Full Moon Goddess Workshop
October 8, 2022
7:30-9:00pm
The Hunter’s Moon
with Amber Ricchetti and Shanna Nardone
Gather in a circle of women* under the magic of the Hunter’s Full Moon for an evening of deep restoration and connection with your inner goddess.
The Hunter’s Moon symbolizes the final preparations for winter. The days get shorter and cooler, animals prepare for hibernation, and we too begin to slow down and ground. Physically our metabolism and body slows; spiritually, our soul needs to rest and reset.
Our evening together begins with Restorative Yoga, which is designed to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and move you into a state of “rest and digest.” We will support our bodies during these long, lingering poses with bolsters, blankets and blocks. This particular yoga sequence focuses on opening and balancing your lower chakras to ground you and connect you with the infinite wisdom of mother earth. Safety and security in our lower chakras lays the foundation for your inner goddess to come out and play.
From this state of deep relaxation and connection we will journey through a guided meditation based on the folktale 7 League Boots. This visualization will lead you to your unique medicine place where you will awaken your inner goddess and receive her intuitive messages.
The experience will be enhanced throughout with Reiki (divinely guided energy) and aromatherapy blends to ground through your lower chakras and invoke the divine within.
This is a beautiful opportunity to gather together and harness the transformational energy of the full moon. To continue your goddess awakening, you will depart with crystals and tokens (charged by the full hunter moon) to make your own Goddess Altar at home.
*This event is open to all those who identify as female, including both cis and trans gender.
Amber
Amber, who specializes in pre/postnatal yoga and Barre, is an enthusiastic and supportive instructor. Amber’s first yoga class as a high-school student was right over in Princeton Harbor. Further exploration from there led her to a regular Bikram practice as a young adult. Eventually, Amber’s interest in yoga pivoted to the comfort, peace, and community it provides. Her formative experience in taking and teaching yoga in Madison, WI, led her to teach Yin, Barre3, Yoga for Kids, and Pre/Postnatal. She is also a certified Reiki Master.
Amber spent her first decade in Southern California until her family settled in Half Moon Bay, where she graduated from HMBHS. She attended UC Irvine, where she received her BA in English. After college, she worked as a journalist for the HMB Review and gained further experience in marketing. Once Amber found healing from postpartum depression through yoga, she walked away from her traditional career path and dedicated herself to helping new mothers to find support through the practice.
Shanna
Meet Shanna Nardone, a Certified Life Coach and the founder of Maternal Grove. Her company is focused on self discovery, empowerment, and individual transformation.
As a woman, wife, mother of two, entrepreneur, and more, Shanna learned first hand the importance of finding acceptance and the beauty within herself to live a spacious and balanced life. She chose to stop allowing societal pressures to define what it meant to be a “good mom” and woman and started living an authentic life for herself.
Her mission is to support other maternal figures in rediscovering and reconnecting with themselves, their inner beauty, creating boundaries, prioritizing themselves and their time, and exploring new outlooks.
