CLASSES
Your life follows your attention, wherever you look you end up going. - Martha Beck
Beginning Again:
A New Year's Gathering
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Time: 9:30am-1:00pm
Investment: $75
Location: 305 Hillwood Road RVA 23226
Registration: Venmo @agoldenlife
Join me in an intentional gathering to create some space for reflection, inquiry and connection. A series of guided practices will provide an opportunity for slowing down and considering what is most important to you. Where would you like to place your attention as you begin anew ? The silent space will then open up to a vegetarian brunch to celebrate being in community and our connection to one another. Participants should plan on attending the entire gathering.
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​Cancellations: Refunds given minus $10 admin fee until 12/26. No refunds after 12/26.
Winter Somatic Series at Humble Haven Yoga
NEW TIME - Thursdays
Time: 5:30-6:30pm
January 30 - March 27 (no class Feb 27)
Investment: $160
Location & Registration: Humble Haven Yoga
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Somatic is just a fancy word for “of the body”. This 8 week series is an exploration into somatic practices with the intention of slowing down, listening and reconnecting with the felt sense of your body, which in turn nurtures nervous system regulation. Classes will incorporate a spectrum of stillness, movement, silence and sound to cultivate awareness, presence, and a sense of feeling whole, grounded and connected. Anyone is welcome.
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Week 1: Nervous System 101
Intro to somatics, meditation, breathwork, and movement
Week 2: What is What?
Orienting to the body, mind, and environment
Week 3: Vagus Nerve Introduction
Ventral vagal practice to promote calm.
Week 4: Resourcing and Working with States of Activation
What goes up must come down.
Week 5: Co-Regulation
Creating a foundation of emotional safety and security within our relationships.
Week 6 and 7: Somatic Yoga + Breathwork
Slow movements with attention to inner experience.
Week 8: Movement Meditation
Experiencing the body moving from stillness to flow and back.
Uncovering Your True Nature
10 Week Series - 10 Students
Tuesdays
Time: 8:30-9:30am
January 14 - March 25 (no class Feb 25)
Investment: $250
Location: 305 Hillwood Road RVA 23226
Registration: Venmo @agoldenlife
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Are you listening to your inner compass?
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Do you notice when you feel a sense of safety and ease in your body versus when you feel contraction and resistance?
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Are you aware of the relationships that feed and nourish you versus deplete you?
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Can you identify the thoughts or beliefs that are causing you suffering?
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What makes you feel most connected and alive?
These are great questions for inquiry when engaging in an inner work. When you begin paying attention to the messages of the body, you may find that you often override your own well being in favor of habitually pleasing others, or that you listen to what you think you ‘should’ be doing/feeling, rather than trusting the truth of your own experience. Sound familiar?
Join me this winter for a 10 week series combining somatic principles of attuning to the body and some of Martha Beck's essential teachings to discover more about who you truly are and what is guiding you in any given moment.
This is an invitation to move through thought provoking exercises, body awareness and meditative practices, group coaching, and insightful discussions to uncover your true nature within the container of a group, creating a space for authentic connection, reciprocity and accountability.