UPCOMING Colorado/Online Classes
Sunday, Dec. 15 @ 1000 in Golden, Co at Welcome Goddess
Past Classes
Thy Heart
Thy heart.
My heart. Your heart. The collective heart. These two words so simple, yet probably one of the biggest, if not the biggest learning, we will ever undertake in this lifetime will be a heart journey… journeys over our lifetime.
Always leading, coming back to my own heart and the search for love, in all realms and ways.
As one of my mentors and the founder of Qoya says, Whatever is happening in your life at this moment, are you willing to open your heart to it?
Can I stay soft in a society that tries to mold me in a way of their own craft?
Can I open my heart even though I know that eventually that will equal loss?
Am I willing to accept my role as love warrior and carry on in the ways only a lover can do?
The answer for me has always been yes, even in the hardest moments of my life where I felt like love and my heart could never be found again.
In true warrior fashion, I find myself choosing the battle of the heart and all that encompasses. I can be in my heart space and still be strong. I can honor thy heart with boundaries and sacredness, along with a softness.
Embracing the Mess
During this 90-minute session, we draw on the healing movement of honoring the way our body wants to move, we examine and share our intention with community, we look to the wisdom of yoga, and we go through an alchemical sequence co-created with music, dance, community and self that connects us deeper with our bodies.
I have tried to avoid the mess for a lot of my life, expecting perfection and togetherness and becoming sad when that didn’t work out because ‘uh, there’s no such thing as perfect,’ and if I wait for that moment, I will be waiting forever.
I can create and be messy. I can do things I do not know how to and it might be ugly or messy or not put together. And I can honor that too. That is the beauty of it all. Nature is not wrapped up in a bow. Yes, there are moments of pure beauty, but it sourced from the dirt and blood of the mess and throes of life. I am choosing to dance with the mess, chaos and beauty of life and honoring the ways I show up even when it is messy.
This is a Qoya Inspired Movement class led by Alexandria Mosness Santa.
This experience is offered to all gender and sexes, as well as marginalized genders including women, women-identifying individuals, and non-binary and gender non-conforming people.
There are no levels in Qoya and no way to do it wrong!. The way you know you’re doing it right is when it feels good– but more than feel good that it feels true for you.
“Qoya is a mix of yoga, dance, and movement to embody the woman [individual] who is Wise, Wild and Free. But…it's more than that. Through Qoya, we tap into the pulse of life.
You know those moments when you see a sunset, and your whole body relaxes?
When you are on the open road, and life feels full of possibility?
When you are caught up in the contagious laughter of a child?
When you feel the warmth of your loverʼs body in bed?
When you experience the fulfillment of work you are proud of and put into the world?
When you have a catch-up with an old friend, and at the end of the conversation, you really feel like everything is going to be ok?
When you experience moments when life expands and becomes sacred?
Qoya is based on the idea that through movement, we are able to tap into this essence, this sacred pulse of life. Once we experience it, we remember how to honor and express it.” -Rochelle Schieck - Qoya Inspired Movement Founder