Serenity Within: Exploring Yoga Nidra & Sound Bath

Join us for a deeply restorative evening of rest and connection in a compassionate community. Experience a guided Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep) meditation led by Susanne McMurry, designed to calm the nervous system and support inner healing. Let yourself be enveloped by the soothing sounds of a live sound bath with Benny Silva of Resonate, creating a space for deep relaxation and renewal.

This practice is gentle and accessible to all—whether you prefer to lie down on a yoga mat or sit comfortably in a chair.

Proceeds from this class support Legacy Decatur, with a suggested donation of $20 (or pay what you can).

Legacy Decatur supports the small community-based programs and projects that perpetuate its community values for future generations.

📍 Location: Legacy Park, 500 S. Columbia Drive, Decatur, GA 30030

• Take the second entrance from either direction to find the main building with two large columns.

• Class is held in the auditorium; arrive 5-10 minutes early. Doors close at 6:05 PM.

🌙 What to Bring: Yoga mat, blanket, pillow, and water bottle for your comfort. Extra props will be available.

Refreshments will follow the session. Led by Susanne McMurry of Serenity Healing Arts, LLC. Sponsored by Compassionate Atlanta and Legacy Decatur.

Benny Silva & Aria Moon will be offering Embodied Alchemy: A Somatic Clearing & Sound Healing Experience and it’s not to be missed 🌀

With 80+ facilitators, 5 sacred venues, and a mountain-full of soul magic — this is where movement, healing, music, and nature unite.
• Yoga, breathwork, bodywork, Tantra, and Constellations
• Art, primitive skills, herbal classes, and kids’ nature play
• Dance, song circles, ecstatic music, and star-lit meals

We gather June 26–29 on sacred land in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North GA… and it won’t be the same without you.

Tickets are flying — don’t wait.

Opening Circle & Intention Setting

• Individual Tobacco Clearing

• Heart-Opening Herbal Tea Offering

• Sacred Hapé

• 45min Shamanic Sound Journey

• Integration & Sharing Circle

Location: The Common Woods in Lilburn, a private sanctuary near the Yellow River, we’ll gather in an intimate circle to release, remember, and reconnect.

The Plant

Hapé is a sacred shamanic snuff medicine used for thousands of years by tribes of the Amazon and South American indigenous cultures to heal, ground, purify, and connect with spirit. Hapé is ceremonial tobacco blend made from ash of medicinal plants, leaves, trees, bark, roots and seeds. It is grown for the purpose of ceremony. It is not the same tobacco that is used in cigarettes, but rather Nicotina Rustica, a type of tobacco also known as mapacho.

When served with respect and intention, Hapé becomes a powerful ally — opening the energetic body, offering clarity, protection, and deep spiritual connection. It is a spiritual experience, not a substance. It invites communion with the earth, spirit and ancestral wisdom, helping you come fully into the present moment.

Hapé is traditionally administered through a ceremonial pipe called a Tepi, gently delivered one nostril at a time by the facilitator. This act becomes a prayer — a cleansing of the mind and heart — and a beautiful preparation for the meditative depth of the sound journey to follow.

Join me for a sound journey experience where soothing vibrations guide your body and mind into deep relaxation and balance. This immersive practice calms the nervous system, releases tension, and fosters clarity, creativity, and inner harmony.

Saturday March 22 2025

From: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Location: Highland Yoga Decatur

Join Ashlee Ramsey of Highland Yoga and experienced sound artist Benny Silva of Resonate Yoga for a unique practice set to live music and mantra. Move and flow to the sounds of hand pan, flute, and other sound healing instruments as Ashlee guides you through 45 minutes of a HY Slow and Steady class, followed by 45 minutes of deep stretches, restorative postures, calming pranayama, and a grounding Savasana. Let the fusion of movement, breath, and sound healing take you on a hypnotic journey of inward focus, personal challenge, and total release.

Please feel free to bring: yoga blocks if you have them, and anything else that might help you feel comfortable such as a pillow, blanket, eye mask, etc.