ROOTS OF WELLNESS: A STRUCTURAL ENERGETICS Practice to Transform Health

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How can we use intentional movement and focused attention to support healing, resilience, and overall well-being?

How do we revision exercise and mental focus to understand its profound implications for mind-body health?

 Movement + Meditation for Nervous System Balance

This gentle movement and meditation class invites you to experience exercise and mental focus in a new way, as practical tools for nervous system regulation, recovery, and long-term health.

This class emphasizes clarity, simplicity, and precision. Movements are accessible, intentional, and supported by breath and awareness. Practices are drawn from yoga, qigong, dance-informed movement, and somatic education to help you downshift out of stress and into a more balanced physiological state.

Each session is designed to help the body and mind move out of chronic tension patterns and into greater ease, focus, and stability.

Over time, participants often notice improvements in:

  • Physical ease and mobility

  • Mental clarity and concentration

  • Emotional regulation and steadiness

  • A deeper sense of grounding and internal safety

Guided by Merrill Page and Shana Walt’s combined decades of experience, this class frames movement as a form of applied nervous system care. Practical, accessible, and sustainable.

What You’ll Explore in Class

  • How stress patterns show up in the body and how to unwind them through movement

  • The relationship between breath, attention, and nervous system regulation

  • Gentle, structured movement sequences designed for clarity and balance

  • How seasonal and cyclical patterns can inform energy, recovery, and focus

  • Simple tools you can use daily to support physical and mental well-being

Foundations of the Practice

This class is informed by both modern nervous system science and traditional wellness systems such as Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. These frameworks help us understand how stress, environment, and lifestyle influence the body’s internal balance.

The focus is not on complexity, but on consistency, awareness, and intelligently applied movement that supports real-life functioning.

The Intention

This practice is designed to meet you where you are, whether you are highly active, highly analytical, or simply looking for a more sustainable way to care for your body.

The goal is not to push harder, but to help you move and think in ways that support lasting regulation, resilience, and ease.

Schedule:

  • In-Person at Metta Yoga Studios in Corte Madera 11:30 - 12:45: Every second Sunday of the month. 2/8 3/8, 4/12, 5/10, 6/14, 7/12, 8/9, 9/13, 10/11, 11/8, 12/13,

  • Meditation will be sent out after each class.

Class format:

Movement: 15 minutes circle, introductions, orientation and teachings to themes of class. Includes a handout and diagrams re: energetic and structure of the month. 60 minutes somatic movement with instruction. This gentle and fluid movement practice blends teachings from diverse schools including qigong, yoga, dance, authentic movement, polarity therapy and touch for health. At the end of class there will  be a short savasana with subtle and supportive hands-on contact to help you integrate and embody what you have learned in class. A meditation will be sent out after each class.

Movement class every Second Sunday 11:30 am Metta Studio Corte Madera. Register here, on the Metta site events page.

Meditation sent as a follow up audio recording 2-3 days following the in-person class.

Classes:

How can we use intentional movement and focused attention to support healing, resilience, and overall well-being?

How do we revision exercise and mental focus to understand its profound implications for mind-body health?

 Movement + Meditation for Nervous System Balance

This gentle movement and meditation class invites you to experience exercise and mental focus in a new way, as practical tools for nervous system regulation, recovery, and long-term health.

This class emphasizes clarity, simplicity, and precision. Movements are accessible, intentional, and supported by breath and awareness. Practices are drawn from yoga, qigong, dance-informed movement, and somatic education to help you downshift out of stress and into a more balanced physiological state.

Each session is designed to help the body and mind move out of chronic tension patterns and into greater ease, focus, and stability.

Over time, participants often notice improvements in:

  • Physical ease and mobility

  • Mental clarity and concentration

  • Emotional regulation and steadiness

  • A deeper sense of grounding and internal safety

Guided by Merrill Page and Shana Walt’s combined decades of experience, this class frames movement as a form of applied nervous system care. Practical, accessible, and sustainable.

