Community Class - A Sunset Yoga Experience

About This Event

Join us for an unforgettable Sunset Yoga experience, led by Jenn Stow with immersive soundscapes provided live by DJ Rise Ashen. As the sun sets and the city glows, move through a soulful yoga flow designed to ground, energize, and connect you to the rhythm of the music and the beauty of the evening.

This all-levels class blends movement, breath, and sound into a powerful community experience under the open air sky stage. Come unwind, connect, and celebrate the magic of summer.

Partner: This Community Class for CHEO is being held in partnership with 24 Hr Yogapalooza.

Cost: Pay what you can, all proceeds will be donated to Yogapalooza. Donations can be made on site or online in advance. Donations over $20 are eligible for a charitable tax receipt

Location: RA Centre

About Jenn Stow:
Jenn Stow is a movement educator with over 20 years of teaching experience, known for her creative sequencing, dynamic flow, and intelligent approach to movement. Her classes combine fluid transitions, strong energetic pacing, and humour to create practices that feel both challenging and approachable. Jenn’s teaching style encourages students to explore movement with curiosity, connection, and authenticity.

About DJ Rise Ashen:

Ottawa-based Rise Ashen has devoted his life to the study of sound and movement. From his early years as a B-Boy in Montreal in the 80s to his studies at Fanshawe College (North America's Oldest Recording School) and the Banff Centre for the Arts, to his evolution as a Global Grooves and House Music DJ, his focus has been on applying hi-fi knowhow to underground music. His record collection spans the 4 corners of the world with house and club music of all tempos as his primary focus. As a DJ and live looper/finger drummer, he blends it all in a worldy mash and is always the sweaty and dynamic life of the party.

He has performed in clubs and festivals in the US, Scandinavia, Europe and Asia and his music regularly gets support from A-list DJs worldwide. His study of Yoga has led him to combine his musical journey with his Yoga journey and he has been DJing extensively for yoga classes, festivals and events since 2012. A long-time househead who has trained with many pioneering NYC dancers, since 2008 he has also been co-leading Capital Sessions Community House Dance Practices with his partner Tangent and teaching house dance at Ottawa’s Flava Factory Urban Dance school.

He has collaborated and sharing the stage with countless artists including Montreal (Juno award winner) Miguel Graca, Jojo Flores, Fred Everything, Toronto based (Multi- Juno nominated) Ammoye, (Juno Award winner) Dubmatix, Version XCursion, LAL, (Juno Award Winner) Eccodek, (Juno Award Winner) Kobotown, King Sunshine, UK’s Sean Escofferey, Berlin’s Steph Lefrancois, New York’s Angel Moraes and Nickodemus, Kasm and Seed Organisation,Ottawa’s Bhavantu Collective, Ottawa’s Juno-award winner Kellylee Evans, Algonquin Singer Flying Down Thunder with whom he received a Juno nomination in 2012 for their debut album: One Nation, as well as a Native American Music Awards nomination in 2014 for their sophomore album: North Wind. He made 3 records with Silla, an Inuit throat-singing duet, they performed and toured for 6 years as Silla and Rise with Rise playing electronic percussion. They were nominated for a Juno Award for Best Indigenous Recording, a Juno for World Music Album of the Year, and they won the Mundial Stingray Award in 2018 as well as the SSIMA for best Inuit ensemble and Best Artistic music video in 2021.

He is currently working on music with Trevor “lifeboogie” Walker and Toronto multi-media artist Shaemara. He believes music and dance are essential to human culture and he aspires to embody the wise words of Fela Kuti: "when the higher forces give you the gift of musicianship …it must be well used for the good of humanity".