INDIA RETREAT: OCT 2011

Posted on July 5, 2011 by yogarasayana

KERALA, INDIA W/ARUN DEVA & MEGAN MCCARVER AT SOMATHEERAM AYURVEDA BEACH RESORT!

JULY IN SO CAL!

Posted on June 16, 2011 by yogarasayana

Thank you Salt Lake City for a most memorable and enjoyable May!

June is turning into a self imposed triple r: rest, recuperation & rejuvenation. All done in Reverence to the great teachings of time off (rest), food poisoning (recuperation) and Srivatsa Ramaswami (rejuvenation)…

JULY OFFERINGS:

EIGHT CLASS SERIES JULY/AUGUST: MON & THURS: 6:30-8:30AM:

SAPTADHATU CIKITSA:
Creating Excellence in the 7 Tissues of the Body with Yoga & Ayurveda.
$120 for series (SAVE $40) or drop in for $20 each.
In this eight class Series, we will access the flow of therapeutic yoga sequences, specific pranayamas & japa to manifest excellence (sara) in the saptadhatus or 7 layers of the body.
This Series encourages all levels of practitioners to attend. The focus is on yoga therapy based on Ayurvedic principles of alignment.DANCING SHIVA YOGA & AYURVEDA

7466 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, Ca 90036 • 323-934-VEDA(8332)

Dates: July 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 & August 1, 4

SVATANTRA: ALCHEMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS IMMERSION:
DANCING SHIVA YOGA & AYURVEDA: JULY 9/10

Ayurvedic Cooking & Nutrition Workshop

“The Sacred Art of Eating”

with Arun Deva and Jutta Hecht

July 23, 2:30 – 7 pm, Cardiff, CA

Food is Life

SOULED OUT (THANK YOU:)

BACK IN SO CA…APRIL EVENTS

Posted on March 28, 2011 by yogarasayana

Greetings from India where the journey goes on…
Returning end March and a month in So CA means time spent w/my daughter, with dear friends and in teaching locally; from West Hollywood to Encinitas and San Juan Capistrano to Ojai ending up at the Sivananda Ashram in Grass Valley end April.
Perhaps we will cross paths along the way, dear friend:

MONDAY APRIL 4: CAAM Sponsored talk on Daily & Seasonal Routines of Ayurveda
at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center: 9:30AM-11:30AM
For information on this event, please call: 310.822.9642

AT DANCING SHIVA YOGA & AYURVEDA:

SEVEN CLASS SERIES APRIL 4-28: MON & THURS: 6:30-8:30AM:

Vinyasa Krama Cikitsa: A Therapeutic Flow towards Consciousness in Action.
$108 for series (SAVE $32) or drop in for $20 each.
In this seven class Series, we will access the flow of therapeutic yoga sequences and specific pranayamas to create an upward spiral of consciousness and energy and experience the trance like state known to yogins as the Antara Anga (The Inner Pathway)
This Series encourages all levels of practitioners to attend. The focus is on yoga therapy based on Ayurvedic principles of alignment of the body with the breath and the resultant settling of the restless mind.
DANCING SHIVA YOGA & AYURVEDA
7466 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, Ca 90036 • 323-934-VEDA(8332)
Mon & Thurs April 4-28 Seven classes total.

SATURDAY APRIL 9: THE SEVEN STAGES OF SUFFERING & THE SEVEN STATES OF JOY
At the AYURVEDIC GARAGE, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
Call Megan at 949.280.9968 to sign up. Please note, this is a Private Event & space is limited

SUNDAY APRIL 10:
Vinyasa Yoga Therapeutic Flow & Pranayama Package
w/Special Emphasis On Ayurvedic Principles.
AT THE WILLOWS YOGA, ENCINITAS
Register with:
Michele Bollo 760-840-0414 , michele@willowsyoga.com
or Jutta Hecht, juttamariah@gmail.com

SAT APRIL 16: LIVING YOGA CENTER, TEMECULA
Vinyasa Krama Yoga Class with Pranayama & Meditation
Saturday, April 16th, 1:00-3:00 PM

Vinyasa Krama Yoga is the yoga of sequencing asanas based on a fixed and logical purpose. In yoga this purpose is always the raising of the level of our consciousness into meditative and clear states. Thus our practice progresses from asana to pranayama to dharana: the first state of meditation. All else follows this sequence, even enlightenment. Reaching that shore is your choice!

APRIL 28-MAY 1:
Emotional Intelligence using Yoga, Ayurveda and Tantra
at Sivananda Yoga Farms, Grass Valley

In May the journey continues on the road: Medicine Crow Event, Grass Valley; Albuquerque w/Dr. Lad; 2 weeks of Treatments, Consults, Vinyasa Krama, Vinyasa Cikitsa & Workshops (including for the first time:cooking Ayurvedically) at the Shiva Centre in Salt Lake City! A true home away from home…these sanghas are growing… Jai Shri Lakshmi Ma.

: Bajrang Bali

SOMATHEERAM PERSONALLY…

Posted on March 16, 2011 by yogarasayana

It is like arriving home once again. This is my 5th trip here. The first 2 were with Shiva Rea and she too still brings her own Retreats to this haven on the Coast of Kerala. It is indeed a magnificent coast. Megan McCarver my dear friend and compatriot in Yoga and I did our own here last year and it was so very much due to the hospitality and graciousness of this Ayurvedic Beach Resort that it was so successful.
Driving in I am reminded strongly that though this is Kerala, which in so many ways is the closest India gets to being Ayurvedic, still has cities and cities in India still are surrounded by waste in open fields with cows and goats grazing through the rubbish, resplendent with shiny plastic bags. As we leave the city limits, the landscape opens up to joyous palm trees and quaint roads with the Kerala shopkeepers all smiling through their day. It is warm but not searing hot as I had expected. A good omen indeed.
At the Gates to Somatheeram and at the Reception Desk I am greeted with genuine warmth and I know I will continue to make this my first choice for future India Retreats.

Driving in...

Flower arrangements & Evening Sitar Announcement :)

It is now my second day here. I am trying to finish all business so I can take a personal retreat over the next few days. My treatments have already started. The food as usual is delicious. Yet to go to the Ocean and feel her waves. With this I bid you all adieu till after…