New Age Health Spa - Events - Special Fitness Weekends

March 19-21: Rejuvenate & Detox Weekend with Indrani Maity

Chronic fatigue and low energy can make living a fulfilling life challenging; perhaps even discouraging, with little hope for options and solutions. This is simply due to lack of education and knowledge that has been known for thousands of years in the Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicinal disciplines.

Join us this weekend and introduce yourself to holistic alternatives for healing, balancing and strengthening your body and learn how the art of gentle detoxification alternating with rejuvenation therapies have the ability to restore your core vitality. This ‘remove and repair’ strategy utilizes the modalities of Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as Energy/Chakra Healing, medicinal grade essential oils, proper nutrition and therapeutic treatments. This whole mind/body approach not only restores your vitality, but will also positively impact many other health concerns, such as your metabolism, healthy weight, joint health, moods, hormones and longevity.

Lectures and classes will also focus on giving you the skills to rejuvenate and balance yourself.

March 26-29, August 13-15: Move & Groove Dance Weekend with Patrice Regnier, Ra'Shawn Jones-Brown & Debbie Birch

Join the party as we dance our way to fitness! At these weekends you will experience Trance Dance, Water Ballet, African Healing Dance, Striptease, Belly Dance, Broadway and Zumba.

Come & dance with us - it's exercise in disguise, ideal for every fitness level, ability, age or gender. Geared for the stiff, self-conscious beginner to the fit athlete, you will dance as if no-one is watching, connecting to your playful inner child. Don't worry about the steps - we will concentrate on freeing your spirit and moving your body with expression. As you get swept away with the music and movements, you will gain strength, balance and increased flexibility. We will help you find your creativity and sensuality, feel more empowered and move more effortlessly. You will release stress and connect to your emotions while you burn fat and work up a healthy sweat. Embrace your natural rhythm, experience the movement in your body and burn up the calories on this fun-filled weekend.

By the end of the weekend we hope that you will have experienced your body and its' movement as expressive art unique to only you! Release the dancer inside you when you leave here and approach life with spontaneity and joy.

April 2-4, May 28-30: Healthy Cooking & Nutrition Weekend with Morgan Kulchinsky

By popular demand, we bring you this delicious journey into the world of natural foods cooking. Join Morgan Kulchinsky, our Certified Nutrition Educator and Natural Foods Chef as she dishes out the secrets for how we make the food here taste so good! Learn about the types of ingredients we use to keep our meals within our nutritional guidelines. Nutrition lectures and hands-on cooking classes will cover such topics as incorporating whole grains, healthy snacks, low-calorie desserts and meal planning.

Included will be a tour of our main kitchen where you will have the opportunity to meet our head chef Willy Mendez, and see our kitchen staff hard at work.

You will return home after the weekend armed with recipes, nutrition handouts and the skills needed to cook healthy meals for you and your family. Come hungry - there will be lots of samples!

Morgan will be available throughout the weekend for a private Holistic Nutrition Consultation.

April 9-11, May 21-23, June 11-13: Uplifting Music Concerts with Inspireline Recording Artist Glen Roethel

Join us for a relaxing and inspiring evening of encouraging music. Your ears will be bathed in music, from classical to folk, to pop. Enjoy lyrics filled with love, encouragement and insight and we encourage you to listen with both your mind and your heart. Let the music lead you into a calm meditative state and come and warm your soul by the crackling fireplace, calm your spirit with the gentle candlelight and enjoy the uplifting melodies with Glen Roethel.

Glen is a singer-songwriter-guitarist with a penchant for positive and intentional songwriting. His songs and music have been heard on nationally syndicated commercial radio, college and international radio and on TV. Glen has performed at faith- and peace-oriented events across the U.S., and his engaging performances which are often commissioned for retreats, benefits, concerts and conferences have been enjoyed around the world. Glen's credits include more than 100 diverse copyrights, scores of co-writes and production on 17+ records (including 2 self-produced, indy, full-length CDs), and background music for TV. His live shows delight audiences with acoustic guitar wizardry, vocal proficiency and soothing melodic tones. Glen's debut CD, ‘From Beginning to End’, hit the streets independently in 2004 on Inspireline Records. In late 2008 he released his latest solo effort, ‘Smaller Things’, also on Inspireline.

