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Wednesdays, April 2 – 30, 2008, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
The Mind/Body Connection
What Does Suffering Have To Do With Illness?
Where does suffering start: with illness, or in the reaction to it? What does mindfulness have to do with dealing with suffering? Where and how does one experience the mind/body connection? Are there any useful techniques we can learn to deal with our illness and suffering?
These are the kinds of questions we will explore in this 5-session discussion course looking at how to find a way to alleviate suffering by closely observing how our mind responds to input of any kind: what we see, hear, feel, and touch. We will discuss the mind/body connection in our everyday lives and how we may become listeners without suffering. Recommended, but not required reading is Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor.
$50 for the five sessions. Taught by Chas Meyers, Licensed Acupuncturist, Qigong teacher, and ordained Zen Monk.
To register, call the WHRC at 650-2600.
Tuesdays, April 8 – May 13, 2008, 6:05 pm – 7:00 pm
Healthy Eating:
Chinese Medicine Book Discussion Group
Following our successful winter book group on Understanding Chinese Medicine, our spring book group will explore healthy eating with the book, Tao of Healthy Eating by Bob Flaws. This book will cover the following topics, and there will be plenty of time for questions and discussion:
- the basics of good health and the process of digestion
- remedial diet therapy
- food allergies and candidiasis
- cholesterol and obesity
- coffee and vitamins
$70 for the six sessions (includes book). Taught by Chas Meyers, Licensed Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist
To register, call the WHRC at 650-2600.
Tuesdays, April 8 – June 3, 2008, 5:00 pm – 5:55 pm
Qigong for Health and Longevity
This class will offer instruction in a powerful form of qigong involving
movement, breath, and intention. Qigong help build energy and immune
function along with calming the body, mind, and spirit. We also work with acupoints and meridians, while discussing the philosophy of qigong.
$90 for the nine weeks. Taught by Chas Meyers, Chinese Herbalist, Qigong and T’ai Chi Fundamentals Teacher.
To register, call the WHRC at 650-2600.
April 27, May 18 & June 22, 2008 4-5 pm
Pranayama with Carole Petrillo
Carole will be offering three pranayama classes on Sundays including April 27, May 18 and June 22 from 4-5 pm. All levels are welcome. Each class will be structured in three parts including gentle asana work to prepare the body, pranayama instruction and practice followed by meditation. Come join these classes to take your next step on the Yogic path. If you have questions, email Carole Petrillo. $40 for all 3 classes.
To register, mail your check made payable to AHA to Ancient Healing Arts, PO Box 735, Lebanon, NH 03766.
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 1 – 4:00 pm
Bringing the Benefits of Yoga Home:
How to Develop a Personal Yoga Practice
with Jill Johnson and Diana Shannon
Establishing and maintaining a personal yoga practice can be challenging for beginning and experienced students alike. Not knowing how, when, where, and what poses to practice in the context of existing family and work commitments all conspire against our best intentions. This workshop will teach you how to start or invigorate an existing home practice so that you can experience the many benefits of yoga beyond the classroom. It will provide a step-by-step framework within which to develop your practice each day, asana cards for reference and learning, handouts for reinforcing key principles and concepts, and sample sequences to jumpstart your nascent efforts. The workshop will also include lively group discussions and ideas for eliminating the many physical, mental, and emotional obstacles. This workshop is appropriate for beginning yoga students as well as more experienced students who are not yet consistent in a home practice. $50
To register, mail your check made payable to AHA to Ancient Healing Arts, PO Box 735, Lebanon, NH 03766.
May 31, 2008 – June 1, 2008
Building Strength in the Upper Body
with Karin Stephan
Are you interested in working on yoga poses which involve upper
body strength but are not sure how to get there? Or are you already
working on some of them but want to learn others or perfect the
ones you already know, perhaps adding variations? Do you think your
limitations are due to lack of strength?
Contrary to what you may think, you don’t have to be strong to
be strong. You have to be balanced to be strong. This workshop is
designed for students who wish to improve their ability to practice
handstands, forearm balances, headstands, shoulderstands and
backbends by better understanding their individual asymmetries in the
upper body and by learning how to correct them. Weaving in and out
of asanas which develop alignment and those which develop strength,
we will learn how to create an internal muscular balance allowing us
to do these poses with grace and ease.
The schedule is:
- Saturday, May 31, 10 am – 1 pm, 3 – 5 pm
- Sunday, June 1, 10 am – 1 pm
About Karin Stephan
Karin Stephan, a student of BKS Iyengar, began teaching in 1973 in Paris where she helped found The European Center of Yoga. In 1976, she moved to Boston and since 1977 she began giving workshops in New York. In 1985, Karin confounded The BKS Iyengar Yoga Center of Cambridge with Patricia Walden. Until the early 90s, Karin was one of the principal teachers who helped to develop Iyengar style yoga in New York, Long Island and the Westchester areas. Learn more about Karin at www.yogamacro.com.
For intermediate students. Persons with back, shoulder, neck or wrist
injuries are not advised to take this workshop.
Early bird special
- Register by April 25, $185 for both days or $65 per class.
- After April 25: $200 for both days or $70 per class.
To register, mail your check made payable to AHA to Ancient Healing Arts, PO Box 735, Lebanon, NH 03766.
September 6 & 7, 2008
Revitalizing Health Through Inner Strength
Pelvic Floor Workshop for Women by Susanne Kemmerer
Susanne will first assess particular needs of the students. She will then introduce and elaborate on her unique approach to revitalize the health through inner strength originating from what the Japanese call Hara and the Yogis call Mula Bandha.
Her unique method involves a hands-on approach to greater understanding of the three layers of the pelvic floor, including how to access each layer, and apply that understanding to yoga postures as well as to daily life.
Over the last twelve years this approach has shown remarkable success in dealing with various challenges in men and women with regard to:
- Lower back problems
- SI Joint pain
- Hip joint pain
- Neck problems
- Incontinence
- Descending organs
- Post delivery issues
Susanne’s work readily dovetails with Ramanand Patel’s work on mula bandha. Cost is $180. Limited to 25 participants.
To register, mail your check made payable to AHA to Ancient Healing Arts, PO Box 735, Lebanon, NH 03766.
February 25 – March 11, 2009
AHA in Rishikesh, India
I am thrilled to announce that from February 25 – March 11, 2009, I am planning on attending a workshop in Rishikesh, India and would like to invite you to join me. This workshop takes place at the Swami Dayananda Ashram on the banks of the sacred River Ganga and will include Ramanand Patel and Mukesh Desai teaching their popular “Yoga and Sound” workshop. Find out more.
