Wellness Day - Breathwork, Yoga and Improv (indoors) - Community Workshop

This wellness day is organized by The Joy of Improv team where you will do breathwork, do yoga, play imaginative games and connect.

Theses workshops is for all skill levels.

No prior experience necessary.

You can participate in one session, two sessions or all three sessions.

The holidays can be a stressful time or a lonely time for many people. This workshops is aimed at building community and bringing people together to do breathwork, yoga, meditate and play. It's nurturing, stress relieving and is a safe place to have fun and unleash your creativity.

• 3:15 pm, Doors Open, feel free to arrive early

• Session 1 - 3:30 pm, Breath work + Sound Healing, 45-50 minutes, with Somer and Skye

• 4:20 pm, Break, 10 Minutes

• Session 2 - 4:30 pm, Yoga Flow, 45-60 minutes, with Dr. Tiu

• 5:30 pm, Break, 10 Minutes
• Session 3 - 5:40 pm, Facilitated Make Believe / Play, 60 minutes, with Jared P.

• 6:40 pm, Break, 5 Minutes

• Session 3 continued - 6:45 pm, Facilitated Play, 45 minutes, with Jared P.

• 7:30 pm, Guided Imagery Meditation, 8-10 minutes

• 7:40 pm, 10-15 minutes, sharing and socializing

• 8 pm - Event Ends, Doors Close

• Bring a Yoga mat
• Bring a blanket and pillows if you're doing the breathwork and sound healing
• Bring several bottles of water.
• Dress Warmly
• We recommend using the bathroom before class begins.

• Anyone who wants to have fun and experience joyful stress relief through movement, meditation, storytelling and play.

Join for one, two or all three classes :)

• You must sign a liability waiver to participate in the yoga class. You can sign and send a waiver online or in person at the event.

We do these events for the community and if 1 out of 3 people donates, we can cover our costs and do these again in the future.

Part of the donations also are going to support a web series by Millie and Maddie.

• `1/3rd of donations is going to guest instructors
• 1/3rd is going to The Joy of Improv
• 1/3rd is going to the Milie and Maddie webseries. See the Mission of this show farther below.

• Venmo: @joyofimprov

• Donorbox: https://donorbox.org/joy-of-improv

• We also accept cash.

$30 - Attended 1 Wellness Session

$60 - Attended 2 Wellness Sessions

$90 - Attended 3 Wellness Sessions (Full experience, breathwork, yoga and play)

Thanks!

1757 N Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104

The ramped entrance is not accessible in the evening after church hours. Please email [email protected] and CC [email protected] if you need help getting up the stairs.

Enter the church through the glass door from the parking lot.

There are five or six stairs you have to walk up.

Watch these videos =>

Finding the ClassroomPart 1 - Parking lot to Entrance

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1oY0pD61DuU

Part 2 - Entrance to Classroom

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UcZ11YYiINc

Parking is easy and free in the church parking lot.

Founders Somer Waters & Skye Ray wanted to provide Breathwork & Sound Healing to everyday people, after deciding this modality of healing is fast, effective, and enlivening for most, and transformative and life changing for others.

Based in Pasadena California our team is available throughout California, the surrounding States regularly, and Internationally upon request.

Our Offerings are Vetted regularly by 2 Psychologists to ensure our ability to create safe spaces for even highly sensitive client groups.​

Skye Angel's mission is to facilitate spiritual growth in her community. She believes in the importance of giving back with the tools that have helped her in this life and past lives. She leads all healing sessions with love & light helping others to release non-serving energies and embrace the divine within.

Skye is a certified reiki master, breathwork coach, thai massage, sound healer, and 200 hour registered yoga teacher

Somer has been practicing as a sound healer for 20 years as a cellist, and breathwork facilitator for the last 3 years. Somer brings his group facilitation training and contracting background to help create the "safe vessel" of the healing space for clients. An active facilitator Somer is also behind the scenes, and on the front end in client relations.

Dr. Conrad Tiu has been serving school communities in diverse educational settings in the Los Angeles Unified School District. In his various roles, he works collaboratively with others, fosters partnerships, and leverages resources that serve students and teachers. His administrative contributions supported exiting three schools out of Program Improvement status. After serving as the administrator for the LAUSD Los Angeles New Administrators Leadership Program (LANALP) in partnership with the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE) in Boston, Dr. Tiu is back at a school site serving as Principal for Odyssey High School. He received his Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University.

Dir. Tiu's dissertation, “The Inner Leadership of Transformative California School Principals,” was presented at the California Educational Research Association in December 2016. His studies on education for social equity and justice, his studies in the MFCC program of CalState University, Northridge, folded serendipitously with his more than three-decades-long experience as a meditation, fitness, yoga practitioner, and teacher (AFAA, IDEA, RYT 500). He is a Certified Dynamic Mindfulness (DMind®) Trainer and HeartMath® Mentor. He is also a certified meditation teacher from the Awareness Training Institute and Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley.

