The Holy State of Grief
A FOUR PART SERIES ON TENDING TO THE BEREAVED
This four part series is for therapists, yoga teachers, body workers, and anyone working with people in bereavement. It is also a welcoming and open space for non-professionals who want to learn more about the experience of grief, its somatic, emotional and spiritual expressions, and how to be a supportive friend or ally.
Ducks in a row? Let’s take the ick factor out of planning for death.
Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about, or much less, planning our own deaths.
But the “end well” and “Death Cafe” movements are growing and we are recognizing now more than ever the need to talk about death and dying, to plan for our own deaths, and to begin getting our ducks in a row. The more we do in terms of planning, the easier it will be on the people around us who will need to take care of our affairs once we have died.
In this monthlong series, we will have four 90 minute sessions in which we can talk about our own ideas, plans and questions, and most of all, begin to create some basic informal documents that help us to gather our thoughts, put some plans and wishes in writing, and to take the ickiness out of talking about death and dying.
This will be an uplifting and very practical series. This is for ANYONE who ever plans on dying.
$180, $150 if registered by November 15.
Zoom link will be provided upon receipt of payment.
Bedside Yoga - Yoga and End of Life Care online training
Register and pay by September 10 for a nearly 50% discount! This session only.
Have you been interested in the end of life care (“Death Doula”) or death cafe movements? Have you considered training to work with people at end of life?
Join Molly Lannon Kenny in this inspiring 60 hour training. Molly began working with end of life care in 2003 and has continued to hone her skills and approach, especially after caring for her own sister at end of life.
Early registration deadline September 10, 2024
Fall Full Moon Contemplative Retreat at the Grunewald Guild
Shift - Evolve - Rest
A Harvest Moon Retreat in the North Cascades
With Molly Lannon Kenny
At this retreat you will:
Explore contemplative practices that draw upon Christian, Mystical, Vedantic and Yoga traditions.
Rest deeply, to restore your body and mind.
There will be plenty of time to rest, walk, sleep, and eat delicious food three times a day. There are hammocks to swing in, trails to hike, ample space to just roam or just be.
Lodging is in spacious, comfortable rooms right on the Wenatchee river.
Rates include all lodging, all meals and all programs.
Early registration rates - if paid in full by July 30:
Single: $2150
Double: $1725 (you must becoming with someone to register for a double. We cannot guarantee that there will be another person to share your room)
Dorm $1550
Regular registration rates - paid anytime after July 30:
Single: $2450
Double: $2025 (you must becoming with someone to register for a double. We cannot guarantee that there will be another person to share your room)
Dorm $1850
Everyone is welcome.
Bedside Yoga - End of Life Care training info session
Are you interested in the up-coming Bedside Yoga - End of Life care course beginning on Tuesday, October 1. Early registration deadline is September 10 to receive a $250 discount. The first four people to register by September 10 can use the code FALL2024 for a $500 discount!
This info session will give you an opportunity to ask questions, understand how the program works, and to get even more excited for this opportunity to do this sacred, and much needed, work.
Please e-mail us for the zoom info and passcode.
Bedside Yoga - End of Life Care training info session
Are you interested in the up-coming Bedside Yoga - End of Life care course beginning on Tuesday, October 1. Early registration deadline is September 10 to receive a $250 discount. The first four people to register by September 10 can use the code FALL2024 for a $500 discount!
This info session will give you an opportunity to ask questions, understand how the program works, and to get even more excited for this opportunity to do this sacred, and much needed, work. Please e-mail us for the zoom info and passcode.
Bedside Yoga - End of Life Care training info session
Are you interested in the up-coming Bedside Yoga - End of Life care course beginning on Tuesday, October 1. Early registration deadline is September 10 to receive a $250 discount. The first four people to register by September 10 can use the code FALL2024 for a $500 discount!
This info session will give you an opportunity to ask questions, understand how the program works, and to get even more excited for this opportunity to do this sacred, and much needed, work. Please e-mail us for the zoom info and passcode.
2025 South India Pilgrimage
We are returning to India to see our friends, to connect with ourselves, and to expand our lens through travel.
This will be our fifth trip to India with a group of wide open hearted students and we could not be more excited to return. Check here for detailed itinerary.
We begin in Chennai, travel the coast, move through Pondicherry and Trichy, onto Kerala and three nights at a beautiful mountainside ashram, head up to magical Fort Kochi and finish our trip with two nights on the backwaters of Alepy.
Early registration: Payment plans available, must be paid in full by early reg deadline.
Deadline: October 31
$3850 (double room)
$4250 (single)
Regular registration: Payment plans available, must be paid in full by trip start date.
Paid after October 31:
Double: $4100
Single: $4500
The Bhagavad Gita and real life - an ancient text for contemporary challenges - online course
The Bhagavad Gita is one of the texts most of us have heard of, but fewer tend to see it as practical advice for everyday life. And yet, this text is eminently readable and packed with pithy and profound statements about living.
Join me for four 90 minute sessions where we unpack this text, consider its applications for us today, and enjoy the practice of getting a handle on this book with an inspired learning community!
$180, $150 if registered by September 15.
Zoom link will be provided upon receipt of payment.
