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Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025
Duration: 2 hours
Ages: 16 and up
Are you feeling weighed down by perfectionism or the pressure to always achieve? Do you find yourself wishing you could slow down, quiet your mind, and reconnect with your creative side — but don’t know where to begin?
This mindful watercolor meditation workshop offers you a chance to pause, breathe, and rediscover the joy of creating without judgment or expectation.
We’ll begin with a few gentle, grounding movements (no mat needed), followed by a simple breathing exercise and a Sankalpa (personal intention). Together, we’ll reflect on Yoga Sutra 1.33 — cultivating non-judgment and compassion — as we set the tone for our creative journey.
You’ll then be introduced to basic watercolor techniques and guided to create your own unique piece of art. Throughout the process, we’ll explore themes of letting go, embracing uncertainty, and releasing the need for perfection. This is not about the final result — it’s about being present, playful, and open.
By the end, you’ll discover that creativity isn’t about talent — it’s about connection. We all have an artist within us waiting to be heard. Come as you are, relax, and let watercolor be your meditation.
✨ No prior art experience needed — just an open heart and a willingness to explore. Click here to sign up!
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Join me to learn how to brew your own Kombucha
Join me to learn how to brew your own Kombucha
Kombucha is a fermented drink that is named after the term “seaweed tea” in Japanese. Kombucha is produced by symbiotic fermentation of sugared tea using a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast called SCOBY (mother or mushroom).
Join me for CHANTING 101
Join me for CHANTING 101
May 24, 2025 10:30am-12:30pm at Soul Healing
Chanting creates a resonance in our system that can have many positive effects. It helps improve memory and our capacity to listen. Numerous studies have shown that chanting regularly over time may elicit positive changes in the brain, including: improved mood, reduced anxiety, better cognitive function. By chanting we integrate the meaning of the chants into our mind and heart. It has the potential to help us deepen our ability to understand the meaning of chant, furthermore, transform our perspective of the world around us.
Chanting creates a resonance in our system that can have many positive effects. It helps improve memory and our capacity to listen. Numerous studies have shown that chanting regularly over time may elicit positive changes in the brain, including: improved mood, reduced anxiety, better cognitive function. By chanting we integrate the meaning of the chants into our mind and heart. It has the potential to help us deepen our ability to understand the meaning of chant, furthermore, transform our perspective of the world around us.
October 2024
Dates and time are:
10/12 10:30am
10/19 10:30am
10/26 10:30am
11/2 10:30am
11/9 10:30am
11/16 10:30am
7/13 Saturday 10:30am (in-person)
7/17 Wednesday 7:30pm (virtual)
7/20 Saturday 10:30am (in-person)
7/24 Wednesday 7:30pm (virtual)
7/27 Saturday 10:30am (in-person)
7/31 Wednesday 7:30pm (virtual)
8/3 Saturday 10:30am (in-person)
8/7 Wednesday 7:30pm (virtual)
Chanting 101 workshop:
Introduction to chanting:
Chanting creates a resonance in our system that can have many positive effects. It helps improve memory and our capacity to listen. Numerous studies have shown that chanting regularly over time may elicit positive changes in the brain, including: improved mood, reduced anxiety, better cognitive function. By chanting we integrate the meaning of the chants into our mind and heart. It has the potential to help us deepen our ability to understand the meaning of chant, furthermore, transform our perspective of the world around us.
Q & A:
Q. What language are we chanting?
A. Sanskrit. Sanskrit is the language of the sacred text of ancient India. It’s the language of mantra. Learning Sanskrit is similar to how we learn the alphabets.
Q: I’ve never chanted before. How am I going to learn it?
A: You will be taught step-by-step through listening and response. It's just like how you learn the alphabet. Every letter has its own range of vibration. LIke an orchestra, every instrument has its place.
Q: What’s the benefit of chanting?
A: Chanting can influence our autonomic nervous system. We can use different volumes to either energize or sedate. Different sounds have different energetic effects, such as cooling or heating. Chanting can help us lengthen the breath. Chanting can improve focus and memory. Most importantly, chanting helps us to integrate the meaning into your mind and heart.
Q. What should I expect in this workshop?
A. You will first learn about the rules and techniques of chanting: pronunciation, pitch, meter, force, lining of notes, punctuation. Then, we are going to chant selective verses from the Yoga Sutra to experience the effect of the sounds and apply them to rules and techniques. The sutras selected will be those most relevant to the practice and teaching of yoga in contemporary western culture. We will talk about the meaning and integrate the sutra into asana, thereby enhancing the effect and embodying the meaning. Simple movement and breathing will be taught to enhance the experience of sitting and chanting.