April 16-18, July 16-18, October 15-17: Therapeutic Alternatives for People with Arthritis & Other Issues

Do you have painful, stiff joints? Are you battling with Arthritis? Have you been inactive? Are you overweight? Do you have limited mobility due to joint problems or joint replacement? If so, we have the weekend for you! April 16th we will be hosting a Special Weekend of safe, gentle exercise programs specifically designed by the Arthritis Foundation. This weekend you will learn how to help improve daily function and movement, enhance balance and prevent falls, increase strength and stamina, fight depression, and decrease arthritic pain and stiffness.

The schedule will include a comprehensive group fitness program that includes careful movements for all the joints and muscle groups. Your instructors will use gentle yet effective exercises that increase flexibility, range of motion, strength, endurance, and balance.

Gentle Strength Training & Aerobic exercises are done standing and/or seated in a chair. You will be introduced to the proper way to use Therabands for gentle resistance and have fun learning a dance that can be done standing or seated for an effective cardiovascular workout.

Gentle Tai Chi & Qigong, which doesn’t require deep bending or squatting, will be taught. This easy-to-learn form can be done seated, too. Tai Chi and Qigong has been shown to improve mobility and balance, lower blood pressure, and calm and focus the mind. You will also learn helpful relaxation and breathing techniques to lower levels of the hormone cortisol, which tells the body to hold on to fat cells.

Ayurvedic Alternatives for Relief - and here we mean relief from discomfort, chronic fatigue, weight loss resistance, stiff joints, insomnia, low energy and more. A Board Certified Naturopath, Ayurvedic Practitioner and Holistic Life Coach will be leading many workshops and lectures during the weekend to help you learn the natural solutions to enhance your vitality and improve your quality of life.

Therapeutic Water Exercises will round out the weekend. You will be introduced to gentle movements that increase flexibility and strength, decrease pain and stiffness, and more. Doing exercises in the water puts less strain on the joints and muscles. People who are overweight, have arthritis and have joint replacement issues especially appreciate these aquatic exercises.

Mark your calendar and make your reservation now! Improve your quality of life and jump-start yourself into a safe and effective exercise program tailored around your special needs with the support of other folks with similar issues.

April 23-25, July 30-August 1, October 8-10: 'Masters of Melody' - Classical Piano Concerts with Alan Wasserman

Relax and get into the Spa spirit as you enjoy an evening of beautiful piano music by some of history’s greatest composers and learn about the many ways they created melodies. Explore the music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Joplin, Granados, Villodo and other composers as Alan intermingles joyful commentary with expert performances of classical compositions.

Allow time and reflection with his evening program of music and meditation that explores the effect that music has on the mind and body. Music by classical composers along with music of Jazz musicians like Strahorn and Rollins will be discussed and performed. We will also consider the use of music as an aid for meditation.

Alan Wasserman plays piano music ranging from Classical to Jazz to Meditational. Alan has studied with major teachers in New York, New Jersey, London and Moscow. He is a past President of the Music Educators Association of New Jersey and the director of a music studio. His private students range from 5 year olds through octogenarians. Alan is also a Chi Kung and Tai Chi ‘player’, a black belt in Tai Kwon Do and a student of Yoga.

April 23-25, June 4-6 & July 2-4: Juice Fasting Weekend

Participating in a guided juice fast is a fabulous way to cleanse and detoxify the body from the inside out. By abstaining from solid foods you are giving your digestive system a well-deserved break, allowing your body to use that energy to find and remove harmful toxins. The end result is more energy, vitality and an overall sense of renewal.

