Enjoy an evening in downtown Arlington Heights! Yummy food, drink, lots of venues in walking distance and a hop, skip and jump from the NW Metra train line!
Sunset Pavillion at Breezewald Park ~ 125 N. Old Rand Road, Lake Zurich, IL
Super yummy food & drink and a great view to listen to the Ironwood sounds!
5:00-8:00 p.m.
See website to reserve a table www.sunsetpavilion.com or bring a blanket and comfy chairs!
Food available for purchase. No carry-ins in area near music.
Yogi and aromatherapist, Lindsay Luker, returns to Crystal Street Space for an amazing, expanding, and joyful evening in celebration of the Light within us and the Light that surrounds us!
$ 30 offering requested at time of RSVP to secure your spot.
RSVP to Donna Brooks along with payment:
Zelle 224.623.1527 or Venmo Donna-Brooks-52
or drop off cash payment or check payable to Donna Brooks
RSVP by May Th., May 30. No refunds after this date.
Join us in the garden at KRH! It will be lovely!
Gorgeous outdoor setting on a Sunday afternoon. Awesome drinks and small plate items. Yummy!
Hot fun in the summertime! Nick and Donna ~ IRONWOOD ~ will be back at MSO for some outdoor, summer sky sounds!
Sunset Pavillion at Breezewald Park ~ 125 N. Old Rand Road, Lake Zurich, IL
Super yummy food & drink and a great view to listen to the Ironwood sounds!
5:00-8:00 p.m.
See website to reserve a table www.sunsetpavilion.com or bring a blanket and comfy chairs!
Food available for purchase. No carry-ins in area near music.
Summer in the beautiful outdoors of Buffalo Creek Brewing! Enjoy our sounds and a gorgeous August night!
Gorgeous summer afternoon outdoors at Corked!
Come early for the great vendors and food trucks at Pearl Street Market in McHenry! Ironwood will be playing the acoustic stage from 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Join us on the river for an outdoor concert on the autumnal equinox! It will be a beautifully balanced day as we bid farewell to summer and welcome autumn and all its beauty! See you at Miller Point on the McHenry Riverwalk!
Lindsay Luker, a certified yoga instructor and aromatherapist, returns to a Donna Brooks, LCSW & Crystal Street Space event we will host at a cabin in the woods in Schaumburg for the autumnal equinox season. We will engage in an evening slow flow yoga practice as the fire burns, the sun sets, and we let go. Lindsay’s book on yoga mudras will be available for purchase.
There will be a separate event, Spirit Circle Drumming, following this yoga practice at 8 p.m. Feel welcomed to RSVP with your offering for the drum circle. Bring a picnic dinner to enjoy after yoga as we transform the space for drumming!
RSVP and payment due by Thursday, August 29 to Donna Brooks if you plan to attend. Address and directions to the cabin in Schaumburg will be shared upon receipt of RSVP and payment.
Investment for this 90 minute experience is $30 cash or check payable to Donna Brooks. Other ways to pay: Venmo @Donna-Brooks-5 or Zelle 224.623.1527
“Autumn teaches us how beautiful it is to let things go.”
Spirit Circle Drumming
Autumnal Energy
Nurture your spirit with rhythm and meditation in our Spirit Circle Drumming
This Crystal Street Space Event will take place at “the cabin” in Schaumburg
Based on a blend of traditions, Spirit Circle Drumming draws on our most ancient roots to raise group energy in a playful and joyful way. No experience is necessary! This is a safe place to connect with your deepest wisdom, honor your inner guidance and create more love and light for yourself and the universe. You are welcome to bring your own drums, rattles, or rhythm instruments. A limited number of shared instruments will be available.
Donna Brooks, LCSW & Crystal Street Space welcome Karen Tlusty-Rissman, a musician, astrologer, artist and ceremonialist. She weaves the common threads from many Earth-centered traditions as well as astrology, aromatherapy and energy work to provide participants with a direct connection to their inner Source.
Suggested donation: $ 20 - $ 30
RSVP and payment due by Thursday, August 29.
Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52 Zelle:224-623-1527
Tea and water will be available after the circle.
RSVP via email to Donna Brooks and to receive directions to event.
www.DonnaBrooksTherapist.com
Intentionally and Soulfully
Navigating our Grief
Whatever your loss & grief, you will be seen and heard.
A Grief Retreat with honoring rituals, meditation, movement, music and tools for living forward. Special guest and certified grief educator, Patti Shaffner, will facilitate this experience.
