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Students practice Ashtanga Yoga, reaching their arms up towards the ceiling in a room with wooden floors
Mondays to Thursdays
6 - 9am
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Ashtanga Yoga: Mysore-Style Sessions (Mon-Thu) - Spring 2026
Open to All
Mysore-style classes provide students the opportunity to expand their experience and knowledge through individualized instruction and allow for traditional ashtanga yoga sequences to be modified to suit individual needs. This is a great class for beginners and those looking to deepen their relationship with yoga and establish a regular, personalized, and sustainable practice.
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Yoga class touching toes
Fridays
6:30 - 8am
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Ashtanga Yoga: Sanskrit-Counted Led Primary Series - Spring 2026
Open to All
In this class, the instructor leads participants through the entire ashtanga primary series, pairing movement with in- and out-breath to the traditional Sanskrit-counted vinyasa. The aim is for participants to flow through the poses and breathe together in a moving group meditation. As time does not allow for the instructor to explain the poses or the flow between them, this class is most suitable for those with experience practicing Ashtanga yoga.
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John Bultman with several people around a table. Cups of chai are on the table.
Fridays
8 - 9am
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Chai & Chats (Yoga Q&A)
Open to All
We will discuss yoga-related topics from philosophical ideas to questions about poses over a cup of chai. All are welcome. No physical practice required. Led by John Bultman.
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a group of students sits on a wooden floor in the Contemplative Commons and meditates, overlooking the foliage below from the floor to ceiling window
Mondays to Fridays
11:30 - 11:50am
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Mindfulness and Meditation
Open to All
Learn about and practice mindfulness and meditation in these free, drop-in sessions for all of the UVA and Charlottesville community. Open and accessible to beginners and advanced practitioners alike, these guided sessions are short and provide time for questions and reflection.
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photo divided into three images: sound bowls, tai chi pose, yoga pose
Fridays
1 - 4:30pm
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Friday Rest Fest
Open to All
Join us Friday afternoons for these contemplative activities specially curated to help you reconnect with your body and feel refreshed for the weekend. (Sound Bath, Qi Gong, Yoga, and T'ai Chi) Drop in to any class. All are open to the public.
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yoga class yoga pose hands above head
Tuesdays to Thursdays
5:30 - 6:45pm
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Ashtanga Yoga: Active Series
Open to All

The Active Series was developed by Sharath Jois and derived from a traditional Ashtanga Yoga practice. It retains all the benefits of the traditional method keeping the linking of movement with breath but includes new more accessible postures for a wider range of students in a modern age and setting. Students from all levels will be able to participate in a non-intimidating inclusive setting. Classes are open to all.

This class is also offered on Monday from 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm.

Instructor: John Bultman

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yoga class yoga pose hands above head
Mondays
12:45 - 2pm
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Monday Ashtanga Yoga: Active Series
Open to All

The Active Series was developed by Sharath Jois and derived from a traditional Ashtanga Yoga practice. It retains all the benefits of the traditional method keeping the linking of movement with breath but includes new more accessible postures for a wider range of students in a modern age and setting. Students from all levels will be able to participate in a non-intimidating inclusive setting. Classes are open to all.

This class is also offered Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 5:30-6:45 pm.

Instructor: John Bultman

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Dawn sky looking down a country road during the summer
Tuesdays
10 - 10:30am
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Spring Renewal Meditation Series: Emerging Light
Open to All
As the days grow longer and the earth begins to soften, we’re invited to do the same. Emerging Light is a four-week meditation series designed to gently guide you from winter’s stillness into spring’s quiet awakening. Together we’ll clear what feels heavy, reconnect with breath and energy, tend to what is beginning to grow, and step forward with renewed clarity and intention.
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Headshot or Peter Hershock
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AI, Agency, and Alignment: An Coevolutionary Buddhist Perspective
Open to All
Artificial intelligence is being celebrated by techno-optimists as setting humanity on a glidepath into utopian futures of frictionless choice. Techno-pessimists warn that AI poses an existential threat to humanity and may curtail our abilities to choose our own futures. Distinguishing between AI tools and intelligent technology, this talk by Peter Hershock (University of Hawaii) will take a coevolutionary, "middle path" approach to understanding and responding to developments along the agential frontiers of human-AI interdependence to realize more humane futures for all.
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