your invitation to develop a daily practice with us…
coming together in a way that we are designed to…
in connection, in shared experience, with varied stories, feeling into the nourishment that only our bodies, moving in space, can provide.
10:00-10:49am ET (7:00-7:49am PT) every day around the Zoom communal fire (thank you Dan Atchison-Nevel for the phrase), starting June 10th (the new moon and solar eclipse) and finishing on July 28th with acknowledgement of symbolic holidays and moon phases in between. each session’s recording will be available to those who can’t make one or more of the live sessions
proceeds from your donation will go toward ALL 49 organizations, ones close to the heart and chosen by the instructors.

why 49?

in the Buddhist tradition, after a person’s passing, the soul has 49 days to transition to the next life. the living can support in this process through prayer, ritual, and communal practices.

in the Jewish tradition, the 49 days after Passover and before Shavuot result in the counting of the Omer, a daily practice of reflection, meditation, and prayer connecting the body, mind and divine in preparation to receive the Torah.

we will ready ourselves for this 49 day practice much the same way as these traditions do, listening, moving, and reverberating with one another. we will build a nourishing ritual in relationship with each other. 

the trailguides
you will meet 49 instructors from a variety of movement modalities including: pilates, martial arts, yoga, movement improvisation, forms of meditation and somatics representations, and some modalities that we’ll just keep as a surprise! we will post the instructors but not the days the instructors are teaching. it’s part of our practice, to show up, no matter what.
Alice Becker
Denovaro
@alicebecker.pilates
Lar Vida - Shelters and cares for children, teenagers, adults with disabilities
Allgera
Preuss
@TheJellyfishJam
The Gathering Place - Offers services, classes and support groups specifically designed for growing families.
No Name Mutual Aid - Start growing our own food and meds. With the intention to grow a glut of specific things so we can trade our abundance with others who set out to do the same.
Byron
Norris
Tim Tebow Foundation - The Tim Tebow Foundation's Orphan Care outreach provides life's essentials to abandoned or homeless orphans in seven countries.
Carmen
Palaez
@carmenmpelaez
Miami Freedom Project - Committed to creating a space for progressive ideas and values. Transforming Miami political culture while boldly advocating for climate, economic, health, immigrant, and racial justice.
Carol
Davidson
Challah Back Girls - fundraises for, supports, and uplifts organizations leading racial equity work by connecting people to the Jewish ritual of challah—a traditionally braided bread. Through sharing this Jewish tradition, we provide an educational opportunity for healing and transforming social and racial injustice
Cecily
Campbell
Bard Prison Initiative - Works to redefine the availability, affordability, and expectations typically associated with higher education in America.
Chalotte
Nexgaard
@chalottenexgaardpilates
Palestine Children's Relief Fund - Bringing injured and sick children to free medical care they could not get locally.
Cheney
Mondesir
@nene_letenel
The Nirvana Project - Aims to promote a healthy and active lifestyle through the integration and inclusion of individuals with physical disabilities, their families and friends in the sport of running from 5k to 10k, Marathons, Triathlons & obstacles races.
Chhavi
Malan
I Will Survive - Provide economic support, prevention education, and health & wellness services to those at higher risk and affected by breast cancer. Our vision is to be the leading preventative organization in the world. Imagine a world with health care equity for all with a holistic approach. Our values are Innovation, Wellness, and Sustainability.
Christi
Idavoy
@christiidavoy
Global Empowerment Mission - Assisted in over 295 missions around the world since the 1999 Kosovo Crisis, the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 to the current 2020 pandemic.
Christmas
Somers
@joy_.pilates
Every Mother Counts - Growing public awareness about the often overlooked issue of maternal health around the world and in the U.S.
Cristina
Ramos
@cmrpilates
Safe House - Working towards a safe future for all, providing counseling programs, personal advocacy services and emergency shelter for women and children and men surviving domestic abuse.
Cynthia
Koppe
@kopcyn
Wise Bodies - Teaches sexuality education to kids, teens, and adults in a radically new, breathtakingly fresh, age appropriate, honest, and uplifting way that supports the whole individual and the whole community.
