showing up on the page

What will show up on the page for you tonight?

You just might be surprised!

In our twice-a-month Inner Journey journaling group, we chat about what's new in our lives and then give ourselves 20 minutes or so in the quiet to rest, draw, doodle, color, paint, watch the paint dry, whatever...and then after that time we chat again.

Simple.  Profound.  And usually quite surprising what shows up for each one of us.

All are welcome -- first-time journalers to long-time writers.  
6:30pm ET tonight!
your choice: via Zoom or in-person in our Walnut Hills center - 791 E McMillan (45206)
$10 donation / pay-what-you-can

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 865 0104 9196
Passcode: 215933

It will be fun!

Brian Shircliff


we need Tuesday night nappers!

This Tuesday night, we're getting the band back together again to offer Healing Touch sessions -- and WE NEED YOU!

We have plenty of wonderful people coming to practice Healing Touch...Alyssa, Bruce, Geralyn, Helen, Liz, Mary, Peg, Stephanie, Tonia.

And now we need people who will allow us to practice what we've learned -- would you please help us out and sign up for a session?

All you'd need to do is rest on a massage table, fully clothed.  You can even take a little nap.  One or two trained people will, with your permission, lightly touch your joints.

Some wonderful things have happened when we've had these big groups practicing together.  Let's discover together what might be possible in this (post?)pandemic world.  At the very least, you'll probably find yourself very relaxed.
HEALING TOUCH 
45-min relaxation session

Tues, Oct 18 at 5:30 or 6:30pm ET
in-person in our Walnut Hills center
791 E McMillan (45206)
$20 donation / pay-what-you-can

reply to this email to schedule your appointment

Healing Touch was begun by nurses for pain-relief and anxiety-relief.
It's lovely, simple, relaxing, and so helpful!

Donations at all of our classes/sessions are helping us to rent a larger space of our own...soon, please!

And if you haven't had a chance to check out the free-for-three-more-days Bones for Life class Cynthia Allen, Andrea Tutt, and I offered, please do.  Click here for a little neck and shoulder and whole self relief.

We'd love for you to join us for our Bones for Life Immersions beginning Nov 7too...but you'll need to register by this Tues, Oct 18.

I'm always reminded of my golf roots with Ben Hogan's wise words.  "Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good."

We at VITALITY know we exist in goodness -- but why wait one more day to know it even more deeply in your flesh and bones?

Brian Shircliff

...sometimes it just takes a new perspective...


take charge of your health...instantly!

Three ways to take charge of your health, so easily and instantly.  Mine the beautiful gold within you!

One way...

BONES FOR LIFE®
with Brian Shircliff, Andrea Tutt, and Cynthia Allen
2-HOUR LIVE EVENT with Q & A
tomorrow! OCTOBER 11, 2022 at 10:00am ET
- participate live or on replay -

click here to sign up

Bones for Life is a path to upright health through Ruthy Alon’s Movement Intelligence program. For people that struggle with posture, hypermobility, bone health, and more.

It is also a pathway for teachers/practitioners to put students and patients back in charge of their own health.

Experience short movement processes from Bones for Life® and immediately feel a positive impact on your own health. Plus, learn how you can participate in our upcoming program starting in October.

Two ways...next week gift yourself a

HEALING TOUCH
45-min relaxation session

Tues, Oct 18 at 5:30 or 6:30pm ET
in-person in our Walnut Hills center
791 E McMillan (45206)
$20 donation
- very limited spots available -

click here to schedule your appointment

Healing Touch was begun by nurses for pain-relief and anxiety-relief.  Participants rest fully-clothed on a low, comfy table or chair as trained volunteers gently rest their hands, with your permission, on your joints.  It's lovely, simple, relaxing, and so helpful!

Three ways...catch the replay of Mike Eck's talk and panel discussion about

GLEANING

click here for the wildly inspiring replay

and how growing food for themselves and others and being outdoors has changed these four panelists' lives!

Autumn is teeming with life, gold.  Dancing with into the season...one small, important move and breath at a time!

Brian Shircliff

 


gleaning?

VITALITY-friend and co-founder Mike Eck had a dream to begin gleaning in the Cincinnati area.

What's gleaning?

Well, join us tonight and find out!
Monday, Oct 3
7 pm EDT
in-person at Bellarmine Chapel or via Zoom

free registration by clicking here

Imagine thousands and thousands of pounds of local, farm-fresh food being harvested by volunteers and driven to soup-kitchens and food pantries and La Soupe, and now nourishing people with some of the best food on the planet.  Often without those volunteers, those thousands of pounds of food go to waste.

Thanks to Mike's vision, gleaning was begun just a few years ago in Cincinnati and now VITALITY-friend Sue Plummer has a full-time position organizing tri-state volunteers and our yoga-friend Fran helps out too, both of them paid by the Society of St. Andrew, the national gleaning network.  You can reach out to Sue through the website to get involved!

And at tonight's talk you can also hear from the great Mary Laymon, a longtime friend of VITALITY.  Many of our yoga-grads have shared yoga and gardening at her beautiful Tikkun Farm.

