Monthly FUN!!!

Each month Shine offers events to help you nurture your graceful life through movement, music & fun.

During this month of sweetness, make sure you give yourself some love! There are many opportunities to learn, explore and laugh this month at Shine. We hope you join us!

Questions? Comments? Call us at 502.442.2843 or email shine@shinelouisville.com

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FREE INFO SESSION FOR GROUP HEALTH COACHING
with Ashley Barnes
Saturday, February 4th from 11am-12pm

Are you ready to make real, lasting changes in your health? Have you already given up on you New Year’s resolutions? Do you need support with:

Achieving and maintaining your ideal weight?
Improving your eating habits?
Increasing your energy?
Understanding and reducing your cravings?
Making your self-care a priority?
Consistently feeling better?
Learning to love yourself and your body?

Come learn more about Group Health Coaching! A group program is starting soon!

http://yourtruebliss.com/group-health-coaching

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FELDENKRAIS™ Workshop
with Dorothy Henning
Saturday, February 4  from 2:30 to 5:00pm

Freeing your hip joints helps all your movements including walking and bending, and can often alleviate lower back pain! This workshop is for everyone… NIA enthusiasts, those with difficulty in their hips, or anyone who wants to move with awareness to get to know their bodies and themselves better! The Feldenkrais™ Method of Somatic Education is one of the methods consulted to help develop NIA. Feldenkrais™ uses easy to do gentle exercises to increase your awareness and improve your ease of movement. Learn to let go of habits and unnecessary or painful tension to rediscover the ease and pleasure of moving!

$25 ($20 for Shine students)

For further information contact Dorothy Henning:
(502) 240-7057 or contact@dorothyhenning.com

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Nachale: The Bollywood Workout
Sunday, February 5th from 11:30 - 1:00pm

Nachale, meaning “let’s dance” in Hindi, combines various Indian grooves into a one-hour calorie-igniting campaign for a fun workout that eschews monotonous fitness routines such as treadmill running or skyscraper  climbing. Once a week, choreographed classes incorporate pulse pounding into hectic schedules, banishing extra pounds from waist-lands with the melodies made famous through popular Indian culture. Students should don comfortable clothing, superhero capes, and shoes for movement, and bring a thin scarf if possible for more intricate movements.

$15 DropIn
$10 Shine Unlimited Monthly Card Holders

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TRANSFORMATIONAL BREATHWORK
with Valerie Kausen
Sundays in February from 1:15-3:15pm

Breathwork is a powerful, safe, healing process that focus on opening the heart, clearing negativity from the subconscious mind. This breathing assists one with connecting to higher states of awareness and a direct embodiment of Self.

Through a simple, focused breath, engaging music and devotional intention, imbalances can be addressed by your own attention. Feel the support of a safe container created to evoke deep peace, healing and change.               $20
wear comfy clothes and bring a mat and blanket

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Crystal Bowl Meditation
with Timothy Mast
Sunday, February 5 from 6:00-7:00pm

Timothy Mast is a Louisville-based musician and bodyworker. He has been playing crystal bowls for over 10 years and holding meditations with them almost as long. Tim has 17 frosted bowls and 12 alchemy bowls.

His understanding and approach towards the body is one that is best served when viewing the body in its totality--mind, body, soul and spirit. Tim’s desire is to bring people through his bodywork and his music to a better state of wellness and wholeness---to bring people to a new state of awareness, to a place of heart-centeredness.

We are delighted to host him at Shine. Donation-based.

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FULL MOON YOGA for Women
with Holly Clark & Susan Schroeder
Tuesday, February 7th from 8:15-9:45pm

Since the beginning of time women have gathered together at the time of the moon for rest, rejuvenation and self-care. In honor of this tradition we meet once a month in a sacred space. For new & experienced yoginis. $7 suggested donation   J’ai ma!

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Valentine’s Day NULU OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, February 11th from 11am-6pm

Up to 30% off selected items in the Shine Boutique
10% off Couples Massage Gift Cards

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DANCE OF THE HEART
with Sharon Butterfly
Sunday, February 12th from 10:30am-Noon
On the 2nd Sunday of each month

You are invited to an experience of spontaneous movement and dance~ playful community ~ expressive & cathartic ~ really fun!Wear comfortable, casual clothesBring water for hydrationThere will be recorded music –  bring your drums, rattles, shakersBe still or dance a jig or sweat your prayers...This event is free of charge, however, donations are welcome.

 

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Sing Out Song Circle
hosted by Jim McGee
on the 2nd Friday from 7:00-9:30pm
Friday, February 10th at 7:00pm

An evening of songs that you love to sing. Bring an instrument and a song to share.

We have a copies of the book “Rise Up Singing.” If you have a copy, bring your own book (BYOB.) We also now have a projector for song lyrics.

