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Online Yoga Classes How to join our live online Peaked Hill Yoga classes: Go to the Class Schedule page above and click on the class you would like to attend to make a reservation. All students who have made reservations will receive an email 15-20 minutes before the start of class which will include the link and password for the online class. Click on the link in the email, enter the password provided and the online class will open on your screen. (Note: You may receive a prompt to download the Zoom app first before opening the class on your screen. You are encouraged to download the app for a better zoom experience.) Be sure to open the class on your device at least 10-15 minutes before class so you will have time to set up your camera so the teacher can see you and so you can settle in before class. Please pick a tranquil space in your home with both a strong WiFi signal and an area that can accommodate legs up the wall and **log in no later than 5-10 minutes prior to class time for check-in. Set up your camera at one end corner of your mat ideally on a low table or slightly raised from the floor . Props & Equipment * Ideally you have a mat at home, or just use a rug/carpet or towel. For standing poses use bare floor and bare feet. * If you do not have a bolster, you can use a pillow, rolled blanket, rolled mat with a towel. * Have a yoga strap or an equivalent strap at least 6' long. * Yoga blocks (2) of any variety or you can use books, thermoses or other objects the same height that can accommodate weight. If you don't have blocks don't worry using your imagination works too.

HANDS & FEET I focus on modalities to help stay pain free, increase mobility and balance. Each of the below modalities offers anyone who cares to be pro-active ways to improve and eradicate pain, specific issues like bunions, neuromas, plantar fasciatis, hammertoes, and other common ailments as well as improve circulation, balance and general well-being. The order below represents my learning path. Yamuna Foot Fitness® The feet actually need very little attention to stay in good working order. Once you begin working on your feet, you will see your legs, hips and back improve also. After you know how to practice Yamuna® Foot Fitness, you can find which routines work best for you and do as little as 5 minutes a day to keep your feet happy. Taking care of your feet daily alters your general state of well being by increasing your circulation, stimulationg nerve endings, opening space between the bones, and helping alleviate a host of common foot pain. Yamuna's work comes from years of experience and recognition of the importance of daily Foot Fitness is in our lives. To learn more click Yamuna Foot Fitness Nutritious Movement® Katy Bowman's Nutritious Movement® is a biomechanically based approach to creating a movement-based lifestyle. Katy's was the second work I found focused on foot health. She has written three books just about feet plus many others where you can learn exercises to incorporate throughout your day to create healthier feet and a more mobile body. To learn more click Nutritious Movement MELT Method® Hand and Foot Instructor The MELT Method® is a simple self-treatment system that restores the supportiveness of the body's connective tissue to eliminate chronic pain, improve performance, and decrease the accumulated stress caused by repetitive postures and movements of everyday living. New research has revealed the missing link to pain-free living: a balanced nervous system and healthy connective tissue. These two components work together to provide whole-body support, protection, and mind-body communication. Manual therapist Sue Hitzmann has transformed groundbreaking neurofascial science and hands-on therapies into a one-of-a-kind treatment method called MELT. To learn more click MELT Method

Events June 2026 Rona Jan's self care products are intuitively created with a specific intention, blending her homemade and garden-grown essential oils, herbs, and flower essences to support how you want raising your energy. Infused with healing energy and guided by intention, every formula is thoughtfully designed to support both your emotional and energetic well-being. Join us from 2 - 4 pm on Sunday, June 21st at Peaked Hill Studio 11 Peaked Hill Pasture Road Chilmark (off Tabor House Road)

