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This Week's Events

▪	Thurs 10/1 Yoga 4:30-6 PM MST

▪	Thurs 10/1 Alignment Circle 6:30-7:30 PM

▪	Fri 10/2 Yoga 4:30-6 PM MST

▪	Sat 10/3 Good Grief 10 AM MST

Allowing

“Everything is unfolding perfectly. I am perfect where I am and gravitating to something that will satisfy me even more.”

Look for things that you appreciate where you are. It will put you in a place of perfect allowing, even when you are not yet in alignment with all that you desire. That’s the attitude that allows possibilities.

I am excited to do yoga with you!!

Intentional Yoga

I am excited to return and practice with you.

I hope you have enjoyed the [YouTube classes made for you while I was away.] (https://youtu.be/rkHwiiKVUWM?si=fI0xGhKIUcFlw9W5)

See you on Oct 1st.

Namaste

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Alignment Practice

Hosted by Anca Kuns, Beyond Orion

Thurs, 10/1, 6:30 PM MST (1hr)

Anca shares this Circle topic is REMAIN.

In it you will explore:

▪	Can I stay with myself when another experience enters?

▪	Can what is already here remain in relationship with what is arriving?

▪	Can I be willing to enter something whose outcome I don't know and still develop a relationship with how I participate in the change?

▪	Can my input, my preference, my participation come with me?

These circles are an accessible way to build self-awareness and, more importantly, the capacity to actually use that awareness within yourself and in life. With Life!

We're also doing this at much greater depth, one month at a time, through the Self-Relationship Practice.

RSVP on the CYWY Meetup

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Reach out with any questions to Anca at Beyond Orion.

The Good Grief Group

Guided by Melody West,
Grief & End of Life Coach

Sat, 10/3, 10:00 AM MST

All are welcome, regardless of where you are in your journey or what loss you are grieving.

Serendipity

By Melody West

Just typing the word serendipity brings a physical response. I smile. My heart beats a little quicker. My fingers type faster. There’s this eager anticipation of delight, and suddenly my eyes are darting here and there, looking for the magic to unfold.

Magic really is how I think of it. Like a fairy’s wand sparking my creativity and intuition, serendipity brings a whimsical lightness to me.

▪	It’s that unexpected person who appears at just the right time.

▪	The conversation that sparks an idea.

▪	The book you happen to pick up.

▪	The sentence you overhear.

▪	The opportunity you weren’t looking for.

And sometimes, it feels like a little sign saying, “Yes. Keep going this way.”

A few months ago, I changed my title to Resilience Coach. It wasn’t simply a new title. It is a better description of who I am and the work I’ve been doing all along. And since then, something interesting has happened. People have appeared. Conversations have opened up. Opportunities have come my way.
It feels a little like I turned a corner and found a sign saying, ”This way.”

Everything feels more in sync. More serendipitous.

Researcher Sanda Erdelez says serendipity is about more than being in the right place at the right time. What matters is whether we recognize the opportunity—and then do something with it. She even has a name for people who become especially good at this: Super-encounterers.

Serendipity isn’t only luck. Some of it’s curiosity. Awareness. Being open enough to notice what crosses our path.
And then being willing to follow it a little way and see where it goes.

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats

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Intentional Living Circle

Tues, 10/13, 7-9 PM MST

A Vision for the Future

What do you want your life to look like in the coming years? Explore the life you want and what you can begin doing now to move toward the life you envision.

Facilitated by Sophia Carmien, Essential Wholeness

In this Intentional Living Circle, you’ll create space to imagine the future you want and explore what it might take to move toward it. You’ll step back and consider the bigger picture of the life you want to create. What are you drawn toward? What possibilities do you see for yourself? What would make your life feel meaningful and fulfilling?

From there, we’ll turn our attention to the present. What choices, changes, or actions could begin moving you in that direction? What can you do now, even in small ways, to start creating the future you envision?

90 Day Creativity Challenge

Participating in the creativity challenge increases vision and motivation, problem-solving, and imagination; it supports possibilities.

10/12 and runs through 12/11.

Do you question your ability to be creative? If so, check out this YouTubevideo.

Join the challenge on Signal. See the website to learn how, or Reach out to me to join, then share how you notice creativity showing up as you navigate and prepare during this holiday time. Read what others share and be part of this inspiring experience.

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The Enneagram Chat 2027

The next Enneagram Chat starts in February 2027.

It runs for 21 weeks as we work our way through the Empowered Living book together.

Read testimonials of those who have taken the journey on the website testimonial tab.

If you would like to be part of the 2027 Chat, please reach out and let me know.

Click here to Register

A paid special event with Sophia!

I have my ticket and hope to see you there!

Three Essential Forces for a Well-Lived Life

An exploration of the Enneagram instincts

Sophia shares, "Have you ever understood something intellectually, but found that understanding it didn't necessarily change anything?

This is something I've been thinking about in my own work with the Enneagram. We can learn about our instincts, recognize our patterns, and understand where we might be out of balance, but lasting change can still be hard. Knowing something about ourselves doesn't necessarily mean we know how to work with it.

That's part of what led me to create Three Essential Forces for a Well-Lived Life.

What if you could actually feel the instincts?

In this three-hour online workshop, we'll explore the three instincts not just as ideas or personality categories, but as fundamental forces that can be experienced in the body.

I'll guide you in exploring what each instinct feels like somatically and what you can learn from paying attention to those physical sensations. Our bodies can give us information that isn't always available through thinking alone. Developing a visceral connection with these forces can help us recognize them as they are happening and give us another way to work with our patterns.

We'll also look at what makes change difficult and explore practical ways to work with what gets in the way. This includes getting specific about what actually needs to shift, learning how to work with resistance, and developing greater access to the wisdom each instinct has to offer.

My hope is that you leave with more than a better understanding of the instincts and how they work in you. I want you to have a felt experience of them, a clearer sense of how they operate in your own life, and some practical ways to work with the patterns that keep you from fully accessing what each has to offer.

Sunday, October 18 | 12:30-3:30 pm MST

Online
Early-bird price: $45 through September 23
Regular price: $65

If you've worked with the Enneagram before, this is an opportunity to explore the instincts from a deeper, more experiential perspective. If you're newer to the Enneagram, no problem! You don't need prior knowledge of the system for us to explore these three fundamental forces together.

I hope you'll join me.

Warmly,
Sophia

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