Providence Info
Welcome to Peaked Hill Studio by Valerie Sonnenthal
Updated for January 2025
I hope everyone found small ways to enjoy the holidays
and transition into the New Year. This year end felt a bit like an extended never ending weekend. Although brief it was wonderful to spend time with my sons and their partners, plus friends, besides being nurtured daily by
wondrous beaches and hiking trails in the company of dogs.
My 2025 is taking a new health focus. Perhaps as someone with a low
white blood count for many years that was my normal, but when recent blood
work numbers dropped, things shifted to a journey of figuring out what's going on. I am working with a hematologist and a Naturopath, who has determined I likely have CIRS, Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. CIRS is a result of biotoxin exposure, like mold (a constant in my Rockland County basement of 11 years), or a tick bite (also something I had with a bullseye and was treated for more than once), or a recluse spider bite (got a couple of those years ago on a roof in NYC with an allergic reaction), or bacteria in water like the Vineyard's fragile ponds. I'll keep you posted as I learn more. The good news is everything is treatable, though not necessarily curable... manageable.
* The Surviving Mold online VCS test
(The Shoemaker Protocol™ Visual Contrast Sensitivity Test)
If you're looking for books on mold check out
or look for Mold Illness: Surviving and Thriving.
If you're looking for an uplifting short read or present I highly recommend Robin Wall Kimmerer's newest book The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World.
Click for this month's Tarot in Motion Card Pull
Studio News
Rev6 Classes
The last 2024 class was a blast and filled to the max.
If it's time for you to try something playful to welcome changes
throughout your body give Rev6 a try.
Learn to "repair and rebuild your body, revitalize your fascia, and regenerate your nervous system." Rev6 classes work from a range of instability challenges and variable means of resistance to restore and improve our stretch reflex through a unique sequence of movements.
Rev6 classes are small so you can expect plenty of personalized instruction. Classes use physio balls, pipes, slant boards, weights and bosu balls.
Join Rev6 Core Instructor Valerie Sonnenthal for classes/workshops.
Retreats
Peaked Hill Studio's Retreat program is for individuals, small groups, friends or families either on
Martha's Vineyard or in Providence, R.I.
Try a healing Yoga class, Focus on Feet Workshop, get introduced to Rev6 and wind down with a Sound Journey. If you are interested in learning more about working with a Functional Nutrition Practitioner, or learning about Functional Medicine, consulting with a formulation Herbalist or something else related to pro-active self-care we are here to help. Contact Valerie@PeakedHillStudio.com.
Studio Hours
KAIUT YOGA Classes
all classes hybrid
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.
Saturdays at 9 a.m.
Chilmark / Providence
*check online for in-person location
Peaked Hill Yoga is all about biomechanical health (or said another
way, your freedom of movement). It has been designed to work
through chronic pain & injuries, general aches & stiffness, and
work for the inflexible, hyper flexible and the aging body.
All levels of experience
or no prior experience, all are welcome.
Rev6 Classes
Vitality @ 10 am: Wednesdays & Fridays
*check online for in-person location
Chilmark Studio
Rev6 Level 1 @ 8:45 am: Monday, January 6th & 20th
Feet First @ 9 am: Sunday, January 5th
Providence Studio
Rev6 Level 1 Intro @ 9:30 am: Saturday, January 18th
Sound Healing
*Restorative Sound Journey*
Chilmark
Wednesday, January 1 @ 2 pm
Saturday, February 8 @ 4 pm
Providence
Full Moon Sound Journey
Sunday, January 12 @ 2 pm
*For private treatment, private events, groups, families, retreats and more, contact Valerie@PeakedHillStudio.com
or text 774-563-8282.
create an account and reserve your mat
or get a listening link
to enjoy when you need it
(*good for a week of therapeutic calm)
Look for the light, learn something new, try or cook a new food, explore and stay well.
--Valerie
