Seven Seeds Yoga Nidra

08/29/2024

Bear with me for a couple of moments. I just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird which I have seen as a movie several times in my life but never read. This was one of my brother Jim Cullen’s favourite pieces of literature. I thought of him often as I read this because despite the fact that it is 60 years old when written and is set in 1935, it is still extremely relevant today.

It still expresses an us vs them theme of who is right or wrong , better or less.
Atticus the protagonist and his children Jem and Scout represent the pillar of kindness and compassion and the curiosity of why we humans operate the way we do. Their fair inquisitions teach the struggle and ultimate kindness of looking at the world in a way that honours all humans as equally holding a place in this world that we all have a right and responsibility to show up in and to do the best we can.

Our current political situation is the struggle between ultimate power ( ugh) and hope for growth , humanity and equality for our fellow human beings.

I encourage you to circle round and read or re- read this very relevant and beautiful piece of art.

If you are angry about the situation of our country or the world- I encourage you and even dare you to read this or look at a different news source that might offer you an alternate view. I know - that is kind of scary because we like our chosen tribe! Change and exploration requires courage. Be courageous!
Get back to me on this. Let’s keep this a kind conversation and not an argument. My brother Jimmy lived the philosophy of this book and as many of you know Boo Radley was his profile picture since he first entered the world of social media.

Lastly, for those of you that are posting how bad and sad our country is, may I kindly ask what your are actively doing to change the situation other than posting and repeating negativity.

Let’s grow together .
Love to all. ✌️

07/26/2024

Tonight ! . let’s do THIS.
Some nice movement to let your stress melt away and then a beautiful lying down meditation.
No experience necessary.
Today July 26. 5:30-6:30pm 34 Elton St. Rochester
Leave your busy week behind and enter the world of . You will not be disappointed.

07/23/2024

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Deep rest and relaxation. 😌

If you are looking for an experience that allows you to unwind, unplug and release, this is for you.

Yoga Nidra - also know as the yoga of sleep 🛌 - is a low, slow, easy practice that is focused on rest.

will guide you through some gentle movement to begin. Some simple deep breathing and then guide you into a state of calm that brings you peace.

Join Sheila every final Friday of the month for this amazing simple practice. Next session isn this Friday July 26th at 5:30pm.

07/12/2024

🎶Summertime. !
Cicadas , neighbourhood background music, sunshine and flowers. Spread some happiness today! 💛☀️🐝

04/14/2024

Yin, Qigong & Somatic Movement/Yoga NidraEach month, there will be a special theme that will be explored through somatic awareness, slowly and kindly shifting you from movement into stillness.

04/14/2024

Nurturing your soul seeds… intentional living is authentic living. If you are walking through life directionless, bouncing from here to there, one day just following another- same old, same old, you may be feeling frustrated and maybe even a little bit angry.

Spring is the auspicious time of year where Mother Nature assists us in bringing forth the energy of our unique inner seed intentions and the impetus for nurturing growth to bring these desires to fruition.

Join me today in my mini monthly workshop ~Radical Rest Sunday ~ to guide and assist you into the depths of heart speak where you’ll befriend that benevolent voice of your heat.

No experience necessary.
Sunday April 14, 4:30-6pm.
We move, we breath, we rest through the practice of
Pre- registration by 2pm . Link in bio.

12/14/2023

Day 2 ( 11 days til)


11 day’s ‘til...
Today’s word-
To say that we are in the midst of complicated times right now would be a great understatement. In a season that proclaims peace and joy, one reads or listens to the media, rampant with the opposite and questions how to be “that” when we are living with “this”.

Simplicity asks that you carry her in your pocket and be present to the joy of the small things. A spontaneous smile on the streetcar, the smell of fresh baked bread, the sound of the musical bells on the street corner. The sparkling lights of a Christmas tree as you pass by an undraped window, the taste of gingerbread on your tongue, the coolness of your vaporous breath as you walk outside. Simplicity asks that you might invite her cousin curiosity to the table and just for today slow down a wee bit and simply notice. Just for today...and then again.

Catch an eye, change a heart.

12/13/2023

Day 1 12 days til …

Today, I am once again starting my own “12 days of Christmas” project.

Traditionally, the 12 days of Christmas begin on December 25th. I like to begin my version on the 12 days leading up to that date.

I’’m not a fan of the marketing and merchandising aspect of this season but I do love how it evokes our tender qualities -the beauty of our humanity. So my word for this 12th day before Christmas day is “Connection”. For me, this image is a great reminder of the grace of simplicity. The sweetness of sharing time, maybe a little story. Sensing the cool air on your skin, the warmth of hot cocoa on your tongue, the sound of winter bird songs in your ears. And that, my fellow Earth villagers, is what it’s all about! Add to that...the seasonal colours make me smile from the inside out! Feel free to add a thought, an image or a word. Join me on the 12 day journey...

12/10/2023

today!
RRS is a monthly mini workshop and reset that includes slow juicy movement , nurturing breath and ending with a seasonal . The perfect t afternoon for building your vital energy bank and boosting your immune system defences.

