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The Ultimate Feat for your FEET – The Feldenkrais Method®
Saturday, April 12th
11:00am-5:00pm
$65 prepaid by March 28th / $75 after March 28th
Our feet are our base of support and our connection to the earth. Our feet contain many nerve endings for sensing and responding to the different feats that we may attempt in our lives – standing, walking, running, dancing, skating. However, shoes, flat sidewalks, elevators and escalators invite us to lose the natural sensitivity that our feet possess. In this one day Awareness Through Movement® Workshop, you will learn to re-experience your feet in new and different ways that enhance your vitality and balance. You may even learn how to balance a book or two on your feet. And that is truly a fun feat.
Instructor KATHY JAMES trained with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais and is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner and assistant trainer. She has a second-degree black belt in the martial art of Aikido and trained as a dancer. She is also an adjunct faculty member at John F. Kennedy University, teaches through Kaiser Permanente in Northern California and has a private practice in Petaluma, CA
Immune System &
Self-Criticism Workshop
April 19th, 2008
6:00 to 8:00 pm
$20.00 prepaid by April 11 / $25.00 at door
The organs and systems in our bodies hold various emotional vibrations. As an example, the liver is associated with frustration, irritability, and anger, while the Immune System holds the energies of self-criticism and self-judgment. When we are overly critical of ourselves or of our bodies, or if we frequently feel “not good enough,” these energies can build up in the Immune System causing various disturbances and blockages and impede the body’s ability to fight bacteria and viruses. Common illnesses associated with stagnant Immune System functioning include frequent colds, flues and herpes, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, mononucleosis, depression and anxiety, digestive disorders, allergies, and other auto-immune diseases. This workshop will focus on the Immune System, which includes the spleen and the thymus gland, and the energies of the fourth chakra, or heart center. You will learn simple meditative techniques for clearing your Immune System of the energies of self-criticism, self-judgment, self-denial, selfbetrayal, and self-hatred. You will then reset your Immune System at optimal wellness and reprogram your negative “self-talk” to a more positive and loving dialogue with yourself...
The facilitator, Traci Hanson, is a psychic healer and teacher. She does private clairvoyant readings,
spiritual healings, and teaches meditation and clairvoyant classes. She is also a Ho’oponopono
practitioner and a Reiki practitioner.
Find Your Voice And Let Your Heart Sing
Sunday April 20th
2:30-4:30pm
CANCELLED
Experience the healing power of your voice, as we relax and open our heart and throat through breathing exercises, specific simple yoga movements, acupressure and voice exercises. This unique combination will dissolve stress and makes us feel alive and in tune with our energetic spacious and joyful core. We will begin and end with deep relaxation. Singing experience is not needed, only a willingness to let go and enjoy an elevated state of being.
Co-Instructor MELODY CASPARI is a voice teacher and professional opera singer. Refer to www.melodycaspari.com for more information.
Co-Instructor RENTIA HUMPHRIES is an MFT and Polarity Therapist as well as a Yoga teacher at Bodyworks.
Making Natural Skincare the Ayurvedic Way
Saturday, April 19th
1:00-2:30pm
$20 pre-registration required by April 18th
Our skin – the biggest organ of our body – absorbs all that we put on it and radiates the traces of our lives, whether that be worry, stress, fatigue or joy, bliss, and happiness. Ayurveda looks at skincare on a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level and uses formulas that the skin receives gently. Would you eat what you put on your skin? What a wonderful thing it is to have the products in our kitchen to use on our face and bodies for radiant skin wellness. Come learn ayurvedic skin wisdom, learn to make skincare products for your unique skin type, learn rememdies for skin problems including blemishes and wrinkles, and take home what you make in class.
Instructor MELANIE HEYSEK – see Feb. 10th workshop for bio.
Advanced Training in Wisdom Healing Chi Gong
With Master Mingtong Gu
Saturday, May 17th 11:00am-6:00pm
Sunday, May 18th
10:00am- 6:00pm
Plus Free Healing Circle
Friday, May 16th
Cost $200
This weekend is designed for people who wish to deepen their practice of Chi Gong, learn the next level of healing skills and go deeper into the cultivation of energy for transformation and integration of mind, body and spirit. This weekend is also designed for teachers and those in the healing professions who would like to learn to use chi energy to enhance their work and life.
Instructor MASTER MINGTONG GU will introduce the next level of skills for the LCUPCD practice and the BodyMind Method. You will learn how to open deep energy channels for healing, heal and balance your immune system, nourish your cells and organs and deepen your mental clarity. You will also learn how to begin to heal others. Previous training from a workshop, weekly class at Bodyworks or practice with a DVD or CD is required. Email Anita at anita707@earthlink.net to find out how meet the requirements.
Journey to India – India Photo Journal
Saturday Evening, May 24th
7:30-9:00pm
Free event, donations to COTS accepted at door if you wish.
In early December 2007, Dr. Johanina Wikoff and Stephen Gale undertook a spiritual journey to India. They had the blessing of immersing themselves in the culture of India for six weeks. Their travels took them to Delhi, Rishikesh, Varanasi and Udaipur and deep into the countryside to meditate at sacred sites where they were the only westerners. They experienced the excitement, ennui, danger, serenity, beauty, exhaustion, frustration and physical challenge of being on the road in a strange and mysterious place. All the while, India worked them in ways they are still understanding. During their travels, Stephen took pictures of people, details, colors, temples and objects that came to his attention. The slide show presentation is his visual journal. It covers images of old men, temple keepers, children, cows, saris, temple walls, sacred objects, paintings and sculptures. If you’d like to have a marvelous Indian meal beforehand, the plan is to meet at 5:30pm at Star of India (Plaza North Shopping Center, next to Long’s).
