BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
On Our Knees VIRTUAL Book Group
I felt it in my bones when Mama Gena started to whisper about her book coming out Late Summer.
It created such a charge of resonance within me. I didn’t want to wish one day of summer away to get to the release date.. but she’s here.
And I feel it in every cell + bone in my body this is our next Virtual Book Group Journey.
PLEASE NOTE, WE MEET WEEKLY FROM LATE SEPTEMBER - FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER
‘Kneeling is the body’s honest admission “I cannot carry this alone.”
Sometimes kneeling is grief.
Sometimes it is prayer.
Sometimes it is erotic surrender- the moment control loosens + the body tells the truth that the mind cannot.
Knees are the threshold of transformation. The moment we stop negotiating with reality and begin relating to it.’
“The path of the feminine is not a neat linear tale with a single, tidy arc.
It spirals. It double backs.
It undoes and remakes you in the same breath.
There is no clear beginning, no final ending.
Only the ongoing, unhinged choreography of descent and ascent,
loss and reclamation, rupture and rapture…”
……..
LIFE.
In all the spirals, detours, blocks, miracles, magic, blessings, heartache, joy, passion, love.
We are not immune to any of it.
We live it.
Let’s sync with the Autumn Season of the Descent within and explore this journey.
This book through conversation and community.
We’ve explored two pivotal books over the last few years:
Wild Feminine + Descent and Rising.
Let’s dive in and see where this takes us.
The book is 10 chapters (plus a riveting intro).
I’d like to create lots of space to explore this together.
VIRTUAL BOOK GROUP SCHEDULE:
Tuesday evenings
September 22nd: Opening, Intro + Chapter One
September 29th: Chapters Two + Three
October 6th: Chapters Four + Five
October 13th: Chapter Six
October 20th: Chapters Seven + Eight
October 27th: Chapters Nine + Ten
Bonus Week: November 3rd Integration
THE CALLS ARE RECORDED AND UPLOADED INTO THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY TO RETURN BACK TO (or in case you can’t join live)
$111 for the journey
(Does not include the book. Please purchase that on your own).
I like to keep these groups to a small size to preserve the intimacy of the conversations.
*If you would like to join and avoid credit card fees, you can venmo @kate-strakosch (Kate jumping into water). Please include your phone number + email in note.
Serving Dish and Autumn Equinox Ritual with Belmar Clay Project
As we prepare to embrace the next turning of the Wheel of the Year and honor the Autumn Equinox, join us for our next Pottery Ritual Workshop.
We will honor this Season of Harvest by making our own Harvest Plate.
This class is the perfect introduction to hand building with clay! Make your own decorative…yet fully functional dish to serve your delicious edibles on! Perfect for Tapas, appetizers or dinner parties. You’ll serve those incredible recipes of yours on handmade dishes you created!
During this workshop you will practice texture printing on slabs then the molding into dish forms and adding decorative elements. Each participant will create small individualized dishes or one large tray.
We will also move through a ritual, where we will offer gratitude towards the closing season of Summer and reflect back on our lives since the last Equinox, six months ago in March with the onset of Spring. Then journey into a Gratitude and Harvest Ritual to welcome in the Autumn Equinox Ritual. Everyone will leave with a tool to continue to tend towards over this season upon us.
This class is for ages 16+ and price for the class includes clay, firing and glazing of you dish. Space is limited therefore, preregistration is required. All pieces will be ready for pick up 6 weeks following the class date.
Desert Magic: A Women's Retreat in Taos, New Mexicop
Welcome to desert MAGIC: A Women’s Wellness ReSPITE in the New Mexico Desert
Taos, New Mexico is a very special place in the world (it holds a big piece of my heart). It’s in the high desert of Northern New Mexico. Above us is the vast sky that comes alive at night with the stars. There is a sacred stillness of the high desert that finds its way back into our hearts and bodies.
Late September is an incredibly beautiful time to explore and visit this Land of Enchantment.
The Aspens are beginning to turn, and there is a dance with the closing of Summer and Autumn brewing. The mornings are cooler and the sun warms the land during the day. It’s delicious sleeping weather.
Desert Magic is an invitation to reconnect with Mother Earth and the elements, your own being and our nourishing community. Over the course of our soul-nourishing days, you’ll be held in a container of deep care and connection, surrounded by the natural beauty of New Mexico.
Taos is nestled in the world’s largest alpine valley and is surrounded by the majestic Sangre de Cristo mountains, amidst high desert landscape. This sacred land has been home to indigenous tribes for thousand of years.
