Upcoming Events

Yoga with Cab Spates

Cab Spates began studying yoga on the north shore of Oahu with Carol Campbell Dudley of Sandy Feet yoga in 1994. Frequent trips to the silent dance center studying with many senior Iyengar teachers. Kofi Busia, Marla Apt, Manuso Manos, John Leebold and more became a base of his practice… Other influences include studying Tai Chi with Herbert Pong in 1994 and Chi Gong at Tai Chuan University in Honolulu. Cab has had many other amazing teachers/ collogues including Gui Alves the Derose Method, Ashtanga with Zachary Hitchcock student of Pattabi Jois., Mara J Pike of Jasmine yoga and student of Shadow Yoga Yoga’s Shandor Remete. Later influences include teachers from Bhaktifest. Mark Whitwell, Shiva Rea, David Saul Raye, Dharma Mittra, Duncan Wong and more… Expect a unique class experience tailored to the needs of the participants in the given environment.
 

Wednesday, September 3
6:00pm
At the Cottonwood Glade
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @cab-spates

Cab first came to yoga for help with back problems from years of surfing in 1994 and discovered a vast spring of untapped possibilities.
Visit optimysstique.com for more insight about Cab Spates

Transcendental Dance with John Jennings (3John)

Step into an evening of conscious movement and soulful connection. Guided by the pulse of organic world music, this dance journey invites you to move freely—beyond choreography, beyond expectation. Rooted in presence and held in a sacred container, Transcendental Dance is a space where rhythm becomes prayer, motion becomes meditation, and the body remembers its innate wisdom. Together, we open to release, renewal, and transcend through dance.
 

Wednesday, September 3
8:00pm
At the Cottonwood Glade
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @lindfind

 John Jennings, under the name 3john, has been a fixture at Harbin Hot Springs and the Middletown community for the past 6 years. He has facilitated Ecstatic Dance and TranceDance programs regularly since Harbin reopened after the Valley Fire in 2018. He is a longtime musician, composer, and producer of dance music for several decades.

All Level Vinyasa Yoga with Kelly Costello

Vinyasa all level classes offered to help you move energy between soaks for an ultimate healing experience. Connect your movement with ujjayi breath to balance your nervous system and give your body some extra love. Drop into a guided, meditative flow wherever you are in your body today. Suitable for both the advanced student and beginner. Mats provided, please show up 10 minutes early if it’s your first ever class

 

Thursday & Friday, September 4 & 5
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Kelly-Costello-14

I’m so appreciative to have found such a deep love of Yoga at an early age because of my mom. I went on to get my 200 hour Yoga Alliance teacher training in Guatemala in 2016. An absolutely life changing experience, instilled a love of sharing the flow with other people.

Open Mic Show and Tell

All shenanigans welcome! Singing, poetry, dancing, storytelling, jokes, your favorite rock… Please join us!

The first Thursday of the month
6-8 pm in the Green Room

2025 Dates:
September 4, October 2, November 6, December 4

Yin Yoga with Dr. Amanda Ferraro DPT, RYT

Join Amanda for a deeply nourishing Yin yoga class designed to release tension, enhance flexibility and promote a sense of inner peace. This class will focus on slow, deep stretches with emphasis on breath control. Each pose will be held for several minutes to allow for tissue extensibility and relaxation.
 
Friday, September 5
3:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @AmandaFerraro
Paypal: aferraro17@gmail.com
 
Dr. Amanda Ferraro DPT, RYT lives here locally in Sierraville. She is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a yoga instructor. Amanda became a certified yoga instructor in 2022 in Bali and has since been guiding students both in person and online.
For more information visit DrFlowTherapy.com

Kelly Costello Live

Kelly Costello is a Bay area artist with a raspy and soulful timbre who loves to tell stories and capture audiences with her playful attitude and deep love of music.
Tickling the ivories since she was a little girl has blossomed into a beautiful teaching career, as well as participation in multiple different projects. Offering re-vamped solo versions of originals from her main project, Holy Smokes, she has been known to entertain a wide variety of audiences with sets on both the piano and guitar. 
An old gypsy soul meets a bluesy reggae jam with a booming alto voice to enchant your Sierraville experience.
You can find Holy Smokes on all streaming platforms by typing in the name of the album “Green Tourmaline” if you’d like to hear more.
 

