REST & RESTORE WITH REIKI + COMMUNITY
This is sacred self-care time to refill your cup and restore your energy. This experience is hosted by Elizabeth Bogart in the beautifully tended to space, Mother Lion (Bayview). We’re shifting the original focus of this event from an active yoga practice to a restorative, cozy reiki experience. Join us in community for a loving, simple meal (soup + bread), a group meditation/reiki experience, time to integrate and optional mini 1:1 reiki sessions. We want folks to practice putting the body in the “receiving mode” and replenish their cups before the beginning of a new year.
REST & RESTORE WITH REIKI
Date: Wednesday, October 23rd
Time: 5:30-9pm cst arrive as early as 5pm to settle in
Cost: $30/group event only, $45/group event + mini 1:1 mini-reiki session (15min)
Location: Mother Lion (Bayview), 2623 S. Logan
Note: If you have any food allergies or aversions, please e-mail Elizabeth at eb.heartwork@gmail.com
SCHEDULE (At A Glance)
5:30pm - Welcome & Settle In (Grab Soup Before or After Group Experience)
6-7pm - Group Reiki / Meditation Experience
7-9pm - Your Own Adventure Time
9-9:30pm - (Optional) Q&A Reiki Level One
Choose Your Own Adventure Time: We get to enjoy the beautiful Mother Lion space. Outside, there is a hot tub, sauna, and fire pit. Bundle up and stare gaze together and enjoy the crisp weather. Inside, there are several cozy common area spaces. You are more than welcome to curl up with a book, your journal, nap, and have some solo integration time. You are also welcome to gather and connect with other participants, there will be books, Oracle Card decks, face masks, and other little treats for you to explore and enjoy together. There will be soup + bread, and dessert available self-serve style. A collection of tea, cacao, and hot cider drinks. Have seconds, thirds, forths!
(Upgraded Ticke) Includes 15-min Mini 1:1 Reiki Session: If you purchase the $45 ticket, this includes an 1:1 15min mini-reiki session. You can able to participate in your mini-session during the event, or schedule a distance reiki session for October or November. There will also be possibilities to upgrade your ticket on event day if you’re not sure about the 1:1 session. You need not prepare for this session. Just come with the intention to receive. Energy moves where it’s supposed to go. I’ll share more about this modality at the event.
MORE ABOUT REIKI
Reiki is a “hand-off” healing modality with origins in Japan. Typically, the practitioner hovers the hands over the person receiving reiki. There will be time before we begin to chat about any focus areas or set an intention, but this modality allows the energy to go where it needs to go and supports the body in realigning its own energy. Some individuals feel different temperatures, see colors, or sensations. Sometimes these sensations are mirrored in the practitioner's body. There are no expectations about what it's supposed to feel like. We're just witnessing the energy realignment. Elizabeth uses the traditional byosen scanning technique and may intuitively incorporate work with crystals. Each experience is unique to the individual person and the individual session. I typically begin every session will a little breathwork, then let the energy do its thing while playing soft music, and then we’ll share how the energy showed up in each of our bodies & interpret together.
If you can imagine a twisted hose. Sometimes the rivers of energy in our body (meridian lines etc) get blocked or interrupted. Reiki unkinks the hose so that energy can run without interruption in the body.
Distance Reiki allows participants to feel the effects of a traditional in-person Reiki session from the comfort of their own home. Before the session, individuals are encouraged to create a cozy corner for themselves considering all the senses. Dim the lights, have access to blankets or pillows nearby, and do anything else to the environment to support a relaxed, receptive state. Individuals don't need to do anything during the session other than receive. You are most welcome to redeem your 15-min mini session by partaking in a distance reiki session as ell.
MORE ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR
Elizabeth Bogart is a Kundalini Yoga & Meditation teacher. Known for her nurturing energy, Elizabeth loves working with individuals preparing their bodies to conceive, preparing their spirits to labor, and transitioning to their new role as parent during the healing time of postpartum. A total yoga-nerd, she loves diving into quantum physics, astrology, and numerology. She is also a Reiki Practitioner (Master Level) and loves giving a sweet reiki zap during the relaxation portion of a Kundalini practice. Check out her first book, stay connected via IG @eb_heartwork or listen in to her podcast.
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