Emily
Bench
@pilathon
Maniapure Foundation USA - Providing health and educational services to rural communities of the Southern region of Venezuela (Maniapure region and Gran Sabana) for almost 40 years.
Gretchen
Wagoner
@breathepilatesmiami
NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Heikki
Lempiainen
@studioheikki
Hilarity for Charity - National non-profit organization whose mission is to care for families impacted by Alzheimer’s disease, inspire the next generation of Alzheimer’s advocates, and be leaders in brain health research and education.
John
Settles
@general_johntastic
Partners in Health: Sierra Leone - Collaborates with national governments to provide care and strengthen public health systems in areas including cancer and chronic disease, child health, emergency response, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, mental health, and tuberculosis.
Ianthe
Basson
@ianthebasson
She Recovers - Inspiring hope, reducing stigma and empowering women to increase their recovery capital, heal themselves, and help other women to do the same.
Iris
Zhang
Rainforest Action Network - Preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns.
Kaitlin
Fox
MyBlockMyHoodMyCity - Believes in providing opportunities for others to step outside their comfort zone and explore new communities, cultures, and cuisines in an effort to gain a greater understanding of the world
Karina
Correa
@akarinacorrea
Gotita Roja - A non-profit charitable association that has been operating since 2010, supporting the needs of the patients of the Eastern Bolivian Oncology Institute (*) in the city of Santa Cruz.
Kate
Strozak
Chicago Youth Centers - The place where possibility lives for more than 1,500 Chicago children and their families each year. Through CYC’s early learning, afterschool, and summer programs, youth ages 15 months to 18 years find joy in learning, grow socially and emotionally, and build skills for the jobs of tomorrow. CYC boldly envisions a Chicago where every child has the resources, experiences, and mentors they need to imagine and build bright futures.
Kayla
Castellon
@movewithkayla_
Miami Light Project - A not-for-profit cultural organization which presents live performances by innovative dance, music and theater artists from around the world; supports the development of new work by South Florida-based artists; and offers educational programs for students of every age.
Kendra
Ross
@thekendrajross
Bed Stuy Strong - Founded in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 crisis, as an online community and a mutual aid network. Bed Stuy Strong is a group of neighbors helping care for each other and organize to meet each other’s needs in a spirit of solidarity.
Lana
Sealy
@body_mekanix
Jabez House - Serves as a haven of hope for female sex workers, facilitating their transition process via access to alternative economic empowerment opportunities.
Lauren
Sommerfield
@lsommerfield
She Recovers - Inspiring hope, reducing stigma and empowering women to increase their recovery capital, heal themselves, and help other women to do the same.
Latonia
Johnson
latjohnspilates
Miracle Babies - founded in 2009 by Dr. Sean Daneshmand, a board certified obstetrician with extensive experience caring for women with high-risk pregnancies, to provide support to families with a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Leah
Wrobel
@leah.wrobel
Sprout - The Sprout community takes resposibility of taking care of the environment by planting trees and seeking to live more harmoniously with mother nature.
Long
Litt Woon
UNICEF - relentlessly works day in and day out to deliver the essentials that give every child an equitable chance in life: health care and immunizations, safe water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more
Loren
Davidson
@luckygoldrhino
Sidewalk Talk - hearing people’s stories, making the circle of humanity bigger. Today, Sidewalk Talk listeners return to the same public spaces week after week to renew our sense of belonging and connection and stem the growing tide of loneliness.
Revolutionary Love Project - founded by civil rights leader and prophetic voice Valarie Kaur, inspires and equips people to build beloved community where they are
Margi
Young
@margiyoung
SF Acheivers - support African-American young men in San Francisco Unified School District lead and thrive in higher education and beyond by closing the opportunity gap. We do this through college scholarships, leadership training, and mentoring.
Marianne
Storath
@mstorath