We are entering the most season of the year . We are also embarking on ( for most of us ) the busiest month of the year. Let’s look at some tools today that can give you some little resets to help balance those opposing energies.

This is a live workshop via zoom ( and recorded for your continued viewing pleasure) Please register at the link in comments below. You will receive the workshop link link around 2:30 pm.

❄️Radical Rest Sunday
❄️4:30-6 pm NY time.
❄️Theme: Wintering, Water, Kidney’s ( Based on the TCM philosophy of The 5 Elements Theory)

Reach out for questions please

12/08/2023

Hey Y’all . It’s 5 pm in the north east of the USA and it’s challenging. I want to love this time of year but I’m having a hard time . You ?

One thing/ practice that has shifted me immensely is . This is a kind and gentle way to settle into authentic YOU. Sweet sleep practices and the deep unwinding of rigid patterns.

Go easy my friends , it’s a difficult but rewarding road to hoe! 💛

If you would like to explore more ways to enhance deeper more restful sleep which results in a better more engaged YOU , please join me Sunday December 10th for a luscious winter season reset. Link for registration in the link below.

12/06/2023

Do you find nighttime sleep elusive? Do you often experience brain fog , listlessness and overwhelm.
The gentle, nurturing, well researched practice of can shift your nervous system and allow for the creation of new brain patterns. This is called .

Yoga Nidra is a kind and gentle practice of guided meditation that eases you into deep constructive rest , and enhanced awareness of long held narratives that may be holding you back from expressing your YOU-it’s You!

Please join me for a mini Radical Rest Sunday workshop this week, December 10th.

Let’s get you prepared for the upcoming week of overdoing and under sleeping
From the comfort of your own home via Zoom. ( recorded for your continuing listening pleasure. )

Please Pre- Register at link in comment below.

Sunday Dec 10, 2024
4:30-6pm via zoom
We gently move, we breathe , we REST.

11/07/2023

Starting next week my friends! I hope you’ll consider joining me for this new class. You can enjoy it from the comfort of your own home or live if you are in Rochester, NY.

🪑This class consists of a combination of functional movement, yoga and qigong- which is a very gentle movement flow from the Traditional Chinese Medicine philosophy.
🪑There will be some various breath work will calm a ramped up nervous system. Excellent for both anxiety and insomnia.

🪑Back issues, vertigo and balance issues ? This is for you!

🪑We begin both in person and online classes next week.

Move better, Feel better , come home to balance - Physically , Emotionally and Mentally.

Please reach out via DM for questions or in comments below. If showing up to my live class in Rochester, just show up but if you need elevator access please register through link below.

11/01/2023

! I’ve had multiple requesters from my local friends and my Toronto peeps to start a chair yoga class. So here we go my friends.

🪑In person classes begin Monday Nov 13 at 11:15 12:15 .

🪑Online classes begin Tuesday Nov 14 at 7- 7:40pm.

Who is chair yoga for?

🪑Limited mobility.
🪑Revering from injuring and/ or illness.
🪑Difficulty getting up and down off the floor
🪑Vertigo
🪑When yiu are just plain depleted but still want to move, breath and connect with community.

Enjoy a combination of of yoga, qigong and functional movement, breath work , a soft dive into eastern philosophy with a good bit of playful fun and maybe a hint of poetry.

Elevator access if needed.
Please go to the link in the comments below for more information. And please! Spread the word.
💛🪑🧘‍♀️

10/09/2023

🍁🇨🇦Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends in my adopted country. Enjoy food, connection and love, so much love. I miss you guys! My heart is there with you. 🙏💛🍂

09/28/2023

Hello my Rochester friends. This time of year is glorious. The surrounding colors, the bounty of harvest season and the warm days and cool nights.

Sometimes though. in the background there is a feeling of sadness as the year shifts out of vibrancy and into the waning energy of “ Letting Go.” According to Traditional Chinese Medicine teachings, it’s perfectly normal to have all of your “Feels” show up at this time of year and not quite know how to navigate them.

I’m here to help! I’m hosting a workshop at Frequency Wellness on This Sunday Oct 1st. We’ll move, breathe , hold stillness and be showered with an amazing sound bath of Tibetan bowls, gongs and chimes. Satisfaction guaranteed!
All are welcome. Please register at the link in bio.
Ahem, did I tell you how much I love beginners and the profound curiosity they bring? Be that! Please . 🙏 Just a few spots left.

09/26/2023

Do they know how to do it, teach it or what? Why do we resist the wisdom of nature and her creatures. Every day I learn something new.

🍁Wanta get on the nature bandwagon? Join me for “ The Power of Quiet” workshop this coming Sunday , Oct 1st. The perfect afternoon of gentle yoga, qigong, breath and sound bath! No experience necessary. Link for registration in bio.

09/08/2023

* FYI - It’s on Sunday , Sept 10th not 11th!
Radical Rest Sunday is back to celebrate the shifting energy of Mother Nature’s cycle into the energy of Autumn.

