Join Certified Clinical EFT Practitioner and Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Toni Fielder for a fun, interactive introduction to two enjoyable wellness practices: Laughter Yoga and EFT Tapping. Discover how these simple techniques can support healthy aging, reduce stress, and enhance your overall sense of well-being while helping you feel more resilient, connected, and energized.

You’ll have the opportunity to experience both techniques firsthand and leave with practical tools you can use in everyday life to support your health, happiness, and joy.

Come curious, leave uplifted!

Come immerse yourself in the practice of mindful drawing with Sara Harlan, Certified Zentangle Teacher of Zen Valley Tangle. Join us on Wednesday, September 9 from noon – 2pm in the Community Room at the Y (1901 Hoag Road, Mount Vernon).

What is Zentangle? The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.

Sara is a certified Zentangle Teacher, artist, writer, and surface pattern designer nestled in the magical wildlands of the Pacific Northwest. She has a passion for bringing the practice of Zentangle to students, young and old, and has been teaching this method of drawing since 2013. The mission of Zen Valley Tangle is to provide instruction in the Zentangle drawing method, and in doing so, help students achieve

• A calm mind
• Confidence as an artist
• Better control of fine motor skills (like handwriting)
• Awareness of patterns all around
• Some really cool artwork!

Sara hopes students feel empowered as artists, safe to explore mark-making, and honored as courageous practitioners of something that might be new and even a little frightening at first.

All materials provided!

Join Skagit Y CEO Dean Snider as he shares his experience of walking The Portugal Way, a great walk in Portugal!

Dean shares: “Walking the Portugal Way was a remarkable experience… and yet with hundreds of thousands who have gone before, not so remarkable as well. I will be glad to share about Darlene’s and my experience walking the Portugal Way of the El Camino. The experience was re-framing, perspective altering, inspiring, energizing and exhausting. I hope you can join us as I share some of my learnings from the Portugal Way!”