Winter 2025
Solstice Celebration…
Registration is now open… Here’s the link: https://WinterSolsticeRespite.eventbrite.com
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Previous Events…
Summer 2025
September 7, 2025, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Release the Heat! A Summer Restorative
Sick of the heat? During this annual yoga restorative session, we gently wring out the effects of the summer heat accumulating in our joints, especially along the hips and spine. This event will be available in person and via Zoom.
We will slowly dive into stillness through an accessible and calming restorative movement/yoga sequence. All bodies and levels of flexibility are welcome!
When: Sunday, September 7, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Where: Attend the session in person (Unitarian Society of Germantown, Sullivan Chapel) or on-line from the comfort of your home via Zoom.
Cost: $35 (single); $65 if you sign up with a friend
Registration: Simply message me at ewyssflamm@gmail.com to let me know you are signing up, along with the name and e-mail address of your friend (if you are bringing one). Then send payment via Venmo to: @Esther-Wyss-Flamm-MINDFUL. Or as a check to: Esther Wyss-Flamm, 45 West Gravers Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. You may also pay via Zelle.
A few days prior to our session, I will send you a welcoming message with details about what to wear and what to bring, along with the optional Zoom link.
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Spring 2025
Celebrate & Offer Gratitude on Earth Day!
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
5:30 – 7:30 PM
This is an in-person event
As part of an Earth Day celebration, we will be practicing Tree Yoga (please note that this does NOT involve complicated balancing or climbing trees!!) and a mindful walk of the labyrinth on the beautiful, peaceful grounds of the Unitarian Society of Germantown.
All bodies and levels of flexibility are welcome!
Invite a friend (of any age, this is an intergenerational event) and consider bringing a dish of food that connects you to the Earth. Our time together includes an Earth-centered potluck.
To Register: e-mail me, Esther at: ewyssflamm@gmail.com to let me know you are coming. Then I will send out additional details as we approach the date.
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Winter 2025
HEART-CENTERED RESTORATIVE YOGA
February 23, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Attend In-Person or On-Line
February is a rough month for many of us: the cold, dreary weather and distressing news cycle may have us turned inward yearning for warmth and joy. How is your heart? How is your nervous system? Your body? If you’re feeling worn out and wrung out, I’m with you. This is a good time to pause and restore your inner resilience.
Restorative Yoga is designed to release long-held tension in the body, calm the nerves, and soothe the spirit.
Let’s take care of ourselves, lighten the load and release accumulated stress centered around the heart! We will slowly dive into stillness through slow, accessible and calming restorative movement/breath/yoga.
All bodies and levels of flexibility are welcome!
Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Cost: $40 (single); $70 if you sign up with a friend
Where: Attend the session in person (Unitarian Society of Germantown, Sullivan Chapel) or on-line from the comfort of your home via Zoom.
Registration: Simply message me at ewyssflamm@gmail.com to let me know you are signing up, along with the name and e-mail address of your friend (if you are bringing one). Then send payment via Venmo to: @Esther-Wyss-Flamm-MINDFUL. Or as a check to: Esther Wyss-Flamm, 45 West Gravers Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. You may also pay via Zelle.
A few days prior to our session, I will send you a welcoming message with details about what to wear and what to bring, along with the optional Zoom link.
Description of a typical session: After a brief check-in, we dive into 75 minutes of delicious relaxation, gentle stretching, breath awareness, and yoga designed for deep release in the spine, chest, shoulders, and hips. During the last portion we conclude with quiet meditation. You will emerge feeling calm, nourished, and refreshed.
A Week of “Sticking with Love”
Monday – Friday, 2025: Jan 20 – Jan 24, 8:30 – 8:50 am
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let’s live into these words and honor the legacy and urgency of Love during this pivotal time in our country. We will meet via Zoom for five mornings to activate the power of Love through meditation, breath practices, and gentle movement.
Come once or every morning that week!
Registration: Simply message me at ewyssflamm@gmail.com to let me know you are coming. Feel free to invite a friend as well. I will send you a message with the link via Zoom.
This is a FREE community event to kick off the New Year!
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Previous Events…
photo credit: Sarah Greenman
Celebrate the Stillness of the Season with…
A Solstice Celebration of Light and Inspiration
Together with mind-body healing guide and Priestess of Avalon Donnette Hill Walto, we will drop into the darkness of the evening and emerge with the promise of light and inspiration. This year, we will include simple guidance on creating a protected space in your home, as well as lead you through accessible and deeply calming restorative yoga and guided meditation.
You will emerge feeling calm, nourished, and ready to enter a new year.
The movements & restorative postures are designed to be accessible — all bodies and levels of flexibility welcome!
Treat a friend in need of self-care!