Together we’ll relish in nourishing our bodies and our spirits. We'll savor the moments through sharing nourishing meals, move our bodies through nourishing practices, welcoming in the desert air into our lungs, soak in the mineral-rich waters of Ojo Caliente, explore the land on horseback, take in the beauty of the High Desert on hikes, visit the creative shopping center of downtown Taos, create quiet space for ourselves. soften into the essence of our senses, stargaze into the vast sky and honor just where we are on this journey of life.
Come home to your body, your breath, and the beauty of the desert located in the Land of Enchantment of New Mexico.
This is a small, intimate group retreat this year!!
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
Full Spectrum Virtual Ritual and Ceremony
Join us in a potent moment.. The day of the the Lunar Eclipse and the Full Moon. The second Eclipse in this August Portal.
The Lunar Eclipse in Pisces.. A time to bring forward that what is beneath the surface. The bits and bites of experiences of life that we tuck away and look at the stories build up around them. The stagnant and constricted emotions, feelings and aspects we’ve filed away in the psyche.The aspects that weigh us down and take up space. A time to soften the layers we’ve allowed to harden..
Our virtual ceremony is a time to be with ALL of it. To alchemize it.
We will lay the foundation with gratitude, move through a breath exploration, a purge ritual to extract what is not coming with us as this eclipse season closes, layer in more gratitude, and close with an invocation to move forward on the journey with softness, curiosity, space and a deeper attunement within.
This is a sacred gathering to offer some clearing and cleansing to lighten the load that we carry within our hearts, the layers of our beings and our psyches.
We will close at 7:30pm just a few moments before the moonrise.
Ritual will be recorded and shared with everyone who registers.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Tuesday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - the end of August
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
Late Summer Yoga and Brunch Retreat Morning
Join Kate for a morning of whole body nourishment.
Breath + Yoga Journey
Garden-fresh Brunch
Medicine Making : Bath + Foot Soak for Late Summer Energy
Let’s savor a few hours together on the beautiful land, with nourishment all around & within, and together with community.
*Yoga practice is open to all levels of experience.
Our Breath + Movement journey overlooks the lush orchard.
Late Summer Respite: A Day Devoted to Filling up your Reserves
Join Michelle Graceffo and Kate Strakosch for a day devoted to deep nourishment. An invitation to join us in a small group transformational experience retreat day.
Where we learn, receive and become the original medicine to support our modern bodies.
A day filled with essential oil treatments, acupuncture, self-massage rituals, time in Nature, a nourishing lunch, breathwork, movement and a takeaway bundle to weave the tools into your daily routine at home.
Our intention for setting this retreat is for women to gather together, sit with each other, and practice self-care so we can show up in our day to day feeling fully resourced from within.
We thought it would be really special to blend our wisdom, intellectual knowledge, and modalities together to ignite and inspire those who say yes to full body resourcing. ...Sharing what we know with other women is a deep commitment to our body’s wisdom. We carry this in our bones and know you do to. Let’s coax it out of us together, let’s tend to it together, let’s experience fullness together.
We are in relationship with Mother Earth… we are here to take care of her and in doing so, we take care of ourselves.
In ancient China the physicians understood that prolonged emotional stress accelerates a Jing deficiency. Jing is our essence, it’s part of our DNA, and it’s found in the kidneys. Some scholars and practitioners believe we get a certain amount of Jing at birth and once we’ve run through it, that is it. Hence, why they placed special importance on nourishing and preserving and protecting the Jing. When Jing declines we see hormonal imbalances, premature aging and chronic fatigue.
Modern day practitioners call this a cortisol imbalance. High cortisol accelerates the aging process and leads to burn out among other imbalances in the body.
No more running on empty, no more taking care of yourself last, no more just getting by because feeling just enough is not enough.
No more moving from one depleted state into the next season, and trying to play catch up.
This late summer respite provides a day of restoration that travels deep and is long lasting. Not only will the day provide you the time away you crave but the luxury of going home with self care techniques that build a daily retreat.
Join us for this unique and intimate retreat day infused with so many accessible and deeply nourishing practices woven together in practical ways to integrate at home for seasons to come!
Space is limited.
The Late Summer Hearth
An intimate evening of seasonal delicacy, herbal craft & connection at Honey Hollow Farm
Together, we'll gather around the table to enjoy a thoughtfully prepared late-summer supper inspired by the abundance of the gardens. Imagine sun-warmed heirloom tomatoes, fragrant herbs, delicate squash blossoms, and other seasonal treasures harvested at their peak, accompanied by a few botanical surprises.