Friday, September 5
7:30pm
In the Lobby at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Kelly-Costello-14

Forest Bathing Walk with Robert Bray

Immerse yourself in the natural splendor of Sierra Hot Springs, deepen your connection to its healing powers, and discover the simple pleasures of nature that are right here just for us with a forest bathing guided walk by Robert Bray.  Forest Bathing (or Forest Therapy) is a slow, gentle and meditative wander, activated by invitations offered by the guide and designed to deepen your sensory connection to nature. It is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or “bathing in the atmosphere of the forest,” developed to foster well-being and good health through the embodiment of the healing powers of nature.  We won’t walk far, it’s not a hike, we won’t literally bathe in water.  Walks last about 90 minutes. The focus is on connection to and relationship with the more than human world. Bring your curiosity, wear sturdy shoes, bring water if needed.
 

Saturday & Sunday, September 6 & 7
4:oopm
Meet at the Main Entrance to the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @PleasuresOfPresence

Robert Bray (he/they) is a certified forest bathing guide at the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT), whose motto is, “The forest is the therapy, the guide opens the doors.”  When not hiking the Sierras, Cascades or Bay Area trails, he leads forest bathing walks in redwoods, deserts, coastal wilderness and the parks of San Francisco, where he resides. Robert enjoyed a 40-year career in social justice and human rights activism, communications and philanthropy before discovering his passion for forest bathing.  
“Go out in the woods, go out.  If you don’t go out in the woods, nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.” 
— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves.

Healing Sound Bath with Devah

Time to be good to you. Settle deeper while drifting away with your own inner flow. This bath will include gongs, quartz singing bowls, flute, chimes, gentle drumming and some other soft surprises. I look forward to journeying with you.

Saturday, September 6
8:30pm
Sunday, September 7
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @heartglow

Devah has been working with Reiki and Sound for 15 years. Born and raised in Ireland he traveled the world for 15 years sitting with masters in Japan, India, Tibet and Portugal to refine his offering. He now lives here in the states and is excited to share sound with you all at his favorite hot spring.

Land in Dance with Miriam Wolodarski

Join us for a gentle movement session dedicated to experiencing the beautiful Sierra Valley directly through the senses. Through a mix of still and moving contemplation, we’ll delight in texture, shape, tone, and color, let ourselves be moved, and find new ways to connect with the environment, ourselves, and others. All bodies and abilities are welcome regardless of experience. It is recommended to wear sun protection, and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.

Thursday, September 11
6:00pm
At the Cottonwood Glade
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Miriam-Wolodarski

Miriam Wolodarski is a teaching artist with over a decade of experience facilitating contemporary dance, improvisation, and composition at universities, festivals, and studios. Her work takes a kinesthetic approach to the socio-political, emotional, and philosophical questions we hold in our bodies. Miriam’s original performances have been supported by programs at YBCA, CounterPULSE, TragantDansa, Centre Cívic Barceloneta, and The Hemispheric Institute, among others. As a dancer, she has had the privilege of dancing for Barbara Dilley, Scott Wells, and Sara Shelton Mann, among others. She is currently the Artistic Director of the arts organization Sense Object. senseobject.com

Contemplative Dance Practice with Miriam Wolodarski

Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) is a dancer’s meditation hall / a meditator’s dance hall. Based on the work of dancer and choreographer Barbara Dilley, the practice offers an array of tools to help us become aware of the movement of both body and mind. Through meditation we notice and focus, through movement we become alive and engaged, and through improvisational play we practice dropping our social mask, tuning to each other and our environment in new ways. The sessions consist of three parts: first, sitting meditation, in which we practice noticing the movement of the mind, and guiding our awareness. Second, facilitated personal awareness practice, in which we practice asking our body what it needs, letting go of ambition in favor of sensation and curiosity. Third, a series of improvisations in which we expand our awareness out into space to notice what is calling us, attending to the emergence of arrangements of time and space, relationships, influences, images, or emotions. The sessions are for all bodies; everyone is welcome to join, regardless of past movement experience.

