02/25/2025
His words are always a balm to my soul…(and I am always inspired to paint the photographs attached 😊)
When the mind is festering with trouble or the heart torn, we can find healing among the silence of mountains or fields, or listen to the simple, steadying rhythm of waves. The slowness and stillness gradually takes us over. Our breathing deepens and our hearts calm and our hungers relent. When serenity is restored, new perspectives open to us and difficulty can begin to seem like an invitation to new growth.
This invitation to friendship with nature does of course entail a willingness to be alone out there. Yet this aloneness is anything but lonely. Solitude gradually clarifies the heart until a true tranquility is reached. The irony is that at the heart of that aloneness you feel intimately connected with the world. Indeed, the beauty of nature is often the wisest balm for it gently relieves and releases the caged mind.
JOHN O'DONOHUE
Excerpt from his books, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store
County Kerry, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill
11/06/2024
Would any of my Yoga teacher/Bodywork friends like to go see Gil Hedley’s Nerve Tour in Santa Barbara on November 30th? We could get a group rate! ⚡️😃 DM me!
10/06/2024
Join us as we bathe in sound vibration to release our creative flow! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 💖
Art and Sound (Ages 16+)
https://www.santapaulaartmuseum.org/classes/2024-art-sound-4
09/17/2024
If you enjoy Classical music and Elegant Artistry, I invite you to join me in attending a Piano & Vocal collaboration by my friends Elaine Crandall and Paul Fagundes for a rapturous musical evening following the this coming Saturday, September 21, 7pm at First United Methodist Church in Ventura. Hope to see you there! 🤗🎼🎶
09/06/2024
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I’m so excited to be able to offer an evening class for all my friends who work during the day. I’ve missed you all! Will I see you there?
Posted • We have a new Fall line-up of classes and we can’t wait to introduce you to Lisa! She strives to make yoga accessible to all. Have you ever thought yoga isn’t right for you because or your age, size, ability, or fitness level? Well, Lisa is here to show you and guide you into the world of yoga so you too can experience the life changing results...or at least find some joy in it.
Call/Text or sign-up online.
(805) 217-3307
www.embodywellnessventura.com/class-calendar
Intro rate of $20
Single sessions $24
3-Pack $66
5-pack $100
10-pack $180
Packages can be used for all our fitness classes.
08/26/2024
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Thanks for passing along this review! Come see me for Chair Yoga on Mondays at 3pm and Wednesdays at 11am.
Posted • We are grateful for this lovely review of our Yoga Studio 🙏🏻
Feedback of all kinds is welcome as we continue to grow into boutique yoga studio of choice both in Ventura and online.
08/26/2024
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Virtual Trauma-Sensitive Accessible Yoga practices for calming the mind and bringing a deeper connection to the breath, enhancing our inner & outer flexibility, strengthening and creating connections within ourselves and with others. Offered Tuesdays @ 11:30am & Wednesdays via Zoom $10 Sign-up .com
Private Therapeutic Yoga sessions are also offered on an individual basis. 🙏🏼💛
08/24/2024
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Regardless of how we configure the eternal, the human heart continues to dream of a state of wholeness, a place where everything comes together, where loss will be made good, where blindness will transform into vision, where damage will be made whole, where the clenched question will open in the house of surprise, where the travails of life's journey will enjoy a homecoming. To invoke a blessing is to call some of that wholeness upon a person now.
JOHN O'DONOHUE
Excerpt from the book, To Bless the Space Between Us (US) / Benedictus (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store
Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona, Scotland - 2024
Photo: © Ann Cahill