What wonders can come about among a circle of friends!

Brian Shircliff

image below of Sue Plummer (right) and Stephen Dienger of Our Harvest Cooperative who generously allows volunteers to glean their farms 

 


encore!

Three encores!

Firs encore...our 12th anniversary party was scrumptious in every way -- lovely Autumn weather, wonderful friends, fun remembering, and the food!  My goodness!  Thanks to Bones for Life friend Lindsay Wilson for capturing this image of the cake!

Second encore...today is the last free day of the Feldenkrais Summit -- you can experience anything from the past 10 days for free!  Catch the stories about Moshe yesterday?  Oh goodness -- so, so beautiful.  You won't want to miss any of them.  Register here to experience it all:

https://vitality--futurelifenow.thrivecart.com/2022-unlimited-digital-access-mbfb-oto/

VITALITY is an affiliate for this event. If you register with this link above and purchase the upgrade at some point, VITALITY may be paid a small commission for referring you.

Third encore...tonight/Tuesday is our Inner Journey journaling/meditation at 6:30 pm EDT...

come by Zoom or in-person in Walnut Hills
led by the great Penny Costilla
$10 donation welcome

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 865 0104 9196
Passcode: 215933

What in your life is begging for you to ecstatically bellow out ENCORE!  ENCORE!  ENCORE! to a Universe that wants to give it?

There's more, friends, there's more -- and in a circle, we celebrate the invitation to it and the receiving of it, of all that each of us wants to experience in this life.

Brian Shircliff


being 12

What goodnesses do you remember when you were 12?

This month, our VITALITY circle celebrates being 12 years old/young.

It's been an incredible journey of friends.  And in many ways, we're just getting started...

What were you like when you were 12?

Two opportunities to wonder about that...
VITALITY's 12th anniversary potluck-party
this Sun, Sept 25 at 12:30pm EDT

at Gorman Heritage Farm's Outdoor Pavilion (rain or shine!)
10052 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241

all are welcome!

Gorman requests no balloons please
(for their animals' health)

Consider bringing a photo of yourself when you were 12, or share a memory!

At 12:30 we'll mingle and eat.  At 1:30 we'll invite everyone into a larger circle to share memories and finish by 2:30.  Weather looks lovely, so let's luxuriate in this new season together!

and...

this Tuesday night is our next Inner Journey journaling/meditation...

Inner Journey
Tues, Sept 27 at 6:30 pm EDT

come by Zoom or in-person in Walnut Hills
led by the great Penny Costilla
$10 donation welcome

 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86501049196?pwd=M09nenVwU3RPWUNsN3dZSUw4QXNQZz09
Meeting ID: 865 0104 9196
Passcode: 215933

Of course at Inner Journey we can write/draw/contemplate about anything we want to, anything that's interesting for each one of us....though maybe recalling something of being 12 might offer a gift!

Brian Shircliff

PS...Enjoying the Feldenkrais Awareness Summit?  https://vitality--futurelifenow.thrivecart.com/2022-unlimited-digital-access-mbfb-oto/  Just past the halfway point and plenty still to enjoy.  VITALITY is an affiliate for this event. If you register with this link above and purchase the upgrade at some point, VITALITY may be paid a small commission for referring you. I share this incredible event because it is an incredible opportunity to grow and learn — and help VITALITY to grow too!  Please share it with friends too!

 


morning sounds...TODAY's the day!

The crickets sing me to sleep at night and sing me into my mornings.

I arose this morning with their sound and wanted immediately to get out there with them, in these cooler mornings that late summer bring.

But I felt kind of twisted and crunched.  Must have slept kind of funny with that wild dream I had.  Hmmm.  What could I do to make that walk feel better?

Well, I remembered there were some short, free Feldenkrais lessons available through this week's Move Better Feel Better Summit so I tried one and 15 minutes later -- voilà -- I stood up so tall and felt so much better.

Out I went to join the sounds of the crickets and explore what this new day in the Great Outdoors might offer me...and what I might offer this day.

Hope you've registered for the Move Better Feel Better Summit -- it's free, it's online, it's a wonderful way to remember that the Earth is round and massively large and at the same time small in this internet age where we can Zoom with so many all around our world.

I'll be on with Lavinia Plonka and Violet van Hees TODAY at 6pm EDT as we enjoy a LIVE conversation about the Great Outdoors and Feldenkrais and many things!  Hope you'll join us:

https://vitality--futurelifenow.thrivecart.com/2022-unlimited-digital-access-mbfb-oto/

And hope you get a taste of the forest tea Duncan is offering today with the Summit!

Brian Shircliff

PS...save the date for VITALITY's 12th anniversary potluck-party on Sun, Sept 25 at 12:30pm at Gorman Farm!  More details coming :)

And another PS...I'm thrilled to be included with the Summit this year as you'll see through the images below.  VITALITY is an affiliate for this event. If you register with the link above and purchase the upgrade at some point, VITALITY may be paid a small commission for referring you. I share this incredible event because it is an incredible opportunity to grow and learn — and help VITALITY to grow too!  Please share it with friends too!


that sheet thing...global and local!