Please bring a photo or memento that represents your grief for our Honoring Altar. Please dress for comfort. Bring any blankets/wraps that will help you be as comfortable, safe, and empowered as possible in this space. Bring a journal and pen. Tea and light refreshments will be available.
$30 - $60 offering welcomed for this experience.
RSVP via email by Oct. 26 to Donna Brooks along with payment to reserve your space.
Ways to pay: Mail check or drop off cash/check to Donna Brooks
Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52 Zelle:224-623-1527 Paypal: DonnaBrooksTherapist@gmail.com
A note from our special guest and grief work facilitator, Patti Shaffner –
"When we grieve together in community....we express not only our pain...but our deep, deep love.
Being held in community in our griefs, whatever their origins, helps us to be seen and heard and feel the relief and support of others...each with their own griefs too. We can use this time of thin veils....to invite us into softening our grief....and allowing it to guide us with more vitality for the lives we are still living."
Wintering
Winter Solstice YOGA
Friday, December 20, 2024
5:00-6:30 p.m. at Crystal Street Space
Donna Brooks, LCSW & Crystal Street Space welcome Lindsay Luker, a certified yoga instructor and aromatherapist, for a solstice candlelight evening of yoga. We will engage in an evening slow flow yoga practice as we turn inward. Essential oils will be experienced, and Lindsay’s book on yoga mudras will be available for purchase.
RSVP and payment due by Thursday, December 5 to Donna Brooks if you plan to attend.
Investment for this 90 minute experience is $30 cash or check payable to Donna Brooks. Other ways to pay: Venmo @Donna-Brooks-5 or Zelle 224.623.1527
Wintering: Seeking refuge in the winter.
The need for rest, reflection, retreat, and renewal in fallow times,
and finding acceptance and beauty in the stillness.
“Make yourself a home. Now go inside and listen deeper still.”
Heaven & Nature Sing!
Let us step into this Advent time of year walking towards the darkest winter solstice day celebrating this season of Light! Candles and colorful light will ensoul the space as we reset and replenish in a Crystal Bowl Sound Meditation led by Kayla of Radiant Spirit Reiki. Feel the waves of tonal tranquility wash over you allowing your Light to shine forth; soothing, calming, healing and reconnecting you to the wholeness of Self and Source. Let us experience the blessings of this season as we set some Winter Solstice intentions and let go of what is no longer serving us!
Please bring a pillow and/or blanket for your warmth and comfort.
Tea and light refreshments will be available after the sound meditation experience.
Leave in silence or stay and visit in our comfy space.
Location: Crystal Street Space, 214 Crystal Street, Cary, IL
Offering: $ 25 -$ 40. 10% of proceeds will be donated to the Cary-Grove Food Pantry
RSVP with payment to reserve your place.
Ways to pay:
Cash/check to Donna Brooks Zelle: 224-623-1527
Paypal: @DonnaBrooksTherapist@gmail.com Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52
WWW.DonnaBrooksTherapist.com
It will be a great day in May at Phase 3!
Enjoy salads, flatbreads & pastries along with a variety of drink options at this local venue just a stone’s throw from the Metra train line. A beautiful venue to enjoy some Ironwood!
YAY for MAY
YOGA ~ ACCEPTANCE ~ YES
Can we bring ACCEPTANCE for what is
and say YES to the enough we have?
Let's move with yogi Jean Masukevich
and open to this possibility!
$25-$30 offering welcomed.
RSVP to Donna Brooks by April 15 -along with payment to reserve your space for May 3!
Ways to pay: Mail check or drop off cash/check to Donna Brooks
Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52 Zelle:224-623-1527
Paypal: @DonnaBrooksTherapist@gmail.com
www.DonnaBrooksTherapist.com
Enjoy yummy nibbles, drink and the soulful sounds of Ironwood at this Arlington Heights location! Great town!
Phase Three has a great music and entertainment room. Kid-friendly if you are so inspired. Looking forward to our debut here on 4/20!
Enjoy a Thursday date night or human night out for some music and food/drink at Lindy’s Landing in Wauconda!
Come enjoy a pint of music and a bopping brewery vibe at BCB in Long Grove! There may be a food truck and/or order some food locally or BYO yums.
Ironwood is back at BLISS! Enjoy some music good for your soul!
Let's flow into spring from our own inner source of rhythm and with a renewed sense of vibrancy! In this class, we will be bathed in calm aromatherapy, words of wisdom, and a gentle yoga practice.
A candlelight evening yoga experience with yogi and aromatherapist, Lindsay Luker!
$30 investment.
