Joy Evans

03/29/2025

Hi Friends,

I'm loving facilitating the Strolls for Well-Being Program at Bloedel Reserve! If you missed the sign-up for the Spring Program, mark your calendars. We have a cohort for each season, and the summer program will run from June 11 - Aug 30. 🌻 Registration opens in May 🌻

Join us for 6-mo. complementary membership to the beautiful gardens of Bloedel and join me during orientation, mid-point workshop Sound Healing with Trees, and for the final reflection!

Reach out with any questions and more info at: https://bloedelreserve.org/event/summer-strolls-2025/

05/23/2024

Today is my birthday! This year my birthday wish is that collectively we support more BIPOC accessing the healing potential of rest in nature.

Hestia Magic Retreat Center is a refuge where people come to be nourished by the land. With your financial support, we can serve more community leaders, healers, teachers and caregivers from low-income, BIPOC communities!

To join me in donating to Hestia’s Rest is Resistance Campaign on the donation page in your dedication line write “Hestia Community Wellness Fund - Joy Evans”.
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Learn more about this awesome campaign & the stewards of Hestia Retreat Centers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsCrY7FOY04&t=377s

Pictures taken at Hestia Mount Shasta Retreat Center & Virtual Wellness Club in the Ancestral Grove, Eco-cabin, and my singing bowls on the deck of Mama Yurt during 1:1 sessions last November.
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05/02/2024

I hope today was bright and glorious for you! I went from creating an earth alter to a fire ceremony with singing bowls and calling in abundance!

Today was full and brilliant, bursting with life, a sunbow, bees, and bunnies galore, complete with an osprey circling overhead.

Yes to abundance in all it's forms! Yes to friends who honor the sacredness of the earth! Yes to peace radiating from our hearts to the entire earth. ✨🐇

04/26/2024

Happy Arbor Day, friends!

I adore trees...it really shouldn't surprise anyone who knows me that I decided to become a forest therapy guide.

My love of trees started early when my brothers were up trees, I wanted to be there too. Trees were our playground, our shade from the hot Texas sun, my escape as a middle schooler, and eventually, I remembered how much I love tree's energy. I've made amazing tree friends all over the globe. I can't image life without them, and I so grateful for the breath they share with us.

I am particularly fond of old-growth or older trees and have been in awe in the presence of trees that were alive thousands of years ago.

Do you love trees too? Or maybe you have a really sweet friend you are deeply rooted to? I'd love to see a picture of your tree friends! 🌲🌳🌴🌵

If you're curious, you can learn more about forest bathing at
www.joyevansmsw.com/foresttherapy 💚

My love of trees started early.

04/13/2024

So grateful to the tree and plant friends at Dayaalu who held space for us yesterday as we attuned to the energy of spring.🌿 The earth shared powerful messages for us when we slowed down and listened past the everyday noise. And so beautiful to witness the synergy among folks who gathered, including a very sweet connection to tea; thank you for coming with open hearts.💚
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May the universe
be on fire with Presence for us this day.
May the new sun’s rising
grace us with gratitude.
Let Earth’s greenness shine
and its water breathe with Spirit.
Let heaven’s winds stir the soil of our soul
and fresh awakenings rise within us.
May the mighty angels of light
glisten in all things this day.
May they summon us to reverence,
may they call us to life."
-John Philip Newell, Praying with the Earth
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If you wan to attune to the energy of spring, join us at Dayaalu Center
Thursdays, 2pm 🌿 https://dayaalucenter.com/

04/10/2024

I'm so excited to share a new series starting tomorrow Dayaalu Center!

🌿 Deepen your relationship with the earth through nature therapy practices.
🌿 Be inspired by the Celtic perspective of seeing the sacred in all life.
🌿 Attune your heart and throat chakra to Spring's energy with sound healing.
🌿 Connect and learn with others who love sound healing rooted in nature!

🌿 Spring Healing with Joy 🌿
Thursdays: Apr. 11, 18, 25 & May 2
2:00-4:00pm

"Our work, rather, is to help reawaken the sense of the sacred that is already deep in the human soul, our primordial relationship with nature, our ancient mother love of the earth. We can be part of its rising again."

John Philip Newell, Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul

His book is now available in our studio shop. Ask Sue or Joy Evans about this amazing Celtic teacher and spiritual author- they’ve recently heard him speak at a gathering in Seattle.

04/09/2024

What a beautiful solar eclipse/ New Moon gathering last night with Hestia Mount Shasta Retreat Center & Virtual Wellness Club 🌑✨ I'm so grateful for each of the hearts who joined us online! I hope you found a way to rest and to notice how you were impacted by yesterday's perfect celestial alignment of earth, moon, and sun!

At the end of each gathering we pull an intention from the online Gratitude Blooming deck for the community. The intention for next moon cycle is dandelion. "Can you appreciate the time and effort required to nurture the things you truly love?"