a Revolution In Motion is Here Going into my fifties and unable to walk without pain, I began studying footwork practices and healing modalities. Although I did not live in NYC, someone suggested I try Revolution in Motion's Feet First classes around 2010. I went, I sweated, I was challenged, I felt like a kid, and at the end of class, I marveled that it was already over. I went as often as I could o n my few NYC visits. A silver lining during the pandemic was the opportunity to take Revolution In Motion Institute's Pelvic Floor Fitness Self-Guided Course on my own time while attending Virtual Classes with Dr. Edythe twice a week. Then, I jumped at the opportunity to get certified to teach Vitality. I love teaching Vitality! Dr. Edythe Heus brings 45 years of clinical experience to Rev6 Vitality , the program adopted by Meridian Senior Living , one of the nation’s top 20 senior housing operators. Meridian and Rev6 are working with Brown University’s Center for Long-Term Care Quality & Innovation, along with Ellen McCreedy, PhD, and Ann Reddy, MPH, to develop a research project to quantify the fantastic benefits Rev6 Vitality brings seniors. I have taught a variety of healing modalities on Martha's Vineyard (MV), NYC, and Mexico and own Peaked Hill Studio on MV and in Providence, Rhode Island. Teaching is a way for me to share tools that allow each of us to have a different relationship with our bodies so we can promote healing, stay out of pain, and balance our nervous system. Before committing to a Rev6 practice, I had a biomechanically-based yoga, a deep meditative healing practice for the previous five years. Most students will give me an hour per week. I want them to have the most significant global effect on their body. Feeling the breadth of Rev6 's focus, movement, and effects on my body, I understood it perfectly complements the biomechanically-based yoga I practice and teach. I am thrilled to continue studying, learning, and sharing Rev6 in my local communities and online. Although I am not teaching in-person or online at this moment you can learn more and join my fellow Rev6 instructors online. Learn more here. Rev6 Classes Vitality @ 10 am and 12:30 pm: Wednesdays & Fridays Learn More about Rev6

Foot Work Enjoy a 1-hour weekly Foot Work class on Tuesdays at 11am WHAT: Each class will last 60 minutes and be unique. Classes will be inspired by many modalities and people I have studied with. WHO: This class is tailored for everyone, whether you have no pain or your feet always hurt. We will be hands on, no socks, sitting and standing. If you need to work from a chair we have those too. WHY: We demand so much from our feet and rarely pay attention to nurturing our feet beyond a pedicure or occasional foot massage, but our feet need to be able to articulate movement. Our feet should have t he same dexterity as our hands, so any work with our feet helps to improve circulation from our feet to our hips, improves balance and promotes healing. WHEN: Tuesdays at 11am Class reservations required and No Drop-ins. All participants must be vaccinated. Masks are required as of 8/20/21. All policies are subject to change based on state and local health guidelines. We have created a new waiver to include confirmation of you receiving a vaccination and that at least 14 days have passed symptom and illness free. Foot Work rsvp

Valerie Sonnenthal Studio Founder/Teacher Valerie grew up in Manhattan engaging from a young age in many sports, and enduring subsequent injuries from those and life. Approaching 50 with chronic foot pain Valerie began studying Foot Work practices and healing modalities, leading her to biomechanically based yoga where all of these modalities happened in one practice, as well as to Rev6 where the support for the elasticity of her fascial system has happily become more resilient with age. Rev6 creator Dr. Edythe Heus (right) and I play catch on rotating discs. Teaching is a way for Valerie to share tools that allow us to have a different relationship with our bodies so we can promote healing, stay out of pain, balance our nervous system and enjoy our body. She is or has been certified/authorized as a Sound Practitioner through the NYC's Open Center Sound Music Institute; a Munay-Ki practitioner; a Gong Master; an 1000+hour KYT Kaiut Yoga® instructor; a Rev6 Level 1, Pelvic Floor Fitness and Vitality instructor; a Nutritious Movement Restorative Exercise Specialist and Foot Specialist; a level 2 MELT Method instructor; Gyrotonic/Gyrokinesis® instructor; a Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra® teacher; Reiki Level 2; and a Yamuna Foot Practitioner. Other great teachers Valerie has studied with include Eric Franklin creator of The Franklin Method; Liz Koch, author of The Psoas Book; Katy Bowman, creator of Nutritious Movement; Tami Lynn Kent in Holistic Pelvic Care; monochord with Martina Glaser-Boehme of Feeltone, tuning forks with Dr. John Beaulieu; Gong with Don Conreaux; singing bowls and more including Pat Moffit Cook, Joule L'Adara, Ysaye Barnwell, Silvia Nakaach, and others. She enjoys sharing her learning with her students to improve their daily well-being and welcomes the opportunity to help people find a better balance in their own bodies so they can live without pain, through modalities/practices anyone can do for themselves. Learn more about Valerie's yoga journey . Billie Burke Studio Teacher Billie moved full-time to Martha's Vineyard in 2009, where she has deep family roots in Harthaven. While running a real estate company with her husband for the past 20-plus years, she saw her four children through high school, some back on the Island and all pursuing careers in hospitality and entertainment endeavors. With a brief introduction to yoga in Cambridge in the '80s, Billie was introduced to Kaiut Yoga by Valerie at Peaked Hill Studio in 2018 and instantly fell in love. Where a void was starting to be filled with the concept of aging, Kaiut Yoga was an awakening to a new beginning, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. Valerie quickly became her mentor, leading her to Kaiut Teacher Training experiences with Francisco Kauit in Telluride and Boulder, CO, Folsom, CA, and Brazil; earning over 800 hours of training in the Kaiut Method. Billie completed the first 300-hour online Kaiut Teacher Training program, earning her International Kaiut Yoga Teaching Certification. Billie also attended her third live and final in-person Teacher Training with Francisco Kaiut in 2022, as well as attending retreats with Tucker Shelton in France and Italy, plus the 2025 Brazil Retreat with creator Francisco Kaiut and 2026 Brazil Retreat with Ravi Kaiut. Peaked Hill Studio in the News Press Mentions Read about studio owner Valerie Sonnenthal Read about KAIUT Yoga® and Peaked Hill Studio Read about Restorative Sound Listen to a Laurel Reddington interview about Sound Baths with Valerie Sonnenthal MV Times April 2023 MV Times July 2019 MV Times 2018 MV Times 2024 MV Times 2016 Sound interview with WMVY

