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A community to connect and experience joy through movement, breathwork, meditation, and cold exposure.

07/04/2025

Getting real and unfiltered on Substack today. This one didn’t go out as an email (maybe because I fear it’s too vulnerable?) but if you care to read —> erinortbals.substack.com

06/05/2025

🎉 Plunge into Calm ~ one month from today: Sunday July 6th! I know it is a holiday weekend, but if you’re in town, mark your calendar to come breathe, plunge, and cool off from our crazy Texas summer. I’ve missed you guys! DM me for the link if you need it. Sign up is on Luma as always.

05/12/2025

When I think about the retreats I’ve been to, I picture this giant stained glass window. Each of us a different piece of glass, with our own shape and color. In regular life, most of us hang out in these little clusters of similar colors and shapes. The people we encounter become comfortable and familiar, but limiting.

Then you step into a retreat and suddenly you’re surrounded by a bigger subset of the stained glass window. There are people from different backgrounds, different geographic locations, different ages, and have different ways of seeing the world.

It’s in these retreats the fog and buildup of everyday life begins to lift and it’s like the glass gets cleaned. Everyone’s colors start to shine more vividly. You may show up thinking you are one color, then you start to see other people’s colors and realize, “Wait, I have some of that in me too.” Retreats create this rare space where we can shine our colors brightly - we can “wave our freak flag” proudly. And in doing that, we start to discover new parts of ourselves through others. We become mirrors for each other.

And maybe eventually we start to realize we aren’t these little slivers of stained glass window at all - we are the light shining through it. We are all connected and made of multitudes. 🪞

And alas, these slivers of time in retreat settings are not “real life” in an everyday sense. But they are a powerful reminder that we are all this big, beautiful mosaic. And we carry those colors with us, even after we go home.

🙏🙏
for the incredible photo 📸co for the amazing retreat 🪩✨

04/21/2025

If you can breathe, you can find a place to rest in the middle of things & be where your feet are. Even if it’s in mud. 👣⏳✨

04/10/2025

It’s 90 degrees in Austin and I’m in my happy place: post plunge, soaking up the sun with a book, feeling so freaking grateful for this day and this life.

On a slightly different note… I’m really trying to embrace a bit of a softer approach to life, including exercise. Which means a bit of a softer body. And I have to say, putting on swimsuit for the first time this season felt a little different, but also so liberating and good. So - here’s so forehead wrinkles and healthy bodies in whatever way/shape/form them come in.

Also - if you want to soak in this post plunge sunshine bliss, sign up for plunge into calm on April 27th. ☀️💦I know I’ve been all over the place with scheduling, but I’m stoked to have it when I can.

03/30/2025

STEINER RANCH PEEPS. First Friday start THIS Friday! I feel the need to make it very clear that I’m not throwing an event at the park - just formally creating a time and space for people to come out, hang and meet neighbors. I’ve been craving sand volleyball, and my kids have been craving unstructured multi-age play. Or maybe I’ve been craving it for them. 🤔 Either way - come hang. BYO snacks and drinks (or not). Most importantly, bring a FUN VIBE. 🥳 && spread the word.

03/29/2025

what you see // what you don’t

Peeling myself out of bed every single morning while the world is still asleep. Feeding the cats, stepping over toys. Setting a timer in a dimly lit room, and sitting with my wild mind.

Only you can take your seat. As the post on the last slide is titled, “you have to get wet”.

I often find it hard to articulate why is so important to me. What started as a pursuit for stress relief has become the foundation of my life. And what I love about Zen in particular, is that nobody tells you what to believe. Nobody asks you to take their word for it. It just invites you to take your seat and see for yourself.

03/14/2025

Sign up at erinortbals.com and get it on the calendar before the spring break madness begins. 😜 Hope to see you all at on Thursday, March 27th! 🤍

03/06/2025

The more we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to truly connect with others in a meaningful way. When we truly see and feel seen, we build the kind of relationships that research now shows are the key to lasting happiness and a long, fulfilling life. ✨🪞

Which is why we're breathing again at on Thursday, March 27th from 6-7:30.

What to expect:
🌀 Playful Connection – Start the evening with energizing, lighthearted activities designed to help you drop your guard and feel at home in the space. Think movement, not lame ice breakers 😜, and a few surprises to bring everyone together.
🫁 Breathwork – A longer guided breathwork session open to all experience levels.
☕ Cacao & Reflection – After the session, we’ll open space for optional sharing—no pressure. Sip on warm cacao, soak in the vibes, and ease back into the world feeling lighter, clearer, and more connected.

🎟️erinortbals.com

02/28/2025

“Let the body be still, let the breath settle, let the sounds around us show themselves. Let the world hold us just a little. And then even with a clench of emotion in the heart, and a stream of words and images in the mind, if we just let them flow as they do, we can come into a tenderness behind them, around them, that's always here, and in it find a kindness that has no source, that is intrinsic to being itself.”
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Thank you to everyone came out last night. We love you! And thank you to for the incredible sounds and for the BEAUTIFUL space at . Let’s keep this going! 🪐

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