http://www.flourishoncolley.com/

Flourish, 809 Brandon Avenue, Suite 210, Norfolk, VA (2025)

11/07/2025

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14 Coats Donated, 5 Dope Queens👑🫶🏾

Thank you to all pictured and not pictured that donated to the Bless the Backs Winter Coat Drive. 🙏🏾

Tonight was a beautiful candlelit flow. Always a honor to flow with my NeoSoulYoga fam. Shoutout to Ebony, who was on the mat for the first time!!

Watching Ebony experience yoga for the first time reminded me why I started teaching: for women who look like me, who carry so much, and are finally giving themselves permission to release, Physically, Emotionally, & Mentally.

Yoga doesn’t replace therapy or prayer. It adds to your well-being toolbox. It gives you a sacred space to regroup, to breathe, to remember yourself. And I love creating spaces where women of color feel safe, supported, and seen... while Jill Scott plays in the background. 🎶

A moment to pour back into you while also pouring into others. ❤️

09/15/2025

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Local friends - there is still room - link to calendar to register in BIO 🙏🏽. There will be only three more of the restorative breath sessions offered in person at this location in 2025 - these classes are intentionally kept at reasonable offering - The Medicine of Slow ✨

In a world that races, your nervous system whispers: slow down.
Because the brain doesn’t heal in hurry. It heals in pauses.
The heart then expands and the field to the subtler energies can be accessed.
When you move slowly, the body begins to listen.
When the body feels safe, the nervous system softens.
And when the nervous system softens, the brain rewires itself — building new pathways of peace, safety, and resilience.

This is why slow yoga, slow breath, slow presence can feel so powerful.
It isn’t about doing less.
It’s about creating conditions where healing becomes possible.

Slowness is the hidden doorway.
It opens into safety.
It opens into repair.
It opens into transformation.

🌀 Go slow.
💨 Breathe deep.
💗 Let your nervous system remember the way home.

09/01/2025

𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗔𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻⁣
Friday, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽:⁣
“Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”⁣
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In-person⁣
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Open meetings are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous’ program of recovery from alcoholism. Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers.⁣
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Meeting includes 15 minutes of meditation.⁣
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Contact Ben for details:⁣
757.513.8941

08/18/2025

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I am looking forward to teaching and sharing- will be hybrid = online and in person. In person classes will be in Ghent held at Flourish.

Link to information: https://www.barrattbreathinstitute.com/restorative-breathwork-foundation
Next Training Begins October 27, 2025. Do you long to experience a stillness that renews the body, opens the heart, and anchors you in presence? This 50-hour foundational training invites you to explore the meditative power of the subtle breath. Through personal immersion and hands-on practice, you’ll experience the quiet radiance and deep peace that arise from within—and begin to learn how to guide others into that same sacred space of inner stillness. Cultivate Presence. Share Stillness.
Inspire Transformation.
This Foundations Facilitator Training invites you into the quiet heart of the breath—a path of inner stillness where presence is cultivated, and transformation begins. Through embodied practice and sacred guidance, you’ll explore the subtle breath as a living current of healing, clarity, and renewal. Rooted in ancient breath traditions and supported by modern insight, this training is designed for yoga teachers, therapists, and mind-body practitioners drawn to a more yin approach to breathwork—where your presence becomes the practice, and the breath becomes the teacher.
50 Yoga Alliance & IAYT CEUs available.

06/19/2025

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On this day we join with hundreds of thousands of Black Americans in celebrating freedom. Today marks the 160th anniversary of the day 250,000 enslaved people in Galveston Texas were told that they were free. While the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed two years earlier in 1863, Texas enslavers refused to tell enslaved people of their freedom. It would not be until in 1865 that Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas bringing the announcement that slavery had been abolished.

From the beaches of Galveston to the seashore of Gaza: Freedom has come before. And it will come again.

In this moment we recognize that Black and Palestinian liberation are foundational principles and guiding lights for us all. Black and Palestinian struggles are entwined — something that Black scholars and activists have taught for years.

As Ajamu Amiri Dillahun writes in Black Perspectives: “We have the potential to increase Black and Palestinian solidarity in new and profound ways and one way to do that is through examining similarities in our struggles. Black people in the United States and Palestinians are oppressed by the same capitalist, racist, and imperialist system. Therefore, the ways in which we resist oppression will correspond with each other. For the most part, the dominant understanding of similarities in Black and Palestinian struggles has been through the paradigm of militarization. This is important and deserves more attention, but our similarities in struggles go much deeper.”

“Today on Juneteenth, the day we celebrate the end of slavery, the day we memorialize those who offered us hope for the future and the day when we renew our commitment to the struggle for freedom.” — Angela Davis, Political Activist, Professor, and Author.

