with taylor lograsso + charlotte james
5 hour Yoga, Meditation & Somatic Expressive Arts Exploration
August 5th, 1:00pm - 6:00pm
$90 per person, In person only
Min: 10 people / Max: none
Join two healing arts practitioners for an afternoon exploration of your body, mind and spirit. This Somatic Sanctuary Mini-Retreat will begin with a traditional Tantra yoga practice and deep meditation. Following movement+settling, dive into somatic expressive arts to explore the richness of your inner experience.
Tantra Yoga: Slow, aligning, gentle, energy based yoga, encouraging meditation and stillness throughout. The aim of the practice is to balance the internal system (hormones/prana/chi) through a methodical combination of asanas (postures), pranayama (breathwork) and Vedic philosophy - leading to achieved relaxation on and off your mat. Final shavasana concludes the practice as a way to offer space to reset and honor yourself.
Meditation: Following gentle movement, relax into meditation, which was originally practiced by ancient sages to consciously watch their samskaras, or "impressions of the mind.” A systematic practice of moving awareness from external to internal worlds. Practicing meditation allows us to bring consciousness to the unconscious mind, to gradually release limiting patterns and habits. This state of Alpha waves is in between vigilant and sleep states, where body tissues and unhealthy mind habits undergo deep repair.
Somatic Expressive Arts: You will be invited to express your inner landscape and to connect with your inherent creativity and well-being. We will enliven the potent dialogue between body and imagination, life experience and art-making. Tap into art’s symbolic language and discover he(art)ful ways to revitalize your spirit and awaken insight. Art supplies provided.
Together we will journey to cultivate love, body awareness, patience, compassion, and vital energy flow. This experience will relax your nervous system and unleash your spirit. This is a space for total freedom and expression of self. Join Taylor and Charlotte for this unique mini Somatic Retreat.
Drop-ins welcome.
About Your Guides:
Taylor is a lifelong student and practitioner of various healing arts. She is a 500hr certified yoga teacher trained in Traditional Tantra Yoga. Also a full spectrum, birth+postpartum, doula, Taylor supports families in their birth process and beyond. She has a passion for helping individuals heal through holistic mind/body practices and most recently discovered the power of dislodging trauma stored in the body through polyvagal and craniosacral bodywork. Taylor has spent the last 10 years studying the human psyche, body and spirit using different modalities and is eager to share her practices with you.
Offerings include Yoga Meditation, Breath-work (Pranayama), Polyvagal Trauma Processing, Craniosacral Treatment, and all phases of Doula Support.
To learn more about Taylor, visit www.tuluahealingarts.com or IG: @tuluahealingarts
Charlotte’s dynamic approach to embodied well-being has been shaped by both her personal and professional studies in various somatic embodiment trainings over the past 20 years. She offers “Somatic Integrative Arts” an innovative fusion of relational bodywork, life coaching and expressive arts in her private practice in Charlottesville,Virginia and virtually. She passionately supports her clients to live an embodied, creative and purposeful life.
To learn more about Charlotte, visit her website www.heartsprings.art