Events
August 16, 2021
Sunday 2 PM (MDT)
August 16, 2021
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
When Words Collide
A Festival for Readers and Writers
The Introverted Writer’s Conundrum
Marie Powell, WL Hawkin, Thorsten Nesch, and Kaiya Ansorge
Do you love writing yet hesitate and even fear the act of verbal communication? How do you manage interviews, group meetings, and conventions? Join the Introverted Writer’s Panel and see how we manage the "write it—promote it" roller coaster.
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82306434909?pwd=VzhiakVmeWZpVU9uWC84UUdzY0c4dz09
https://www.whenwordscollide.org/About_WWC/
May 15, 2021
1-2:00 PM
May 15, 2021
Exhale Wellness
Exhale Wellness Spa
Spring Chakra Meditation
Come join us for a guided meditation that will progress through the seven main chakras. The session will begin with a short introduction to the chakras. Then we will slowly make our way from our feet up through the top of our head in a relaxing journey into our energetic centers. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat or blanket to lie on during the session. The meditation lasts about an hour.
https://exhalewellnessspa.com/
March-April 2020
4-5:00 pm
Thursdays
March 26, April 2, April 9
Facebook Live
Lost & Found
Transforming Social Distance into Connecting with Our Soul
What would you like to accomplish during this set-aside time in our world’s history? During this three-week journaling workshop, we will undertake a writing practice that helps us shape our days and explore what we really want our life to be. What makes us feel free? What makes us feel relaxed? What gives us a sense of luxury? What fills us with joy and delight? What is just plain fun? The answers to these questions are incredibly unique. This workshop helps us find our personal map to bliss and clarifies what we need to do each day to live our most soul-abundant life. This period of social distancing is a gift of time. Let’s use it to move toward our sacred purpose. One hour per group session for 3 weeks. Thursdays 4pm (March 26, April 2, and April 9). No need to sign up: simply show up at 4pm for the Live Feed at https://www.facebook.com/kaiyaansorge/
https://lafprevention.org/
March 17, 2020
1-2:30 pm
Tuesday
March 17, 2020
Sioux Falls, SD
University of Sioux Falls
Practicing Miracles
This workshop explores the miraculous in our daily lives. All religious and nonreligious backgrounds are welcome. The only requirement is an interest in adventuring into the possibility of a beyond that permeates our present physical existence--and a willingness to be surprised.
Postponed for COVID-19. Details forthcoming.
March 24, 2020
6 pm
Tuesday
March 24, 2020
Vermillion, SD
Exhale Wellness Spa
Spring Chakra Meditation
Come join us for a guided meditation that will progress through the seven main chakras. The session will begin with a short introduction to the chakras. Then we will slowly make our way from our feet up through the top of our head in a relaxing journey into our energetic centers. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat or blanket to lie on during the session. The meditation lasts about an hour.
Postponed for COVID-19. Details forthcoming.
february 14, 2020
Friday
February 14, 2020
Vermillion, SD
Exhale Wellness Spa
Valentine’s Date Night
Come have a romantic night for two at Exhale. The evening will be a unique adventure into love and relaxation. You and your beloved will enjoy a Chakra Meditation and a Salt Cabin experience or an Infrared Sauna, all of this while drinking champagne and eating chocolate. What could be more romantic?!
january 4, 2020
1 pm
Saturday
January 4, 2020
New Braunfels, Texas
New Braunfels Public Library
Writing as Meditation
This workshop begins with an introduction to using writing as a tool to practice mindfulness. After the introduction, we will engage in writing exercises that help us bring to awareness the words that are flowing through our consciousness. During this event, we will explore some of the spiritual aspects of writing. We will have time for discussion. Please bring your favorite tools for writing.
