Program Calendar | Sacred Healing Arts | honoring body, mind and spirit

February 12, Sunday 10:30 am – 1:30 pm

The experience of oneness is the overall aim of yoga, though each yoga practice has its purpose, methods, and results. Join Ken Nelson and Lesli Lang to examine the 4 Aims of Yoga – the inquiry into right relationship with Self, Other, Life, and Spirit. Ask and answer the questions your life is posing to you. What are your questions? What has life entrusted to you? Explore writing as a tool of Self-discovery using yoga tools to get past the usual distracted mind and beyond the internal critic.

Return to the playful innocence of words. There’s a writer in each of us. Sometimes you don’t know your mind and heart ‘til you write it down.

You’ll take home:

poems
reflections
journaling ideas
and ways to tune in to the refuge of Self that awaits you for the rest of your life.

February 12, Sunday 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

When you’re clear about your calling and you’ve got the right tools, you’re in a powerful position to help others. Learn to bring your gifts and passion into group settings. Foster your confidence in using interactive techniques to energize, connect, and empower people. Discover the conditions for transformational learning, and take home practical tools for leading mind-body experiences. In this workshop, you will learn how to create powerful experiential workshops in four phases: vision, design, delivery and follow up.

You’ll learn how to ignite collective wisdom and group creativity, and witness ways to inform, inspire and support your participants.

Note: This program is an introduction to a comprehensive training with a 30-year history at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, a leader in holistic learning. Ken has led this training for over 10 years.

www.powerfulworkshops.com

February 11, Saturday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

*For couples of all orientations; no experience necessary.

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Enjoy a deeper sense of intimacy together and appreciation for each other. Thai-for-Two™ is a healing blend of yoga, Thai massage, shiatsu, and meditation. It’s a great reminder to make spiritual time a priority in your relationship and a gift that the two of you can share throughout your lives. With humor, compassion, and attentive assistance, Lesli Lang and Ken Nelson create a welcoming atmosphere that makes this afternoon relaxing, fun, and enjoyable.

You will experience:

Friendship and passion in touching and being touched
Techniques to relax or energize your partner
Ways to give without tiring
Letting go of the need to be perfect

While this bodywork is done fully clothed, these simple massage techniques can be more intimate than traditional massage. Couples often feel more playful and tender toward one another and find their joy of being together restored. Everyone agrees that taking time away from everyday concerns through the comfort of a partner’s hands is the best date you can have.

February 17-20, 2012 Friday-Monday 3 nights

*For couples of all orientations; no experience necessary.

deer-pose-twist Enjoy a deeper sense of intimacy and appreciation for each other. Rooted in yoga, Thai massage, shiatsu, and meditation, Couples Bodywork is a great reminder to make spiritual time a priority in your relationship and a gift that the two of you can share throughout your lives.With humor, compassion, and care, Bonnie Anne Campbell and Ken Nelson create a welcoming atmosphere that makes this weekend relaxing and fun. Past participants of Couples Bodywork will enjoy new methods and techniques to relax and energize. You will experience:

Deeper connection through touching and being touched
Giving and receiving a full-body Thai-Shiatsu bodywork
Learning acupressure points to uplift health
Ways to give without tiring
Letting go of the need to be perfect

CE Credits

This program is eligible for :

13.5 credits for Massage and Body Workers (NCBTMB), $20 additional charge
13.5 credits for Acupuncturists (ACU), $20 additional charge

www.kripalu.org or call 800.741.7353

April 8-13, 2012 Sunday thru Friday

thai-shiatsu For all levels: yoga teachers, bodyworkers, and interested individuals; no prior yoga experience needed.*

Enjoy giving and receiving transformational bodywork through an accessible approach based on assisted yoga postures. Rooted in yoga therapy, energy medicine, and meridian theory, shiatsu rehabilitates connective tissue and reverses the effects of aging and injuries. Learn powerful methods to relieve pain and chronic tension. Discover ways to offer renewable energy and restore wholeness to clients and loved ones.

You will gain the skills and confidence needed to:

Give a 1.5-hour full-body shiatsu session
Apply acupressure points to uplift health in targeted ways
Offer skillful touch with a caring presence

Benefit from this easy to learn, giver-friendly style. You will learn to apply passive stretching, twisting, range-of-motion joint mobilization, energy balancing, breath awareness, gentle rocking, and loving-kindness meditation. Care for yourself while giving by adapting and modifying the techniques to suit your needs. Massage tables may be used, or comfortable floor mats.

Note Tuition includes 20-page manual, CD, bodywork photos, meridian diagrams, and certificate. This course stands alone or may lead to certification.

CE Credits
This program is eligible for :
26.5 credits for Massage and Body Workers (NCBTMB), $20 additional charge
26.5 credits for Yoga Alliance (YA), $20 additional charge
26.5 credits for Athletic Trainers (BOC), $20 additional charge

More information: Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health – Lenox, MA 01240
www.kripalu.org or call 800-741-7353

* All bodywork is done fully clothed on comfortable floor mats.

April 27-29, 2012 Friday-Sunday 2 nights

Refresh yourself this spring with yoga and nature. Restore life’s calling, creativity, and joy. Explore what life has entrusted to you. Meditate on Vichara, the yoga of inquiry: right relationship with self, others, work, and the world. Come practice Sankalpa, the yoga of intention–meaning a way of being, born from the heart. Discover the power to heal, grow, and awaken through deepening self-awareness and self-acceptance. You’ll go home in the flow. With energy, ease and trust in your daily interactions.

Weekend includes:

2 nights accommodation (twin share and 4-share)
4 delicious vegetarian meals
4 gentle to moderate Kripalu yoga, yin yoga, Qigong and guided relaxation. Yoga focuses on body sensing, breathing, soft posture flows, and yoga nidra
Morning walking meditation
Time for self-care, reflection, rest, reading, connection to community and exploring area attractions
$325 plus HST

Retreat details at Shanti Yoga Retreat please visit www.shantiretreat.ca

To contact Ken or Lesli about program details please call 413-637-0012

Contact Shelly Copoloff for all other queries 514-567-5368

May 11-12, 2012 Friday-Saturday

Refresh yourself this spring with yoga and mindful practices. Restore life’s calling, creativity, and joy. Explore what life has entrusted to you. Meditate on Vichara, the yoga of inquiry: right relationship with self, others, work, and the world. Practice Sankalpa, the yoga of intention–meaning a way of being, born from the heart. Discover the power to heal, grow, and awaken through deepening self-awareness and self-acceptance. You’ll go home in the flow. With energy, ease and trust in your daily interactions.