Sri Devi Melissa Urey Healing Arts

Change is the only sure thing in life. The more we can accept and be at peace with that the easier we can adapt to whatever circumstances we’re presented with.

Check out how we’ve adapted our program in new ways to fit a new space with the same intention. ✨💛✨

🌊 Rolling with the Waves of Change 🌊

Life has a way of surprising us with unexpected twists and turns—like a rogue wave that demands quick thinking and adaptability. Recently, we faced one of those waves when we lost the studio space for the Empowered Essence Yoga Immersion Program.

But as always, we’ve embraced the flow and made some exciting changes! 🌱

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Now Introducing:

The Art of Sadhana | A Journey to the Self, Through the Seasons—our newly adapted 7-month seasonal journey designed to deepen your connection to yourself and the world around you.

✨ Fall Module | Igniting Your Inner Light (Oct-Dec)
✨ Winter Module | Tending the Fire (Jan-Mar)
✨ Spring Integration Mini Retreat (Details coming soon!)

Join us for this transformative experience, now offered in a more accessible and affordable format with monthly in-person workshops and ongoing support. And for our Registered Yoga Teachers, Continuing Education credits with Yoga Alliance are available.

Learn more about the program on our website and secure your spot today! We can’t wait to share sacred space with you. 🌟

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Ashley Flowers Yoga + Sri Devi Melissa Urey Healing Arts

https://empowered-essence-me.squarespace.com/programs

After leaving my marriage, I began to realize how disconnected I had become from the empowered aspects of the divine feminine inside myself. It was hard to recognize at first: on the outside, I was a nurturing mother and caregiver to everyone around me. I was empathetic and felt a strong connection to my intuition.

But when I looked inside, I saw that, in many respects, I was filtering those qualities in a very structured, controlling, and masculine way. I wasn't very good at receiving care, especially self-care. I had been giving 1000% of myself to everything in my life in hopes of feeling fulfilled, but instead it left me depleted and, honestly, pretty angry.

So, I began the work of cultivating a relationship with those parts of myself that I knew were there somewhere, but perhaps had ignored or even pushed away.

To read more, here's this week's newsletter✨

Working the Transformative Power of the Divine Feminine 🔥 I hope everyone is having a beautiful week so far. I love this time of year; the air begins to change and I can feel fall coming. It was at the end of this month 5 years ago that, after dropping my older daughter off for her first year of college, I finally found the courage to tell my husband tha...

“Life itself is something awesome and mysterious. We do not know why we are born or when we will die. Most is what we are seeking and struggling for in life is transient and does not answer the ultimate question of our destiny: what, if anything transcends death.

Each of the 10 Ta***ic Wisdom Goddesses represents a particular approach to Self-realization, to knowledge of that within us which transcends time and transient identity.” ~David Frawley

🔥Join me this fall for a 40-day journey connecting with these powerful archetypes through mythology, meditation and mantra.

🔥We meet live ONLINE twice a week. Recordings are sent if you cannot make it live.

🔥Daily practice working collectively with the same mantras on your own time.

🔥Group chat to stay connected, ask questions and share experience.

🔥We begin September 8. DM me for more info or click the link below.

2 openings available on Tuesday for Reiki & Sound at
Rosemont Wellness Center
9:30AM & 3:30PM✨DM me

Beginning 9/8! ONLINE. An exploration of the divine feminine through mythology and sound.

We meet twice a week for a live online class and group practice while working with a commitment to our personal practice with a common mantra.

These practices are powerful and coming together in this sacred space is my absolute favorite thing to do.

This year I’ve also added the possibility of earning YA CEUs if you are a registered yoga teacher.

DM me for more info!

There is a saying that world peace begins at home. I'll venture to take that one step further and say that peace at home begins with being at peace inside yourself. This is a huge endeavor, but an important one if you want your external world to reflect it.

One way to get there is through svādhyāya. In Sanskrit sva = Self and adhyāya = study.

