Please Note: Masking is now optional at The Red Shoes. Know your risk factors and find your personal comfort level.
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 ONLY at The Red Shoes
Wednesday: Yoga
on Zoom ONLY
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
Zoom Only
Compassion in Action
Wednesdays Beginning March 2
10:30 am -12:00 pm
Currently Reading:
How to Be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World
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.
Back to in person and Zoom on March 30, also starting new book: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Suggested Monthly Donation $20
Zoom Only
Lynn Woodland’s Miracles Course
Wednesdays Weekly Beginning March 2
7-8:15 pm Central Time
Live your miraculous life!
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. This live class with Lynn Woodland will help you do it.
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.
The Miracles Course Spring Quarter:
~ Bringing Dreams Into Fruition ~
Do you have a cherished heart's
desire you're ready to manifest? Then please join us!
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*
Zoom Only
Dream Discovery
Thursdays Weekly
Beginning March 10
10:30 am-12 pm
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.
*No Group on March 3 *
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
Zoom Only
Spiritual Journey Circle
Thursdays Weekly
Beginning March 3
5-6 pm
Currently Reading: The Enchanted Life, Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday
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 and on Zoom
Gentle Yoga
Thursdays Weekly Beginning Mar 3 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.
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.
Happy St Patrick's Day!
On March 17, Come to Class Wearing Green and This Class Is Free!
Invite a Friend to Wear Green - You are Both FREE!
$8 per class / 7 for $48
At The Red Shoes
AA Open Meeting Meditation
Thursdays Weekly beginning March 3
7 - 8 pm
Together we explore guided meditation and share our experience, strength & hope toward living a Sober Life.
At The Red Shoes and On Zoom
Writing Fiction with Tarot
Saturday March 5
10:30 am - noon
The hero's journey, it's archetypes, and experiences come together for a morning of fictional storytelling! No experience necessary and all supplies are provided. Just bring your imagination and be ready to explore the world of Tarot!
Facilitated by Lisa Hernandez, Divine Feminine Life Coach. Lisa's passion is in serving and supporting others to restore balance, find purpose, heal, and live authentically!
$15
Zoom Only
Sunday Sacred Circle: Matters of the Heart
Sundays Weekly
Beginning March 6
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
At The Red Shoes & on Zoom
Book Study
Care of The Soul
Mondays Weekly
Beginning March 7
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
You are invited to become a part of a new circle at The Red Shoes...
The Spiritual Ecology Circle
Join us to explore the spiritual dimension of our present ecological crisis. This Circle grows out of the awareness that the outer destruction we see in the world is related to an inner disconnection from and disregard for the sacred within all of life. Through book studies, film screenings, speakers, ceremonies and activities in nature, we will explore ideas and ways of seeing that bring us back into relationship with an animate, ensouled world. Cultivating a sense of humility and joy in being a part of the natural world, we will move towards an ethics of responsibility, reciprocity, care and love for each other, the earth and all beings.
Zoom Only
Book Study
Braiding Sweetgrass
Mondays Weekly
Beginning March 7
6:00 -7:15 pm
Join us in a study of Robin Wall Kimmerer's 'Braiding Sweetgrass', a New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller. In this remarkable book, Kimmerer weaves together her experiences as a bearer of different strands of wisdom and ways of seeing the world: Western Science, Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, and her experiences as a woman and a mother. Through stories, she shows us how other living beings ―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. Together we will immerse ourselves in Kimmerer's paradigm-shifting reflections, and consider her central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.
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 March 7
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 Jaime 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
Volunteer: Greater Baton Rouge
Food Bank
Tuesday March 8 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
SuperBrain Yoga
Tuesday March 8
6:00-7:30 pm
Acquire this simple and effective
technique to energize and recharge the brain. Learn to boost your vitality, recharge your brain power, experience emotional calmness and mental clarity with this ancient technique that harnesses the body's primordial energies. SuperBrain Yoga® is a simple and effective technique to energize and recharge the brain. It is based on the principles of subtle energy and ear acupuncture to balance the left and right brain energies.
