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If ever there was a time for working on our immunity, this would be it. This practice is designed to do that and lower our stress in the process. It’s a gentle practice that can be done sitting or standing. This class is available to anyone. To join, please click on this Zoom link. The practice is based on the work of Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun at the Institute for Qigong and Integrative Medicine in Bothell, WA. Until we can meet again in person, we are Meeting with Zoom. Send an email to Tim Clark: at icelu@icloud.com and he will send you the link to join the Zoom Meeting. Tim Clark holds an MA in Applied Behavioral Science. He is a retired Island County Designated Mental Health Professional, CDMHP, and life-long mindful meditator. For further information email Tim at icelu@icloud.com This summer we may feel the desire for joy particularly acutely. Let’s read together: Awakening Joy: 10 Steps to Happiness, by James Baraz. Baraz offers ten simple, yet profound, strategies for training the mind in joyfulness. Our book study group we will explore: June 23: Introduction with guest teacher Ginger Holladay June 30: Inclining the Mind Toward Joy July 7: Mindfulness: Being Present for Your Life July 14: Grateful Heart, Joyful Heart July 21 : Finding Joy in Difficult Times July 28: The Bliss of Blamelessness August 4: The Joy of Letting Go August 11: The Sweetness of Loving Ourselves August 18: The Joy of Loving Others August 25: Compassion: The Natural Expression of a Joyful Heart September 1: The Joy of Simply Being This circle is open to everyone. In order to particulate fully in the conversation you need to have access to a copy of the book. Awakening Joy: 10 Steps to Happiness is available in several formats including hardcover, paperback, kindle and audible. Our host is Kate Davies, http://www.katedavies.org/. Kate has had a meditation practice for more than twenty years and is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher. “…Poetry has redemptive power for me, as it does for millions of people. Poems have provided life jackets to keep me from drowning, ballast to keep me from ascending to altitudes where there’s not enough oxygen to support life, and maps to keep me from getting lost in the wilderness….” Parker J Palmer We will stock up the shelves of our Poetry Apothecary with poems that comfort and heal. Come and join us to help weigh, measure and distill poems for their healing properties so we can store each one in our apothecary. Bring poems that have helped you, that perhaps have companioned you through the ups and downs of life, through loneliness, loss, overwhelm, wonder, the healing power of nature, despondency, fragility, forgiveness, and inspiration. We will mine the storehouse of poetic literature and we will also look at poems which you may have written yourself as a way of finding resolve. To join this circle online, contact your host for the zoom link. Hosted by Judith Adams, Peter Martin & Gary Vallat. This sharing time is deeply affirming of our experience. We’ll explore and learn with open hearts. BIPOC held and led. Open to all genders. Email Rose to receive the Zoom link. Our circle is about “discovering what death can teach us about living fully.” It will include reading, sharing thoughts, questions, inspirations evoked by the reading. It is not necessary to read the book ahead of time. The circle is open, participants come when they can. The conversations tend to be deep, meaningful, moving, funny, thought provoking–even life changing. Hosted by Charles Terry, Betsy MacGregor, and Lynn Nelsen. This is a drop-in circle. Please email Charles Terry for the zoom link: charlesdterry@gmail.com https://us04web.zoom.us/j/ Meeting ID: 206 024 399 Password: 011618 Offered by Sarah Manchester Our circle is a nurturing, supportive place where anyone impacted by chronic pain can explore and engage in their own healing. We’ll share our stories and strategies for minimizing pain, alleviating suffering, and appreciating ourselves as whole people. Each circle is a blend of sharing and silence, compassion and curiosity, and honoring our own unique paths to healing as well as respecting each other. Hosted by Jane Klassen and Mariam Ross, trained therapists and social workers. Until we can meet again in person, we are Meeting with Zoom. Send an email to Tim Clark: at icelu@icloud.com and he will send you the link to join the Zoom Meeting. If ever there was a time for working on our immunity, this would be it. This practice is designed to do that and lower our stress in the process. It’s a gentle practice that can be done sitting or standing. This class is available to anyone. To join, please click on this Zoom link. The practice is based on the work of Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun at the Institute for Qigong and Integrative Medicine in Bothell, WA. Until we can meet again in person, we are Meeting with Zoom. Send an email to Tim Clark: at icelu@icloud.com and he will send you the link to join the Zoom Meeting. Tim Clark holds an MA in Applied Behavioral Science. He is a retired Island County Designated Mental Health Professional, CDMHP, and life-long mindful meditator. For further information email Tim at icelu@icloud.com This summer we may feel the desire for joy particularly acutely. Let’s read together: Awakening Joy: 10 Steps to Happiness, by James Baraz. Baraz offers ten simple, yet profound, strategies for training the mind in joyfulness. Our book study group we will explore: June 23: Introduction with guest teacher Ginger Holladay June 30: Inclining the Mind Toward Joy July 7: Mindfulness: Being Present for Your Life July 14: Grateful Heart, Joyful Heart July 21 : Finding Joy in Difficult Times July 28: The Bliss of Blamelessness August 4: The Joy of Letting Go August 11: The Sweetness of Loving Ourselves August 18: The Joy of Loving Others August 25: Compassion: The Natural Expression of a Joyful Heart September 1: The Joy of Simply Being This circle is open to everyone. In order to particulate fully in the conversation you need to have access to a copy of the book. Awakening Joy: 10 Steps to Happiness is available in several formats including hardcover, paperback, kindle and audible. Our host is Kate Davies, http://www.katedavies.org/. Kate has had a meditation practice for more than twenty years and is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher. 
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BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR
“Creating a safe space for healing and empowerment”
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Community Salutes
Roots of Wellness and Healing Circles Langley unite to recognize those who have gone above and beyond in their support of the South Whidbey community during this time of pandemic.
Recipients include:
- Carla Jolley
- Carol McNeil
- Chery Weiser
- Diana Sandoval
- Eileen Jackson
- Emmy Atwood
- Good Cheer Folks
- John Auburn
- Juan Zalapa
- Judy Feldman
- Judy Thorslund
- Rose Homme
- Ursula Shoudy
- Whidbey Island Nourishes (WIN) volunteers
You can read more about recipient here.