Special Events, Workshops, and Community Gatherings
Our special events, workshops and community gatherings go beyond weekly classes, giving you space to explore new practices and deepen your well-being. Whether it’s a restorative workshop, a seasonal gathering, or a free community class, each event offers an opportunity to nurture body, mind, and spirit.
Full Moon Yoga and Sound
Since the fall of 2022, Irvington Wellness Center has offered full moon yin yoga and shamanic sound healing events. The theme for each monthly immersive experience varies according to what different indigenous groups on Turtle Island called a particular moon, based on what was happening in Nature during that time - Wolf Moon, Strawberry Moon, Duck Flying Up Moon, etc.
From the moment you walk into the welcoming space and see the altar set up with candles and crystals, you know you're in for something more than a yoga class and more than a chakra balancing sound bath. Combining the two modalities deepens the experience bringing your body-heart-mind into alignment. Together we open sacred space, calling in the guides and helpers of the 7 directions including Mother Earth; Father Sky and the center point of the altar of each person’s heart - the Golden Phenix within.
Page Park will then guide you through gentle yin yoga poses which help release tight areas in your physical body. At the same time, LinDel will come around with chakra tuning forks and Tibetan singing bowls, whose vibrational healing sounds help further release stuck or stagnant energy in your mental, emotional and energy bodies. As you melt into the final savasana pose, LinDel will lead the group through a shamanic drumming journey to help you connect within, with Mother Earth and with Grandmother Moon.
Meet your guides:
LinDel Sandlin is a certified energy medicine practitioner and tai chi and qigong meditation teacher. She combines ancient Eastern energy practices with crystal, sound, and Earth-based shamanic healing techniques for modern-day, over-stressed people seeking alternative methods of healing and self-care. Her mission is to uplift, inspire and empower people to find balance in their lives, heal past trauma and live with more joy and vitality in the present.
Page Park is a former special education teacher, turned yoga teacher, and life coach with a passion for helping individuals regulate their nervous system using the practices of yoga. With well over 300 hours of yoga training, Page combines her expertise to empower others in managing stress and fostering well-being for people of any age. She is also a writer, often exploring mindfulness and self-care. Full Moon Yin Yoga and Shamanic Sound Healing Event
This modern name is applied to the second full moon within the same month. A “Blue Moon” occurs only about every 2.5 years. If you could go back in time 2½ years ago, what would you tell your past self? If we could go back two Blue Moons ago -- 5 years, it would be during COVID! What advice would you give yourself for getting through those wild days? Or imagine you could visit your future self in 2½ years? Or 5? What perspective might your future self offer you on today's challenging times?
Join us at a rare Full Blue Moon Yoga & Shamanic Sound Healing event to relax your body, calm your logical mind and open your imaginative heart. The invitation is to time travel to past and future moons to help better inform our present perspectives.
The Nest
You can now drop into Irvington Wellness Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Phyllis Ratcliffe will be hosting "The Nest."
You'll be able to create your own space in our space.
For only $10, you can enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and relax, stretch, have a quiet conversation, meditate, do some much-needed yoga poses, or even take a nap in a cozy, warm atmosphere heated with infra-red panels.
We’ve got yoga blankets, bolsters and wonderful add-on services like Brain Tap Therapy and compression boots.
Plus, we've got Phyllis. :)
The Wellness Lab
Laura Lea has been out taking nearly 100 hours of brain classes in the last several months. She’s so excited about what she is learning. We are creating the Irvington Wellness Lab for curious people who would like to learn and help us out spreading the word about this new therapy.
How to join the lab- it’s free.
Give Phyllis a call or text at 317-292-2802.
She will help you sign up for a time slot.
Please arrive a few minutes early so that we can give you the time you need and stay on schedule.
We are asking that you fill out a simple 2 question survey- before and after your session. It should only take a few minutes.
Visit the Link Below for the schedule.
Please note: some people are having difficulty signing up for classes or events through the website widgets. If you have difficulty, try a different browser, Chrome seems to work best, but Safari and Firefox should work. If you are frustrated, call 317-292-2802 on Tuesdays or Thursdays to talk to a real human, Phyllis, the anti-bot. She will happily help get you set up.