The Red Shoes

As the days begin to shorten and the outer light slowly fades, fall invites us to tend to the light within.

This week, we invite you to consider: What in you is ready to be rekindled? Perhaps it is a forgotten passion, a sense of purpose, a way of being, or simply a part of yourself that has been waiting for your attention.

This coming weekend, at The Quest for Fire: A Weekend Retreat with Chris Kisling, we’ll gather in community to revisit the glowing embers of our own stories, honor what has sustained us, release what no longer serves, and make space for what wants to emerge.

You don’t need to reinvent yourself. Sometimes the fire is already there. We simply need to tend it.

✨ What are you allowing into your spirit?

In Week 2 of Rooted in Reverence, we explore spiritual hygiene and the practices that help us tend to our inner world with greater awareness and intention.

Just as we care for the physical body, our spiritual lives need attention, discernment, and moments of clearing. Together, we’ll explore what it means to notice what we are carrying, what may need to be released, and how we can create space for what truly nourishes us.

As we continue our ancestral journey, this is an invitation to pause, listen, and become more intentional about what we carry forward.

The Quest for Fire: A Weekend Retreat with Chris Kisling is a one-and-a-half-day journey of reflection, renewal, and meaningful connection at The Red Shoes.

This is not another self-improvement project. You are not coming to “fix” yourself. Instead, you’ll explore the moments when you have felt most alive, connected, and fully yourself—and use those embers to illuminate the path ahead.

✨ Through guided reflection, writing, meditation, music, movement, creativity, and conversation, you’ll have space to:

🔥 Rediscover the experiences and qualities that make you feel most alive
🔥 Reconnect with the values and desires calling you forward
🔥 Recognize the inner voices that may be holding you back
🔥 Release what no longer serves you
🔥 Create a personal touchstone to carry into the season ahead

Come spend a sacred weekend among like-hearted seekers and [re]kindle your inner light.

📅 September 26–27
📍 The Red Shoes | Baton Rouge
✨ Facilitated by Chris Kisling

Your fire is still there. Come find it.

🔥 Space is limited. Reserve your place today.

✨ LAST CHANCE TO JOIN — We begin this Friday! ✍️

There’s still time to claim your place in The Stories We Carry: A Six-Week Writing Circle, but registration is closing soon.

Beginning this Friday, September 18, this intimate six-week circle invites you to slow down, put words on the page, and discover the stories, insights, and inner wisdom waiting to emerge.

You do not need to be a “writer” to belong here. Whether you journal regularly, haven’t written in years, or have always wanted to write but weren’t sure where to begin—you are welcome.

Guided by Janina Fuller using the supportive Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method, you’ll write from inspiring prompts, share only if you choose, and receive encouraging, affirming feedback in a judgment-free community.

❤️ No writing experience required
✍️ Fresh, guided writing each week
🌿 Supportive and judgment-free
👥 Limited to just 8 participants

📅 Begins THIS FRIDAY, September 18
📍 The Red Shoes
🗓 Six Fridays: Sept. 18 & 25 and Oct. 2, 9, 16 & 23

If you’ve been thinking about joining, this is your moment.

Come as you are. Bring a notebook. Trust what emerges.

✨ Register now and join us Friday.

Discovery often begins by turning inward, listening to the stories, wisdom, and questions that live within us. This week at The Red Shoes, we invite you to explore those deeper places in community.

Connect with the wisdom of those who came before you through Rooted in Reverence, gather around the fire at Camp Fire Puja, or explore the stories that have shaped you through The Stories We Carry writing group.

However you choose to enter, may this week offer an opportunity to look within, listen deeply, and discover something new along your path.

✨ What would it feel like to simply receive?

Join us for Camp Fire Puja, a gentle, heart-centered ceremony inspired by the ancient Hindu tradition of puja. This contemporary gathering invites you to slow down, be deeply honored, and experience the healing power of sacred community.

Through intentional practices that may include flower blessings, positive affirmations, Reiki, sacred sound, and gentle devotional touch with consent, each participant is individually honored while the circle offers its presence and support.

Come as you are. Receive care, reconnect with your innate wholeness, and leave feeling nourished in body, mind, and spirit. 🌸

Facilitated by Cat Holland and Lesley Kernan. Open to all spiritual backgrounds; no prior experience is necessary.

📅 Wednesday, September 16
🕠 5:30–7:00 PM
📍 The Red Shoes, Baton Rouge
🎟️ $25

Space is limited. Reserve your place at https://www.theredshoes.org/event-details/camp-fire-puja

Have you been curious about The Red Shoes? Consider this your invitation to step through our doors!

Join us for Discover The Red Shoes on September 15 from 5–7 PM. Tour our space, meet our team, enjoy light refreshments, and learn about the circles, classes, workshops, retreats, and gatherings that make our community so special.

Bring a friend—or come meet a few new ones.

❤️ Free to attend
📅 Sept. 15 | 5–7 PM
📍 The Red Shoes
✨ Please RSVP at https://www.theredshoes.org/event-details/discover-the-red-shoes-a-community-gathering

We can’t wait to welcome you!

What stories are waiting to be heard within you? ✍️

Sometimes, putting words on paper can help us uncover the wisdom, creativity, and parts of ourselves that get lost in the busyness of everyday life.

The Stories We Carry: A Six-Week Writing Circle is a welcoming, judgment-free space for anyone who writes, or has ever wanted to write. No writing experience required. No perfect grammar required. No pressure to share.

Through inspiring prompts and the Amherst Writers & Artists method, you’ll have space to write freely, listen deeply, and explore wherever your words want to lead.

Your story does not have to be polished to be meaningful. It simply needs a place to begin.

Join us for six weeks of writing, reflection, connection, and discovering what may be waiting on the other side of the page. 📝✨

Space is limited to 8 participants.