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Weekly Sacred Circles
For details on these weekly circles, please click here.
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We Treasure You, Our Community
Some groups are meeting at The Red Shoes, some circles are meeting only on Zoom and some are gathering in person and on Zoom. However you choose to join us, we hope
you find your experiences meaningful.
Yoga will remain in person and on Zoom, as scheduled.
We are eager to welcome you into our sacred space and into our warm, supportive community.
Wendy Herschman, Executive Director
Morning Yoga
Monday-Saturday 8-9 am
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Monday: Yoga at The Red Shoes & on Zoom
Tuesday: Yoga at The Red Shoes
Wednesday: Yoga
at The Red Shoes & on Zoom
Thursday: Yoga at The Red Shoes & on Zoom
Friday: Yoga at The Red Shoes & on Zoom
Saturday: Yoga at The Red Shoes and on Zoom
Facilitated by Trish Little RYT 200 through Yoga Alliance, Beth Tomlinson RYT 200 and Jo Ann Ray RYT 200.
If you wish to join us on Zoom, please register online the day before the class and we will email the link prior to class. If you are able, please pay by check or online.
$8 per class / 7 classes $48 (one class free)
One month unlimited $75
Register
At The Red Shoes and On Zoom
Compassion in Action
Wednesdays Beginning June 1
10:30 am -12:00 pm
Currently Reading: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Thought provoking discussion will be based on social problems including race, education, healthcare, oppression, the court system and incarceration. Expand your awareness on social justice issues at the forefront of our society today. Books and guest speakers stimulate our discussion. Learn more about the issues and discover how you can be part of the solution. Be the change!
Facilitated by Compassion in Action Circle members.
Suggested Monthly Donation $20
Zoom Only
Lynn Woodland’s Miracles Course
Wednesdays Weekly Beginning June 1
7-8:15 pm Central Time
Miracles take us out of the predictable and into the extraordinary where frequent serendipities, personal breakthroughs, and joy become the new normal. We are all capable of living a
miraculous life. Do you have dreams you’re ready to bring into manifestation?
The Summer Quarter
Manifest your Dreams and Receive the Abundance of Life
Sessions include information and exercises for applying spiritual principles to everyday life. They are experiential and interactive with opportunity to ask questions and receive personal input from Lynn. Join any time. Drop in or attend regularly.
Facilitated by Lynn Woodland, creator of the Miracles Course, who is the author of Holding a Butterfly—An Experiment in Miracle-Making and The Breakthrough Point—A Spiritual Activist’s Guide to Thriving in a Modern World. She is an international teacher and human potential expert whose particular expertise is in what gives rise to miracles and in teaching ordinary people to live extraordinary lives so that miracles become, not just possible, but natural.
Please register the day prior to the start of this session to receive the Zoom access link for this course.
Lynn is donating this year long study to The Red Shoes to support the growth of our Red Shoes community. Make her gift count by making your donation. Your donation will help others find meaning and inspiration throughout these challenging times.
Learn More About This Amazing Opportunity
To Receive the Zoom Link: Register
*IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND A CLASS AND WOULD LIKE ACCESS TO THE RECORDING, PLEASE EMAIL info@theredshoes.org*
Hybrid
Dream Discovery
1st & 3rd Thursdays
Beginning June 2
10:30 am - noon
Discover more about yourself as you learn to work with your dreams. The language of dreams offers valuable insights into understanding your relationships, your choices, your past and your future. Basic elements of Carl Jung’s work are a part of this exploration. While studying and sharing dreams, we learn ways to interpret and understand them in a meaningful way.
Facilitated by Joan McCaskill, Spiritual Director, MA.
If you wish to join us on Zoom, please register online at least 3 hours before the start of class and we will email the
link prior to class.
Monthly $40 / Weekly $10
Register
Hybrid
Spiritual Journey Circle
Thursdays Weekly
Beginning June 2
5 - 6 pm
Currently Reading: Polishing The Mirror by Ram Dass
As a circle of seekers, we immerse in diverse spiritual teachings. Share in discussions that enrich life on a deep, personal level. A study of thought-provoking writers and luminaries enhance this spiritual journey. Return weekly for spiritual connection and community.
