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Julie Lusk, M.Ed., NBCC, E-RYT-500
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All Classes & Retreats | Julie Lusk | Yoga | Relaxation | Mindfulness | Creative Fun
Yoga & Mindfulness classes, retreats & workshops with Julie Lusk provide the perfect way to get exercise, gain 
flexibility, add strength, and relieve stress. Focus is on opening, balancing and strengthening the body/mind/spirit connection through yoga and meditation. Mindful stretching, focused breathing and yoga nidra (guided relaxation) are combined to create a relaxed, secure atmosphere that is contemplative, challenging and fun. Alignment is emphasized to feel steady, supple and strong.
Yoga Nidra Relaxation is a soothing meditation done lying down. It relieves stress, increases heart health and immunity, and offers inner peace and balance. One hour of practice equals 4 hours of sleep. Julie is the author of both Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief and Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for Total Relaxation, and numerous relaxing and refreshing CDs.
SoulCollage ® is a refreshing way to spark your creativity, playfulness and spirited self by making small collages using an engaging process. No artistic abilities needed.
Julie Lusk, M.Ed., CYT, E-RYT-500, has over 40 years experience. She is certified to teach a variety of styles ranging from gentle to vigorous yoga. Julie is the author of six books and numerous recordings on guided visualization and yoga. See more qualifications here.
Quick Start Schedules
Contact Julie Lusk anytime
| ♥ Online Yoga Nidra Relaxation |
Info & Registration | Zoom |
| ♥ Online Yoga Postures & Mindfulness |
Info & Registration | Zoom |
| ♥ In-Person Yoga Postures & Mindfulness |
Info & Registration | In Person ** Details below |
| ♥ Stream 24/7 Yoga on Demand (YOD) |
Info & Registration | Video/Audio |
| ♥ Class Downloads to Keep | Class Downloads | Download popular classes to keep |
| ♥ Online Personal Lessons |
Info & Registration | Zoom or FaceTime |
| ♥ SoulCollage ® Workshops | Info & Registration | Zoom |
| ♥ National Workshops | Trainings | Retreats | Info & Schedule | In-Person & Zoom |
| ♥ Yoga Nidra Workshops | Info & Schedule | In-Person |
| ♥ Yoga Nidra Teacher Training/Certification | General Info & Schedule Level 1 & Level 2 |
In-Person & Zoom |
| ♥ Women’s Yoga Slumber Party & Retreat | TBA | In-Person |
2026 Yoga Classes at Miami Township Civic Center 2026
** Miami Township Civic Center, Milford, OH
601 Meijer Drive – Milford, OH 45150
(513) 248-3727
** Register on the MTCC website or call (513) 248-3727
** Inclement weather policy and announcements. Schedule is subject to change.
- Summer | No in-person classes during the summer due to summer camps.
- Summer options include Weekly yoga Zoom classes | Yoga on Demand 24/7 |
- Tuesdays | Sept 8 to Sept 29 | 10-11:30 am
- Tuesdays | Oct 2o to Nov 10 | 10-11:30 am
- Tuesdays | Nov 17 to Dec 8 | 10-11:30 am
Coming Soon!
Yoga & Mindfulness – Classes & Retreats
- Pavilion at Jesuit Spiritual Center, 5361 S. Milford Rd, Milford OH 45150
- Classes are postponed for now.
- Enjoy online classes ~ Join here – It’s divine!
Yoga Mudra Workshop
Mudras are yoga positions for your hands and fingers that facilitate health, healing, psychological balance and spiritual transformation. They are effective and easy to learn, practical and powerful and anyone can do them. You will learn how to apply these simple exercises to boost your energy, prevent illness and support healing.
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Intro to Meditation
Learn everything you need to start a meditation practice.
We’ll cover techniques, benefits and more.
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Goat Yoga Classes! 
Enjoy 3 videos of Goat Yoga with Julie Lusk now!
