Asheville Yoga and Music Fest

Yoga/Healing/Music/Chanting

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 17-19

5 day special!!

A LIMITED NUMBER OF SATURDAY TICKETS WILL BE SOLD FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS (JULY 1 - 5) FOR $50!!

ONLY $95 for the whole weekend
(includes workshops, music, parking, and camping)

Register before July 10 for Early Bird discount - $85!

Join us for a weekend of yoga, healing and music at Prama Institute’s 150 sustainable acres of forests and meadows in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Over a dozen yoga teachers
Herbalists, massage therapists, and acupuncturists
30-40 yoga, healing and arts booths
Music by local musicians and internationally acclaimed kirtan artists

For more information and registration, click here.

Christian Enlightenment Weekend Retreat
With Dr. Albert J LaChance and Dale Allen Hoffman

Friday July 10 – Sunday July 12

“If a man should walk during the night, he will stumble because he is not enlightened.”
Yochanan (John) 11:10 – Aramaic-English New Testament
 
For the last 40 years, Dr. Albert LaChance www.albertjlachance.com, author of many books including The Modern Christian Mystic, The Architecture of the Soul and the forthcoming The Way of Christ, has been exploring the interior truth of Christianity as it identifies with Eastern and indigenous spiritual traditions.
 
Dale Allen Hoffman www.daleallenhoffman.com a national speaker, translator of the ancient Aramaic language of Jesus and director of the international Aramaic Healing Circle, has been a student of Aramaic, the spoken language of Jesus, for over 16 years and has endeavored to bring the word of Christ up to date by liberating it from its 2,000 year imprisonment in Latin and Greek. In the words of Hoffman, “We weren’t supposed to change the message, the message was supposed to change us.”
 
Together they have discovered a means to speak about Jesus both as founder of what we know today as Christianity as well as an Eastern teacher whose guidance, in its original near-eastern Semitic essence, illuminates a path to enlightenment. They come together in order to bring forth a Unitive experience of the presence of Christ.
 
Those who attend these Christian Enlightenment talks and retreat will discover a fresh and rejuvenating experience of the awakened heart of the Christian faith that beats in true harmony with Eastern religions and philosophies as well as indigenous cultures throughout human history. At the same time, those of other faiths or traditions will feel affirmed in their traditions and come away with a view of Jesus of Nazareth as an eastern teacher.  As part of the weekend retreat experience, a very refreshing and supportive presentation of Christian sacramental mysticism will awaken and rejuvenate the core insights of Christian faith, including the rituals of Baptism, Anointing and Eucharist–Communion.
 
$250 for the entire weekend
$199 Early Registration Special (by Tuesday June 30th)
 
Introductory Talk
LaChance and Hoffman will also be offering an introductory talk on Christian Enlightenment at Jubilee! Community at 46 Wall Street in downtown Asheville on Thursday, July 9th from 7 to 9PM. Admission is $10.
 
For more information, visit www.christian-enlightenment.com

Third Annual

Ananda Marga Yoga Teacher Training

July 19 - August 8

with Acarya Vishvarupananda, Kaoverii Weber, Mahajyoti Glassman and Vivek McEwan

Ananda Marga (www.anandamarga.org) teaches yoga as a transformational tool designed to give the practitioner deep happiness, a universal perspective on life, and spiritual awakening. Ananda Marga believes that such yoga is a resource to be used for the betterment of the individual and human society.

Teaching yoga is an act of service, a way to touch other human beings with love, so that they, too, can be better equipped to navigate the path of life.

Our Yoga Teacher Training course is designed both as a mechanism for learning yogic practices and teaching techniques, and as a three week intense spiritual retreat to immerse oneself in the yoga lifestyle. We don’t just teach yoga; we live yoga.

Hence, our course is transformational for o ur students. As one of our previous students says: “I am transformed by the program! I am filled with the strength, knowledge, and courage to teach yoga to others. The love in the group was exemplary. I am trying to keep it in my heart and take it to wherever I am.”2 0


Our curriculum includes:

• History of yoga and a survey of current yoga groups
• How to teach yoga poses according to the Ananda Marga style (including technique, alignment, preparatory and alternative poses)
• Techniques and exercises for teaching simple meditation classes
• Tips on public speaking and teaching methodology
• Anatomy and physiology from the perspective of a yoga pose
• The subtle anatomy (chakra system)
• The neuroscience behind ancient practices of Indian Tantra
• In depth student teaching/practicum experience.


Training Fee: $1800 (includes curriculum, lodging and food)

For more information contact:
Mahajyoti Glassman
mjyoga@q.com
Phone: 720-244-8252

Acharya Vishvarupananda
Email: petersage101@earthlink.net
Phone: (301) 984 0217

Four Winds Intensive Training, South:
Healing The Light Body School, Session One

Dear Students and Friends of the Four Winds,

We are so pleased to invite you to join us for the upcoming Healing the Light Body School, August 9-14, directed by Dr. Alberto Villoldo and Linda Fitch. The Healing the Light Body School is a two-year program leading to proficiency in Luminous Healing. The School was founded in 1982 by Dr. Alberto Villoldo, and is dedicated to training master healers in the practice of Energy Medicine. Welcome to your first step of this marvelous journey where you will do the work of the South direction. The course work includes teaching, hands-on practice, meditation, experiential exercises, and ritual, intertwined with personal healing work. The class will be taught by lead staff Victoria Johnson.