Facilitated by Pat Cole, Ava Ellis and Debra Tongue, disciples of Grandmaster Choa Kok Sui. Pat is an Introduction Leader of his courses and has been a student for many years. Ava is a
retired teacher and now serves as Pranic Healing co-clinic leader and a COVID healing team leader. Debra, a former massage therapist and personal trainer, now has a full time Pranic Healing
practice and is also a COVID healing team leader. Their goal is to educate not only teachers and parents on this simple but powerful exercise, but to show how it can improve anyone’s life from
ages 3-93.
$20
At The Red Shoes Only
Community Healing Clinic
2nd Wednesdays Monthly
March 9
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
At The Red Shoes Only
Sacred Cacao Ceremony
Friday March 18
6:30 - 8:30 pm
In the month of the Spring Equinox, join us for a Cacao Ceremony, a sacred ritual to honor the elements and spirits of Nature, to create a harmonious matrix with all living beings and express gratitude for Life itself. In the ancient times, the Spring Equinox was considered a rare and magical time, a holy time of transition and renewal. Join us as we come together to celebrate the miraculous balance of nature and the return of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and in our hearts.
Theobroma cacao is a plant medicine that helps open your heart space and connects you on a deeper level to yourself and others through the frequency of love, compassion and joy. It is associated with the heart chakra, assisting in any transformational shift you are working towards, whether you are looking to deepen your understanding of who you are, release old patterns and traumas, or increase your connection to other beings as a child of this Earth. Join us for ceremonial cacao sharing, intention setting, singing, breathwork, movement, meditation, deep rest and a sharing circle.
This ceremony is open to ALL bodies and beings.
Our cacao is from a family business which sources high-quality, ceremonial-grade, organic cacao ethically and responsibly from small family farms in the 'Laguna Lachua' region of north-central Guatemala.
Co-facilitated by Cindi DiMarco, Bijou McCurdy and Lilia Kapsali-Grant, who will bring their magic together to alchemize a safe and potent ceremony. The space will be held with the intention of connection, community and healing, through connecting with the spirit of Cacao.
Cacao Ceremony Preparation
- Stay away from caffeine before the ceremony.
- Eat a light meal or snack before the ceremony.
- Stay hydrated before, during and after the ceremony - bring a water bottle.
- Wear loose-fitting, comfy clothes.
- We have yoga mats and blankets, but bring your own mats and cushions as desired.
- Bring a notepad and pen to journal any insights or guidance received during ceremony.
- Bring your favorite demitasse or espresso cup for the cacao drink!
Suggested Donation: $20
At The Red Shoes & on Zoom
Women's Full Moon Ritual Circle
Saturday March 19
5:00-7:30 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
Prenatal Kundalini Yoga
Sundays Beginning March 20
1:30-2:30 pm
Pregnancy is a time of profound transformation that offers not only rare joy, but also unique challenges, both physical and emotional. Across time and cultures, expecting women have enjoyed Kundalini Yoga for its focus on creating inner strength, fearlessness, a strong physical body and a quiet mind.
Pregnancy, Birth & Kundalini are emotional, physical and spiritual experiences. They take you into the inner landscape of your being. Prenatal Kundalini Yoga is an exploration of moving away from the “looks like” and into the “feels like” of pregnancy, labor, delivery, recovery and parenting.
We will be moving the body, engaging with and training the breath, meditating to calm the mind and nervous system and connecting to the baby within, empowering you to trust and listen to your body and cherishing the changes.
Facilitated by Mykael Goff, a lifetime student of mysticism and healing arts. Mykael studied and certified in Kundalini yoga and meditation Los Angeles, India and NYC. A First time mother to be, she wakes up for early sadhana daily before sunrise, and is excited to share her practice and experience with other mamas to be and to connect in this unique time we find ourselves bringing in the next generation of conscious creative beings with love, peace and a sense of community connection and support.
$10 per class
At The Red Shoes (also available on ZOOM as needed)
8 Week Book Study: A Self-Study
Me and White Supremacy
Sundays
Beginning March 20
2 - 3:30 pm
*POSTPONED*
7 study groups have completed this study. You have the opportunity to join
this upcoming cohort of participants to invest in this learning process.
