Spiritual Growth Programs
Spiritual growth at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula provides opportunities and programs to awaken and sustain love, compassion, service, and personal transformation. Our goal is to help individuals discover how spiritual practice, learning, and community service can transform their lives and move the world toward peace and justice.
Programs include stand-alone events and ongoing activities and can be found in our Event Calendar, Friday emails, and the monthly Newsletter.
Ongoing programs include:
Meditation Practice Group (First Wednesdays)
We offer a weekly Meditation Practice Group at 6:00 pm in the Parish Hall or on Zoom. This group celebrates the diversity of Buddhist and other meditative orientations and welcomes participants from all contemplative traditions to attend. Allow about an hour and bring your meditation cushion, if you have one, or you can sit in a chair. There is power in meditating together.
Song Circle (Second Wednesdays)
Join us for monthly Song Circle on the second Wednesday of each month, 6:30–8:30 PM. Song Circle is communal singing, simple, easy-to-learn songs that we sing together, sometimes with harmonies. All voices are welcome (no experience needed). You’re invited to bring a song to share, come ready to join in, or simply listen. Rise Up Singing books are provided, and instruments are welcome.
Yoga
Members and friends of the congregation are warmly invited to attend yoga in the Parish Hall on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:30–10:30 a.m. with instructor Lisa Hammond.
Classes are gentle and appropriate for all levels. The suggested fee is $5–$10 per session, with the first class free. No one is ever turned away due to inability to pay.
Lisa has been practicing yoga since 2012 and teaching for most of that time. She has been grateful to lead yoga in the Parish Hall since early summer 2015. In addition to a variety of trainings over the years, she completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification in December 2018 under the loving guidance of Ventura-based Pixie Kastrup of Sacred Living Yoga.
For more information, Lisa can be reached at 831-801-2276 or soaringheartsyoga@gmail.com. To receive her weekly email, please feel free to text or email your contact information. You can also find her on Instagram at @soaringheartsyogaca and @mydailysits
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