Block and Breathe

06/07/2026

06/04/2026

Join me tonight to lengthen & strengthen your back ✨ 5 PM at Rhinebeck Yoga

06/01/2026

Discover the magic of breathwork. This guided session invites you to use your breath as a tool for release, clarity, and renewal. Together with music and shared energy, we’ll create a safe space for deep letting go — whatever that looks like for you. All are welcome.

Facilitated by Diana Benz with , who holds certificationa in breathwork facilitation, Block Therapy™, yoga, and Reiki. She is devoted to creating joyful spaces for healing, growth, and connection.

What you’ll need:

Wear warm, comfortable clothes suitable for lying down.
Avoid heavy meals at least 30 minutes prior to arrival.
Bring a mat and a blanket for comfort, (or borrow these from us here at the center)

Use the link in our bio to view our calendar of events and register for the next session on Tuesday June 16th. It is free and open to the public.

05/28/2026

A pattern I keep seeing in active women, and in my own body, is this:

everything looks “right”… but the body still feels tight.

For a long time, I thought tightness meant I just needed to stretch more, do more, fix more.

But in my work with the body, I’ve found something different happening.

Sometimes what we feel as "tightness" is actually compression.

And a compressed body responds very differently when it’s met with space, breath, and support instead of more force.

I’ll be sharing this inside the Stronger Than Ever Summit (June 10–12), a free online event for active women exploring strength, recovery, and nervous system health.

My session is called:
“Why Your Body Still Feels Tight—Even When You’re Doing Everything Right”

I’ll be guiding a simple embodied experience using breath and gentle support so participants can feel what shifts in real time.

There are 18 practitioners in this summit sharing grounded, practical work across movement, recovery, hormones, gut health, strength, and regulation.

If you’d like to join, you can register here:

https://theheatherblackmon.com/summit/?affiliate=blockandbreathe

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05/15/2026

Really loving this new home 🤍

Mondays • 6:15 PM
Block & Breathe Reset

Join us on the mat 🤍

05/12/2026

Omega in the fall 🍂

Autumn at always feels especially alive.

Deep breaths, colorful trees, shared meals, meaningful conversations, nature walks, and that very particular kind of connection that always seems to happen when this community gathers at Omega Institute.

I’ll be part of the Fall Members Retreat this October, offering breathwork again as part of a few days with members that holds space for deep rest, connection, and coming back to yourself.

The full catalog for the season is out now. The Fall Members Retreat is on page 105 in the catalog 💛 The new season is here.

05/11/2026

A 6-minute nervous system reset I shared at the Aligned Life Summit.

I keep coming back to how quickly the body responds when it’s given even a small moment to soften.

It still amazes me how much can shift without trying to fix anything, just by slowing down enough to listen.

Breath changes things faster than we tend to realize.

I wanted to share it here too 🤍

→ https://youtu.be/IkxrpcBMxJI?si=CrzgWQIGF9UnXwnq

05/07/2026

last Radiant Heart Breathwork of this series is coming up ✨

I’ve loved the spaciousness we’ve created through the breath
and the connection it opened

we’ve arrived—heart open, mind soft… we rest

final session (for now) is coming up ✨

Sunday, May 17
online + replay included

join us 🤍
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