Spring Clean Your Mat: A YogaWorks Style Class

Instructor: Hazel Patterson

Date: Saturday, May 12

Time: 2 - 4:30 PM

Cost: $30

Let's clear the last of winter out of our bones and prepare for an awesome, healthy, inspired summer season! Join Hazel Patterson e-500RYT (teacher trainer for the upcoming Yoga Works 200hr program at Yoga Jones) for an afternoon of yogic cleansing practices. Opening our hearts, minds & hips, stimulating pranic flow, toning abdominal organs and eliminating toxins, increasing gastric fire; we will explore the proactive observance of SAUCHA and how taking this niyama into daily life can enhance our wellbeing and joie de vivre! This class can be enjoyed by all and will include asana, pranayama, nada yoga and and yoga nidra. It is designed to deepen all levels of practice.

Hazel Patterson began teaching public yoga classes fourteen years ago and believes that yoga can be adapted for every person, from the most rigorous physical practice, to the most modified and gentle. She has worked extensively with clients rehabilitating serious injuries and has consistently observed how dramatic relief can be brought about by working through the physical body with even very simple yogic movement, breath-work and compassionate attention. With a practice that has spanned 20 years studying with such yoga luminaries as Lisa Walford, Manuso Manos, Shandor Remete and Annie Carpenter, Hazel currently leads teacher trainings in the YogaWorks method and is also working with Rodney Yee in presenting Urban Zen Integrative Therapy trainings on the west coast.

Body Mind Gifts Cleanse 2012

Instructor: Vanessa Kudrat Weinberg

Intro Dates: Free Intro & Meditation, Friday May 25, 6 PM

Time: 6:00 PM

Cost: Free

Date: Meetings: Saturdays, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 & Sunday, July 1

Meeting Times: 1 - 5 PM

Cost: See below

When was the last time you went 40 days (or longer) without fried food, meat, sugar,cigarettes, gluten, caffeine, dairy, and/or alcohol? Your 40 Day Cleanse will be designed to workfor your individual needs which may include fasting from all or some of these items, plus optional liquid fasts and organic herbal supplements to help tone and detoxify your organs. You will learn meditations to cleanse the mind and recipes to cleanse the body. This workshop includes healthy nutrition and cooking classes, yoga and meditation intensives, a walking meditation event, plus an optional wellness field trip! You will also receive a goody bag filled with samples, recipes, and fun items to use during your cleanse.

If you can not make our weekly meetings in Ventura, CA your Spring Cleanse can be done from anywhere in the US!

Fee structure:

BASIC CLEANSE - $350 Includes meetings, recipes, meditation for cleansing, guidance throughout the 40 days, plus one private cleanse coaching session via phone or SKYPE.

CLEANSE WITH HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS -$400 Includes meetings, recipes, meditations and guidance throughout the 40 days, plus one private cleanse coaching session via phone or SKYPE. You will also receive organic herbs to support the release of toxins during both the 5 day liquid fast and a 3 day pre-fast.

DELUXE CLEANSE - $465 Includes meetings, recipes, meditations and guidance throughout the 40 days, plus one private cleanse coaching session via phone or SKYPE. You will also receive organic herbs to support the release of toxins during both the 5 day liquid fast and a 3 day pre-fast. Your choice of one wellness session: Reflexology, Acupuncture, or Massage.

EXTENDED CLEANSE - $690 Includes everything above and extends beyond the 40 days to include an additional 3 weeks supply of herbs which will be taken with regular healthy meals to neutralize toxins and unhealthy parasites, rejuvenate the kidneys, bladder, lungs, blood, skin, and lymphatic system. Highly recommended as the best way to bring your body to an optimal state of balance!

Yoga Jones is offering the following discounts: $50 to all participants in the Yoga Works Teacher's Training; $20 for each friend you refer to the Body Mind Gifts Cleanse up to $60

Also, if you are concerned about finances, and you know you want to join us on this journey, please ask about a payment plan.

For more information: info@bodymindgifts.com ~ (805) 643–5669 ~ http://www.BodyMindGifts.com

Vanessa Weinberg was introducted to yoga as a child via synchronistic events that continued through her life, calling her into the world of natural healing. She has spent fortunate time studying with many masterful teachers including Yogi Bhajan. Vanessa enjoys guiding people through seasonal changes, sharing the healling properties of movement, and finding and sharing the keys to growing stronger and healthier both mentally and physically as we age. She has provided wellness workshops and classes to individuals and corporations since 1998 in the US and abroad. After 15 years of living in New York City, and six years based in Princeton, NJ, she recently made the journey West back to California, where she is from. CLICK HERE FOR FLYER!

Detox Yoga & Ayurveda

Instructor: Mas Vidal

Date: Sunday, June 10

Time: 2 - 4:30 PM

Cost: $40 by June 3 / $45 after

Cleanse, Enlighten and Celebrate Unity Through Asana and Purifying Breath-Work: This detoxifying yoga practice is an Ayurvedic approach to Hot Yoga, but the heat comes from within. Learn how to awaken your inner fires (agni) to cleanse every morsel of your physical and energetic body. Experience a mindful Ayurvedic Yoga approach to purifying your body of toxins, excess fat and phlegm through a yoga practice infused with combinations of postures and sequences and powerful breathing exercises in a warm body. Experience how asana and pranayama can be interwoven to enhance the quality of your yoga practice according to your body-mind type (Dosha). Also special ayurvedic body oils will be used to enhance the detox experience.

Mas Vidal is the Director and Founder of Dancing Shiva Yoga and Ayurveda (DSYA) in Los Angeles, California, the original center dedicated to the practice, education and lifestyle of the great Vedic sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda. Since the center's opening in 2001, Mas has been committed to teaching an integral form of yoga that combines the classical yoga system of Patanjali, integrated with Ayurveda’s science of Tri-dosha. Under Mas Vidal’s direction DSYA has been recognized internationally for developing a strong balance between the mind-body relationship and the spiritual principles emphasized in both yoga and ayurveda. Mas Vidal strongly encourages education in a practical sense and as a way of life in his dynamic yoga classes. The center is aligned with various notable institutions of health and wellness, spirituality and higher learning throughout the United States, Europe and India and maintains interaction in the areas of consulting, research and providing educational materials.
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