This week we will ground ourselves in our intention and bring awareness to the focus of our gaze. We will get curious about how easy or how challenging it may be to settle our eyes when we are challenged in our asana practice and in our daily lives. We will see how the quality of the mind is tied to the ability to focus our gaze, our breath. Our practice is our forever laboratory to learn more about the "self" to help us heal, grow & transform into our most whole, authentic self who is essential goodness, completely unstoppable & absolutely an incredible miracle! Focus defined: noun- the center of interest or activity. verb- pay particular attention to. Be sure to join us Wednesday to noun & verb focus in your practice. We will learn tools to bring more intentional focus to your focus day-to-day and then watch your life change before your eyes. As the saying goes... "what you focus on expands", so where do you choose to place focus? See you soon! Love, love, love, Dana
Upcoming EventsMark your calendar, we have some great opportunities for connection and service coming up!
August 21st: Girls Rock GR Showcase- FREE! When: Sunday, August 21- 4:00-5:00pm Where: Wealthy Theater What: Click HERE for volunteer opportunities! They need help moving gear and providing lunch on a couple days :) OR just go check out the showcase for FREE (donations are appreciated)! August 5-7: Grand River Rendezvous- FREE! When: Friday, August 5- Sunday August 7 Where: Boynton's Landing (Jenison), 825 Taylor Street What: Paddle sections of the Grand River Heritage Water Trail and camp on the river bank for the weekend at the Grand Rapids Rendezvous. The rendezvous is a free event and there will be no fee for camping. Bring your canoe or kayak and take advantage of the opportunity to paddle downstream as far as Grand River Park (3 miles), 68th Street (12 miles) or Harbor Island (28 miles) August 10: Guest Speaker Brian Keeley When: Wed. August 10 EmbodyGR Gathering What: Brian is coming to talk to us about the Red Project and the Walk to End HIV August 16th: Rain Barrel Workshop When: Tuesday, Aug 16th, 6:30-7:30 Where: Rockford Brewing Company- $30 What: Your ticket includes 1 Rain Barrel and instructions All workshops includes everything you need to set up your barrel and take around 45 minutes. September 10: Walk to End HIV When: Saturday, September 10 - 10:00am registration Where: Rosa Parks Circle. What: Join the EmbodyGR team to support those who struggle with HIV/AIDS. September 10: Tribute on the Grand When: September 10 @4:00-11:00pm Where: Ah-Nab-Awen Park What: FREE event to create a safer, more exciting river experience for everyone. Read more at WMEAC.org: Tribute on the Grand https://wmeac.org/event/tribute-on-the-grand-2/
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I sat with my own 15 year old daughter Grace in awe of the power of young people to create change. I believe Grace too was moved, inspired, and hopeful for her future as a young person in our world. And that made my heart mom-happy. All my parents out there know that is crucial for our kids. So many adults ask me almost on a daily basis, "What can I do?" That is what EmbodyGR is all about- taking care of ourselves, healing, educating, transforming, & finding happiness in daily life, so we are inspired to take action to make the world better! All humans desire to feel better & all humans within them have the need to do good (whether they realize it or not). We can practice yoga & meditation. We work for peace & happiness. We can volunteer & serve. We can attend rallies. We can organize. We can use our voices. We can vote mindfully. We can show kindness to all people. We can acknowledge our shared humanity. We can spread the message of hope, courage and a revolution of love through our daily practices & actions. At EmbodyGR that is our work.. "feel better, do good." Taking action can be hard and making it a part of our life can be exhausting and at times overwhelming. That is why we gather each week at EmbodyGR. That is why we surround ourselves with people who care, support us, and work for change. That is why this week at EmbodyGR we will work to move the needle on love as a revolution! Please bring an image (photo, piece of art, poem, jewelry, statute, etc) that is a symbol of love, hope and inspiration for change to you! We will be practicing yoga & meditation, singing, breathing, sweating and uplifting ourselves and our world while being surrounded by our personal images of love, courage, and hope of a better future for ALL. Let us immerse all our senses in positivity we can use as fuel for our daily lives. Together we can do this! Please bring the friend we all have that says they want to make a difference in the world and they just don't know how. Give them the gift of our community. See you Wednesday! Yours in revolutionary love, Dana Who: YOU and friends What: EmbodyGR with Dana Christian Lee! Where: 3rd floor tree house - Fountain Street Church When: Wed July 20, 2016- 6:30-8:00pm Why: To bring a revolution of LOVE! Bring: A symbol of hope, courage & change (photo, piece of art, jewelry, small sculpture, etc) to build a puja of inspiration! Upcoming EventsFREE Training Opportunity! July 19th: Mental Health First Aid for Adults who work with Youth When: Tuesday, July 19 | 8:00am - 4:30pm Where: Kent ISD on the Beltline RSVP: catlanting@themhf.org What: This course is free. Please bring your own lunch! This certification course teaches a 5-step action plan to help a youth who is in the early stages of developing a mental health problem or during a crisis. Taught by certified instructors to small groups of 30 people or fewer. August 21st: Girls Rock GR Showcase- When: Sunday, August 21- 4:00-5:00pm Where: Wealthy Theater
