Living Vitality and Balance
a 3 month Ayurveda immersion for women in perimenopause (and beyond) to balance your body, calm your heart-mind, and nourish your spirit.
Coming November, 2024
Do you feel like the things you used to do to take care of yourself aren't working anymore?
Are you struggling with...
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Getting enough sleep?
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Anxiety?
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Dryness?
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Gas and Bloating?
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Low libido?
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Irritability ?
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Hot flashes?
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Excess unwanted weight?
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Depression?
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Low Energy?
Are you finding that the things you used to do to take care of yourself just aren't working anymore and you're not sure what to do?
Join us this season and fall in love with your body again.
The slow shift in hormones that occurs during a woman's 40's and 50's are ushering in a whole new life stage.
It's not just about hormonal fluctuation, its about a whole new phase of life. Join me and a group of like-hearted women to create a new way of caring for ALL of you with the wisdom and beauty of AYURVEDA.
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Get grounded in your unique Ayurvedic constitution, nourishing your strengths and shoring up your weknesses.
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Learn to understand the signs your body's giving you using an Ayurvedic lens and become your own self-healer.
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Discover a healing, satisfying approach to food for your changing body and nourish yourself each day with love.
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Learn how to eat to heal digestive imbalance once and for all.
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Realign with the Lunar rhythms, balance your monthly cycle if you're still cycling, and develop a monthly ritual to rebalance, purify and nourish your spirit.
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Learn to calm your mind and shift from worry and irritability as a constant backdrop, to calm, flow, play and pleasure.
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Practice more self-love while increasing self-confidence and self-trust.
Imagine how good you could feel if you were well rested, deeply nourished, and regularly enjoying meaningful connection and pleasure.
Living Vitality and Balance is a 3 month program for yoginis in perimenopause and beyond menopause.
Together we'll steep in the wisdom and beauty of Ayurveda to embrace the mid-life transition and beyond with habits that meet us where we are now.
You can inhabit your changing body with more calm and ease and support your real energy, peace and deep satisfaction for a new, refreshed approach to how you care for your multidimensionality. From a stable body-mind, you can come to know and give your deepest gifts to the world.
We live in a culture tailored to the energy of men.
As women our needs are different.
Ayurveda's daily, monthly and seasonal rituals support our body's innate capacity for healing and longevity beautifully and personally. When we're navigating the mid-life transition (or any transition) Ayurveda, rooted in Nature's wisdom, has the power to support our body-mind in an easeful transition.
This is a place for you to learn and grow, to be seen and heard, and to break through patterns of self-sufficientcy and isolation. In a safe, strong container, you'll be able to to lean into a grounded group of other women, to inspire others and to be inspired, to see yourself reflected back by the other women in the program.
Living Vitality and Balance includes teachings in:
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your unique constitution: learn how to eat, exercise, and properly care for yourself as a unique individual.
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breath/body practices and meditation.
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seasonal eating and your digestive type.
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cooking with spices to balance digestion
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morning and evening rituals to support sleep and real energy.
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sense-organ care.
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seasonal purification and rebalancing.
You will learn
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to care for your monthly cycle or, if you're post menopausal, how to create a monthly ritual for rest and purification.
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how to recognize the signs that your nervous system is jacked, and how to regain calm and real energy again.
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to prepare nourishing food for your constitutional type.
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to strengthen self-compassion and self-love.
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to know and speak your real needs.
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to let yourself be seen and supported as you are, by a loving community of other women.
"Studying with Shannon has demystified seasonal maladies I experience, some lifelong and others that arose during menopausal changes. I’ve learned ways to read what my body and emotions are signaling to me, and how to provide optimally for myself. I feel more centered and kind with myself, which is a deeply helpful place to approach my goals from. Living Ayurveda is a truly heartening community to learn with and from. It has been a real balm in this time. I always enjoy our group gatherings, online and in person.
I have to tell you that I recently visited my parents and brothers. I usually come unraveled during these visits, but this time, though I felt challenged, I was able to maintain my center, and see them with genuine love. The skills around boundaries and self-kindness I’ve been learning in our group made this possible. I’m so thankful ❤️ I didn’t think it was possible in this lifetime."
JH, Seattle, WA
Living Vitality and Balance Tuition:
$2997
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$797/month for 4 months.
(Need a different payment plan? Ask here.)
Orientation is January 25th.
Registration closes February 1, 2024.
Entry is by application to make sure this is the right fit for you.
