June 22nd - Playa Del Rey Yoga & Beach Clean Up

Welcome to our Monthly Community Yoga, Coffee, and Beach Clean-Up Event!

Rsvp here : https://partiful.com/e/aqJ12ywD8ITIlaMFRk39

For the month of June, we're excited to connect with Playa del Rey. Our morning will start with a relaxing yoga class and sound bath meditation at the grass park nestled between the beach and lagoon.

There’s plenty of free parking available, so you can arrive stress-free.

(located at the Del Rey Lagoon)

Following our morning practice, we will all walk over to Tanner's Coffee Co. where we will be able to enjoy the Playa Del Rey Cafe's coffee and food. You will also have a chance to introduce yourself to someone new!

(located at the corner of S Vista Del Mar Ln and Culver Blvd.)

Once we’re energized and nourished, we’ll make our way back to the beach to spend a couple of hours making a positive impact and connect to our environment by picking up trash.

Join us for a day of mindfulness, community, and care for our beautiful beach!

Schedule for Saturday June 22.

8:30 - 10isham:

Meet at the park near the lagoon ( tons of free parking)

Movement, breath work, and sound bath meditation facilitated by Inhale Indigo’s Leo Goodmanson

(accessible and trauma informed- everyBODY welcome)

10ish - 10:30 am:

We will walk from the park a couple blocks to a Playa Del Rey favorite- Tanners Coffee and enjoy drinks and snacks.

10:30-11 am:

Walk from Tanner's Coffee a few blocks to Playa Del Rey Beach and clean up together!

*Bags, gloves, and limited grabbers will be provided!*

Rsvp here : https://partiful.com/e/aqJ12ywD8ITIlaMFRk39

Can’t wait to see you there!

DM or email for any questions

This Playa Del Rey Clean Up is personally very close to my heart. Since I moved here 3 years ago, I have gone to this beach at least once a week, sometimes everyday to meditate. Now, that I'm moving to Long Beach next month, it feels just right to spend my last month here celebrating, connecting and cleaning up Playa Del Rey.

MAY 18th - Long Beach Yoga & Beach Clean Up!

Connect with your body & mind

Connect with your community

Connect with your home

On Saturday, May 18th, we will be hosting our 4th Community Yoga/Meditation Beach Clean Up! 🌞

The day will begin at 8:30 at Valparaiso Plaza Park in Long Beach. (I know it’s early, It will be worth it! 🙏🏼)

8:30-10ish -An accessible and slow yoga flow and sound bath meditation will be led by Leo Goodmanson.

10-10:30ish- Walk down the path to the parking lot, mingle and enjoy coffee and treats sold by WavyDavesCoffee

10:30-12ish- Clean up the beach! Bags and gloves and limited grabbers are provided

EveryBODY is welcome

thank you thank you thank you

RSVP LINK : https://partiful.com/e/oWf8L6j756L2S4TM8D0X

4.20 Earth Day Yoga & Venice Beach Clean UP

Connect to your Mind& Body, Connect to your Community and Connect with nature at our Donation Based Earth day Yoga & Beach Clean Up Event!

April 20th

Event begins at 8am at The Kinn

150 Horizon Ave. Venice Beach, CA 90291

8:15-9:30ish - Movement, Breathwork and & Sound Bath Meditation facilitated by Inhale Indigo’s - Leo Goodmanson (accessible and trauma informed- everyBODY welcome)

9:30ish -10:15ish - We will enjoy coffee by Taylor at 7even Seas Coffee Co. and mingle with cool & kind humans

Then, we will walk a couple blocks from The Kinn to Venice Beach, and clean up together until 12:30ish

*bags and gloves provided*

A big thank you to The Kinn and 7even Seas Coffee Co. for partnering with me on this event and providing the space and coffee! Can’t wait to see you there!

RSVP : https://lu.ma/0hp5k12g

Community Hike and Sound Bath

On Saturday April 6th, I am going to be facilitating a sound bath and meditation post community hike in Long Beach hosted by Pueblita - homemade tortillas.