 What a week! Such a challenging time in our nation watching in horror as senseless killing seems like breaking news on the regular. It's almost impossible to wrap one's mind around, let alone keep our hearts open, our words kind, our actions peaceful. As a community let us come together this week to do what we do- hold space for each other to do our work, feel all the emotions that are running strongly within us, shift the energy of fear/anger/hatred into a space of love from where we can channel that energy into appropriate actions individually, as a community, & as a global citizen. We shall uplift the memory of Alton Sterling & Philando Castille as well as the police officers in Dallas, the families who lost loved ones, and the communities that are consumed by racism, brutality, & hatred as well as a dizzying confusion of not knowing "what to do" or how to be. We shall meditate, practice, sing, sweat, cry... together in our struggle and in our joy we stand each week in our circle of care. If you have a poem, a song, an art piece to share, a personal expression to offer into our gathering of choosing love over fear, please email me! If you have a drum please bring it :) Alone our struggle is too large to bear; together we can navigate our fears & the darkness to remember the light of love radiates in the heart of each human (even if people forget we will hold space for them until they remember). All LOVE, Dana P.S.- We DO have childcare this week. July 13, 2016 ***IMPORTANT: WE DO HAVE CHILDCARE this night!! Click HERE to reserve your child's spot! Who: YOU and friends What: EmbodyGR Community Gathering Where: Social Hall - Fountain Street Church When: Wed July 13, 2016- 6:30-8:00pm Why: To work with our fear, enhance love for self & others and find an action to take in this world to create change slanted toward love for ALL. Upcoming EventsJuly 15th: Kundalini Yoga Sadhana When: Friday, July 15th @ 6-8am (That's A.M.!) Where: Overlook docks, Reeds Lake Bvd, East Grand Rapids What: Kundalini Yoga Sadhana with Susanne Schmidt- FREE Click HERE for details! July 16th: Am I Next? (Peaceful Demonstration) When: Saturday, July 16 noon Where: Rosa Parks Circle What: Everyone is encouraged to join in a peaceful movement to show respect and concern for the victims of the senseless murders of black people and recognize the lives of all minority's through a community demonstration 4Unity. Click HERE for details!
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Here are the details for us to support our July community partners! What: Shurm Daddy Rec Ride When: Sunday, July 10- check in 2:30, yoga w/ Dana @2:45, ride @ 3:00 Where: Starting @ Spoke Folks 221 Logan St. SE Why: To raise funds for the Mental Health Foundation. How to participate: Get on your bike and ride 13 miles w/ 2 stops or 32 miles challenging ride (Halfway point at Lamar Park, we will be in Section C there.) Volunteers: Arrive at Spoke Folks @2:15 or 4:00 to Lamar Park. Ride Finish Celebration: The Spoke Folks 6-6:30 How to Register: $10 registration fee which comes with a t-shirt & water bottle; (limited t-shirt sizes & availability if you register day of) register on-line or at the link below: https://www.crowdrise.com/sdrr16 ** If you don't have a bike and would like to ride, we will try our best to help. Please contact Lori Wilson for more info: lori.wilsonvm@gmail.com  One month into our precious summer.... what have you been doing to "feel better"? What have you been doing to "do good"? You can be guaranteed both if you show up tomorrow night! You will hear from Lori Wilson of Shurm Daddy Rec Ride- our July community partners. They are an organization dedicated to raising awareness & reducing stigma around anxiety & depression as well as access to suicide prevention assistance. We all know someone (if not ourselves) who struggle with anxiety & depression. And unfortunately all too many of us know a life that was lost to suicide. Let us come together to practice yoga & meditation, while also learning more about how we can be part of a movement designed to help uplift ourselves as well as those who struggle with mental well being.
July 6, 2016 ***IMPORTANT: WE DO HAVE CHILDCARE this night!! Click HERE to reserve your child's spot! Who: YOU and friends What: EmbodyGR & Shurm Daddy Rec Ride Where: Social Hall - Fountain Street Church When: Wed July 6, 2016- 6:30-8:00pm Why: To learn more about our community partners for July & find ways to "Do good!" Upcoming Event - Save the Date! |
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