Sundew Studio brings yoga-based movement and meditation to people in the Pittsfield, Maine, region and is guided by the following beliefs:

You do not have to be "good" at yoga for it to benefit you.

The breath guides movement and meditation; the body remembers.

Yoga asana, the seat of attention, can be found anywhere; you determine how that happens.

We practice yoga in its many forms on the mat to improve life off the mat (or, at least, to take a mini-vacation from the stressors of life off the mat). Sometimes, yoga does not feel like a vacation: this is especially true when confronting Industrial Yoga, privilege, and fragility.

Yoga practiced in community can create a contagious feeling of unity, otherwise explained through polyvagal theory and the stimulation of the parasympathetic response.

Practice is an expansive, lifelong endeavor.

Practicing together reminds us of our perpetual interdependence and vulnerability and opens pathways for deeper connection with all those we encounter.

This heart-centered practice occurs in a safe and comfortable environment that welcomes all bodies and genders and races and religions as well as those who eschew such definitions.

Personal discernment about how the practices and teachers work -- or do not work for us -- is fundamental.