January 8, 2020
1-3 pm
Wednesday
January 8, 2020
New Braunfels, Texas
Westside Community Center
Writing as Meditation
This workshop begins with an introduction to using writing as a tool to practice mindfulness. After the introduction, we will engage in writing exercises that help us bring to awareness the words that are flowing through our consciousness. During this event, we will explore some of the spiritual aspects of writing. We will have time for discussion. Please bring your favorite tools for writing.
september 14 and October 12, 2019
1-3 pm
Saturday
September 14
and
October 12, 2019
Sioux Falls, SD
Sioux Falls
Public Library
Prairie West
7630 W 26th St
Writing as Mindfulness Practice
This workshop begins with an introduction to using writing as a tool to practice mindfulness. After the introduction, we will engage in writing exercises that help us bring to awareness the words that are flowing through our consciousness. We will have time for discussion. Please bring your favorite tools for writing.
Registration is required:
or through Facebook or the library.
june 23, 2019
2 PM
Sunday
June 23, 2019
Valldalen, Norway
Meretes Garden
Meditation on Love
Come join us for a weekend devoted to the theme of love. Dr. Kaiya Ansorge will offer a meditation on connecting to Love through the chakras during the weekend workshop at Meretes Garden. The weekend will be devoted to exploring and developing our capacity for love.
This session will begin with a short introduction to the chakras. Then we will slowly make our way from our feet up through the top of our head in a relaxing journey into our energetic centers. We will be carefully awakening those centers to Love first for our deepest Self and then learning how to extend that healing light of love from the chakras to our beloved.
https://meretesgarden.no/english/about/
RETREAT WEEKEND CANCELLED. Contact for more details.
May 19,2019
2-2:45 PM
Sunday
May 19,2019
Vermillion, SD
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
Chakra Meditation: Connecting to the Self through Love
Come join us this Sunday afternoon for a guided meditation that will progress through the seven main chakras with a focus on connecting to a larger sense of Love. The session will begin with a short introduction to the chakras. Then we will slowly make our way from our feet up through the top of our head in a relaxing journey into our energetic centers. Please wear comfortable clothing. The meditation lasts about 45 minutes.
april 11-25, 2019
12 Noon CST
Thursdays
April 11,
April 18,
April 25, 2019
Workshop
On-Line
Practicing Miracles
This 3 week free webinar explores the miraculous in our daily lives. All religious and nonreligious backgrounds are welcome. The only requirement is an interest in adventuring into the possibility of a beyond that permeates our present physical existence--and a willingness to be surprised. Please register by submitting on the contact form or via Facebook.
March 26-April 9, 2019
6:30-7:30 PM CST
Tuesdays
March 26,
April 2,
April 9, 2019
Workshop
On-Line
Practicing Miracles
This 3 week free webinar explores the miraculous in our daily lives. All religious and nonreligious backgrounds are welcome. The only requirement is an interest in adventuring into the possibility of a beyond that permeates our present physical existence--and a willingness to be surprised. Please register by submitting on the contact form or via Facebook.
january 6, 2019
2 PM
Sunday
January 6, 2019
Merida, Mexico
Writing As Meditation
at Raudal
Calle 64A #523A x 77 y 75 Centro (1.01 mi)
Mérida, Yucatan 97000
This workshop begins with an introduction to using writing as a tool to practice mindfulness. After the introduction, we will engage in writing exercises that help us bring to awareness the words that are flowing through our consciousness. During this event, we will explore some of the spiritual aspects of writing. The event begins at 2pm, but the end is flexible. We will have time for discussion. Please bring your favorite tools for writing.
