Upcoming Events

Iyengar Yoga with Marianne Reagan

Marianne Reagan is a certified, highly experienced, Iyengar Yoga teacher who has been offering classes at Sierra Hot Springs for nearly twenty years. She teaches a relaxed, basic asana class designed to open the body, focus the mind and build awareness of self. Modifications are encouraged to personalize the experience and allow everybody to participate with comfort and ease.

Thursday & Friday, March 28 & 29
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted

Trauma as a Spiritual Path:
Talk & Meditation with Michael Stone

There’s a hidden pandemic that pervades our lives – a normalized yet elusive force deeply entrenched in our culture: personal, familial, collective and ancestral trauma. It remains misunderstood, overlooked and untreated, silently causing widespread human suffering. Trauma isn’t a disease or inherent brokenness. It’s a profound intelligence ingrained in our nervous system, evolving over millennia. When faced with overwhelming situations, our nervous system fragments or freezes a part of our essence. This response often leads to chronic tension, numbness, and dissociation.
Rather than something to discard, trauma warrants our attention, exploration, and conscious awareness. This approach fosters integration and healing, paving the way for post-traumatic recovery. By embracing embodied awareness, meditation, and witnessing, we can befriend our tension, numbness, and fragmentation. This process enables the nervous system to relax and complete the unfinished cycles of trauma. In this process, our trauma responses become pathways for spiritual healing and awakening.

Saturday & Sunday, March 30 & 31
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted

 

Michael Stone is a spiritual author, mentor, shamanic practitioner, radio host, producer, and trauma integration facilitator who has taught and led groups and transformational programs for over 50 years
www.welloflight.com

Open Mic Show and Tell

All shenanigans welcome! Singing, poetry, dancing, storytelling, jokes, your favorite rock… Please join us!

The first Friday of the month
6-8 pm in the Green Room

2024 Dates:
April 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, December 6

Restorative Hatha Yoga with Dr. Karin Sommer

Hatha Yoga is gentle and deeply relaxing for both beginners and advanced practitioners.
With supported postures, the body can open in deeper ways than ever before, as the mind quiets and the breath revitalizes your vital energy.  Come and experience it!

Saturday, April 6
10:30 am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to guests – Gratuities Graciously Accepted

Dr. Karin Sommer has been teaching yoga since 1996 in both the Hatha and Kundalini yoga styles. She is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a Doctor of Divinity for interfaith ministry, and is currently finishing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.

Walking Meditation with Dr. Karin Sommer

We will meet at the lodge after Morning Hatha yoga and embark on a yoga meditation walk out to the Meditation Pool lawn. There we will continue this Kundalini Yoga practice, where we use a mantra Sa Ta Na Ma (which means life, birth, death, rebirth) as you touch the pointer finger to the thumb, then the middle finger, and then the ring finger as you repeat those syllables.

You can also add four sips of breath in and four puffs of breath out as you repeat the syllables. Or do long, deep breaths. This develops mind and body awareness and calms anxiety as you do this meditative practice.

Join us for one or both class offerings.

Saturday, April 6
11:45 am
Meet at the Lodge
Free to guests – Gratuities Graciously Accepted

Dr. Karin Sommer has been teaching yoga since 1996 in both the Hatha and Kundalini yoga styles. She is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a Doctor of Divinity for interfaith ministry, and is currently finishing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.

Introduction to Contact Improvisation with Miriam Wolodarski

Contact Improvisation (CI) is a dance form that centers our felt sense of somatic touch: weight, gravity, and momentum carry contact improvisors into a direct sensory experience of the body in space and time. CI can be meditative, playful, or athletic: to the observer, it may look like a mix of ballroom, wrestling, acrobatics, and contemporary dance. For the practitioner, it is an opportunity to experience the biomechanical poetry of human bodies colliding. This gentle and fun introductory class is accessible to bodies of all abilities.

Saturday, April 6
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Miriam-Wolodarski

Miriam Wolodarski is a performing artist with over a decade of experience teaching contemporary dance, improvisation, and composition at universities, festivals, and studios. Framing dance as a contemplative practice, her work takes a kinesthetic approach to the socio-political, emotional, and philosophical questions we hold in our bodies. Miriam’s original performances have been supported by programs at YBCA, CounterPULSE, TragantDansa, Centre Cívic Barceloneta, and The Hemispheric Institute, among others; she is currently the Artistic Director of the arts organization Sense Object. senseobject.com

New Moon Drum Circles

Bring drums, noisemakers and yourselves…

The Saturday closest to the New Moon
8pm to Midnight
At The Fire Circle past the Meditation Pool
Free to guests – Gratuities Graciously Accepted

2024 Dates:
April 6, May 4, June 8, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5

Land in Dance with Miriam Wolodarski

Join us for improvisation classes that touches the land and dedicate some time to experiencing the beautiful Sierra Valley directly through the senses. Through a mix of still and moving contemplation, we’ll delight in sense, shape, and support, letting ourselves be moved, and finding fresh ways to connect with ourselves, others, and the environment. The introduction to contact improvisation class on Saturday is recommended as preparation, but all bodies and abilities are welcome regardless of experience! It is strongly advised to wear clothes and shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty.

