Metta Forming Life

04/18/2026

One of my favorite places in just so happens to be

It definitely has to do with the unique artist collective where you can see the imaginations of local artists come to life!!

These are a few of my favorites in the gallery right now. 🪴🐦‍⬛✨️🍄🐌🧚🏼‍♀️💨

Don't forget to stop by when you're in town for your new emotional support art!

04/15/2026

Collecting gently used yoga mats or yoga blankets. If you have anything that would support the community circles.

Reach out to Charleen Stokes

We’re reaching out to our community for a little support 🤍

As Satsang Project continues to grow, we’re realizing how much of this work is truly built together

and right now, we’re in need of a few simple things:

✨ gently used (or new) yoga mats
✨ yoga blankets (those thicker woven ones)

These will be used for:
Free Range Yogis classes
Healing House weekends
retreats + community gatherings

I do my best to keep everything I offer as accessible and affordable as possible,
and this is one of those ways that we can do that… together

If you have something sitting in a closet not being used, it could become part of someone else’s healing, rest, or reset

which feels really special when you think about it

If you feel called to donate, send me a message.
I’ll be in town soon and can coordinate pickup

(And I may also set up a drop-off spot locally if that’s easier)

Thank you for being part of this in all the ways that you are. this really is community-built, and I feel that more and more every day.

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Photo by: Cheyenne McKay
Retreat guide: Satsang Project
Retreat location: White Lotus Eco Spa Retreat

04/14/2026

Charleen is out here creating spaces for release, to restore and recalibrate the nervous system.

If you feel the pull because this is something your body and mind just need right now... you are very much not alone. Gather in like-minded and open hearted community for a powerful reset.

Think unplugging the human for a couple days before you plug back in.

This is a unique opportunity for Morganton locals who need to experience a retreat setting close to home. 🤍✨️

Okay… I finally put this into a flyer 🤍

I’ve been talking about The Healing House for a little bit now, but this is the first time it’s actually taken shape like this

and it’s coming up soon…
May 1–3

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This isn’t a retreat in the traditional sense

it’s slower than that, more personal than that, this is for the person who is always taking care of everyone else, who is holding a lot, who maybe hasn’t been held in a while

you don’t have to plan anything
you don’t have to cook
you don’t have to decide what’s next

you just show up

and I take care of the rest

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this can be for you, or you and someone you love and the whole weekend is shaped around what you need

rest
movement
nervous system work
ceremony
or honestly… just space to breathe

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📍 Western North Carolina
📅 May 1–3
✨ starting at $888

If this is pulling at you at all, message me
we can talk through what it could look like for you

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and if someone just popped into your mind while reading this…
please send it to them 🤍

04/14/2026

The only podcast I ever remember tune in.

It's a reminder... I'm not alone.
A reminder to embrace my human-ness.
A reminder to never stop exploring even if it is in my own backyard.

Thankful for people like Erica and Rusty. Living authentic. Sharing truths.
Aging Heroes 😘

🤍✨️

The Latitude Adjustment Positive Psychology Podcast · Episode

04/14/2026

I've been walking around intermittently blissed out lately. 🥹✨️

Loving some nature, enjoying observing human interactions and always stopping for a water feature.

03/17/2026

Playing in the theater has been really good for little Jo. This space. The creative people who fill it with dedication and passion.

✨️🥰✨️

Please come see us this weekend and join us in the fairytale of magic and dreams coming true.

The Fairy Godmother is anxiously awaiting the return of the rest of the Cinderella cast.

Shows start again on Thursday, March 19th at 7:30pm.

Get your tickets now at oldcolonyplayers.com/productions

Picture Credit: Metta Forming Life

03/14/2026

Living my life in full circle fashion, I'm incredibly blessed to be with childhood friends, honoring my dad in the most meaningful way and sharing this experience with wildly talented humans.
Find out what these daft and dewy-eyed folks are dreaming up now.

Thank you for this opportunity to play.

Cheers to living with a foot outside my comfort zone.
There's six more opportunities to experience the magic behind this ✨️ incredible ✨️ vision into Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

Check out .valdese for ticket sales online or at the doors of the

02/17/2026

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✨💜 At Breathe Yoga & Wellness, we LOVE our community! That’s why we have a variety of offerings to serve budgets of all sizes.

THIS WEEK:

🩵Grief Circle on Thursday at 5-6 pm

🔥Community WARM/HOT with Erica on Saturday morning at 10:30 am

🧘‍♀️Mindfulness In Recovery (MIR) with Jeff D. on Sunday morning from 8-9 am

✨Reiki Exchange on Sunday at 4:30.

*Community sessions are donation-based, pay-what-you-can. 💜✨

01/20/2026

Weekly sweets raffle at The Tilted Map

Make a donation, enter for a chance to take this box of baked goodies home today!

🎉‼️WEEKLY VARIETY BOX RAFFLE‼️🎉

It’s that time again! Y’all know the rules:

Enter the raffle for a minimum donation of $1 to Mountain Aid Project for the chance to receive a Tilted Map variety box!

Just send your donation in through Venmo, CashApp, PayPal, or Zelle!

To ensure freshness, we will be drawing tomorrow (Tuesday 1/20) at 4:00PM.

As always, 100% of the proceeds are reinvested right back into the community and ongoing relief efforts.

It's a great way to give back to the community and fight food waste at the same time!

Venmo:
CashApp: $MountainAidProject
PayPal: [email protected]
Zelle: [email protected]

This week’s box includes a Blueberry Lemon Scone, Strawberry Chocolate Marshmallow Squares, Raspberry Schnoodles, and a Banana Cream Muffin!

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01/17/2026

Next week ✨️✨️✨️
Saturday January 24th
1:30 - 4:30 PM

$35 donation based
Pay-what-you-can Workshop

We're gathering together for the next community event. This workshop will focus on how we show up as individuals and what that looks like when we start weaving our personal magic in with the magic of others.

Starting with a 15-minute guided Metta meditation, we will connect with a practice of loving-kindness that starts with how we hold space for our Self and the circles we exist in.

We transfer our intentions into this space to send that Love out to our family, friends and neighbors... where we practice sending this loving-kindness beyond our inner circles and fill the gaps with compassion and understanding.
When we practice this we grow together for a common goal and we begin to feel the uplifting truth of Community.

We are all in this together.

The artistic portion will include time to create an individual vision board --- a visual collage of images, words and representation of the future we seek for ourselves.

How do we want to live when there are no limitations?
What does that look like when there's no judgement?

The second half of the workshop we transition to looking at ourselves within Community.

How do we show up in a group of individuals?
How do we integrate our Self without losing the vibrancy and importance of individualism while working towards a common goal?

Join us and let's take these first steps together.
Help us create our community vision for 2026.