Q. Who is this workshop for?
A. Anyone who wants to learn about chanting, feel the effect of the sound you create, and use this powerful tool towards transformation.
Q. What days and times do we meet? How long?
A. 6/22/2024 1pm- 3:30 (includes a 5 minute bio break)
Click below link to register:
4/14 Sunday 9am (in-person)
4/16 Tuesday 7pm (virtual)
4/21 Sunday 9am (in-person)
4/23 Tuesday 7pm (virtual)
4/28 Sunday 9am (in-person)
4/30 Tuesday 7pm (virtual)
April 2024
6 class series
Workshop: Yoga Therapy for Stress management
Stress has been nominated to be a possible cause of illness and diseases. People who are stressed might be accompanied with symptoms like sleeplessness, fatigue or brain fog during the day, emotional fluctuations (anger, irritability), musculoskeletal tension, shortness of breath, anxiety, IBS.... etc. It has physical, physiological and emotional effects on us.
In this stress management workshop, we will learn tools from the yoga tradition to reduce suffering, manage symptoms, and improve function. We know we can’t completely avoid stress, but we can always change the way we respond to it and build resilience in the long run. We will begin with exploring breath-centric movements, breathing and relaxation techniques to help you respond positively to challenges and manage stress to cope in our daily life.
Q & A:
Q. What is yoga therapy?
A. Yoga therapy uses the tools from yoga , Ayurveda and lifestyle change to help individuals and/or groups to reduce symptoms of suffering and improve health and wellbeing.
Q. What are the tools we use in yoga therapy?
A. Increasing awareness, breath adaptation in postures, pranayama (breathing techniques), meditation, chanting or mantra, lifestyle change, self inquiry
Q. Who is this workshop for?
A. People who would like to reduce tension (physical and emotional), regulate our nervous system, transform our thoughts away from patterns that lead to stress response and increase resiliency of our bodies and minds.
Q. What’s in it for me?
A. You will meet with Lucy for a 30-minute intake prior to the first class, so she can adapt the practice to your needs. You will also receive two short sequences to practice at home.
Intro to Viniyoga 8 class series
Intro to Viniyoga 8 class series
(March- April 2022)
(March- April 2022)
8 Class Series Schedule (group, in-person)
3/22 Tuesday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
3/24 Thursday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
3/29 Tuesday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
3/31 Thursday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
4/05 Tuesday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
4/07 Thursday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
4/12 Tuesday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
4/14 Thursday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
What to bring: yoga mat, optional: towel and blocks
Where do we meet: 4184 Woodruff Ave, Lakewood, CA 90713 (Lakewood martial art training alliance)
Total Cost: $120 $80
Payment method:
Venmo (Hsin-yu Cheng, lucysyogaandwellness@gmail.com)
Check or cash
Description
This 8 class series is designed for a wide range of population. The emphasis in Viniyoga's approach is function over form in āsana practice . In able to achieve different results, we use the science of adapting the form of the postures. We focus on breath as the medium for movement in asana and adapting the breath to produce different energy effects. This series uses adaptive modifications in asanas allowing students to safely deepen their practice. Towards the end of the series, we will integrate Prāṇāyāma (breath work and breath techniques) into the classes. Practice Prāṇāyāma helps to balance our emotions, transform dysfunctional patterns and create desire energetic effects through breathing.
Outline of each classes:
3/22 Class #1: Breath and movement
Connect to breath with basic Viniyoga asana postures and apply different adaptation if needed
3/24 Class #2: Directional flow
Cultivating awareness of breath in the body and link movement to breath. Using breath as a medium of movement.
3/29 Class #3: Breath adaptation
Introduce 4 parts of breath and breath adaptation
3/31 Class #4: Krama breathing and krama movement
Use krama (segmented) movement to build awareness in body & lengthen exhale w/krama
4/5 Class #5: Leg balance Asana
Use breath adaptation to create a slightly stronger sequence for leg balance
4/7 Class #6: Asana + Pranayama
Establish a sequence that's Langhana (calming) and works towards Anuloma ujjayi (breath valving technique) at the end of class
4/12 Class #7: Asana + Pranayama
Establish a sequence that's Langhana (calming) and add Langhana pranayama towards the end of class
4/14 Class #8: Asana + Pranayama
Establish a sequence that's Samana (balance, harmony) and add Samana pranayama at the end
Yoga Waiver.pdfPlease fill and sign the waiver and send it to Lucy before you take your first class.
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