Sunday, April 7
10:30am
Meet at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Miriam-Wolodarski

Miriam Wolodarski is a performing artist with over a decade of experience teaching contemporary dance, improvisation, and composition at universities, festivals, and studios. Framing dance as a contemplative practice, her work takes a kinesthetic approach to the socio-political, emotional, and philosophical questions we hold in our bodies. Miriam’s original performances have been supported by programs at YBCA, CounterPULSE, TragantDansa, Centre Cívic Barceloneta, and The Hemispheric Institute, among others; she is currently the Artistic Director of the arts organization Sense Object. senseobject.com

Kundalini Yoga and Meditation with Charlotte

Conscious breathing has been used in cultures around the world, for thousands of years, for healing and attaining higher states of consciousness. Kundalini Yoga is an active meditation that involves the conscious alteration of movement and natural breathing patterns in order to seek clarity, ecstasy, and greater peace.

Saturday & Sunday, April 13 & 14
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Paypal: kubiak@hawaii.edu

Charlotte Kubiak is devoted to exploring somatic practices. She is a visiting massage therapist at Sierra Hot Springs, a yoga teacher, and a Breathwork facilitator.

 

Nature Mandala Making and Meditation
1.5-hour workshop with Natalie Pyrooz

Take a walk to explore the beautiful Sierra Hot Springs property, slowing down to observe the emerging details of spring.
Explore connecting even deeper with the elements by creating a nature mandala. Learn about the meaning behind mandalas in cultures around the world and the value of creating ritual and sacred space in nature. We will ethically and mindfully collect small pieces (leaves, twigs, seed pods, stones) that call out to us, to create a beautiful, personal mandala.
After your mandala is created, enjoy a guided meditation using your ephemeral art piece accompanied by sound healing instruments.
Weather permitting, the entire activity will take place outside; if conditions are adversary we will modify and build our mandalas indoors as needed.

Saturday, April 20
3:00 pm
Meet at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @natalie-pyrooz

Natalie has a background in botany, and is healing artist using tools from yoga, Ayurveda, Thai massage, sound, and nature, based in rural Lassen County.
Website: www.nataliepyrooz.com 
IG: wild.heart_quiet.mind
Contact: natalie.pyrooz@gmail.com 

 

Revitalizing Yoga Flow with Natalie Pyrooz

Join Natalie for an awakening slow flow to bring focus and peace to the mind and revitalize your body, head to toe. Draw your attention inward and to the present moment, open your heart, and explore your physical body.
Our class will bring together elements from breathwork, mudra, mantra, and a gentle flow designed for all bodies and abilities.

Sunday, April 21
10:30 am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @natalie-pyrooz

Natalie has a background in botany, and is healing artist using tools from yoga, Ayurveda, Thai massage, sound, and nature, based in rural Lassen County.
Website: www.nataliepyrooz.com 
IG: wild.heart_quiet.mind
Contact: natalie.pyrooz@gmail.com 

 

Circle Singing with Kappé Rousseau

Circle Singing is collective vocal improvisation: making stuff up and singing it together on the fly.

The facilitator creates melodies and sings them to sections of the circle. Layers of harmonies, rhythms, counter rhythms spring up with no written music. Participants will get the experience of hearing their part as an integral piece of the whole experience. The facilitator offers the pulse, feel and vibe of the flow of emotion.

Saturday & Sunday, April 27 & 28
8:30 pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Kappe-Rousseau

My passion for musical creativity started at an early age when I became bored with piano lessons. I had to ‘practice’ or at least ‘play’ the piano every day for an hour. I started making things up – changing things up and re-arranging the music. Later in life, I lived in NYC for a time and I created a business of ‘arranging’ music for artists who were looking to attract interest in their songs. I can hear where the music is going in my head and then lay it out, or play it out.

