Rooted & Reaching Yoga & Embodied Care

04/06/2026

Join me (Jody) for an embodied exploration of the Eucharist.
It is 100% {VIRTUAL} & {FREE} !!
"This is My Body: a Eucharistic Path to a More Fully Embodied, Whole Hearted Life" :: Find out more details here and reply (via email button) to participate:
https://mailchi.mp/4cfb69f817f6/embodied-exploration-of-the-eucharist

03/02/2026

So heart-broken to make this post, but our beloved Loree Ronk has moved from this life to a greater life of freedom from disease. Loree attended Rooted & Reaching classes for MANY years and kept attending even as she battled cancer and blindness related to her disease. Her sweet, kind, gentle and determined spirit is an inspiration to all of us. She leaves behind her husband and children so please be in prayer for all of them.

02/02/2026

Two BEaUtiful quotes from Anne-Marie Sayers, Tribal Chairperson of the Ohlone/ Costanoan people of Indian Canyon:

"A human being's identity is inseparable from one’s connection
to Spirit. Without Spirit we are divided and empty and cannot find our true identity. Unless people are connected to Spirit, life is going to be very difficult in today’s world that is so deprived of the Sacred."

"My mother believed that when the ceremonies, songs and
dances stop, so does the Earth. And I do too. It all comes back to the Mutsun word Noso-n which means “In Breath so it is in Spirit”. If it breathes, it is alive, and if it is alive, it has a spirit. All of life is inter-connected and sacred."

01/03/2026

What light will guide you this year?
Join us for our Epiphany-themed Faith & Flow class Wed, Jan 7th.
Two options:
10am The Ashland Kroc Center
5:15pm at AU Chapel
Regular class schedule starts back Monday, Jan 19.

12/26/2025

Breath Prayers for Advent: On Christmas Day we light the Christ candle… for a Savior that brings his Light to the darkness… all the broken, shattered, crippled, withered, grieving and dying places within. A Light that asks something different of us than the place we find ourselves stuck. Do we have the courage reach towards the Light? Read more at: https://jodythomae.com/2025/12/25/breath-prayers-for-the-rest-of-us-advent-christ/

12/21/2025

Week 4 of Breath Prayers for Advent -- for those struggling to get through this holiday season -- today we light the candle of LOVE. How do we find and respond to the gift of LOVE being offered when the darkness attempts to isolate us?
Breathe with me here: https://jodythomae.com/2025/12/21/breath-prayers-advent-love/

12/15/2025

Breath Prayers for Advent series -- this week we light and breathe with the theme of JOY with the words of Kahlil Gibran:
Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.

If you struggle to find JOY in the midst of this season... due to loss, grief, anxiety, depression, sorrow... these are breath prayers for you. Come breathe with us at: https://jodythomae.com/2025/12/14/breath-prayers-advent-joy/

12/13/2025

"And a partridge in a pear tree!!!!!" And that's a wrap for 2025!
We'll be off through the holidays. We start back Wednesday, Jan 7th with our normal schedule:
6pm Mondays BREATHE Ashland University Chapel
10am Wednesdays BELONG Faith&Flow The Ashland Kroc Center
5:15pm Wednesdays BELIEVE Faith&Flow Ashland U Chapel

12/08/2025

Breath Prayers for the Rest of Us-- a weekly Advent series to bless those who struggle during the holiday season. This week we light the candle of PEACE. But what if peace alludes you? Read more & breathe with me here: https://jodythomae.com/2025/12/07/breath-prayers-advent-peace/

12/03/2025

🤣❤️💚😂

🔄 or ↗️if you’re a 🧘‍♂️🧘‍♀️🧘.

11/30/2025

"Breath Prayers for the Rest of Us" -- a weekly Advent series to bless those who struggle to make it through the Holiday season. Today we light the candle of HOPE to push back the darkness with a stunning line from the poetry from Jan Richardson:
https://jodythomae.com/2025/11/30/breath-prayers-advent-hope/

"Breath Prayers for the Rest of Us" -- a weekly Advent series to bless those who struggle to make it through the Holiday season. Today we light the candle of HOPE to push back the darkness:
https://jodythomae.com/2025/11/30/breath-prayers-advent-hope/

11/21/2025

I have my creative friend Peyton to thank for this one.