Join us for this two hour Fascial Release workshop with Tricia Kull:
Fascia is connective tissue that surrounds your muscles, blood vessels, nerves, and organs. When it’s healthy, fascia allows your muscles to slide and glide as you move, but when your fascia gets tight and stuck, it can restrict your movement and breath, and even cause pain.
In this workshop, we will use tools, simple techniques, and yoga poses to release layers of fascia in the feet and legs. This practice will help create renewed slide and glide in the tissues of your hips, knees, and feet, and make space for more easeful movement.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Follow the Wheel of the Year with seasonal forest bathing
sessions in Rock Creek Park. Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, is a
Japanese wellness practice that helps individuals access the
healing properties of nature. These can be especially powerful
during the times of transition offered by the changing seasons.
Each walk will follow a different route, but all will allow us to
experience this familiar landscape at
different times of the year. You will be invited to slow down, to
be curious, and to touch, smell, hear, and see nature more fully.
The walks will not be strenuous but requires the ability to walk a
mile or so on uneven surfaces.
ABOUT SUSAN:
Susan is long-time member of the Willow Street Yoga Community and a Kripalu certified Outdoor Mindfulness Guide. She provides customized outdoor mindfulness excursions in the Washington DC region and beyond. She is also a passionate advocate and non-profit consultant who is committed to leveraging natural and historic places to connect citizens, promote social justice, and foster health and well-being. Learn more at susanwestmontgomery.com
COST: $200 early bird (until 3/1) for all 4 || $220 or all 4 (after 3/1) || $55 per individual session
WHEN:
Spring Equinox, Saturday, March 22, 3:00-4:30 pm
Summer Solstice (RESCHEDULED) Saturday, August 23rd, 4:00-5:30
pm
Fall Equinox, Saturday, September 20, 3:00-4:30 pm
Winter Solstice, Saturday, December 20, 3:00-4:30 pm
WHERE:
Each location will be at a different location. Location and parking details will be sent out via email one week prior. Locations will most likely be varying meeting points within Rock Creek Park.
Ecstatic dance
is an exceptional wellness practice exploring free expression
through movement in a substance-free, facilitated, and inclusive
environment. In ecstatic dance, there are no set steps or
structures, you move however you feel moved to move. Do you feel
like doing graceful twirls by yourself or with a partner? Stomp and
punch the air? Rock back and forth on your back? Put your legs up
against a wall? Curl up in a corner? You do anything you want that
doesn't interfere with others' self expression. In ecstatic dance,
we co-create a safe space where everyone is free to be their
authentic selves. The result is mental clarity, emotional freedom,
and physical embodiment.
The benefits of ecstatic dance include:
Stress and tension relief
Mindfulness and relaxation
Somatic healing
Self-expression
Exercise and play
Community and connection
No experience necessary! We will provide instructions and ease you
into the practice. The event begins with an opening circle where we
get to know each other and share intentions, followed by an hour
and fifteen minute playlist, and a closing circle to share
reflections. We will spend time before and after the dance
connecting in community. During the dance there is no talking. This
helps us to connect with our bodies and each other nonverbally. The
result is often a trance-like and ecstatic experience.
6:45 Doors open
7:00 Opening circle
7:30 Dance
8:45 Closing circle
9:00 Depart
An Inclusive Space: All ages, genders, sexual orientation, and
abilities welcome.
Music: A mix of new age, worldbeat, tribal, EDM, trance, arranged
in a dance wave, from slow to fast to slow. It is typically 50%
non-lyrical.
What to bring: Water bottle, short sleeve, loose clothing, expect
to get sweaty! Yoga mat (optional). No alcohol or food is provided
and please don't bring any.
Not familiar with ecstatic
dance? Try these links
(High production value with attractive people)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr />v=RTnRHkMChbI
(What it looks like more realistically)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr />v=sqe_AoQb3Q0
About the Facilitator:
Clara Fang, Ph.D is the founder of Green Tara Consulting, a
consulting firm that specializes in diversity, equity, inclusion,
and belonging. She is an experienced facilitator of ecstatic dance,
meditation, and authentic relating. She lives in Germantown, MD.
