Fruits of my labor 🍇
been a minute.
hello my darling students
I’ve had some friends and students requesting that I pop back in and share what’s coming up in case you’re out of the loop; in the event that you’ve been attached to this newsletter for some time and are no longer interested - please feel free to unsubscribe at the bottom of this email :)
I’m teaching with my friend Christine Dimmick, founder & CEO of The Good Home Co., who is also classically trained in the Tibetan Sound Bowl method on July 14th at 6p in Tribeca - just in time for the new moon. sign up here
On the road again! Heading to Newport, Rhode Island with my dear mentor and friend, the actual OG Kate Posch - the weekend of September 23/24 to lead a 10 Hour Katonah Yoga training at Mend Yoga - sign up here
I will have some classes uploaded to the Katonah Yoga online library very soon, am planning some very fun fall programming (!) and if you want a month free of Sky Ting TV use code CHELSEY at checkout. ~ new subscribers only~ without a doubt the best digital portal of hundreds of classes from highly admired and respected teachers from all over the world - including me 🤠 - live-streamed classes too!
traveling in August on my first Eurotrip/retreat - I have dreamt about this place with these people for a long time ❤️ so I hope to catch you soon.
if you want to find me in studio
Powerflow Yoga
Sky Ting Yoga
Ironically I always toy with oversharing or not sharing at all, but being that it is the season of participation, it makes me think of a few months back when a ‘high profile teacher’ and friend of mine suggested that I relax on the pressure of it all considering that we can only share from our own experiences - even when we think it isn’t what people want to hear. Whenever I start to feel clouded there are always two people I call, who really listen, and give me honest feedback without any expectation - my childhood bestie, Kaylah, and my college bestie, Briana. Even though they both live far from me now it’s as if our relationships have become solidified through space and time. There is a certain level of trust that gets developed through experiences that are painful and illuminating. It’s a reminder that real connection needs no explanation. There are many truths, I’m getting older (ish), there are still some relationships both past and present, friendship and familial that cut like a knife. I am weary of those that reach out to me out of the blue, I find myself over explaining and critiquing - and even more weary of those that are silent from afar. But when I focus on myself, I act from my highest self. Drinking the water, cleaning the house, walking the dog, making the meals, paying the rent, and minding my business. Who knew!? I’m learning that what is meant to be will never miss you. In the past few months I’ve lead trainings both local and out of state, taught masterclasses, + special events.. and yes the clout is real but there is also a deeper understanding of the fact that nothing is meant to be held, and that scarcity and fear are rooted in past and future, but never in real-time. I read a quote by B.K.S Iyengar that reads, “Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.” Summer is the moment in which time is the most still, it is when contact leads you to liberation. I have been feeling incredibly verklempt in a lot of my classes, during breathwork or Savasana when a student starts crying or laughing, or when I hear a song or get a whiff of nostalgia that transports me to a time & place that feels both like it never happened and like it is interwoven with the now… and am truly so overcome with feeling and emotion for the opportunity to feel anything at all. The idea of trusting that the universe is perfect and working according to plan becomes more tangible being that we are not separate from but rather apart of. So yes when you put in effort, you get the grace. It is freely given like water falling from the sky… although all the metaphors in the world could never touch the fact that in this moment as I get ready to share this with you, my heart is bursting from the fucking seams. When my teacher Nevine recently reminded me that this feeling isn’t going to last forever, I realized that when ‘the moment’ comes, you can either be the actor or the witness. And that’s the work.
I hope you feel me
From where I am
to wherever you are
I mean that,
Sincerely
C