Here's this week's newsletter with more✨

⭐The Importance of Self-Study for Inner Peace peace at home begins with being at peace inside yourself. One way to get there is through svādhyāya.svaadhyāya Svādhāya is the study of Self ~ our true Self beyond the personalityfocusing the mind on the higher vibrationsthey align our own vibrations with a clear resonance of the universa...

Activate a fulfilling and purposeful existence with our transformative 6-month yoga immersion. Join a supportive community to connect in sacred space through the lens of classical yogic wisdom.

6 Weekend Immersions (Saturdays & Sundays 8AM-3PM)
1x Month Meditation + Check-In
Course Manual to Guide Your Practice & Build Healthy Habits
Community Chat Group

The Empowered Essence Yoga Immersion is a great fit for you if:

*you are looking to immerse in self-study and deepen an understanding and relationship to yourself.

*you are looking for a way to re-enforce healthy habits in your mind and body

*you are a yoga teacher looking to expand your personal practice (and earn YA CEUs)

*you are moving through a transition in your life and re-discovering who you are

*you'd like to be part of a supportive community of women all doing the work

September 2024-March 2025 at Yoga, Etc in Falmouth, ME
Registration is now open! Early registration discount until 8/1.
Ashley Flowers Yoga Sri Devi Melissa Urey Healing Arts

There's a special energetic component that's generated when a group comes together and focuses on high vibrational practices.

Personal intentions for peace, healing and well-being amplify and what's created is larger than any of the single parts. This shifts the vibration not only in our own lives but resonates out into the collective space.

Here's this week's newsletter with more.✨

Connecting in Conscious Community ⭐ Personal practice and self-study is integral if you want to continue evolving on a spiritual path, but sometimes that can present challenges There is no one size fits all for a personal practice, in fact it's natural for it to change and shift as you evolve. Practicing regularly in the company of o...

Join me this Friday for a very special event in collaboration with Downeast Acupunctiure. Relax into the support props and release the stress of the week with an acupuncture crystal bowl sound bath.

Friday, July 19 at 5:30PM at Breathing Room in South Portland.
Investment $60

Registration closes tomorrow! DM me for registration info.

Meeting Yourself Where You Are ✨

The mind naturally fluctuates. It's the nature of the human mind.

Yogic practices lean into easing the fluctuations so that you can connect with clarity, well-being and wholeness, but first you have to acknowledge the state of mind you're in.

This isn't always easy because it's also the nature of the human mind to avoid pain and move toward pleasure. In the Patañjali Yoga Sūtras, he names five kleśas or obstacles that the mind faces. Rāga (attachment) and dvesha (aversion) are two that he describes. Clarity is found mitigating both and embracing equanimity with how things are.

✨One step in doing this is taking a moment or two whenever you can to check in with yourself and notice what's going on inside.

Are there emotions activated?
Is the mind calm or anxious?
Do you have a repetitive dialogue or monologue running through the mind?

✨The mind and body are connected so, the body can also provide clues.

Is there tension or discomfort?
Are you overheated or feeling chilled?
What's the quality of the breath?

✨After asking, just witness. Just be with yourself exactly as you are and try not to judge. Simply sit and honor yourself exactly as you are in that moment.

We're looking forward to exploring Patañjali's Sūtras and also practical ways to work with them this fall.

✨3 more weeks to sign up with the early registration discount. Payment plans available. If you're interested and have questions please DM or click the link for more info!

Summer is FULL ON.

Ok, I know I preach equanimity but I have to admit, I'm not a fan of extremes when it comes to temperature. I tend to lay low and move as little as possible in the heat.

This is great for spiritual practice, but recently I've been noticing a tendency to be magnetically sucked into my computer to get stuff done.

Earlier this week, I realized I hadn't been outside in 3 days and I made the decision to take my bleary screen eyes to the forest.

