[POST-EVENT UPDATE] The Rested Revolution community raised a total of $860.00 collectively through this Pay What You Can event where we meditated, moved and mindfully went within to become more nourished, healed and rested versions of ourselves. 100% of these proceeds have now been processed and donated to the COVID-19 Emergency Funds for DTES organized by Rianne Svelnis. Thank you to everyone who supported the first community event. We are so grateful to learn and rest together.
In collaboration with Corina Santema of co gro coaching, we warmly invite you to join us for a one day facilitator-guided and self-led, virtual silent meditation retreat. Built with heart to support quiet in loud times, you’ll explore effective tools and leave with intentional resources to add to your own personal toolkit.
Explore meditation, movement and mindfulness from the comfort of your own home. Attend your choice(s) of session(s) or spend a full day virtual silent retreat with us.
No experience mandatory, no equipment required, just an internet connection and Zoom (your camera does not have to be on; you may tune in via audio only.)
Multiple ticket options:
Pay What You Can, Gift a Loved One or Financially Secure all support the COVID-19 Emergency Funds for DTES in Vancouver, BC, Canada as organized by Rianne Svelnis.
This is a full day experience, built to create space for feeling and being in this loud time while anchored in the 7 Pathways of Rest.
What’s offered:
Support leading up to the event in preparing yourself to get the most out of the experience (emailed to you in advance)
A digital goodie bag to take away from the event so you can continue the practices that you liked
5+ hours of facilitator-guided meditative, movement and/or reflective practice, to anchor the day and keep you on track
Unique modalities created to build on your mindfulness practice
Resources in between sessions to continue to guide you through the day
Meet the facilitators:
Corina Santema,
human-first collaborative growth coach
(@corinasantema) invites you to explore, reflect and empower yourself through a creative writing exercise with powerful prompts.
Flory Huang,
holistic health practitioner, intuitive coach and Founder of the Rested Revolution
(@the.rested.revolution) supports you in decompressing the mind and body. You'll learn how to set yourself in a restorative position (with the help of household props if you choose) to heal faster and sleep better. To end, you will practice awareness through a nourishing visualization.
Lindssay Tran,
Buddhist meditation teacher and host of the Inner Leader Podcast
(@lindssaytran) guides a loving-kindness meditation, also known as Metta. In this session, you will practice opening your heart to love, peace, and forgiveness.
Sammy Chien,
international interdisciplinary and new media performance artist/researcher/mentor
(@soar55) facilities a process of integrating energy practice and contemporary movement art, centring on accessing our own spiritual energy as a form of dance and healing practice, deriving from Nature Centre Gong (自然中心功) a kind of Qi Gong that’s shapeless and formless.
Sophia Wolfe,
international contemporary dance and audio-visual artist
(@maiwolfe) guides us through an embodied movement exploration, diving deep into sensation and body awareness through visualization and breath. Through simple movement prompts and exercises, Sophia will lead attendees to see our spaces from new perspectives and new engagements.
Urszula Lipsztajn,
mindfulness-based life coach for impact leaders & entrepreneurs
(@urszulalipsztajn) creates space for a silent meditation; sitting and meeting any and all things that arise.
100% of proceeds (minus Eventbrite’s Service Charges) go to COVID-19 Emergency Funds for DTES in Vancouver, BC specifically supporting: food security for those impacted by closures of DTES services and food distribution networks, communication and information distribution, outreach + peer support, hygiene and sanitation supplies and storage + driving for donation pick up/drop off.
Take time for yourself and pay it forward to those in the local community who need extra support.
We will begin this day with a gesture of respect and peace in acknowledging that our facilitators are gathering for this event from our respective homes on unceded territories and ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Kwikwetlem Nations who have known, occupied and protected this land since time immemorial, modernly referred to as Vancouver, Squamish and Coquitlam in British Columbia, Canada. Unceded means that this land was never surrendered, relinquished or handed over in any way, and remains, in current day, a violent legacy and the marginalization of First Nations people. I take this moment of silence to acknowledge, appreciate and pay respect to the land which we currently work, live and play on these stolen lands from the First Nations people who have lived here for thousands of years before the first settlers arrived. We hope that the positive intentions we have and the work we do here today can then feedback into these lands that support us everyday.