REIKI TRAINING
MAY 3 +4, SATURDAY & SUNDAY,
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Join us for a two-day Reiki training in Usui/Holy Fire® III Reiki led by Ari & Emme. You will be guided through Reiki’s foundations, energetic healing techniques, and attunements to deepen your connection to self and others.
✦ Level One – Saturday, May 3 | 12-7PMExplore the foundations of Reiki and self-healing. You’ll learn about the energetic body, Reiki principles, and hands-on techniques. This is perfect for beginners or those wanting to reconnect with their energy body.
✦ Level Two – Sunday, May 4 | 12-7PM
Deepen your Reiki practice with sacred symbols and learn to send Reiki across time and space. You'll leave with the tools to offer Reiki to others professionally.
Prerequisite: Reiki 1 certification (from any lineage).
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LEVEL ONE ONLY / SAT : $275
LEVEL TWO ONLY / SUN : $275
LEVEL ONE + TWO / SAT + SUN : $500
** TAOU annual membership receive 15% off / monthly members receive 10% off.
** BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and those moving through financial hardship, discounts are available please email us at hello@taoustudio.comRegistration closes: April 25, 2025
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Reiki is a gentle, hands-on (or hands-off) healing modality that supports balance on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels. Rooted in early 20th-century Japan and now practiced around the world, Reiki works by channeling universal life energy through the practitioner to the recipient. This energy—known as Rei (universal) and Ki (life force)—flows to where it’s needed most, helping to release blockages, restore energetic flow, and awaken the body’s natural healing capacity.
Sessions can feel deeply relaxing, meditative, or emotionally moving. Some describe it as a wave of warmth, a subtle shift in awareness, or a sense of peace that lingers long after the session ends.
Reiki is not a religion or belief system, and you don’t need any prior experience to receive it or learn it. It meets you exactly where you are—supporting your process of healing, reflection, and growth in whatever way is needed.
Whether you're drawn to Reiki for self-care, to hold space for others, or simply out of curiosity, learning Reiki opens a lifelong relationship with energy awareness, spiritual connection, and compassionate presence.
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Ari is a somatic energy practitioner, yoga teacher, and Karuna Usui/Holy Fire III Reiki Master based in Richmond & DC. She blends movement, breathwork, and trauma-informed care to help students reconnect with their body and inner wisdom. With a deep background in psychology, Core Energetics, and integrative healing, Ari’s approach is empowering, embodied, and compassionate.
Emme is a Reiki Master, intuitive medium, and sound healer from Northern Virginia. She creates sacred space for soul-level healing and self-remembrance through Reiki, energy work, and intuitive connection. Emme believes that Reiki is a portal for self-discovery, transformation, and spiritual awakening—and loves witnessing students awaken to their own healing gifts.
PASTA + YOGA DAY RETREAT
RESCHEDULED
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THE ART OF PASTA - Day Retreat with TAOU Studio + Chef Emmalee Gough
SATURDAY, MAY 3 | 3–8 PM
LOCATION: The Greenhouse at Salisbury StudiosRoll out your mat, then roll out your dough—this dreamy day retreat invites you to move your body, play with your food, and savor the art of slowing down. From mindful movement to pasta made by hand, it's a full-sensory celebration of creativity, connection, and carbs.
We'll kick things off with outdoor yoga and aperitivo, then move into a hands-on pasta workshop with Chef Emmalee Gough in the greenhouse. You'll learn to dye pasta using natural ingredients, create stunning marbled patters, laminate with herbs and edible flowers, and master a variety of shapes. Discover professional techniques for making fillings, pairing sauces, and properly storing your creations. All pasta you make will be packaged to take home along with our signature seasonal sauce.
As the sun sets, we'll share a family-style al fresco dinner served on handmade HoneyHoney ceramics, followed by a closing sound bath to seal in the beauty of the day.
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$175 (includes all supplies)
What’s Included:Yoga + Sound Bath with TAOU Studio
Pasta Workshop with take-home pasta + sauce
Multi-course dinner + wine (featuring Chef Emmalee's pasta)
All materials + seasonal ingredients provided
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The Greenhouse at Salisbury Studios
A beautiful venue nestled in the heart of Midlothian, 15 minutes from downtown Richmond. The Greenhouse is a relaxing spot for connecting and rejuvenating!
