YOGA & AYURVEDA
Summer Solstice Yoga and Meditation Retreat in Port Townsend, June 22 - 25, 2023
Join us for a year of deeply rooted health and soul nourishment
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Build a robust immune system and a relaxed and steady mind by learning and living 10 core habits of Ayurveda.
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Feel supported and connected within a community of kind-hearted members motivated to grow and evolve with you
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Rest into your True Nature more of the time and experience more real energy and soul purpose on a daily basis
Enrolling for January, 2023
Imagine how good you could feel in a year if you were consistenly improving your habits every day.
In this year-long immersion, you’ll do just that. Together we'll get grounded in 10 habits that connect you to natural rhythms.
These 10 practices support an expansion of awareness and fuel a sense of purpose and belonging. Along the way, you'll find renewed energy, better rest, and more resilience in your relationship with others.
You'll also learn about the science of habit change, so we can successfully actualize our potential even when the initial motivation wanes.
Ayurveda is the "Science of Life"
Learning and living Ayurveda is like having an owner's manual to your unique bodytype. The daily practices
support your body's innate capacity for healing and longevity. These habits, rooted in Vedic wisdom, have the power to change the trajectory of your life. The habits are simple, a return to a natural, intuitive way of living, connecting us more deeply to our bodily rhythms, and to those of the earth.
The course is delivered over three trimesters.
In trimester one you are introduced to the habits.
Some of them will come easily to you, and you'll reap the benefits from them right away. Some will be new to you and you will just begin to learn about them and find out how they fit into your life.
In trimester two, you really dig into practice.
In the second round, you go deeper with the habits that were easy for you and begin to work with those that are less intuitive. You meet your resistance and learn to deal with it with kindness and understanding. You find ways to work the habits to support you in all aspects of your life. You begin to change as a person, you feel better, and you are more in touch with what is possible.
In trimester three, you live the habits.
By the third round, you have dialed in many of the habits and are living from a more resourced place. You know how to listen to your body, and which habit to go to when you feel "off." You let go of perfectionism as you rest into the various cycles you pass through. You know how to take care of yourself on a daily, weekly and seasonal basis.
Join us and step into your glowing health with:
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Healthy, rhythmic meals
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Daily breath and movement practice
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Attention to good quality rest
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Community support
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Habit change strategies that work
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Learn to care for your sense organs
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Lose excess weight
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Release mental stress and strain through meditation.
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Strengthen your mind through self-understanding and self-love.
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Free your spirit and live your dharma now.
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Let yourself be seen and supported by a loving community of others like you!
"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, 53. -2021 Living Ayurveda Member
Living Ayurveda Includes:
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Weekly group meetings where you'll learn, receive coaching, and spend time with other group members to work the weekly theme. We meet by zoom and these sessions are recorded.
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3 Ayurveda consults with Ayurveda practitioner, Shannon McCall to create a personalized program with recommendations and seasonal adjustments.
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3 Follow up sessions with Shannon, to update recommendations and receive personalized coaching
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Weekly Live-Streamed Yoga and Meditation Classes and access to a video library of practices to choose from between sessions.
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Primary Course Materials: books, worksheets, audio and video lessons and a self-care kit of customized products for daily rituals.
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Two 2 hour workshops each trimester: a talking circle, writing practice, collage making, deeper dive into habit change and Ayurveda--accessing our creativity and unconscious to support the deeper changes we're undergoing.
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An accountability partner–stay connected to the material and your vision with a course buddy.
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A private forum, to keep the conversation going between sessions.
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Guest Teachers each trimester to support our learning.