Facilitated by Wendy Herschman, Executive Director of The Red Shoes, & Spiritual Journey Circle members.
If you wish to join us on Zoom, please register online at least 3 hours before the start
of class and we will email the link prior to class.
Monthly suggested donation $20 / Weekly $5
At The Red Shoes only
Gentle Yoga
Thursdays Weekly Beginning June 2
5:30 - 6:30 pm
In a supportive setting, enjoy a gentle practice that will help quiet the mind, increase your energy and stretch your body. Yoga weaves together body, mind and spirit in a healing and refreshing way. Our classes include a combination of yoga postures, breathing practices and meditation. All classes are appropriate for first timers and experienced practitioners.
Facilitated by Nichole Mena-Rovai, RYT-200.
$8 per class / 7 for $48
At The Red Shoes
AA Open Meeting Meditation
Thursdays Weekly beginning June 2
7 - 8 pm
Together we explore guided meditation and share our experience, strength & hope toward living a Sober Life.
Hybrid
Awareness Through Movement®
Saturdays Weekly beginning June 4
June 11, 18
July 16, 23
9:30 - 10:30 am
Discover the Feldenkrais Method®
The Feldenkrais Method® is a gentle, somatic approach to create more comfort, ease and well-being in your physical and mental body. Through mindful movement you can reduce pain, improve brain function, and enhance the body’s natural abilities, expanding its capacity for healing.
Awareness Through Movement® lessons (ATMs) are a synergistic series of structured movement sequences utilizing attention, perception and the imagination. By understanding and identifying your habits in movement, you will develop a greater awareness of what your body needs, and develop new patterns of movement which will support your authentic pace and range of motion.
*Participants can attend any or all classes, each is designed as a standalone lesson.
Facilitator Beth Tomlinson is a 500hr Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and an International Association of Yoga Therapists member and certification candidate (C-IAYT candidate.) She is currently studying the FELDENKRAIS METHOD® under the renowned international FELDENKRAIS® Practitioner and Trainer, Alan Questel, GCFP/TCM who trained under Moshe Feldenkrais himself.
Suggested Donation $8
At The Red Shoes
Art of Healing: The Path Toward Equity and Internal Transformation Series
Sunday June 5
2:30 - 4:30
pm
“In a world that is rife with colonization, dehumanization, patriarchy, and injustice, healing brings transformation and the capability to radically imagine a world beyond these inequities.”
- Assisi House Directors, Dr. Leslie Grover and Dr. Revathi (Reva) Hines
Join us for this transformative series built on the power of storytelling, healing and arts. Together we will examine the current world, explore our inner thoughts, and imagine a better future. We will unearth the biases and beliefs we subconsciously harbor and move toward healing by giving voice to our experiences. This creative process brings a sense of accompaniment, accomplishment and wellbeing to participants.
Session 1: The Power of Racial Healing
Through a series of story circles and healing arts methods we will peel back our own inner layers, become aware of our racial space and engage in collective racial healing. Poetry and story will lead us into dialogue about racial identity, race, and racism. Individual and group-based healing exercises will be followed by creating steps toward building a racially just world.
Facilitated by Dr. Leslie Grover and Dr. Reva Hines. Dr. Grover is the Founder of Assisi House. She's certified in Narrative Medicine, Art Healing, Community Storytelling, and Racial Healing. Dr. Hines is the Founder of Red Stick Bras and All Project. She's certified in Mind-Body Medicine, Community Storytelling, Narrative Therapy, and Art Healing.
$25/Both $45
1st Sunday At the Red Shoes
Other Sundays by Zoom Only
Sunday Sacred Circle: Matters of the Heart
Sundays Weekly
Beginning June 5
5-6 pm
Nourish your spirit: a time of introspection, ecumenical and inter-religious unity expressed through prayer, chanting, inspirational readings and silence with Spirit.
Facilitated by inspired members of the circle.
