Monthly Meditation: Roots of Wellness
Each month offers a new opportunity for Grace. But how do we learn to receive it?
These meditations offer not only a gentle beckoning back to self and to Source, but also deeply cultivated insights into how we merge mind and body. Merrill brings lifetimes of learning and practice in multiple disciplines to offer simple, actionable techniques for your home practice.
Drawing on the lesson and discourse from Second Sunday Roots of Wellness class, Merrill serves up a practice based on the themes, movements and energetics of any given month. See details below.
Expect to leave the meditation: feeling grounded, enlightened, inspired and clearer about just where you are, and where you want to go. Recordings drop the Thursday following Second Sunday class into your email inbox.
Each month offers a new opportunity for Grace. But how do we learn to receive it?
These meditations offer not only a gentle beckoning back to self and to Source, but also deeply cultivated insights into how we merge mind and body. Merrill brings lifetimes of learning and practice in multiple disciplines to offer simple, actionable techniques for your home practice.
Drawing on the lesson and discourse from Second Sunday Roots of Wellness class, Merrill serves up a practice based on the themes, movements and energetics of any given month. See details below.
Expect to leave the meditation: feeling grounded, enlightened, inspired and clearer about just where you are, and where you want to go. Recordings drop the Thursday following Second Sunday class into your email inbox.
Each month offers a new opportunity for Grace. But how do we learn to receive it?
These meditations offer not only a gentle beckoning back to self and to Source, but also deeply cultivated insights into how we merge mind and body. Merrill brings lifetimes of learning and practice in multiple disciplines to offer simple, actionable techniques for your home practice.
Drawing on the lesson and discourse from Second Sunday Roots of Wellness class, Merrill serves up a practice based on the themes, movements and energetics of any given month. See details below.
Expect to leave the meditation: feeling grounded, enlightened, inspired and clearer about just where you are, and where you want to go. Recordings drop the Thursday following Second Sunday class into your email inbox.
Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced students are all welcome and your referral to your friends, family and loved ones is the greatest compliment we can receive. Thank you!
”You are a brilliant teacher! I just listened to your beautiful practice and am still dwelling in a deep state of peace and receiving. The energy coming through your voice is powerful and palpable.” -Rena, yoga teacher
Ancient systems of wellness and healing such as Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine were born out of Spiritual practices. They extended insights of spiritual disciplines into mental, emotional and physical ones. These were linked to the elemental world in nature as well, and connected to cyclical, seasonal patterns. Our classes reflect these roots and emphasize the mental and physical aspects that are most pronounced or vulnerable in any given month. We show how to support them using movement and meditation. Themes are summarized below!
January: Reset/ Rebalance (The Water Element)
Movement to support Kidney health, as well as Psoas, Upper Trapezius, Iliacus. Meditation to warm and calm. Focus on grounding through the root chakra.
February: Refocus (The Water Element) Stinson
Movement to support Kidney/ Psoas, Upper Trapezius, Iliacus
Meditation to focus the mind and soothe the emotional body via the second chakra.
March: Rebirth (The Wood Element)
Movement to support Liver/ Pectoralis Major Sternal, Rhomboids
Meditation to bring energy from internal to external expression and clear the solar plexus.
April: Lift (The Wood Element)
Movement to support Gallbladder/ Anterior Deltiod, Popliteus
Meditation to bring energy up and clear the throat area, creativity and communication.
May: Completion (The Fire Element)
Movement to support Pericardium (Circulation Sex)/ Gluteus Medius, Adductors, Piriformis, Gluteus Maximus
Meditation to open the yin meridians including 1, 2, 3 chakras.
June: Clarify(The Fire Element)
Movement to support Heart, Small Intestine/ Subscapularis, Quadricepts, Abdominals
Meditation to clear, cleanse and connect with the heart or 4th chakra, your true compass.
July: Nest/Pause/Integrate (The Fire Element)
Movement to support Triple Warmer (3 Heats)/ Teres Minor, Sartorius, Gracilis, Soleus, Gastrocnemius
Meditation to balance the heart and deep the connection to intuitive intelligence.
August: Burn Out/ Slow Down (The Earth Element)
Movement to support Stomach/ Pectoralis Major Clavicular, Levator Scapulae, Neck Muscles, Brachioradialis . Meditation to cool, clam and clear the third eye, chakra 5.
September: Anchor (The Earth Element)
Movement to support Spleen/ Latissimus Dorsi, Mid/ Low Trapezius, Opponens Pollicis Longus, Triceps
Meditation to ground. Focus on first 3 chakras and tools for grounding.
October: Surrender (The Earth/Metal Element)
Movement to support Lung/ Anterior Serratus, Coracoid Brachialis, Deltoids, Diaphragm
Meditation to open the crown chakra and connect spiritual aspirations to physical inclinations or intentions.
November: Power/ Shadow Work (The Metal/Air Element)
Movement to support Large Intestine/ Fascia Lata, Hamstrings, Quadratus Lumborum
Meditation to release mental limitations and connect with instinctual impulse and unconscious, pre-verbal patterns.
December: Dark/ Light, Holy Union (The Metal/Air Element)
Movement to support Bladder/ Peroneus, Sacrospinalis,Tibials
Meditation to quiet the soul and expand the sense of inner peace into the limbs and emotional body. Crown chakra.
MOVEMENT CLASS: Every second Sunday of the month: 1/12, 2/9, 3/9, 4/13, 5/11, 6/8, 7/13, 8/10, 9/07, 10/12, 11/9, 12/14
MEDITATION CLASS: The Thursday of the following week: 1/16, 2/13, 3/13, 4/17, 5/15, 6/12, 7/17, 8/14, 9/18, 10/16, 11/13, 12/18