Sacred Sweetness: A Two-Part Lunar Journey

with Nicole Skaggs, CAS, E-RYT 200

Two sacred moons. Two unique experiences. One month-long journey.

This August, join us for a special two-part exploration of Ayurveda, yoga, ritual, and the story of Parvati’s Tapas—a powerful teaching on devotion, patience, transformation, and discovering the strength already within us.

August 12 | Ayurvedic Kulfi + Intention Ritual

Begin the journey with storytelling, meditation, Ayurveda, and a hands-on kulfi-making workshop. Choose a quality you want to cultivate—such as compassion, peace, devotion, or steadfastness—and infuse that intention into your own handcrafted Indian frozen dessert to take home.

Then, let your intention unfold over the weeks ahead.

August 28 | Full Moon Yoga + Closing Ritual

Return for an all-levels Full Moon Yoga practice as we complete Parvati’s story, reflect on what has shifted, and close our month of practice together.

Each evening can be enjoyed on its own, but together they create the complete Sacred Sweetness experience.

✨ Attend one or join us for both with special bundled pricing.

Space is limited. Reserve your place and experience yoga and Ayurveda beyond the ordinary.

The Wisdom of the Six Tastes

An Ayurvedic Workshop Experience

Discover Ayurveda through your senses in this immersive—and delicious—exploration of the Six Tastes: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Pungent, Bitter, and Astringent.

Through a guided mindful tasting, you’ll experience each taste individually and learn how Ayurveda uses the Six Tastes to support digestion, balance the doshas, increase satisfaction, and create more nourishing meals.

We’ll complete our experience with a short guided meditation followed by a nourishing Ayurvedic lunch featuring all Six Tastes in harmony.

During this workshop, you’ll:

• Taste and explore each of the Six Tastes
• Learn how they influence digestion and the doshas
• Experience mindful eating as an Ayurvedic practice
• Enjoy a guided meditation
• Share a delicious Six Tastes Ayurvedic lunch
• Take home practical ways to create more balanced meals

No previous Ayurveda experience is needed—just come curious and hungry.

On Friday, August 14, we'll be honoring Global Yoga Therapy Day, celebrating our community and opening our doors to share what makes Embodied Health so unique as the only Yoga Therapy school in our region.

Whether you've been practicing with us for years or you've been curious about what we do, this is the perfect day to experience our community.

Enjoy light refreshments while meeting our teachers and therapists, exploring our yoga therapy programs, and learning more about the services we offer.

At 5:45 PM, I'll be offering a complimentary presentation:

What Is Yoga Therapy?

If you've ever wondered how yoga therapy differs from a yoga class—or how it can support people living with pain, anxiety, stress, injury, or chronic health conditions—this introduction is for you. You'll leave with a clearer understanding of this growing healthcare profession and why we're so passionate about bringing it to our community.

Throughout the evening you'll also enjoy:

• Complimentary chair massages

• Time to meet our team

• Studio tours

• Refreshments and conversation

• Door prizes and wellness giveaways

Thank you for trusting us with your practice, your healing, and your stories.

We hope you'll join us as we celebrate the incredible potential of yoga therapy to support health, resilience, and well-being in our community.

We can't wait to welcome you.

Sacred Sweetness: A Two-Part Lunar Journey

with Nicole Skaggs, CAS, E-RYT 200

Two sacred moons. Two unique experiences. One month-long journey.

This August, join us for a special two-part exploration of Ayurveda, yoga, ritual, and the story of Parvati’s Tapas—a powerful teaching on devotion, patience, transformation, and discovering the strength already within us.

August 12 | Ayurvedic Kulfi + Intention Ritual

Begin the journey with storytelling, meditation, Ayurveda, and a hands-on kulfi-making workshop. Choose a quality you want to cultivate—such as compassion, peace, devotion, or steadfastness—and infuse that intention into your own handcrafted Indian frozen dessert to take home.

Then, let your intention unfold over the weeks ahead.

August 28 | Full Moon Yoga + Closing Ritual

Return for an all-levels Full Moon Yoga practice as we complete Parvati’s story, reflect on what has shifted, and close our month of practice together.

