We Are Living Recovery

02/11/2022

Hi everyone, happy Friday! Need to recharge, relax, or reset?
Join Em on Instagram LIVE at 4:30 pm PT today, February 11th for a donation based, trauma-informed, gentle flow practice! The theme will be “Deepening Self Love”.

01/07/2022

Hello everyone and happy new year!

We took a break from hosting Flow and Glow during the holiday season but we are starting up again TOMORROW, Friday at 4 pm PT. Join us to flow, relax, and be in community together 😌 lead by Butterfield !

Zoom ID: 568 343 0154

As always, movement is not required and you are welcome to join in simply to listen to some soothing tunes and kick back. Hope to see you there!

11/19/2021

This weeks Flow and Glow with Emma will be taking place this Saturday at 2 pm. ✨ Thanks for your patience with the alternating times while we figure out what time works best for most people! 💕

This week we will start off as usual with some gentle, flowing stretching and movement. Next there will be an option to move into some acupressure to help with anxiety, stress, and tension.

Feel free to read more about some of the pressure points I will cover here: https://www.healthline.com/health/pressure-points-for-anxiety -well.

If time allows at the end we will have some social time that is, as with everything else in this trauma-informed space, entirely optional. If you feel called to, please join us to flow, release, and relax! Hope to see you on the mat! 🧘🏻‍♀️

Follow Emma, at Emma Butterfield or lunaryogaportland 🥰

11/10/2021

Need a break at the end of the week to relax and recharge? Keep your recovery going strong through the weekend by starting it off right with some gentle yoga!

Join us on every Friday at 3:15pm pst/6:15pm EST for Flow and Glow Yoga with Emma! Meeting ID: 568 343 0154

Here at , we know the importance of self care and connection. Which is why we are committed to bringing you weekly offerings that will help you achieve both.

Let us know in the comments what things have been crucial to you and your recovery journey!

Everyone is welcome!

Have questions? Wanna connect with Emma?Follow lunaryogaportland or Emma Butterfield

10/16/2021

Hello Friends and Fellow Travellers -

Vancouver has hit full swing "rainforest" season - and that means staying in just started to look a whole lot better.

BUT - that doesn't have to mean we turn the social switch off. Get in your fave cozy wear, brew your favourite weekend cuppa, and sit a bit with some other folks on the journey through sobriety

09/12/2021

We all need some kinds of self care everyday - aqua, exercise, rest, relaxation - those are essential.

But what do you do when your partner is being a jerk, the bus doesn't show up in time, or your mom is at "it" again, and we are just OUT OF WHACK??

Johanna of .own.yourself is going to tell us!

Join us this afternoon for an online self care skillshop filled with in-the-moment soothing and grounding practices we can implement when we need to feel a little less funky.

Hop on to this freely available gathering today at 12PM PST / 2PM CST / 3PM EST

Zoom Link in Bio and Comments

09/10/2021

OH NO!! Our Yoga Teacher Emma has had a BAD day - her fur baby is having a medical issue, and we will not be hosting our Yoga session this afternoon.

Please send healing vibes to her doggo Ollie, and consider joining us Sunday at 2PM PST / 4PM CST / 5 EST for a different experience with JOY Yoga!

Thank you for your understanding!

09/10/2021

Deep Breath! Friday is here, and we've got a treat to help you transition into a restful weekend.

Join Emma, a certified Yoga teacher with THE most calming demeanour, in a gentle and relaxing practice. We invite you to come to this Yoga session with a hot cup of tea - and feel welcome to share and chat after a grounding stretch.

ALL ARE WELCOME - we are an all inclusive community, who invite you to put your self-care on the front burner today.

4PM PST / 6 CST / 7 EST - Link to this FREE class :

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6596430602

Meeting ID: 659 643 0602

09/07/2021

We are rolling with a schedule of on-going self-care seminars, pencil a gathering into YOUR schedule!

https://wearelivingrecovery.com/our-events

09/06/2021

TODAY @ 2PM PST / 5PM EST We are Hosting 🎶🎵embodied dance 🎵🎶 with .recover 🧘🏼‍♂️!

Join us for an hour of inspiring music, reflection and MOVEMENT!

🌑🌙A New Moon practice to land in your intentions and cultivate some personal power for the weeks ahead🌙🌑

Bring a pen and paper as Carly has some wonderful prompts to shake and sift through what’s important to you this month

Come dance with us —- Link in Bio!

08/30/2021

Monday morning throwback to WEEKEND PARK HANGS!
Thanks to all who came to play ladder ball and bocce, sip some gingerade, and make new connections!