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and Ignatian Spirituality ~ live at Aditi Yoga in Seattle
Many of us might think there is no relationship between Christianity and Yoga, and yet, the more I study, the more I find that the responses to our deepest human questionings are often the same, couched in different language and different practices. The Rules of Discernment, written in the early 1500’s, are completely consistent with Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra.
In this three hour workshop, we will learn about the rules of discernment, and how they can add a depth and clarity to our thinking, to our faith practices and ultimately to our experience of peace, resting in “our own true nature.” This is an exciting, interactive and inspiring workshop where we explore the overlap of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and Saint Ignatius’ rules for spiritual development in our movement towards our own true nature.
All are welcome, of any or no faith, and all will benefit, especially those interested in the intersection of various faith traditions and in creating a greater capacity for understanding multi-faith perspectives.
Finding our Compass through the four Purusharthas ~ The Aims of Human Life according to Hindu Philosophy ~ live at Aditi Yoga in Seattle
The Purusharthas can be translated in Sanskrit as the “goals of human existence” or “the soul’s purpose.”
In this engaging three hour workshop we will learn about these four aims, how we can connect them to our lives now, and what we might be able to do to set ourselves on a more steady course towards their attainment. We will spend time talking, in silent contemplation, journaling and creating simple art that reflects our desires and illuminates a pathway to greater ease and freedom.
This class is great for yoga teachers wanting to know more about Vedanta, yoga students wanting to better understand their practice, and anyone who would benefit from some focused time for reflection and recalibration.
This class will include 45 mins - hour of light asana.
Connecting to our hearts and each other through singing/chanting ~ live at Aditi Yoga in Seattle
Molly has been singing and chanting in some way for as long as she can remember. Coming from a family that sang together and even has a family songbook, she went on to sing in school productions, later in bands, and even later, in kirtan and chanting practices.
This workshop is not about having a "good" voice, being "able to sing" or learning specific vocal exercises. This workshop is about finding power and connection through chanting and singing, about learning to listen, learning how to create a safe and reliable ground through our voices, and learning to explore outside of our comfort zone, knowing we will always be held, knowing we can always go "home."
This is a powerful, joyful experience for anyone. Singing or chanting experience is not necessary, All voices radically welcomed.
December Full Moon retreat in Mexico
I could not be more excited to share my home and, most of all, La Ermita with all of you!
Please join me for this special one week retreat at my home in Mexico!
Prices include accommodations, welcome dinner, closing breakfast, daily yoga practice and talks, a temezcal (traditional sweat lodge), sound bath and full moon ceremony.
Accommodations are spacious bungalows that feature a front kitchen area and a bedroom with two queen size beds. Each has a balcony or front terrace area that look out onto a beautiful swimming pool. Right in the center of town, short walk to the beach with great coffee and restaurants just outside your door. Easy walk to La Ermita.
Schedule:
Arrive Thursday, December 1. Group welcome dinner and orientation.
Friday: Morning Yoga session, afternoon group session.
Saturday: Morning yoga session. Temezcal. Evening free.
Sunday: Morning yoga session, afternoon group session.
Monday: Morning yoga session, afternoon group session.
Tuesday: Morning yoga session. Afternoon Sound bath and evening session.
Wednesday: Full moon ceremony on the beach
Thursday, December 8: closing breakfast
Morning yoga sessions will be varied and tailored to the needs and requests of the group. Afternoon group sessions will be talks on various topics, meditation and chanting, as directed by the group.
La Ermita has a very full schedule - you are welcome to join in as many of the classes and sessions as you wish with various teachers at La Ermita, including Tai Chi, Bhangra dancing, percussion from the heart, Vipassana meditation groups and more.
I can also help to arrange acupuncture, massage, kambo, and rapé if you are interested.
Early registration (paid in full by November 1)
Single: $1300 (one person alone in the room)
Double: $1050 (per person in a shared double)
Regular registration:
Single: $1650 (one person alone in the room)
Double: $1400 (per person in a shared double)
Practicing in the Curve - twice weekly community conversations on yoga and everyday life
Join Molly and a community of dedicated humans from around the globe, who connect every Monday and Wednesday to talk about yoga, faith life, inter-spiritual practices and more than anything, how to live fully and in integrity especially in challenging times.
Thoughts and Prayers - an experiential consideration of the power of prayer
In this two hour experiential workshop, we will talk about the true power of prayer, and how we might add authentic prayer to our toolbox of support. In the second hour of the class, we will begin to develop our own personal prayer that we can use to soothe our own frayed edges or to offer as a gift to someone in need of encouragement. $45 if purchased only, reduced rates for buying more than one workshop. This is an in person event at Aditi Yoga and Wellness in Seattle. 5 - 7 pm.
Bedside Yoga - Yoga and End of Life Care Primer
Sunday, July 31, 10 - 12 pm Pacific
In this two hour offering, we will outline the four pillars of Bedside Yoga - faith foundations, what is your role, practical considerations, and movement and touch. We will talk about how each component creates a holistic care model with which you will feel best equipped to support people and families on the end of life journey, whether as a professional or friend, or as a person who is experiencing end of life.
$45 if purchased individually. Discounted rate for buying multiple Seattle workshops.
This is an in person event at Aditi Yoga and Wellness in Seattle.
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