Rockroot Yoga + Massage Therapy

Hi friends! It's been awhile. Every January I pick 3 words to ground me through the coming year. This year's were cultivate, nourish, and absorb. And so that's what I've been busy doing. Scheming, learning, unlearning, observing, processing, resting, feeling. Harvesting a career that aligns with how I want to show up in this world. I'm incredibly excited to announce that my work has come to fruition - I'll be opening up my home massage therapy and yoga space next week! My sch...edule is limited for December as I transition, but I'll be there full-time as of January. To learn more about my therapeutic approach as a Registered Massage Therapist, or access the booking site, please click the link in bio. I'll also be offering private yoga sessions in the space (not coverable under my RMT designation). Direct billing is available for most providers. I've made a conscious effort to purchase from local suppliers - from my table to sheets to hand soap. If you know of anyone in Lake Country or Kelowna who might benefit from my offerings, send them my way. If you have any questions, please reach out. I'll continue to offer yoga online through my livestream and YouTube channels. These roots are 3 years in the making and I can't wait to continue sharing the journey with you.

practice outdoors a literal grounding as fingertips connect to dirt... to grass to soil external rhythms absorbed through visuals noises scents tastes textures external rhythms greeted by internal beats your pulse heart beat thoughts twitches breath no mirrors to fault your intentions no forced sounds to draw you away just you and mother nature sharing energy a rhythmic act of inhaling exhaling strengthening stretching contracting relaxing tuning in tuning out observing enacting soaking up letting go. @danikaleephotography . July outdoor yoga schedule now posted! Based in Kelowna, Tuesdays + Thursdays from 5-6pm. By donation - all levels welcome. To learn more and sign up, click here: www.rockroot.ca/seriesworkshops

Perhaps, people being the conundrums that they are, and having so little desire to shoulder the burden of their lives, this is what will always happen. But at the bottom of my heart I do not believe this. I think that people can be better than that, and I know that people can be better than they are. We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is. - James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time Monday reflection: how are you choosing to arrive this week - burdens and all? PS. Read the book ^

Touch deprived? My hands miss you too. Touch is my outlet for holding space when words are not enough. To cradle you with compassion as you dissolve inward. While I'm unable to offer touch in person, I'd love to guide you through a sequence of self-massage assists. Grounding poses - all the feels. Yin + touch workshop... Sunday, June 28 6:30-8pm PST (livestream) Offered by donation, with a suggested minimum of $10. 10% will be redistributed to the Black in BC Community Support Fund. All levels of experience welcome. Visit www.rockroot.ca/seriesworkshops to learn more or sign up!

"Yes, and the body has memory. The physical carriage hauls more than its weight. The body is the threshold across which each objectionable call passes into consciousness - all the unintimidated, unblinking, and unflappable resilience does not erase the moments lived through, even as we are eternally stupid or everlastingly optimistic, so ready to be inside, among, a part of the games." (Claudia Rankine, Citizen) Now is your time to tune inward. To explore the tension you hold... - physical, mental, emotional. If privileged, to uncover subconscious values and beliefs engrained in your framework. If fighting, to seek solitude and honour your need to rest. This week, 50% of class donations will be redistributed to the Black in BC Community Support Fund. You can join me on YouTube or livestream through www.rockroot.ca/online-classes. If you're unable to invest, or would like to donate directly to another cause, the classes are still here for you. My aim is to cultivate space for you to show up for yourselves.