Resonance & Renewal

Resonance & Renewal: Full Sun — Skyline UCC
Resonance and Renewal at Skyline Sanctuary
RESONANCE & RENEWAL SERIES
Full Sun
Light & Becoming
A contemplative afternoon in the Oakland Hills
SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2026
4:00 – 6:00 PM
SKYLINE SANCTUARY
12540 SKYLINE BLVD, OAKLAND HILLS
As the sun reaches its fullest height —
who are you becoming in the light?

Near the summer solstice, when the days are longest and the light most generous, we gather in one of the most beautiful sanctuaries in the Bay Area for an afternoon of movement, stillness, and somatic integration. This is not a workout and not a worship service. It is something harder to name — an invitation to arrive more fully in your own life.

Resonance & Renewal brings together three guides whose practices converge at the intersection of body, breath, and becoming. No particular beliefs required. Spiritual, secular, and skeptical people are equally welcome — and equally at home here.

4:00 PM
RONDY ISAAC
60 minutes
Yoga & embodied movement
5:00 PM
DIANA BITTING
30 minutes
Somatic integration
5:30 PM
REV. LAURIE MANNING
25 minutes
Contemplative opening & qigong
5:55 PM
CLOSING
5 minutes
Silence & stillness

Yoga & Movement

A full 60-minute yoga practice designed to release tension held in the body and open the nervous system to rest. Accessible to all levels. Rondy’s teaching is grounded, warm, and community-rooted.

Somatic Integration

Drawing on polyvagal theory and TRE (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises), Diana guides participants into the window of integration that opens after sustained movement — when the body is most receptive to change.

Contemplative Practice

Qigong-informed movement and grounding presence to open the afternoon and close it in silence. Laurie’s practice draws from 25 years of interfaith chaplaincy, grief work, and contemplative community.

A Beautiful Space

Skyline Sanctuary sits in the Oakland Hills with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Bay. The space itself does half the work — you have only to arrive.

Rondy Isaac
YOGA TEACHER · COMMUNITY WELLNESS ADVOCATE
Founder of Chocolate Buddha Yoga and the BIPOC Barbershop Yoga movement, Rondy has dedicated his practice to making healing accessible to communities historically left out of wellness spaces. Through classes, workshops, and community partnerships, he brings yoga, meditation, and culturally grounded wellness into everyday environments, creating welcoming spaces for connection, stress relief, and personal growth.
chocolatebuddhayoga.com
Diana Bitting
SOMATIC PRACTITIONER · TRAUMA RESEARCHER
Founder of Catbird Heal/th, Diana’s practice is grounded in polyvagal theory, TRE, and the neuroscience of the mind-body connection. A certified yoga teacher and trauma researcher, she works at the intersection of modern neuroscience and ancient contemplative wisdom, helping people access the body’s innate capacity for regulation, release, and renewal.
catbirdclub.com
Rev. Laurie Manning
MINISTER · CHAPLAIN · CONTEMPLATIVE GUIDE
Pastor of Skyline Community Church in the Oakland Hills, Laurie holds degrees from Harvard (Human Development & Psychology), the University of Michigan (MBA), and Columbia/Union Theological Seminary. For 25 years she has accompanied people through grief, burnout, and major life transitions — as an interfaith chaplain, executive consultant, and community minister. Her work is for people who respect science and still care about meaning.
skylineucc.org

Register &
Community Offering

✦ Sustainer — supports a community seat $45
Standard — advance registration $25
Standard — at the door $30
Work-trade & sliding scale reach out to
Rondy or Diana
All registration is through Skyline UCC’s Luma page. Giving flows through Skyline’s Stripe account as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — your contribution supports both this gathering and the series that sustains it.

Capacity is 50. Pre-registration strongly encouraged.
No one turned away for inability to pay.
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Details &
What to Bring

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Skyline Sanctuary12540 Skyline Blvd, Oakland, CA
Free parking onsite
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Bring your yoga matWear comfortable, layered clothing you can move and rest in
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Held indoorsFloor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic Oakland Hills views
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50 seatsIntimate by design. Reserve early.

Resonance & Renewal is a contemplative series offered through Skyline Sanctuary for people who are spiritually hungry but not necessarily churched — those who long for depth, community, and embodied practice outside the walls of traditional religion.

Each gathering follows the turning of the seasons.