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• Laughter Yoga with Ganna Ainsworth

  • When
    21 Sep 2025
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    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Camp Caro, 8602 E. Appleway Blvd., Spokane Valley, WA
  • Spaces left
    27

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  Laughter Yoga with Instructor Ganna Ainsworth

  Registration is not required but allows us to let you know if the event is canceled.

  This event encourages deep belly laughter, silliness, engagement of your imagination and creativity, and mindful breathing.

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  • Fall Equinox (Reflection, Letting Go) – A moment of balance before the days grow shorter. Laughter can help with release and transition into a quieter, more introspective season.

  • Connection to Nature & Rhythm – These dates have been honored across cultures for centuries as times of transformation. By aligning your practice with these natural cycles, you’re tapping into a deeper, almost primal rhythm that can make the experience feel more connected and grounding.

  
  

       

  Laughter Yoga doesn’t require a mat, because there are no asanas. Instead, we will practicing deep belly laughter, silliness, and engagement of your imagination and creativity, and mindful breathing. You will need water, as laughter yoga is similar to a cardio exercise, or a lawn chair if you have difficulty standing.

       It is amazing to drop your inhibitions and laugh without a reason, and the laughter exercises will help you have an amazing time! No jokes are told, and there are no comedians, but you will have the deepest and most sustained laughter for no reason! Laughter yoga has been shown to bring a slew of positive psychological and physiological benefits - it boosts immune function, helps with chronic pain, improves mood, decreases blood pressure, and even changes personality if practiced regularly.

       Ganna Ainsworth was trained as a Laughter Yoga leader in Nashville in 2009.  She taught Laughter Yoga in Nashville and Chattanooga, TN and now is delighted to share this joyful gift with the wonderful supporters of Dishman Hills Conservancy and the greater Spokane community  

  Laughter Yoga was founded in 1995. Being a relatively new style of yoga, it incorporates breathing and mindfulness present in ancient styles of yoga, such as hatha yoga.

  Laughter Yoga is practiced by standing in a circle and moving around while interacting with other participants. The Laughter Yoga leader demonstrates an exercise and then everyone repeats it, while laughing. All of the Laughter Yoga exercises engage imagination and playfulness.

  By participating in Laughter Yoga class, you agree to have a video or picture taken of you in this class, which could be used for future Laughter Yoga events.

  Event will be weather dependent. Registrants will be notified. 

  Directions & Parking: From I-90, take exit 285 onto Appleway/Sprague and take a right onto S Sargent Road. Please park in the lower, dirt, parking lot directly to the right when you first pulled onto Sargent Rd then walk up to Camp Caro from the main path leading away from the parking lot. The laughter yoga class will gather in the wooded clearing behind Camp Caro Lodge.

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• New Story's Cosmic Walk with Inland Northwest Land Conservancy

  • When
    21 Sep 2025
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    4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Glen Tana

  Fall Equinox New Story's Cosmic Walk

  Step into the wonder of the universe with us at the Fall Equinox Cosmic Walk. It’s a reflective journey that brings together nature, mindfulness, music, and community. As the sun sets, we will walk together through 13.8 billion years of Earth’s history, accompanied by music and meditation under the stars.
  

  

  This is an event by our friends at New Story Spokane.  

  For more information and to register, please click Here

  We hope to see you there! 

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• Wild at Heart Fundraiser Dinner

  • When
    27 Sep 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    CenterPlace 2426 N Discovery Pl, Spokane Valley, 99216
  • Spaces left
    13

  Your contributions support our mission to connect and protect the Dishman Hills through conservation, education, and stewardship. We work to protect what you love. 

  
  

  
  

  The evening features our dynamic speaker,

  Rob Curley,

  editor of the Spokesman's Review. 

  We will also have a paddle raise and dessert auction to support the work of DHC. 

  We look forward to seeing you at the Center Place Event Center

  2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane WA 99216

  Doors open at 5:30 pm. 

  Tickets are $150 per person.

  Please email Finola at events@dishmanhills.org if you need assistance with registration.

  This years event will have a spotlight on our dynamic speaker, Rob Curley. The fund raising portion of the evening will NOT have an auction, rather the opportunity to support DHC during a paddle raise and dessert dash. 

  
  

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• Health and Wellness Resource Fair

  • When
    03 Oct 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Southside Community Center 3151 East 27th Spokane, WA, 99223

  The DHC will be tabling at the Health and Wellness event at the Southside Community Center on Friday, October 3rd from 9am to 1pm. 

  
  

  So come on out and visit our booth, learn about new developments in the Dishman Hills, and enjoy the event!

  
  

  Hope to see you there!

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• FULL - GRAND CONNECTION HIKE: from Stevens Creek to Camp Caro

  • When
    04 Oct 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Stevens Creek Trailhead 9102 E. StevensCreek Rd
  • Spaces left
    0

  Hike from the Palouse Hills to the  Spokane Valley!

  This strenuous adventure will involve a walk from the edge of the Palouse to Spokane Valley. Along the way we will make a handful of stops to appreciate the natural surroundings and to consider the significance of the work done by the Dishman Hills Conservancy to preserve these open spaces.  Indeed, this will be the first hike offering to include all three major property acquisitions within the same day’s program. This hike will be led by George Stratman who is a retired naturalist and outdoor school administrator. George is currently a member of the DHC's Education Committee. 

  

  When: October 4, 2025 (Saturday). 8:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.

  Where: Meet at the Stevens Creek Trailhead at 8:00 a.m. Finish at Camp Caro (Spokane Valley) at approximately 2:00 p.m.

  Distance: 9 Miles one way (The hike will start at the Stevens Creek Trailhead and finish at Camp Caro.  Hikers will need to make arrangements to be dropped off at the Steven’s Creek trailhead and be picked up at Camp Caro.)

  Hike Rating: Very Difficult

  Elevation gain: Approximately 2,000 feet all told.  The hike will require steep climbs and descents along the well established trails as we will ascend and descend two separate and significant ridges along our route.

  The hike will begin at the Stevens Creek Trailhead where we will immediately begin a steep incline of about a mile along the switchbacks to the Rocks of Sharon.  Once on top, we will pause briefly for a snack (please pack your own food and provisions) and to take in the view.  From there we will descend for approximately 3 miles to the Iller Creek Trailhead. Once at Iller Creek, we will again pause for snacks and an assessment of our travels thus far.  From Iller Creek we will descend to the Phillips Creek Trailhead for 1.5 miles along East Holman and South Woodruff Roads (these are paved rural public roads).  Once at the Phillips Creek Trailhead, we will ascend for 2 miles over rolling terrain to the Cliffs Overlook.  At the Cliffs we will again pause for snacks/lunch and to appreciate the view.  From the Cliffs we will then descend over rolling terrain for our final 1.5 miles to Camp Caro.

  Other Information: 

  A primary goal of the Dishman Hills Conservancy is to create a wildlife corridor from Spokane Valley to the Palouse.  With the addition of the Keystone Property we have successfully secured a connection between the Dishman Hills Natural Area and the Glenrose section.  While not yet fully connected to the Iller Creek section, it is possible to walk between the Iller Creek and Phillips Creek Trailheads along a lightly traveled paved rural road.

  Hikers may choose to make pick-up arrangements at the Iller Creek or Phillips Creek Trailheads should they choose to not complete the full day’s course.

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  We hope to see you there! 

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• Tree Planting with Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

  • When
    04 Oct 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

  

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