Yoga Nidra and Sleep
Who couldn’t use some extra shut-eye? Sleep is vital to our health and sleep experts tell us we need an average of eight hours at a shot. 
Even if there’s time for sleep, many of us have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep. Let’s take a look yoga nidra and sleep. Yoga nidra can help in replenishing ourselves, can be used as a natural sleep aid, and more.
Yoga nidra means “yogic sleep” and has many documented benefits for your body, mind, and spirit. It is when your bodymind is actually in deep sleep but with one big difference – you remain consciously aware. This is done by going through a series of techniques to systematically get physically, energetically, mentally, emotionally relaxed. In addition, yoga nidra sparks intuition, unconditional joy, and a timeless, spacious sense of being. Witness consciousness is experienced and even surpassed. Due to the fertile brainwave states experienced, it’s also entirely possible to make positive behavior and personality changes. See the yoga nidra FAQ on setting intentions and sankalpas here.
In fact, while not a substitute for actual sleep, one hour of yoga nidra practice is equivalent to four hours of sleep. This is due to the series of brain waves experienced along the way. (Saraswati 1998, Kumar 2008) With practice, you’ll eventually be able to enter the delta brainwave state but remain aware. It resembles what it feels like to be on the verge of being awake and asleep. The conscious experience of deep sleep is what makes it so restorative and unique.
Yoga nidra can also be practiced at bedtime as a sleep aid. Layer after layer of stress is cleared out so it doesn’t follow you to bed and disturb sleeping. Using yoga nidra techniques as a sleep aid should not be confused with the yoga nidra experience itself. Be careful or you will find it difficult to practice yoga nidra itself and will fall into deep sleep instead.
Yogic sleep is also a play on words of sorts. It refers to how most of us are walking around “asleep” and unaware of our True Self, the indestructible aspect in each of us that is already peaceful, joyful, wise, soulful, luminous, and loving. Whereas, the yogi is awake to one’s True Self no matter what the state of consciousness – waking, dreaming, deep sleep. Realizing this enables us to recognize the true nature of oneself and reality so we are not swayed by the changeability and unpredictability of thoughts, feelings, beliefs and such. Yoga nidra helps us experience and realize this.
In short, yoga nidra is super sleep!
How to Experience Yoga Nidra
Like all worthwhile things, regular practice yields the best results.
- Listen to Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for True Relaxation | Audible – iTunes – Amazon
- Read about it and get free audio downloads in Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief (New Harbinger, 2015).
- Experience yoga nidra on video/audio.
- Attend a virtual yoga nidra class held weekly on Zoom.
- Take a yoga nidra teacher training course and earn a certificate.
- Get a book or audio below.
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Resources: Books, Recordings & More
Get yoga nidra downloads here.
Sleep Well | Yoga Nidra CD Use deep relaxation, soothing flute music & ocean waves to go to sleep. "I slept like a log." Downloads available. By Julie Lusk, Yoga Nidra Meditations author.
Yoga Nidra can stop tension in its tracks with a wonderfully, powerful & unique state of deep relaxation, mental clarity & insightful awareness.
These practical, empowering relaxation exercises, meditations that soothe and visualizations that renew are based on classic yoga and backed by modern science. They’ll help you unwind, replenish, and feel refreshed with durable peace and unconditional joy.
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Experience peace and deeply restorative rest that heals your body, mind & spirit. Features 24 Yoga Nidra scripts written by author Julie Lusk and 12 of the world's master teachers. Enjoy 6 levels of relaxation for a joyful meditative experience. Learn to use yogic sleep to revitalize your inner reservoir of intuitive understanding and unconditional joy. Audiobook available.
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Yoga Nidra Essentials CD Find your calm spot. Brighten your energy. Enjoy a more meaningful life. Experience 6 levels of relaxation. Reclaim optimal health for your body, mind & heart. Laura says "My focused mind easily. I was 100% worry-free. It's wonderful." By Julie Lusk, 6-time author. Digital downloads available.
Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT 500, has over 35 years of expertise in stress relief, yoga, relaxation training, 
guided imagery, and meditation as an international author, recording artist, and workshop leader. Julie is the author of Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief, Yoga Meditations, two volumes of 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing, and Desktop Yoga®. Her CDs include Wholesome Relaxation, Power of Presence, Blue Moon Rising, and many others. Learn more at WholesomeResources.com
SoulCollage® Workshops – Zoom
Experience the Magic of SoulCollage®
Info & Registration
SoulCollage® is a fun process of making small collages from pictures and images that catch your eye. It boosts creativity, intuition, and self-discovery using a special and unique process to nurture your well-being. It’s different than typical collages, scrap-booking or vision boarding. It’s a special way to give expression to your inner voice by making collages and through conversation. Register now to find out for yourself.
No artistic talent is needed – cutting and pasting is all that’s required. New and experienced folks are welcome. Scroll down to pre-register.
SoulCollage easily becomes very empowering due to combining the proven process with the special supplies used. A personal deck of cards are made one at a time to weave parts of yourself into wholeness. You’ll learn to consult your cards using a simple, yet elegant, process for gaining insights, answering questions, and getting more meaning from life.
5″x8” mat boards and special see-through sleeves are used. To spark your creative imagination and intuition, it’s customary to use pictures with no words on them. Precut images are supplied from a variety of sources. Your own photographs and images can be added. Participants typically make from 1 to 6 cards during a session.
- You use your own supplies for Zoom workshops. ♥ BUY supplies here if needed.
- All materials are supplied during in-person workshops – even snacks.
Comments from Participants
“I like the sense of community, the creativity, using my intuition, looking at images and finding beauty and meaning.”
“I like how it helps me see life through a different lens, a different perspective.”
“I love the soul-searching, self discovery, and connecting with others.”
Julie Lusk is a trained SoulCollage facilitator since 2015. She loves sharing it with others.
- What is SoulCollage FAQ handout (pdf) explains what SoulCollage cards are, how to make them, types of cards, and how to use them on.
- Get Julie’s Soul Collage READING Worksheet 2 per page 2021 (002) here. (pdf)
- See the supplies needed. Order a packet.
- Get detailed information from founder Seena Frost’s book, SoulCollage® Evolving.
- Register below ↓↓
2026 SoulCollage Schedule
- Come to one, some, or all!
- All times are in the Eastern Time Zone
- Schedule is subject to change
- Click here to contact Julie Lusk to save your spot or make inquiries.
| Jan | July |
| Feb 21 |10 – 1:30 pm on ZOOM | Aug 8 | 10 – 1:30 pm on ZOOM |
| March | Sept |
| April 18 | 10 – 1:30 pm | on ZOOM | Oct 24 | 10 – 1:30 pm on ZOOM |
| May | Nov |
| June 20 | 10:30 – 2 pm on ZOOM | Dec |
Registration
Pay online below OR send a check to payable to Julie Lusk to 5678 Willnean Dr., Milford, OH 45150- $30 on Zoom for a virtual workshop from your own home using your own materials. Purchase supplies and have them mailed to you in advance if needed. Options include just cards & sleeves or a complete workshop supply packet including instructions, mat boards, sleeves, frame, glue stick, and a variety of inspiring, trimmed images. Get supplies here.
- Register now for all 5 in 2026 for $125 to save time and money.
- Schedule is subject to change. Verify dates and times here.
- Cancellation/ Refund Policy: Contact Julie for details. No refund or credit for no shows.
Register now! Checkout at "View Cart." A confirmation email is sent prior to the SoulCollage workshop with details and directions.
Price: $40.00
Price: $30.00
Go to CART to review your order & check out.
Julie T. Lusk, M.Ed.
