We live in crisis and in savoring, often in the same breath. The middle path asks us to make room for both.

Over three hours, Elena Brower and Olga Sokolova will guide a practice toward that wide, soft place within us—one spacious enough for thought, judgment, and opinion to arise and move through without needing to remain.

Elena begins with asana and contemplative stillness, inviting us to witness the mind as it generates, holds, and releases.

Through movement, meditation, and quiet observation, we create a more spacious weave in the mind and body for whatever is present.

Olga then leads us into the body’s own architecture—its joints, fascia, and the innate intelligence connecting them. Through slow, fluid patterns of movement, we awaken sensation, curiosity, and a deeper capacity to listen.

As the afternoon unfolds, we move into rhythm, improvisation, and expression, discovering coherence not by forcing or performing, but by listening for what is already here.
A gathering devoted to the middle ground: between stillness and dynamism, structure and freedom, a world in crisis and the moments that make it worth living.

About Elena Brower 
Elena Brower is the bestselling author of five books and has taught yoga and meditation for nearly three decades. Integrating her study of Zen with yoga asana, she creates practices that invite stillness within and around us. Now a chaplain grounded in service and care, Elena accompanies people who are dying and those living within the carceral system. Her work also includes teaching courses, creating art, and writing books and essays.

About Olga Sokolova
Olga Sokolova is a movement artist, choreographer, educator, and founder of MIDL GROUND Movement Practice, an integrative approach bridging somatic awareness, internal martial arts, biomechanics, functional mobility, and creative movement research. She guides participants toward movement that emerges through listening—exploring presence before performance, sensation before shape, and coherence before complexity.