The Red Shoes eight-week self-study based on the new book Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad.
This book creates access points to the places racism hides: within our beliefs; within the structures that offer us comfort; and within the ideals with which we were raised.
This study invites a challenging experience. It's a time to commit to deeper levels of self-examination and active dismantling of our own participation in systems of oppression.
The time is now, the work is hard. Together, in circle, we will transform the inner so it can be reflected in our humanity and in how we live together.
Facilitated by Mary Mikell, LCSW, dedicated to working with Phone, Health Care Centers in Schools and Together Baton Rouge.
Please register now to join this new group
Zoom Only
Two Part Series: The Power of Sound
Part 1: Claiming Personal Power Through Your Voice
Saturday March 26
10:30 am - noon
This introductory interactive workshop will begin to explore relationships between 'silencing' ourselves, and learning simple methods and practices to begin to open a critical channel of expression: our voice.
Voice carries with it the potential to express innate personal power, resonance, authority, and confidence. Too often we diminish our 'true' voice, suppressing our broader capacity for communicating far beyond words. This suppression can lead to loss of personal power, loss of 'self' in the overall communication of our core beings, and can possibly lead to physical illnesses.
Grounding into your 'inner' voice and vocalizing your innate truth and inner wisdom is a process that is both physical, as well as emotional and spiritual.
Please register online by Friday, March 25 to receive the ZOOM link for the class.
Part 2: Your Voice As A Core Healer
Saturday April 2
10:30 am - noon
The focus of this mini-workshop is to embrace our inner 'song' to further embody the profound healing potential of our own voice. With a focus on shifting inner vibratory frequencies through sound, we will be introduced to the value of toning, chanting, singing, humming, and breathing grace and ease into our own wounded and grief-filled spaces.
Each of us is a symphony of vibrations, harmonies, resonances, and frequencies. Accessing the depth of these frequencies and expressing them more fully through full-body sound vocalizations, provides some of the most powerful personal healing practices. These are easily accessible, and can be used any time to ground into your innate wisdom and luscious body.
Facilitated by Facilitated by Robyn O'Boyle (formerly Robin Cunnigham), Vibrational Medicine Specialist - CH, LMT, RRMT working with holistic forms of healing for nearly 45 years.
Please register online by Friday, April 1 to receive the ZOOM link for the class.
$20 each session
At The Red Shoes
Conscious Connected Breathing with Jack Fontana
Sunday May 1
4:00-6:00 pm
*2 spots available*
Are you ready for a profound shift in your perception about life and a clear understanding about how you are approaching it? Do you want to truly understand what you need to do to shift into more joy? If you are ready to live from an authentic place, this experience is for you.
Conscious Connected Breathing (CCB) is an ancient yogic tradition originated in India used to release negative emotions trapped in the body.
The goal of the work is to stay present in the body as you focus your breath to release the sensations and emotions that have become trapped. This release creates the potential to transform fear to love.
The breath oxygenates the body and facilitates the release of endorphins and neuropeptides, which create a feeling of tranquility. It helps one to let go of the past and resolve issues. This enables liberation from limiting patterns and beliefs to create a space to tap into acceptance and aliveness.
Facilitated by Jack Anthony Fontana. Jack has been a student of breathwork since 1985. His Level IV Professional Breathwork certification was achieved in 2002 from Jim Morningstar and the Transformations Breathwork Training Program. He is an active member of the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance. Jack has worked with over 15,000 people in breathwork practice, workshops, and retreats in New Orleans and around the country.
$90
Zoom Only
Women Remembering: Facets of the Sacred Feminine
Tuesday March 29
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.
The theme for this month's circle is 'Attention'. Anne shares:
"I’m aware of the need to draw upon a peace deeper than the conflict. I feel right now that I need to care for this inner space, to hold a space for everything. And to breathe with greater attention, and listening, and witnessing.
In these times of increasing complexity and uncertainty, our circles act as deep, yet simple, reminders, like iron filings and a magnet, restoring or aligning us with our essence. How do we hold this light, to cherish and live this truth in life? We will focus on simple ways of being, such as presence, attention and witnessing in everyday life, that help bring us back into balance.
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