Join us for this more structured version of our ongoing juice fasting program. Join us this weekend as our Certified Nutrition Educator, Morgan Kulchinsky leads you through the experience. She will guide you through starting and breaking the fast and prepare you for what to expect during the process.

Morgan will also be joined by George the-Juice-Man for a juicing demonstration, including clean up tips and samples of our favorite combinations.

Whether you are a seasoned faster or a first-timer, this program is sure to be fun, informative and re-energizing.

Morgan will be available throughout the weekend for a private Holistic Nutrition Consultation.

June 18-20, August 13-15: Jazz Concerts with Karl Latham & Friends

Karl Latham is a NY-based and internationally recognized drummer. He is known for his exceptional ability to dig into a variety of musical styles, playing straight-ahead jazz, avant-garde, funk, rock, Latin, and more. As a freelance performer, Karl has performed with a wide spectrum of notable artists such as Mark Egan; The Fantasy Band; The Shirelles; Claudio Roditi; Clark Terry; Hendrik Meurkins; Don Braden; the John Lee Quartet; Andy Snitzer; Amit Chatterjee; The Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars; Joe Lovano; Ed Cherry; Tomoko Ohno; Antonio Hart; Slide Hampton; Edgar Winter; Johnny Winter; Michal Urbaniak; The Dalton Gang among many others.

Karl has released two solo CD's to date, "Dancing Spirits" (1999) and "Resonance" (2007).

Karl is "tri-coastal" spending time annually in Europe and California with his primary residence in the northwest New Jersey area. Karl is an Adjunct Professor at Passaic County Community College and County College of Morris. Karl teaches privately as well both in NJ and abroad.

Join us at the Spa for a weekend and enjoy some outstanding live music.

June 11-13: The Joy of Movement: NIA Dance Weekend with Lyn Koutcher

Our bodies are made to move. We are filled with flowing energy and many of us have forgotten what joy it is to move and play. The Nia weekend is about re-discovering your spontaneity and joy of movement. Lyn Koutcher, our certified expert instructor will guide you through several classes during the weekend. Nia is a unique mind-body fitness program that draws from a variety of dance and martial arts movements, including jazz and modern dance, Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do, and Yoga.

The playful classes are geared to every fitness level, from "non-dancers" to the fit and athletic. You will whirl and swoop around the room in your bare feet to exhilarating music, not realizing that your reward for all this fun is muscle strength, balance, increased flexibility, and burning calories! Other classes will explore relaxation, finding your own tempo, and understanding your body map for alignment and posture.

Nia is a way of life that will enrich and rejuvenate you long after the weekend. Join us this weekend to enjoy the freedom of Nia and discover the depth, emotional release and centering power of experiencing life as art. See you there!

July 30-August 1, November 12-14: Ballroom & Latin Dance Weekend with Catherine Politis

Do you want to improve your coordination, strength, balance & rhythmical expression? Join us for this fun weekend and exercise and make new friends while learning Ballroom and Latin dances with Catherine Politis. Ballroom dance training offers the unique advantages of a rhythmic exercise that produces graceful muscular movement. A person who has Ballroom dance training gains improved posture, coordination and ease in relationships with companions. We have an action-packed weekend planned for you, filled with movement, passion, style and grace! The classes are suitable for all skill levels and you don't need a partner.

The weekend begins with a presentation and demonstration on Friday night. This will include open discussion and the history of all the dances that will be taught as well as a demonstration. Classes begin on Saturday morning where you will learn the Waltz, the Rumba and the Tango. In the afternoon we will continue with the Tango and the Salsa. On Sunday we continue with the Meringue and the Hustle and then review the Waltz and Rumba.

The classes are geared for all skill levels and you don't need a partner!

Catherine will also be available for private dance lessons.

For more information please contact Debbie Birch, Activities Director (845) 985-7600 x121 or activities@newagehealthspa.com.

* All activities and dates are subject to change without notice.