Class Descriptions

Earth Day Yoga and Sound Healing in The Wild Fig

April 25th from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. led by Jay Jay Jones-Zaia and Katie Hipple

$35-$45 (sliding scale)

Step in to a sacred morning where nature and stillness intertwine. On Saturday April 25th from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m., the Wild Fig Hoop House transforms into a tranquil sanctuary for an Earth Day gathering designed to nourish body, mind, and spirit. Guided by Jay Jay, you’ll sink into the quiet depths of Yin Yoga, allowing each pose to soften the body and open space within. As you rest and release, Katie will weave in gentle waves of healing vibrational sound, creating a soothing soundscape that flows through the greenhouse like a whisper from the Earth itself. Surrounded by the living energy of The Wild Fig, this experience invites you to slow down, reconnect with the rhythms of nature, and honor the grounding spirit of Earth Day. Come breathe, listen, and awaken and attune your body to Spring.

• 9:00-10:30 a.m. Guided Yin yoga with Jay Jay Jones-Zaia, RYT-200

  immersed with a healing Sound Bath led by Katie Hipple, RYT-200

• 10:30- 11 a.m. half hour of time available to you post class for tea, reflection, presence and stillness

• Earth Day Celebration held at Gateway Farm from 12-4 p.m.

Please bring a yoga mat or towel, a blanket, warm layers and a water bottle for your comfort during the session.

Tune In

Every other Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. with Brit Connors (5/6 & 5/20 in May)

This class will aim to get you in touch with your breath, your senses, your spirit, and your connectivity while working its way towards a slower paced flow style class. Class will typically resolve in 20-30 minutes of yoga nidra (known as “yogi’s sleep”), a deeply restorative guided state of relaxation. Yoga Nidra is akimbo to dreaming while awake.

This class is suitable for all levels and walks of life. Please bring your own mat!

Guided Meditation

Every other Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. with Hriday Ericson (5/13 and 5/27 in May)

This class is $15 when preregistering, and $18 to drop-in.
Guided Meditation is lovingly guided by Gateway Farm's own Hriday. No previous meditation experience required. This class will give you time, space, and tools to explore, practice, and commit to the gift of your meditation practice in community. There will often be some light movement, a guided practice portion, and then time to sit, reflect, and be in your own inner stillness.

This class is suitable for all levels and walks of life. Please bring a mat!

Radiant Flow

Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. with by Veronica Shah

This class offers a combination of holding asanas and finding awareness in your body while moving through intentional flows, breath work, and guided meditation. Radiant Flow is intended to be a space for yogis of all fitness levels to find what supports their bodies best through exploration and breath.  Expect to be lovingly and comfortably challenged; a great class for witnessing and claiming your own growth, strength, and inner compass.

This class is suitable for all levels and walks of life. Please bring a mat!

Brit Connors

Brit is a classically trained actor and director that found her way to the yoga mat officially in 2009 in New York City, seeking more space, more movement, more wild, and missing the various theatre classes and techniques she was trained in. She was awestruck by how so many things she was seeking and missing seemed to culminate in one practice on one mat; something as organic and fluid as the ocean, expressive as storytelling, relieving as a good friend, cosmic as the stars, grounding as the earth, and both deep and light as anything. She received her 200 hour YTT in NYC in 2016 and hopes to share these experiences with you in class; where you can discover your own poetry, your own buoyant ups and downs, and your own dance. She believes in building radical resilience, compassion, honesty, and joy on the mat that trickles off of it and with practice, and awareness, into every other avenue of your life. She is truly thrilled to get to share this small patch of heaven and healing with you that is Gateway Farm!

Hriday Ericson (coming soon!)

