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Weaving Back to Our Wholeness Together
 
This past weekend, I was blessed to discover this beautiful local site just outside of Harbor Springs that I want to share with you. It's called the Bluestem Meadow at the Offield Family Viewlands that is a Little Traverse Bay Conservancy site. It used to be a golf course and has been in the process of being rewilded over the last few years. While I had visited the Viewlands before, I hadn't know they were building a labyrinth there until last week when I saw an article written about it. I was excited to check it out during this glorious time of the leaves showing their true colors. 

While it is glorious enough to simply be outside amidst the vibrant colors at this time of year, to be invited into a sacred contemplation practice with a labyrinth opened me up to a deeper place of presence and appreciation. I took the time with my partner to do some qi gong practice to align my body, mind and spirit before we began. We then stepped into the practice that our Celtic ancestors also likely knew as a means of returning to our center through mindful & embodied inquiry.

As I began my walk I asked the question of how I can better support myself and others to heal through our grief. As I walked I noticed the lovingly placed rocks of all colors and shapes that created the form of the labyrinth. I could feel the care that went into creating this special place. I felt my feet taking conscious steps and my breath guiding my movement forward.

I forgot about my inquiry question until I realized that the path was made large enough for a wheelchair to move through it. I wondered if that was intentional. I considered how that welcomes many more people into this space who may not think that such an experience is accessible to them. I appreciated that inclusion and wondered how I could include others who have different abilities into what I offer. I then considered how I could include more of myself into the current experience I was having by slowing down and feeling even more. I realized that in my slowing down I'm more likely to be able to include others into my offerings in ways that I hadn't considered yet. 

This all led me to the center of the labyrinth where I was met by my partner. I felt an appreciation for the journey that I have gone through in my whole life to get to that moment and how everyone is on their own winding path of bringing all the experiences of their life together. May we remember to slow down, take time to pause, enjoy the radiant beauty of autumn and consider how we can include more of ourselves more of the time. As we welcome all of ourselves and all of our feelings we continue to heal and can welcome others into this experience of healing with us. 
 

If you want to practice with me and learn more, keep reading about local offerings that can help you to do just that . . .
Healing Together Through Our Grief
A 7 Week Course

Friday evenings November 4th - December 16th
In person at Yoga Roots Petoskey
Petoskey, MI

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Join in this 7 week course to get a taste of the process of healing through grief that can be nourishing and grounding, joyful and expressive, comforting and connective as well as a growth experience. We will be using our bodies, our breath, our knowing and our creative expression as our guides to awaken latent wisdom that can offer us greater resource and resilience amidst the challenges we face. Inspired by the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and somatic movement, this workshop will invite you to learn about and move through the directions and layers of grief in gentle and powerful ways. We are all united through our grief and it is in grieving that we are able to remember who we truly are and what we are here to be and do in service to all beings. 

There will be trauma-informed embodied (somatic) movement and meditation guidance in the form of tools and practices that can support your journey as well as an open space to share your experience in circle each week. We will be supported by the wisdom of the elements, the directions and archetypes as we honor our bodies, the land and the wisdom that we all carry within us as the living Earth. 

The tools offered here can help you to feel your power to make a loving change in your life and therefore in the lives of others.

Learn more & register here
Healing Together Through Our Grief
A Ceremonial Gathering

Saturday, December 3rd 6pm -
Sunday, December 4th 12pm
at Gather Northport 
Northport, MI

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If you are not close to Petoskey and/or are wanting an experience to go deeper over a more concentrated period of time, there is the option to
join for an overnight grief ceremony experience at the beautiful Gather Northport retreat center to touch into healing our grief together.

The intention is to support you to move through layers of grief and to learn from it as we learn from each other in community. In the evening on Saturday, there will be teachings offered as well as a grief ceremony that will include a collective mindful movement practice to support your embodied healing. The morning on Sunday will include a gentle embodied movement and meditation practice as well as sharing together to cultivate community before we return home. There will be a nourishing dinner and breakfast served. There is the option to stay overnight or commute. 

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Healing Circle & Sound Bath

1st & 3rd Wednesdays 

November 2nd and 16th
7:15-8:15pm
Yoga Roots Petoskey


Register here . . .
 

Healing comes in many forms. We are multidimensional beings. As we learn to get in touch with all parts of ourselves we understand that healing is possible on many levels; mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. We also learn that we need community and support along the healing path.

Join Hilary Lake and Tiffany Lenau as they facilitate a circle where community members are invited to drop into their hearts and reclaim their voices.

Our intention is to create a safe space for people to gather and support themselves and one another to heal. Our circle will include (but is not limited to) meditation, mantra chanting, vocal exercises and sound bath. We will learn to harness the power of our voices so we may shift ourselves to healing vibration where we can find harmony.


Donation based with all proceeds going to Miigwech Inc. a local non-profit that supports the efforts of local indigenous Anishinaabe people and specifically survivors of  residential boarding schools.

Register Here . . . 

Thank you for taking the time to learn about local group
mindful embodiment practices that I'm offering.
If you are curious about one-one sessions or other offerings check out
my website to learn more.

May we remember to return to what's inside because that is where we are able to create lasting change that can then change the world one person at a time. 
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