Fill out the application below and we'll follow up with you right away.
Living Vitality and Balance Includes:
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An Ayurvedic Assessment and follow up with Shannon for personal recommendations.
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Weekly live-stream group meetings (with 3 "integration weeks" no meetings).
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A seasonal cooking class.
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3 evening practicums to learn and do the practices together.
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A private community forum to keep the conversation going between sessions.
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The Spring Digestive Reset.
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A supply list of course materials (estimated cost of course materials and supplies, $100 - $200).
*All sessions are recorded and available on a beautiful course platform.*
Bonuses when you join:
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A Season of Live-StreamYoga Classes with Shannon, and access to a video library of 100's of yoga and meditation practices.
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Your Elemental Nature, an Ayurvedic dosha course to listen to, read and refer to throughout the course and after.
"I am grateful to Shannon for creating this community. The rich and deep learning offered me the opportunity to reframe, rethink and build a whole health way of life. For me, this sort of change is an iterative process. I needed to experiment and revise and try again. With Shannon’s guidance, our small group supported, learned and listened with each other.The coursework as well as developing trusting relationships made space for me to expand my confidence and agency to transform my daily practices for a whole-hearted healthy life."
–L. O., Seattle
What is a renewed relationship to yourself worth to you?
What is it costing you to...
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Ignore your deep need for rest and rejuvenation.
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Try the latest superfood or diet with no real understanding of what your body needs.
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Take expensive pharmaceutical drugs that you know aren’t getting to the root of your problems, without also attending to the underlying issue?
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Fall back into patterns of numbing, self-sabotage or "not rocking the boat" and then feeling guilty or self-critical.
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Ignore your soul's need for deeper nourishment?
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Try to do it all on your own.
What Members Say:
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“Shannon is inspirational and deeply committed to sharing her experience in ways that are useful to each participant. She is a deep listener, curious and deeply committed to being in the service of each of us. She is resilient and this is more important now than ever. The overall experience is nuanced and yet experimental. I love that aspect of working with Shannon.”
– L.O. Seattle
"I loved all the exploration that was spurred on by other members’ struggles and successes that I resonated with and also those which expanded my perspective and aroused compassion…all from the space Shannon maintained. Through it all Shannon is very professional and always the leader, maintaining enough distance to maintain our respective roles and things are always clear and straight forward with no blur or uncertainty. As the yoga and meditation aspect, that could be another essay–it’s clearly her gift and calling to share and engage others through these practices. They are varied, grounded in self-love always, and when are deeply received, exquisite.”
– LA, Salt Lake City.
“This program has changed my life. I think of the world very differently in general now, not just my body but everything beyond me too. I’m not getting everything right but I am more aware than I have ever been about the choices I make. Thank you for your guidance and teaching. I’m moving toward the goals on my “What and why” list and enjoying the progress that I can already see. I also notice that I bring something different to those around me. My energy is changing and it’s so exciting and satisfying to experience these changes.”
– RT, Seattle
What Past Members Say~
“I was initially ambivalent about committing the time/energy/resources to care for my health. At the same time, my body and soul knew I needed supportive practices, especially now at the transition into menopause.Shannon has curated a program that is full of rich material and experiences, in Ayurveda, yoga, personal development, psychology, communication, creative arts, and love of the natural world. She has created a dynamic community of people seeking health and healing, which serves as a circle for personal and collective growth. Living Ayurveda is providing me with the structure and support to create a daily routine that is designed for me. I'm learning how to lean toward the practices that support optimal health, so that I can be more present with Life. I recommend Living Ayurveda to those longing for deeper health, connection with Self, and greater balance with the natural world.”
– KM, Seattle
“I have always been fascinated with the science of the body and natural self-care, using food as medicine. When Shannon started talking about her Ayurveda training, it sounded like a great way to learn about how my body functions and what signals it is sending me. I was surprised how personal the journey is, with detailed guidelines that are specific to each person. I had a lot of questions and being part of a community was more than I could get from a self-help book. With Shannon’s help, I was able to fine tune my self-care routine just for me! One year later I am feeling lighter, clearer, and have a much better awareness of what my body is telling me works and what does not. I am much more sensitive to the subtle signals my body give me. I can now support the systems that allow me to have the best life possible. “
– R. T., Seattle
I'm Shannon McCall
Board Certified Ayurveda Practitioner (NAMA)
Yoga and Meditation Teacher, Mother and Mentor to women in perimenopause and beyond.