Donations Appreciated
Hybrid
Book Study : Care of The Soul
Mondays Weekly
Beginning June 6
noon -1:30 pm
Are you ready to look more deeply into your life and sense the sacred in ordinary things? Join as we begin exploring a remarkable book, Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by psychotherapist, former monk and author Thomas Moore. In it, Moore uses archetypal psychology and mythology to examine the connections between spirituality and the issues facing individuals and society. While the message of this book regarding caring for yourself and your soul is straightforward, its implications might surprise you: you are a unique, complex individual and all aspects of that complexity must be allowed, even embraced, if you are to engage life with satisfying depth.
Facilitated by Joan McCaskill, MA, Spiritual Director.
If you wish to join us on Zoom, please register online at least 3 hours before the
start of class and we will email the link prior to class.
$40 / For 4 Weeks
Hybrid
Spiritual Ecology Circle
Mondays Weekly
Beginning June 6
6:00 -7:15 pm
Join us in a study of Active Hope, a book by Joanna Macy and Christ Johnstone, to learn how to strengthen our capacity to face planetary crises and respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work that Reconnects, the authors guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess we’re in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society.
To find out more about the Spiritual Ecology Circle, click here.
Facilitated by Lilia Kapsali-Grant, Assistant Program Director of The Red Shoes, Nature Connected Coach, Master's in Outdoor Environmental Education.
Monthly suggested donation $20 / Weekly $5
Zoom Only
A Course in Miracles
Mondays Weekly 6:30-8:00 pm
Beginning June 6
Seeking happiness and peace? Our weekly study of A Course in Miracles is a powerful, life-changing course. This universal spiritual teaching offers daily exercises to raise awareness of love’s presence, and through forgiveness, heal relationships. Join us to discuss the daily exercises and build a circle of support for this transformative inner work.
Facilitated by Jamie Allison, who has studied A Course in Miracles for many years.
All meetings will be on ZOOM.
Monthly suggested donation $20 / Weekly $5
To Receive the Zoom Link: Register
At The Red Shoes Only
Community Healing Clinic
2nd Wednesdays Monthly
June 8
6:00-8:00 pm
Experience peace, stillness and bliss through a guided "Meditation on Twin Hearts". Together we set the intention of achieving peace and insight, reducing stress and generating success. Clear your energy body and enjoy feeling revived and energized. Pranic Healing® sessions are offered after the meditation, as time permits.
Facilitated by Lisa Hernandez and Pat Cole. Lisa Hernandez is a Life Coach and has been using Energy Healing with her clients for over 20 years. She attributes Pranic Healing and Arhatic Yoga with strengthening her spirituality and intuition, and enhancing her healing ability. Pat Cole has been studying and practicing Pranic Healing and Arhatic Yoga for many years. Her mission is to introduce the benefits of Pranic Healing to others through healing clinics and workshops, to enhance both their healing abilities and spiritual growth.
Suggested donation $10
Hybrid
Women's Full Moon Ritual Circle
Saturday June 11
5-7:30 pm
Connect with our Sisterhood while embracing the power of the Full Moon each month. Join us for ritual, astrology, meditation, energetic cleansing and more! It is during this time we honor ourselves, our connection to each other, and the Divine Feminine Energy within. Be Healed, Be Balanced, Be Empowered!
Facilitated by Lisa Hernandez, Divine Feminine Life Coach. As a coach, healer, spiritual consultant, and teacher, Lisa's passion is in serving and supporting others to restore balance, find purpose, heal, and live authentically!
If you wish to join us on Zoom, please register online at least 3 hours before the start
of class and we will email the link prior to class.
$25
At The Red Shoes
Art of Healing: The Path Toward Equity and Internal Transformation Series
Sunday June 12
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Join us for this transformative series built on the power of storytelling, healing and arts. Together we will examine the current world, explore our inner thoughts, and imagine a better future. We will unearth the biases and beliefs we subconsciously harbor and move toward healing by giving voice to our experiences. This creative process brings a sense of accompaniment, accomplishment and wellbeing to participants.
