Hi friends! We’re pausing yoga this month due to the overlap with Mother’s Day, and by garden request will be setting up underneath our usual peppercorn tree for an early afternoon of meditative garden music. It’s always an extremely popular day to gather within Arlington, and simply put, everyone and their mom doesn’t need to watch us in our happy baby poses as they dig into the charcuterie.
Bring a picnic, a blanket, a mom or a friend or simply a book, and Qur’an Shaheed will bring her good loving energies to share through sound. Yoga will be back in June.
Be well, take care of each other,
and we’ll see you at Arlington Garden!
Qur’an Shaheed is a pianist, poet, singer, songwriter, and Yoga teacher based in Pasadena. She has been playing piano since the age of four, has played in ensembles such as Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation as well as the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, and is trained extensively in classical and contemporary music.
Qur’an is also a trained Yoga practitioner and teacher at Crenshaw Yoga & Dance, bringing together their practice of deep listening with bodily and spiritual attunement.
Founded in opposition to overdevelopment and the expansion of the 710 Freeway, Arlington Garden is Pasadena's only dedicated public garden. Since breaking ground 20 years ago, this three-acre urban oasis has blossomed into a vibrant wildlife habitat for Pasadena's native flora and fauna, an outdoor classroom, and the host to the only remaining orange grove along historic Orange Grove Boulevard.
We gather at Arlington Garden monthly to reconnect with the natural world and with our community. Here, we are reminded of what's possible when we come together to self-determine our collective futures through art, ecology, and the simple act of gathering among friends. This garden stands as a testament to the power of grassroots action and the transformative potential of communal stewardship.