Join Kathleen and Michael Dowd (a dynamic brother and sister yoga teaching team!) for an afternoon of yoga, restoration, connection, gong, and gratitude.
Life can at times seem frustrating or overwhelming. Over time, we can feel discouraged and sometimes even hopeless. There are daily occurrences in the world that can easily be seen as, and experienced through, a lens of negativity or even despair. When our focus moves in this direction, it’s important to find tools that allow us to come back into authenticity and live in our power. Gratitude is one of those tools!
The practice of gratitude helps us alter our perspective on life and cultivate a sense of inner peace. This allows for a more expansive sense of the world, helping us to move forward with strength and love, especially in the face of turmoil. At this point we become agents of uplifting change in the world. With practice, the results are certain. We each have a responsibility to all Life to develop this capacity in ourselves.
This workshop will include restorative yoga, a special guided gratitude meditation, mantra and chanting, along with the healing sound of the gong interwoven throughout (including an extended gong savasana!). Gratitude and restorative yoga are both designed to instill a softening and opening in the body/mind/spirit complex. With practice, gratitude offers the opportunity to have a profound shift in how we live our lives. The gong helps quiet the mind and bring balance to the nervous and glandular systems. By bringing these together, we will strengthen our inner resources and use of these tools and radically change how we show up in the world.
What to bring:
Mat, water bottle, journal (optional)
Cost: $40 before November 3rd, $50 after
About the Instructor: Kathleen Dowd
Kathleen loves pretty much everything about the 8-limbed path of yoga. A life-long student herself, Kathleen enjoys sharing the joy and wonders of yoga with all who are interested. She has a personal mission to highlight the inclusive nature of yoga and show how it can be accessible to all. From restorative yoga to ashtanga, to meditation and kirtan, Kathleen embraces the mantra that “not all who wander are lost”. As someone who experienced chronic pain for many years, she is passionate about sharing yoga and other life tools she has learned and practiced along the way. Her classes are infused with self-compassion and kindness, along with a healthy dose of lightness, humor, and love. She strives to create an intentional space for healing for herself and her students. Kathleen has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and teaching for five. She has a 500-hour teaching certification and she is a certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists.