This autumn equinox, join your guide Julie Gladstone for a 6 -week online alchemical yoga journey as we transition into the season of the Earth Element through yin and chakra yoga, aromapoint therapy, journaling and inner child healing!

The Earth Element is related to the Mother Archetype: our ability to self nourish, nurture, and to show up for ourselves, our commitments and creative projects with integrity and reliability. In this course, we will work with the meridians of the Earth Element the Spleen and Stomach using yin yoga and essential oil / acupoint combinations throught he lens of the spirit points of Traditional Chinese Medicine. When working with the Earth element, we are also strengthening digestion and the solar chakra while quieting our busy minds, and learning to lean into the earth archetype of unconditional love and consistent support.

Participants will connect with their inner child through gentle guided healing meditations to develop consistent techniques of self care include being able to show up for ourselves when we are experiencing challenging feelings, emotions and shadowy or unconscious material.

The Manipura Chakra, or the “City of Jewels” is our solar plexus chakra - this intriguing name suggests this energy centers powerful role in connecting us to our inner solar energy; our unique creative expression and alchemical fire. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this area of the body is related to the digestive fire, with our stomach as a sort of cauldron, or cooking pot, where the foods and nourishment that we take in, can be transformed into our life force energy and our hearts purpose; supporting us in taking aligned action in the world, committing to our creative projects, and showing up every day to transform our visions and dreams into reality.

Alchemical Yoga is about shining a light into the shadows and learning to integrate and embrace the parts of ourselves that may subconsiocusly affect our lives and choices, because we don’t have awareness. Journaling is a powerful tool that we use to explore the branch of yoga called Swadhiyaha: the yoga of self study.

Each week you will also receive guided journaling prompts to explore themes related to our relationship with self care, nourishment and food, mothering/ mothers, the meaning of unconditional love and support, and discovering where and when we self abandon.

Course Delivery Method

Practice at a time that is convenient for you. Each week your course material will be sent to your inbox with a video link published privately on You Tube. On this platform you can privately share your experiences, comments and connect with other participants. You will have unlimited access to each class and you are welcome to return multiple times throughout the week to the practice, to allow it to deepen and integrate.

Registration Includes Weekly:

1 hour yin yoga practice

Aroma point - essential oil guided healing combinations for Earth Element

Seasonal nutritional guidance

Journaling prompts

Guided Meditations for Inner Child Healing

Registration Cost

6 - week series is offered on a sliding scale:

These are the suggested tiers - choose the one that matches your budget and income no proof needed.

$55, $111, $222

Your guide

Julie Gladstone is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, musician, mother, alchemical healer, senior yoga teacher and former Acupuncturist, who has been teaching yoga and meditation for 25 years.

To register

• send payment by etransfer to julianne.gladstone@gmail.com or by PayPal

• complete the registration form 

Welcome to Leo season… this summer, cut through the noise and discover the power of daily practice in cultivating your strength and centre!

Have you ever wondered how it would feel to have a daily practice? Do you ever feel like it’s hard to hear your own voice amidst all of the noise around you? Are you a highly sensitive person who is easily overwhelmed by all of the incoming information? Do you feel like your mind is constantly full of do do lists? Are you looking for a way to process your emotions and connect to your inner voice? Are you looking to strengthen your own centre and cultivate an inner sanctuary… then this is the intensive is for you!

With as little as 5 minutes of daily journaling and 30 -min of yoga practice, together we will engage in simple but powerful practices for locating a calm centre and cultivating both inner and outer strength.

Bonus content includes:

Connecting to your strength archetype

Setting up an altar to support your intentions.

Journaling for flow and releasing emotions

DATES

WEEK 1 July 21 - July 25

WEEK 2 July 29 - Aug 1st

The intensive will run Monday - Friday during the last two weeks of July!

• you will receive daily 30 min yoga, meditation + guided visualization videos that you can practice anytime . Classes will focus on strength and flexibility through a heart centred approach.

• you will receive daily journal prompts to help you in clearing your mind, getting focused and connecting to your inner wisdom, intuition and creativity.

• To Register, simply fill in the registration form and send payment by etransfer to julianne.gladstone@gmail.com or by PAYPAL

  COST

  Series is offered on a sliding scale, here are a few suggested amounts:

  $111, $222, $333

  You will have access to the videos for the rest of the summer if you are not able to complete the intensive during the alloted time!

This year in honour of the summer solstice, I am happy to announce something new: a 10 day online yoga intensive designed to support our own internal solar energy and creative blossoming through chakra yoga, essential oils, breathwork, visualization and supported by journal prompts and rituals to nurture, heal and befriend our inner critic and inner child.

Summer Solstice marks the arrival of the summer season in the northern hemisphere, it is the longest day of the year and a time where the fire element is dominant! The flowers are in full bloom, the sun is shining, we are socializing more and maybe feeling inspired to take creative action in the world!

If you’ve been dreaming about moving into your own personal and creative power and taking action from your highest self, this 10 day intensive designed around the summer solstice is meant to build on the natural energy of the Fire element, to tap into a sense of abundance and creative flow while addressing some of the common internal blockages that can get in the way of our creative expression.

This is an opportunity to establish a regular wellness and spiritual practice that supports our health and vitality by shining a light on our physical vitality, energy centres and subconscious beliefs so we can start off the summer with a strong intention and establish a new creative vision while feeling vital, creative and strong!

• Learn how to work with our personal abundance energy centres: the Manipura (personal solar centre) and Anahata Chakra (Heart connection and abundance) to balance our energetic frequencies of personal power and heart expansion.

• Uncover some of the common obstacles towards feeling a sense of confidence and freedom in our creative expression! Receive daily journal prompts and rituals to befriend your inner critic and nurture your inner child.

• Engage in daily core strengthening practices including breathwork and yoga postures.

• Learn powerful essential oil and acupoint combinations to enhance vitality and energy.

• Join community and 2 live classes on zoom

The offering:

• For 10 days, you will receive a 30 min yoga video each day with a grounding meditation, gentle sun salutations, Yin yoga pose to open the solar plexus, pranayama ( breath work) and a guided chakra visualization.

• Daily journal prompts and rituals to strengthen internal somatic connection, the importance of understanding and befriending your inner critic, nurturing your inner child, aligning with the season and understanding the Fire Element.

• Essential oil and acupoint combinations for therapeutic and seasonal wellness.

• 2 live classes on zoom on Friday June 20th and June 27th at noon

Dates

you will receive daily recorded videos and journal prompts on these dates:

June 16 - 20 (Monday - Friday)

June 23 - 27 (Monday - Friday)

Live classes on zoom

Friday June 20th (summer solstice)

Friday June 27th last class of intensive!

Time: noon EST

Cost $111 or $222 or $333

Registration for the 10 day intensive is offered on a sliding scale -

please select the amount the matches your budget this summer XOX

Payment can be made by etransfer to julianne.gladstone@gmail.com

or by Paypal

Join your guide Julianne for an 8-week online yoga series delivered to you in the comfort of your own home. Each class, participants will be guided to create a sacred space in which to stretch, rest, breathe, meditate and reconnect to self and the present moment. This series will support participants in moving through the transition from winter to early spring by focusing on meridian stretches aligned with the seasonal element that support restoration, deep listening and releasing blocked emotions. Guided meditation and visualization along with suggested essential oils will be offered to support students in aligning with self and the ability to create spaciousness during the season of restoration in a world that is increasingly loud and competing for our attention.

TIME Mondays 6 - 7pm

DATES February 10 - April 7 ( no class March 17th)

LOCATION Live on Zoom or asynchronously by video link

COST Sliding scale - recommended range is $88 - $264

That works to be $11 per class on the lower end - $33 per class on the upper end.

Please select an amount that feels comfortable to you - no questions asked.

HOW TO REGISTER Fill in the form on the “class” page and then send payment separately

HOW TO PAY by etransfer direct deposit to julianne.gladstone@gmail.com or PAYPAL

Julie creates a safe space to release stress and nourish body, mind and spirit through a blissful hour of self care. This 12 week series is guided and inspired by the changing seasons and lunar cycles using practices such as essential oils on aroma points, guided meditations and yin yoga. Yin yoga can help to release areas of deeply held tension from the hips, heart, shoulders and back, while reseting the nervous system and regulating the energy body. Cultivating and maintaining practices of release, centring and alignment with the seasons are essential as we collectively and individually navigate times of change, allowing us to show up more fully awake in our everyday lives and feeling more grounded and vital in our bodies.

This Fall, join senior yoga teacher, energy healer, artist and alchemist Julie Gladstone for a 12 week series. You are welcome to join our live online class via zoom each Monday at 6pm EST, or you can participate asynchronously by video link.

12 week - Aroma Yin Yoga Series

Sept 23 - Dec 16 2024

Mondays 6 - 7pm via zoom

(or asynchronously by video link)

Sliding Scale: $168 - $336 (recommended range )

• 12 weeks of yoga

• learn seasonal wellness based on the 5 elements

• unlimited access to online videos

• learn essential oil and aromapoint therapy

• guided meditation and breathwork

• receive weekly inspirational emails, journal prompts, essential oil and aroma point info and more!

• join our facebook group

REGISTRATION:

We kindly request that you register by September 18th.

PLEASE FILL IN THE REGISTRATION FORM ON THE CLASSES PAGE

SUBMIT PAYMENT- Sliding Scale: $168 - $336 (recommended range )

PAYMENT METHODS

AUTOMATIC DEPOSIT ETRANSFER: julianne.gladstone@gmail.com

PAYPAL paypal.me/LivingMaps

Join us for a 6-week yin yoga series is we transition from Spring into Summer. Discover the power in creating a weekly space devoted to self care. Slow down, breathe, stretch and discover practices aligned with the season and the lunar cycle. Essential oils, acupoints, yin yoga, mindfulness meditation and guided visualizations help reset, realign and reconnect with our innate ability to heal. Julie Gladstone is a senior yoga teacher with more than 20 years of teaching experience. A former acupuncturist and an interdisciplinary artist, Julie’s classes are designed to support healthy bodies, creativity, connection to nature and intuition, self awareness, stress release and nervous system healing. All classes are offered online live via zoom as well as the option to practice asynchronously by video link. Each series is offered on a sliding scale.

DATES May 13 - June 24 ( no class on May 20th)

TIME MONDAYS 6:30 - 7:30pm live on zoom (or asynchronously by video link)

COST 6-week series is offered on a sliding scale. (recommended range is $72 - $216)

PAYMENT etransfer to julianne.gladstone@gmail.com or PAYPAL

Next up... is our Spiral Yin Yoga Session starting Tuesday April 2nd and running weekly until May 7th.

Spring is a time where we emerge from the stillness and rest of the Water Element / Winter season, with a powerful erupting energy that is expressed in nature through the spiral shape, the cracking open of eggs, the birthing of new life, sprouting shoots, germinating seeds, and the upward growth of stems and tree trunks. In human beings, when we are in alignment, this energy can be felt as a rush of energy, fresh bursts of creativity, a conviction in justice, and the developing of a clear vision and direction for how to create something or move in a new direction, as well as a flexible, approach to life which is reflected in our bodies. When this “Wood energy” is blocked through emotional repression, ongoing, unrelenting stress, resistance, unhealthy eating, drinking too much alcohol, or lack of opportunities for moving and creative expression, this expansive and flowing spring energy can be felt in the body in the form of chronic tension, stress and pain, emotional disregulation, menstrual, digestive and sleep disturbances.

This spring, join senior yoga teacher, alchemist and artist Julie Gladstone as we work with the powerful creative energy of the spring season to help us come into alignment with the gifts of the Wood Element. Each week we will meet on zoom and move through one hour of guided meditation, long held yin yoga poses to release and move blocked energy in the body, increase flexibility and mobility in our connective tissue and joints, and support the health of the Liver and Gallbladder. We will be moving the body in spiral shapes through a series rich in twists, that cleanse and release chronic holding patterns in the body. Our series will help us to release tension in our shoulders and hips, while encouraging the flow of energy through the spine. You will also learn a few powerful essential oil and acupoint combinations that you can use anytime as a simple stress relieving tool to help move stuck emotions, reset your nervous system and tap into your own intuition and natural creativity.

Please note, live classes this spring will take place on TUESDAY evenings at 6:30pm EST via ZOOM

You can also join our wide community of students who participate asynchronously. A video link will be sent to your inbox every Wednesday with our class notes so that you can participate at a time that feels right for you.

What people are saying about Alchemical Yin Yoga classes with Julie….

”If you're looking for a little soul uplift, some calm connection or just a truly peaceful moment with your self, I highly recommend Julie' s yoga classes. Julie has a beautiful and unique way of sharing her practice and you will feel warmly in tune and informed with how each move or pose is connecting you within and externally. I find her classes unlike any other Yin I have tried and look forward to this moment of my week so much.”

"Julie's classes are just the nurturing, restorative energy that I need. Like guided self-care. I always come away more centered, peaceful and connected to my body."

SPIRAL YIN YOGA & THE WOOD ELEMENT

APRIL 2nd - MAY 7th 2024

TUESDAYS 6:30 - 7:30pm EST (or asynchronously by video link)

COST FOR THE 6-WEEK SERIES:

We are commited to offering our couses on a sliding scale so that the classes are accessible to a wide range of incomes. Please pay at a rate your are able. The recommende range is suggested below.

SLIDING SCALE - recommended range is $66 - $198

REGISTER BY FILLING IN THE FORM HERE

Please send payment by etransfer to julianne.gladstone@gmail.com

or by PAYPAL

As the Summer Solstice approaches, join Living Maps for an 8 week summer yoga series designed around the energetics of the season; blossoming, light filled days, opening, expansion, flying, connection and infinite possibilities. Each week we will meet on Zoom at 6:30pm EST for an hour of yin yoga, hatha yoga, chakra meditation, guided visualizations and essential oil with acupoint combinations with a focus on the Fire Element and the corresponding Heart Meridians and Chakra system. If you are unable to join for the live class, each week will be recorded and shared via video link. The classes are intuitive and restorative, designed to increase connection to our own inner guidance system, to the wisdom of the natural world, to the astrological and lunar cycle, to our own inherent creativity and our ability to connect with others through vulnerability and appropriate boundaries. Most importantly, this practice helps us get back into our bodies, breathing and releasing the stress and tension of the week, reconnecting to our own inner light and our ability to blossom.

Light & Blossom Yoga Series

June 5th - July 24th, 2023 (8- week series)

Mondays 6:30 - 7:30pm

via ZOOM (or asynchronously by video link)

8 - week series is offered on a sliding scale ( recommended range $88 - $260 )

• registration includes weekly email with lunar cycle info, astrological tidbits and alchemical artwork

• acupoint diagrams with essential oils and indications

• access to the livingmaps facebook group and community

• unlimited access to all videos

• journaling prompts

  Registration is now open! Please fill in the form on the class page and submit payment by

• etransfer autodeposit to: julianne.gladstone@gmail.com

• Paypal

Welcome Spring!

Our next 6-week online yoga series starts as we celebrate the arrival of the Spring Equinox! This is a time on the wheel of the year where there is a balance of light and dark, yin and yang, inward turning, dreaming and contemplative energy, balanced with the growth and expansion of new life. While the seeds begin the process of germination and the caterpillars gestate in their cocoons, in these early days of spring, our practice will focus on nourishing the most yin parts of our body as well: the joints, tendons and ligaments while also preparing the body for growth and expansion by cleansing out winter stagnation.

With a focus on twisting, cleansing the liver through meridian stretches essential oils, acupoints, breathwork and guided visualizations, our practice aims to re-invigorate and open the body after a season of contraction and rest.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the spring season is associated with the Wood element, and with the Liver and Gallbladder organs; they regulate vision, menstrual health, our emotional balance, sleep, digestion, energy and sleep and most importantly our ability to be both strong and flexible and to be able to go with the flow of life.

The spirit of the wood element is the Hun: The Free and Easy Wanderer, who travels between the eyes, the liver and the dream realm, to help us connect to a vision for our lives and dreams, putting together plans and blueprints, and implementing the architecture and infrastructure to achieve these dreams in the material realm.

All are welcome to join!

Mondays 6 - 7pm EST via zoom

Join our vibrant living maps yoga community from all over the world, in cultivating sacred space in the comfort of your own for our weekly alchemical yoga practice. Every monday 6 - 7pm EST

Or join asynchronously by video links - VIDEOS RELEASED WEEKLY ON TUESDAYS

Practice when you want and as many times during the week as you like!