Each evening can be enjoyed on its own, but together they create the complete Sacred Sweetness experience.

✨ Attend one or join us for both with special bundled pricing.

Space is limited. Reserve your place and experience yoga and Ayurveda beyond the ordinary.

Join us every third Saturday of the month for a joyful Family Yoga Party! Designed for families with children ages 2–5, these playful sessions combine yoga, movement, storytelling, and creative activities the whole family can enjoy together.

Each class is inspired by a children’s yoga storybook, bringing the story to life through yoga poses, imaginative movement, games, and mindfulness activities. Parents and caregivers participate alongside their children, creating a fun and meaningful shared experience.

Led by Embodied Health’s Certified Balanced Kids Yoga instructors, these engaging sessions help children build coordination, confidence, emotional awareness, and connection while having lots of fun.

Families may register for individual sessions or receive a discount by enrolling in the full five-month series.

$30 includes 1-child and 1-adult. 

You may add an additional child for $5 each

This retreat is specifically designed for adults who grew up with emotionally unavailable, narcissistic, or highly controlling mothers and are ready to move beyond survival into self-trust, regulation, and embodied healing.

Throughout the day, we’ll work with the body — releasing stored stress, rebuilding internal safety, and reconnecting to your authentic voice.

This is a space for healing, not blame. For embodiment, not rehashing.

 For reclaiming your own inner authority.

• Trauma informed gentle somatic yoga

• Activites to release stored emotions and promote new growth forward

• Restorative, Nervous-system balancing Yoga Nidra meditation & sound bath

• Nourishing Ayurvedic lunch and community to uplift and fill your heart and soul

• Tools and gifts to continue your healing at home

Celebrate your feminine energy with a rejuvenating day featuring wine tasting, yoga and meditative activities to honor your heart center. This day of self-love will allow you to:

• Drink in the serenity of the healing space at Embodied Health.

• Restore heart & soul in a blissful, tranquil Yoga Nidra practice. This practice creates a space of healing for the mind and spirit while the body enjoys complete comfort & relaxation!

• Create your very own hand-etched wine glass and aromatherapy products including an eye pillow.

• Sip wine during a tasting with a professional wine expert. (Wine will be available to purchase from the presenter to enjoy at home.)

• Savor the seasonal tastes of a vegetarian lunch.

• Other surprises if the day will be sure to touch your heart! 

Join us for a beautiful day of self-care opening the mind, heart and soul to more compassion, love and serenity.

Retreat fee: $145 Includes wine tasting, lunch, art materials and a love-filled day of activity.

OUR FINAL FULL MOON EVENT UNTIL AUTUMN

**With life accompaniment by musician Luke Andrews

A Blue Moon is a rare lunar event, traditionally symbolizing reflection, heightened awareness, and meaningful pause. Often associated with the phrase “once in a blue moon,” this moon reminds us to slow down, take stock, and honor moments that don’t come around often.

Join us for a deeply grounding outdoor full moon yoga practice followed by an immersive sound bath featuring the gong, allowing vibrations to wash through the body and gently reset the nervous system. This evening practice will emphasize stillness, breath, and long-held shapes designed to help you release excess mental noise and reconnect with what truly matters.

💙 May’s Special Offering:
To honor the rarity of the Blue Moon, each participant will receive a moon-inspired take-home gift, intentionally chosen to support reflection and continued practice beyond the evening. We’ll also close with a guided moment of intention and listening, inviting insight, clarity, and quiet integration.

Afterward, you’re invited inside for warm tea and light seasonal snacks, creating space to ground, connect, and savor the experience.

Each full moon gathering at Embodied Health is intentionally unique—guided by the energy of the moon and season—making every month a one-of-a-kind experience.

All levels welcome.
Space is limited.

🌕 Not everything is meant to happen often. Some moments are meant to be remembered. 💙

Create a small living altar for your home.

In this month’s Creatively Embodied Workshop, we’ll begin with a gentle guided meditation to ground the nervous system and connect with the natural rhythm of spring—a time of renewal, growth, and fresh intention.

