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Tuesday, 31 March 2009Morgan’s Rock Hacienda & Ecolodge, one of Latin America’s leading agro-tourism operations located south of Granada, the oldest city in the Americas, has designed a series of yoga, wellness and creative writing retreats for 2009. Working with instructor Adrienne Ward, the founder of BigWorldSmallPlanet retreats, this series will welcome many of the best-known yoga practitioners in the U.S., U.K., and Canada to lead the varied seminars.
The series will include the following: “The Ying and Yang of Yoga” w. Rebekka Walker, May 25 to 31; “Summer Shape Up, Power Yoga and Pilates” w. Kristin McGee, June 1 to 7; “From the Ground Up” w. Malachi Melville, June 7 to 13; “Authentic Inspiration – A Retreat for Writers” w. Susan Piver, June 16 to 22; “What’s Next – a Comforting, Energizing, Restful Retreat for Women Whose Lives are Changing” w. Jennifer Louden, June 23 to 29; “MB Yoga, the Experience” w. Mitchel Bleier, July 11 to 17; “The Life Force Power Workshop” w. Jennifer Kries, July 17 to 25; “One Yoga” w. William Duprey, July 25 to August 1; “Power Vinyasa on the Rocks” w. Scott Harig, August 4 to 11; “Yoga on the Edge” w. Sara Ivanhoe August 10 to 16.
Morgan’s Rock Hacienda is designed for travelers in search of luxury combined with the excitement of Nicaragua, the new Central American venue. The Yoga Pavilion, located on a pristine beach, with a unique 4500 acre protected primary dry forest environment surrounding the resort, provides the ideal setting for these special retreat experiences.
The daily programs will average 5/6 days of personal, creative discovery including daily yoga practice and cultural experiences. There will be time for relaxing by the pool or on the beach. These programs will include transfers from Managua, all meals, daily classes, a massage, local artisan and school tours, starting from $2255 (sgle) and $1750 per person (dble).
Morgan’s Rock Hacienda & Ecolodge features fifteen hand-detailed private bungalows made of exotic tropical hardwoods with decks open to spectacular views of the ocean and forest and feature a king-size bed, a sofa bed, hammocks and an open-air shower. The restaurant, which features all local produce grown on the resort’s farm and fish caught by its own boats, overlooks a beautiful pool and the Pacific beyond.
Morgan’s Rock is easily reached by American, Delta, TACA and Continental who all fly to Managua with arranged transfers.
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Monday, 30 March 2009After eight years of extensive research at the University of Calgary Physical Activity and Cancer Center, prominent yoga teacher, kinesiologist and founder of Functional Synergy, Susi Hately Aldous launches the Yoga for Cancer Survivors program across the U.S. and Canada. Beginning in May 2009, Susi will introduce a Yoga for Cancer Survivors Certified Teacher Training Series for registered yoga teachers along with a roll-out of the program at yoga studios.
Following the positive research results and the program’s well-received yoga DVD, Susi will start intensive 4-day teacher training workshops at yoga centers in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Duluth, MN; Dallas, TX; and Los Angeles, CA with additional markets to be announced. Those who complete the program will learn specific yoga techniques proven to help alleviate symptoms associated with cancer and find benefits for students such as better quality of life, improved sleep, less fatigue and better balance, strength and cardiovascular ability. Participants who successfully complete the program will be certified to teach Yoga for Cancer Survivors classes to students currently undergoing cancer treatments (with doctor’s approval) or after completing treatments.
A trained professional with over 10 years of diverse knowledge in yoga and therapeutic rehabilitation, Susi has dedicated a large part of her career and life to working closely with patients including cancer survivors throughout all stages of the condition. Based on anatomy and therapeutic yoga, her approachable 7 session yoga of cancer survivors program is based on Hatha yoga, and has been modified specifically for those who are looking for a gentle yoga program to relax, and progressively build flexibility, strength and balance. The teacher training program consists of several key elements that enforce a complementary therapy technique. “Yoga is known to reduce pain by reducing the brain’s pain center and regulating the gate-controlling mechanism located in the spinal cord and the secretion of natural painkillers in the body,” says Susi. “We aim to complement the lifestyle and level of each individual.”
The Yoga for Cancer Survivors teacher training will consist of the following key guiding principles: o Anatomy teachings and understanding. o The impact of chemotherapy and radiation. o Benefits of yoga for cancer patients and survivors ─ how yoga can help improve balance, quality of life, ability to sleep, physical agility, reducing stress, irritability and depression. o Customizing safe and effective poses ─ based on type of cancer and how to personalize trainings for each client’s needs. o Understanding different fitness levels and pain levels.
“Whether you are a cancer survivor still undergoing chemotherapy, post surgery or in remission, yoga affects and benefits the body and mind in every stage,” says Susi. Having worked with cancer patients and survivors in all stages of cancer and with different types of cancers including lung, breast, leukemia, and thyroid, Susi acknowledges it is a long and arduous road to the early stages of acceptance of the disease. Yoga is one step towards a positive outlook physically and emotionally.
The Yoga for Cancer Survivors teacher training series is available for registered yoga teachers (RYT) nationwide at 499 USD per person for a 4-day certified training. One of the requirements to participate is a commitment to teach theses classes in their local communities or through their studios after successful certification. Please visit www.yogaforcancersurvivors.com for further details or call 1-866-229-2645.
For more details on this news, please visit www.prlog.org.
Thursday, 26 March 2009VAIL, Colorado — YogaWorldReach, a Vail Valley, Colorado nonprofit seeking to promote global peace through individual empowerment using yoga practice, meditation practice and alternative therapies such as art and music therapy, hosts Mountain Lotus director Kelly Major Heath to lead prenatal yoga teacher training Sunday. This training is a workshop within a larger teacher training going on within the Evergreen Lodge where anyone interested is invited to attend.
