Embodying the Elements
Thursdays
April 4, 11, 18, 25 & May 2nd
6:30-8:00PM
in Kingston.
Led by:
Elana Kaufman & Jess Cherry
In this creative and heartfelt 5-week series, Elana & Jess will share their passion for meditation, taking you on a journey where nature and meditation connect to guide the way to deeper connection to your surroundings and increased your joy and aliveness.
Each week will center on one element’s expressions to foster a more intimate relationship with that element while playing with the dynamism and interconnections of the elements all together.
Through this practice, participants will be able to embody their earthly experience, meet and greet the various elements as they arise in the bodymind and earth with curious eyes, and find a community to relate with amidst these natural patterns.
each gathering in the series will include:
— Opening the circle and grounding meditation
— Introductions and creating a shared earth altar
— contemplative/expressive arts practice
— community sharing
— closing the circle and parting ways
— home work suggestions & invitations for each week
meet the teachers
Elana Kaufman is a Yoga instructor, Usui Reiki practitioner, space holder, and musician who is passionate about fostering community, devotion, whole being nourishment, and self expression.
Elana’s passion is rooted in creating accessible practices that weave Yogic and Ayurvedic philosophy with nature wisdom in community spaces where all folks are cared for, welcomed and respected. She is a student and practicioner of folk and indigenous herbal wisdom, Holistic Psychology, Hatha, Raja, Restorative, and Yin Yoga, and Marma Therapy bodywork. Elana is grateful to live pray, practice, and teach on the ancestral lands of the Munsee Lenape people, in New York’s Hudson Valley with her partner and family.
Visit lunalotushealing.weebly.com for more info & private practice booking
Jess Cherry is an earth doula, poet farmer, seed gatherer, meditation practitioner, folk artist, dream-tender, and therapeutic consultant. jess holds a master’s degree from Naropa University in Transpersonal Ecopsychology, a bachelor’s degree from Lesley University in Holistic Psychology with a specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy, and a certificate in agriculture through the Rogue Farm Corps.
jess grows vegetables, fruit, flowers seed, tends animals and insects cultivates healthy soil, and re-members natural patterns in land in this Munsee Lenape bioregion. While tending land, jess integrates mindfulness & awareness practice with various healing modalities including earthbody connection and dreamwork. jess has facilitated nature explorations, garden counseling, expressive arts sessions, guided meditation practices and dream-tending for groups and individuals.
jess emphasizes the importance of the earth in context of one’s wild heart and mind. jess suggests that the ground of Being is a rooted, earthly presence and by awakening the sensuous, animal body and purposefully communing with Nature, one can feel their way through life with a growing sense of ease and grace. jess wishes to be a bridge to this vital understanding of reality. jess has a specific intention to companion grief-processes especially in relation to processing death and the rapidly changing environment.
enliven your connection to the elements in this 5 week meditation course!
Sign up for class here ↓
cancellation policy: If you can’t make it, let us know 24 hours prior to the event and we will give you account credit. You can also give your spot to a friend.