All classes are now via Zoom.
I must admit that in the beginning I was not a big fan of Zoom. Now that I have been using it for several years I know that though the technology is known as virtual, the connections it makes possible are very REAL! I LOVE it!
Yoga Wellness Classes
Thursdays at 1 pm Eastern Time. Classes are $10 – pay per month or per class via Stripe.
Enjoy the convenience of yoga in your own home and savor the time you save by not driving anywhere. The classes can be recorded so no worries about missing one. We will have one hour and fifteen minutes to move, breathe, and relax together. Each session will include poses with options for different body types, a wellness topic, inspiring quotes, and guided relaxation. Let me know if there is something specific you would like to work on, I am open to suggestions. I have removed my contact form but those interested in my classes can still contact me at hello@janetabel.com for more information. Scholarships are available for those needing assistance.
Sweet Dreams Yoga
Reclaim the night as the nourishing peaceful pause that nature intended it to be. This gentle class combines restorative movements and postures, the deep relaxation of Yoga Nidra, and tips and techniques for a good night’s sleep. Come and experience how good it feels to nourish yourself.
Art Journaling in The Book of Amazement
A friend introduced me to this process at a low point in my life. The night after I made my first book I had a dream symbolizing transformation. In that dream I accepted myself as an artist for the first time.
I fully believes that this process of turning an ordinary composition book into a personal holy book is transformative.
This book has power, our power, of intention and attention. The daily practice of “Art in Three Inches” breaks our journal full of blank pages down into bite size pieces in a way that honors the words and the images that come to us through dreams and daily living.
I’d love to show you how to make and use your own holy book. This book goes by many names. It can be your own personal book of amazement, hopes and dreams, signs and wonders, poems and prayers, blessings and gratitude. It is able to contain all of these things.
Individual Dream Work
We live in a very literal, logical, left brain society that values doing over being and facts over fiction. For many, fairy tales, myths, and dreams fall under the fiction category as things that are not true. But actually these timeless mediums use symbol and metaphor to express deep truths that are not easily put into words. Our dreams come from the deepest part of ourselves, the part that is connected to the whole. Investigating our dreams can help us become comfortable with new ways of thinking, seeing, and understanding. As your personal Dream Companion, I can help you to find the right questions as you explore the very personal meaning your dreams have for you.
Individual Ayurvedic Consultation
I saw how yoga helped with issues and wanted to expand my knowledge to find ways to help prevent those issues. Yoga is the science of the mind, and Ayurveda, as the science of daily life, is all about simple, natural, inexpensive daily self-care routines that lead to wellness. They are sister sciences, and they are both recognized by the medical community as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). In yoga, we bring awareness to our movements and our breath to balance the pairs of opposites within us. In Ayurveda, we expand that awareness to see that those pairs of opposites also exist in the world around us, and that we can find balance in all of the things we do each day. These daily choices become our practice. The times that I fall away from my practice, for whatever reason, remind me of how well this practice does work. So I begin again.
Let’s talk about what’s bothering you and find some strategies to help you come back into balance.
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We live in a culture that tends to focus outward on the solar qualities (Yang). All day long we use our mind to analyze, interpret, identify, work on, figure out, understand, observe, tell or write, and summarize. This depletes us and can leave us feeling disconnected, anxious, stressed, and confused.
These Self Care Practices are designed to bring balance into our lives, help us focus inward, and recall the lunar qualities which nurture us (Yin). They give us a much needed opportunity to use our heart to nourish, explore, imagine, play with, sustain the mystery, appreciate, participate, paint/collage/move, and expand.
Connecting to our heart gives us sanctuary, a still point in a turning world. We are filling this sanctuary with peace, calm, and clarity when we take the time to balance our outer life with self care practices that nourish our inner life.
When our self care practice is adjustable and adaptable it is sustainable – it changes as we do. We each get to decide what feels right for us today – yoga, dream explorations, creativity …
We live a mindful life by connecting to the wisdom we were born with.
A mindful individual helps the world to be mindful.
I would love to introduce you to these friendly and powerful allies.
However we connect, it is my intention that our time together will be a blessing to both of us.