Artwork credit . Check out linktr.ee/imfkamoni.

05/01/2025

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🌟 Join Us for an Empowering Workshop! 🌟

🧘‍♀️ **Unlock the Power of Breathwork, Non-Dual Spiritual Meditation, and Somatic Yoga!** 🧘‍♂️

🗓 **Date:** May 3rd
🕒 **Time:** 10:00 -12:15 p.m.
📍 **Location:** Flourish in Ghent

Discover the transformative potential of breathwork and deepen your connection to self through non-dual spiritual meditation and somatic yoga practices. In this 2-hour workshop, you will learn:

✨ Techniques to harness the power of your breath
✨ Tools for mindfulness and presence
✨ Somatic movements to release tension and cultivate awareness

Whether you’re a beginner or experienced practitioner, this workshop is designed to support your journey towards inner peace and well-being.

🌈 **Spaces are limited!** Reserve your spot today!
👉 [https://on-line-studio-with-gabrielle.heymarvelous.com/event/details/904833]

Let’s breathe, move, and connect together! 💖

03/17/2025

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Join us for a rejuvenating 2 hour and 15-minute workshop dedicated to Somatic Yoga, Restorative Breathwork, and Non-Dual Meditation. This immersive experience is designed to help you connect deeply with your body, release tension, and cultivate a sense of inner peace.

During this workshop, you’ll be guided through gentle somatic movements that promote awareness and healing, followed by restorative breathwork techniques that soothe the nervous system and enhance relaxation. We will then explore the principles of Non-Dual Meditation, allowing you to experience a profound state of presence and unity.

Whether you’re looking to unwind, deepen your practice, or simply explore new techniques for self-care, this workshop is suitable for all levels. Come prepared to nurture your body and mind in a supportive and tranquil environment.

**What to Expect:**
- Gentle somatic yoga movements to awaken the body
- Guided restorative breathwork to enhance relaxation
- Insights and practices in Non-Dual Meditation
- A welcoming space for self-exploration and growth

**Date:** March 29th, 2025
**Time:** 10:00 am -12:15 pm
**Location:** Flourish in Ghent
**Fee:** 30.00

Reserve your spot today and embark on a journey of self-discovery inner connection and healing! https://on-line-studio-with-gabrielle.heymarvelous.com/event/details/893308

03/08/2025

Thank you for walking alongside of us . And, to our beloved champion and kindred collaborator who made this all possible almost 9 years ago, we hold overwhelming gratitude. Her unwavering support and generosity allows our container to be safe and fertile ground for so many to grow!

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I wandered into for the first time in late 2021 and I took photos 2-4 in this series around that time.

The story is long…with parts well before 2021 and parts after it…with Spirit leading all along the way.

I thought I was just there for yoga but it was so much more than that.

Ascension has not been easy for me. This path broke every illusion and limit I ever had about myself forcing me to hide less and less over the years.

And in 2021, I was lost.

Just days later, I asked my husband for a divorce (which never happened) because I was afraid he couldn’t hold me in the full, wild, unconventional, free expression of who I actually am.

(Spoiler alert: it turned out he could ❤️‍🔥)

I didn’t live in a world where it felt like anyone would. Even when I connected in shamanic journey for the very first time and was given my power animal…the unicorn…my teacher told me that a mystical creature couldn’t be my power animal.

But I am a f*cking mystical creature.

And here I was in this random building where I was suddenly seen and held within its walls.

And I never forgot it.

4 years later, I moved in across the hall by synchronicity alone.

And I became just as protective of the space as its other keepers who had carried forward its story long before me.

I am called to this space’s energy often and whether I’m actually inside, just sending light, or holding in prayer that it flourish…

I am grateful.

If you need a space like this to hold you, let me know and I’ll connect you.

But please walk softly on her belly…for Flourish is holy ground.
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02/06/2025

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Link in bio to join!

01/31/2025

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🌬️✨ Discover the Power of Breathwork for Healing & Connection ✨🌬️ Awakening Sacred Heart https://on-line-studio-with-gabrielle.heymarvelous.com/event/details/877407

Join us for a transformative session of restorative Breathwork and somatic practice designed to nourish your body and calm your mind. 🌿✨

🧘‍♀️ Dive deep into the art of breath and unlock the potential of your vagus nerve to promote relaxation, reduce stress, and enhance your overall well-being.

🌈 Whether you’re seeking to release emotional blockages, improve your mental clarity, or simply reconnect with yourself, this practice is for you!

📅 Date: 02/08/2025
🕒 Time: 10:00 am - 12:15 pm
📍 Location: Flourish In Ghent
Let’s journey together towards healing and empowerment through the breath. 💖 Link to register in bio via calendar

https://on-line-studio-with-gabrielle.heymarvelous.com/event/details/877407

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