From this centered place, you’ll create your own Crystal Intention Terrarium: a layered miniature garden combining earth, plants, and crystals to represent the intentions you wish to nurture in the months ahead.

Terrariums symbolize the delicate balance between environment, care, and growth—much like our own inner landscapes.

You’ll learn how to layer soil and sand, incorporate crystals and natural elements, and design a beautiful living piece to keep in your home as a reminder of the seeds you are planting this season.

No artistic experience is needed.

No yoga practice, just mindfulness and creativity.

Come ready to slow down, create, and reconnect.

Participants receive:

• tea & snacks during the event

• their finished terrarium

• printed instructions

• journaling prompts to continue their growth

This class series invites our community to attend a heartfelt yoga class that benefits others in need of support.

In April, we highlight The Manatee Child Advocacy Center

April is child abuse prevention month.

This gentle yoga class outside on our shaded patio with Denver will allow you to connect easy movement, breath and nervous system regulation with child-like curiosity and playful energy.

Suggested donation: $10

*** Must pre-register as space is limited

Join us every third Saturday of the month for a joyful Family Yoga Party! Designed for families with children ages 2–5, these playful sessions combine yoga, movement, storytelling, and creative activities the whole family can enjoy together.

Each class is inspired by a children’s yoga storybook, bringing the story to life through yoga poses, imaginative movement, games, and mindfulness activities. Parents and caregivers participate alongside their children, creating a fun and meaningful shared experience.

Led by Embodied Health’s Certified Balanced Kids Yoga instructors, these engaging sessions help children build coordination, confidence, emotional awareness, and connection while having lots of fun.

Families may register for individual sessions or receive a discount by enrolling in the full five-month series.

$30 includes 1-child and 1-adult. 

You may add an additional child for $5 each

With Kim Hoenie, C-IAYT

The energy centers of the body are stimulated by our senses and the things we come into contact with everyday.  These centers or Chakras can become Blocked or overstimulated which can lead to health issues. Understanding our own energetic body can offer new insight on how and why we feel as we do. 

This workshop explores basic awareness of the Chakras through color theory,  essential oils, and individual testing to expand personal awareness and includes a chair yoga session designed to clear & balance the Chakra system.

Begin with a short BrainTap alpha session using headphones to shift you out of “email brain” and into calm, spacious awareness. Then settle into slow flow yoga with somatic release, and end in deep rest—ideal for anxiety, looping thoughts, and tired nervous systems. Slip into spacious, dreamy calm. ***

April’s Pink Moon is named for the first wildflowers that bloom in early spring—symbolizing renewal, tenderness, and the quiet courage it takes to open again after winter. This moon invites us to soften, to trust growth, and to gently welcome what is ready to emerge.

Join us for a nourishing outdoor yoga practice followed by an immersive sound bath, designed to support the nervous system, release stagnant energy, and reconnect you with the rhythms of the season. Movement will be slow, grounding, and accessible, with space for breath, rest, and reflection under the moonlight.

✨ April’s Special Offering:
To honor the Pink Moon’s energy of blossoming and intention, each participant will receive a handcrafted ritual element—a small seasonal gift to take home and continue the practice beyond the evening. We’ll also close with a guided intention-setting moment to anchor what you’re ready to grow this spring.

Afterward, you’re invited inside for warm tea and light seasonal snacks, allowing time to integrate, connect, and linger in community.

Each full moon gathering at Embodied Health is intentionally unique—guided by the energy of the moon and the season—making every month a one-of-a-kind experience.

All levels welcome.
Space is limited.

🌸 Come as you are. Leave rooted, softened, and gently renewed. 🌕

For Yoga Teachers, Massage Therapists & Wellness Practitioners

Join us for a free monthly gathering designed to support local wellness professionals through connection, conversation, and community.

Our first topic: Building Your Practice in the Current Economy.

With shifting schedules and evolving client needs, many practitioners are navigating quieter seasons or wondering how to grow sustainably. This circle offers a grounded space to connect with peers, share experiences, and explore what’s working — together.

