Welcome to my Calendar!
If you’re looking for things to do that will help you reconnect with yourself, you’re in the right place!
My offerings include many options to meet your yearning for a life that is congruent—aligned with who you are and how you want to be in the world.
This is part of the MN-IEA Member Appreciation Brunch. You need to join the organization to attend it.
Brain-Wave Coach Dr. Anna Vazquez on cello and Certified Riso-Hudson Enneagram Teacher and Holistic Health & Wellness Coach Katy Taylor take you on a journey exploring Presence—what supports us to be more present and what gets in the way. Together, we’ll explore presence experientially and use the map of the Enneagram to understand type-specific triggers that cause us to lose presence. We’ll come up with ways to recognize when we leave presence as well as ways to find our way back home.
Note: This workshop is part of a full-day women’s retreat.
What if joy were always here, within reach, within us, but we just weren’t mindful enough to recognize it?
Join me to explore how we can use the natural rhythm of our daily lives to mindfully welcome joy through various practices including meditation, movement, and music.
* The image of the woman bursting out of a flower is from a painting by Melissa Harris. Check out her beautiful work.
facilitated by Katy Taylor, Holistic Life Coach & Susan Gillette, LAC
This event is full. Let me know if you’d like to join the Wait List.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if you didn’t feel so overwhelmed or confused in your mid-life journey into or through menopause?
What if you could understand your body’s changes, not to mention the emotional and spiritual upheaval?
Would you like support to make sense of these changes rather than just get rid of symptoms?
Are you ready to makes some real shifts in your habits, lifestyle, attitude?
And wouldn’t you feel more at ease if you had the support of teachings for your body, heart, mind, and soul, as well as a community of like-minded women?
Imagine if this mid-life time could be one of transformation—
one of deep learning, acceptance, and wisdom.
I know how crazy-making moving toward, in, and through menopause can be. I’ve been living it, too! It shakes up business as usual. It brings up all sorts of confusing emotions and often anger. It invites us to make big changes to our lives. It can feel very overwhelming.
The truth is: There is wisdom in this natural process. We can learn how to align ourselves with the changes that are happening in our bodysouls (body-heart-mind-soul), and ride the waves into the most exciting, fulfilling, and heart-open time of our lives!
facilitated by Katy Taylor, Holistic Life Coach & Susan Gillette, LAC
This event is full. Let me know if you’d like to join the Wait List.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if you didn’t feel so overwhelmed or confused in your mid-life journey into or through menopause?
What if you could understand your body’s changes, not to mention the emotional and spiritual upheaval?
Would you like support to make sense of these changes rather than just get rid of symptoms?
Are you ready to makes some real shifts in your habits, lifestyle, attitude?
And wouldn’t you feel more at ease if you had the support of teachings for your body, heart, mind, and soul, as well as a community of like-minded women?
Imagine if this mid-life time could be one of transformation—
one of deep learning, acceptance, and wisdom.
I know how crazy-making moving toward, in, and through menopause can be. I’ve been living it, too! It shakes up business as usual. It brings up all sorts of confusing emotions and often anger. It invites us to make big changes to our lives. It can feel very overwhelming.
The truth is: There is wisdom in this natural process. We can learn how to align ourselves with the changes that are happening in our bodysouls (body-heart-mind-soul), and ride the waves into the most exciting, fulfilling, and heart-open time of our lives!
facilitated by Katy Taylor, Holistic Life Coach & Susan Gillette, LAC
This event is full. Let me know if you’d like to join the Wait List.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if you didn’t feel so overwhelmed or confused in your mid-life journey into or through menopause?
What if you could understand your body’s changes, not to mention the emotional and spiritual upheaval?
Would you like support to make sense of these changes rather than just get rid of symptoms?
Are you ready to makes some real shifts in your habits, lifestyle, attitude?
And wouldn’t you feel more at ease if you had the support of teachings for your body, heart, mind, and soul, as well as a community of like-minded women?
Imagine if this mid-life time could be one of transformation—
one of deep learning, acceptance, and wisdom.
