Greetings! A friend is seeking care for a quiet older dog, in a beautiful setting April 8th to 15th, or a portion of that time. Let me know if you are interested. Here is a description of his place:
It’s at the end of a quiet road on Samish Island right off Alice Bay. On any given day one may see 40 heron or thirty harbor seal, along with kingfisher, eagle, hawk, falcon and sometimes a local Sea Otter. The beach is 150 feet away and open for walking. The Skagit Flats are a minute away with their population of harrier hawks and other birdlife as part of the pacific flyway. Quirky Edison offers galleries, pubs and eateries. Lastly, it’s sunnier here. It is quite often that I stand under clear skies looking up into the rainy hills thinking how lucky I am. The trailer is updated and painted with mineral lime paint. Not fancy, but you can see the bay and distant Chuckanuts.
There will be little gap between Winter and Spring sessions, as this is how the logistics have worked out as I have discerned how to keep up a schedule of classes with my forthcoming journey to Europe. Thanks for your patience, and particularly for your various forms of flexibility. And I am not referring to asana practice!
Here is the offering:
The Tuesday morning classes will continue on Zoom, in the usual time frame of 9:45 am to 11:15, with a short 5 week session. Each class will be recorded, and sent out to both classes with a longer time before expiration.
The Wednesday classes will be taught by me for the first portion of the session, and then Charlotte will teach while I am away. Chalotte is a well oved and excellent teacher; here is her bio:
Wednesday evening classes: WInter session completes on March 20th, and begins anew with the Spring series on March 27th.Classes held March 27th through May 29th, with
no class on April 10thTuition: $145
IF TUITION IS TRULY NOT AFFORDABLE FOR YOU, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN MAKE CLASSES ACCESSIBLE NOT BASED ON THE USUAL TUITION
Alex’s talk is at BUF in Bellingham at 6:30 pm, on March 25th! I will post any further details here in the next day or two. I wanted to get the word out as a Save the Date. Thanks for your patience while we gradually receive all the informational materials from REsources. Visit their website for more information as well, and to RSVP!
Protect the best, restore the rest: Managing forests for a climate-changed future
March 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
For over a century, our approach to managing forests has been based almost entirely on our drive to maximize financial returns from intensive timber production. How can we work with the natural functions of forests to give us much more?
A new approach to forestry, known as ecological forest management, is gaining traction across the Pacific Northwest as a way to generate wood products while promoting biodiversity, carbon storage, and climate resilience. Ecological foresters wield chainsaws and feller bunchers in innovative ways that turn homogenous timber plantations into complex and diverse forest ecosystems. By protecting mature and old-growth forests, and restoring complexity in plantations, ecological forestry can attenuate winter floods and yield higher summer streamflows — providing more water in our streams and rivers when farmers and fish need it most.
Come learn about the promises (and challenges) of ecological forestry, and get updates on innovative pilot projects currently underway in western Washington. This talk will include a collaborative comment board, poetry readings and more.
Sonia is a wonderful guide for the plant world all around us, in this beautiful place where we live. Here is a flyer listing various opportunities to walk and learn with her! In late June the walk is at Turtle Haven, and there are two prior. Please contact Sonia if you have questions or wish to register.
first, bright and indescribable wedge of freedom in your own heart. ~David Whyte
Dear Friends, I cherish these words from David Whyte, knowing that often “the great sky” of freedom in my heart is found in my yoga and meditation practices.
I look forward to gathering together in the community practice of yoga on Tuesday mornings at 9:45 am, and on Wednesday evenings at 5:45 pm. At least for the winter quarter, I will maintain the current forms of teaching on Wednesday in person, and Tuesday mornings online. Recordings will be sent to all enrolled students each week. Due to my bout with COVID, I had to postpone the benefit class for the Center for Responsible Forestry. That candlelight restoratives class will be held on January 3rd, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. If you would be interested in coming, and were not on the original roster, please check with me — there may be a space or two available due to the folks who are not able to attend the make up session! I have posted the dates for Winter Classes below; please sync them with your personal calendar, as there are a couple of weeks without classes due to trips I have planned! The span of classes is from Tuesday January 9th, through Wednesday March 12th:
TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES: PLEASE EMAIL ME SAYING WHICH CLASS YOU WILL ATTEND. Follow up with a tuition payment of $125 to $140. I have slightly increased the tuition, but please let me know if you need to work out a different payment for any reason. I wish for the classes to be affordable, and thus also offer a sliding fee scale. Checks may be mailed to me at 6551 Rutsatz Road , Deming WA 98244 For VENMO: @Elizabeth-Kerwin-3 May the year ahead bring many blessings to each of you! Thanks for practicing with me. And of course if you have any questions, please email me, Elizabeth
elizabethkerwinyoga@gmail.com
Our life like a breath, then, a give and a take, a bridge, a central movement
Friend, I wrote a letter for the Action Network letter campaign: Emergency Action Alert: Tell Commissioner Franz to Pause “Last Crocker” Timber Sale!.Click the “Start Writing” button to send a pre-written comment to Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz urging her to pause the “Last Crocker” timber sale auction! TOMORROW, 12/13/23 AT 10AM: The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is scheduled to auction the “Last Crocker” timber sale, a beautiful mature forest in Jefferson County. Our friends at the Washington Forest Law Center and Legacy Forest Defense Coalition have filed a lawsuit challenging this timber sale and DNR’s failure to follow a requirement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conserve older forests. However, if Last Crocker gets auctioned tomorrow the lawsuit could be harder to win! Will you take 1 minute to send a pre-written comment to Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz telling her to not interfere with the legal process and pull Last Crocker from tomorrow’s auction? Please take action TONIGHT so that Franz can have a full inbox tomorrow morning. Earlier this year we were successful in getting Franz to stop an auction at the 11th hour in King County, so let’s make it happen again for Last Crocker!Can you join me and write a letter? Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/emergency-action-alert-tell-commissioner-franz-to-pause-last-crocker-timber-sale?source=email&Thanks!
A little bit of room still left. Please feel free to share with others! A lovely way to rest, and invite in light in these darkest days of the year. Even if you can’t attend the class, please consider a donation to the Center for Responsible Forestry, to carry on their wonderful mission of preserving our mature forests.
All of the proceeds from the Candlelight Restoratives class will be donated to CRF, the Center for Responsible Forestry. Her is the link for their website: https://www.c4rf.org/
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