Date: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 PM
Cost: $45 (single); $75 if you sign up with a friend
Where: Attend the session on-line from the comfort of your home via Zoom.
Registration: Simply message me at ewyssflamm@gmail.com to let me know you are signing up, along with the name and e-mail address of your friend (if you are bringing one). Then send payment via Venmo to: @Esther-Wyss-Flamm-MINDFUL. Or as a check to: Esther Wyss-Flamm, 45 West Gravers Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. You may also pay via Zelle.
Please register in advance! A few days prior to the event, you will receive a welcoming message with instructions and our own dedicated link on Zoom.
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September 29, 2024
Autumn Equinox Celebration:
Create Sacred Space for Balance & Equanimity
This fall, are you longing to…
…find calm within swirls of emotion, fear and apprehension?
…quiet the noise and claim the space to hear your own voice?
…return to your inner steadfastness, strength and balance?
During the Autumn Equinox we should be harvesting all that is healthy and beneficial in preparation for the winter months ahead. And yet, this year we are experiencing collective unease connected to the up-coming elections. We hold hope and dread as we try to push aside the rapid assault of images and words coming at us. Inevitably, our bodies take in this tension.
We need sacred space where we can land and feel safe.
With this exciting new workshop, healing guide Donnette Hill Walto and I will guide you through a journey to learn how to create sacred space as part of your own practice.
Our time together will include:
- steps for creating a go-to space in your home and/or garden
- an overview of the history of creating sacred spaces
- deeply rooted centering practices
- collective guidelines to support YOU BEING YOU.
Workshop Date & Time: Sunday, September 29, 2024, from 4:00 – 6:00 PM (EDT) via Zoom. (our time together will include a short break).
Cost: $45 per person; $70 for two.
Registration & Payment: Click HERE to let me know you would like to attend. Payment options: Venmo to: @Esther-Wyss-Flamm-MINDFUL; or by check to: Esther Wyss-Flamm, 45 West Gravers Lane, Philadelphia PA 19118; or by Zelle to: ewyssflamm@gmail.com.
Questions? Contact Donnette Hill Walto at donnettehillwalto@gmail.com or Esther Wyss-Flamm ewyssflamm@gmail.com A welcoming message and link will be sent upon registration.
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Summer 2024
July 23, 2024, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
In-Person Love Your Bones Workshop/Posture Clinic
A Special 2-hour Love Your Bones Workshop for those ready to go deeper into understanding and experiencing accessible movements and postures that support bone health. There will be a short break to hydrate and socialize; and an opportunity for individualized time for each participant. Available in-person & on-line. MAX: 8 participantsDate: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
Time: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $45, send payment by Venmo to: @Esther-Wyss-Flamm-MINDFUL or by check to: Esther Wyss-Flamm, 45 West Gravers Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. Also via Zelle using my email address.
Location: 143 West Walnut Lane, 2nd floor in Germantown. The space is run by Blue Banyan Yoga studio in Mt. Airy, yoga props are all there, except chairs. There is ample parking, an elevator (it’s on the 2nd floor) and air conditioning.
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Spring 2024
Earth Day Celebration
Sunday, April 21st, 2024: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Let’s celebrate Earth Day – We will be outdoors in a grove of majestic trees to open up to kinship with the world around us. Together we will experience an accessible movement sequence and settle our minds with quieting meditation. We will have an opportunity to dive into heart-opening conversation about practices to honor and reciprocate the generosity of the Earth.
Where: We will meet for our adventure in the parking lot located BEHIND the Unitarian Society of Germantown (address: 359 W. Johnson St. in Mt. Airy), go all the way to the end of the driveway — it’s a short walk to the grove from there.
What to bring: your mat (a few extras are available), pen & journal, water bottle or a thermos of hot tea (if it’s brisk!). Wear layers and dress for comfort.
Invite a friend! This is a FREE COMMUNITY EVENT for anyone who can attend. We suggest a donation to benefit the Environment Committee of Weavers Way Co-op (funds raised are used for the committee’s annual grant-making to neighborhood environmental initiatives).
Let me know you are coming with a quick e-mail to ewyssflamm@gmail.com.
Celebrate the Spring Equinox: A Gentle Balance
This is a FREE Event!
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024, 8:00 – 8:45 am via Zoom
The Equinox asks us to pause, as we witness the chilly winter months shift into the bright greens of spring. The sun will hover in the sky in a balance of dark and light, cold to warm – a gentle reminder to take in the exquisite beauty of the Earth, and a prelude to the greening in the Northern Hemisphere. Soon, the scent of spring blossoms will be in the air and the first berries will brighten up the farmers markets.
Let’s join together to welcome spring with a balancing movement sequence and a meditation focused on igniting our creative spirit!
Interested?
Contact Esther at ewyssflamm@gmail.com. We will send you the link for this special event.