Puebilta partnered with the Phoenix Rise Project and are putting on this free community event, hike the signal hill trail and providing snacks & water.

Link to RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/caminar-comunidad-y-chisme-community-hike-tickets-865253425287?aff=oddtdtcreator

I’m excited for this one!

Yoga & Meditation at Happier Cafe x Tadaa Coffee

I am subbing for Kaelie at Happier Camper for the next three weekends!

Sundays, March 24, March 31 and April 7th at 10:30am.

The classes are free with an RSVP thru this link : https://partiful.com/e/FsLc69ZktTv6nTgBZONK

I’ll be teaching accessible and trauma informed flows with breath work and movement and meditation.

The class will be taught outside in their super cool outdoor space.

I’m excited to get involved with their community and enjoy Tadaa’s coffee.

March 16th- Long Beach Yoga & Clean UP

Saturday, March 16th Long Beach.

We are meeting at Bluff Park in Long Beach (between Junipero and Cherry on Ocean) at 8am.

An accessible yoga class, taught by Leo, will begin roughly at 8:30am. Sound healing & meditation will round off the practice an hourish later.

We will have some time to mingle, and drink coffee and tea .

Around 11am we will head down to the beach to begin our community clean up and stay out there until around 2pm.

*bags and gloves will be provided*

Here’s to doing vs trying.

Challenging imposter syndrome and not letting my limiting beliefs get in my way. 

It’s easy to justify why no one shows up for the events we put on, or respects our work if we don’t post about it, promote it, or put out in the universe that we believe in our plan. 

This time, I reached out to my contacts, jumped out of my comfort zone and cold called local businesses to ask for donations, sponsorships, or even to promote it to their communities. This time, there is no excuse - to fulfill my limiting beliefs. I am doing my best to stay grounded in the passion. Learning to organize the event from the ground up, prepare for a beach clean up, write a inclusive yoga class & meditation and express my passion behind the project. Now, If only 2 people show up to practice yoga and community service, this event will be a success.. These things start small and I am excited to begin- To doing and not just trying.

Playa Del Rey- 1st Beach Clean Up

I have been thinking about, talking about and manifesting hosting community beach clean ups for a long time. By synchronicity, a couple of things happened last week that sparked my passion and to take action. I was reminded of something my dad told me when I was younger while we were at a museum. I, an aspiring artist, said something like “I could do that”. He told me “the difference is, this person did do it”. It resonates today more than it did then. So while doing my normal beach walk, I could not help but notice how much trash was trapped in the sand. The following day, it was worse. Gas tanks, dead animals, plastic, broken cans, and lots of clothes, it looked like a scene from a movie. People crowding and staring at the trash dump that enveloped their space that usually allows decompression, connection and clarity. At least thats how it felt to me. A pit in my stomach. Thinking about pollution and environmental issues is daunting and intimidating and typically causes me to freeze. (in the sympathetic -fight, flight, freeze, faun…) The voice in my mind tells me that nothing I do will actually make a difference and that we are pretty much fucked. It also that if I did what I dreamt about I would make some sort of difference. All of this to say, when the message my dad told me years ago floated through my mind as I was staring at the seaweed patch that was more plastic than natural, It was time to take action.

Today we did our first beach clean up at Playa Del Rey. The plan was to be out there 9am-11ish and we ended up powering through until 1:30.  

I was feeling so thankful for my people who came to support and insanely rewarded seeing how much we were able to accomplish. 

I provided gloves, trash bags, and sanitation wipes and I was so inspired when strangers passing by offered some of their time to clean with us. There were also people who were not able to help but offered us thanks and acknowledged what we were doing.

We ended up filling 5 large bags and left feeling connected to each other, the beach and the community.

Overall I am super proud of what we came out and accomplished today and I am super excited to watch it grow. 

In the future I can see events including yoga, meditation, coffee, food, music and community beach clean up!