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Friday, 29 May 2009Popular internet-based yoga school, International Yogalayam, announced last week that they have brought back the donation system for their popular yoga e-course, “3 Weeks of Yoga,” providing an opportunity for anyone interested in learning about yoga to finally take the plunge.
“As a response to the global financial crisis, we ran a yoga-by-donation program earlier this year,” said Yog acharya, Director of International Yogalayam. “The response was overwhelming. People really appreciated being able to take our yoga courses and pay only whatever they could afford during this uncertain time. I think with the continuing financial uncertainly and mounting stress that people are facing as a result, now more than ever people can really use some yoga in their lives. That’s why we’ve decided to bring back our yoga by donation program again.”
International Yogalayam has been a pioneer in developing what are becoming known as some of the best yoga distance education programs available. It’s not your run-of-the-mill yoga website, to be sure. It’s clear that one of their primary aims is to help people understand that yoga is much more than just a set of physical exercises; that it is an entire approach to living that helps one to find greater health and harmony on all levels.
The yoga training programs at International Yogalayam reflect this profound message, blending a comprehensive array of physical as well as mental exercises to help restore health and balance in life. The training at International Yogalayam is aimed at nothing short of profound transformation for its students, and if the way they have been received so far is any indication, those programs are living up to these lofty goals.
“3 Weeks of Yoga” is a 21-day introductory e-course in yoga that both beginners as well as experienced practitioners will find tremendous value in. Interested students can even register and try out the first 2 lessons for free before deciding to enrol in the course.
This unique yoga training program is now offered through International Yogalayam’s website (http://www.discover-yoga-online.com) on a donation basis, which makes “3 weeks of Yoga” our top pick for convenient and affordable yoga instruction.
For more details on this news, please visit www.prlog.org.
Thursday, 28 May 2009Beginning September 14, 2009, the At Ease Retreat will begin sessions for this total body rejuvenation retreat. Exclusively limited to 14, participants of this new wellness adventure will eat, sleep and breathe health and fitness, meditation, holistic nutrition and stress free spa treatments for six nights or more. Aiming for the perfect blend of body slimming exercise and body renewing sessions, Vita Vie Retreat will push clients with shallow water walking and running, Pilates, sunrise beach yoga, body sculpting at the beach, classes on stress reduction, meditation and anti aging practices and more. “We’re going to be educating people on their bodies, their environments and what they can do to protect themselves from disease and how to promote long, healthy, vibrant lives. It’s also time to learn how to rid our bodies of stress to we can function the best we possibly can.
This tough economy has taken a toll on many of us in a number of ways. We’re mentally and physically stressed and we need to help ease that tension for our clients” says retreat owner, Margot Rutigliano. Long days of hard work will be rewarded with healthy, gourmet spa meals, candlelit cobblestone walking at sunset on the sun deck, relaxation and meditation. “It will be the perfect combination of kick butt workouts and total relaxation,” adds Rutigliano. Held at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, spacious rooms boast Westin’s signature 10 layer Heavenly Bed and graceful views of the Intracoastal Waterway or the Atlantic Ocean. In addition, rooms have wireless internet access, coffee maker with Starbuck’s coffee, Heavenly Shower and Bath Accessories and more.
In addition to vigorous exercise and lectures, a brand new 8100 square foot spa with Jacuzzis and steam rooms in each locker room awaits each guest with treatments ranging from skin care to sports massage. Fresh lemon water as well as fresh cut fruit adorn the spa’s relaxation area. Three spa treatments are included in each package to ensure total rejuvenation. To infuse the spa aspect into the fitness classes, Vita Vie Retreat also provides clients with essential oil towelettes for quick clean ups in the scents of lavender, grapefruit and eucalyptus. A fully equipped fitness center and preplanned running routes compliment the fitness classes for eager clients looking for additional avenues for working out.
The 6 night package includes accommodations, three healthy meals daily, all At Ease Retreat classes and lectures and three spa treatments per person. The rate is $2990 single and $2300 double per person. More information can be found by calling 800-768-5708 or by visiting www.bvretreat.com/ateaseretreat.html.
