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What does it actually mean to feel grounded in your body?

We use the word grounded often, but grounding is more than simply feeling calm.

It can be the experience of feeling supported.
Steady.
Present.
Connected to your body and to the space around you.

In Ayurveda, these qualities matter because health is not only about what we eat or what we know. It is also shaped by how we move, breathe, rest, circulate, and respond.

In The Grounded Body, we’ll explore grounding through accessible movement, breath, rhythm, sensory awareness, and Ayurvedic principles—so that grounding becomes something you can actually feel and practice.

This is not about performing a movement correctly.

It is about noticing what helps your body experience a little more steadiness, support, and connection.

EMBODIED AYURVEDA: THE GROUNDED BODY

November 1 • Columbia Gorge Yoga
November 15 • Trinity Body Arts

There are moments when another woman’s story does not feel like someone else’s story.

It lands in the body.

In the recognition of how easily a woman can become a headline, a case, an unnamed victim, a cautionary tale—while the fullness of who she was disappears behind what was done to her.

And something in us says: no.

No woman’s body is public property.
No woman’s boundaries are negotiable.
No woman owes access, compliance, silence, softness, or forgiveness.

We belong to ourselves.

That is what sovereignty means to me.

It does not mean that women should have to become harder in order to survive this world. It means that our tenderness and our ferocity belong to us equally. Our voices. Our bodies. Our anger. Our boundaries. Our choices. Our lives.

The image of the battle axe has stayed with me because the phrase itself was once used to diminish a certain kind of woman—the woman who was too forceful, too outspoken, too difficult to control.

I want to reclaim her.

Not because I want women to live armed for battle.

But because I want us to remember that there is nothing shameful about becoming formidable when the world has repeatedly asked women to become smaller.

So this is for the woman whose name we know.
The woman whose name we never learned.
The woman who survived.
The woman who did not.
The woman who spoke.
The woman who could not.

And for every woman who has ever had to remember that her life belongs first and finally to herself.

SOVEREIGN.

I belong to myself.

Introducing The Grounded Body, the first class in Embodied Ayurveda: Living Ayurveda Through the Body.

In this movement-led, experiential class, we’ll explore simple Ayurvedic practices to help you cultivate steadiness, warmth, and ease. Rather than just learning about Vata—the principle associated with movement and change—you’ll experience how to work directly with your body to feel more settled, present, and resilient.

Together, we’ll practice accessible standing and seated movement, breath, sensory awareness, and gentle self-touch at marma points. We’ll finish with guided rest and time to integrate.

You’ll leave with a take-home practice kit and a simple sequence you can return to when life feels fast, full, or overstimulating.

Two opportunities to attend the same class—choose the evening that works for you:

🌿 Sunday, November 1 · Columbia Gorge Yoga
🌿 Sunday, November 15 · Trinity Body Arts

Both sessions: 6–7:30 pm
$40 per session, including your take-home kit
Led by Stephenie Going of Conscious Nectar

No previous Ayurveda, yoga, or qigong experience needed. Wear comfortable clothing and come as you are.

Reserve your place through the link in bio.

Want to stay for more rest? A separate Yoga Nidra class follows from 8–9 pm, with its own registration.

Join us for Ayurvedic Self-Care Rituals for Wellbeing, a hands-on introduction to daily Ayurvedic practices for the body, senses, and mind.

We’ll explore simple rituals including tongue scraping, oil pulling, abhyanga, gentle nasya, pranayama, mantra, and sankalpa — plus a sensory oil lab and an Autumn Ritual Oil to take home.

Sept 13 • 1–3 pm
Columbia Gorge Yoga
Register at ConsciousNectar.com

The way we begin and end our days quietly shapes everything in between.

Join Stephenie and Madeline for Ayurvedic Self-Care Rituals for Wellbeing — a hands-on, experiential workshop exploring simple daily rituals from the Ayurvedic tradition.

Together we’ll learn and experience practices such as:
✨ tongue scraping
✨ oil pulling
✨ garshana + abhyanga
✨ gentle nasya
✨ pranayama
✨ mantra + sankalpa

We’ll also explore the qualities of different oils and each participant will take home an Ayurvedic Rituals kit to continue the rituals.

This class is designed to be sensory, practical, and grounding — not about building a perfect routine, but about discovering a few meaningful rituals that can support your daily rhythm.

Sept 13 | 1–3 pm at Columbia Gorge Yoga in White Salmon, WA.

If you’d like to join us, reserve your spot at Consciousnectar.com.

Your body is always gathering information.

A shift in someone’s tone.
A change in distance.
A feeling that something isn’t right.

Instinct does not always arrive as a loud alarm.
Sometimes it comes as a quiet signal.

Women are often taught to explain that signal away.

But your instinct is information.
You are allowed to listen.

Woman’s Self-Protection Workshop with Kumu Michelle Manu

July 29, 2026
10am - 12pm
NK Studios • Bingen, WA

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Helping Hands Against Violence.

Register

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