“When the body is completely relaxed, it is a window to the universe.”

“...Physicality is simply a form that presence takes.”

“The inner journey is a passionate inquiry into our own soul, our own personal field of experience.”

Life Practice Offerings

As part of her own practice, it is Katy's great honor and delight to support you on your path, not only through empowering you to build your own practice, but also by offering her services.

See the Life Practice pages in particular for more background information about these offerings. If you don't see these listed on the Calendar, feel free to contact Katy to set up a one-to-one session or arrange a group class.

Workshops and Sessions

Singing Meditation
Singing Meditation was created by Ruthie Rosauer. In this participatory singing, we sing simple chants and rounds in a group and then dissolve into silence for moments of meditation and stillness together. Then out of that stillness, we start to sing again.

This is a form of group spiritual practice, and is open to anyone who wants to sing. All the songs are simple and sung through many times so that there is time to learn them. The rounds and chants come from many spiritual traditions, are in English, as well as other languages, and express universal themes of devotion and spiritual practice.

Collage Workshop
We use collage to connect with a deeper part of ourselves, as a way to explore our psycho-emotional-spiritual world. In Western society in general, we tend to value the intellectual realm too much-the importance of amassing knowledge, figuring things out, and knowing what to do. Collage offers another way to access a deeper knowing that is not only intellectual, but includes the heart and body as well. There will be very little "teaching," with most of the time spent on following our inner impulses through collage. All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring any images or other things that are meaningful that you'd like to include in your collage. Read more about collaging as a spiritual practice here. See endorsements.

Katy's Angels Workshop
Learn to create an Angel doll to keep your memory of someone or something alive. Perhaps you are trying to remember your wild side, or your inner child, or your soft, tender self, or your nurturing side. Creating an Angel doll that visually expresses these qualities provides you with a tangible reminder to bring them into your life. All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring materials (cloth, ribbons, leaves, beads, etc.) you'd like to incorporate. Angels vary in size, but tend to be 8-12 inches tall. See photos of Katy's Angels.

Body Prayer: Embracing our Physical Being
Body Prayer can be offered as a single session or as a Workshop series. Each session focuses on a different way that we can cultivate more presence in our bodies so that our bodies assist us as vehicles of awakening. Practices include meditation, yoga, various forms of movement as prayer, and circle dancing. Read more about body prayer here.

Katy's Kitchen Classes
Learn to make skin creams and mouthwash, as well as lacto-fermented foods like sauerkraut and beet kvass to aid in digestion, and soaked-grain bread and baked goods, a process that makes the nutrition of the food more available to our bodies. Read here for more information. See endorsements.

Services

Personalized Collages
Katy can create a collage for you or a loved one incorporating materials and pictures you provide. Either way, you will have the opportunity to express what you would like the collage to impart and she will create it for you. Rates vary depending on the amount of time spent gathering the information and size of collage ($75-$200).

Collage Consultations
In this process, you bring images or choose them while in session, but Katy guides you to explore the deeper meaning in the images you are selecting and putting together, so that the process can inform your own life journey more consciously. See consultations below for more information.

Katy's Angels
Katy can create a beautiful Angel doll for you. She thinks of these angels as "keepers"—they keep our memory of someone or something alive. Perhaps you are trying to remember your wild side, or your inner child, or your soft, tender self, or your nurturing side. Seeing an Angel that visually expresses these qualities provides you with a tangible reminder to bring them into your life. You may provide materials you'd like incorporated if you wish, and you will have the opportunity to express what you would like the Angel to impart. Rates vary depending on the amount of time spent gathering the information and elaborateness of the Angel ($100-$300). See photos of Katy's Angels.

Poetry Prayer List
If you'd like to receive some poetry in your email, you can sign up to be on Katy's Poetry/Prayer List. She sends out sporadic email no more than 1-2/week, but usually less.

Consultations and Mentoring
Katy brings her background in the Enneagram, her own years of psychological and spiritual work, and her training as an Interfaith Minister to each session she offers. Contact her for more information or to book a session. She offers consultations and ongoing mentoring via telephone, in-person, or email. Sliding scale of $50-$75 for a 1-hour consultation or $75-$100 for an hour and a half. Email consultations are also available. See endorsements.

Interfaith Ministry
I am an ordained Interfaith Minister, graduating from The New Seminary in New York City in 2006. I can help create any ceremony or ritual you would like—from weddings to funerals, to baby namings, pet blessings, or transition rituals. I specialize in helping you personalize and create your own ceremony that reflects your values and beliefs. Rates vary depending on the occasion and amount of assistance needed. Read more here.

Solstice Celebration, 2007

For More Information
Please check the calendar, contact Katy or join the Life Practices email list for more information or to find out about future workshops.