6 - week series: March 20th - May 1st, 2023

(no class on Easter Monday)

Our series are always offered on a sliding scale:

Fee for the 6 week series: recommended $66 - $108

REGISTRATION INCLUDES

• 6 live classes via zoom

• unlimited access to all video links

• membership in the livingmaps facebook group

• weekly emails with art, poetry, and seasonal musings

• detailed diagrams of acupoints and spirit level functions

• essential oil descriptions

REGISTER

Winter Wellness Retreat

January 27-29, 2023

Loretta Maryholme Retreat Centre

Keswick, Ontario Lake Simcoe.

Nestled on the shores of Lake Simcoe, this personal wellness retreat is designed to help you slow down, catch your mental breath, replenish yourself and have some delightful time surrounded by the beauty of nature.

By taking time to shut off the noise – the information overload, the scrolling, the laundry, dinners, and obligations – and just take a mental and physical breath that allows you to reconnect with yourself. Let the busyness fall away and tap into that often quiet but oh so persistent and wise voice that lives within

This retreat is set up for you to take a step away from your busy regular life and reconnect with yourself and have your daily needs lovingly taken care of.

Ready to step away?

Retreat Includes:

• Includes all meals, classes, and accommodation.

• Daily meditation

• Daily yoga classes – Restorative Yin and gentle flow. With essential oils, reiki and cranial sacral

• No experience is necessary.

• Delicious seasonally inspired plant forward meals and nourishing snacks.

• Daily reflections and writing prompts and information are given based on the wisdom of Eastern Medicine to help you connect deeply with nature, the wisdom of the season and yourself.

• Nature trails, a labyrinth, deep relaxation and self-directed time and space is given to help you deeply replenish and reconnect to yourself

Single $875 | Shared $675

Space is limited.

As humans, we too are subject to these cycles of energy and activity.

These seasonal retreats have been created with precisely this in mind.

They are set up for you to get some much needed self-care time. They are held in a space surrounded by nature so you can be immersed in the fullness of the season.
We create a nourishing and safe container where you will have all your needs taken care of. Delicious seasonal food, daily yoga and meditation, and other supports nourish and replenish your mind and body.

The retreat is also set up with some simple teachings based on the 5 elements wisdom of Eastern medicine. These are based on the natural and timeless cycles of nature. This is to help you embrace the true elements of the season. We include writing prompts and guidance to help you connect to your inner world, through the external flow of nature and tune into whatever is present for you, at this moment in time. To tend to your body, your Spirit and your Soul.

Each yoga class, guided meditation, essential oil and acupoint combination will focus on the corresponding seasonal element and meridians.  The fall retreat will focus on the Metal Element: deep release, letting go, connecting to our inner voice and intuition, nourishing the lungs,  strengthening the immune system, and connecting to the preciousness of the present moment.

Retreats are set up to have a mix of experiences. There is time spent as a group in respectful conversation but it is balanced with silence and ample free time to allow you to find your way home to yourself and take care of whatever it is you need to do to feel replenished. Read a book, walk the labyrinth or the local trails or just spend your time looking out the window and simply be-ing.

We create the space and do the work so you don’t have to.

Engage as much or as little as you like.

This is your time.

TO REGISTER OR INQUIRE

https://angelawarburton.com/retreats/#learnmore

Hello! You are invited to join me for our upcoming 6-week yin yoga series as we move into summer, the season of blossoming, blooming and the Fire Element! Each Monday evening I will teach a live class on Zoom at 6pm EST. Each Tuesday I send out a video recording of our class along with info about acupoints, essential oils, seasonal correspondences and suggested meditations and explorations in nature. You are welcoming to join synchronously or asynchronously.

(This session I am going to try to record the classes outside as much as possible)

Each class we will move through ways in which we can cultivate energy, openness, joy, connection and healthy energetic boundaries with Yin yoga, mindfulness, loving kindness, chakra visualization, essential oils, acupoints and wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taoist Alchemy. Using the power of illumination and visualization, we will explore and cultivate our inner blossoming by playing with the Chakra system, (our energy body) while also observing the energetics of the natural, elemental world.

All levels are welcome.

This series is offered on a sliding scale of $60 - $120

Please complete the registration form and send payment to register.

Payment can be made by etransfer to julianne.gladstone@gmail.com or by Paypal

XO

I look forward to seeing you on the mat!