This is the time of year when we begin shifting away from the fiery Yang energy of Summer and gently “fall” into the rising yin energy of gently moving inwards. It is a time of reflection and as we witness through nature, releasing the fruits and fullness of what we’ve grown over the last 6 months to reflect and gather the wisdom for integration and implementation.

We’ll take a lovely journey through some yo and qigong movements and eventually settle into a supportive reflective written just for this auspicious time in your life.

🍁This practice is live via zoom. It is recorded and you will be sent the link- active for 30 days.

🍁Beginners are welcome.

🍁Pre- registration is in link in comments below

08/29/2023

SOLD OUT! Maybe next year!

1 spot just became available for my late summer retreat at this stunning retreat center on Sharbot Lake, ON. Sept 14-17.
Is it yours?

Join us for this intimate retreat experience.
Along with yoga, qigong, yoga nidra- we are blessed to have a sound healer for the weekend and a massage therapist.
There is an abundance of watercraft and a large list of additional amenities.
Give yourself permission.

Full info at link in comments below.

08/29/2023

. Join me for a nurturing afternoon of yoga, somatic movement, breath, play and finishing with a special Yoga Nidra session and deliciously nourishing sound bath.
You will receive a recording of the Yoga Nidra meditation after the workshop.

🍁Sunday, Oct 1st

🍁Pre- registration at link in comments below.

🍁Special early bird pricing before Sept 1st.

🍁Beginners are encouraged and welcome.

Complete info at link in bio.

08/20/2023

The enteric nervous system is often called “the belly brain.” It is the sub- conscious home of intuition and often sends signals that something doesn’t feel right before our logical brain has had time to process and articulate our experience.
As a disembodied culture we live in our head the majority of the time and we are disconnected from the subtle body signals that can create a more enhanced experience of a connected life.

So how do we cultivate and strengthen this gut connection?

Getting quiet, my friends. Slowing down, taking alone time, giving yourself permission to rest. ( See previous post)
My faves:
🎶Listen to soothing music
🌳Walk in Nature ( forest bathing)
🧘‍♂️Yoga, Qigong
📝Writing
💛Yoga Nidra Meditation

How do you connect to you and the voice of your gut ( and heart) ?

Join me
, every Monday at 9:45am and Wednesday 5pm .
Beginners and walk- ins welcome!
Link in comments below.

08/18/2023

thoughts. Valid no matter what decade you’re in.
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08/16/2023

What is it , many of my students ask. Well, if you are a , please come and try it out. Tonight and every Wednesday at 5pm and Monday morning @ 9:45am at .
My classes include a mix of yoga , qigong and functional movement - which btw has appropriated many movement sets from both the ancient practices of qigong and yoga.
We move , we breathe , we create community and we have fun.
Walk- in’s are welcome. Beginners are embraced

34 Elton St
Rochester, NY
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08/11/2023

Okay. Yup. I had to think about this . But again. Yup!

08/09/2023

Feeling down? It’s a researched proven fact that we can shift the brains penchant of negative bias towards gratitude when you are able to connect with even the tiniest of gratitude. Start small, it’s satisfying and habit forming. I promise that you won’t be disappointed.

08/08/2023

My late Summer retreat is almost sold out.
Please don’t hesitate if you are interested in a beautiful weekend on Sharbot Lake that will include beautiful nature, water, yoga, qigong, Yoga Nidra sound baths and the opportunity for a private massage or sound bath session.
The property owner has worked diligently since 2020 to bring this retreat to life.
Prices at link in below and include all accommodations and amenities and all meals.

https://www.sheilacullen.com/workshops-retreats

Please reach out via DM for any questions .
Only 3 spots left!

08/06/2023

Spirited debate! Thanks Adam. Hubris is an affliction that convinces us that our opinion is always “right”.
Could you entertain the idea that we all see our life experience from a unique perspective? And further to that open a heartfelt conversation of respect and exploration?
Just asking my friends. What say?

08/05/2023

. Yup ! It truly is. What are you blessed with today?
Over here we have velvety cool air, birdsong , the smell of palo santo in the background and a wide open day of no plans. To me, this is heaven. 💛

How’s about you?

08/01/2023

Wow! August 1st. Every now and then, I like to capture an image of the stillness and contentment of my boy(s) - other fella absent. They ground me and remind me to stare into space. To be present and for a moment, to not worry about politics, the state of global warming, and the myriad of all the worries that could take up the real estate of my mind.
I’m here to support you and encourage you to take precious moments such as these to feel your life and blessings. If your reading this, you are privileged enough to have a phone and be connected . That’s pretty big , right? … and so much more.
Love Y’all🙏💛

07/24/2023

we are growing! Our classes have moved to
I’m excited to invite you to this beautiful co-op studio with every amenity you could want for your yoga and movement classes.

🦋 Please join our growing community each Monday morning ( today!) at 9:45- 10:45am and Wednesday afternoon at 5-6pm for the Movement for Life Class.
This class is drawn from the Yoga, QiGong , and functional movement teachings. We move , we breathe, we play, we get still.

🦋All levels welcome. Drop- in anytime. 34 Elton St on the . 34 Elton St, 1st Floor.
Plenty of parking available.

07/19/2023

Ain’t that the truth.