Did you enjoy how a sheet or towel could revolutionize your ability to walk with more ease, confidence, even with a little swagger or attitude in your step?

If you missed it, here's your chance for a couple more days to try out that movement exploration from Bones for Life before it disappears when the Summit begins THURSDAY -- woot woot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uH7P8YrkzA

We had over 400 people join us LIVE from around the world!

It's an example of VITALITY reaching our circle around the world.

At the same time we have this knowledge that things that are local are important too...our Inner Journey journaling experiences led by Penny Costilla are a great example.

Perhaps you feel called to join us for our next Inner Journey journaling gathering...

this Tues, Sept 13
6:30pm

and you have the luxury to join us in person at our Walnut Hills space OR via Zoom:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86501049196?pwd=M09nenVwU3RPWUNsN3dZSUw4QXNQZz09

Meeting ID: 865 0104 9196
Passcode: 215933

RSVP is appreciated!  $10 donation welcomed!

Do you need to be an extremely good writer to participate?

Nah!  Most of us just write for fun or draw or paint or even simply sit and contemplate by watching the paint dry.  All are very welcome!

What might show up on the sheet for you?
Brian Shircliff

PS...save the date for VITALITY's 12th anniversary potluck-party on Sun, Sept 25 at 12:30pm at Gorman Farm!  More details coming :)

And another PS...Sign up for the Move Better, Feel Better event that kicks off Sept 15!  It's free, just click here:  https://vitality--futurelifenow.thrivecart.com/2022-unlimited-digital-access-mbfb-oto/   I'm thrilled to be included with the Summit this year as you'll see through the images below.  VITALITY is an affiliate for this event. If you purchase the upgrade at some point, VITALITY may be paid a small commission for referring you. I share this incredible event because it is an incredible opportunity to grow and learn — and help VITALITY to grow too!  Please share it with friends too!


improve your walking TODAY with a sheet!

Bring a bedsheet, a bath towel, or a Bones for Life wrap and let's discover if your walking, your breathing, and your whole life could improve with such a simple thing!

a free Bones for Life pop-up event
sponsored by Future Life Now,
creators of the Move Better, Feel Better Summit!

TODAY, Sept 8
10 am EDT
use this Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87395500747?pwd=RWI2dHptL0FPUmViQnFDOE9hOHM0UT09

Meeting ID: 873 9550 0747
Passcode: 721702

This pop-up event replaces the usual 11am Thursday class today, and today's recording will be made available for just a few days before the Summit begins Sept 15 so catch it while you can :)

Improve your walking and the whole world grows!

Brian Shircliff

PS...save the date for VITALITY's 12th anniversary potluck-party on Sun, Sept 25 at 12:30pm at Gorman Farm!  More details coming :)

And another PS...Sign up for the Move Better, Feel Better event that kicks off Sept 15!  It's free, just click here:  https://vitality--futurelifenow.thrivecart.com/2022-unlimited-digital-access-mbfb-oto/   I'm thrilled to be included with the Summit this year as you'll see through the images below.  VITALITY is an affiliate for this event. If you purchase the upgrade at some point, VITALITY may be paid a small commission for referring you. I share this incredible event because it is an incredible opportunity to grow and learn — and help VITALITY to grow too!  Please share it with friends too!


circles and spirals are different...

Circles and spirals.

In 2012, I visited by family’s homeland in Ireland, my first time.  I circled and spiraled through Galway and something within me knew the town as if I’d been there before…even though it was my first visit.

Circling through this land spiraled forth a new sense of life within me.  I was changed.

These photos of Knowth I took on that trip reveal a 5000-year old human interest in circles and spirals.  You might recall that in Bones for Life we play quite a bit with spirals…after all our bones spiral and our very DNA is a spiral…the deepest nature of who we are.

Everything we offer at VITALITY has the circle of gathered friends in mind.  It’s a different way of proceeding when every voice is invited, where we sit in the quiet together and breathe and wonder and discover what wants to be born.

Such a thing only happens in circles, much different from sage-on-the-stage and teacher-student models.  When we are all learners and discoverers, something special happens.

Perhaps you’d like to explore how our circle might help you spiral more authentically onto your path…
Inner Journey 
journaling…meditation…conversation
led by Penny Costilla

tomorrow/Wednesday, 8/17
7pm, via Zoom
$10 donation requested

 

Penny will gather us for awhile in our Zoom-circle and then there will be time on our own to write, paint, draw, compose, dance, stare at the wall and watch the paint dry.  It's always a lovely and inspiring time.

What might show up for you…to spiral you into ever richer life?

Brian Shircliff

PS...did you sign up for the Move Better, Feel Better event that kicks off Sept 15?  It's free, just click here:  https://vitality--futurelifenow.thrivecart.com/2022-unlimited-digital-access-mbfb-oto/ VITALITY is an affiliate for this event. If you purchase the upgrade at some point, VITALITY may be paid a small commission for referring you. I share this incredible event because it is an incredible opportunity to grow and learn — and help VITALITY to grow too!  Please share it with friends too!