Featured Events
FREE Outdoor Yoga
Sundays 11a-12p STARTS April to October
Change your life with 30 weeks of free yoga!
We’re grateful to continue this collaboration with New Brunswick DevCo, RWJ-Barnabas, and Rutgers University. Join us on the lawn at The Yard @ College Ave every Sunday for energizing yoga classes that refresh body and mind. Each week brings a new teacher or style—keeping the experience fresh, fun, and open to all.
If the weather doesn’t cooperate, check our updates at 9:00 am on Instagram or our website. Classes may move to the boardwalk area or indoors in the lobby if needed.
How to Participate
Arrive early to sign in and settle in your spot. Classes start promptly at 11 am.
Bring your essentials – mat, towel, blanket, and a water bottle. (A limited number of mats are available to borrow.)
Dress comfortably for movement and the outdoors.
Check the weather update by 9 am on class day:
Garden of Healing Yoga website
Invite a friend or bring family—kids are welcome to move and play alongside!
FAQs
Q: Do I need to register in advance?
A: No registration required. Just show up, sign in, and roll out your mat.
Q: What if it rains?
A: We announce weather-related changes at 9 am on the day of class. Options include moving to the boardwalk or indoors in the lobby.
Q: Is this really free?
A: Yes! Thanks to our community partners, these classes are provided at no charge.
Q: Do I need prior yoga experience?
A: Not at all—our classes are open to all levels, from first-timers to seasoned yogis.
Q: Are restrooms available?
A: Yes, you’ll have access to restrooms and a water fountain for refills.
Q: Can I bring my kids?
A: Absolutely! Kids are welcome to join in or simply enjoy movement on the lawn.
Q: Who teaches the classes?
A: Classes are taught by Bharati, Fania, Coco, and the Garden of Healing Team, plus guest instructors throughout the season.
Bonus Sunday Fun
Make a day of it! After yoga, enjoy lunch or a snack at one of the surrounding eateries. During the summer, stick around for free outdoor movies at 4 pm on Sundays.
Garden of Healing Within a Family of Services
Building Capacity Through Practice, Education, Culture & Community Care
Yoga Healing Consortium (YHC) is a living ecosystem of education, wellness services, and community initiatives dedicated to building human capacity—individually, relationally, and collectively.
Fifteen years in the making, the Consortium has grown from sustained, hands-on work in yoga education, therapeutic practice, cultural arts, community wellness, and institutional collaboration. What exists today is not a new concept or short-term initiative, but the natural convergence of long-standing programs, relationships, and lived experience—now unified under one intentional framework.
At a time when individuals and institutions alike are navigating overload, fragmentation, and rapid change, the Consortium offers integrative pathways that support regulation, clarity, resilience, creative expression, and meaningful connection. Our work bridges personal practice with professional application, individual healing with communal participation, and personal well-being with organizational and cultural care.
Rather than isolated programs, YHC operates as a connected system—supporting people across life stages, roles, and contexts, from private journeys to shared creative practice and large-scale institutional initiatives.
Core Areas of the Consortium’s Work
Personal & Relational Well-Being
Through individual sessions, small-group work, and shared practice spaces, we support nervous system regulation, embodied awareness, and sustainable personal growth.
Education & Professional Development
Through Yoga Healing Consortium Institute (YHCI), we offer learning cycles, trainings, and certifications that prepare teachers, healers, and facilitators to lead with presence, integrity, and relational skill across educational, clinical, community, and organizational settings.
Cultural & Communal Expression
Through Hub City Drum & Dance, we cultivate healing expression, creativity, and communal rhythm through culturally rooted drum and dance practices. This work supports joy, vitality, and social connection—while extending access to cultural arts in communities that may not otherwise encounter these traditions.
Community & Institutional Wellness
We collaborate with community organizations, schools, healthcare systems, universities, and other institutions to design wellness initiatives that strengthen leadership, support staff and community well-being, and foster resilient, relational cultures.
Together, these pathways form a continuum of care, learning, and expression—grounded in embodied practice, cultural respect, conscious service, and real-world application.
Explore the Consortium
For Individuals & Groups
Personal practice, therapeutic services, group wellness, and community offerings
👉 Explore Garden of Healing ServicesFor Learners, Teachers & Facilitators
Educational cycles, professional development, and training programs
👉 Explore YHCI Educational OfferingsFor Creative & Communal Practice
Drum, dance, cultural arts, and rhythm-based community gatherings
👉 Explore Hub City Drum & DanceFor Organizations & Institutions
Staff wellness, leadership support, cultural programming, and systems-level initiatives
👉 Explore Events & Programs
Winter Invitation: Integration and Steady Practice
February 8 – March 21 | Hybrid Online + In-Person
Limited Time, Limited Space
The Winter Invitation is a six-week cycle designed to support integration, steadiness, and embodied clarity through shared practice.
This cycle emphasizes simpler, intentional rhythms—offering space to absorb what has already been learned, reconnect with the body’s wisdom, and continue your work within a held, relational container.
What the Winter Cycle Holds
Foundational & Elemental Practice
Kundalini, Classic Sivananda, Meditation, and MantraNervous System & Energetic Regulation
Breath, sound, subtle awareness, and guided integrationRelational & Communal Practice
Shared practice spaces, reflection, and connection—online and in personOptional Professional Pathways
Introductory workshops and learning experiences that support teachers, healers, and facilitators preparing for deeper training in the spring
At the heart of the cycle is the LifeWork Block—our data-driven design for delivering modern mind-body education in a way that supports reset, insight, embodiment, and restoration, so information can be integrated, not just consumed.
This offering is ideal for those who are already in their work and seeking a place to be held in practice, rather than pushed toward performance or productivity.