November Update
- Linda Castronovo
- Nov 1
- 5 min read
Oct 28, 2025
Schedule Update: Early November Classes
Our regular morning classes WILL NOT be held at the Munson Library on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, November 3–5, due to setup, voting, and cleanup for the town election.
No worries - you can still start your mornings with yoga from the comfort of your home! Join us online at 8:00 AM with the same Zoom Link all three days.
Online Morning Yoga Options
Monday, November 3 | 8:00 AM – with Chris (Venmo: @Christine-Paradis)
Tuesday, November 4 | 8:00 AM – with Erin (Venmo: @Erin-Schifferli)
Wednesday, November 5 | 8:00 AM – with Kim (Venmo: @kmdeshaies)
Election Day Evening Yoga
Prefer to unwind later in the day? On Tuesday, November 4 at 6:00 PM, join Christie Rosen for a gentle, grounding slow flow designed to help move energy, release stress, and find peace in the present moment.
👉 Click here to sign up directly or visit Christie’s website for her full class schedule (Venmo: @ChristieRosen)
All of these classes are offered freely. If you’d like to offer a donation, you can do so via each teacher’s Venmo (listed or linked above).
Read on for information about upcoming workshops and events that you won’t want to miss. You can also find everything you need to know (including links to register) on our website.
What the Heck is Happening to My Body?
Midlife Nutrition with Amanda Mittman
Sunday, November 2 Noon-1:30 PM
Hadley Public Library Community Room, 50 Middle Street, Hadley
Midlife is a wild ride and no one gives you a map. Hormones shift, energy dips, body composition changes, and sleep becomes a cruel joke. Nutrition and wellness in midlife isn’t about dieting harder or pushing through fatigue, contrary to what we have been taught. Let’s learn to work with your body instead of constantly fighting it. Caring for yourself during this time can lead to more strength, stability, better moods, and a deeper sense of peace in your own skin.
This session will pull back the curtain on what the heck is actually happening in your body during midlife. We’ll break down the changes in hormones, metabolism, and muscle mass, and talk about what you actually need to thrive, no fad diets, no shame. You’ll leave with real-life strategies for fueling your body, protecting your bones and muscles, improving energy and sleep, and ditching the crazy amount of wellness noise that’s been making you feel like you’re doing it all wrong.
Yoga Dance with Diana Peters-Ross
Friday, November 14 6:30 PM
Munson Library, 1046 South East Street, Amherst
Join Diana Peters-Ross for an evening of fun music and movement. No dance experience is required, just a desire to move your body to the beat!
Sick Again! Prevent Common Winter Ailments
Learn gentle, effective, and natural medicine with Dr. Amy Rothenberg
Sunday, November 16 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Hadley Public Library Community Room, 50 Middle Street Hadley
Review evidence-based approaches to help modify risk for winter ailments and help you move through illnesses when you do fall sick. Topics include:
the role of the microbiome in sickness and health,
therapeutic nutrition,
botanical medicine,
hydrotherapy,
time for questions and answers
Crafting Medicine Melodies with Alice Feldman
A 6-week series: November 17-December 29th (no class December 1st)
Mondays 6:30 - 8:30 PM, Munson Library, 1046 South East Street, Amherst
Learn how to let yourself be the instrument for the songs that bubble up inside of you. These may include wordless chants, non-lexical songs, and vocables that are asking to be shared. These melodies can be balms, salve on a dark night (or sunny morning) of the soul. Learn about ancient song traditions. Then, create your own medicine melodies.
Partner Yoga: The Art of Connection
Yoga, Breathing, and Massage with Erin Schifferli
Friday, November 21 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Munson Library, 1046 South East Street, Amherst
Partner Yoga is a playful community class that offers all-levels yoga, breathing, Thai yoga massage, and final relaxation - all alongside a partner. Practicing with another person allows us to discover new depths within our range of motion.
Coming Soon: More Everyday Fitness
We had a great response to our first Mindful Fitness Workshop (renamed to Everyday Fitness) at My Health Matters earlier this month. Chris, Jo, and Linda will be back on Sunday, December 7th to begin a series of more focused 60-minute workshops: Cardio/Strength, Strength and Resistance Training, Cardio/HIIT, Core Stability and Balance, Mobility/Flexibility, and more. Stay tuned for more information.
The Science and Spirit of Trataka
A Winter Solstice Candle Gazing Ritual with Kim Deshaies
Sunday, December 21 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Munson Library, 1046 South East Street, Amherst
Trataka, also known as fire kasina or candle gazing meditation, is a yogic meditation in which one focuses the eyes and attention on the flame of a candle. In classical yoga texts, Trataka is said to purify the mind, steady attention, and awaken intuitive insight. Modern research supports many of these traditional claims: studies have found that Trataka can improve concentration, visual attention, and sleep quality, while reducing stress, brain fog, and mental restlessness.
How Everyday Wellbeing Works
There is no charge for any of our offerings. All of our teachers and providers donate their services, time, and expertise and receive only the money deposited into the donation box (or sent to their personal Venmo). Teachers gratefully accept this expression of appreciation, AND donations are never expected.
It is important and central to the mission of Everyday Wellbeing that all events are free and open to all. Everyone is welcome regardless of their ability to donate.
If you have the means, a donation to Everyday Wellbeing moves us toward a vision of community-supported wellness that makes vibrant health accessible to all by offering a wider variety of free, donation-based classes, workshops, and events.
We acknowledge your donations by email. If you don’t receive a heartfelt thank you and a receipt (for tax purposes), please check your junk folder for an email from info@everydaywellbeing.org. Thank you!
Make a Recurring Donation of Any Amount…Get a Gift!
Although you won’t need it until next season…you can receive a waterproof base mat (upcycled from donated feed bags) when you make a recurring donation of any amount. Also available (while supplies last) are 12 baby fig trees. They are about to go dormant for the winter and will need to be moderately protected until the spring, but they came from a tree that gave us over 1000 figs this season! Click the link below to make a recurring donation. Then, come pick up your tree! Thank you!
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