About Gimme A Break:
GIMME A BREAK – Mission Statement
Gimme a Breakis a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to care for caregivers by giving an emotional and physical break as well as resources for continued wellness. Gimme a Break is based on caring for the caregivers to provide support, resources, and outreach to promote self-care and survival! We are all Caregivers, we either were, are or will be! Caregivers deserve support and we support Caregivers to dream again!
GIMME A BREAK – Vision
Gimme A Break is committed to becoming a worldwide organization offering support, education, and rejuvenation for Caregivers. They continue to grow and work hard to create a safe place for Caregivers with the aim of opening Chapters locally, nationally, and globally. They also intend to build retreats in order to educate and rejuvenate those who feel they are forgotten. Their motto is: “We do what we do for Caregivers!”
Pricing: $25-$45-$65
100% of the ticket sales will be donated to Gimme A Break
Welcome to our monthly Benefit Sound Bath series! With your participation, this series seeks to support more harmony locally and peace globally. We start by filling you with serenity and healing that you can spread throughout your ‘ohana (extended family) and community. At the same time we seek to spread awareness and help to nonprofit organizations throughout Hawai’i to continue their amazing work.
This month, we are happy to sponsor Gimme a Break! Providing Care for Caregivers. 100% of your ticket donation goes straight to their organization.
About this event
This Gentle Yoga/Sound Healing event is designed to help bring a little peace, and comfort into your life as well as others’.
Move into the first half of the session with Robin Shepard guiding a gentle yoga routine set to the crystal singing bowls to encourage relaxation and prepare you for a deeper meditation. Robin teaches a unique style of yoga that is dynamic and personal, allowing each student to explore sensation, and find space and range on their own terms. She invites your own curiosity as you sink into progressive relaxation and meditation through the use of natural breath mechanics, techniques to ease tension in the body and quiet the mind. She provides you with unexpected approaches to traditional poses for you to tune in to your individual experience.
Throughout the entire session Bryan Jordan will immerse you in a musical sound journey with the crystal singing bowls. Bryan’s heartfelt approach to sound healing incorporates his training in classical music to create a beautiful, flowing soundscape. Every session becomes a brand new composition, designed to help you reach deeper, and deeper states of relaxation, and meditation. This music will guide you on a journey where deep healing, and rest can occur. His goal is for you to leave the session feeling rejuvenated, restored, and peaceful.
Brian and Robin freely contribute their time to bring wellbeing to you and also to the beneficiaries of this particular session.
We have developed a tiered payment system for this event. For those of you who can afford to pay on the higher end of the scale, your payment helps to support those who cannot. This is one way to leverage our privilege and stand for equity for everyone. If you cannot pay the higher end suggested, consider what is authentically sustainable for you, and pay that. We are excited to see you all at the event! Thank you for supporting Gimme A Break!
$65 | Supporter Rate (support others as well as yourself)
$45 | Sustainer Rate (pays for you)
$25 | Community Rate (discounted)
If none of the above pricing options are within your means, please contact us at info@stillandmovingcenter.com for more options.
Robin Shepard, Yoga E-RYT200/ RTY500, RCYT, YACEP
Originally a native of the Pacific Northwest, Robin spent the last 13 years traveling, raising her family, and acquiring knowledge and skills living in such places as Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Ho Chi Minh City. Though she will never stop wandering, she now considers Honolulu home. She feels lucky to have been a part of the vibrant yoga culture of Vietnam where she completed her foundational yoga teacher trainings with Suzanne Vian of Yoga Vietnam and her 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training in the FluidUs Method with Carlos Tao. Additionally, Robin is a registered Children’s Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, and has training in Pre-Natal and Post-Natal yoga.
Accordingly, Robin enjoys teaching both the young and the young-at-heart. As a life-long learner, she is fascinated by recent scientific discoveries around fascia and functional movement and their implications for the practice of yoga. This curiosity has fueled exploration and experimentation to create a style of movement that is playful and dynamic, with practical benefit for everyone from absolute beginners to more advanced practitioners. She is always looking for ways to deliver a more personal experience, with respectful irreverence and fun. She links functional movement skills, breath mechanics, and novel approaches to traditional poses to increase somatic awareness, mobility, and build an organic mind/body connection.
As a long time practitioner, Robin has personally experienced the difference that a regular yoga practice can make in a person’s life. She sees yoga as a doorway, progressing from movement into meditation, awareness, understanding, and finally acceptance of ourselves and others. She considers yoga a powerful and essential practice to help navigate our modern world.
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