I know how crazy-making moving toward, in, and through menopause can be. I’ve been living it, too! It shakes up business as usual. It brings up all sorts of confusing emotions and often anger. It invites us to make big changes to our lives. It can feel very overwhelming.
The truth is: There is wisdom in this natural process. We can learn how to align ourselves with the changes that are happening in our bodysouls (body-heart-mind-soul), and ride the waves into the most exciting, fulfilling, and heart-open time of our lives!
facilitated by Katy Taylor, Holistic Life Coach & Susan Gillette, LAC
This event is full. Let me know if you’d like to join the Wait List.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if you didn’t feel so overwhelmed or confused in your mid-life journey into or through menopause?
What if you could understand your body’s changes, not to mention the emotional and spiritual upheaval?
Would you like support to make sense of these changes rather than just get rid of symptoms?
Are you ready to makes some real shifts in your habits, lifestyle, attitude?
And wouldn’t you feel more at ease if you had the support of teachings for your body, heart, mind, and soul, as well as a community of like-minded women?
Imagine if this mid-life time could be one of transformation—
one of deep learning, acceptance, and wisdom.
I know how crazy-making moving toward, in, and through menopause can be. I’ve been living it, too! It shakes up business as usual. It brings up all sorts of confusing emotions and often anger. It invites us to make big changes to our lives. It can feel very overwhelming.
The truth is: There is wisdom in this natural process. We can learn how to align ourselves with the changes that are happening in our bodysouls (body-heart-mind-soul), and ride the waves into the most exciting, fulfilling, and heart-open time of our lives!
SERIES CANCELED:
We heard from a number of you
that a half- or full-day would fit your life better,
so we’ll be back in touch!
Do you find yourself too busy to have fun? Are you frequently being drawn back into thinking about difficult things? Maybe life is just feeling hard and unsatisfying?
There has been an enormous amount of research recently on the body-mind connection, brain science, and the habits and behaviors of happy people. We also know that the Enneagram helps us profoundly in understanding our own desires, needs, and habits. In this series, we will explore choices we can make to create more self-understanding, self-acceptance, and happiness.
A truly happy person thinks more clearly and openly and is more likely to affect others in a positive way and to attract good things in their life. Join us in this experiential workshop to find out how you can create happiness habits that will bring you more joy, ease, and a life you want to live! Knowledge of your own Enneagram type required.
Questions? Contact Katy.
To Register: Registration Deadline: Noon, Thursday, Oct. 13th
Your Facilitators
Katy Taylor is a Holistic Life Coach, a Riso-Hudson Enneagram Teacher, a Way of the Happy Woman® Teacher, and a SomaYoga Teacher. She loves helping curious and soulful people practice presence so they can feel at home in their bodies and at ease & resilient in their lives. Katy helps people get in touch with their own inner wisdom so they can trust and accept who they are, one mindful choice at a time. www.katytaylor.com
Becky Myrick, M. Div, MA, is a spiritual & wellness counselor, a teacher of holistic living & of creativity which comes from our own body wisdom. She loves to dive into soul work with people, helping her clients find & follow callings, and become more fully creative. She is certified leader in InterPlay, a Higher Brain Living practitioner, an Enneagram teacher, and a lover of participatory arts exploration. www.beckymyrick.com
Do you find yourself too busy to have fun? Are you frequently being drawn back into thinking about difficult things? Maybe life is just feeling hard and unsatisfying?
There has been an enormous amount of research recently on the body-mind connection, brain science, and the habits and behaviors of happy people. We also know that the Enneagram helps us profoundly in understanding our own desires, needs, and habits. In this series, we will explore choices we can make to create more self-understanding, self-acceptance, and happiness.
A truly happy person thinks more clearly and openly and is more likely to affect others in a positive way and to attract good things in their life. Join us in this experiential workshop to find out how you can create happiness habits that will bring you more joy, ease, and a life you want to live! Knowledge of your own Enneagram type required.
Questions and to Register: Contact Katy.
Sign Up Now: Limited to 8 People!