Wholesome Resources
5678 Willnean Dr.
Milford, OH 45150
Greater Cincinnati Area
Chakra Balancing with Toning and Hand Mudras
Chakras, Mudras, and Sound Healing
Learn an Elemental and Chakra Meditation with
Hand movements, Color, Sound, and Intention
The major chakras are spinning wheels of energy that span from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. They guide the wellbeing of our bodymind and LifeForce
energy.
Chakra energy can be balanced, excessive, or deficient. Being out of balance can negatively influence your actions, relationships, as well as your physical, mental, and emotional health. Use my Chakra Chart to determine if your energy is in balance or not. You’ll get a variety of helpful strategies to improve your wellbeing.
Yoga Mudras are yoga positions, gestures, and seals for your hands and fingers that facilitate health, healing, psychological balance and spiritual transformation. They are effective, easy to learn, practical and powerful. Mudras can be a powerful and effective way to help gain balance and have better health by either increasing or decreasing chakra energy.
Sound healing can also be used for chakra balancing.
Elemental & Chakra Meditation with
Hand Movements, Color, Sound, and Intention
See how the fingers and the thumb are associated with specific chakras and their associated sounds with this color-coded hand diagram.
Bija sounds encode the 5 elements into sound and increase and attract energy. They are lam, vam, ram, yam, ham, Om, and silence. They are pronounced with a ‘U’ sound and rhyme with hum. Vowel sounds decrease and disperse energy.
Experiment & Discover | Hum. Play a variety of sounds, tones, notes, and musical instruments. Use your intuition. Tune in and trust your direct experience by listening and noticing your physical and energetic response.
Mudra Hand Meditation | Tone & touch the thumb to each fingertip on both hands. Try starting on the ring finger (4th finger) for the first chakra. The index and thumb are used for both the 3rd and 4th chakras. Join fingertips and thumb for OM. Reopen hand for silence. Alternatively, try starting with the OM and descend from the crown chakra to the root using the associated finger and sounds.
Tuning Fork Meditation | Listen to unweighted tuning forks associated with the chakra notes. Touch a weighted OM fork to fingertips and center of palm on both hands. Treat both hands.
OM | Find out about the purpose, meaning, symbolism, and benefits of OM.
Chakra Tone Chart and Hand Diagram 2022 | Compiled by Julie Lusk |References | JulieLusk.com Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief & other books by Julie Lusk | How to Heal with Singing Bowls by Suren Shrestha* | Sreedevi Bringi | Tony Nec
- Learn about chakras and their influences | Get your Complete Chakra Chart
- Chakra Balancing with Sound Healing. Use the Elemental Chakra Tone Chart to balance your chakra energy by either increasing or decreasing their energy with sound, color, and special mantras. The Vedic (Yoga) and Tibetan notes and tones are given. It’s fun.
- How to balance chakra energy with toning and hand & finger movements called mudras.
- Get info related to chakra elements, directions, sounds, senses, and other attributes
- Chakra Energy Flow Meditation
- Understanding OM | AUM
- Book a Musical Sound Bath session
Awaken joy, peace and inspiration with this yoga meditations book.
Yoga Meditations contains a wide variety of mind-body practices, such as:
* Guided relaxation exercises
* Breathing practices
* Yoga Nidra
* Meditations and guided imagery
* Affirmations
* Yoga postures and meditations for each chakra
* Yoga wisdom for contemplation
Get a FREE Wholesome Energizers CD in every book!
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Finally! A complete Chakra Chart with all the chakra names, locations, colors, sounds, yoga postures, breathing techniques, psychological & energetic influences and more. There's handy tips for using the chart on the reverse side. It's 8 1/2 by 14" and laminated. CLICK on the blue title link above to find out more...
Chakra-Based Guided Meditations
Real Relaxation Yoga Nidra takes you into a deeply relaxing and powerful restful state of being fully aware while being in the state of deep yogic sleep. It helps with balancing chakra energy, and can improve immunity, heart health, relieve stress and give you inner peace and balance.
Get it from Amazon, iTunes, Spotify & other online stores
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