Very simply, we need time and space to tend to ourselves. To be present to our lived experience, to extend and receive self-love. This weekly, 45-minute time together is an invitation to meet what is here, in this moment. To discover and uncover our relationship to our sensations and feelings and to examine where choices are available to us to surrender the stories of suffering. We can be in such a state of discomfort as we confront and are confronted by the often challenging realities of living, that we contract and create drama and stories to defend our tender, vulnerable hearts and beliefs. Instead, with deeper contact with ourselves, and practices to open wider to the felt experience and emotions of being human, we develop capacity to meet the intensity and aliveness of life, undefended and yet protected at our core.

Come join us at 8:00AM on Thursdays as we make time for silence, breath, sensation, and examination of our mind habits that keep us perpetuating suffering. We will include some time to share with each other in service of fellowship and deepening our practice.

To sustain this program, please consider donating to 18 Springs by following this link. If you are unable to donate at this time, please come anyway!

Contact 18 Springs to ask about accessibility needs or for any other questions.

The overall mission of this community group is to better the environment for Black, Indigenous, People of Color by providing an avenue for white people to improve their understanding of racism and white culture. Tools will be provided that increase white awareness and inform constructive action to better dismantle systems that continue to disrespect and harm BIPOC. This program will provide education, a format for discussion, as well as meditation practices for transformation.

• Learn the history of race and racism in the United States.

   

• Identify cultural conditioning as it pertains to race and racism and the way it operates within our lives in the present.

   
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• Work constructively with uncomfortable emotions such as anger, shame, guilt and sadness.

   
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• Deepen sensitivity to the dynamics of power that arise in relationships between white people and BIPOC.

   

• Become actively anti-racist.

   
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This group is collaboratively led by the members of the group.

For this donation based offering please consider a donation of any amount to 18 Springs. (If you are unable to make a donation at this time, please join us anyway!)

To inquire, to ask about accessibility needs, or for any other questions contact Sydney Hughes-McGee at bodyandearth18@gmail.com.

Dr. Granger of Somalumina Yoga teaches yoga classes for self-care, stress management and personal transformation. This weekly class focuses on moving the body and establishing stability, comfort and ease of breath. The practice will explore range of motion, build and/or maintain strength and bring the mind into the inner space of the body. This is done with awareness and compassion to bring a cooperative relationship between the body and the mind.

Join Marilyn for this weekly offering on Mondays. This is a Hybrid class, which means you can join in person or online. If you are planning to attend in person, you will still need to register online. If you'd prefer to pay in person, choose “pay later” at checkout. You can pay by cash or check before class.

You can purchase a single session or we have a number of class pass options to choose from during checkout. You can use these passes for weekly and monthly recurring classes that are not donation based.

For financial assistance learn about our Access Fund.

Please contact 18 Springs to ask about accessibility needs or for any other questions.

Learn more about Dr. Granger HERE and check out her website HERE.

This monthly community meeting space is open to all who share the value of dismantling personal, cultural and institutional racism in Winston-Salem and beyond. This group grew out of HOPE TANK W-S which formed to study and practice nonviolent social change. It was formally named “Communicating Effectively about Racism”.

Each meeting includes: time to review the “wall of history” and discuss past and current events, quiet time for reflection and centering, a review of nonviolent principles, and discussion of what is coming up for members of the group as they work to dismantle white supremacy. We invite you to bring stories from your own experiences to share, or to just come ready to work with whatever emerges in the group.

This is a space for coming together across lines of racial difference as well as differences in age, experience, religious/spiritual beliefs, sexual and gender identity and political affiliation. The only requirements are a willingness to engage in honest and respectful conversation.

Join Willard, Christy, & Sydney on the third Thursday of every month between 6:30 and 8:00 pm.

To sustain this program, please consider giving a donation of any amount to Freedom Tree at Institute for Dismantling Racism. Donate HERE. (If you are unable to make a donation at this time, please join us anyway!)

Contact 18 Springs to ask about accessibility needs or for any other questions.

In this fast paced society that we live in, taking time to rest has become an act of radical self love. We can all find a dozen reasons to push forward juggling multiple tasks rather than slowing our pace….until our body speaks so loudly that we have no choice but to stop.

Yoga nidra provides the perfect vehicle to rest body, mind, and soul. Yoga nidra, also known as yogic sleep, is a guided meditation suitable for all levels from beginners to advanced yogis. You will begin with gentle stretching, then led through a series of progressive relaxation.

Yoga nidra helps relieve stress, muscle tension, and insomnia. And it also improves creativity, mental clarity, intuition, and energy.

Come join us every 3rd Sunday of the month on this adventure of radical resistance through sacred rest!

You can purchase a single session or we have class pass options to choose from at checkout. You can use these passes for weekly & monthly classes.

SPECIAL BIPOC PRICING OF 10.00 IS AVAILABLE AT CHECK-OUT.

For financial assistance learn about our Access Fund.

Please contact 18 Springs to ask about accessibility needs or for any other questions.

Dr. LaShanda Brown is a nurse practitioner and yoga teacher who researches self care practices of nurses and caregivers with a focus on building and maintaining resilience. Her past research looks at the roles of nurses in the community and the impact of their selfless service on the lives that they touched. She is interested in exploring the impact of their service as caregivers on their own personal health and well being, as well as the benefits of contemplative practices like mindfulness, yoga, meditation, and reflective journaling. Dr. Brown teaches yoga and meditation in the community, and has witnessed firsthand the positive impact that these practices can have on individuals in the healthcare professions. She facilitates womens’ circles and mini retreats to offer spaces for women to reflect, learn tools for resilience, and form supportive communities.

The 18 Springs sanctuary space will be open for prayer and meditation from 9:00-10:30 AM the first Sunday of each month. Volunteers from the community will be creating a focal altar, providing appropriate background music and acting as host for each month’s Stillness. The volunteers currently scheduled are:

August 1 – MJ Alger

September 5 – Temple Crocker

October 3 – Susannah Ravenswing

November 7 - Gayle Williams

If you are interested in volunteering to host a future Stillness, please contact Susannah Ravenswing at sravenswing@gmail.com .

This is a donation based offering. You can donate to 18 Springs on our website: 18springshealing.org.

Please contact 18 Springs to ask about accessibility needs or with any other questions.

This is a donation based offering. You can donate to 18 Springs on our website: 18springshealing.org.

Please contact 18 Springs to ask about accessibility needs or with any other questions.

Tai Chi is a Chinese internal martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits, and meditation. It is a series of gentle physical exercises and stretches. Each posture flows into the next without pause, ensuring that your body is in constant motion. It is sometimes described as moving meditation because it promotes serenity through gentle movements - connecting the mind and body.

In our class, we practice one of the oldest styles, Chao Family Tai Chi Chuan. We believe in our physical and mental wellness on individual levels. Tai chi has been shown to improve awareness, relaxation, mood elevation, aerobic capacity, natural breathing, balance range, flexibility, and muscular strength. It is perfectly suited to helping us repair our bodies, quiet our minds, and enrich our spirits.

And another great thing is that we can get to meet like minded people!

Misako is offering Tai Chi as an ongoing weekly self-care class beginning July 15th until December 16th, 2021. You are welcome to come and try the class at anytime. Beginners are always welcome.

Please contact 18 Springs to ask about accessibility needs or for any other questions. If the fee for this class is cost prohibitive to you, please apply to our Access Fund at 18springshealing.org/access-fund.