Your Facilitators
Katy Taylor is a Holistic Life Coach, a Riso-Hudson Enneagram Teacher, a Way of the Happy Woman® Teacher, and a SomaYoga Teacher. She loves helping curious and soulful people practice presence so they can feel at home in their bodies and at ease & resilient in their lives. Katy helps people get in touch with their own inner wisdom so they can trust and accept who they are, one mindful choice at a time. www.katytaylor.com
Becky Myrick, M. Div, MA, is a spiritual & wellness counselor, a teacher of holistic living & of creativity which comes from our own body wisdom. She loves to dive into soul work with people, helping her clients find & follow callings, and become more fully creative. She is certified leader in InterPlay, a Higher Brain Living practitioner, an Enneagram teacher, and a lover of participatory arts exploration. www.beckymyrick.com
This is my version of the popular “Challenge.”
A perfect way to get back on track after the holidays
and to start your New Year with Presence!
For 5 days, you’ll receive daily emails with practice suggestions, and we’ll support each other in a private facebook group, sharing our triumphs and our struggles. I’ll lovingly hold your hand as you try on simple, doable changes to create more presence in your life.
Join me to get excited about your life again–
because you’ll be aligned with its innate support, rhythm, and beauty.
You’ll be living your life with sacred intention and practice.
Gurdjieff taught that we are not one unified person, but a collection of many separate selves. Various psychological systems also recognize we are made of many parts. We will explore how our ego uses a multitude of separate selves to enliven and strengthen our particular Enneagram personality type.
Becoming aware of and including these often-unconscious parts of our inner family is a key step of the journey of awakening, which is always about coming back to our innate wholeness. We will practice listening to each inner self’s unique perspective to bring these disparate parts of ourselves into one harmonious whole.
This event is part of the MN International Enneagram Association programming. It is free to MN-IEA members. 1st-time guests can attend for free. A $45 membership gives you all MN-IEA events for free, except for national presenters.
This is my version of the popular “Challenge.”
A perfect way to do a Spring refresh and renew for your spiritual practice life!
For 5 days, you’ll receive daily emails with practice suggestions, and we’ll support each other in a private facebook group, sharing our triumphs and our struggles. I’ll lovingly hold your hand as you try on simple, doable changes to create more presence in your life.
Join me to get excited about your life again–
because you’ll be aligned with its innate support, rhythm, and beauty.
You’ll be living your life with sacred intention and practice.
This event has been cancelled.
Be in touch if you’d like personal coaching!
Once the school year starts up again, things get busier! And if you have kids in the mix, it’s even fuller—you have to get them off to school AND get yourself out the door to work, too!
Join me to learn ways to fit in regular self-care presence moments that set you up for more ease and success in your daily life.
Minimum of 5 students required.
Our Western culture, our family upbringing, and even the way our brains are wired all support a dualistic perspective on life. Our lives begin with a banishment from the oneness of the womb into an either/or world of pleasure vs. pain and good vs. bad. At some primal level, we even approach our spiritual work as an attempt to transcend our humanity and become a different, more “holy” being.
What if, as Gurdjieff and the mystical paths of most faith traditions have taught, we don’t have to live constantly in this land of duality? What if we could learn how to integrate body, heart, and mind, how to trust the deeper wisdom of Third Force, restoring us to a more whole, mysterious, and inclusive perspective? From this place, we suffer less, enjoy our lives more, and live with more ease, clarity, and compassion.
Join Dave Hall and Katy Taylor for a day of heartfelt, embodied exploration of how living the Law of Three can radically transform our experience of ourselves in the world. This is a highly experiential workshop, so wear clothing you feel comfortable moving in and come ready to explore and play with your fellow seekers in the Enneagram community!
This is a 4-part series: October 18th & 25th, November 1st & 15th.
Is there anything between you and being at home in yourself? For most of us, there is, a lot of the time. Come explore what gets in the way of a free and open heart and what we can do about it—using the wisdom of the Enneagram, mindfulness, and your own loving presence.
In this 4-part series, we’ll dive deep into the false type assumptions, stories, and beliefs that get in the way of forgiving ourselves and others. With practices to engage all three centers, we’ll inquire into, come to understand, and meet with compassion the ways that we block our hearts. And we’ll courageously try on new ways of being, feeling, and thinking to forge new neural pathways and create a life worth living.