Welcome to Peaked Hill Studio by Valerie Sonnenthal Updated for Fall 2026 “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn." —John Muir Summer, a season of sunrises, delicious local bounty, old friends, a quieter life closer to home, and rolling with the changes that a bone marrow transplant brings, has slipped into September. Minding my energy, adjusting to an ever shifting new self, praying for so many, I continue, grateful every day for life's unexpected journey. My six-month Four Winds Society Energy Medicine training is winding down. I plan to continue their in their Masters Energy Medicine training over the next two years. Offering this work has been a welcome and comforting surprise in my life. I'm also continuing with a second Nick Loffree 100-hour Qigong certification path doing online course offerings over the coming year. Studio News I am continuing to offer a an early morning hybrid class - 30 minutes of Rev6 or other work and 30 minutes of Kaiut Yoga. This class is in-person twice weekly at 7:30 am, most Mondays and Fridays, but the schedule is subject to change and will be posted weekly. It appears on the schedule as "Hybrid Rev6/Kaiut" . Fall Kaiut Yoga classes: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 - 9:30 am virtual Saturdays from 9 - 10 am hybrid *If you'd like to try Kaiut Yoga your first online class is free. Saturday classes are offered in the Chilmark Studio. After you purchase a pass be sure to sign up for the online or in-person class you want to take. *Restorative Sound Journey* at the Chilmark studio Fall 2026 Sundays from 2 - 3:15 pm October 25, November 22 December 6 and January 1st, 2027 sign up here *No Drop-ins, pre-registration required for participation Private events available. Please reach out to Valerie at 774-563-8282. Chilmark Studio Hours KAIUT Y OGA Classes in-person and virtual Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. virtual Saturdays at 9 a.m. hybrid Peaked Hill Yoga is all about biomechanical health ( or said another way, your freedom of movement). I t has been designed to work through chronic pain and injuries, general aches and stiffness, and work for the inflexible, hyper flexible and the aging body. All levels of experience or no prior experience, all are welcome. Other Offerings HIPS Healing In Present Space HIPS is a two hour space of time for you to slow down, sink in, open up, let go, shake it, move it and feel it. HIPS encourages expanding our capacity for breathing deeply, while gently and sometimes more vigorously engaging our entire body from our scalp to our toes. Exploring subtle movements, opening and fluid movements, as well as more strengthening and dance rooted movements. Experience yourself as restful, sensual, vital and expressive. Soften into the uniqueness of you, while learning tools to support the wellness of your body and being. Registration Required: montoyadance@gmail.com Providence Nicole Benisch, founder of Light Spirit Essentials continues to offer private sessions in Alchemia Sound and Reiki in Peaked Hill's Providence Studio. Learn more here . Check out Maria Earabino's Yoga offerings Relish the changing seasons, changing colors, crisper air, and be kind. -- Valerie Subscribe to our newsletter • Don’t miss out! Email* Join I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

