Smile with your eyes, friends. Also: NEW TIME for yoga class!

**Suggested donation range: $5-$25**

                April 5, 2020

            Smile with your eyes, friends. Also: NEW TIME for yoga class!

                Monday: Meditation (7:15pm); Tuesday: Yoga (9:30am)

            Be here with me, in the Truth.

                            Practices to support your life

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Hello, all. I hope this finds you safe and well.

Before I share a few words, I wanted to give you all the quick links to my online offerings (click on links to sign up!):

Monday Night Meditation, 7:15-8pm - by donation

UPDATED TIME! Yoga is now back to it's original time - 9:30-10:30am!

Tuesday Mindful Flow Yoga, 9:30-10:30am - REGISTER HERE - if you need to pay a sliding scale rate please use Venmo @EllieBurkeLife - $10-$20

Sharing an Instagram post here in case you missed it:

Wore it out to pick up some necessities at @ellwoodsrva this morning. As I walked into the store, I got a warm greeting by one of their awesome staff. My natural response was a big smile.

I immediately realized that it couldn’t be seen or received. It struck me pretty deeply, actually. I didn’t realize how MUCH I gained from a such an automatic, simple facial expression - how much I received by someone else, even (maybe even especially?) a total stranger, receiving my smile as I received theirs.

Brought me to tears. Tears for what we’ve temporarily lost: connection, closeness, shared moments of Love.

I have so much hope for what can transform and where we all have the potential to be as we find ourselves on the other side of this hopefully very, very flattened curve. And I have such deep sadness. Holding both is really f-ing intense.

After an isle or two of crying, I also realized something else: that I COULD, in fact, see someone’s smile, as they could see mine: in the eyes!

Never before did the expression, “the eyes are the window to the soul” feel more legit. •

Thank god for smiling eyes.

And for our deep desire as human beings to express that which we are made of: Love.

Smile with your eyes, friends. Be safe. Stay well. Stay home, Stay Conscious.

, Ellie

Donation-Based Meditation

*ON ZOOM*

Mondays, 7:15-8pm

Join me for a donation-based* meditation practice every Monday evening from 7:15-8pm. The practice will include 25 minutes of guided meditation and 10-15 minutes for questions & guidance at the end of the sit. 
Suggested donation range: $5-$25 (donate via link below)

*All donations at this time are being funneled to organizations & coalitions supporting our most vulnerable and in-need populations during this time*

PLEASE USE THIS LINK TO REGISTER via Eventbrite - you will receive your Zoom link & password after registering.

Donation Update:

I will be funneling all donations from last week and this week to Build, RVA - a co-working space for Makers here in Richmond. They have transformed their space and are building face shields for health care practitioners on the front lines right now. 

ALSO: I am still collecting gently used books (reading books, activity books, academic workbooks) for children throughout Richmond's public housing neighborhoods which will be distributed alongside RPS food distribution (who NEED VOLUNTEERS!). If you have ANY books that you would like to contribute, please email me directly so I can coordinate a pick-up!

**VIRTUAL YOGA CLASS**

Tuesdays 9:30-10:30am

please note updated time!

While I realize that this is different than practicing together in person, I hope that it is still a supportive and useful way for you to connect with yourself, with breath, and with what's in front of you in each moment. 

The class WILL be recorded so if you aren't able to attend live, please email me for payment info so I can send you the recording to practice with on your own. 

PLEASE SIGN UP FOR CLASS HERE

You will be directed to Eventbrite for sign ups & will receive Zoom link after you've registered. Regular drop-in rate is $20. If you need to pay-what-you-can due to financial hardship right now, please email me directly for registration/payment info

**RESCHEDULED**

SEVERAL SPOTS NOW OPEN!

OCT 1-4, 2020

Bliss Farm & Retreat

in Barnardsville, NC  

Please email me for more information and to book your spot today!

Please email me ASAP to reserve if you're interested!
2x daily yoga classes

morning & evening meditation

daily sound healing concerts with Natasha Freeman of Lucid Living

ample opportunity for quiet, relaxation, and wondering through 50+ acres of meadowlands & woods

locally sourced, farm-to-table and organic, prepared in-house meals

optional massage/reiki add-ons

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"Until we make the unconscious conscious it directs our life and we call it fate." {Carl Jung}

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Smile with your eyes, friends. Also: NEW TIME for yoga class!

Monday: Meditation (7:15pm); Tuesday: Yoga (9:30am)

Before I share a few words, I wanted to give you all the quick links to my online offerings (click on links to sign up!):

Donation-Based Meditation
ON ZOOM
Mondays, 7:15-8pm

VIRTUAL YOGA CLASS

Tuesdays 9:30-10:30am

please note updated time!

RESCHEDULED

SEVERAL SPOTS NOW OPEN!

OCT 1-4, 2020
Bliss Farm & Retreat
in Barnardsville, NC

at the moment

Smile with your eyes, friends. Also: NEW TIME for yoga class!

Monday: Meditation (7:15pm); Tuesday: Yoga (9:30am)

Before I share a few words, I wanted to give you all the quick links to my online offerings (click on links to sign up!):

Donation-Based Meditation *ON ZOOM* Mondays, 7:15-8pm

**VIRTUAL YOGA CLASS** Tuesdays 9:30-10:30am please note updated time!

**RESCHEDULED** SEVERAL SPOTS NOW OPEN! OCT 1-4, 2020 Bliss Farm & Retreat in Barnardsville, NC

Donation-Based Meditation
ON ZOOM
Mondays, 7:15-8pm

VIRTUAL YOGA CLASS

Tuesdays 9:30-10:30am

please note updated time!

RESCHEDULED

SEVERAL SPOTS NOW OPEN!

OCT 1-4, 2020
Bliss Farm & Retreat
in Barnardsville, NC