Saturday, November 15,  1-3 PM

Location:  South Yuba Club, 130 West Berryhill Drive, Grass Valley CA

Cost:  Sliding Scale:  We all have different income levels so I offer a sliding scale for all workshops. Please choose the payment level that feels best to you.

Supporter: $25

Sustainer: $35

Benefactor: $45

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Description: 

Join me for another fun exploration of the human body— waking up connections that can help us feel grounded and balanced in daily life.

In this workshop we will focus on exercises connecting with, and caring for our feet and the core of our bodies.  Healthy, open and responsive feet extending out of the core of our bodies help us to create a strong sense of groundedness and a foundation from which to move with ease and grace.

We will wake up our feet, the core and our back myofascial slings, strengthen these areas, and connecting them consciously to one another, will build our capacity for balance in all activities we engage in.

I hope you can join me!

Wednesday, August 6,  3-5 PM

Location:  Full Life Zoom Classroom

Cost:  Sliding Scale:  

Supporter: $25

Sustainer: $30

Benefactor: $45

Register:  [email protected]

Description:

In this two hour workshop we will look at current research on bone health and caring for your bones through movement, weight bearing, anatomy and postural awareness exercises, yoga poses, core work,  nutrition and fun interactive exercises in community. We will address bone care at different stages of life– looking at bone density, strength and joint health.  Resources for your own further learning will be provided.

Hope you can join me!

Saturday, August 2,  1-3 PM

Location:  South Yuba Club, 130 West Berryhill Drive, Grass Valley CA

Cost:  Sliding Scale:  ($5 discount for SYC Members)

Supporter: $25

Sustainer: $30

Benefactor: $45

Register:  [email protected]

Description:

In this two hour workshop we will look at current research on bone health and caring for your bones through movement, weight bearing, anatomy and postural awareness exercises, yoga poses, core work,  nutrition and fun interactive exercises in community. We will address bone care at different stages of life– looking at bone density, strength and joint health.  Resources for your own further learning will be provided.

Hope you can join me!

Wednesday, May 7th,  3-4:30 PM

Location:  On Zoom!

Cost:  Sliding Scale:  

$25-$45 (With Video Link to revisit for at least 6 months.)

Register:  [email protected]

Description:

In this two hour workshop we will continue to learn to relieve pain along the spine from the pelvis up into the neck.  We will evaluate postures, feeling for shifts in our pelvis, spine, shoulder girdle and neck.

We will learn some anatomy first and then do exercises to feel into  specific areas of the spine. These exercises are designed to empower you to find balance in your own unique body, whether you have had an injury, scoliosis, stenosis or other postural alignment challenges.

We will play with the relationship between hips, shoulders and neck finding our tight places and our weak, lengthened areas.  Then we will try on various exercises to help us build balance.  We will feel into what activation and release we can concentrate on in yoga poses, Qigong and Pilates exercises to bring harmony to the physical body.

We will learn to see how a postural shifts in the hips can impact the thoracic spine of the rib cage and the cervical spine of the neck. We will learn cues that can help students place pelvis thoughtfully- helping them to align the diamond of the pelvic floor, and  postural awareness rings for greater ease of movement.

We will also work more with aligning the hyoid bone in the neck to ease lower back pain and neck and shoulder tightness.  Since the spine is our central channel, the work goes both directions, up and down the spine.

This will build on our past workshops while also standing independently.  I have been learning new information to share and am excited for this workshop!

Hope you can join me!

with Tracy Lease & Miyu Tamamura

Sunday, March 2, 2024

1:00-4:00 PM

Description:

The decision to be the presence of love is the most powerful influence you can have in any situation in your life and in this world. ~ Robert Holden

Express yourself completely, then keep quiet.
Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind;
when it rains, there is only rain; when the clouds pass, the sun shines through.
If you open yourself to the Tao, you are at one with the Tao
and you can embody it completely.
If you open yourself to insight, you are at one with insight
and you can use it completely.
If you open yourself to loss, you are at one with loss
and you can accept it completely.
Open yourself to the Tao, then trust your natural responses;
and everything will fall into place.
~ Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu, Translated by Stephen Mitchell

The focus of our retreat is to practice the art of Tao, the way of love.
As we practice, we realize that the Tao and love are the same in their natural quality, two words that indicate one truth. We approach and touch on the quality of love from the Tao, the spacious, non-ego place, rather than a will-ful, idealized love. Through practice, our hearts become spacious like the wide open sky, we reconnect with the natural flow and deep peace that has always been, and is currently, within us. In aligning with the Tao, we become love itself.

Our practices will be woven together with a nourishing blend of qigong, restorative yoga, breath work, heart-opening poems, meditation and the soothing and expansive sounds of crystal singing bowls. Join us for a nurturing afternoon where you will be held tenderly with care, supported by a like-hearted and minded community. All levels welcome!

All levels welcome!

*Pre-registration is required

*20 person limit

Suggested Dana or Donation:  $85 to $115 shared equally between Miyu, Tracy & Mountain Stream Meditation Center.

To Register, contact Miyu: [email protected].  You must register before giving Dana. We will send a welcome email to those registered a few days before the event.

Press here to give your donation for the retreat.    No one is turned away for lack of funds. There are some scholarships available to Mountain Stream attendees.

Contact Tracy with any questions at:
[email protected]
(907)687-2168

Thursday, February 27, 3-4:30 PM PST

Location: Zoom

Cost: $25-$45 Sliding Scale.  No one turned away for lack of funds. Pay what you can.

Register:  [email protected]

Description: 

In this 1.5 hour workshop we will better understand the development, history and philosophy of Qigong.  We will practice qigong movements and better understand how they open and relax the body and guide us towards deep concentration and meditation. We will practice qigong standing meditations and learn to look for blockages to the qi, gently aligning ourselves for optimal flow of energy. And finally we will discuss six directional awareness, visualizations and paradoxes that can help us better develop awareness and ease.