The Bowen technique is a dynamic system of muscle and connective tissue therapy that is used to treat body imbalances of all kinds including musculoskeletal pain, respiratory problems and digestive disorders. The gentle moves on soft tissue stimulate physiological changes & energy flow, empowering the body's own resources to heal itself. The work consists of a series of precise moves on specific points of the body. The structure (muscle, tendon, or nerve sheath) is identified with the thumb or the fingers. The skin slack is gently tractioned in the opposite direction to the intended move. Then the muscle is challenged with gentle pressure in the direction of the intended move. Finally, the skin is allowed to move across the structure to the limit of the available skin slack, most often medially, in the direction of the spine. The result is a clearing of blockages and an overall feeling of well-being.
Price: 45.00 per session

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Rediscovering the road between the heart and the mind This weekend we will travel the road between the mind and the heart – our vehicles will be both yoga and mindful meditation. We will experience how taking this road with these vehicles brings space to both heart and mind – and how spaciousness is exactly what the two have in common. A spacious heart and mind can communicate without conflict and share information creating wisdom and compassion organically. The Japanese word for this union is kokoro, which means heart/mind, there is no word for this in English, but there are certainly ways for us to experience the meaning! Join Jill Satterfield as she guides us with humor and 30 years of experience on this path towards greater happiness and freedom. By learning a variety of time proven, traditional techniques to feed and re-kindle this important connection you will have the opportunity to embrace these practices for yourself. Whether you are a beginner at yoga or meditation or both – or have been practicing for some time- you can give yourself the gift of a week-end to re-discover and refresh the road that brings the heart and mind together. This weekend is a part of the Vajra Yoga and Meditation teacher training, but open to all interested.
Price: $200 Cash/check

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Vajra Yoga Teacher Training is open to anyone with the desire to deepen into his or her yoga and meditation practices. To participate without training credits, homework etc. the fee is $900 for the week. This training includes: Classical hatha yoga: with an emphasis on alignment. Meditation practices from two Buddhist traditions: Therevadan (southeast Asia) and Vajrayana (Tibetan) The blending of yoga and meditation as they apply to teaching and a personal practice. Anatomy: as it applies to a yoga practice, meditation practice and teaching classes. Basic Buddhist Philosophy: as it applies to a personal practice as well as ways to teach it. Buddhist Study and Inquiry: basic principles of the Buddhist path using exceptional books from the required reading list, discussed in groups. Burlington Yoga/ Vajra Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training July 14-20 In this first half of the Vajra Yoga & Meditation 200 hour teacher training, we will explore and experience what Vajra Yoga considers to be the fundamental elements of both yoga and meditation. The Bandha’s: not what you may think! The bandha’s are often referred to as locks – we will experience the bandha’s in much more subtle and sublime ways- as seals, and ways to contain and move energy - and equally as important - as necessary physical components of protection for the lower back. The Central Channel: Not the shushumna! We will explore and experience the central channel from the Buddhist tantric tradition. From the Buddhist tradition the central channel is the wisdom stream of the energetic body, as well as a direct experience of the mind and consciousness. Fundamental Meditation Practices: Drawn from the Buddhist Vipassana and Tibetan traditions. We will experience a variety of techniques of meditation and clear seeing. Practice will be in seated poses, as well as in yoga posture and walking meditation. Fundamental Buddhist Philosophy: the Four Noble Truths. We will begin to explore the primary teaching of the Buddha – as it applies to our lives and in our future role as a teacher of yoga and meditation. Hip Openers: The root system of the body. Our primary focus of hatha yoga postures will be in hips openers – if the hips and legs are more available to explore and open- all other yoga postures will bloom more easily. We will practice hip openers with an eye on precise alignment, and their role in settling the mind/energy into the body. We will look at both the physical and psychological roles that these postures offer. Standing Postures: we will experience fundamental standing postures in form and alignment. Adjustments will be given, explained and experienced to help you develop your own postures as well as ways to help your students be safe and aware in them. Part two September 29- October 4 For more information vajrayoga.com
Price: $1400

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An Anusara Yoga ™ Workshop with Deb Neubauer anahatayogacenter.com Anusara Yoga gives us all the tools we need to walk courageously into the unknown, to inquire deeply into uncertainty, to continuously challenge notions of what's possible, and open to radical aliveness. Join us for this exciting weekend of yoga where together as a community, we'll investigate new limits of possibilty. Deb Neubauer the Founder & Director of the Anahata Yoga Centers in Northampton & Easthampton has been a student of Yoga for over 20 years. She was one of the first teachers to be certified to teach and train other teachers in Anusara Yoga and was the first Certified teacher in the Northeast. She has studied yoga since 1985 and meditation since 1995 and has traveled to India 4 times for in-depth study. Her training includes 12 years of study in the Iyengar method with 3 trips to the Iyengar Institute in Pune India, 3 years of study in the Ashtanga Vinyasa method and over 13 years with her primary teacher, John Friend. Deb was on teaching faculty at Smith College for 11 years. Since receiving her Anusara certificate in 2000, she has trained hundreds of students and prospective teachers in the Anusara method. Deb is known for her lively, dynamic and clear presentation of the principles of Anusara and for her commitment and dedication to the Yogic path.
Price: $175 by 10/24/08 $200 after. Please send check to register

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Desirée Rumbaugh, featured on the February 2008 cover of Yoga Journal, teaches from the experiences of more than two decades of practice. She was one of the first students to study with John Friend, and one of the first to be certified in the Anusara method of yoga. She has a well-earned reputation for deepening the most new to the most seasoned practices, through humor balanced with a quest for authenticity. Desiree blends the Universal Principles of Alignment with the tantric philosophy of “looking for the good.” Her playful and inquisitive teaching style inspires her students to access their own creative power and become true artists, body, mind and spirit. Her worldwide workshops and retreats aim at powerful personal transformation and self-expression, leading each student to celebrate his or her own creative power through the practice of yoga. For more information, please visit www.desireerumbaugh.com.
Price: $200 Pre-registration required by May 15th

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