For more details on this news, please visit www.pr.com.
Wednesday, 27 May 2009On Saturday, 20th June 2009 from 2PM to 4PM, Beth Kruger and Anne Heckheimer will run a workshop for a maximum of 25 pregnant women, doing restorative yoga and massage. See http://BethYoga.com for more information.
It will be held in the new Soho studio of Yogaworks 78 Grand Street in Manhattan. Call 212 965 0801 to register. The cost is $35 in advance and $45 at the door.
B eth Kruger began teaching prenatal yoga in 2005 while pregnant with her first child. Her first daughter came along with her to teach Mommy and Me classes shortly after her birth.
Anne Heckheimer, is the founder of the Prenatal Massage Center of Manhattan. She is a New York licensed massage therapist, and has specialized in prenatal and postpartum massage for over five years. After receiving her license, Anne became certified as a prenatal and labor massage therapist through the Mothermassage method of prenatal and postpartum massage therapy, and Niara Healing Arts Center.
Restorative yoga and massage raise endorphin levels in the mom. These “feel good” hormones cross the placenta to soothe and relax your baby. This improves blood circulation and digestion and relieves the aches and pains of pregnancy
For more details on this news, please visit www.pr.com.
Tuesday, 26 May 2009Yoga, Music, and Spectacular Views Set This Festival Apart From the Rest This summer a new happening will redefine the destination festival experience. A boutique, three-day experience, Wanderlust brings together the world’s leading yoga teachers and top-tier rock and roll performers, all in a setting of breathtaking natural beauty. This feast for both the body and the senses takes place July 24-26 at Squaw Valley USA, Lake Tahoe, California.
Festival-goers can spend their mornings down in the Village at Squaw Valley getting centered in one of many classes led by some of the most notable names in yoga today, including Shiva Rea and John Friend. Wanderlust will include other notable instructors like Annie Carpenter, Christy Nones, Duncan Wong, Elena Brower, Janet Stone, Jason & Jenny (acroyogis), Katchie Ananda, Kenny Graham, Les Leventhal, Rusty Wells, Schuyler Grant, Sianna Sherman, and many others from San Francisco’s Yoga Tree studios.
Afternoons and evenings are dedicated to musical discovery. Ride the cable car up the mountain and soak in fresh, diverse performances on a stage perched atop the Sierra Nevadas. It’s a setting like no other, with a line-up to match. Michael Franti & Spearhead, Spoon, Andrew Bird, Jenny Lewis, Broken Social Scene, Gillian Welch, and Girl Talk lead the collection of acts. Other artists performing at 8,000 feet include Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Rogue Wave, Amanda Palmer, Kaki King, Mates of State, The Honey Brothers, The Mutaytor, The London Souls, Jai Uttal, and more.
Tickets for the three-day experience go on-sale Tuesday, May 12th at 10am CDT at www.wanderlustfestival.com. A variety of options are available with prices starting at $124.50 for a weekend music pass and $169.50 for a music and yoga weekend pass. Prices are inclusive of service fees. VIP packages are also available and include exclusive access to the High Camp facility, which is a first class spa at 8,200 feet that boasts a swimming pool, local, organic fine dining, a hot tub, yoga on the deck, and breathtaking views of the Sierras below. The Village at Squaw will also play afternoon host to a variety of local food vendors, non-profit groups, and earth-friendly wares with a backdrop of acoustic performances Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26. Please print on recycled paper
Activities at the Village at Squaw are free and open to the public, and promise plenty of fun for the whole family.
see more info at www.wanderlustfestival.com
Monday, 25 May 2009Zen Resort is a luxury boutique hotel and holistic wellness destination Spa, situated in a peaceful location, surrounded by rice fields, vineyards and natural forest and with wide open sea views in north Bali. The holistic design of the resort, blending in a beautiful natural and landscaped environment, and the integrated wellness facilities to practice yoga, experience ayurvedic treatments, resi de in luxury accommodation with Zen simplicity, consume healthy food and participate in a wide range of cultural and eco-recreational activities all amount to an ideal environment not only to relax and rejuvenate from the stresses and stains of modern lifestyles but also to think of the changes in one’s way of life for a healthier, sustainable, satisfying and happy future.