Session 2: The Power of Gender Justice and Equity
Become aware of gender terminology and draw attention to the disparate impact on women, especially women of color. Establish dialogue for a bold future forward that is based on justice for women. We will address patriarchy, gender-based violence, and the intersectionality of gender with other social determinants of health. Experience a collective healing activity to shift the master narrative around gender-justice.
Facilitated by Dr. Leslie Grover and Dr. Reva Hines. Dr. Grover is the Founder of Assisi House. She's certified in Narrative Medicine, Art Healing, Community Storytelling, and Racial Healing. Dr. Hines is the Founder of Red Stick Bras and All Project. She's certified in Mind-Body Medicine, Community Storytelling, Narrative Therapy, and Art Healing.
$25/Both $45
Volunteer: Greater Baton Rouge
Food Bank
Tuesday June 14 10 am - 12
pm
Location: 10600
S Choctaw Dr.
(Fraenkel Center)
Can you offer two hours that will make a big difference? Join our team, register to volunteer below. Help The Food Bank achieve their mission to feed the hungry in Baton Rouge - especially at this time when the need has grown. All food must be sorted and categorized for distribution. That is where we come in: we will meet at the food bank to sort or bag food.
Wear Closed-toe shoes/No Fee
At The Red Shoes
The Art of Letting Go: The Rising Phoenix
Saturday June 25
10:00 am - 3:00
pm
Experience the importance of letting go through the power of storytelling and healing arts. Recognize our stories of the past and carve a way to move forward with a renewed sense of hope, energy and creativity. Understanding the importance of letting go from the corrosive effects of stories from the past through body and breath work, shared tales/stories, reflection and dialogue.
Like the rising phoenix we will emerge from the weight of our stories, release the negative emotion, and sense into the new freedom of letting go.
Facilitated by Dr. Leslie Grover and Dr. Reva Hines. Dr. Grover is the Founder of Assisi House. She's certified in Narrative Medicine, Art Healing, Community Storytelling, and Racial Healing. Dr. Hines is the Founder of Red Stick Bras and All Project. She's certified in Mind-Body Medicine, Community Storytelling, Narrative Therapy, and Art Healing.
$40
Zoom Only
Women Remembering: Facets of the Sacred Feminine
Tuesday June 28
5:30-6:45 pm
Join Anne Scott, an inspired leader of women's circles across the country, for an intimate monthly circle of sharing and witnessing: How do we cherish our inner light and live it into the world? How do we remember and embody our connection to the earth? The circle will include a short silent meditation of the heart, and time for sharing and discussion.
Facilitated by Anne Scott, Founding Director of Dreamweather Foundation.
Please register online at least 3 hours before the start of class and we will email the link prior to class.
Suggested Minimum Donation $15
At The Red Shoes
Tai Chi
Wednesdays June 29
July 6, & July 13
10:30 – 11:30 am
Tai Chi is a wonderful mind-body exercise. Mind-body exercises combine body movement with mental focus and slow breathing. This combination supports relaxation and improves health and fitness. Clinical studies have shown that the slow, circular, and flowing movements enhance muscular strength, flexibility, and stamina while improving balance and posture.
In this beginner’s level class, you will practice the elements of a 14 move Yang style Tai Chi form. Come join us for this interesting and unique form of exercise that can be practiced throughout life. This is a very gentle exercise for all skill levels and no previous experience required.
Facilitated by Lisa Langlois, PhD, DMs, Reiki Master, and Meditation Teacher
Certified as a Meditation Teacher by Natura Institute, Dr. Lisa has extensive practice and understanding of different meditation practices.
Suggested Donation $12
Hybrid
w/ Tina Ufford
June 30, July 1 & 2
Thursday - Saturday
8 – 9 am
Join us for a journey exploring how to stay cool, calm, and collected through the Hottest part of the year. Available through Zoom and in the room!!
Facilitated by Tina Ufford, our multi-talented yoga teacher who has been guiding us through restorative, meditative, and strength building practice for seven years.
Please pay by check/cash on site, or online.
$8 per class; 7 classes $48
One month unlimited $75