Flow: Accessing Your Deepest Resources to
Get More of What You Want out of Life
Saturday, May 31st
1:30-5:00pm
$50 prepaid / $60 at door
Come spend an afternoon exploring the deep resources of your body and mind. Discover where you get stuck and how to more easily move back to into an experience of ease and flow in your work, relationships, creative projects, or anywhere else in your life. This workshop will draw from the traditions of Taoism, Buddhism, Yoga, Shamanism and Western Psychology. This workshop doesn’t guarantee to solve all your problems but it will give you some new and interesting tools and perspectives to help you enjoy your life a little bit more. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a notebook and a pen. Class will be limited to 12 people.
Instructor J.T. BYMASTER – see bio on website
Yoga and the Spine: Keeping it Healthy, Today and Tomorrow
Saturday, June 7th
12:30-3:30pm
$45 prepaid / $55 at door
Join Baxter for this therapeutically-focused workshop that will look at keeping the spine healthy as we age, addressing lower back, middle back and upper back and neck health. Just as the roots and trunk provide for the growth and stability of the tree, so too does our brain and spinal cord feed, inform and sustain our entire experience as vibrant beings. We'll explore the entire river, from the source, the spring of the mind, to the delta of the sacrum, and see how asana, pranayama and meditation keep the flow going. Our practice will combine active practices for the 3 main areas of the spine, as well as pertinent discussion. Appropriate for all levels.
Instructor BAXTER BELL, MD, RYT500 has found the practice of Hatha yoga particularly helpful in maintaining and improving his somewhat unpredictable back. He teaches a weekly dedicated Back Care yoga class at the Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, as well as public classes, workshops and retreats throughout the US. Baxter is honored to be on the faculty for the Bodyworks Teacher Training program. In addition to his yoga teaching, Baxter sees patients as a medical acupuncturist and holistic practitioner at Hill Park Medical Center in Petaluma. To learn more about his work with yoga, visit his website at www.bellyoga.info.
Women’s Summer Solstice Ceremonial Circle
Saturday, June 14th
3:00-5:30pm
$15 donation suggested
Come celebrate and honor the gifts of Summer with us as we sing, share medicine wheel teachings and speak and write from our hearts. Please bring an altar item from nature or of personal meaning to you, you can bring the altar object back home with you.
Facilitator LAURIE CAHOON L.AC has been leading Women’s ceremonial Circles for 10 years. She is in private practice as an acupuncturist, Process Acupressure practitioner, Zero Balancer and Chinese Herbalist in Petaluma.
Facilitator KAREN CAPPA is a Certified Massage Therapist, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Ordained Priestess and Death Midwife in training. She has been in private practice since 1986, has been involved in Women’s ceremonial circles for the past decade and loves to do ritual and ceremony.
Partner Yoga
Sunday, June 22nd
10:00am-12:00pm
$35 prepaid per pair prepaid / $45 per pair at door
Partner yoga enhances the nourishment of your yoga practice. Learn to support each other in poses, stretch together, connect to another and discover the joy of trying to have two people practice one pose. We will also do Thai Yoga Massage incorporated into the yoga practice. Partners don't need to be the same size or same yoga level. We'll modify as we go, make it work for everyone and have fun. Bring someone and let's Partner Yoga!
Instructor MELANIE HEYSEK
Conflict as a Doorway to Connection
Saturday, July 26th
12:30-5:00pm
$60 prepaid / $75 at door
When we are in conflict, we are connected in a certain way: we just don't like the nature of that connection. The quality of this connection typically doesn't lend itself to mutually satisfactory solutions. Using Nonviolent Communication (NVC), you can transform conflict into valued connections. The purpose of this workshop is to hasten your acquisition of NVC fluency and to learn how to use those skills to transform conflict into easeful, connected conversations, which result in mutually satisfying resolutions.
Instructor IKE LASATER practiced as a trial attorney in San Francisco for 20 years, has been married to yoga teacher Judith Hanson Lasater for 36 years and co-parented three now-adult children. Looking back, he wishes he had the conflict resolution skills that he has since developed through Nonviolent Communication. Ike currently consults, coaches and offers training.
Saturday, August 9th
12:30-3:30pm
$45 prepaid / $55 at door
In this workshop, we’ll explore the unique relationship between the arms and the upper spine and all it contributes to our amazing abilities as human beings. Appropriate for all levels.
Instructor BAXTER BELL, MD, RYT500, has found the practice of Hatha yoga particularly helpful in maintaining and improving the health of his arms and shoulders. Baxter sees patients as a medical acupuncturist and holistic practitioner at Hill Park Medical Center in Petaluma. To learn more about his work with yoga, visit his website at www.bellyoga.info
The Pleasure of Yoga and Meditation
With Jean Grant-Sutton and Steve Hadland, MD
Saturday, August 23rd
12:30-5:00pm
$60 prepaid by Aug. 15th (pre-registration required)
Please join in for a joyful experience of connection, movement and stillness. Jean and Steve enjoy being together and bringing others together to share the pleasure of yoga and meditation in various ways. We'll spend some of our time outdoors and some indoors, exploring the inner realm and finding the delight and contentment of being there.
Instructor STEVE HADLAND, MD specializes in Integrative Medicine and Pain Management with offices in Petaluma and Point Reyes Station. He is 20-year practitioner of yoga and meditation in the tradition of BKS Iyengar and Jean Klein.
Instructor JEAN GRANT-SUTTON, director of BodyWorks-Integrative Yoga and Stress Management Center has been practicing, studying and teaching yoga for 20+ years. She derives great pleasure sharing her understanding of this ancient system of self-development with her students.