Presence Rising is a 4 session meditation series designed to help you cultivate mental clarity, emotional balance, and empowerment. This series isn’t about escaping your life—it’s about learning how to fully meet it, with presence and compassion. Each week, you’ll be gently guided into a deeper relationship with yourself through a supportive and intentional structure: Arriving meditation, Themed teaching & Guided meditation, Journaling and Optional sharing.

Together, we move through a powerful arc of transformation:

• Week 1: Your Inner Guide - Reconnect with your intuition and learn to trust the quiet voice within.
• Week 2: Compassion -Soften self-judgment and cultivate a more loving relationship with yourself.
• Week 3: Releasing -
Let go of emotional weight, old stories, and patterns that no longer serve you.
• Week 4: Empowerment -
Step forward with clarity and confidence, grounded in your authentic self.

Classes are offered both in-person in Richmond VA and virtually on Zoom. We have space for a limited number of people in person and plenty of spots online! If you would like to be in person and we appear sold out, please contact us.

Sliding scale pricing means that we are offering the same experience in a class, event, or session at multiple price points. Learn more about our sliding scale model here. Choose the price tier that best fits your financial needs at this time, based on your income level and circumstances.

Once you reach the payment screen, click "Package, gift, or coupon code" if using the Community or Accessible Rate. Copy/paste or type the appropriate code in the box and be sure to click "APPLY" before checking out. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

• Tier 1 (Full Price): $96 no code needed
  • I can easily meet my basic needs and have disposable income
• Tier 2 (Community Rate): $ 80 use code TIER2-$80
  • I can meet my basic needs but full price prevents me from attending
• Tier 3 (Accessible Rate): $64 use code TIER3-$64
  • I struggle to meet my basic needs and rely on the accessible rate to attend

Meet Solay- Solay Howell is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher and shamanic practitioner. Her
teaching blends esoteric mysticism with trauma-informed mindfulness, offering a gentle and
insightful approach to awareness and healing. For over a decade, she has immersed herself in
mystery school studies, vipassana meditation, sacred pilgrimage and the art of integrating
spirituality into everyday life. She is a graduate of Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (2021) and has taught mindfulness in The Healing Trauma Program, a 9- month training for nervous system regulation.
In addition to teaching, Solay produces online courses and live events for world-renowned
spiritual teachers including Eckhart Tolle, Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, Caroline Myss and many
more.