In 2017, as a team member of the Professional Learning and Leadership Development Division (PLLD), he facilitated two all-day workshops in yoga and mindfulness for LAUSD administrators. Dr. Tiu was one of the faculty members and mindfulness trainers for the 2018 Retreat for School Leaders in Menlo Park by the Niroga Institute. Between 2016 and 2018, Dr. Tiu introduced 105 LAUSD administrators and 44 administrator coaches in the LANALP program to the healing practice of yoga and mindfulness through regular facilitation in all meetings.

Dr. Tiu also teaches and practices dynamic mindfulness daily with Odyssey HS students. In 2019 and early 2020, Dr. Tiu taught trauma-informed mindfulness and yoga classroom practices for educators for two semesters in the University of San Diego satellite program.

Before the pandemic, Dr. Tiu was a regular yoga instructor for UpRising Yoga, a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring trauma-informed yoga and training to incarcerated, underserved communities and service providers.

One of Dr. Tiu's specialties is trauma-informed, healing literacy practices in schools. He has presented several times at the Council of Black Administrators (COBA) annual conference, ACSA Women in Leadership Conference, and on LAUSD Counselors Annual Conferences on topics such as Intergenerational Trauma, and Benefits of Mindfulness.

• Make storytelling and imaginative play more accessible
• Help people get back in touch with their natural presence
• Spread the joy of storytelling and performance arts to underrepresented groups and to people who haven't had the opportunity to explore who they are and relate to others through imaginative play.
• Share knowledge, techniques and tools to sharpen storytelling skills, build confidence and build resilience

Learn more about 

“I had a lovely time in Jared's classes! I felt so relaxed and happy afterwards. I feel like my neurons have been firing differently since. Improv play and improv thinking is helpful to me as a product manager." - Adrienne Tran, Senior Product Manager, Tesla

"I so enjoyed Jared's class. I work with people who have experienced chronic homelessness, and the games he taught have given me new, joyful, playful strategies for really *listening* to the men and women I have the privilege of serving." - Bethany Hebbard, Community Corps Director, Mobile Loaves and Fishes (*Aside: check out about Bethany's organization.)

“ Sheweet and Jared have a knack for establishing a safe environment of trust and empathy so participants can play, take creative risks, and have fun learning." - Connor Warnock, Lead Engineer, Notable Labs

"Jared ran a workshop for a team offsite I hosted and there couldn't have been a better way to kick it off! The exercises he ran us through helped set a positive tone and encouraged the group to feel comfortable with each other. We practiced effective ways to communicate and listen and we found that later in the week we used these techniques. Highly recommended for a group activity - whether purely for fun or for more professional, work related scenarios!" - Liz Bogart, Marketing Manager at AngelList

"Jared and Sheweet facilitate workshops like a creative basketball practice. They maximize the time of playful doing (i.e. fun) which yields maximum results. We've had them facilitate on product, team building, sales and storytelling and we've leveled up from the experiences." - Armando K., Founder of Artie

Authentic You is an acting studio that focused on helping actors get to the next level in their careers while helping actors to build confidence in themselves and their talent. Founded by Allesondra Helwig, Authentic You focuses on building confidence, authenticity, and a sustainable professional acting career.

Millie and Maddie at its core is a love letter to the important women in your life. It's about finding who you are, even when you didn't have the best of idea of what that was growing up.

Sitcoms are the heart of culture, but female writers did not even exist in network television writer rooms until the 70s. In fact, Less than 40% of shows in 2020 were female led, and most female led shows include an ensemble cast. Rarely do we see very distinct female co-leads, and co-leads of color or cultured backgrounds.

That’s where this new show comes in.

This story is about chosen family. It is a story of healing old wounds and finding the joy of being independent.

Millie grew up in the foster care system. Maddie grew up in a strict military family.

The two find each other and are turning a new page of adulthood in LA.

Each new day brings characters, shenanigans, and lessons about letting go of the past and being yourself

Co Creators Allesondra Helwig and Amanda Kuo wanted to bring awareness to 4 major themes with this new series.

*The Foster Care System

*The Military System

*The Lack of Female Led shows in Hollywood (especially from cultured backgrounds)

*The Universal Need for Love and Friendship

Allesondra & Amanda are passionate about telling stories that matter; about telling stories that are inclusive and bring awareness to their audience.

The goal with this show is to raise awareness for what it's truly like growing up without really knowing who you are. Growing up without your biological family, or growing up in a system that is oppressive and suppresses one's individuality.

Growing up is hard, and one of the best things about becoming an adult is being able to choose who you call family.

The family you grew up with will always hold a special place in your life and in your heart; they gave you love, knowledge, and support. But now, entering the real world, Millie & Maddie are faced with the harsh realities that they don't truly know who they are.

Allesondra & Amanda hope to inspire their audience and make them laugh while telling honest stories.

Event Venue

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1757 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena, United States