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Late Summer & Fall 2010 Workshops

Saturday, Aug 28, 2010

Open Mike Kirtan led by John Calabria and guests!

This free event is our monthly opportunity to share a song, a poem, a piece of Music.. just about anything goes.  John starts out with a few Kirtan songs on the harmoniuim, then passes the lead around the circle.  Come share, or just listen in.  If you like Yoga music, even better.    
We've got a few special guest singers this month, and a community-table where you can share flyers, biz cards etc. and grow your network to like-minded folks.  Hope to see you there.

  • Date: Saturday, Aug 28
  • Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Fee: Free
  • Pre-reg at ynfl@msn.com

Sunday, Returns fall 2010 Date TBA

Restorative Yoga: An Antidote to Stress - A Special Class with Natalie Engler and John Calabria

Enjoy effortless Yoga.

Restorative Yoga is a gentle and nurturing practice, way beyond sustainable, these supported postures help us to refill the well.  All postures will be done lying down, prone or supine, supported by blankets.  Long-held tensions leave the body,  Anybody can do this Yoga, and you'll feel quite renewed afterwards.  This may be the last session for this season, unless we hear requests from you for a summer session.

Fully supported, with visualizations, breathwork, and gentle assists.Release chronic tension and feel revitalized.  Learn a routine to take home with you.

Limited to 20 participants, pre-registration requested..

  • Date: TBA - Returns Fall 2010
  • Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
  • Fee: $25
  • Preregistration: To signup, mail a check today for $25 to: John Calabria, 33 Waltham St. Maynard , MA 01754. Contact John via his website at www.yogawithjohn.com/ or call 978-257-6430

Saturday September 12, 2010

Your Life Is in Your Hands with Elijah Nisenboim

You are invited to an evening with Elijah Nisenboim, spiritual healer, guide and reader. Elijah will discuss how your hands and fingerprints reveal your live purpose and the keys to unlocking your potential. Everyone will receive a mini-reading.

  • Date: Saturday, September 12th
  • Time: 7:30 - 9:00pm
  • Fee: $20
  • Pre-register with Maria at ynfl@msn.com

Sunday September 13, 2010

Effiji Breathwork with Elijah Nisenboim

When we experience trauma in our lives, an aspect of us will create defense mechanisms to keep us from re-experiencing the pain of the trauma. Effiji Breathing allows you to access this stored patterning and release it forever. To read more go to www.karmadoctor.com.

  • Date: Saturday, September 13
  • Time: 1:00 - 3:00pm
  • Fee: $40 in advance, $50 at the door
  • Pre-register with Maria at ynfl@msn.com or with Elijah at www.karmadoctor.com

Fall Equinox Weekend: Friday, September 24 - Sunday, September 26

A Fantastic Fall Equinox with Siere Munro, Nia Black Belt Instructor& Expressive Arts Instructor

Pre-register for any of these at ynfl@msn.com. Fees below are the pre-reg rates. At the door is $5 more per event. To learn more about Siere Munro click here.

Friday, September 24
Dance Laylah ~ Embracing Your Core.  Time: 7:00-9:00pm  Fee: $20
Come together with women in the festive spirit of tribal feminine expression. Dance Laylah is sensuous core fitness that was designed for a women’s body. Start with a slow, somatic warm-up from Anna Halprin’s Movement Ritual. Learn the 5 positions that contain Dance Laylah’s choreography. Dance a blend of movements from belly-dance, folk-dance, and self-expression accompanied by music that evokes natural movement in celebration of the feminine body. No former dance experience necessary.


Saturday, September 25 & Sunday, Spetember 26th

Exploring the 5 Elements in Nature, the 7 Chakras, with Expressive Arts (includes Sunday Nia Class) Fee: $70
This 2 part workshop will focus on the 5 elements of earth, water, fire, air, and spirit ~ how we sense the elements through the natural environment, as well as through our physical and energy body. We will use the *Tamalpa Life Art Process as our modality for sensing, expressing and sharing our experiences as we activate each chakra and embody the elements with movement, drawing and writing. Those who are participating in the workshop are invited to participate and take a leadership role in the collaborative creation of Dance Your Light Body, A Fall Equinox Celebration. Workshop schedule:

  • Saturday, September 25, 12:00-4:00pm: Part 1
  • Sunday, September 26 11:00am-12:00pm (Nia and the 7 Chakras) co-taught by Siere Munro & Maria Skinner
  • Sunday, September 26, 1:00-3:00pm: Part 2
  • Please preregister at ynfl@msn.com and note that the Sunday Nia class is inlcuded in the $70 fee for the 2-day event!