No workshop. No sales pitch. Just tea, thoughtful discussion, and collective wisdom.

All experience levels welcome.

As winter begins to loosen its grip and the energy of spring slowly emerges, many of us feel caught in between—ready for change, yet still carrying heaviness, fatigue, or stagnation from the colder months.

Spring Reset is a nourishing day retreat designed to support this seasonal transition with care, intention, and wisdom drawn from yoga therapy, Ayurveda, and nervous system–informed wellness practices. Rather than pushing, fixing, or “detoxing,” this experience invites you to gently clear what no longer serves you and create space for renewed energy, clarity, and ease.

This day is for anyone who feels ready to awaken—slowly, sustainably, and with support.

You'll Experience:

• A therapeutic yoga class with gentle, flowing movement

• An energy clearing sound healing meditation

• An organic, Vegtarian Ayurvedic Lunch

• A seasonal self-care workshop with take home gifts

• Guided introspective reflection to clear and plant seeds for growth this spring

**** All participants will receive a discounted rate on Ayurvedic bodywork AND our spring reset 4-week series to continue your intentional movement into the new seaso

This FREE 1-hour meditation class introduces Isha Kryia, a simple 12-18 minute daily practice designed to support mental health and wellness.

Followed by tea and discusion with Barbara Funk of the Isha foundation, you'll leave feeling relaxed and empowered to continue meditation at home.

*** This is a FREE event, but we ask that you PRE-REGISTER to reserve your space. in class.

This class series invites our community to attend a heartfelt yoga class that benefits others in need of support.

In March, we highlight The cerebral palsy foundation.

This gentle yoga class outside on our shaded patio with Melanie will allow you to connect easy movement, breath and nervous system regulation. Followed by a soothing sound bath experience to open the heart, you will leave feeling inspired and connected.

Suggested donation: $10

*** Must pre-register as space is limited

Sacred Drift is an in-person group experience that blends energy healing and sound therapy to support deep relaxation, emotional release, and nervous system regulation.

You’ll settle comfortably on a mat with blankets and cushions as the space is softly prepared with calming scents, gentle music, and intentional grounding. The session begins with a brief centering ritual and intention-setting to help you arrive fully in the present moment.

From there, Terrie will guide the group through an energy healing experience, inviting the release of stagnant or heavy energy while supporting balance within the body’s subtle systems. As the session unfolds, sound healing instruments—including Tibetan bowls and tuning forks—are introduced to create soothing vibrations that help calm the mind and guide the nervous system into meditative states of rest and restoration.

You are not required to do anything during this session—simply rest and receive. Participants often experience deep relaxation, emotional clarity, intuitive insight, and a sense of being grounded and supported. The session closes gently, with time for quiet reflection or journaling before returning to your day.

This experience is ideal for anyone seeking stress relief, emotional support, energetic alignment, or a deeply restorative pause.

Please arrive early, as the session will begin promptly.

Join us during the Village of the Arts Wonderwall Mural Festival, Saturday, March 7th 2026.

Matt McCallister Art will be completing our building mural on this day, stop by to see him in action and support his incredible artwork!

Embodied Health will be offering:

• Mini sessions in Chair Massage, Thai Massage and Brain Tap Therapy

• Free Chai Tea samples

• Giveaways, Gifts and Coupons for Yoga & Massage!

Come support the Village, Local Artists and Small business owners while connecting with an inclusive and loving community of likeminded people in Bradenton, Fl

Begin with a short BrainTap alpha session using headphones to shift you out of “email brain” and into calm, spacious awareness. Then settle into slow flow yoga with somatic release, and end in deep rest—ideal for anxiety, looping thoughts, and tired nervous systems. Slip into spacious, dreamy calm. ***

Join us for a nourishing evening of Full Moon Yoga beneath the Worm Moon, the March full moon named for the thawing earth and the quiet return of life beneath the soil. As winter loosens its grip, the Worm Moon invites renewal, patience, and trust in what is beginning to stir—both in nature and within ourselves.