I’ll be hosting another meet-up in no time..would you like to meet new people on Sept. 19th?? Head in over to the registration page in the Bio.

Getting better connected means finding new parts of ourselves and hearing our experiences in someone else’s voice - give yourself that gift and gear up to meet for a coffee and snack in Kitsilano at 1pm Sept 19

08/29/2021

We are soft launching our first self care seminar TODAY at 2pm PST! 💜💜💜💜💚💜💜💚💜💚💚💚💚. Link to join us in bio - serving up one soothing and grounding session with .own.yourself and we couldn’t be more excited 🥰

08/28/2021

I’m getting to bed extra early tonight so I can give my full energy to this amazing event tomorrow Music /Art /ceremony in celebration of indigenous and BIPOC youth AND a fundraiser to support the Nlaka'pamux cultural programs of Lytton. Get your butt over to Eventbrite to register 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼. Andy Livingstone Park
89 Expo Boulevard
Vancouver, BC. 🌟1pm-10pm🌟

08/20/2021

I am heading to Freespace this eve to take in a Yoga practice and to chat with the makers of Wellness Cafe about some future shared offerings!

Come by to share a very relaxed and holding practice BY DONATION!! Pay what you can, take what you need

08/20/2021

Toronto Peeps - get your butts over to Regent Park Market TONIGHT!

Gail of ZERO] is a passionate and artful drink maker - and one inspired human!

🍂Treat yourself to one of her diligently crafted zero proof cocktails, and ask about her AMAZING projects coming up this fall 🍂






ZERO] 22 drink options available Today we continue celebrating community. Mojitos, margaritas, sunrise, wine and more . Come for the cocktail, stay for the chat.

08/15/2021

Beautiful day for a park hang! Switchel and bubble wands for all, drop by if you’re in the Trout Lake area! 💫💫💫💫💫Also - AMAZING TO SEE ANOTHER RECOVERY PICNIC RIGHT BESIDE OUR SET UP💚💗💜

08/14/2021

24 hrs UNTIL OUTR MEET UP!! 🤩🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐️⭐️⭐️🤩11am on Sunday a bunch of cool people will settle into some picnic vibes and get “down” like these geese. (Get it?)
Join a relaxed gathering to meet new friends and create connection for Vancouver folks on a sober/sober curious journey💕. 🌳register with soberirl.com/Vancouver 🌳

08/12/2021

Vancouver Peeps! ⭐️mark your calendars!⭐️. Grab your fave shareable snacks and meet us down at Trout Lake Park in East van this Sunday, AUGUST 15 🌈. No hidden sales, no catch! Just want to call in all sober & sober curious folks to have a meet and greet. 💫⭐️please register so we can stay in touch with day of details⭐️💫. soberirl.com/Vancouver. 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

08/10/2021

Sometimes you beach your boat! Some times you read all the prep material, plan the best you can…and one small set back changes the whole course of your plan

But when your plan doesn’t work out, try to trust there’s a better plan. One you never would have come up with on your own. One that might make you a little uncomfortable, but totally has a lesson (or two) to offer.

I got stranded. And also discovered a beautiful new walk and the most beautiful ripe blackberries. I got to talk real talk with some of my fam, and make goofy faces and jokes.

There is no right way; you cannot get any of this thing called life wrong. Happy travels on your journey today 🥰

08/09/2021

Just having a dreamy moment in Trout Lake Park, thinking about all the cool people I’m going to meet here on August 15 for a super fun sober/sober curious picnic brunch!

🧀🥑🥗Want to join us?? 🥗🥒🥪.

Register & check out the guiding intentions of the gathering here: soberirl.com/vancouver. Can’t wait to connect 💜😎

08/06/2021

08/03/2021

Look who is the newest and proudest ambassador for SoberIRL??

It’s me! I’ll be hosting gatherings once a month for womxn who are sober/sober curious and looking for their peeps. I am over joyed to be working with Karla, and to meet YOU!

Happy Tuesday, soberIRL squad. I think today is a great day for a little surprise. 😊

We've added a new city to the collective! 🥳🎉🎊

Please welcome Sheena in Vancouver. She'll be hosting on the third Sunday of the month. The first meetup will be taking place on August 15 at 11a. Swipe to the next pic to learn a little more about Sheena.

Let us know if you can make it on 8/15 by heading to soberirl.com/vancouver.

08/02/2021

When life gets tough, we can sometimes get hard.