This is my version of the popular “Challenge.”
A perfect way to get back on track after the holidays
and to start your New Year with presence!
For 5 days, you’ll receive daily emails with practice suggestions, and we’ll support each other in a private facebook group, sharing our triumphs and our struggles. I’ll lovingly hold your hand as you try on simple, doable changes to create more presence in your life.
Join me to get excited about your life again–
because you’ll be aligned with its innate support, rhythm, and beauty.
You’ll be living your life with sacred intention and practice.
This is a public event sponsored by the St. Paul Public Libraries! If you can’t make this one, hope to see you at one of the next two.
Come explore the art of laughter to invite more joy, play, and wellbeing into your life with me, a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader! Because of the deep pranayamic breathing exercises, this form of practice is called Laughter Yoga, but it does not include any physical asanas and can be practiced by people of all ages who are willing to be a little bit silly.
This is a public event sponsored by the St. Paul Public Libraries! If you can’t make this one, hope to see you at the one in February.
Come explore the art of laughter to invite more joy, play, and wellbeing into your life with me, a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader! Because of the deep pranayamic breathing exercises, this form of practice is called Laughter Yoga, but it does not include any physical asanas and can be practiced by people of all ages who are willing to be a little bit silly.
Note: This workshop is part of a full-day women’s retreat. Exact time of my 75-minute workshop TBA.
Join me to explore practices to support you in cultivating the confidence and heart needed to live your life courageously. This workshop is experiential and will include working with body (movement), heart (attunement and compassion), mind (mindset and awareness), and soul (inner aligning).
(For an hors d’oeuvre, try the practice pictured above.)
This is a public event sponsored by the St. Paul Public Libraries!
Come explore the art of laughter to invite more joy, play, and wellbeing into your life with me, a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader! Because of the deep pranayamic breathing exercises, this form of practice is called Laughter Yoga, but it does not include any physical asanas and can be practiced by people of all ages who are willing to be a little bit silly.
Spring is the season for new beginnings—
for Holy Happenings.
But if you’re feeling sluggish, low on energy, worn out, or just plain winter weary, you may need a reset!
Join spiritual educator, Jan Lundy and Friends ( I’m one of them 🙂 ) for a one-of-a-kind experience of clearing, opening, and harmonizing so Spring’s juicy energy and goodness can pour into YOU.
“Spring Reset” begins Monday, April 9, and it will “Revitalize Your Body,” “Rebalance Your Heart-Mind,” and “Restore Your Spirit”!
Through 30 days of stellar information, inspiration, personal practices, and generous guidance from Jan and her Reset Team–me, Carol Egan, and Kaveri Patel, experts in body, mind, spirit wellness–we’ll help you get re-energized and reboot your life so you can experience your best, most glorious Spring yet!
The instincts of the Enneagram teachings are the name we give to a group of three flavors of instinctual life-force energies. These are the same energies we share with our animal ancestors.
The instincts supply the fuel for the way our type manifests in the world, so learning about and working with them is a way to understand how your Enneagram type is driven around in the world, how you go on autopilot and lose presence.
In this workshop, we will explore the three instincts, inquire as to how they show up in our lives, and come up with ways to live them in a more balanced manner that promotes growth, transformation, and deeper presence.
Full Voice: The Art & Practice
of Vocal Presence
How can you embody your full presence–through your voice?
How can you speak so people will listen?
What gifts reside deep inside you that are yearning for expression?
How would your life be different if you were “unsilenced?” If your voice were alive, expressive, powerful, and clear?
No matter what you do for a living, you spend a good part of every day in conversation–at work, at home, and in your community. As important as our voices are, few of us know how to embody them to their full potential. Many of us feel self-conscious about how we sound, but don’t know how to make authentic, lasting change in our voices.
Learning to consciously tap the full range of expression available to you in your voice also opens up a fuller range in your bodysoul… and makes it much more likely that your message will reach the minds and hearts of your listeners. Working with your own full voice makes you a more skillful listener as well.
Full Voice is the work of Barbara McAfee–I am in her Full Voice Coach Training Program and this is part of my practicum!