What You’ll Explore in Class

  • How stress patterns show up in the body and how to unwind them through movement

  • The relationship between breath, attention, and nervous system regulation

  • Gentle, structured movement sequences designed for clarity and balance

  • How seasonal and cyclical patterns can inform energy, recovery, and focus

  • Simple tools you can use daily to support physical and mental well-being

Foundations of the Practice

This class is informed by both modern nervous system science and traditional wellness systems such as Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. These frameworks help us understand how stress, environment, and lifestyle influence the body’s internal balance.

The focus is not on complexity, but on consistency, awareness, and intelligently applied movement that supports real-life functioning.

The Intention

This practice is designed to meet you where you are, whether you are highly active, highly analytical, or simply looking for a more sustainable way to care for your body.

The goal is not to push harder, but to help you move and think in ways that support lasting regulation, resilience, and ease.

Schedule:

  • In-Person at Metta Yoga Studios in Corte Madera 11:30 - 12:45: Every second Sunday of the month. 2/8 3/8, 4/12, 5/10, 6/14, 7/12, 8/9, 9/13, 10/11, 11/8, 12/13,

  • Meditation will be sent out after each class.

Class format:

Movement: 15 minutes circle, introductions, orientation and teachings to themes of class. Includes a handout and diagrams re: energetic and structure of the month. 60 minutes somatic movement with instruction. This gentle and fluid movement practice blends teachings from diverse schools including qigong, yoga, dance, authentic movement, polarity therapy and touch for health. At the end of class there will  be a short savasana with subtle and supportive hands-on contact to help you integrate and embody what you have learned in class. A meditation will be sent out after each class.

Movement class every Second Sunday 11:30 am Metta Studio Corte Madera. Register here, on the Metta site events page.

Meditation sent as a follow up audio recording 2-3 days following the in-person class.

Roots of Wellness Movement classes combine ancient wisdom with modern techniques to unlock patterns in the nervous system and up level health.

Merrill Page, expert in Mindbody Medicine, practitioner of Cranioscral and Polarity therapies, author of  two EARTH MEDICINE books, and mother of four boys welcomes you into a space sure to inspire your spirit, soothe your heart and soften you back into the sanctuary of your own body. Her decades of experience and study in meditation, nutrition, energy medicine, bodywork, herbs, and movement creates a unique offering across a broad spectrum of disciplines that merge modern minds with ancient wisdom.

Shana Walt, mother, dancer, and master bodyworker, is certified in Craniosacral Therapy, Neuromuscular work and Prenatal Birth skills. She holds a field for deep nervous system regulation and calming and uses her two decades of experience in integrative practices to move us all towards embodiment and wholeness on all levels: physical, mental, spiritual and emotional. She is inspired by the movement and  rhythms of nature and possesses a deep searching and understanding that freedom comes from the inside out.

STUDENT REFLECTIONS


”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

“The class is a huge help in my healing process and I’m glad that I have been able to make them all so far!” -Ashley, yoga teacher

“I feel so different from when I walked in. So good! Like every cell in my body is open and alive. Thank you!” Dani, Pilates instructor

“Thank you! I just finished signing up and listening to class #2, Roots of Wellness. Gosh you were working with me on this back in 1999. You've gotten more refined, distinguished and focused. Wellness is good. Spinning clockwise and counterclockwise below the belly button to find a still place, quiet tranquility. It helps. Yes, send along the endocrine and Chakra diagrams you referenced. Thank you. I'll listen in again to the next session.” -Harriet, Financial Advisor

“ Shana’s class has been such a wonderful way for me to set an intention at the beginning of my month. With each class focusing on a different system of the body and exploring how it relates to the season….for the gift of exercises I can take home… She provides a safe space where I can explore the strangeness and foreign parts of my body and try to bring them back to self. Shana explains the map of your body to explain it all.”


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/ Subscapularis, Quadricepts,

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 Small Intestine/ Quadriceps, Abdominals . 

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.


Here are our date for 2026

January 11

February 8

March 8

April 12

May 10

June12

July 12

August 9

September 13

October 11

November 8

December 13