Learn more at bio.site/cfang
Sat, August 23rd | 6:45pm - 9 pm | In Person | $30/Class
Ecstatic dance
is an exceptional wellness practice exploring free expression
through movement in a substance-free, facilitated, and inclusive
environment. In ecstatic dance, there are no set steps or
structures, you move however you feel moved to move. Do you feel
like doing graceful twirls by yourself or with a partner? Stomp and
punch the air? Rock back and forth on your back? Put your legs up
against a wall? Curl up in a corner? You do anything you want that
doesn't interfere with others' self expression. In ecstatic dance,
we co-create a safe space where everyone is free to be their
authentic selves. The result is mental clarity, emotional freedom,
and physical embodiment.
The benefits of ecstatic dance include:
Stress and tension relief
Mindfulness and relaxation
Somatic healing
Self-expression
Exercise and play
Community and connection
No experience necessary! We will provide instructions and ease you
into the practice. The event begins with an opening circle where we
get to know each other and share intentions, followed by an hour
and fifteen minute playlist, and a closing circle to share
reflections. We will spend time before and after the dance
connecting in community. During the dance there is no talking. This
helps us to connect with our bodies and each other nonverbally. The
result is often a trance-like and ecstatic experience.
6:45 Doors open
7:00 Opening circle
7:30 Dance
8:45 Closing circle
9:00 Depart
An Inclusive Space: All ages, genders, sexual orientation, and
abilities welcome.
Music: A mix of new age, worldbeat, tribal, EDM, trance, arranged
in a dance wave, from slow to fast to slow. It is typically 50%
non-lyrical.
What to bring: Water bottle, short sleeve, loose clothing, expect
to get sweaty! Yoga mat (optional). No alcohol or food is provided
and please don't bring any.
Not familiar with ecstatic
dance? Try these links
(High production value with attractive people)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr />v=RTnRHkMChbI
(What it looks like more realistically)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr />v=sqe_AoQb3Q0
About the Facilitator:
Clara Fang, Ph.D is the founder of Green Tara Consulting, a
consulting firm that specializes in diversity, equity, inclusion,
and belonging. She is an experienced facilitator of ecstatic dance,
meditation, and authentic relating. She lives in Germantown, MD.
Learn more at bio.site/cfang
Sat, October 4th | 6:45pm - 9 pm | In Person | $30/Class
Ecstatic dance
is an exceptional wellness practice exploring free expression
through movement in a substance-free, facilitated, and inclusive
environment. In ecstatic dance, there are no set steps or
structures, you move however you feel moved to move. Do you feel
like doing graceful twirls by yourself or with a partner? Stomp and
punch the air? Rock back and forth on your back? Put your legs up
against a wall? Curl up in a corner? You do anything you want that
doesn't interfere with others' self expression. In ecstatic dance,
we co-create a safe space where everyone is free to be their
authentic selves. The result is mental clarity, emotional freedom,
and physical embodiment.
The benefits of ecstatic dance include:
Stress and tension relief
Mindfulness and relaxation
Somatic healing
Self-expression
Exercise and play
Community and connection
No experience necessary! We will provide instructions and ease you
into the practice. The event begins with an opening circle where we
get to know each other and share intentions, followed by an hour
and fifteen minute playlist, and a closing circle to share
reflections. We will spend time before and after the dance
connecting in community. During the dance there is no talking. This
helps us to connect with our bodies and each other nonverbally. The
result is often a trance-like and ecstatic experience.
6:45 Doors open
7:00 Opening circle
7:30 Dance
8:45 Closing circle
9:00 Depart
An Inclusive Space: All ages, genders, sexual orientation, and
abilities welcome.
Music: A mix of new age, worldbeat, tribal, EDM, trance, arranged
in a dance wave, from slow to fast to slow. It is typically 50%
non-lyrical.
What to bring: Water bottle, short sleeve, loose clothing, expect
to get sweaty! Yoga mat (optional). No alcohol or food is provided
and please don't bring any.
Not familiar with ecstatic
dance? Try these links
(High production value with attractive people)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr />v=RTnRHkMChbI
(What it looks like more realistically)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr />v=sqe_AoQb3Q0
About the Facilitator:
Clara Fang, Ph.D is the founder of Green Tara Consulting, a
consulting firm that specializes in diversity, equity, inclusion,
and belonging. She is an experienced facilitator of ecstatic dance,
meditation, and authentic relating. She lives in Germantown, MD.
Learn more at bio.site/cfang
Sat, November 15th | 6:45pm - 9 pm | In Person | $30/Class