In this highly interactive, practical, and fun workshop, together, we will:
- Explore our vocal strengths, habits, assumptions, and challenges,
- Increase vocal awareness, flexibility, and expression using the Five Elements Framework,
- Identify ways to use voice to project authority, express passion, extend compassion, and convey vision in everyday conversations,
- Learn how to use our voices to awaken our gifts,
- And have fun, playing and making sound together!
Logistics:
Friday, November 2nd, from 7:00-8:30
St. Paul Yoga Center, Corner Studio
FREE! Let me know you’re coming, or just show up!
This is a public event sponsored by the St. Paul Public Libraries!
Come explore the art of laughter to invite more joy, play, and wellbeing into your life with me, a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader! Because of the deep pranayamic breathing exercises, this form of practice is called Laughter Yoga, but it does not include any physical asanas and can be practiced by people of all ages who are willing to be a little bit silly.
- January 30th, 2:00 pm, West 7th Library
- February 14th, 11:30 am, Sun Ray Library
- February 19th, 6:30 pm, Rondo Library
Did you know that the Enneagram is not just about personality? The types are best understood when we consider their divine origins. Each type, at its deepest essence, is a flavor of the Divine, of True Nature, of God. When we feel disconnected from the Divine, the ego personality that develops is a compensation for this loss, an attempt to get back to our sacred home.
We will explore the Essence Qualities of the 9 types with words, image, and poetry. From this deep understanding of our Essence, we understand how feeling separated from it causes each ego type personality to unfold with perfect beauty and coherence. We will also consider how this loss of divine Essence contributes to the distortion of the instincts.
It’s never too cold to laugh, but it is too cold to go out if you don’t have to, so stay in and we’ll reschedule this session soon!
This is a public event sponsored by the St. Paul Public Libraries!
Come explore the art of laughter to invite more joy, play, and wellbeing into your life with me, a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader! Because of the deep pranayamic breathing exercises, this form of practice is called Laughter Yoga, but it does not include any physical asanas and can be practiced by people of all ages who are willing to be a little bit silly.
- January 20th, 2:00 pm, George Latimer Central Library
- February 14th, 11:30 am, Sun Ray Library
- February 19th, 6:30 pm, Rondo Library
This is a public event sponsored by the St. Paul Public Libraries!
Come explore the art of laughter to invite more joy, play, and wellbeing into your life with me, a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader! Because of the deep pranayamic breathing exercises, this form of practice is called Laughter Yoga, but it does not include any physical asanas and can be practiced by people of all ages who are willing to be a little bit silly.
- January 20th, 2:00 pm, George Latimer Central Library
- February 14th, 11:30 am, Sun Ray Library
- February 19th, 6:30 pm, Rondo Library
This is a public event sponsored by the St. Paul Public Libraries!
Come explore the art of laughter to invite more joy, play, and wellbeing into your life with me, a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader! Because of the deep pranayamic breathing exercises, this form of practice is called Laughter Yoga, but it does not include any physical asanas and can be practiced by people of all ages who are willing to be a little bit silly.
- January 20th, 2:00 pm, George Latimer Central Library
- February 13th, 2:00 pm, West 7th Library
- February 19th, 6:30 pm, Rondo Library
This is a public event sponsored by the St. Paul Public Libraries!
Come explore the art of laughter to invite more joy, play, and wellbeing into your life with me, a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader! Because of the deep pranayamic breathing exercises, this form of practice is called Laughter Yoga, but it does not include any physical asanas and can be practiced by people of all ages who are willing to be a little bit silly.
- January 20th, 2:00 pm, George Latimer Central Library
- February 13th, 2:00 pm, West 7th Library
- February 14th, 11:30 pm, Sun Ray Library
Cancelled–Watch for a New Date in 2020!
Taught by Dave Hall and Katy Taylor at the beautiful, rural Christine Center in Wisconsin.
What does it mean to recover our wholeness?
How is it that we find ourselves, as adults, living in a small room tucked away in a corner of the glorious mansion of ourselves?
What happened to the freedom and joy and possibility that we may remember from our early childhood?