Friday & Saturday, September 12 & 13
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Miriam-Wolodarski

Miriam Wolodarski is a teaching artist with over a decade of experience facilitating contemporary dance, improvisation, and composition at universities, festivals, and studios. Her work takes a kinesthetic approach to the socio-political, emotional, and philosophical questions we hold in our bodies. Miriam’s original performances have been supported by programs at YBCA, CounterPULSE, TragantDansa, Centre Cívic Barceloneta, and The Hemispheric Institute, among others. As a dancer, she has had the privilege of dancing for Barbara Dilley, Scott Wells, and Sara Shelton Mann, among others. She is currently the Artistic Director of the arts organization Sense Object. senseobject.com

 

Vinyasa Flow with Dr. Amanda Ferraro DPT, RYT

Join Amanda in a fun, strength vinyasa flow. The class will begin with going inward, setting an intention and using your breath to move from one posture to the next. Focusing on proper alignment, this class will have you feeling balanced, strong and open.
 
Friday, September 12
3:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @AmandaFerraro
Paypal: aferraro17@gmail.com
 
Dr. Amanda Ferraro DPT, RYT lives here locally in Sierraville. She is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a yoga instructor. Amanda became a certified yoga instructor in 2022 in Bali and has since been guiding students both in person and online.
For more information visit DrFlowTherapy.com

Silent Disco Dance Party: Open Movement & Stretch Time

Join us in the Green Room for a silent Disco dance party! Headphones are available for check out at the front desk

Friday & Saturday, September 12 & 13
8:00 – 9:30pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted

Fall Transition Sound Meditation with Gyöngyi Ridenour
New Beginnings · Harvesting Emotions · Inner Clarity

As we approach the September New Moon and the autumn equinox, you’re invited to pause, reflect, and attune to the sacred shift of the seasons. This sound meditation is designed to guide you through the energetic doorway of fall transition—a time to gently release what no longer serves and make space for new intentions to take root.
With the support of grounding frequencies, healing instruments, and guided inner reflection, we’ll tune into the emotional harvest of the year so far—honoring what you’ve grown, what you’re ready to let go of, and what you now feel called to create.
This class will include:
Gentle breathwork to calm the nervous system
Guided meditation for emotional harvesting and release
A soothing sound bath to nourish your energy body
Intention setting to align with the coming new moon
Come as you are. No experience needed—just an open heart and the courage to begin again.
✨ Perfect for grounding, clarity, emotional reset, and entering the new season with presence.
 

Friday, September 19
8:30pm
Saturday, September 20
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Gyongyi-Ridenour

Gyöngyi Ridenour is a seasoned Sound Healer with over 15 years of experience, offering transformative healing experiences through sound. Born in Romania with Hungarian roots, Gyöngyi’s journey has taken her across the globe, settling in the USA where she has cultivated her expertise in sound healing.
Her transformative encounter with Metal Singing Bowls in Austria, under the guidance of Ulriche K., a certified Sound Healer, inspired her to become certified as a Sound Healer, Reiki Master, Emotion Code practitioner, and AromaTouch practitioner with DoTerra. Gyöngyi’s 15 years of sound healing experience have led her to train over 50 individuals in sound healing and offer her services at festivals, retreats, and women’s circles.
In 2012, Gyöngyi traveled to India to earn her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification, integrating sound and essential oils into her classes in the Lake Tahoe region. Her journey also includes certifications in life coaching and psychic abilities, enhancing her capabilities as a healer.
Gyöngyi has been a valued member of The Sanctuary and Mountain Lotus Studio in Truckee for several years, where she leads sound healing meditations, yoga sound healing and offers private sessions, contributing her expertise and passion for holistic wellness. Passionate about guiding others towards well-being, Gyöngyi specializes in mindset assessment as a spiritual life coach, helping individuals gain new perspectives and take inspired actions towards their goals. Gyöngyi’s focus on holistic tools and experiences supports others on their path to greater well-being and fulfillment. In the winter, she also teaches cross-country skiing part-time and she is a certified Level 3 PSIA member instructor at Tahoe Donner in Truckee.
gyoharmony.com

Slow Flow with Shaelyn McLain

Rooted in Hatha vinyasa and inspired by the Dynamic Release Method™, this slow flow class emphasizes nervous system repair, mindful movement, and the healing power of the mind-body connection. Expect intentional alignment, myofascial release techniques, and breath-guided sequences designed to restore balance and deepen awareness from the inside out. Suitable for all levels. 

