Molly Lannon Kenny has been teaching radically inclusive yoga for over twenty years. She has started countless outreach programs in a variety of
settings including end of life care, trauma recovery, homeless and transitional shelters and intensive care hospital units. She has served on the boards of IAYT and YSC and has been published multiple times in various yoga-oriented journals and popular press. Molly is the author of the book No Gurus Came Knocking, a creative non-fiction essay collection exploring yoga and everyday life. Her current areas of interest are teaching Bedside Yoga retreats, as well as comparative spirituality and religion. She is a graduate of the Living School with Richard Rohr and is currently pursuing a Masters in Theology. Molly lives full time at her home in the jungles of Mexico.
Friday 4:00-5:45pm
The Chakra System Made Easy and Accessible
Have you heard about the chakras but would like to understand more? Do you work with the chakras but struggle with how to explain them to your students or clients? Would you like a fresh and interactive take on learning about and using this powerful ancient system? Join Molly for this group oriented, activity based session on the chakras, Come away from this session feeling confident in your knowledge of the chakra system, and ready to actually apply them in practical ways.
Audience Level: All
Intensity of Practice: 2
60% Lecture, 30% Discussion, 10% Meditation
Saturday 2:00-3:45pm
The Holy State of Grief
This afternoon session is for therapists, yoga teachers, body workers, and anyone working with people in bereavement. This series is also a welcoming and open space for non-professionals who want to learn more about the experience of grief: its somatic, emotional and spiritual expressions, and how to be a supportive friend or ally to folks experiencing profound grief and loss.
Molly comes to us with more than thirty years of experience in working with end-of-life and grief, and openly shares her own journey of catastrophic and life-changing loss. Molly’s style is down to earth, inclusive and deeply knowledgeable about all-things yoga and Vedanta. She loves to share her journey through grief and loss with others to create a more open and responsive world for those dealing with profound grief.
Intensity of Practice : 2
70% Lecture, 20% Discussion, 10% Meditation
Sunday 11:15am-12:30pm
Mantra as Medicine
Come spend a sweet connecting time singing, chanting, and exploring the power of mantra in various forms. We will start with some group singing, learning tips and tricks for using our voices, before starting to look at specific mantras and what they mean. The word “mantra” literally means “mind tool.” Leave this joyful time with several options for easy mantras to use anytime to help keep you grounded and at peace, even in the most challenging times. Molly grew up in a musical family where singing was always a way to connect. Later, she performed in musicals and in chorales before moving to Seattle and becoming the front person and singer in various rock bands. It was during that time that Molly discovered yoga and chanting and was hooked. She uses mantra extensively in her own life and in her work with others as a therapist and grief counselor. She loves to help others to feel the joy of group singing, and of reclaiming sound as our birthright.
Intensity: 2
15% Discussion, 85% Chanting