The Enneagram can give us a focusing lens on our core personality type, helping us understand how the world and our families responded to our core needs, desires, and fears—and how we, in turn, responded to the world—creating the partial personality we inhabit now. The Enneagram can also show us, because it is itself a complete model of the human soul, the way to recover our initial wholeness.
We learn about our own core personality type, not to label ourselves or to stuff ourselves into a box, but to understand the nature of the box we already live in—and to see the way out!
Over many years of teaching the Enneagram together, we have developed our own unique way of conveying the riches of this transformational system, incorporating stories, poetry, music, imagery, discussion, and embodied experience, all as ways to help participants find their unique path back to wholeness.
Minimum of 15 students.
More information and registration on the Christine Center website:
The Enneagram types divide symmetrically into a number of triads which reveal similarities about the types in them.
One of these is the Dominant Affect Groups, first named and developed by Don Riso and called the Harmony Triads by David Daniels.
The Dominant Affect triad shows us one of the ways, as a result of our type, that we initially reacted to the loss of direct contact with the Divine. Within each triad, each type lives out a specific flavor of how we manage that loss and, in so doing, resist reality, losing presence.
We must continually practice to undo these underlying orientations to reality in order to be in more direct contact with the Divine. As we do, we not only feel more present, but also in more real contact with others.
We will explore not only the theory, but how we can practice to release the grip of the Dominant Affects and become more whole.
The Law of Three teaches us how to work through the places where we get stuck in dualistic either-or thinking. Learning how to access the Third Force leads to more “Win-Win-Win” outcomes in our lives. And, yes, that makes three wins!
In this workshop, we will explore Gurdjieff’s Process Enneagram to understand how accessing Third Force enables us to jump to a higher “octave” in our work of psycho-spiritual transformation.
Free for members, students, and first-time guests. No advance registration is required.
I’m not teaching a regular class these days, but I will be subbing for Terese Pritchett’s classes for a few weeks if you’d like to study with me. My approach is based on my training in SomaYoga and women’s yoga, and includes a lot of practice with interoception (feeling inside your body for how the movement affects you) and with mindfulness. Read more.
I teach yoga as a way of being present with your body.
You can drop in or register ahead of time:
May 28, Tuesday, 9:30 – 11:00, Ageless
May 29, Wednesday, 9:30 – 11:00, Ageless
May 31, Friday, 9:30 – 11:00, Ageless
June 3, Monday, 5:30- 6:45, Beginning/Continuing
June 4, Tuesday, 9:30 – 11:00, Ageless
June 5, Wednesday, 9:30 – 11:00, Ageless
June 7, Friday, 9:30 – 11:00, Ageless
Since we’ll be moving to the Pacific NorthWest this summer, this may be the last chance to study with me!
I’d love to see and practice with you!
Full Voice: The Art & Practice
of Vocal Presence
How can you embody your full presence–through your voice?
How can you speak so people will listen?
What gifts reside deep inside you that are yearning for expression?
How would your life be different if you were “unsilenced?” If your voice were alive, expressive, powerful, and clear?
No matter what you do for a living, you spend a good part of every day in conversation–at work, at home, and in your community. As important as our voices are, few of us know how to embody them to their full potential. Many of us feel self-conscious about how we sound, but don’t know how to make authentic, lasting change in our voices.
Learning to consciously tap the full range of expression available to you in your voice also opens up a fuller range in your bodysoul… and makes it much more likely that your message will reach the minds and hearts of your listeners. Working with your own full voice makes you a more skillful listener as well.
Full Voice is the work of Barbara McAfee–I am a Certified Full Voice Coach.
In this highly interactive, practical, and fun workshop, together, we will:
- Explore our vocal strengths, habits, assumptions, and challenges,
- Increase vocal awareness, flexibility, and expression using the Five Elements Framework,
- Identify ways to use voice to project authority, express passion, extend compassion, and convey vision in everyday conversations,
- Learn how to use our voices to awaken our gifts,
- And have fun, playing and making sound together!
FREE, but…
About Me
I support curious and soulful people to practice presence so they can feel more at home in the bodies and at ease & resilient in their lives! Read more. Seeking a Profound Map of the Soul?
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