Lindsay Luker, a certified aromatherapist and yoga instructor, will lead a relaxing candlelit evening for you to be bathed in words of wisdom, aromatherapy, yoga, and connecting with FLOW and the forever Source within you.
LOCATION: Crystal Street Space, 214 Crystal Street, Cary, IL
Investment: $ 30
Ways to pay and reserve your spot:
Zelle: 224-623-1527 Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52
Enjoy salads, flatbreads & pastries along with a variety of drink options at this local venue just a stone’s throw from the Metra train line. A beautiful venue to enjoy some Ironwood!
Nick and Donna ~ Ironwood ~ are back at MSO for a cozy winter evening of soulful music! Join us, please!
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Enjoy a chill Sunday afternoon as we begin the official turning point exit of winter! Come for a late lunch or early dinner and all the Ironwood music you can handle!
Nick and Donna ~ IRONWOOD ~ will bring music good for your soul to Bliss Wine Lounge!
Candlelight Evening Yoga & Sankalpa
with Yogi & Aromatherapist, Lindsay Luker!
As we step into the new year, Lindsay will explore a Sankalpa practice with us as an alternative concept to "resolutions." Sankalpa is a Sanskrit term in yogic philosophy that refers to a heartfelt desire, a solemn vow, a positive intention coming from deeper within and is an affirmation of what is already. The concept of Sankalpa is the turning inward to connect with the heart’s highest intention.
RSVP with payment by Thursday, January 4.
No refunds for cancellations made after this RSVP date.
Ways to make an offering:
You may drop off cash or a check payable to
Donna Brooks
Venmo Donna-Brooks-52
Zelle 224-623-1527
or PayPal to DonnaBrooksTherapist@gmail.com
Celebrate the Epiphany…Three Kings Day…and Donna’s birthday!
Celebrate RECOVERY!
Meet. Eat. Drink. Sober. An alcohol-free alternative venue. All welcomed!
Celebrate the Epiphany…Three Kings Day…following with the heart and the mind!
Celebrate Donna’s birthday! Celebrate RECOVERY!
Meet. Eat. Drink. Sober. An alcohol-free alternative venue. All welcomed!
Slow flow yoga
Fridays in January 2024
January 5, 12, 19 & 26
12:00-1:30 p.m.
With
Jean Masukevich
Yoga is a discipline that makes life work. Showing up is the first and most important step. Let your mind, heart and soul settle as movement and breath draw you into the present moment where peace is always awaiting your return.
Jean Masukevich is a trauma sensitive yoga teacher and spiritual director who is passionate about inviting others to return home to their bodies and the inner strength it holds. Come and find healing and transformation through the Spirit that rides on the medium of the breath and this ancient healing practice.
Suggested investment $ 100-120 for 4 sessions/full month.
Space is limited! Priority will be given to those who register for the 4 sessions.
Individual dates may be available for $ 25-$30 offering for one session.
RSVP to Donna Brooks along with payment to reserve your space.
Ways to pay: Mail check or drop off cash/check to Donna Brooks
Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52 Zelle:224-623-1527
Paypal: @DonnaBrooksTherapist@gmail.com
Let us step into this Advent time of year walking towards the darkest winter solstice day celebrating this season of Light! Candles and colorful light will ensoul the space as we reset and replenish in a Crystal Bowl Sound Meditation led by Diamond of D Bowl Guy. Feel the waves of tonal tranquility wash over you, melting your barriers to peace, allowing your Light to shine forth; soothing, calming, healing and reconnecting you to wholeness and Source. Let us experience the blessings of this season as we set some Winter Solstice intentions and let go of what is no longer serving us!
Please bring a yoga mat, pillow and/or blanket for your comfort.
RSVP via email to Donna Brooks to reserve your space.
Location: St. Michael’s Episcopal Church ~ Community Room
647 Dundee Ave., Barrington ~ entrance in rear of building off parking lot
Offering: $ 25 -$ 40. Give as able. Proceeds after expenses benefit Cary Grove Food Pantry
RSVP to reserve your place. Ways to pay:
Cash/check to Donna Brooks Zelle: 224-623-1527
Paypal: @DonnaBrooksTherapist@gmail.com Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52
WWW.DonnaBrooksTherapist.com
The days are getting shorter but we carry the LIGHT and INSPIRATION within!
Enjoy a bit o’ music as we step closer into the Winter Solstice time of year!
This is BLB’s new FOX LAKE LOCATION!
Enjoy a pint of music at this festive and friendly venue! BYO food and make a night of it!