If you want to read more and also explore the cool programs I'm offering over the next couple of months, here's the link✨

Succumbing to the Sweet Softness of Summer Earlier this week, I realized I hadn't been outside in 3 days and I made the decision to take my bleary screen eyes to the forest. Heat and bugs, here I come.I stepped on the path which was overgrown with bushes and OMG.I was completely ensconced in green.The air was actually SOFT. I took my shoes...

I’m so excited to be teaming up with Downeast Acupuncture LLC to offer you an amazing opportunity to power down and restore your summer battery with Yoga Nidra and acupuncture Breathing Room: Yoga & Movement Studio

Sign up early to secure your spot! ✨💛✨

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Happy Solstice!

Many of you who have been in class with me have heard me share that in yogic philosophy the sun is considered an external representation of the light of your soul.

The ancient seers in India paid homage to this idea in the famous Gāyatrī Mantra. We chant this mantra to invite clarity of the mind, so that we may contemplate the brilliance and wisdom of our own inner radiance.

Here's my newsletter with more.🌞

Relaxing into the Wisdom of Your Soul's Light Gāyatrī Mantra. “Let us bring our minds to rest in the glory of divine truth. May truth inspire our reflection.”  solstitiumsol=sun + stit=stopped If you would like some support in balancing the activity of summer with a little restorative quiet time to connect with your inner light, here are...

Yes! 🙌 Join us this fall for Empowered Essence ✨🌞✨

The Ancient Solar Yoga The Sun is not merely an outer but an inner energy source, reflecting the supreme light of Yoga both in our own hearts and in the universe around us. This is particularly important to understand on…

I have 2 last minute openings for
Reiki & Sound
Saturday 2PM & 3:30PM DM me to grab one!

When I decided to go to yoga teacher training I was looking for something. I wasn't sure what, but something needed to change in my life. I had read over and over in books different people's experience with studying yoga and the profound transformational impact it had.

I was lucky enough to find a program that resonated with the depth of what I wanted to learn based in classical teachings. I'm not sure what my expectations were, but it was a mind-blowing experience. It did change my life on many levels and a big part of it was developing a deeper relationship with myself and learning how to honor that.

Today I'd like to share a new program I've been working on for the fall, with my colleague Ashley Flowers, that will give you an opportunity to dive deep into the classical teachings of yoga with the focus on living yoga rather than teaching it.

Here's my newsletter with more✨

Embodying Empowered Essence 🦋 When I decided to go to yoga teacher training I was looking for something. I was lucky enough to find a program that resonated with the depth of what I wanted to learn based in classical teachings. dive deep into the classical teachings of yoga with the focus on living yoga rather than teaching it...

When you stop and listen it provides an appreciation and greater awareness of the energy within your environment. Listening takes practice, especially when you're with other people. Spending time in social silence can be an enriching experience as the pressure of talking is removed and you can enjoy just "being" with others.

If the idea of social silence makes you uncomfortable you're not alone, but it can be a powerful experience. If you're interested in exploring social silence but a full silent retreat makes you nervous, I've created a mini-retreat to give you a taste.

Click to read the newsletter for more info.🌞

Embracing Sound through the Power of Silence 🦋 Beginning Thursday, 6/20 at 8:30AM HEREOn Wednesday, June 12 at 5:30PMHERE On Saturday, June 22 from 10AM-4PMME. This is a unique opportunity to experience the magic of yogic practices & sound healing, connect with all the amazing animals on Sally's farm and have a taste of the power in social si...

In yogic philosophy the sun is said to be an external representation of your soul. Join me this month to celebrate your soul with embodied movement + stillness, sound + silence and the power of sitting with community.

All links to sign up can be found through the link in comments.
DM me for me info or to be added to the mailing list for updates.
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Come in, lay on the table, and take a deep breath.

The energy and sound know exactly what you need. Just relax and let the magic do it’s work.

DM me to snag a spot this week Rosemont Wellness Center✨

Stillness is a gift to ourselves that I think we avoid. Maybe we avoid it because we think we don't have time or maybe we avoid it because when we are still sometimes the voices in our head get louder and we may not want to hear what they're saying.