Heath recently had a baby boy, named Owen.
“Understanding what is going on in the body during pregnancy is very important so that pregnant mothers can have an ongoing yoga practice during pregnancy,” Heath said. “I practiced during my entire pregnancy and felt great.”
Using her blend of Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Anusara and Ashtanga trainings and the experience of life, Heath will tap into an intuitive energy to offer this prenatal training.
Attendees can expect to learn:
• Anatomical overview of what is happening during pregnancy
• Relaxation techniques
• Modifications in yoga postures
• Other support techniques
For questions or to register, contact Shakti Redding, YogaWorldReach teacher training director, at 303-886-9039 or yogaworldreach@mac.com. Additional information can be found at www.yogaworldreach.org.
If you go ...
What: Prenatal Yoga Workshop
Where: Evergreen Lodge, Vail
When: 8 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $65
More information: Contact Shakti Redding, YogaWorldReach teacher training director, at 303-886-9039 or yogaworldreach@mac.com.
For more details on this news, please visit www.vaildaily.com.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009Bryn Walsh, founder of Acupuncture Plus of Acton http://www.acalmspirit.com/ has now opened “A Calm Spirit,” a new Yoga studio in Acton dedicated to the goal of stress relief and creating a calm state of self-awareness. Ms. Walsh and her associates will guide people through postures, breath work and guided relaxation exercises combining a unique blend of Yoga, meditation and the ancient art of Qi Gong.
A video of Bryn can be found here; http://www.youtube.com/brynwalsh
The classes which will run Monday-Thursday at various times are open to individuals of all backgrounds. The studio located at 481 Great Road in Acton, MA will feature not only Ms. Walsh but other experienced Yoga instructors from around the region. Ms Walsh herself brings over 30 years of experience as a Yoga practitioner having served as a primary teacher and director of the School of American Yoga in New York City during the 1980’s. “Now more than ever, we all need to take a step back and relax, “says Walsh. “The times we are living in create stress that many of us have never experienced and that can be detrimental to our health. The Yoga classes we will be offering will not only help individuals become more physically aware, but will give people the tools to relax, reduce their stress and become more at ease with their current situations.”
For more information about Yoga classes including exact times or to book a class, call 978-266-9889 or email Bryn at bryn@brynwalsh.com. The Website is http://www.acalmspirit.com/
For more details on this news, please visit www.prlog.org.
Tuesday, 24 March 2009Couple Yoga uses special techniques which are caring & supporting, to help couples exchange energies and elevate relationships from the physical to the spiritual level. We use Couple's Lotus Pose, Couple's Turtle Pose and Couple's Moon Triangle as paths for you to reach a higher level of being. What are we doing here? Let’s get out,” hissed my husband as we faced each other, about four feet apart , holding each other’s hands, even as the instructor told us to lower ourselves into a crouching posture and then, arms stretched to the maximum, still holding hands, bend backwards.
Too much pull and we could topple and fall. When the email invite said “yoga for couples”, we didn’t bother to read the fine print and landed up at New Delhi’s Defence Colony at the appointed hour for the first session. Here, the brother and sister duo of Sanjeev and Poonam Bhanot, who run the Yogalife Studio, were holding their three-day workshop (Rs1,500 for a couple). We were late, and as we entered, the first reaction was to flee. It looked as though couples were glued to each other, doing what looked like complicated dance poses. But Poonam spotted us and pushed us onto the mats right at the front.
Fleet-footed hubby, however, smartly whipped the mats to the back of the spacious hall. If we had to do this routine, we might as well do so without making exhibitions of ourselves. Even as Sanjeev and Poonam demonstrated the next asana—which involved leaning against each other’s backs, arms stretched out sideways, and then stretching the right leg out in the classic Virbhadrasana pose, they described how these asanas would help couples draw support from one another, demonstrate the total trust reposed in one’s partner, help one stay connected, and so on. Looking at their amazingly fluid moves, we were emboldened to try it, only to find ourselves encumbered by the difference in our heights. Sneaking sideways glances at others, we were relieved to see the other couples—not all of whom were husband and wife—in similar difficulties. If we had been busy finding fault with each other’s stance, then the father and daughter duo next to us were positively bickering.
Only the tall, slim foreigner nearby and her Indian partner seemed to be doing things with ease. After much trial and error, and under the personal supervision of Poonam, who taught us how to adjust the height difference (the taller partner had to bend more), we finally got the hang of this asana, only to hear Sanjeev announce that we had been doing the easy routines so far and would be stepping into higher gear. Over the next hour and a half, we learnt various asanas—from Surya Namaskar to the Turtle Pose that could be done together—and, finally, the piece de resistance—the correct technique to walk on each other’s backs without causing pain.
From the unholy glee with which men proceeded to walk down their partners’ backs (at last a chance to crush them beneath our feet, went the wisecracks), it looked as though we were back to the usual game of one-upmanship among the sexes, rather than the lofty ideals of building trust and intimacy. Hmm, purists might frown at the concept of “couple yoga”—after all, it is very much an individual practice requiring concentration and focus. But Sanjeev, who has seen it successfully used in Europe, justifies it as a fun way to draw on each other’s strengths. He also uses this technique of paired yoga for corporate workshops. “We organize weekend retreats in the mountains for corporates, which involves self-development programmes and team-building and couple yoga techniques work really well here,” he explains. And, did it help hubby and me bond better? Well, after the workshop, for once we were in perfect, harmonious agreement. Fun though it admittedly was, we would keep our exercise routines separate from now on. One place less to fight. Please log on to http://www.yogalife.org/couplesyoga.asp
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