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EmbodyGR Celebrates 4 Years! Join Us!

2/27/2018

Dearest tribe,

EmbodyGR celebrates FOUR YEARS this Wednesday! That's a lot of down dogs :) We could not be who we are without YOU! So please join tomorrow, Wed. Feb 28. Yoga will led by local rock star teachers Stacy Calcatera, Mimi Ray, Peri Jill & myself. Magical music will be made by Major Murphy's Jacki Warren & Jacob Bullard and Rockford High School students Jenna Olson & Caleb Waldvogal. We will have a photo booth by The People Picture Company along with cupcakes, tea, and conversation! It's gonna be a thing- don't miss out! It's FREE & open to all people 18+ so bring all your people. Let's spread the 'feel better do good' movement and help make our world a happier, healthier place for all humans. Our circle of care is waiting to welcome in the next new people!

Please feel free to bring cupcakes, cookies, or any celebratory food or drink to share.

See you on the mat!

All the love,
Dana

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
***We are back in the SOCIAL HALL!!! :)

What: EmbodyGR 4 year celebration!
When: Feb 28, 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Fountain Street Church Social Hall
Who: YOU & all your 18+ peeps.
Why: Yoga party!

Upcoming EventsMarch 11
What: Girls Rock GR- CD Release Party &
Bowling Fundraiser
When: Sunday, March 11 at 2 PM - 5 PM
Where: The Clique Bowling Center- 533 Stocking Ave NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504
Deets: $5.00 covers shoes & bowling

March 21
Special guest Bridget Clark Whitney,
Executive Director of Kids Food Basket joins our EmbodyGR weekly gathering- 6:30-8:00pm

Save The Date!
EmbodyGR Fundraiser, Thursday, April 26 from 7:30-10:30pmat Watermark Country Club

“People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state--it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.

― Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Yoga for Peace

2/21/2018

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Tribe of PEACE!

I am still reeling after our 18th school shooting in the United States since January 1st, 2018. That averages about 3 per week thus far. How are you feeling? Do you agree that thoughts & prayers are no longer enough? Our young people deserve better and we are the ones who are supposed to be caring for and protecting the most vulnerable among us.

We, at EmbodyGR, are all about action. What action can you, me, us, take? For starters, this week we are holding a yoga for peace gathering to send love & healing to the victims, their loved ones, and the peace of our planet. Our collective intention is a powerful force, make no mistake to think otherwise. So please, please, show up Wednesday, February 21 to our weekly gathering to take tangible action for peace in our world. Though yoga & meditation are not a singular solution to end gun violence, let us join together and take a stand. Let us move from a state of powerlessness, hopelessness and helpless isolation to a collective community coming together to grieve, pick up the shattered pieces of our national heart, and ask the uncomfortable questions: 'What is the next right step for me right now? How can I be part of a solution? How can I use my voice, my vote, my resources, my agency, for peace?" No one is coming to fix this for us. Let us join as one because only together we can make peace within ourselves, safety in our schools and thus a world safer for our children.

If you are inspired to join in a larger conversation about gun violence, consider coming to Fountain Street Church this Sunday, February 25, with other members and supporters of Moms Demand Action in Grand Rapids. There you can discern what YOU can do for the gun violence prevention movement while learning about upcoming events, legislative work, 2018 elections, and strategy moving forward.

When times are uncertain & fearful, my go-to is 'lovingkindness meditation' May this help you, as it does me, to cultivate peace within self and inspire within you the personal responsibility to cultivate peace in our world.

May I be happy.
May I be at peace,
May I be well.
May my heart open.

May you be happy.
May you be at peace,
May you be well.
May your heart open.

May we be happy.
May we be at peace,
May we be well.
May our hearts open.

And so it is.

Deep peace & abundant love,

Dana

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
***We are back in the SOCIAL HALL!!! :)

What: EmbodyGR- Peace practice for Florida
When: Feb 21, 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Social Hall
Why: to help make our world a more peaceful place & send love to the victims and families of the school shooting in Florida.

Let's celebrate & DO GOOD!

January 17 - March 17
EmbodyGR & Spectrum Healthier Communities 8 Week Challenge
When: January 17-March 14.
What: 3 surveys given: Jan 17, Feb 14 & March 14

February 24
What: WMEAC- Nonprofit Meet & Greet Service Fair: Women and the Environment
When: Saturday Feb 24 from 10AM - 1 PM
Where: Linc Up - 1167 Madison Ave SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507
What: Women and the Environment is about more than just talking, at the Service Fair we work with dozens of non-profits to provide you with opportunities to take action! (EmbodyGR will be there!)

February 25
What: Moms Demand Action Meeting
When: 2 - 3:30 PM
Where: Fountain Street Church
Topic: Gun violence prevention movement

February 28th
What: EMBODYGR 4 YEAR CELEBRATION!!!
When: Wednesday, Feb 28th from 6:30-8:00 PM
Where: Fountain St Church Social Hall

March 11
What: Girls Rock GR- CD Release Party &
Bowling Fundraiser
When: Sunday, March 11 at 2 PM - 5 PM
Where: The Clique Bowling Center- 533 Stocking Ave NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504
Deets: $5.00 covers shoes & bowling

March 21
Special guest Bridget Clark Whitney,
Executive Director of Kids Food Basket joins our EmbodyGR weekly gathering- 6:30-8:00pm

Save The Date!
EmbodyGR Fundraiser, Thursday, April 26 from 7:30-10:30pmat Watermark Country Club

Every moment, a voice, out of this world, calls on our soul, to wake up and rise.
~Rumi

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Be Love. Show Love. Live Love.

