Joyful Pause

Want 6 weeks of reinforcing resilience in these wild times? Join me!

Strong Spine, Steady Mind: A 6-Week Journey Begins — Joyful Pause As I prepare for my upcoming course, Strong Spine, Steady Mind , I’m especially excited about our first week together. We’ll begin with movement and breath practices designed to build inner stability —a foundation for everything that follows. In both my personal practice and as a yoga teacher,...

Building the evidence base for Somatic Experiencing—it works!

Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review Background: The body-oriented therapeutic approach Somatic Experiencing® (SE) treats post-traumatic symptoms by changing the interoceptive and proprioceptive sensations associated with the traumatic experience. Filling a gap in the landscape of ...

Loved this conversation!

Sri Sukta live with @ishan_tigunait and @joyful_pause A great conversation about the gifts of Sri Sukta. Tomorrow (May 31th) begins the Sri Sukta Course. If you're inspired to learn Sri Sutka word for word and get an in-depth understanding of Sri Sukta, please use the link in bio to sign up!

On how contrast teaches.

Learning through contrast — Joyful Pause One of my big lessons from my pilgrimage to India was how much the universe teaches me through contrast. The trip included some of the most sublime experiences of my life and some of the most intense physical discomfort I’ve experienced. To keep my heart and awareness open enough to be present wit...

New class, starting soon!

Restoring Resourcefulness: Generating Well-being in Community — Joyful Pause We were made for this moment. Sometimes we lose touch with that. If that happens, it’s a great time to turn to the tools of Restoring Resourcefulness— a set of practices that help you ride the waves of life. For me, Restoring Resourcefulness is personal and professional. The way I feel as I navi

New podcast episode is up! We are talking about power.

New Episode: A Joyful Pause with Katie Hong — Joyful Pause On the new season of A Joyful Pause Podcast, I get to have a wonderful conversation with Katie Hong , my co-facilitator for the upcoming retreat Power Detox: Releasing Power Stories & Claiming A New Narrative. We discuss power, awareness of our narratives, conditioned tendencies and how we

What's your relationship to power? When's the last time you brought some awareness to how you show up as it relates to power? I am so stoked to be co-facilitating a retreat for you to explore all things power--your questions, habits, desires, and what you want to create. More Info in the comments.

Some reflections on the retreat I led earlier this month.

Cultivating Collective Well-Being and Creative Action — Joyful Pause We held our third gathering for folks who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in Philadelphia from November 11-12. Twelve amazing souls signed up to allow Arawana Hayashi and me to guide them through a weekend exploration of cultivating collective well-being and creative action. The m

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A Joyful Pause with Julie Colwell — Joyful Pause On this episode of A Joyful Pause Podcast, Nicole and Julie Colwell, PhD, founder of Evolutionary Power Institute , discuss power dynamics, the body's intelligence, and a practice for shifting from being reactive to accessing our creativity. Learn more about Julie's SEW process here . More abou

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Come practice tools for more aliveness--in community!

The Essentials: A Three-Day Live Online Seminar (2023-09-23) This class will meet on three Saturdays: September 23, 30 and October 7, 2023 from 9:00am Pacific to 1:30pm Pacific. Learn the foundational practices of Conscious Loving and Living in this live online class. Over three Saturdays, you’ll have the opportunity to practice the skills for aliveness

Our embodiment and racial justice work continues...this time with a focus on well-being. This gathering for BIPOC folks will take place in Philadelphia November 11-12. If a weekend on well-being (and uncovering its impediments) sounds good to you, join us!

Cultivating Collective Well-Being and Creative Action | Presencing Institute u-school is a platform for capacity building, innovation labs, action research and deep dialogues using Theory U for awareness-based systems change. Our work is focused on activating and supporting a network of places and hubs for taking action for the healing and regeneration of society and self.

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Calling in all the Yoga Teachers. 🧘‍♀️🧘🏿🧘🏽‍♂️🧘🏾‍♀️🧘🏿‍♀️

Are you a 200-hr or 300-hr trained yoga teacher seeking to level up?

You are invited to attend this teacher development retreat led by our world class faculty.



https://himalayaninstitute.org/event/yoga-teacher-development-retreat-sep-2023/