Jay Jay Jones-Zaia

My yoga journey began in 2001. My first yoga class was extremely challenging, both mentally and physically, but the Shavasana changed my life. I continued to practice yoga for the next 12 years and over the course of that time, noticed the difference yoga was making in my life. I also acquired a burning desire to take a teacher training so I could share this beautiful gift with others. My life did not allow for Teacher Training until 2013. During my training, I realized that I had just scratched the surface of what yoga is and how healing its benefits are.  The floodgates opened for me and my thirst to learn as much about this practice, in an effort to heal myself and help others, has been constant. It’s so much more than a physical work out for me. My yoga practice has saved my life and has taught me a lot about myself...the good, the bad and the ugly. It has given me the strength and courage to meet the many challenges of life and it has given me a true feeling of happiness that I never knew was possible. I know I can resolve anything if I keep coming to my mat because all of the answers lie within each of us.  My hope as a teacher is to share this gift with you and help to guide you to a deeper, more rewarding yoga journey of your own. One that will last a lifetime. Happiness, health and well being is available to each one of us. Trust the process. Keep coming to your mat. Yoga works!!!!

Katie Hipple

Hi , I’m Katie! My yoga journey started when I was 20 years old and working in health care. As an empath it always brought me joy to make people feel better but it wasn’t the path that felt authentic. I did my first teacher training in 2010 at Yoga 4 Peace. Seeing how happy people were after taking a yoga class was the reward that made me passionate about sharing yoga. I switched from health care to the health and wellness industry. During my first pregnancy I took a second 200 hour yoga teacher training . I sparked a deep connection to pre/ post natal yoga and took a Prenatal Training at Honey Studio. During my second pregnancy I was so sick that the physical practice wasn’t in my daily life but it was replaced with meditation and mindfulness . It made me slow down and appreciate all the other magical parts of yoga . My kids AJ and Madison are always inspiring my teaching style . In 2020 I started exploring sound healing. I love sharing sound baths and seeing the blissful experience it gives. 

In 2021 I completed Reiki 1 and 2 training.

Outside of yoga my family and I started a little business, B.Bliss Wellness. We make goat milk soap, body sprays, essential oil blends and fun tye dye.

Nice to meet you! I enjoy holding space for you to explore your own journey.

Sarah Miller

Sarah began their yoga journey in 2017 after ten years of dancing. After trying vinyasa, Hatha, and yin-style classes in college, she got hooked on the power of the practice. Sarah enjoys movement as a form of self-expression, and a way to connect to and find the strength of the mind, body, and spirit.  Sarah completed their 200-hour YTT at Invoke Yoga and Pilates in Indianapolis in June 2023. She also completed a 10-hour Yin + Restorative movement training with Zion Well in July 2024. 

In Sarah’s classes, you can expect a grounding and playful space for cultivating intentional exploration of breath and movement, good tunes and fun playlists, and themes that connect the practice to the more than human world. For Sarah, yoga is a time for practice, curiosity, self-study, and finding moments of zen amidst the beautiful chaos of everyday life. Sarah encourages her students to test their boundaries, find their strength and power, and invoke curiosity by trying something new. Ultimately, Sarah loves sharing tools and knowledge with her students that they can integrate into their daily lives so they can ultimately feel better and stronger.

Vickie Nelson

Vickie is a certified iRest® Yoga Nidra meditation teacher, RYT 200-hour yoga instructor, and Reiki Master, dedicated to guiding others on their journey of self-discovery and healing. With training from renowned teachers and a deep personal commitment to the practice, Vickie brings a grounded, heart-centered presence to her work.

Her passion lies in helping others reconnect with their authentic self, embrace self-love, and tap into their limitless potential. Rooted in principles of non-judgment, compassion, and inner awareness, Vickie’s offerings create a safe and nurturing space for transformation. Whether through meditative stillness, movement, or energetic healing, she invites others to remember the wholeness that already lives within them.

Veronica Shah

Veronica’s classes focus on meeting yourself right where you are. By blending yogic philosophy with science-backed practices, along with continued education in trauma informed yoga, somatic awareness and nervous system regulation, Veronica strives to cultivate a safe, restorative space where everyone feels seen, heard, valued and supported while exploring what feels right in their own bodies. Class incorporates breath work, movement and meditation to allow you to get to know yourself at a deeper level each time you step on your mat to practice. 

Veronica found yoga in 2023 while in a difficult place. Yoga has taught her that stillness and slowing down is actually possible; and so beautiful! Breath work, movement and utilizing supports on the mat can translate to the “messiness” and realness of everyday life.