This outdoor practice will be slow, grounding, and intentional, blending gentle movement, breathwork, and moments of stillness to help you shed heaviness and reconnect with your body’s natural rhythms. We’ll honor the transition from rest to renewal, creating space for clarity, intention, and embodied presence under the glow of the moon.

Expect a practice that feels supportive, reflective, and deeply regulating—an opportunity to breathe fresh air, feel the earth beneath you, and welcome the subtle promise of spring.

All levels welcome.
Bring layers, a mat, and anything that helps you feel cozy and supported.

***Tea and light snacks provided afterward

✨ As the earth softens, so do we. ✨

This workshop is a slow, nourishing ritual designed to support deep nervous system rest while guiding you into meaningful reflection and intention-setting.

We’ll begin with journaling before moving through soft, mindful movement that gradually melts into longer-held Yin and restorative postures. Supported by props, breathwork, aromatherapy, and silence, the body is invited to release effort and settle into a state of profound rest.

From this place of ease, you’ll be guided through Yoga Nidra, a deeply healing, lying-down meditation that allows the mind and nervous system to reset while remaining gently aware. During this practice, you’ll be invited to connect with your Sankalpa—a heartfelt intention rooted not in striving, but in truth.

After the physical practice, we’ll return to reflection to journal and noticing what has shifted, softened, or clarified. We’ll then close with a seasonal planting ritual, symbolically “planting” your Sankalpa to take home and tend as winter transitions toward spring.

No yoga experience is needed. This is a space to rest, reflect, and reconnect—with your body, your breath, and what you’re ready to nurture next.

Come home to stillness.
Come home to yourself.

Creatively Embodied is a signature monthly offering that weaves together therapeutic yoga, mindfulness, and soulful creative expression.

In this February gathering, we honor the heart-centered energy of the season with a slow, grounding yoga practice designed to soften the body, open the chest, and reconnect you with what truly matters. From this steady, present place, we move into a guided Intention candle-making ritual, where you will create your own personalized intention candle infused with herbs, essential oils, crystals and a sankalpa for the season ahead.

This is not a craft class—it is a moving meditation and a ritual of devotion to what you are ready to nourish and grow. Your finished candle becomes a meaningful object you can return to again and again, a reminder of the intention you set in this space.

All materials are provided, along with tea and light refreshments.
No artistic experience is needed—just a willingness to explore and create.

Create something meaningful.
Leave with something sacred.

This two-hour workshop invites partners of all kinds—friends, family members, chosen partners, or loved ones—to explore connection through movement, breath, and mindful presence.

Through accessible partner yoga, gentle movement, and guided connection practices, we’ll explore trust, communication, boundaries, and support—both on and off the mat. No prior partner yoga experience is needed, and poses are adaptable for all bodies and relationships.

This experience is not about performance or romance—it’s about showing up, listening, and practicing presence together.

Come with someone you care about, or someone you’re curious to deepen connection with, and explore what it means to move and be in relationship—consciously.

Join us for a FREE 30-minute kids yoga class outside on our patio during the Cigar box guitar music festival in Village of the Arts!

Begin with a short BrainTap alpha session using headphones to shift you out of “email brain” and into calm, spacious awareness. Then settle into slow flow yoga with somatic release, and end in deep rest—ideal for anxiety, looping thoughts, and tired nervous systems. Slip into spacious, dreamy calm. ***

Full Moon Yoga + Sound Bath • Grand Opening at Embodied Health
Join us for an intimate, outdoor full moon evening to celebrate the opening of our new home in Village of the Arts, Bradenton FL. (1102 12th st W, Bradenton 34205)

5:30p - We’ll begin with a warm welcome and short studio tour.

6:15p - We'll settle into a slow, lunar-inspired yoga practice followed by a deeply restorative sound bath outside on our magical patio under the changing sky. Expect grounding movement, breath, stillness, and a closing intention to carry into the new month. 

8:15p - We'll enjoy tea, light snacks and good company and explore special founding member offers for event attendees only.

Space is limited to keep the experience spacious and personal.