There are three serene venues for yoga at Zen Resort, namely a 120 sq meters yoga pavilion surrounded by landscaped tropical gardens, a sunrise tree tops mediation center overlooking rice fields and a sunset yoga deck overlooking natural forest with views of the Sea of Bali.
The Ayurvedic health and beauty spa at the resort offers over 30 authentic treatments as well as traditional Balinese massage, healing baths and beauty treatments by qualified ayurveda professionals from Kerala, India together with a team of trained Balinese therapists. The resort’s resident yoga master also offers special pranayama and meditation classes based on the principles and practices of Swami Ram Dev, a world renowned practitioner and exponent of easy to do yoga, pranayama and meditation exercises that have been proven to be highly beneficial in not only achieving and sustaining good health but also curing many diseases and ailments. The teachings of Swami Ram Dev have influenced millions of people across India and every morning tens of millions join in his daily television exposition of yoga, pranayama and meditation exercises and advice on healthy eating.
The architecture throughout the resort is traditional Balinese with each building resembling a Balinese temple. The fourteen air-conditioned sea view villas look out onto verdant landscape and down to the sea with sunset and sunrise views. The mature landscaped gardens and skyline infinity swimming pool merging into the rice fields below and the marine landscape beyond are hypnotic in their tranquility. Each of the villas includes an elegantly furnished double bedroom with a private terrace and a parlor leading to an open air designer garden bathroom.
Zen Resort’s talented chefs present a variety of nutritious dishes featuring Asian, European and Ayurvedic vegetarian cuisine as well as catering for individual dietary requirements. All meals are served in the tropical gardens with spectacular views over natural forest, rice fields and the sea of Bali.
The resort’s serene and beautiful landscaped tropical and Zen gardens offer an ideal environment to read, slumber, think and dream. An hour’s nature walk through an eco-forest rich with indigenous herbal and medicinal plants leads to Banjar Natural Hot Springs for a rejuvenating bath and on to a 6th Century Vihara Buddhist temple for some sacred meditation. There are also two temples in front of the resort dedicated to the Moon and the Goddess of the Sea. The resort’s expert guides are also available to advise and to organize visits to local villages to experience the ceremonies and the Balinese culture and traditional ways of life and living.
Just a 200 meters walk along a paved pathway with vineyards on one side and rice fields on the other leads to the secluded Puri Jati seashore with one of the world’s richest micro marine environment to snorkel and dive and a place at take off at dawn for a sunrise dolphin sail. Within an hour’s drive from the resort there is spectacular scuba diving at Menjagan Island, eco-forest nature walks and rice field trekking around Munduk, Gitgit Waterfall and Ulundanu Temple of Bedugal and a day trip to the active Mount Batur volcano and the temple of Tirta Empul and Goa Gajah, the elephant temple.
Bali is an ideal destination for yoga workshops and retreats with unique opportunities to experience culture, ceremonial traditions, art, architecture, a wide range of ecological diversity, pristine rice fields and tropical plantations as well as the genuine Balinese hospitality and human solidarity. All these aspects combined with integrated ayurveda, yoga, pranayama and meditation at Zen Resort Bali makes for an ideal destination for yoga group training workshops.
Caroline Klebl, a renowned and dedicated yoga teacher with a long philosophical and practical study background in Ashtanaga and Iyengar Yoga, Tibetan Buddhism and Jungian Psychology as well as Kerala Ayurveda and Pancha Karma will be holding an Ashtanaga Yoga Teacher Training Certification Course at Zen Resort Bali during the whole month of August 2008. This intensive program is inclusive of accommodation and special ayurvedic cuisine, daily some 7 hours of yoga training and philosophy classes, ayurvedic treatments and guided cultural and eco-recreational tours as well as airport transfers.
Yoga group leaders and teachers are invited to contact Zen Resort Bali to discuss their specific retreat and workshop requirements towards mutually designing an all inclusive package for an unforgettable integrated yoga group training experience in Bali, the Island of the Gods.
For more details on this news, please visit: www.prlog.org.
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