join us for an intimate invite-only event

-receive a guided tutorial on self facial massage and guasha

-shop eminence exclusives and local crafts for the holidays

-enjoy snacks and refreshments (bubbles included!)

-enter to win a gift set raffle

space is limited to 8 clients, make sure to reserve your spot early, and we hope to see you there!

Kathleen Lucas (it’s qi, llc) and Atalie Hsiao (rounded well) will discuss how to use our phones in good form to stay physically sustained and spiritually grounded.

Join us October 16th at 10:30am for a discussion on how good posture, sustainable habits, and mindfulness around phone & tablet use contribute to physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

Takeaways include movement practices, boundaries, and ergonomics for handheld devices. After this discussion, there will be time to connect with the community over tea and tea snacks. Bring your curiosity and questions for an engaging morning!

Register here!

Join us for an in-person circle to honor the Winter Solstice. We will come together for movement, meditation, and ways of relating to plants that help us be in harmony with the qi of the season. We will make a healing tea blend together that participants will take home with them, and at the end of the circle we will host an optional potluck to celebrate this magical moment in the year.

This gathering will be held in a secluded and beautiful part of the SF East Bay Area, location will be shared upon registration.

The energy exchange for this offering is $50. Partial to full scholarships are available for BIPOC, please email us to inquire.

COVID safety: To keep all participants safe, we ask that everyone be vaccinated. The event will be held outdoors and you are welcome (though not required) to wear a mask, in accordance with suggested CDC guidelines that have deemed most outdoor activities to be relatively safe. If guidelines or COVID safety considerations change, we will inform participants ASAP.

Accessibility: We will walk together on a moderately sloped and uneven trail for less than 10 minutes to reach the gathering location.

About the facilitators:
Kathleen Lucas (she/her) is a Certified Massage Therapist, Feng Shui Practitioner, and Teacher based in the Bay Area. Her private practice is located in Berkeley, where she utilizes tui na, acupressure, shiatsu, and reflexology to treat a variety of complaints.

Kathleen comes from a family of martial artists, has studied dance for several years, and has a regular movement practice. She loves facilitating the expansion that bodywork can bring forth. Get in touch at itsqi.com

Rebekah Sze-Tung Olstad (she/her) is a community and clinical herbalist based in Huichuin Ohlone Territory, Oakland CA. She has a private practice where she supports people one-on-one, teaches workshops, and makes herbal remedies. She is grateful to the plant world and the healing plants can bring to our communities. Learn more at www.redautumnapothecary.com.

In this course we will take a deep dive into the realm of the hearth. The hearth, or home space, has traditionally been the center of all activities. The hearth can be one of the foundational places to nourish ourselves physically, emotionally and spiritually. The goal of this course is to create a supportive environment to explore our relationship to home and the foundational habits that can support our personal wellness.

Home is a place where we can experience rest, relaxation, and joy. Conversely, home can be a place of challenge, strife, and even trauma. Some of us don’t have access to stable housing. For many of us, the pandemic has also shifted and highlighted balance and imbalance in our relationships to home. In this course we are invited to meet ourselves with gentleness of where we are at now, and to ask how we can bring a sense of sacredness and calm to our spaces and our daily practices.

As a small cohort, we will have time to reflect and support each other as we explore these topics. There will be opportunities to do self assessments, exploration, and personal goal setting for creating sacred space at home and solidifying daily routines. We will draw inspiration from ancestral and cultural healing practices of tending the hearth with love and care. We will center the interconnectedness of healing in community and healing from the oppressive systems of colonization and racial capitalism.

Kathleen will be guest teaching this 7-week online course on June 10th, 2021

Lead Facilitator:

Rebekah Sze-Tung Olstad (she/her) is a community herbalist based in Oakland, CA. Through her practice she sees clients one-on-one, makes medicine, and teaches classes and workshops. One of her greatest joys is gathering people together to learn about the plants and daily practices that can support us with deep healing. She has been dreaming up this Tending the Hearth class since the pandemic highlighted deep balances and imbalances in her relationship to home.

Website: www.redautumnapothecary.com
Instagram: @red_autumn_rebekah