2/14/2018

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Hello tribe of love,
Important business to start! Tonight, Wed Feb 14, is round 2 of our quality of life surveys in partnership with Spectrum Healthier Communities. Please join us & take the survey which will help us obtain crucial data to show the impact of yoga & meditation in community on physical & mental wellbeing. This is really important work friends and we need YOU. While you are working on your personal goals, EmbodyGR is here to support you each step of the way and together we can bring Embody to communities across our region, throughout our nation, and ultimately across the globe. Thanks you in advance for being part of our survey process, for your efforts, support and help to bring Embody into the lives of more humans.

Now... Happy Valentine's Day!!! It's actually one of my most favorite days of the year. It's the day I can tell everyone I love them and it's not considered strange. Really, I love doing this. It feels good. It affirms others. It helps me. Being positive, energetically engaged, and sharing love always leaves me in a better state of being. Life looks brighter, tomorrow more hopeful, problems more manageable. The more love I give away, the more I am able to love myself a little more as a result.

Self-love is no joke; self-love is not necessarily native; self-love takes hard work; self-love is necessary. And if self-love is that powerful, love in relationship is a doozie. When you choose love, it's not like an a la carte menu where you pick & choose only your favorites. Love is a total package deal; an all or nothing gig. It overflows with beauty, passion, joy, & happiness while also bringing pain, heartbreak, confusion, sadness, and grief. But you can't get one without the other. You cannot know deepest passion without experiencing the wrenching feelings of loneliness; connection without isolation; joy without sadness. Continue to choose love anyway. Why else are we here? Choose love again and again. Give your heart fully and though it won't be perfect, you will be living life to the fullest. You are worth it. Love is worth the risk.

Remember, you can't give what you don't have. So take a deep breath for YOU! Honor yourself, your light, your beauty, your heart. Love yourself as fully & completely as possible. Now get out there.. BE LOVE ... the world needs you.

Big love,
Dana

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
***Located in the TREE HOUSE- 3rd floor

What: EmbodyGR Spectrum Healthier Communities Survey #2& Weekly Gathering w/ guest teacher Melissa Thorndill
When: Feb 7, 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Tree House
Why: Feel better, do good.

Let's celebrate & DO GOOD!

January 17 - March 17
EmbodyGR & Spectrum Healthier Communities 8 Week Challenge
When: January 17-March 14.
What: 3 surveys given: Jan 17, Feb 14 & March 14

March 11
What: Girls Rock GR- CD Release Party &
Bowling Fundraiser
When: Sunday, March 11 at 2 PM - 5 PM
Where: The Clique Bowling Center- 533 Stocking Ave NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504
Deets: $5.00 covers shoes & bowling

March 21
Special guest Bridget Clark Whitney,
Executive Director of Kids Food Basket joins our EmbodyGR weekly gathering- 6:30-8:00pm

Save The Date:
EmbodyGR Fundraiser, Thursday, April 26 from 7:30-10:30pm at Watermark Country Club

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. "
~Unknown

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Celebrating the month of love with yoga and socks

2/6/2018

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Hey Tribe,

Happy February.... the month to celebrate LOVE!

Please join us this Wednesday, February 7, to celebrate Valentine's Day with yoga, card making & sock collection for our community partner Uprising Yoga out of LA. Let's show our support of incarcerated youth & let them know they are not alone! If you are inspired please bring in a pair of plain socks (no words please).

The youth are in great need of socks at this time, so please "do good" if you can & bring a pair to share. Feel free to bring any card making supplies you might want to use. I will have paper, markers, and crayons available. Yummy treats from the heart are welcome too! Let's spread love this Valentine's Day!
Thanks for living out our "feel better do good" mantra & sharing the love with incarcerated youth.

All love,
Dana

Next Yoga Session

Wednesday, February 7, 2018
***Located in the TREE HOUSE- 3rd floor

What: EmbodyGR Weekly Gathering w/ Dana
When: Feb 7, 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Tree House
Why: Celebrating our community partner Uprising Yoga & Valentine's Day!

Upcoming Events

Let's celebrate & DO GOOD!

January 17 - March 17
EmbodyGR & Spectrum Healthier Communities 8 Week Challenge
When: January 17-March 14.
What: 3 surveys given: Jan 17, Feb 14 & March 14

February 7
What: Valentine Card Making & Sock Collection for our community partner Uprising Yoga
When: EmbodyGr Weekly Gathering Feb 7th
Bring: Card supplies if you like and socks!

February 11
What: May Erlewine & Max Lockwood - Sunday Afternoon LIVE!: FREE
When: Sunday, February 11, 2-4:00
Where: Kent District Library - Cascade Township Branch-2870 Jacksmith Ave SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546

March 11
What: Girls Rock GR- CD Release Party &
Bowling Fundraiser
When: Sunday, March 11 at 2 PM - 5 PM-
Where: The Clique Bowling Center- 533 Stocking Ave NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504
Deets: $5.00 covers shoes & bowling

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone
deeply gives you courage.”
~ Lao Tzu

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