Art of the Land Benefit!
Benefit for the Land Conservancy of McHenry Co. at Starline in Harvard, IL
Enjoy and purchase gorgeous artwork while supporting conservation efforts!
Grateful Heart Yoga
Friday, November 17, 2023
5:00-6:30 p.m.
During this month of celebrating gratitude as we ease into Thanksgiving week, we welcome special guest, Lindsay Luker, a certified yoga instructor and aromatherapist. We will engage in an evening slow flow yoga practice sinking deep into the anahata (heart space) chakra. Essential oils for the heart chakra will be experienced in a soothing candlelit room. Lindsay’s book on yoga mudras as well as some oils will be available for purchase. Learn more about Lindsay at www.goodleaflife.com
RSVP and payment due by November 10 to Donna Brooks if you plan to attend. Investment for this 90 minute experience is $30 payable to Donna Brooks.
Other ways to pay: Venmo @Donna-Brooks-52 or Zelle 224.623.1527
Enjoy our music with a lakeside view at the festive Black Lung Brewing and their new location in Fox Lake!
“Dark Elegy” by Suse Ellen Lowenstein“
Intentionally and Soulfully
Navigating Grief
Join us for a day of being seen, heard, and held in a healing space
~All grieving hearts welcomed~
A Grief Retreat with honoring rituals, meditation, movement, music and tools for living forward. Special guest and certified grief educator, Patti Shaffner, will facilitate this experience.
Please bring a photo or memento that represents your grief for our Honoring Altar.
Please dress for comfort. Bring any blankets/wraps that will help you be as comfortable, safe, and empowered as possible in this space. Tea and light refreshments will be available.
$30 - $60 offering welcomed for this experience.
RSVP via email to Donna Brooks along with payment to reserve your space.
Ways to pay: Mail check or drop off cash/check to Donna Brooks
Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52 Zelle:224-623-1527
Paypal: DonnaBrooksTherapist@gmail.com
www.DonnaBrooksTherapist.com
JOIN NICK AND DONNA ~ IRONWOOD ~ at AROMA!
Yummy small plates and a variety of drink options await you in this beautiful venue!
Ironwood is back at MSO Friday the Thirteenth! Lucky for us to play at a venue I consider a music destination for musicians!
YOGA FRIDAYS in OCTOBER ~ Noon SLOW FLOW YOGA
October 6, 13, 20 & 27
12:00-1:30 p.m.
With Jean Masukevich
RSVP with payment to Donna Brooks if you wish to reserve your spot for these four sessions!
Yoga is a discipline that makes life work. Showing up is the first and most important step. As you unroll your sticky mat and plant your sit bones on the ground you begin to create a safe and hospitable place for your mind, heart and soul to settle. Moving and breathing helps draw you into the present moment where peace is always awaiting your return. You are free to release the tension and pain you have been carrying unaware. When you move a muscle you change a feeling. You will leave this class feeling better than when you began. All are welcome!
Jean Masukevich is a trauma sensitive yoga teacher and spiritual director who is passionate about inviting others to return home to their bodies and the inner strength it holds. Come and find healing and transformation through the Spirit that rides on the medium of the breath and this ancient healing practice.
$ 80 for 4 sessions/full month. Space is limited!
Priority will be given to those who register for the 4 sessions.
Individual dates may be available for $ 20 a session if space allows.
BYO yoga mat and beautiful spirit.
RSVP via email to Donna Brooks along with payment to reserve your space.
Ways to pay: Mail check or drop off cash/check to Donna Brooks
Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52 Zelle:224-623-1527
Paypal: @DonnaBrooksTherapist@gmail.com
Join us on the beautiful, expansive front lawn of CORKED in downtown Long Grove. Music, fresh air, comfy chairs, and super fine food and drink!
O’ Sole Mio! Donna will bring her solo stylings to Preservation for Tuesday acoustic night! I’ll meet you “down river” for this solo show. Enjoy a meal, drink, and my musings!
Nick and I will bring the sounds of Ironwood to the beautiful, outdoor Sunset Pavilion on Lake Zurich! Enjoy the dimming of summer at this late August music event. Music, fresh air, good food, satisfying drinks, and YOU! Soul nourishment.
We are BACK at BLACK. This time I will do a Kentucky coal mining song that is a favorite of mine!
The Crystal Street Space offers mental health counseling, therapeutic, trauma-informed yoga, massage, reiki, special events, book studies & meditation groups to nourish the mind, body, soul, and spirit! “What you seek is seeking you.” ~Rumi