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Here are the classes I’m offering rest practices through June: - Sunday, April 5 at 6 PM - Sunday, May 3 at 6 PM - Sunday, May 31 at 6 PM - Sunday, June 14 at 6 PM - Sunday, June 28 at 6 PM Rest is a radical act of resistance. In my preparation for classes this week, I have been reminded of my seventeen year old self being in a choir. A big part was learning that when one part of the chorus needs to hold a note, Individual people in that part alternate taking breaths; making it look on the outside as if that note is being held for much longer. This is how we need to do and practice ongoing activism in a sustainable way. Rest is absolutely necessary. Rest is an integral part of being able to show up. Rest is grounding. Rest is an incredible act of resistance. Taking time for rest allows for there to be capacity to protest, educate ourselves and others, call our representatives, offer acts of community care, and more. Rest could look like closing your eyes for five minutes in the middle of the day, taking a nap, or engaging in some of self-care, or maybe going on a walk. If you’d like to take a rest practice, you can sign up through my website, linked in my bio.

Point Elliott Treaty of 1855, now honored each Jan. 22, secured for the Lummi people the right to healthcare, education, hunting, fishing, a healthy environment, salmon, water and sustaining their way of life. “We are fighting to ensure that the federal government and all surrounding governments and agencies are upholding our treaty rights that were promised to us in 1855.” “That’s what our ancestors wanted for us, for our people to live a healthy life. To be rid of the historical trauma and the genocide that we faced and to be able to continue to take care of ourselves.” *snippets from The Bellingham Herald article titled “what is treaty day?” Photos by: @ellecartierphoto Earrings by: @coppercanoewoman

Winter class schedule: - Sundays, 4 pm @vitalbellingham - Wednesdays, 10 am & Fridays, 12 pm @focalpointpilatesandmovement I’m happy to be holding space for breath + rest + movement again, even while I’m continuing on the journey of recovery after a shoulder/bicep surgery. Wishing you coziness, ease, and softness this winter season 💫

THIS WEEK! There's still some spots left, and if love to see you there ✨

the good list: good hangs, leaves floating in puddles reflecting the clouds, sunshine in the deep autumn, lounge days, a dance party, quality time with my loves, the humming bird fluttering outside my window, rainbows, zorahn's contagious smile + win 🍂✨ What's on your good list?

This month you can move with me on: > Sundays: Slow Flow, 4p @vitalbellingham > Wednesdays: Slow Flow, 10a @focalpointpilatesandmovement > Fridays: Slow Flow, 12p @focalpointpilatesandmovement Special Classes all either hosted at or by @vitalbellingham > Nov 2: Rest + Movement at 6p > Nov 16: Deep Dive for Hip + Assisted Rest 5:30p > Nov 16: Rest + Movement at 7:30p > Nov 30: Rest + Movement at 6p See you there ✨

Perls, a German psychologist, believed that when we experience fear, our bodies often tense up, our heart rate increases, and we often hold our breath. The same is happening in our bodies when we experience excitement, except that we are more likely to breathe deeply and fully. This could be a perspective shift and offer insight to how/what we might be feeling. What are your thoughts? 🍂

I'm wearing my favorite jeans in the first photo taken on a getaway with a sweet friend. Later this year, those jeans ripped straight down the backside. I'm still sad about it, & still searching for a pair I love this much. Anyway, Hi! I'm glad you've found this cozy little spot on this wonderfully strange little app. I'm Felicia. I've been teaching yoga for almost five years now and practicing for much longer. I am passionate about helping people feel good in their bodies by accessing their body’s innate goodness through rest & movement. I am on a continual journey of understanding my intersectionality and privilege, and how those intersecting identities inform the way I hold space. I am a person of color (or, as @britthawthorne says, “person of the global majority”) with Indigenous Mexican & French ancestry. My primary intersecting identities include being a cisgender, queer woman who is outwardly able-bodied with an invisible chronic disorder. I’m also a single mom and a graduate student. I've struggled with understanding my place in teaching the sacred rituals of yoga in a Western, capitalist society. It's an ever-evolving conversation I've been having with myself & others since teacher training. How we honor the vast landscape of yoga's roots while staying within a prescribed 60-minute session often doesn't seem adequately doable ✨ AND ✨ I love yoga. Yoga has taught me an immense amount about myself & the world around me. I continue to practice (and teach) it through movement (asana), breathwork (pranayama), nonviolence (ahimsa), and other integral elements part of the eight limbs of yoga. Yoga, for me, has been a practice of re-embodiment by way of being present with my body after trauma that took my agency. Yogic philosophy informs my class design & I strive to hold space for people to connect with their moving, breathing, beautiful bodies. This is the foundation of why I created the Rest Practice, an expanding practice that weaves multiple modalities together in different class styles to support restorative, nourishing spaces that foster curiosity, self-compassion, and deep, healing rest. Thanks for being here ♥️

Two weeks until the first of four rest + movement classes coming up on November 2 at 6pm ✨ Sign up through link in bio or going to rest practice.com

Public Schedule this week: 🍁 Friday 10/24 - 12pm Slow Flow @focalpointpilatesandmovement 🍁 Sunday 10/26 - 4pm Slow Flow @vitalbellingham Hope you're having a sweet, cozy rainy (if you're in Bellingham) day ✨

Go slowly into Autumn, notice the colours, sense the breeze amongst the trees as September softly sweeps the summer away. Autumn is nature's way of making room after the brimful abundance of summer. A time for slowly shedding what is no longer needed. Let go of what you don’t need. Let the gentle breeze help you discover which leaves are ready to fall. Let them go, lovingly, and with gratitude, knowing summer will come again. Smile inside your heart, and feel the earth beneath your feet, safe in the knowledge that change can be beautiful. - @poetry_by_abaigeal

"Rest amplifies our ability to... dream for the collective and ourselves." @tracee_stanley I love this aspect of rest. That it stills the mind & body enough for us to dream of new ideas, think more creatively, and access curiosity about ourselves and others. 💫 This quote is from Tracee's book "Radiant Rest" that I'm currently reading 🍁

(re) introducing The Rest Practice ✨ Last slide, 📷: @ellecartierphoto

Wishing you a warm transition into autumn on this fall equinox ✨ - Going into fall, you can (slow) flow with me @focalpointpilatesandmovement on 🍁Tuesdays at 8:30a 🍁Fridays at 12p And @vitalbellingham on 🍁Sundays at 4p

"To learn to swim in the ocean of not-knowing- this is my constant work." - Suleika Jaouad