Throughout the evening we'll create a collection of herbal preparations including handcrafted botanical infusions that celebrate the flavors and healing gifts of the season
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
Lion's Gate Sound Bath & Reiki Gathering
Space is limited to preserve the intimacy of this experience.
We look forward to sharing this sacred evening with you.Lion's Gate Portal & Sound Healing Ceremony
with Sunshine Kate, Jennifer Byrne & Carolan Ammirata
Saturday, August 8, 2026
6:30 – 9:00 PM
Beach location will be announced upon registration.
Suggested Energy Exchange: $40
A Sacred Evening of Intention, Movement & Sound
Each year on 8/8, many spiritual traditions recognize the Lion's Gate Portal as a symbolic time for reflection, intention setting, courage, and heart-centered transformation. Whether you come seeking clarity, peace, healing, or simply a deeper connection with yourself, this evening offers a beautiful space to pause, breathe, and receive.
This gathering is an invitation to release what no longer serves you, reconnect with your inner wisdom, and open yourself to new possibilities through ceremony, movement, meditation, sound, and energy.
The flow of our time together:
🌿 Opening Ceremony with Kate
Kate will gently guide us into the evening with a sacred ceremony honoring the significance of the 8/8 Lion's Gate Portal. Together we will set heartfelt intentions for self-discovery, self-love, healing, and empowerment.
✨ Mindful Movement with Jennifer Byrne
Jennifer will lead a gentle movement practice designed to help open the body, quiet the mind, and prepare you to fully surrender into the evening's healing experience.
🎻 Yoga Nidra & Live Violin
As Jennifer's beautiful violin fills the air, she will guide you through a deeply restorative Yoga Nidra meditation, inviting profound relaxation and inner stillness.
🔔 Sound Healing Journey with Carolan Ammirata
Rest comfortably in the nest you've created while Carolan carries you through an immersive sound experience featuring quartz crystal singing bowls, drums, rain stick, and the soothing sounds of nature. This sound journey is designed to encourage deep relaxation, balance, and restoration.
🤍 Reiki-Infused Attunements
With your permission, Reiki-infused energy attunements will be offered throughout the sound journey to support your personal experience. Participation is entirely optional and always guided by your comfort and consent.
Please bring:
• Pillow and blanket for comfort
• Water
• An open heart
Come as you are.
Leave feeling lighter, grounded, and more deeply connected to yourself.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday and Tuesday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach in the morning is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday and Tuesday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach in the morning is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday and Tuesday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach in the morning is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
Tea with Mary
Join us for an evening honoring the divine feminine.
Guided Meditation with Dee of The Yoga Loft
Rose Tea Ceremony & Tea Blending with Nayda of MerCuriosities On Main
Sacred Rose Oil Healing Session with Sunshine Kate
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
The Warm up, the Rocking and the Wrapping of Grief
A free VIRTUAL community conversation on Unearthing the unacknowledged and the roots of Grief.
Grief is felt in big ways, in small ways, in every day ways. It can’t always be named by words. But it can be deeply felt and experienced in the body, in the bones.
The body remembers what the mind agreed to forget.
We can carry Grief in our bodies our whole lives. It can be passed down from earlier generations and we can carry it without even knowing it. Maybe it’s that dull sadness that has been around for so long, and can’t be traced.
Our Society has a fear of Grief. It tries to cover it with ‘I’m fine’. ‘We don’t cry in public’. ‘Put your big girl pants on and get on with it’
We may even suppress or downplay our own grief and experiences because we see someone else moving through something and deem ours minimal or carry a different weight. Of course it’s different! We are each unique humans experiencing vastly different journeys! But, by no means, are we less worthy or significant.
Yet, Grief is a doorway to feel + to come to life again, to carry forward wisdom from it.
When we ritualize Grief and look into its eyes, the masks and layers can be released. Reverence and growth and radical self compassion can be carried forward.
We can let go of the shame and guilt for feeling sadness and Grief.
Grief is not just one emotion or feeling. It can’t be bottled up and given a title.
It’s life. The losses, the deaths, the versions of ourselves we’ve outgrown but still carry. It’s the turning of the seasons and mourning the loss of previous ones. It’s the unlived dreams we carry within.
The body remembers what the mind agreed to forget.
Join Michelle and Kate for a full Life, full spectrum community conversation on Grief and explore a beautiful ceremony that honors all of it.
JOIN US FOR THIS SACRED CONVERSATION! ZOOM LINK WILL BE SHARED BEFORE OUR CALL ON FRIDAY MORNING! RECORDING IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE WHO SIGNS UP!