As you notice those bright yellow flowers popping up in the neighborhood, know you can connect with this powerful plant in many ways. There are teas for sale and ways to easily harvest this bright friend encouraging you to root into the things you love!

We'll see you next New Moon on Hestia's stewardship from the Big Island 💙🌈
Bowls pictured on the ground were played for April's new moon; bowls on the shelf will be sharing their energy at the next New Moon Gathering on Tuesday, May 7.

You can join us online: hestiamagic.com/newmoon

Until then, stay rooted, friends!

03/24/2024

Deepen your practices of connecting with our tree and plant teachers as they unfold their leaves.

What is unfurling around you and within you this spring?
Join us in April 🌿

03/17/2024

Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️ I hope you find time to be outdoors today, connecting to the greening earth.

St. Patrick is a beloved Irish saint, yet, have you ever heard this part of his protection prayer? Often overlooked, with its deep connection to nature. I'm grateful to John Philip Newell for introducing this side of St. Patrick to me.

📷 Wood sorrel is standing in for clover here. (Clover has rounded leaves; wood sorrel in this photo taken on my forest walk in the PNW is heart-shaped.)

03/14/2024

"As I rest, I must make space for others to rest."
~ Tricia Hersey, The Nap Minister

My favorite indoor sit spot was so helpful during my recovery this winter. I've been waiting for this point of the wheel of the year and resting on an entirely new level until Spring Equinox...you know the kind of level where your doctor says no choice...your body must rest!

The Rest Deck from The Nap Ministry has been an incredible tool, especially when my mind was telling me I wasn't being productive enough. "Rest does not have to be earned" is one of my favorite tenants of the Nap Ministry.

It felt right for this spot to hold space for my intentions of the Spring Equinox celebration this Saturday at Dayaalu Center. And these beautiful raw rose quartz crystals (currently sunbathing) will also soak up the energy of the community sound healing to remind you to connect to your heart with gentle, loving energy.

If you want to be inspired by The Rest Deck for yourself and go home with a new crystal friend to support your growth this Spring -- I'd love to see you this Saturday.

🌿🩷 Let's celebrate Spring Equinox together!
Learn more at www.joyevansmsw.com/events

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Joy Evans, MSW (she/her) combines trauma-healing modalities with sound and forest therapy to lead people out of the perpetual stress response, to reconnect with the details of the senses and return to clarity, centered self, and calm.

Joy welcomes folks from all backgrounds, especially LGBTQ+ and BIPOC to her offerings. 🌈 Find Joy at joyevansmsw.com and youtube.com/

03/13/2024

I love celebrating Spring Equinox at Dayaalu Center!

Would you like to join us in-person on Bainbridge Island?
🌿 Saturday, March 16
🩷 7:00-8:30 pm

Spring Equinox Celebration: Sound Healing with Joy Evans

Join us in-person for this community gathering as we celebrate and honor the Spring Equinox. Recognizing the rhythm of the seasons as a source of healing for our minds, bodies and hearts, Joy Evans will guide us through a community sound healing.

During this healing-centric practice of self-care as community care, we hold space to allow our mind/body to get in tune with the energy of balance.

Allow the calming sounds of alchemy crystal singing bowls to support you in a deep practice of restorative rest as we tune into the energy of the equinox, when day and night are balanced. With gently guided breathwork and nature imagery, together we will ground into sacred stillness.

This Spring Equinox, together we will reflect on what brings balance in our life and what we need to support our growth this Spring.

The sound/vibration/energy of alchemy crystal singing bowls can be impactful both physically on the mind/body and energetically on the subtle energy bodies. Joy will be moving around the studio during this in-person gathering to offer each person who attends a gentle energy clearing to support your connection with your heart. Go home with a new crystal friend to support your growth this Spring. Learn about the benefits of sound healing on Joy’s website, joyevansmsw.com/soundhealing.

Saturday, March 16 • 7-8:30pm (In-Studio)
Cost: $33-55 Sliding Scale. Advanced Registration Required.

In-person event size limited to 20. Reserve your spot by registering in advance.

More details: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=11167&stype=-101&sVT=50&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000268
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Joy Evans, MSW (she/her) combines trauma-healing modalities with sound and forest therapy to lead people out of the perpetual stress response, to reconnect with the details of the senses and return to clarity, centered self, and calm.

Joy has a deep commitment to restorative practices. Joy is a certified sound healer and forest therapy guide, and has studied with the School of Celtic Consciousness. She offers private small group and 1:1 sound healings, guided forest bathing walks, and hosts community events that celebrate the rhythms of nature. Joy welcomes folks from all backgrounds, especially LGBTQ+ and BIPOC to her offerings. Find Joy at joyevansmsw.com and youtube.com/.