When we are on the go go go, being intentionally still for even one minute brings necessary balance to our system enabling us to get up and go again with a little more awareness.

Here's a little bite of wisdom from the lupines.✨

A Moment of Ecstasy Inside the Busyness 🌿 ManyIt's one of those times where the to-do list grows faster than it's knocked off. As I hurried along, trying to imagine when I would even have time to cook all these beautiful veggiesI was stopped dead in my tracks by the lupines. I actually felt time stop in their presence Just for 1 minute the...

I started chanting in 2016 during my first yoga teacher training and immediately I was hooked. I didn't know much about the practice at the time, I only knew how it made me feel and that was enough to keep going. Since then I have deepened my studies both in the technical and philosophical aspects of Vedic chanting and the scientific research that has been done around chanting mantra as a way of utilizing the power of sound to heal any aspect of our lives.

Including chanting in your practice:

* calms the nervous system
* focuses the mind
* invites a feeling of connection to yourself, those around you and the larger universal field
* relieves stress & depression
* promotes healing on all levels (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual)

To read more check out this week's newsletter. ✨

Chant & Chai Community Gatherings 🌼 I started chanting in 2016 during my first yoga teacher training and immediately I was hooked. I didn't know much about the practice at the time, I only knew how it made me feel and that was enough to keep going. Since then I have deepened my studies both in the technical and philosophical aspects o...

When you're established firmly in the present moment, you begin to feel emotional responses as they are happening. If you can catch them right at the beginning, you can create a little space between you and the emotion so that you don't become the emotion.

Saying "I'm angry", identifies you as the anger. If you re-phrase and say to yourself, "anger is here" or "there is anger around this situation", it takes it down a notch and allows you to acknowledge your feelings while still keeping them at an arms length.

Read more in today's newsletter. ✨

Securing Peace of Mind by Creating a Buffer💫 without letting a wave of emotion carry us away? How can we shift from reacting to responding? We are all unique individuals with unique experiences and perspectives and what might be the right path for one may not work at all for someone else. There is a middle ground but it requires a steady prac...

Join me this Sunday at Leaping Waters Yoga in South Portland!

In this workshop we’ll learn the seed sounds that connect to each of the 7 main chakras and how to combine them with restorative yoga postures for deep relaxation and balance.

Plus, you’ll get a 20- minute sound bath to deepen the effects of the practice.

Chanting clears stagnant energy and invites new vital energy into the system. It is also a brilliant mediation modality especially for people who have a hard time with seated mediation.

No experience necessary. All levels welcome. Sign up through the link in comments!

Did the full moon keep you up last night?

If your feeling depleted or need a mid-week rest join me this evening for deeply restorative Yoga Nidra practice ONLINE so you can do it from the comfort of your own home.

Click the link in comments to sign up✨

You may not always have control over things that happen, but you can always choose how to feel about those things and how you respond. The question is always there....how will you do it? What choice will you make?

Sometimes a little shift in perspective can make a huge difference. You may not be able to see to the end of things but you can try to zoom out and look down at your current circumstances from a higher view. This can reframe the story you're telling yourself and you may even be able to see opportunities and gifts that you couldn't see down in the thick of it.

Here's this week's newsletter with more.✨

Developing Equanimity with the Way Things Are💫

I have 2 last minute openings for Reiki & Sound sessions tomorrow✨
DM me to schedule

Each moment can be new. By default out thoughts will pop us out into the future or drag us back into the past. But the newness is now.

Each moment holds within it the potential of not just one possibility, but an infinite number of possibilities extending in all directions, seeping into the fabric of time.

I've been making the most of this eclipse energy by doing some internal spring cleaning....read more in this week's newsletter.✨

Infusing the Inspiration of Possibility

There is a universal intelligence guiding and supporting each flower as it blossoms to its fullest expression. We each embody this intelligence.

So how can we engage in this energetic exchange happening all around us reap the benefits in our day to day experience?

The key is in connection.

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