativity. The focus of this workshop is to enjoy the creative experience and self-nurturing qualities oil painting can provide to your soul. It offers a unique blend of learning the basics of oil painting materials, foundations of color theory, color mixing, composition and working with the flow of the creative process to awaken creative spirit, remember playfulness, and open a fuller expression of authentic self by nurturing your essence. Artist Jennings approaches teaching each student individually, so they can paint freely, at their own level, and paint a subject (landscape, still life, portrait, abstract, interior, etc. from life and/or from a photograph) befitting their skills and needs. The workshop can be used as a vehicle for expression, playing with paint, learning the techniques of oil painting, and/or to have instructional oil painting, which means you truly can be a beginner, intermediate, or simply get a feel for oil painting. All supplies will be provided or bring your own supplies if you prefer.

For students who have absolutely no background in painting and desire instructional painting, I recommend one or two private classes with me before jumping into a six-week session. If this isn’t feasible, I ask for patience, particularly on the first day, and encourage you to contact me with your email and phone # so I can connect with you at least one week before class. (LTryonJennings@gmail.com, 781-837-7982 landline)

All supplies will be provided or bring your own supplies if you prefer. There is a 12-student maximum. No Credits or Refunds