BRING A FOLDING CHAIR if you have one.  Bring a friend. $5 Suggested Donation

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NuLu Open Mic
hosted by Rachel Short
On the Third Thursday from 8:30-11:00pm
Thursday, February 16th

The Nulu Open Mic is a creative event held monthly where the community can collect and share their artistic endeavors, collaborate, and connect. Bring your writings, songs, comedy, performance art, visual art, thoughts, or simply an open mind.

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FRIDAY NIGHT NIA
with Shayne Wigglesworth
Friday, February 17th at 7:00pm

“Addressing the whole person, Nia will pump your heart, spark your spirit, lubricate your joints, motivate your mind, release your tension, enhance your balance and tone your muscles with expressive movement and mindful awareness.” - Kelle Rae Oien, Nia Spirit

Come join Blue Belt Shayne Wigglesworth in an evening of Nia pleasure. And then stay and share conversation, nibbles & drink. Donation-based.

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COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE
Sunday, February 19th from Noon – 1:00pm

 The whole family is welcome to join in this fun and joyful time. Bring your own drum, shakers, rattles or use ours. Come drum, laugh, sing & express your creativity.
Led by Julia Purcell, MT-BC of Louisville Expressive Therapieswww.louisvilleexpressivetherapies.com

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LIVE MUSIC AT SHINE – THE SWEETNESS
Tuesday, February 21st    DOORS at 7:30pm

“With sweet four part harmonies, and underpinned by a finely painted double bass and driving cajon rhythms it’s hard to believe the band have been together for just a few weeks.” – Canadian Blast, London, UK 2011.

The Sweetness was born in the most unlikely of places: the stairwell between the 17th & 19th floor of the Marriott Hotel in Memphis, TN. Somehow, solo singer-songwriter soul mates Aly Tadros (Austin, TX), Chloe Charles (Toronto, ON), Douglas Jay Boyd (Austin, TX) and double bassist Sam McLellan (Toronto, ON) managed to find each other gathered in a late night of impromptu jamming at the 48th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference in Memphis, TN.

Their debut release, “What’s it like to be a sprinkler, I Wonder?” was produced by Gordon Raphael (The Strokes, Regina Spektor). Fresh from a string of European dates and festivals,

$10 Suggested Donation

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POWER OF GREENS
with Sarah Shaheen
February 24th from 7:15-9:15pm

Join Sarah for a juice feast, that will not only be palatable, but DELICIOUS!  We all know that it is important to eat a lot of green leafy vegetables, but it can be hard to get enough servings in per day.  Green drinks can be your key to increasing your energy, building immunity, improving digestion, thinking, clearly, maintaining an ideal weight, alkalizing the body and improving your overall health!  In this crash-course class you will learn all about why and how to make your own Green Juice and Smoothies.  We will also explore other blends of juices  that are highly nutritious and tasty.  

Pre-registration is required by the Monday before the workshop. Only 15 spots available!    Cost $20
Please email-call-text Sarah Shaheen to secure a spot!
502-417-3696   sarahshaheen@hotmail.com   

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SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE: DREAMSPELL NATURAL TIME CALENDAR WORKSHOP
guided by Susan Schroeder
Saturday, February 25th from 5:00-6:30pm

 

Join Susan for this introduction of the Dreamspell Natural Time Calendar. Receive your galactic signature and gain insight into your life's path~ your unique offering to this world that only your spirit can provide. By relating in this naturally harmonic way to time, and the universe itself, you begin to recognize the many synchronicities that fill each and every moment as cosmic wisdom, gently guiding you to flow with grace and ease towards your highest potential. As we align our actions to the harmonious, balanced energy of the 13 Moon cycles, we again awaken the remembrance to how all of existence is interconnected. We can choose to live in faith, trusting all as perfect, allowing ourselves to embrace the synchronistic events of daily living. When we step into the waves of energy, we are carried along towards our life's truest purpose, towards working together for the common good of all. Come to listen and expand your knowing with an open heart, mind, and spirit.

Workshop: $13, returning journeyers, $7
Calendar additional $20
Pre-register, send name & birthdate/year to: maria@shinelouisville.com

Live in balance ~ Time is Art, Create Every Moment.

Stay for the 7:00 screening, documentary 'The Alignment Within'
http://www.thealignmentwithin.com/
There will be snacks! $5 suggested donation...

Immersed now in the great transition year of 2012, we have a choice: Open your intrinsic knowing to engage in collective global healing or be swept along with the rushing tides of change. What's your choice?

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SPIRITDANCE
led by Amelia Robinson
Sunday, February 26th from 5:00-7:00pm

Spirit enlivens everything! It is the root of the word inspiration that is both an idea and a breath. At SpiritDance we invite you to embody both as you dance your own authentic movements to music selected to inspire and ignite the rhythms of your soul! Our mission is to enhance and enrich lives, to create a safe and sacred space for dance, to be free and at ease in our own bodies, and to promote wellness of mind, body, soul, spirit, and community.

Contact  SpiritDanceLouisville@gmail.com