☁️CALM DOWN CLUB☁️
An eight-week summer journey into rest and writing.
We’ll explore generative writing practices, restorative yoga + breath-work, the art and science of the energy body, and the healing magic of deep restoration.
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A course and community for women writers ready to replenish, write, and reclaim. You’ll leave with new words on the page, new perspective, new tools of care.
! JULY 6-August 24!
Sundays, noon-1:30 EST
(w/ recordings and a magical online space)
WELCOME. LET’S CALM DOWN.
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☁️What is the Calm Down Club?☁️
A soft landing in a hard world.
In this course/ space, we’ll explore radical rest and creativity. Tools include generative writing, restorative yoga, lessons on the energy body and subtle body philosophies in the yoga tradition and how this knowledge can aid us in daily energetic self-care. We’ll learn how to slow down, consume less. We’ll explore clearing out what we don’t need (out of our homes/ our minds/ our worries!) to make space for the new (activism. creative work. or whatever you want!) This class is rooted in the perspectives of yoga and creative writing, but you don’t need any experience with either—-you just have to be someone who wants to learn how to care for themselves energetically, so you can then go out and be of service in the world in whatever way calls you. You’ll leave the course with new words on the page, new tools for caring for your energy and new friends.
This is rest.
A virtual cottony cloud.
🔑 Why You Might Take This:
1) you’re burning out, or don’t want to burn out!
2) you want new tools for accessing creativity
3) you’re curious how rest can help you create
4) life has been a lot lately, and you crave a nourishing,
summer-long gift for yourself
5) _________________ (insert your own!)
👋 Who am I?
Hi, I’m Sarah—a writer, writing teacher and yoga teacher who has been teaching for 15 years. I’m also someone living alongside anxiety + depression, who is sensitive and existing (alongside you) in this intense time. Practices of restorative yoga, meditation, sound healing, an understanding of the energy and subtle bodies in yoga and writing save my life. They galvanize me to be of service in the best way I can, they help me stay centered. I created this space to help you actively create calm, make space for creativity and activism, build a stronger relationship with your OWN energy body, heal.
My writing has been in the NYTimes, LATimes and I’m a regular contributor to Yoga Journal. My books on yoga have been published with Penguin, Rodale and Fairwinds press. I hold MFAs from NYU, Lesley University and have over 500 hours of yoga teacher traning. Poke around this site to learn about me.
The Club:
8 WEEKS OF:
☁️ weekly live sessions*
☁️ a private, online, 24/7 space for community + support (via MightyNetworks)
☁️access to session recordings
☁️ weekly calming (I promise) homework
☁️journals, playlists, practices, prompts, rituals
*weekly live sessions take place Sundays Noon-1:30 EST and will be recorded (July 6-August 24) Sessions include an opening meditation, a talk on the week’s topic (scroll down for the schedule and content), a practice, a check-in, and some fun homework.
GENTLE GOALS:
☁️learn more about the nervous system, energetic anatomy and subtle body through the yogic lens (apply what you like, leave the rest)
☁️learn tools of energy hygiene—protect your vibes and peace!
☁️ create—whether it’s writing or art or your LIFE—-from a place of peace + intuition
☁️be supported in a possible lifestyle shift of more minimalism, conscious consuming, less plastic, more inner equanimity
☁️make inner space–and mindfully consider what you want to fill your inner space with (whether activism, creativity work or something else)
☁️connect to the wisdom of your intuition and dreams
☁️tune yourself to knowing when you need movement and when you need rest
☁️change your daily life with energetic caretaking
☁️learn about your “felt field”
☁️generate new writing and/ or apply these tools to the art of your choice! #restfulcreativityfactory
Calm Content
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WEEK ONE: Why We Calm Down
Theme: Welcome + intention setting
-intro to the nervous system (things you might not know), good stress vs. “bad,” intro to rest as resistance, rest as co-pilot to creativity, and nervous system repair.
-breathwork, restorative practice, generative writing!
-magical homework!
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WEEK TWO: The Energy Body
Theme: Your subtle anatomy and energetic caretaking
-intro to concepts from yoga philosophy that can help writers/ artists: like the “energy body” and “subtle body,” koshas, prana and nadis, chakras and energy centers
-practice utilizing gentle, accessible yoga, breathwork and writing
-cool handouts!
-fun homework!
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WEEK THREE: The Myth of More
Theme: understanding the “Three Gunas” or energy states for writers. Consideration of how the systems we live in:capitalism + patriarchy: affect our bodies and beliefs
-explore worthiness, productivity and depletion
-practice: generative writing, restorative yoga, “do-nothing” meditation
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WEEK FOUR: The Enoughness
Theme: what do we consume?
-consumerism, comparison, and spiritual minimalism
-addressing our plastic addiction + looking at energy addictions
-mindful use vs. mindless buying
-other ways to self-sooth that are fun, abundant, no lacking
-practice: meditation + generative writing
- fun homework + -buy-nothing week!
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WEEK FIVE: The Joy + The Grief
Theme: holding grief slowly, holding joy closely
-exploring eco-grief, ancestral grief, personal grief—— AND eco-joy, ancestral joy, personal joy
-how to let sorrow soften, not harden, the heart
-practices of sound, restorative yoga, writing!
-homework for fun!
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WEEK SIX: The Soft Rebellion
Theme: somatic wisdom + rest as reconnection
–tuning into the felt sense, body boundaries, intuition
-how anger protects, how softness supports boundaries, how boundaries bring liberation
-practices of restorative yoga, mantra, mudra and writing!
-juicy homework i can’t wait to share…
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WEEK SEVEN: The Return of Ritual
Theme: creating personal practices that will hold you
-exploration on ritual with a complete ritual menu you can add to
-how to integrate rest without isolation
-soft activism
-writing
-homework
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WEEK EIGHT: The Celebration
Theme: You are the Calm
–reflect and reclaim your new rhythm
–sharing and ceremony
–creating a “soft power” manifesto
-ways to continue in your way
-closing practice
Vibe Check
A visual feeling of what you’re in for.
We’ll connect with our selves, establish a new relationship with our energy and learn tools for protecting it. We will write from a place of rest!
This is about staying strong + soft in this loud world.
Energy Exchange
tiered pricing:
I am offering this course on a sliding scale because I believe in accessibility and sustainability. Please choose the tier that feels most aligned with your current financial situation and capacity.
All tiers include the same content, care, and access.
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$222 – Community Tier
For those who need financial ease right now.
This tier makes the course more accessible. No explanation needed—your presence is enough.
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$288 – True Cost Tier
For those with steady income who can pay the actual cost of the course.
This tier helps cover the time, energy, and emotional labor it takes to create, prepare and hold this space.
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$350 – Abundance Tier
For those who are financially resourced and want to support the sustainability of this work.
This tier helps subsidize the Community Tier and allows me to offer future scholarship spots.
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Not sure which tier is right for you?
Ask yourself: Would paying at a higher tier cause stress or would it feel generous and easeful?
Choose what aligns with care—for yourself and the collective
