Yoga to Welcome Spring🌷💐🌻Giveaway WINNER!🎟️Tomorrow's Hike🌅 The Blog.✍️
- darcyvalverdeyoga
- Apr 22
- 7 min read
March 20, 2025
Greetings, Explorers -
Happy Spring Equinox! With so much coming up I’ll keep this opening as short as I’m capable of doing (you may have noticed, I’m not the most concise?!?!)😁
Wishing you a happy Spring as you welcome longer days, warmer air, sounds of nature, and perhaps a feeling of more lightness around you.
Spring is a beautiful time to plant seeds, release, and make space for something fresh and new. If you have been feeling the call to step into The Heart Space Center, I would be honored to step in with you when you’re ready to answer that call; opening a sacred circle of 1:1 work together.
Wishing you extra light and love as you welcome longer days and more spaciousness to create; stepping into more of the authenticity that is you🌷🌱🪻
A peak at what’s in store for this month’s newsletter:
Tomorrow morning, March 21 - FREE! - Sunrise Hiking Meditation!
Our Somatic Storytelling Bundle Giveaway WINNER 🤩
Storytelling in Boise - Tuesday, March 25🎤
Or catch the podcast if you’re not in the Treasure Valley Idaho area!
The Heart Space Connection - The Blog.✍️
Spring Equinox - A Yoga Practice (& more!) to Welcome the Sun🌞
2 spots available for Deep Dive ‘25
A Community Gathering - Celebrating Hanumanji - 🐒
The Heart Space Center Birthday Celebration - let us know what you want!🥳
With Gratitude,
-D'Arcy
What to Expect
The hike is roughly 5 miles, roundtrip (out and back).
We will hike northeast & east, towards the rising sun, at an incline up a large gravel road.
Participants are welcome to join for as long and far as they're able to make it. If anyone would like/needs to turn around before the group, that is welcome.
Format
May shift depending on how we’re feeling, but likely we’ll welcome:
Time to connect in conversation on our hike up.
Time for stillness; taking in the environment, the sunrise, and the view.
Perhaps some chanting or other practices we’re feeling drawn to that morning.
Silent hiking meditation on our way down (we’ll explain more on this at the hike).
Email darcy@theheartspacecenter.org for details.
SOMATIC STORYTELLING BUNDLE GIVEAWAY
Thank you to everyone who entered into our Somatic Storytelling Bundle Giveaway as a Newsletter Subscriber!
We were excited to see the entries come in and are SO EXCITED to announce the winner to you RIGHT NOW in this 3 minute video - check it out to see if you won🥁🥁🥁
You may have heard….The Heart Space Center is sponsoring Story Story Night’s March 25 Show!
Story Story Night offers the Boise community safe space and opportunity to share stories through spoken word. The connection that’s felt at each month’s event is palpable - the power of stories is REAL!
Congratulations to ALL of our Somatic Storytelling Bundle giveaway winners:
Instagram Winner: Leslie Diaz
Facebook Winner: Sherika Tenaya
Newsletter Subscriber Winner: Jennah Brown
Each winner received 2 tickets to the Tuesday show plus credit to work with us at The Heart Space Center!
Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway! Although the giveaway has ended, you can still join all the things🥳
Purchase tickets to the March 25 Story Story Night show here
PS - we’ll have a table at the show and will be offering some sweet specials, so if you’ve been interested in working with us, joining on Tuesday may give you opportunity to get a special deal!💫 And regardless, if you’re there, please come by and say hi!
The Heart Space Center’s doors are open to work with new Explorers. If you’re interested in working with us, email D’Arcy to get the process started!
Not in the Treasure Valley - or even Idaho?
You can still enjoy Story Story Night AND work with us at The Heart Space Center!
Each modality we offer at The Heart Space Center is available virtually!
And, each month Story Story Night shares lives shows on their podcast so you can catch it from anywhere!
With the positive feedback we’ve received on our newsletter, we have decided to also offer the newsletter as a blog. Archiving the newsletter in blog format allows those who haven’t yet subscribed, or for you subscribers who may want to go back and reference a piece that particularly resonated with you, to get it all on the blog!
The good news about being a subscriber is that you’ll continue to be the first to receive information about specials, events, and other timely offerings. Blog readers who aren’t subscribers may miss registration opening for events, giveaways, and more! - so it’s still beneficial to be a subscriber!
If you ever want to journey back to a specific newsletter piece, you don’t have to go digging through your inbox or your trash anymore; simply go to The Heart Space Connection - the blog. and find it there!