Lodging Reservations: Call Prama Institute directly (828-649-9408) to make your reservations, or register online here. When making your room reservation, indicate that you are with The Four Winds and what session you are attending (Healing the Light Body Session One.

Prama Institute charges per person per night:

1. Dorm rooms: $80 per day (Dorm room - $80)
2. Private room on site: $95 per day (please call (828) 649-9408 to confirm availability before paying) (Private Room - $95)
3. Private room in adjacent house: $100 per day (please call (828) 649-9408 to confirm availability before paying) (Private Room - $100)
4. Stay off-site/eat on-site: $56 per day (Off-site Lodging - $56)
5. Camping: $60 per day (Camping - $60)

All charges include 3 gourmet vegetarian meals per day.

All paid reservations are non-refundable. Please make all your reservations early.

Students are empowered to develop creative, fulfilling, and spiritually grounded relationships and lives. If you have not already done so, we recommend that you read Dr. Alberto Villoldo’s book, Shaman, Healer, Sage to refresh yourself with the terminology and elements of the shaman’s jou rney.

This is an intensive training in Energy Medicine, following the Inka Luminous Healing traditions. Sessions are scheduled approximately every four to six months. The program includes seven sessions:

Session Dates:
Session One, The South: August 9-14, 2009, at the Prama Institute outside of Asheville, NC
Session Two, The West: Sept 13-18, 2009, in Rhinebeck, NY
Session Three, The North: 2010, TBA
S ession Four, The East: 2010, TBA
Session Five, Walking with Protection: Oct 11-16, 2009, in Rhinebeck, NY
Session Six, Working with the Sacred: Oct 18-23, in Rhinebeck, NY
Session Seven, Reading the Signs of Destiny: April 26-May 1, in Rhinebeck, NY (a two-week Peru Expedition can be substituted for this one course)
(Generally sessions are taken in order, but students can take them at different locations.)

For more information: www.thefourwinds.com

These four sessions and three Master’s classes will complete your Healing Light Body class requirements. Submission of cases studies are required for certification.

Abhyangha Training Retreat

with Lara Narayani Golland

16 CE hrs for Massage Therapists

The Sept 25-27 Abhyangha Massage training retreat is at The Prama Institute in Marshall, .20 mins north of Asheville.
Its run by the Ananda Marga community. Sweet clean and kind energies up there.
The first payment deadline is July 15th  for the $400 all inclusive deal. After that, the price goes up to $450!
Just $200 secures your spot! Im asking for 50% payment  non refundable if you want to commit to manifesting this beautiful weekend.
Its gonna be awesome. For $400 all inclusive deal,  Register Online Now

Finding Ayurveda
When I was in Massage school, there were questions unanswered about healing that I longed for. Soon enough though, it was revealed that the Yoga teachings could quench my thirst for this knowledge and fulfill the desires of spiritual curiosity(for a while). Fortunately by 1999, I was enrolled at the oldest Yoga school in America, Integral Yoga Institute, founded by Sri Swami Satchidananda. (The Woodstock GURU:)

I incorporated Yoga philosophy with clients intuitively and continued to practice meditation and asanas regularly while being initiated into teaching at the same time.

By 2001, I stumbled into Ayurveda. Ayurveda, like Yoga is a pure and beautiful science designed by ancient spiritual healers.This began the marriage of my Yoga studies into Massage studies at the same time. I was happy to incorporate the beauty of the PURE teachings into working with clients.READ MORE - A blissful Life: The Blog

The Subtle Energy Component
You may find, as a therapist or as a practitioner, you wonder about the subtle aspects of your massage experience. Some questions that may arise include:
What oil should be used for each individual?
How do the seasons and time of day affect each individuals healing?
How do emotion, thought and prayer play into affecting the healing process of each person, in relation to massage therapy?
How do I address conversations about holistic healing with my massage client/therapist?
In what way do stretches play into my healing in the ayurvedic model?
These questions AND MORE will be answered in Abhyangha Massage Training.

Weekend Schedule: All inclusive
All inclusive price before July 15: $400. all meals, lodging, classes, 16 Ce hrs, yoga, kirtan and beautiful mountain air!

FRIDAY
4:30-6pm ARRIVAL
6-7 Dinner
7:30- 9:30 Intro to Ayurvedic Massage circle
 
SATURDAY
7:30-8:30 Yoga Class
8:30-9:15 breakfast
9:30-12:30 class time
12:30-1:30 vegetarian lunch
2-6pm class time
6:15- 7:15 Vegetarian dinner
8-9:30 kirtan: devotional  chanting circle

SUNDAY
7:30-8:30 Yoga Class
8:30-9:15 breakfast
9:30-12:30 class time
12:30-1:30 vegetarian lunch
2-6pm class time
 
Register Online Now

Abhyangha: Ayurvedic Warm Oil Massage
Ayurveda is a 5000 year old science from India designed to return humans to a state of balance with nature.