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday and Tuesday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach in the morning is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
Sun Chat
ABOUT US
Michelle Graceffo
Michelle is a practitioner of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture with passions related to Essential Oils, Plant Medicine, and Nature’s Wisdom. Michelle is a weaver of many modalities that anchor and highlight our spiritual essence in our human experience. Her 12 years of clinical experience has provided her with repeated anecdotal evidence of our innate capacity for creative expression and the gift of remembering why we came here.
Her goal is to assist individuals in finding and feeling into the essence of who they are. Michelle believes we all have the tools to settle into and trust our most authentic self.
Michelle has been in clinical practice for 12 years in both community and private acupuncture settings. Recently, she made the jump from private practice to focusing solely on teaching and guiding others how to heal themselves.
Kate Strakosch
Katie Strakosch is a wholistic wellness practitioner, embodiment guide, and yoga teacher with nearly 20 years of experience helping individuals reconnect with their bodies and honor the wisdom they carry within. Known for her heart-centered presence and grounded guidance, Katie weaves together yoga, somatic practices, nervous system education, herbal wisdom, and integrative wellness to support people in slowing down, cultivating self-trust, and living with greater vitality, authenticity, and embodied connection.
Her work is informed by extensive study in nutrition, nervous system regulation, trauma-informed somatic exploration, sacred sexuality, herbal medicine, and integrative wellness. Katie’s formal training began with a degree in whole-foods-based nutrition from Bastyr University, where she immersed herself in herbal medicine, meditation, yoga, and mind-body healing practices.
What began as a passion for nourishing others through food gradually unfolded into a deeper exploration of yoga, movement, nervous system health, herbal medicine, somatics, and holistic sexuality. So much of this stemmed from her own personal journey.
Katie is the founder of Sunshine Kate’s Wellness Center, an evolving in-person and virtual sanctuary born from her own journey of healing, curiosity, and connection. Through retreats, workshops, and private mentorship, she guides clients to nourish themselves on every level, reconnect with their innate wisdom, and cultivate a more meaningful relationship with their bodies, lives, and the world around them.
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday & Tuesday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach in the morning is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
Virtual Shake the Dust
VIRTUAL ON THE JUNE FULL MOON
Let all of this wild Fire Horse Year be with you as we move, breathe and let it all flow through.
SHAKE THE DUST
A movement practice for getting out of your head and back into your body.
open to all levels of movement experience
BEACH YOGA
Another season of Beach Yoga is upon us here at the Jersey Shore!
Sunday mornings 8am-9am. Memorial Day Weekend - September
Meeting with you on the beach on Sunday mornings is soul medicine.
We nourish ourselves with our own breath, movement in & through our bodies, being held by Mother Earth alongside the Atlantic Ocean and together in community.
Community is the heart-pulse that helps us move along this journey of life.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a very long time, and I feel like we are beginners every single day.
We meet ourselves and life just where the moment is asking of our attention.
All levels of yoga and movement experience are welcome to join!
Please bring a comfy beach towel (or two) and water.
$10 or more as energetic exchange.
Cash or venmo please.
Sunday Beach Yoga & Summer Solstice Sound Meditation
✨Update… We are merging beach yoga with our summer solstice sound meditation & invocation together during our usual beach yoga journey.
We’ll extend our time together by a few.
Please note, we are not gathering in the evening.
☀️Join us. It will be a sweet and sacred journey to honor the midpoint of the year, step through the threshold into the new season, and honor all that life has presented this year 🌀. The great dance of being human.
We do it together with nature around us♥️
Sgraffito Plate and Summer Solstice Workshop with Belmar Clay Project
Join Rachel and Kate for one of our cherished Wheel of the Year Pottery and Seasonal Workshop Gatherings.
Rachel walk you through the basics of carving a unique sun into a hand built plate using traditional carving techniques referred to as Sgraffito. Each participant will receive approximately a 6-inch plate to carve and decorate. This is a fun and exciting intro for anyone looking to try something new!
The Summer Solstice is the peak of light and energy on the Wheel of the Year. It's the time of year filled with abundance in daylight, in the garden, and in energy. The days are longer, and our bodies naturally have more energy. t's represented by the element of fire. Fire brings about transformation, illumination and purification.
During our workshop, we'll explore a ritual to step into the season of Summer, illuminate our dreams and intentions for the new season ahead and offer reverence towards the closing portal of Spring.
You'll also take home a ritual to continue to tend to threshold of the Summer Solstice Portal.