Embodiment for All Ages Through the Sacred & Expressive Arts
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Restorative Yoga & Sound Healing
-w. Lucia Rich & John Parssinen-
An invitation to relax and receive through heart centered meditation, gentle somatic movements and restorative yoga led by Lucia Rich, and meditation, healing sound tones and optional hands-on reiki with John Parssinen. This class will calm your nervous system and nourish every level of your physiology in a healing atmosphere that aids in stress-release and raises your energetic vibration.
All levels welcome.
About Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga utilizes gentle movements and passive release with props such as bolsters, pillows, blocks and/or straps to support the release of tension and to access a state of deep restfulness. Poses are often held for several minutes at a time to allow for deep listening and receptivity in the body, mind and heart.
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About Sound Healing
Sound Healing is a powerful therapy that combines different healing sounds, music, and sound healing instruments to improve our well-being by creating a beautiful experience where all layers of our energy field (body, mind, soul, spirit) are awakened gently and lovingly. Deep relaxation is the most noticeable and significant benefit of sound healing, followed by an energetic deep tissue massage effect caused by the sound vibrations that open, clear, and balance the chakras, while releasing stuck energy. Sound therapy supports our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, leaving us feeling balanced and refreshed.
About the Instructors
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Lucia Rich is a certified Yoga Instructor and SomaSource Practitioner deeply devoted to embodiment through her personal practice and teaching for over 20 years. She currently teaches slow flow, yin/yang, gentle vinyasa and restorative yoga classes and Dancing Home (a somatic movement journey) throughout Westchester, as well as creative movement and yoga classes for kids. Lucia founded Embodied Arts & Wellness in 2023 which offers unique embodiment opportunities for all ages through the Sacred and Expressive Arts.
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John Parssinen is a certified Shamanic Reiki Master Practitioner and founder of Blue Lotus Healing in Briarcliff Manor, a wellness space where he offers sound healing, meditation, reiki and energy work. John has practiced Yoga meditation for fifteen years and has led contemplative workshops and ceremonies for individuals and groups of all ages and backgrounds for over a decade. John loves creating and holding space for others to explore their inner worlds.