Midwinter Radiance: A Night of Human Connection + Yoga Nidra

Join Ashley and Elliot for an evening of jubilant and contemplative connection. We will engage in a series of authentic relating games, culminating in a 45-minute yoga nidra experience. Come enjoy buoyant play and blissful rest. All are welcome.

Early Bird tickets available until 2/14/20

Tickets available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mid-winter-radiance-an-evening-of-authentic-relating-and-yoga-nidra-tickets-93620927715

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Authentic Relating

Authentic Relating Practices employ unique social exercises that foster personal awareness, greater empathy, emotional intelligence, relational capacity, and deep embodiment in service of greater collective freedom and radical connection.

We will play a selection of simple games designed to bring us into the present moment and reveal our authentic selves. These events are perfect for anyone who craves a deeper sense of connection than what is typically available in everyday social settings. Come step outside your comfort zone in a safe and supportive environment.

Philly Inquirer covers Authentic Relating: https://www.inquirer.com/news/authentic-relating-group-strangers-vulnerability-philadelphia-20190116.html

Yoga Nidra

Yoga nidra is a meditative practice that can create a sense of deep relaxation, enhance awareness, and help to uncover and release habitual patterns of mind. With roots in the tantric tradition, “sleep yoga” involves lying in a comfortable position while listening to gentle instructions that guide awareness and lead the practitioner through a sequenced visualization. In various forms, this practice has shown positive results for people suffering from PTSD; it’s also just deeply relaxing and can alleviate the more mundane forms of stress and tension that we all know from daily life.

The facilitators

Ashley King, M.S.Ed., Ed.M., LPC is a somatic and relational psychotherapist with a private practice in Center City, Philadelphia where she works with individuals, couples, families, and groups. She is trained in the Hakomi Method (a method of mindful, somatic therapy) and AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy). In addition, she is a certified Circling facilitator (Circling is an interpersonal meditation practice), a trained coach, a meditation instructor, an intuitive energy healer and Reiki Master, and a certified yoga teacher with 500+ hours of training. As a writer and former English teacher, Ashley brings an artful poise to her facilitation, and her body of work, more largely, is about the poetics of embodied relationship. Over the last decade she has led workshops, run groups, and given talks on myriad topics including yoga, meditation, energy medicine, somatic therapy, Authentic Relating, Circling, mindful communication, women’s sexuality, writing as a spiritual practice, and more. Once hailed, “A catalytic invitation into vulnerability and connection,” Ashley is deeply passionate about the intersection of dynamic embodiment and relational practice. You can find out more about her at her website: www.psychoalchemy.com

Elliot Polinksy, MA, E-RYT-500 is a yoga teacher, photographer, and writer based in Philadelphia. He is trained in a range of approaches to yoga including therapeutic, passive, active, and restorative. He runs a monthly guided yoga meditation at an art gallery in Center City, Philadelphia, and has co-led a retreat in the mountains of Southern France. For the past six years he’s taught weekly classes and periodic workshops at studios, fitness centers, private homes, and small companies. Before immersing in yoga, Elliot studied early American literature and tutored kids in creating writing. Now, in his yoga, he finds poetry in the alchemy of helping people to shift the stress of life into something more graceful, thoughtful, and beautiful. His yoga website is www.yogawithelliot.com and and you can see some of his image work at www.elliotpolinsky.com.