 

Saturday, September 20
4:oopm
Sunday, September 21
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Shannon-McLain_1444

Shaelyn (RYT–200) is an international yoga teacher and mindfulness-based leadership practitioner. Her yoga teachings, influenced by the Dynamic Release Method TM, are grounded in the Hatha vinyasa style, emphasize nervous system repair, the mind-body connection, myofascial release, and intentional alignment. She is also certified in restorative yoga and sound healing. 

She holds both a PhD and an MS in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University, where she also serves as a graduate professor in the College of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences. Shaelyn is an experienced wellness coach who ran her own private practice for several years and served as the head of health coaching for a virtual integrative healthcare company. She is also a professionally trained facilitator (through Saybrook University and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine) equipped to lead transformative groups using a variety of mind-body therapies and modalities that support meditation, spiritual insight, and overall well-being. 

New Moon Drum Circles

Bring drums, noisemakers and yourselves…

The Saturday closest to the New Moon
8:00pm – Midnight
At the Drum Circle past the Meditation Pool
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously Accepted

2025 Dates:
September 20, October 18, November 22, December 20

Circle Singing with Kappé Rousseau

Circle Singing is collective vocal improvisation: making stuff up and singing it together on the fly.
The facilitator creates melodies and sings them to sections of the circle. Layers of harmonies, rhythms, counter rhythms spring up with no written music. Participants will get the experience of hearing their part as an integral piece of the whole experience. The facilitator offers the pulse, feel and vibe of the flow of emotion.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, September 26, 27, 28
8:30pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Kappe-Rousseau

My passion for musical creativity started at an early age when I became bored with piano lessons. I had to ‘practice’ or at least ‘play’ the piano every day for an hour. I started making things up – changing things up and re-arranging the music. Later in life, I lived in NYC for a time and I created a business of ‘arranging’ music for artists who were looking to attract interest in their songs. I can hear where the music is going in my head and then lay it out, or play it out.
I’ve played professionally as part of a group and solo for years. I have a background in classical/orchestral performance in percussion. My main instrument is piano and I am just as comfortable with guitar in open tunings. I have a BA in Music from U.C. Berkeley. My background in Circle Singing is from Oakland California and the Circle Singing team of Bobby McFerrin. I decided to bring Circle Singing anywhere I can so that people can experience the power of the collective voice and also tap deeply into their inner being and soul and SING!
www.circlesing.org

The Vision Workshop™ with Kappé Rousseau

3 Keys to Mastering Your Results
• Do you want to feel more purpose and fullfilment in your life?
• Do you want to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be?
• Do you have a dream, yet don’t know where to begin to achieve it?
If these questions resonate with you, then you are going to love this workshop!

In 1853, Henry David Thoreau wrote a famous essay called “Walden,” in which he included a hidden code for prosperous living. During this dynamic Vision workshop, you will unlock this code so that you can harness your life’s purpose and the prosperity you deserve!

You will learn:
• Three essential keys for mastering your life results.
• A 5-point test for determining whether your dream is right for you.
• To recognize and rewire old patterns that no longer serve you.
• What wealthy people do that creates sustained success.
• The number one factor that causes people to lose steam when going after a dream, and how to stay motivated and override it.
• A proven method for dissolving resistance to prosperity so you can attract higher levels of results and abundance.
• The 1 critical thing you must do to reach your dream.
And much more!
Kappé’s mission is simple: To help people step into the most empowered, alive and purposeful version of themselves. Clarity, Purpose, Prosperity

Saturday & Sunday, September 27 & 28
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Kappe-Rousseau

About Kappé Rousseau
Certified DreamBuilder® Life Coach with the Brave Thinking Institute
For over 40 years, Kappé has inspired organizations and individuals to envision bold possibilities, accelerate meaningful results, and design lives they truly love.
Kappé helps clients reconnect to their inner resonant wisdom and awaken the infinite potential and power within.
Today, Kappé brings this same spirit of creativity and connection to her Vision Workshops — Helping people clarify what they truly want, break free from the patterns that hold them back, and align with the mindset and energy needed to realize their dreams
For more information:
Kappé Rousseau
510-384-8164