Let’s stay well together.

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Slow down. Breathe. Move. Reconnect. Rooted in Qi is a four-week introduction to Qigong, an ancient practice of moving meditation and internal cultivation. Through breath, posture, mindful movement, and embodied awareness, you’ll explore practices that cultivate greater presence, balance, vitality, and ease while connecting with the Daoist principle of yangsheng, or nourishing life.

What you’ll learn

• Foundational Qigong postures, movements, and breathing techniques
• The Dantian and its role in Qigong practice
• Qi, energy gateways, and channel systems
• Practices for grounding, balance, focus, vitality, and physical ease
• How to develop a personal Qigong practice for everyday life

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Perimenopause and menopause can affect sleep, mood, energy, cognition, libido, and overall wellbeing. This four-week educational series helps women better understand what’s happening in their bodies, explore evidence-based hormonal and nonhormonal treatment options, and develop practical strategies for feeling better now while supporting long-term health.

What you’ll learn

• What to expect during the perimenopause and menopause transition
• Practical strategies for managing common symptoms
• Hormonal and nonhormonal treatment options
• Ways to support lifelong heart, metabolic, bone, muscle, and cognitive health
• How to create a personalized healthy-aging plan

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Optional individual consultations

All workshop participants are encouraged to have a 45-min new patient consultation with Dr. Christine before and follow up appointment after the series for participants seeking personalized guidance; these visits are not required to participate, but highly encouraged for maximum benefit.

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Build the strength, mobility, and stability needed for more comfortable, confident movement. Through anatomy education, alignment-based yoga, strength-building, and restorative practices, this four-week series explores how the hips, pelvis, surrounding muscles, and pelvic floor work together. Drawing from the Iyengar tradition, you’ll develop greater body awareness and practical tools you can continue using beyond the series.

What you’ll learn

• How the hips, pelvis, surrounding muscles, and pelvic floor work together
• Alignment principles that support safer, more efficient movement
• Practices for developing strength, mobility, and stability
• Ways to release unnecessary tension
• A repeatable movement sequence to continue at home

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The holidays can ask more of us than we have to give. Stay Anchored offers a place to pause, understand what stress is doing in your body, and practice meeting the season with greater calm and capacity. This intimate four-week series combines nervous system education, somatic tools, and guided Reiki meditation to help you release tension, build resilience, and create a grounding practice for the holidays and beyond.

What you’ll learn

• How the nervous system responds to ongoing stress
• How to recognize patterns of tension and overwhelm
• Somatic practices for moving and releasing tension
• Tools for building greater capacity and resilience
• A personal grounding practice to use during the holidays and beyond

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About the day

As autumn deepens, join us for a full day of warmth, nourishment, and reconnection. Receive different expressions of care through guided movement and breathwork, restorative spa treatments, sound healing, and a nourishing lunch.

Our November retreat centers on gratitude, with room for grief, change, and all that the season may hold. Gentle practices, quiet reflection, and time in community invite you to honor what is present and reconnect with what sustains you.

Whether you’re seeking a reset or meaningful time for yourself, this whole-person experience offers space to rest, receive, and return to daily life feeling grounded and renewed.

The experience includes

• Grounding welcome circle with intention setting
• Guided meditation, breathwork, movement, and somatic practices with Chia Rafelson
• Smoothies, nourishing snacks, and a plant-based, anti-inflammatory lunch from Blossoming Lotus Cafe
• Root Whole Body Spa Journey with your choice of massage or facial, group acupuncture, cedar sauna, and quiet time in the Tea Room
• Immersive sound healing journey with Stephanie Starnes
• Closing reflection and integration to carry the experience into daily life

Your guides

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Take an intentional pause during the holidays through the Japanese art of ikebana. In this hands-on workshop, Ikebana Master Designer Nana Goto Bellerud will introduce foundational principles and techniques while guiding you in creating your own seasonal arrangement. Slow down, reconnect with creativity and presence, and enjoy reflection and tea in a restorative setting.

What you’ll learn

• The history and foundational principles of ikebana
• Basic techniques, tools, materials, and design
• How to create your own seasonal arrangement
• How to approach floral design with greater presence and creativity
• Simple techniques you can continue practicing at home

Workshop experience

• Begin with a brief mindfulness practice to arrive and slow down
• Learn the foundational principles and techniques of ikebana
• Create your own seasonal arrangement with provided materials
• Receive individual guidance and explore your own creative expression
• Close with reflection and tea

Good to know

All plant and floral materials are provided. No previous ikebana experience is required.

Optional add-ons