Breast Cancer Research Foundation - a nonprofit organization committed to achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer. They provide critical funding for cancer research worldwide to fuel advances in tumor biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, metastasis and survivorship.
Megan
Carvajal
@meg.alissa
The Bee Conservancy - They work to protect all bees and securing environmental and food justice through education, research, habitat creation, and advocacy.
Michelle
Menendez
@village.305
The Nirvana Project - Aims to promote a healthy and active lifestyle through the integration and inclusion of individuals with physical disabilities, their families and friends in the sport of running from 5k to 10k, Marathons, Triathlons & obstacles races.
Mohammad
Ali
Palestine Children's Relief Fund - Bringing injured and sick children to free medical care they could not get locally.
Monique
Pagan
@moniquerpagan
R.I.S.E Campaign: Bethel AME Church, Baltimore - As ministry activities, ministry participants and membership size increase — we need more space. The building located at 505 W. Lanvale Street would provide the space that is needed for all current activities. It would also provide the additional space needed for ministries to have even more spiritual impact, while allowing Bethel AME Church to offer more services to help address the other day-to-day needs in our community.
Murat
Catbas
@muratcatbas
Live Healthy and Thrive - Their work serves as the conduit to develop a closer affiliation between children of today and the community-at-large through outreach and educational programs
Niurca
Marquez
Miami Freedom Project - Committed to creating a space for progressive ideas and values. Transforming Miami political culture while boldly advocating for climate, economic, health, immigrant, and racial justice.
Petti
Groth
@synergy.cookeville
Appalachian Community Fund - By lifting up the voices of our community, supporting our community’s vision for change, and advancing local leadership, Appalachian Community Fund (ACF) embodies the power of collective action and bottom-up transformation.
Ross
Daniel
@rossdanieldance
Anti-Violence Project - AVP empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and supports survivors through counseling and advocacy.
Ruth
Alpert
World Dance for Humanity - A community of dancers and donors working to bring hope and help to people in need. World Dance supports simple, sustainable projects in Rwanda and Santa Barbara where a small donation can change lives.
Sandra
Portal
@sandra.portal.andreu
Plant More Project - Dedicated to discovering ways to thrive in our ever-shifting world by engaging local communities with hands-on learning, free native tree seedlings, and non-GMO seeds to increase biodiversity, sustainability, and environmental awareness.
Sarah
Chiesa
@imbody_arts
National Organization of Women - Multi-issue, multi-strategy organization that takes a holistic approach to women’s rights. Our priorities are winning economic equality and securing it with an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that will guarantee equal rights for women; championing abortion rights, reproductive freedom and other women’s health issues; opposing racism; fighting bigotry against the LGBTQIA community; and ending violence against women.
Shelly
Power

RAFI - Working across agricultural sectors and collaboratively through coalitions, we combine on–the-ground practical services and policy advocacy to ensure farmers have access to the tools they need to make the right choices for their farm and families as well as for their communities and the environment.
Sierrah
Dietz
@piladietz
Studio la la NOLA - a Black and Trans operated production team and space that aims to be a community resource as well as a hub for marginalized artists in need of a work space
Stephanie
Chance
@chance_stephanie
3HO - Comprised of people dedicated to living a life that uplifts and inspires.
Veoletta
Dyer
@veevavida
The Cotton Bottom Diaper Bank - provides free diapers, wipes, and potty training kits to low-income families in need through provider partner agencies. Our vision is to combat diaper need to keep babies clean, healthy, and dry.
 
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the inspiration

Margi Young is the mastermind behind the original “30 days of mindfulness” which brought a community of over 700 folx together in a daily virtual mindfulness practice where we have modeled our “49 days…” from. She has so generously offered her template for us to share our version to the movement world to explore. Please visit Margi’s page to see her current teaching schedule. The “30 days…” is still available for recording purchase as well.  

 

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let’s practice together!