Embracing All (A meditation offering by Sonia Weirich.) "You know how you are doing in your practice based on the quality of your relationships." Why did Krishnamacharya, who is often called the father of yoga, say this? When we are able to embrace all aspects of ourselves, we are able to equally embrace others and the quality of our relationships improves. What we previously reacted to in another, we no longer react to. We can instead relate compassionately to ourselves and to others. If there is a part of ourselves that we reject or deny, we will reject that aspect in another. The next time you react to someone’s behavior, pause and feel into what it is you haven't accepted in yourself. When we become heart breaking real with ourselves, we open up to becoming truly human. This is the first step on the spiritual path. Here is a guided meditation to practice to embrace ourselves, others, and the world, without judgement. Through this practice, we may see that there is no separation between ourselves, others, and the world. Inhale, breathe in, embrace what you are experiencing in this moment.
Allow all of it to be OK.
Exhale, breathe out, offering yourself love and compassion.
Repeat 3x Inhale, breathe in, embrace all the qualities of those around you.
Allowing all of it to be accepted.
Exhale, breathe out, offering them love and compassion.
Repeat 3x Inhale, breathe in, embrace all the qualities of the world, the darkest to the lightest. (If we reject any of it, we don't allow for the healing.)
Exhale, breathe out, offering love and compassion to the whole world.
Repeat 3x Sonia Weirich teaches Viniyoga classes Thursdays at 10am at Cedar Sanctuary and Fridays at 9:30am at Discover Yoga. You can also schedule a private Restorative Yoga sessions with Sonia ($80ph) or your own group program at Cedar Sanctuary.
OneToOneYoga@gmail.com | (Stay-tuned here for new programs) | Restorative Rolling with MELT Thursday, January 3, 8:45-9:45am at Cedar Sanctuary
Susan Creighton of Subundance Wellness Move and feel better! Improve your body’s stability, mobility, balance, and fun-factor with restorative foam rolling. Using a specialized soft foam roller and small balls for feet and hands, these easy self-care techniques release tension, stuck-stress, aches, and pain, decompress the joints, and help us move with greater ease from head to toe. Sound awesome? You bet! Investment $20 (limited to 8 participants): Save-your-spot here
RSVP/share event on Facebook (Stay for weekly Breath Centered Viniyoga class at 10-11:15am with Sonia Weirich. First class free!) | Kundalini Yoga & Meditation Monday, January 14 & Monday, January 28 at 11am-12:30pm at Cedar Sanctuary
Judith Kramer of Artemis Center Have you ever tried to sit down for mediation after a busy day, only to find that your mind keeps bombarding you with thoughts and feelings? Yes, me too. After all, our minds are used to being in charge, and don’t give up control without a fight. Kundalini Yoga offers many tools and techniques to help the body and the mind access a state of peace and tranquility with ease. This mini-series focuses on meditation, and how to optimally prepare the body and mind for a blissful experience. These two classes are for beginners and advanced students alike. All exercises can be done on a chair if sitting on the floor is challenging. Sign up for the whole series, or just for one class. Investment $20 per class (limited to 12 participants and pre-registration suggested)
Jan 14: Save-your-spot here / Jan 28: Save-your-spot here
RSVP/Share event on Facebook: Jan 14th / Jan 28th | Pamper & Pause: Gotta Have Happy Feet! Sunday, January 20, 2-4:30pm at Cedar Sanctuary
Foot Soak and Massage with Kristen Jawad
MELT Method Techniques with Susan Creighton Your afternoon of necessary indulgences begins with simple MELT self-care foot techniques using small balls to awaken and restore balance and vitality. Followed by a Barefoot Signature Foot Soak with our Happiness aromatherapy blend enhanced with a mineral salt blend. You'll then be treated to a mini foot massage followed by a bed of warming Basalt stones to complete the grounding experience. (Cuppa and connect time while others receive their massage.) Happy feet = happy you. Join us for this superfun afternoon of pampering and connecting!! Investment $50 each (max 8 participants) Save-your-spot here
RSVP/share event on Facebook | Move&Groove Dance Thursday, January 24, 6:30-8pm at Cedar Sanctuary
Susan Creighton of Subundance Wellness. Move&Groove is a dance playground! Freestyle movement, dimmed lights, eclectic music, and an awesome supportive community. All are welcome and no dance experience needed. We were born in motion and we came to dance. Every body is a dancer, and when we come together and move to the same rhythms, we rewire individual and group neural pathways, release stuck stress, connect through a universal language that transcends words, and have big fun! Your dance. Our dance. Tips:
• Dress to move easily (socks or barefoot).
• Arrive early to park and check-in, or enjoy a cuppa.
• This is not a performance. Anything goes movement-wise.
• Be yourself; everybody else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde) Investment $20 (limited to 10 participants and pre-registration required)
Save-your-spot here
RSVP/share event on Facebook here | Happy Guts Saturday, February 9, 9am-12pm at Cedar Sanctuary
Kathleen Yow-Wells of Eastside Wellness Center The Happy Guts class is based on the practice of Chi Nei Tsang developed by Taoist monks in ancient China. Modern Chi Nei Tsang is abdominal organ massage meant to aid elimination & detoxification while building gut health and vitality. During our time together, you will learn a deeper understanding of how the digestive system works, what can go wrong, and how to support your own digestive health through manual self-care techniques of belly work. We will learn and experience the power of breath, gut awareness, and purposeful abdominal self-touch to reduce tension, pain, and discomfort. You will learn a ‘your hands on your gut’ self-care routine for daily use. This can be wonderful for family members, young and elderly alike. Learning resources will be provided. Kathleen Yow-Wells, LMT has been practicing therapeutic bodywork since 1982. She brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, passion, and humor to her teachings. Kathleen loves to teach self-care techniques to help people build their own little black bags of healing techniques. Investment $108 (limited to 12 participants and pre-registration required)
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More info/RSVP on Facebook | SoulDance Thursday, February 21, 6:30-8pm at Cedar Sanctuary
Repeats 3rd-Thursdays We were born to move, and SoulDance is a safe and creative space to dance your dance ‘like nobody’s watching‘. Dancing with no judgment of ‘right’ ways to move, this is a place for you to be you. To dance your soul with a freestyle movement experience that will light up your body, your smile, and your life. Come as you are. Brenda Loukes-Johnson creates a juicy free-flowing journey for each SoulDance session using voice and soul-stirring music, while drawing on her experiences as a dance instructor, Kahuna transformational bodyworker, and holding space for creative Soulpainting programs. (Co-ed. No fitness or dance experience is necessary. Dance barefoot or wearing socks.) Investment $25 (limited to 10 participants): Email Brenda to save-your-spot
RSVP/share event on Facebook | Breath Centered Viniyoga Weekly Class: Thursdays,10-11:15am at Cedar Sanctuary
Sonia Weirich of One To One Yoga
(Sonia is also available for private Yoga Healing Sessions at Cedar Sanctuary.) This intimate yoga class is focused on breath, movement and meditation. Suitable for students of all levels, group classes are designed using safe sequencing and adaptation to serve individual needs. Breath is the fundamental link between body, mind, emotion, and spirit and it is emphasized in Viniyoga as the medium for all practice. Repetition and stay in a pose helps to build flexibility and strength as well as re-pattern bodily movement and habits (neuromuscular reintegration). The class ends with a soulful guided meditation to calm and focus awareness. Investment $25 (first class free & 5 class package at $100)
Email Sonia to save your spot or call/text 206-422-1317
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