This training introduces the  Massage Therapist  to traditional principles which are then applied into individualized sessions with clients. The techniques taught in this class involve using warm herbalized massage oils for detoxification and rejuevenation of the physical, emotional and mental body of the client.By attending this course, students will be able to:

- Discuss basic principles of Ayurvedic Dosha Theory.
- List the indications and contraindications for application
- Explain the effects of Abhyanga on the body/mind/spirit
- List which oils and herbs shall be used in specific situations
- Create an ideal layout for an Abhyanga treatment room
- Perform the Abhyanga comfortably-2 and 4 handed
- 16 CE hrs for LMT's

WHERE YOU CAN PRACTICE ABHYANGHA

The priciples learned in these Level 1 Trainings can be integrated into working with everyone.

SPECIFICALLY,  the ABHYANGHA modality is presently offered at:

-The Spa
-Private Practice
-Yoga Studios
-Wellness Centers
-Health Clinics

about the instructor
In 1992, Lara Narayani began her healing life in California through learning prayer, chant, Yoga and meditation. Realizing there was a higher calling to be discovered, she embarked on a journey to find her true work in the world. In 1997, she moved home to New York City to focus her studies on massage at The Swedish Institute for Massage Therapy. Staying focused on spiritual studies, she recieved certification as a Yoga Instructor through the Integral Yoga Institute in 1999. During the 90s's and up to today, LN has been initiated into a varity of ancient healing practices, including: Kabbalah, Native American Sweat Lodge and Medicine Wheel Teachings, West African Dance, Soul-Point, Qi-Gong for enlightenment, Ayurveda, Both DONA and Wholistic Doula trainings in Asheville. In 2006, she completed an intensive training in Ayurvedic Beauty Treatments and hands on techniques at the well respected Ayurvedic Institute. In 2007, LN became certified in Essence Work , level 1 with Lania Desmond in Asheville. In 2009, LN makes even more of a commitment to share The Sacred Teachings and eco-conscious lifestyle in Asheville and around the US

Maya Abdominal Massage, Professional Training Oct 12-18

Professional Care Training develops the skill required for professional practitioners to apply the Arvigo techniques in their practices. Professional Care Training addresses the skills and content presented in Self-Care Training in greater depth and includes significant hands-on practice and instruction for applying the techniques to clients. Practice development, clinical application, and ongoing support are addressed in this training. Licensed health care practitioners who complete Self-Care Training may apply for Professional Care Training. Eligible practitioners include massage therapists, chiropractors, naprapaths, physicians, nurses, midwives, physical therapists, etc. Contact the Arvigo Institute f or eligibility status.

Tuition fee for all Professional Care Training Workshops is $1650. The fee includes instruction, Professional manual and first year membership in the Maya Abdominal Massage Association.
Cost: $1650 + $550 Lodge/Meals  
To register: www.arvigomassage.com  603-588-2571                            
Teachers: Diane MacDonald, MSN ARNP and Cathy Lipsky, APN

Yoga Immersion Mountain Retreat

with Cyndi from Moving Mantra Yoga

Thursday, October 22- Sunday, October 25, 2009

Escape from the demands of your daily life and experience a relaxing, rejuvenating long weekend immersing yourself in the nourishing practices of Yoga while enjoying the beautiful mountains at the Prama Institute in Marshall, NC.

Journey into Yoga…move towards the balance and equanimity that comes from finding your sacred center. Together we’ll explore Yoga asana, pranayama, tratak (gazing), meditation and Yoga Nidra.  All levels of experience are welcome.  The weekend will inspire those new to Yoga as well as those looking to rekindle or deepen their personal practice.

Enjoy exhilarating mountain air, delicious vegetarian cuisine and the warm companionship of fellow Yogis.  Return home with fresh energy and enthusiasm for the next steps in your personal journey.
Cyndi Bulka instructs.

Cost: $430 if paid by September 10; $450 thereafter.  Cost includes lodging, classes, Thursday dinner, Friday and Saturday brunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast, light snacks and tea. 

Details:  Arrive by 3-4pm on Thursday.  We’ll depart around noon on Sunday.  Accommodations re elegantly simple and quite comfortable.  Please bring your own pillow and sheets/blanket, or you can rent linens for an extra $15.  Recommended Yoga props: mat, strap, 2 blankets, 2 blocks, bolster. 

Cyndi Bulka is the owner and director of the Moving Mantra Yoga Studio in Raleigh, NC. She has been practicing Yoga and meditation for nearly 20 years, teaching as a profession for more than 15, and has entertained a curiosity for contemplative practices her entire life. Her teaching reflects a combination of years of study and practice which culminate in an eclectic approach, focusing on organic movement and gentle unfolding from the 'inside-out'. She studied under master teacher Esther Meyers in the Scaravelli tradition for many years and earned her advanced teaching certificate with Esther, whose teachings have had a major influence on her development as a Yogi and a teacher.

For more information and registration, contact:
Cyndi Bulka, Director
Moving Mantra Yoga
200-101 Sawmill Rd
Raleigh, NC  27615
(919) 449.0530
www.movingmantrayoga.com