I’ve played professionally as part of a group and solo for years. I have a background in classical/orchestral performance in percussion. My main instrument is piano and I am just as comfortable with guitar in open tunings. I have a BA in Music from U.C. Berkeley. My background in Circle Singing is from Oakland California and the Circle Singing team of Bobby McFerrin. I decided to bring Circle Singing anywhere I can so that people can experience the power of the collective voice and also tap deeply into their inner being and soul and SING!
www.circlesing.org

 

Qigong: Tools for Self-healing
1-1/4 hour class With Beth Freewomon

Qigong (A.K.A. Chi Gong) is a moving meditation technique that not only improves physical fitness, but also assists us in achieving a deeper sense of calm, relieves tension and stress, and helps us recover from injury and illness. It is part of the ancient systems of Taoism and Chinese medicine that value the interconnectedness and inherent wholeness of all of our Self and our body’s seeming parts. Qigong supports our bodies’ natural capacity for self-healing. Qigong allows us to relax, get out of “fight or flight” and our parasympathetic nervous system to take over so healing can happen. Our practice includes conscious breathing, stretching, activation of chi, flowing movements and more.

Saturday & Sunday, May 4 & 5
10:30 am
At the Cottonwood Glade
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @Beth-Freewomon

Beth Freewomon (she/her/hers) is the owner of The Open Hearth–Tools for Self-Healing (www.IAmTheOpenHearth.com). With her passion for holistic health and her confidence in the body’s self-healing capacity, she shares the practice of Qigong with enthusiasm and the intention to empower. Not only is she certified as a Holden Qi Gong teacher, (by Lee Holden), she is an advanced student of Dr. Joe Dispenza, integrating the healing power of meditation and coherence into her own health and well-being practices. She currently lives in Santa Cruz, CA.

 

Kundalini Yoga and Meditation with Charlotte

Conscious breathing has been used in cultures around the world, for thousands of years, for healing and attaining higher states of consciousness. Kundalini Yoga is an active meditation that involves the conscious alteration of movement and natural breathing patterns in order to seek clarity, ecstasy, and greater peace.

Saturday & Sunday, May 25 & 26
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Paypal: kubiak@hawaii.edu

Charlotte Kubiak is devoted to exploring somatic practices. She is a visiting massage therapist at Sierra Hot Springs, a yoga teacher, and a Breathwork facilitator.

 

Getting Clear with Mark Dziatko

Get clarity on how our reactions in life can show us more about who we are and also discover what we are not seeing about ourselves.
Untangle the emotions and stories that cloud our perceptions of what actually happened.
Live more from a place of choice and response.

Saturday, May 25 
4:00pm
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Paypal: kapoho@hotmail.com

Mark Dziatko is on a mission to inspire by exploring simplicity, vulnerability, and connection. Mark had experienced diverse things such as Buddhism, cinematography, and seances at a very young age. By the age of nine, he was introduced to Ernest Holmes’ philosophies of Religious Science and in his late teens became a student of The Science of Mind under Terry Cole-Whittaker. His transition into adult life occurred when he did Werner Erhard’s est Training at the age of 17. Young adult life was spent working on the road with Tony Robbins. In the mid 1990’s Mark co-founded ‘The Intenders Circles’, an international network of circles of support for developing and manifesting one’s intentions. Currently, Mark is a certified co-leader with the Mankind Project as well as a Family and Systemic Constellations facilitator.

 

Healing Sound Bath with Devah

Time to be good to you. Settle deeper while drifting away with your own inner flow. This bath will include gongs, quartz singing bowls, flute, chimes, gentle drumming and some other soft surprises. I look forward to journeying with you.

Saturday, June 22
8:30pm
Sunday, June 23
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @heartglow

Devah has been working with Reiki and Sound for 15 years. Born and raised in Ireland he traveled the world for 15 years sitting with masters in Japan, India, Tibet and Portugal to refine his offering. He now lives here in the states and is excited to share sound with you all at his favorite hot spring.

Healing Sound Bath with Devah

Time to be good to you. Settle deeper while drifting away with your own inner flow. This bath will include gongs, quartz singing bowls, flute, chimes, gentle drumming and some other soft surprises. I look forward to journeying with you.

Saturday, July 20
8:30pm
Sunday, July 21
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @heartglow

Devah has been working with Reiki and Sound for 15 years. Born and raised in Ireland he traveled the world for 15 years sitting with masters in Japan, India, Tibet and Portugal to refine his offering. He now lives here in the states and is excited to share sound with you all at his favorite hot spring.

Healing Sound Bath with Devah

Time to be good to you. Settle deeper while drifting away with your own inner flow. This bath will include gongs, quartz singing bowls, flute, chimes, gentle drumming and some other soft surprises. I look forward to journeying with you.

Saturday, August 17
8:30pm
Sunday, August 18
10:30am
In the Green Room at the Lodge
Free to Guests – Gratuities Graciously accepted
Venmo: @heartglow

Devah has been working with Reiki and Sound for 15 years. Born and raised in Ireland he traveled the world for 15 years sitting with masters in Japan, India, Tibet and Portugal to refine his offering. He now lives here in the states and is excited to share sound with you all at his favorite hot spring.