It’s All About the Waves
It’s All About the Waves Hosted by Gabriella Ruocco + Desi Thompson
6/27 3:00 - 5:00pm
DAYA Ridgewood
$25
Come join us in an afternoon full of rejuvenating practices - gentle yin postures, yoga nidra, reiki, and a sound bath to help soften the heat of the Summer during the year of the fire horse. Before swimming into these practices, you will learn about what happens in your nervous system, body, and brain waves.
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Gabriella Ruocco, LMSW, RYT 500 is a Bilingual Integrative Psychotherapist, trauma sensitive yoga teacher, social worker, and reiki practitioner. She works with individuals of all ages and serves primarily survivors of trauma, immigrants, and those forcibly displaced. She is passionate about supporting individuals to find safety in their bodies and minds through a blend of evidence based and holistic interventions.
Desire Thompson is a certified YTT 200 yin yoga teacher, sound practitioner, and Reiki Level 1 facilitator with a decade-long background as a music and culture journalist. Drawing from her deep connection to rhythm, storytelling, and healing, Desire now creates nurturing spaces for rest, release, and renewal. Her weekly offerings blend yin yoga, guided sound meditation featuring crystal and bronze bowls, ocean drum, and other instruments, alongside gentle breathwork practices that invite students to reconnect with heart, body, and spirit through intentional stillness and sound.