3rd Wednesday of the month 

Melting Into Being

with Rashmi Bismark MD

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A place for coming home to you through body awareness and deep relaxation.

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Rashmi Bismark MD

Melting Into Being

3rd Wednesday Each Month

About Rashmi

Rashmi is a mom, writer, and Preventive Medicine physician whose clinical practice is focused on facilitating mindfulness-based programs to support whole health. Long inspired by a deep curiosity and love for the spiritual and healing traditions of her elders from Kerala, India, she was introduced to Ayurveda as a child with an autoimmune condition and has studied various aspects of Ayurvedic health promotion with vaidyans in her family, including Vaidyabhooshanam K. Ragahavan Thirumulpad.

Rashmi is also a celebrated children's author and beloved meditation teacher for Yoga Medicine 

Visit her website to learn more:
RSBismark.com

Melting into Being Monthly Class

After years of working with caregivers in healthcare and patient communities, the one thing Rashmi has appreciated more than anything is the deep longing we all share for rest and reconnection with our essential beingness. 

As strong as this wholesome desire is, caring for ourselves in this way doesn’t come easy, especially for those among us who are so used to radiating beingness in service to others. Reflecting radiance inward can feel strange, and even frustrating, especially when rest has maybe looked like turning off that inner luminosity or dampening its flame altogether for survival. 

Sound familiar? This kind of inner burnout isn’t our fault. It’s a natural by-product of systems that weren’t necessarily built to nurture the needs of caregivers. We become so accustomed to modulating our innermost ways of knowing, caring, and behaving to accommodate everyone else. We aren’t taught in our training, or given the space to explore, how to nurture the innate presence of those strengths for ourselves.

The Ayurvedic approach places that source of our radiance, resilience, and vibrance at the center of care. Every individual and communal health-related behavior is designed to optimize the recognition of our shared beingness and help us relate to life through its natural expressions. Healthfulness blossoms when we care for our whole selves - Nature + Awareness - right here. 

“Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between the two, my life flows.” - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, teacher of Advaita Vedanta and Non-Duality

Join Rashmi for monthly yoga and meditation sessions where we will play with concepts of rest and non-doing through awareness-based practices from Yogic, Buddhist, Tāntrik, and modern mindfulness traditions. 60-minute classes will include a mix of gentle āsana (postures), prānāyāma (breath expansion), mantra, guided relaxation, and seated meditation followed by time for connection and reflection. Bring along a blanket, a few cushions/pillows, and yoga blocks (optional) to help you get comfy. Don’t worry if you’ve never meditated before. All classes will be accessible to beginners and long-time practitioners alike. 

Please note: “non-doing” is not a passive exercise. It is a resonant and engaged way of being ourselves as restful awareness - free of harsh judgment, empty of constricting mental constructs, full of interconnecting presence and possibility. This is considered to be the naturally auspicious, stateless state of consciousness, allowing for the wisdom of love, agency, and insight to emerge in any form. 

Explore rekindling the flame of inner knowing with the intuitive energy of your own awareness. 
  • Allow the natural warmth of your caring, connected presence to reflect and soften.
  • Develop your professional skills
  • Melt into the spacious, luminous ground of our beingness.
  • Be the effortless flow of life that is already you.
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What's included?

Monthly Live Class

Join Rashmi each month for a transformative yoga and meditation session, blending Yogic, Buddhist, Tāntrik, and modern mindfulness practices. These sessions are designed to help you explore rest and non-doing in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Class Replay  

Can’t make it live? No worries—every session is recorded, allowing you to revisit the teachings and practices at your convenience, ensuring you never miss out on the journey.

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Connect with like-minded individuals who share your passion for spiritual growth. Engage in meaningful discussions, share experiences, and support one another in a warm, inclusive community.
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Fall 2024 Schedule

Dates: 3rd Wednesdays of Every Month
Sept 8th* (August class), Sept 18th, October 23, Nov 20th, Dec 18th

Time: 8 am PST, 11 am PST
Replays available 
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Melting Into Being

Bring your full focus to a dedicated practice each month. 

The Melting Into Being Class is part of a Monthly Membership series that includes an array of monthly classes.  Sign up to receive all the benefits. 
CLass series

Melting Into Being

Bring your full focus to a dedicated practice each month. 

The Melting Into Being Class is part of a Monthly Membership series that includes an array of monthly classes.  Sign up to receive all the benefits. 

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These 60-minute classes include gentle āsana, prānāyāma, mantra, guided relaxation, and seated meditation, with time for connection and reflection afterward.
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