Tarot in Motion Card Pull Miriam Jacobs , creator of Tarot in Motion , pulled four cards on How to Cope with Bad News and gives suggestions of movement you are welcom e to try. Fire placement Spiritual, Creative, Insight, Passion, Brightness, Action, Focus Vitality Water placement Emotional, Love Relationship, Connect, Flowing, Receptive, Nurturing, Merging Air placement Mental, Thought, Contemplate, Ideas, Movement, Speed, Disperse, Lightness Earth placement Physical, Sense, Work, Money, Structure, Methodical, Organize, Grounded 1. Three of Fire/Wands (fire placement) Meaning : The Three of Fire is a manifestation and assessment of what has already been implemented. It is the outcome of an action. The Three of Fire evaluates progress before moving forward. An important part of the creative process is being able to see past patterns, and also evaluating what has worked and what hasn’t, in other words we really know how to do this, and discuss opportunities.. Expressive-movement qualities : Fire with fire Dance pace : Quick Chakra : Fire/solar plexus—drive Physical focus : Forehead and eyes Astrologic influence : The pure essence of sun in Aries is what we have achieved. It is a sparkle of vitality. Intention : Stick with the repeated pattern that works. Suggested moves and props: Use a handheld telescope. Look up and down, behind and ahead. Run in a spiral. Repeat any movement pattern. 2. Nine of Water/Cups (water placement) Meaning : The Nine of Water affirms satisfaction and fulfilled dreams. The Nine of Water is about being physically and emotionally healthy and staying open for yourself and the people around you, and knowing what you want. It is tangible happiness. It means not only keeping a good frame of mind , but being grateful for what you have. Remember gratitude completes the energetic circuit. Connect with friends, share meals, and foster company. Expressive-movement qualities : Water with earth Dance pace : Moderate Chakra : Water/sexual chakra—flowing Physical focus : Feet Astrologic influence : Jupiter in Pisces shows a deep compassion for spirituality. It expands your faith. Intention : Acknowledge the joy in your life. Suggested moves and props : Walk on tiptoes while performing a belly-like dance. Include rolling movements of the abdomen. Smile. 3. XVIX. The Sun (air placement) Meaning : The Sun tells of pure happiness and being in a truly wonderful place. It exemplifies confidence, health, and vitality. It is about holding onto and believing everything is going to be okay and to hold onto that despite what is scary. Use your breath to move through what is scary. Expressive-movement qualities : Ether with fire Dance pace : Slow/still Chakra : Crown Physical focus : Belly Astrologic influence : Sun energy is ego-identified, radiant, and outgoing. It is about your personal nature. Intention : Feel the power of being in a fantastic place. Suggested moves and props : Use the entire space. Look upward. Throw metaphoric kisses up toward the sun. Do a yoga sun salutation, if you know how. Show your gratitude with a large, ecstatic grin. 4. Queen of Earth/Pentacles (earth placement) Meaning : Earth queens are another person or an aspect of yourself that is influencing the situation with a sense of security. She connects to us with loving kindness and be loving and kind to all. The Queen of Earth is a recipient of wealth and prosperity. She reflects through meditation. It is important to put your words into action (such as call your congressional representatives- try 5Calls.org ). With the Queen in the Earth placement we all must give special prayers to the Earth. Wherever we walk we are connecting to the roots. Expressive-movement qualities : Earth with water Dance pace : Moderate Chakra : Earth/root—grounded Physical focus : Neck, colon (lower abdomen), and knees Astrologic influence : All earth signs: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn Intention : Make healthful lifestyle choices. Look to where you can help others. Suggested moves and props : Wear a queen’s crown and robe. Use an abundance of scarves. Check out Miriam Jacobs Upcoming Programs

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