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Chef EmmaLee Gough is a Richmond-based Private Chef specializing in innovative plant-based cuisine. EmmaLee has worked as a retreat chef in various international locations, most notably at yoga retreats in Costa Rica. Her global experiences have shaped her culinary style, allowing her to infuse diverse flavors into creative plant-based recipes. At VegChef, a Scandinavian culinary school that specializes in Plant Based Cusine. EmmaLee honed her skills in nutrition science, culinary techniques, and sustainable cooking practices. She gained recognition for her innovative approach to conscious eating, which led to the establishment of her company, The Conscious Table. Through this venture, she hosts seasonal dinners that showcase her culinary expertise and commitment to mindful eating. Apart from cooking, EmmaLee enjoys welcoming food enthusiasts into her kitchen, sharing her knowledge, and exploring new flavor combinations.
KAT MCCRORY + KATIE BOSCH will lead the yoga + breathwork portion of our time together!
IN SEASON : SPRING
MAY 9, FRIDAY
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5 PM - 6:30 PM
After Winter comes Spring! A deeper dive into YIN + TCM for Spring.
In spring, those aspects of us that have been dormant over the winter months begin to awaken.The time of vision, starting to step out, renewal, growth, starting "again". Just as nature enters a cycle of renewal, growth and expansion—so does the energy within us.
Vision is linear, memory is reflective and as you draw the line to your destination you will see what you are facing while memories from Winter reflect behind. Change direction to change memories. In the yoga practice, you want to physically open up your thighs, lungs, liver and eyes.
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YIN YOGA:
Puts stress on areas of the body not stretching. targets the deepest tissues of the body, our connective tissues – ligaments, joints, bones, the deep fascia networks of the body and the meridians. This is contrast to a Yang yoga practice such as Vinyasa yoga which targets the muscles.
Energetically, Yin yoga improves the energy flow, enhancing the flow of chi in the organs.
Remember Yin practice principles:
Come to your appropriate edge (no forcing, no pushing)
Soften the outer muscles of the body
Resolve to be still, without shifting position
Hold for longer
We recommend bringing socks + sweater to get cozy.
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KAT MCCRORY
To share what I have learned and in the process learn myself, forming us. I artfully craft each teaching experience weaving in who I am, what I have learned, recipes for joy, and imagination. I believe that through this practice we can practically, actively, and consciously move through ourselves, with ourselves, in order to know ourselves better and what it is that we need.
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Cost: Members FREE | $20 Drop IN
**This is pop-up class, no intro offers, regular class packs, or free class cards can be used for this event.
BARRE + YANG
MAY 16, FRIDAY
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
This 60-minute class seamlessly blends the strength and precision of barre with the fluidity and breath work of vinyasa yoga. We’ll begin with a dynamic warm-up, then, flow through a series of low-impact, high-repetition barre sequences—think pliés, pulses, and balance work—woven into a creative vinyasa flow that builds heat, endurance, and deep body awareness.
Throughout the class, props like light weights, resistance bands and yoga blocks are used to support alignment and enhance the burn. We’ll close with a restorative stretch to leave you feeling strong, lengthened, and grounded.
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Cost: $25 Drop IN
**This is pop-up class, no intro offers, regular class packs, or free class cards can be used for this event.
BREATHWORK + REIKI + SOUND
EVERY MONTH - SATURDAY MAY 24
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Breath Work / Reiki / Sound Bath
Monthly at 6:15pm (75 MIN)
Join Ari for a Breath work Alchemy Experience, where you will be given the opportunity to transform thought into sensation by shifting awareness from the mind to the body through active breath meditation. After you will be invited to slide into a state of relaxation as you receive healing sound frequencies and Reiki.
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Breath: Pranayama helps us rev up our system, getting us ready for anything.
Reiki: This Japanese healing energy technique promotes relaxation and reduces stress/anxiety though gentle touch.
Sound Bath: Sound baths provide a space for us to enter deep meditation, soothe our nervous system, increase our focus, and improve our sleep.
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With Ari Khan and special rotating guest for sound.
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SLIDING SCALE : $10 - $30
*Free For MembersPAY WHAT YOU CAN. Our sliding scale program was meant for US, created with the intention to be inclusive and accessible to more people.