*Tamalpa Life Art Process® ~ is an internationally-recognized expressive arts practice, which combines movement, visual art, and creative writing to access the innate wisdom of the body and the transformative power of the imagination. www.tamalpa.org


Dance Your Light Body, A Fall Equinox Celebration  Siere with Chris McDermott Time 5:00-7:00pm Fee: $25
Once again, we are lucky to have Chris and Siere (brother and sister) join forces to bring us a live music dance experience. Siere and workshop participants will collaboratively lead us through chakra activation as we dance to the music that Chris has created specifically for each chakra. Listening to it is amazing and dancing to it is out of this world! To see more on Chris go to: www.myspace.com/chrismcderm

Brazil Nia with Maria Skinner and Susanne Liebich

Come dance to the sweet sounds of samba, tropicalia, bossa nova. Mmmmmmm....!

  • Date: October 29
  • Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Fee: $17 Drop-in or coupons
  • Pre-register with Maria at ynfl@msn.com

Saturday, October 30, 2010

A 5 Stages Class: Focusing on the Spine with Robyn Maltz

The Nia 5 Stages is a class in which we repeat the developmental movements that we went to to get from embyonic movement to upright standing. In this 5 stages class  we will focus on healing the spine. This class will build your sensory IQ of your spine and help you to move your body with more ease and grace. This class is great for those new to the 5 Stages and anyone who wants to feel more pleasure and less pain in their body. 

  • Saturday, Oct 30
  • Time 11:15am - 12:15pm
  • Fee: $17 drop-in or coupon
  • Pre-register with Robyn at robynmaltz@rcn.com (limited to 15 people)

Saturday, October 30 & Sunday, October 31, 2010

How-To-Tarot for Halloween!!! with Rowan Cutler with Maria Skinner facilitating "Body Breaks"

Anyone can read the cards & everybody should! This powerful symbol system can be used for meditation, to clarify an important decision, to strengthen your psychic skills and as couples-therapy, just to name a few.

Halloween weekend is the perfect time to gaze through the veils and find the mythic meaning underneath! Take ONE class to power up your Tarot skills or BOTH if you aspire to be a Tarot Master!

No experience necessary and all experience welcome! Tarot first-timers and Tarot old-timers will both benefit from the classes. Please bring any “Arcana based” Tarot deck such as Rider Waite or Thoth (not Angel Cards or the Osho deck) & a journal.

Maria Skinner, Black Belt Nia instructor, facilitates “Body Breaks” to help us caretake our physical selves as we come down from the higher vibrations of Tarot learning.

For longer descriptions of both days go click here.

How-To-Tarot, Part 1: In this 5 hour master class, we learn the building block of Tarot reading:  How to activate our INTUITION, how to read the MINOR ARCANA, & how to read the MAJOR ARCANA.

  • Date: Saturday, October 30th
  • Time: 1:00 - 6:00pm
  • Fee: $125
  • Pre-register with Maria at ynfl@msn.com

How-To-Readings, Part 2: Combine all your Tarot know-how to read card combinations in context. If each Tarot-card were a word of wisdom, the Tarot spread would be the complete psychic story! Download all your Tarot skills and unlock the ritual of the reading!

  • Date: Sunday, October 31st
  • Time: 1:00 - 4:00pm
  • Fee: $75
  • Pre-register with Maria at ynfl@msn.com

TBA 2010

Yoga & Nia Fundraiser for Gaining Ground with Maria Skinner and John Calabria

Celebrating what grows to feed us.

  • Date: TBA
  • Time TBA
  • Fee: TBA

All proceeds will go to benefit Gaining Ground!

 

Fall 2010

Mind-Body-Spirit Group Offered in Concord: How to intentionally change your life for the better with Virginia Bradley Hines, PA, MA, LMHC & Holistic Psychotherapist

It is that time of year when change is in the air. Much has been written about the mind-body-spirit connection, but what does this connection mean and how is it relevant to people’s lives – to addressing the emotional, physical and spiritual struggles that people confront in their every-day lives?

Group members will receive new information each week related to the mind-body-spirit connection taken from current research. Group members will then have the opportunity to share and discuss themes that emerge for them related to the week’s topic.

  • Dates: TBA
  • Time: 9:30am - 11:00 am
  • Fee: $225 for 10-week series
  • Contact Virginia Hines at vrbhines@mac.com or 978-371-8255 to register.

Fall 2010: A 9-Month Program on Thursday Evenings

Women In Transition with Lore Peters, MA, ATR, LMHC

Are you experiencing a change or transition in your life, career or significant relationship?
Have you recently suffered a difficult separation or loss?
Are you feeling stuck? Perhaps you’re not sure how to choose your next step.
Come face these challenges with other women in a creative, safe environment that is both supportive and empowering.

Autumn begins a time of inner reflection and harvesting all that has flourished in spring and summer. This seasonal focus, along with art therapy, psychodrama, meditation, and other guided processes, will provide us with tools to gain insight and navigate current life transitions
  • Date: October 7th, 2010 - This is a 9 month group.
  • Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Fee: $45 weekly - A commitment to attend weekly is required (Full-time student discount available)
  • Please call Lore Peters 781-641-1102 for information or to register

 



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