When the circumstances of your lived experience begin to feel like walls of a cell, or boundaries you have no control over, often, the thing to do is fight back. Tell yourself to buck up, put on your armour, and battle against the hard edges of whatever the world has thrown your way. That was my go-to coping strategy for a long long time. I would push back on the challenges I faced and keep pushing, keep pressing up against my obstacles until something would give. It felt “good” (maybe even right) to ante-up and get stronger than the circumstances, to try to destroy the things I felt held back by.

This past month, the walls in my life felt like they started to tower. I’ve had a family member struggling HARD with addiction, and a bunch of brokenhearted kin that were ready for a press-against-that-sh*t kind of battle. I had my chainmail suit ready, too. Phone calls and text strings not too far removed from war room strategies have been the norm. We were getting steeled to “do something” about this.

It took a wise, outside of the calvary voice to remind us: this is not OUR fight. These aren’t our cell walls. We didn’t build them, and we can’t break them. Addiction isn’t a war fought from the outside, and though we can love and care about how our people are struggling, no hand-to-hand combat provided by an outside legion can win the day. Our hands are useless. The thing we can aim to break down is our own hardness. I spent the first half of July wearing war paint, and the second half quietly washing down. That meant letting go of the push-back in someone else’s fight. And giving myself some space, so that energy didn’t become something else - I’ve been quiet here because I would have been practicing being hard.
I’m still learning to get softer when things feel sharp, and to feel what’s happening, instead of trying to alter the course of a conflict. This conflict is terrifying, but to act in FIGHT, will do no one any good. This month has been really good reflection time that LIVING RECOVERY is sometimes quiet, and soft, and hard to see. 💚

07/23/2021

Happy Friday!! You made it!

And if you’re in the Seattle area you owe it to yourself to check out cocktail party TOMORROW!!

Lush Vegan eats, beautiful artisan non alcoholic cocktails, chances to win spirits alternatives, and a touch-in to an inclusive space that really cares about YOUR experience.

Treat yourself! Tickets in Molly’s Dry Bar Bio 😍

Posted • Limited tickets remain, and we wanna sell out! If you can’t attend, would you please consider donating a partial or whole ticket to our low income fam? There is a waiting list of low income folx who would like to attend and we want to see them there! Thank you all for all your support. We love this community!!

07/13/2021

WOW! A beautiful shot from one of our photo contest entries - we asked for the scavenger hunters to take photos of things that can cue up JOY in their lives.

If you want to participate, get to our website and join the hunt!

We’re sending out a personal love note and a charming snail mail gift to everyone who signs up.

CHECK IT OUT, link in bio 🌟📸🌟

07/12/2021

A super yummy Peach mint iced tea, and a moment of reflection..

About to enter the second to last academy class session, and WOW - feeling all the feels.

Two months ago I took a chance on something I wasn’t sure was *exactly* up my alley as I was tidying up the edges of a sober events business plan. Being in this mega engaged and empowered learning space has not only connected me to some amazing humans who I am so grateful to now call friends, but to a fantastic clarity in my mission and goals as an entrepreneur.

THANK YOU CHRIS - what a beautiful honour it has been to be in this class! If you think you are ready to the make non-alcoholic social scene happen in your part of the world - get to the website and SIGN UP!

www.thesansbar.com

Feeling ready to kick butt and take names (and drink orders) with all y’all .own.yourself

07/12/2021

Hey! It’s a park party…we did it! Come visit us at Trout Lake Park, right by the beach 🏖.

07/11/2021

Taking a moment at Sunday Market With my Switchel. Just wanted to show off my honey lemon ginger sparkling bevy before it gets packed up…

I’m heading off to set up at Trout Lake Park (to the rear of the beach and concession) to set up for SUNDAY FUNDAY park hangs!

4-8pm TODAY

BOCCE! Ladder ball! Fun times, come check it out 💜

connection

07/05/2021

Because the sun can’t shine EVERYDAY, this is a wonderful quick deck to remind you that’s OKAY.

A “nope” vibe is just fine. Own where you’re at, no matter where that is, you’re not alone 💜❤️💜 Posted • 🌧️ WHAT DO I DO WHEN THE PINK CLOUD DISAPPEARS? 💥 We've got you 👇
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​In the early days of sobriety, people often say that there’s a sense of euphoria – a ‘pink cloud’ which fills them with excitement and elation. The pink cloud exists and the pink cloud is real, but for some of us it doesn't always stick around. 
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​So...what do we do when the pink cloud is no more? SWIPE for six tips on coping when it disappears 👉 (spoiler alert: you can and you WILL get through this!)
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