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.
Build a robust immune system and a calm and steady mind by learning and living 10 core habits of Ayurveda.
Feel supported and connected within a community of kind-hearted members motivated to grow and evolve with you.
Rest into your True Nature more of the time and experience more real energy and soul purpose on a daily basis.
Embodied Flow is for adults who know they could be feeling better in body, mind and spirit and are ready for their next stage of evolving habits/life.
Enrolling for April 19, 2023
Imagine how good you could feel in a year if you were consistenly improving your habits every day.
In this Ayurveda 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.
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, Seattle, WA
The course is delivered in four 11-week seasons.
In your first season, you are introduced to the Ayurvedic daily rituals.
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'll begin to learn about them and find out how they fit into your life.
In your second season, you are ready to dive into the practice.
In the second round, you'll go deeper with the practices that are easy for you and begin to try on that are less intuitive. You meet your resistance and learn to deal with it with kindness and understanding. You change. You feel better, and you are more in touch with what is possible.
In your third season, you begin to live differently.
By the third round, you have dialed in many of the habits and are living from a more resourced place. You have had the experience of living the rituals, and having your routine fall apart. You let go of perfectionism as you rest into the various cycles you pass through. You know what your cornerstone habits are, and how to safeguard them, come what may.
In your last season you find your embodied flow.
In the final season, you find your stride. You know how to listen to your body, and response to what it's asking for. You are confident in your capacity to come back to yourself when Life gets big. Your overall health has improved and your awareness of your subtle body has grown. You know how to take care of yourself multi-dimensionally daily, monthly and seasonally.
Embodied Flow
Includes:
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An Ayurvedic Assessment with Shannon to create a personalized program with recommendations just for you.
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Weekly group meetings. We meet by zoom on noon on most Wednesdays, and these sessions are recorded.
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Primary Course Materials.
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Six 15 min coaching sessions with Shannon to receive personalized support and troubleshoot tough areas.
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A Private Community Forum to keep the conversation going between sessions.
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Monthly Lunar Rituals.
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Course Buddy/Accountability Partner to go deeper with the material and your personal intentions.
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Seasonal Ayurvedic Cooking Class.
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Seasonal Guest Teachers.
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Library of Past Guest Teachering to inspire your learning.
*All sessions are recorded and available on a beautiful course platform.*