December 21, 2018
7:30-8:30 PM
Friday
December 21, 2018
Merida, Mexico
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of Merida
Christmas Meditation
Come join us for an immersion into the Christmas story using text and guided meditation! We will savor and contemplate the texts during this meditation. Dr. Kaiya Ansorge will deepen our experience of the Christmas season through textual visualizations and commentary. Please wear comfortable clothing.
december 18, 2018
7-8:30 PM
Tuesday
December 18, 2018
Merida, Mexico
Merida English Library
Writing As Mindfulness Practice
This workshop begins with an introduction to using writing as a tool to practice mindfulness. After the introduction, we will engage in writing exercises that help us bring to awareness the words that are flowing through our consciousness. Please bring your favorite tools for writing.
december 5, 2018
6 PM
Wednesday
December 5, 2018
Vermillion, SD
Edith B. Siegrist
Vermillion Public Library
Writing As Meditation
This workshop begins with an introduction to the practice of meditation through writing. After the introduction, we will engage in writing exercises that explore this mode of bringing ourselves to awareness and peacefulness. This workshop is fun for those who love to journal and helpful for those who would like some tools to help them fall in love with writing. Please bring your favorite tools for writing: beautiful journals, utilitarian spiral notebooks, laptops, and paper napkins are all welcome.
november 1, 2018
November 1, 2018
Vermillion, SD
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
NaNoWriMo Support and Writing Event
Come to the public library to find out about NaNoWriMo! All writers, students, and the curious are welcome—not just novelists! Dr. Kaiya Ansorge and Rachelle Langdon will give a brief introduction to NaNoWriMo (November 1st at 5pm), help you set up your account, and brainstorm about what you would like to write or accomplish during the challenge. Kaiya will also discuss alternative ways of participating, including nonfiction, poetry, game-writing, revision opitions, and more (officially welcomed as “rebel” participants), before leading a Writing Meditation to get us started on the process. Feel free to join anytime during the month of November.
October 4, 2018
6:45 PM
Thursday
October 4, 2018
Yankton, SD
Soul Story Yoga
Fall Chakra Meditation
Come join us for a Chakra Meditation at Soul Story Yoga! Dr. Kaiya Ansorge will provide a short introduction to chakra meditation and then lead us through a guided meditation. Chakra meditation is a great way to learn more about our own bodies and what they are telling us with their aches and pains. At the end of the meditation, we will have time for discussion and questions. The meditation is relaxing and restful. Please wear comfortable clothing.
september 23, 2018
2:00-2:45 PM
Sunday
September 23, 2018
Vermillion, SD
Om Sweet Om
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
Meditation for the Distracted Mind
Our daily lives pull our attention in a myriad of directions. This meditation will address that state and help us release the hold of the multiple in order to ease into the simplicity of a clarified state of mind. Please wear comfortable clothing.
June 22, 2018
5 PM
Friday
June 22, 2018
Rome, Italy
Zem Yoga
Summertime Chakra Meditation
Come join us for a Summertime Chakra Meditation. Often we hold blockages in our chakras that can impede us from sheer joy. This gentle guided meditation will be focused on noticing each of our energy centers, and then inviting those centers to clear and open to the fun and freedom of summertime. Dr. Kaiya Ansorge will provide a short introduction to chakra meditation and then lead us through a guided meditation. At the end of the meditation, we will have time for discussion and questions. Please wear comfortable clothing.
JUNE 4, 2018
5:30 PM
Monday
June 4, 2018
Vermillion, SD
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
Chakra Meditation
Come join us for a guided meditation that will progress through the seven main chakras. The session will begin with a short introduction to the chakras. Then we will slowly make our way from our feet up through the top of our head in a relaxing journey into our energetic centers. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat or blanket to lie on during the session. The meditation lasts about an hour.
http://vermillionpubliclibrary.org/
april 3-17, 2018
12 PM (CST)
Tuesdays
April 3,
April 10,
April 17, 2018
Workshop
On-Line
Practicing Miracles
This 3 week free webinar explores the miraculous in our daily lives. All religious and nonreligious backgrounds are welcome. The only requirement is an interest in adventuring into the possibility of a beyond that permeates our present physical existence--and a willingness to be surprised. Please register by submitting on the contact form or via Facebook.