It’s still very new so over time we’re hoping to offer categories to make finding specific content even easier🙃
The day this newsletter hits your inbox is the first official day of Spring! 🌷
As we welcome in Spring with the Spring Equinox, we can make an intentional choice to celebrate the new season. We’ll share a few ways people like to celebrate the arrival of Spring - and you can too.
Surya Namaskar, Sun Salutation
Great to practice these ANY time, and what a great way, too, to intentionally welcome the arrival of Spring, longer days, and more sun! Surya Namaskars or Sun Salutations are staple sequences in the yoga asana practice. We have Surya Namaskars A, B, and C. The ones you might most frequently experience in a western yoga class are A and B. In this video below I offer a step by step breakdown of Surya Namaskar A. Check it out and join me, if you’d like, in saluting the sun with this short video. And once you get the hang of the sequence, it can become a moving mediation - you can just feel your body flow through the asanas🧘♀️
Planting Seeds🌱
With Spring comes the thawing of the earth, and perhaps planting of seeds! These seeds can be seeds you plant into the earth, or even seeds you plant into your life. If you choose to welcome Spring by planting seeds; either figuratively or literally, you might welcome the process as an offering or a ritual. Really taking your time and being in the process of what you’re planting. How does the soil feel on your hands? What comes up as you welcome something new into your life?
Sunrise Ritual 🌄
With Sun and lightness being a large aspect of Spring, you might choose to wake with the sun, and in doing so, welcome it as a ritual. This ritual could be journaling, chanting, yoga practice - or even hiking (see above if you want to join us for our March 21 sunrise hiking meditation!) ☝️☝️☝️
Altar Space🥑🍓🍍🥬🍋
If you have an altar, you may offer fresh flowers, or seasonal food on this sacred space.
Connecting in Nature 🌿🪻🪺
Welcome yourself to connect in nature - get out and feel the warmer air on your skin. Notice the sounds of birds chirping. The kiss of sun on your cheeks. Invite yourself on a date with nature.
STILL 2 SPOTS AVAILABLE FOR
DEEP DIVE '25
APRIL 30-JUNE 13
A six-week series to dive deep into Self, community, and practices!
If you’ve been considering joining the Deep Dive and have hesitations or questions, you’re welcome to contact D’Arcy to discuss.
Payment plans are available.
FREE! - HANUMAN JAYANTI:
A Birthday Celebration for Hanumanji
Saturday, April 12, 11am-12:30pm
Sage - Downtown Boise
Come, celebrate Hanumanji's birthday with us!
D’Arcy will be co-hosting Hanuman Jayanti with dear teacher and friend Marisa Radha Weppner for the second year at Sage in downtown Boise.
Hanuman is the Hindu monkey deity known for his love, devotion, and service to Lord Ram and Ram's beloved Sita.
Casual and relaxed - anyone interested in joining is welcome to come and celebrate Hanuman as we chant the Hanuman Chalisa. If this is new to you and you're curious, please, come!
If you do not know the Chalisa and still want to celebrate, please join and bask in the healing vibrations of the Chalisa! You're welcome to join with instruments, or just your presence alone - all are welcome!
Optional items to bring:
Curiosity and an open heart if you're new to this
You and your bhakti love
Instruments to use and/or share (drums, shakers, cymbals, etc.)
Offerings for Hanuman
Anything else you'd like to share at the altar space
What will be provided:
Altar space
Hanuman Chalisa chant sheets
Welcome and guidance by your hosts, Radha and D'Arcy
If you'd like to join, please just show up! If you have questions please email D'Arcy.
We cannot believe it’s been almost a year since The Heart Space Center was no longer an idea, but a place where people could come to dive deep into their Heart Space Centers❤️
We’re in the process of planning a Heart Space Center birthday celebration; one specifically for our current Explorers, and one specifically for our current newsletter Subscribers. We would love to hear from you so we can make these offerings special to your interests and needs!
CURRENT EXPLORERS
Those of you who are currently working with us regularly in a 1:1 capacity. We want to thank you by sharing an exclusive Explorer birthday celebration just for you! If there is a specific modality you’d like to explorer in our Explorer celebration don’t hesitate to reach out to D’Arcy directly to share your preference and/or ideas. It’s still in the making, and we want to create it special for YOU so your feedback is welcome!
CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS
Those of you who are newsletter subscribers at the time of our first birthday (June-ish) will be invited to a virtual celebration. We’d also love to hear from you! Is there a specific modality you’d like to explore during this virtual celebration? If so, please email your preferences and ideas to D’Arcy as we want this offering to be special, just for you!
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