Upcoming Events, Retreats, & Workshops
Starting in Spring 2026, I'll be visiting cities across the country to practice with you. These events include readings from the book, guided lovingkindness meditation, conversation, and real connection. No perfection required.
If you want to bring this tour to your bookstore, meditation center, organization, library, or community space, let's make it happen.
Compassion as an Embodied Practice
In-Person: Compassion as an Embodied Practice – A Half-day Yoga Retreat
with Oneika Mays
Sunday, July 19th, 2026 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
There is suffering in the world, and many of us are asking: how do we respond?
This half-day retreat explores karuna (compassion) as embodied practice – putting compassion into action starting with yourself. Through therapeutic yoga and yoga nidra, we’ll honor the body as sacred space, learning to move with care rather than force.
You’ll learn to respond to your body’s wisdom, to move in ways that support rather than push, and to practice karuna as a lived experience. We’ll close with deep rest through yoga nidra. Everyone is welcome.
Kripalu: The Heart of Forgiveness
In-Person: A Half-day Retreat
with Jacoby Ballard & Oneika Mays
September 4-7, 2026
Release the Grip of Suffering.
We have all been hurt. And most of us, at some point, have caused harm, too.
Forgiveness isn’t about letting anyone off the hook. It doesn’t require you to like what happened or pretend it didn’t. It doesn’t even ask you to stop holding yourself or others accountable. What it does offer is a way to release the grip of suffering—with honesty, with friendliness, with an open heart—so that you are no longer defined by what was done to you, or what you have done.
That freedom is what this retreat is about.
