FAMILY YOGA
Experience Joy & Connection
Through Family Yoga
Welcome to the Family Yoga Program at St. Luke's. Our classes are led by a certified instructor and tailored for different age groups, providing a fun and meaningful way for families to connect. Experience the joy of practicing yoga together and meet other parents in the community. Join us in nurturing mindfulness, movement, and connection within your family and our community.
Baby Yoga
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Join Reenie for baby and caregiver yoga classes filled with movement, mindfulness, and connection. These gentle/therapeutic sessions of yoga, stories, song, puppets, and games are followed by conversation, coffee, and freshly baked scones. Bond with your baby and cultivate a nurturing community with other new parents. These inclusive classes offer caregivers and babies a supportive space to connect, fostering new friendships while promoting wellness in the community. All are welcome in this supportive space to connect and make new friends.
For babies 6 weeks to 2 years old and their caregivers. No yoga experience is required.
Sessions begin throughout the year - start at any time!
$25 Drop-ins / $100 Five Week Session / Free to all St. Luke's pledging members
Try it out - the first session is free!
Loving Touch Infant Massage Class with Reenie
Parents who learn the art of Infant Massage report feeling more comfortable and confident in their ability to care for baby and understand and respond to baby’s cues. Infant Massage is one of the most natural and pleasant methods of providing important early nurturing and is an amazing tool for helping parents become closer to their babies. There are many benefits to massaging your baby, such as: the release of oxytocin, known as the love hormone, in both parent and child; releases prolactin which promotes milk production in the mother; and endorphins, which support bonding, relaxation and growth. Infant Massage helps babies handle sensory stimulation and helps caregivers respond in a more relaxed manner to baby’s needs. It aids in better sleep, by assisting in the regulation of the sleep/wake cycle and stimulates all the systems of the body (nervous, circulatory, respiratory, elimination and immune). Most importantly, it’s fun!
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Sessions are scheduled periodically throughout the year.
$35 Per family / Free to all St. Luke's pledging members
Meet Reenie
Yoga Instructor &
Director of Children's Ministry at St. Luke's
Reenie Ruckdasechel is a certified Loving Touch Infant Massage instructor who has been telling stories to babies and their families in libraries, preschools, and at St. Luke’s for twenty years. Her storytime magic includes puppetry, rhymes, and songs for young children; each session is informed by her training in playful and joyous movement through Global Family Yoga, Subtle Yoga, and Loving Touch Infant Massage.
Upcoming Classes
Keeping God’s People Safe
The St. Luke’s community is committed to maintaining a safe and supportive atmosphere for our children and youth. To foster a secure environment, we provide Keeping God’s People Safe training to all who work with our children and youth, including church school teachers, mentors, clergy, and staff. This training sensitizes us to the dangers of child sexual abuse and teaches us to recognize and prevent situations in which abuse or exploitation might occur. Please contact the parish office if you have any questions regarding this training.