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Pause, Rest, Be: Community Lunch and Conversation Circle
Join Shontaé Cannon-Buckley and Violet Stone on Saturday, May 11th, from 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, for a community lunch served by Breva Kitchen followed by conversation and restorative yoga drawn from the book “Pause, Rest, Be. Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change” by Octavia F. Raheem. Our gathering will take place in the Community Room at Massachusetts Avenue Project, 387 Massachusetts Ave, Buffalo, NY 14213. Facilitators will share excerpts of Raheem’s wise words to inspire large and small group conversation. Raheem writes “With so much shifting, now we are ready to go deeper. Alone and together. Let us begin with the end.” This gathering will focus on the theme of “Endings”. After some reflection and sharing, a restorative yoga teacher will guide us spaciously in and out of the Pose for Endings, Savasana. All are welcome; no yoga experience is necessary.
Diego Castillo of Breva Kitchen is a cook from Colombia who believes in food that is whole, healthy, and made from scratch. Using seasonal ingredients and calling on his roots, he’s serving up meals in Buffalo to encourage sharing and connection.
We can accommodate 15 participants. Please register at this link.
Sponsored by “Growing Together”, a project of the Cornell Small Farms Program.
About the facilitators:
Violet Stone leads a wide range of retreats and workshops for the food and farming community, drawing on themes of connection, wellness, purpose, integrity and courage. She sees this work as contributing to a more inclusive ‘culture’ of agriculture where all voices are warmly welcomed, honored, and celebrated, including the voices of our ‘inner teachers.’
Shontaé Cannon-Buckley life’s work and goal is around abolition and ending mass incarceration in the United States. For the past ten years Shontaé has worked to reduce harm in all walks of life, whether that be to the earth or carceral individuals. She believes we have to have sustainable and well-resourced options. While continuing to grow, build, and do whatever we can to prioritize all life, we must learn new ways to be together.
Jen Russo has been teaching yoga all around Buffalo since 2008. She holds five yoga teaching certificates and is well known for her restorative yoga classes.