January 20, 2018
7 PM
Saturday
January 20, 2018
Vermillion, SD
Coyote Twin Gallery Presents
Because
An Art Opening for Susan Heggestad
Participants include social artist Sandra Kern Mollman, writers Katy Beem, Dr. Kaiya Ansorge, and Carrie Prentice, as well as poets Avery Guess, Norma Wilson, Teniesha Kessler, Marcella Remund, and South Dakota State Poet Laureate Lee Ann Roripaugh. The reading will be open to the public. The exhibit will be on display through February 17th, and can be viewed during the theaters' open hours; 4 – 9 pm, Tuesday – Sunday.
The current exhibit debuts mixed media works on paper completed by Heggestad over the past four years. Although some aspects of the work may feel familiar to those who’ve seen her artwork before, Heggestad says she is exploring new territory in this recent series: violence.
January 3, 2018
4 PM
Wednesday
January 3, 2018
Seguin, TX
(near San Antonio)
HK Yoga
New Year's Chakra Meditation
Come join us for a New Year's Chakra Meditation. During the meditation, we will delve into the chakras in order to discover what intentions and resolutions will be the most healing. By inviting the chakras to guide our intentions, we will be able to transform seemingly difficult resolutions into a luxurious process. Because we will ground our intentions in what gives us joy (and even pleasure), they will become easy to maintain. Dr. Kaiya Ansorge will provide a short introduction to chakra meditation and then lead us through the guided meditation. At the end of the meditation, we will have time for discussion and questions. Please wear comfortable clothing.
DECEMBER 21, 2017
6 PM
Thursday
December 21, 2017
New Braunfels, TX
(near San Antonio and Austin)
Two Rivers Yoga
Holiday Chakra Meditation
Come join us for a Chakra Meditation that will ground you and refresh you for the holiday season. So often during the whirlwind of the holidays, we forget to check in with our bodies and reseat ourselves in peace and joy. This chakra meditation is especially attuned to the subtle signs and messages from our bodies that will help us have a magical holiday season. Dr. Kaiya Ansorge will provide a short introduction to chakra meditation and then lead us through a guided meditation. At the end of the meditation, we will have time for discussion and questions. Please wear comfortable clothing.
NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 2017
1 PM (CST)
Wednesdays
November 8, 15, 22, 2017
Workshop
On-Line
Practicing Miracles
This 3 week free webinar explores the miraculous in our daily lives. All religious and nonreligious backgrounds are welcome. The only requirement is an interest in adventuring into the possibility of a beyond that permeates our present physical existence--and a willingness to be surprised. Please register by submitting on the contact form or via Facebook.
OCTOBER 2017
October 2017
Podcast
Your Motivational High 5
Hosted by Phil Larson
On Breath
During this podcast episode, we focus on breath. Dr. Kaiya Ansorge relates some of her experience with breathing and breathlessness.
OCTOBER 15, 2017
3 PM
Sunday
October 15, 2017
Vermillion, SD
Om Sweet Om
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
Seven Chakra Meditation
Chakra meditation is a great way to learn more about our own bodies and what they are telling us with their aches and pains. The meditation is relaxing and restful. Please wear comfortable clothing.
OCTOBER 8, 2017
2 PM
Sunday
October 8, 2017
Austin, MN
Yoga Studio of Austin
Chakra Meditation
Come join us for a Chakra Meditation at Yoga Studio of Austin! Dr. Kaiya Ansorge will provide a short introduction to chakra meditation and then lead us through a guided meditation. Chakra meditation is a great way to learn more about our own bodies and what they are telling us with their aches and pains. At the end of the meditation, we will have time for discussion and questions. The meditation is relaxing and restful. Please wear comfortable clothing.
Spring 2017
Spring 2017
Vermillion, SD
Om Sweet Om
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
Meditation Using Acupressure Points from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Emotional Freedom Technique
This meditation explores the traditional Chinese meridians and their Emotional Freedom Technique counterparts. Through this meditation we will bring awareness to a specific area of our lives that we would like to heal, and then we will work toward releasing that area.