In addition to its core program
of Hatha Yoga taught by a team of staff instructors,
New Age Health Spa is proud to offer its guests
the following specialty yoga weekends featuring
renowned guest instructors. Classes in the specialty
yoga practices noted below are typically held
Saturday 12-12:45pm and 5-5:45pm and Sunday 8-9:00am
and 11-12:45pm.
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| 2010 |
NAME |
Feb 5-7 |
Traditional Chinese Healing
for Today's Body with Kevin Sullivan |
| Feb 12-14 |
Yoga for Couples Weekend with
Mary Ruf & Ed Alvear |
Mar 12-14 |
Awaken your Mind-Body-Spirit
with Anna Raimondi |
| Apr 9-11 |
Energy Shift Yoga with Ed Alvear |
May 14-16 |
Yoga for Stress Management
with Randi Eisman & Victoria Moran |
| Jul 9-11 |
Yoga for Energy with Ed Alvear |
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February
5-7: Traditional Chinese Healing for Today's
Body with Kevin Sullivan
As the body ages it stiffens and is more susceptible
to pain and injuries. You don’t need to
remember a long series of movements to achieve
the health benefits of Tai Chi. This weekend
we divide a Tai Chi form into separate excercises
that are easy to learn. With its smooth flowing
postures and deep breathing, Tai Chi improves
flexibility and strengthens joints to alleviate
pain and improve posture, balance and coordination.
Participants are encouraged to request excercises
for their own specific needs and limitations.
Kevin has studied and taught martial arts for
over 20 years. He has a 3rd degree Black Belt
in Chung Moo Doe Asian Martial Arts which requires
expertise in 8 martial arts. He produces the
award-winning cable television program ’Tai
Chi Made Easy’ which airs in Manhattan
and Queens, NY. He is also a Personal Trainer
and Fitness Counselor and is dedicated to helping
people improve their health and know happiness.
February
12-14: Yoga for Couples with Mary Ruf &
Ed Alvear
At the beginning of a relationship, you discover
magic in your new partner.You open yourself
up and begin to communicate in exciting ways
– physically, spiritually, energetically
– and discover deeper levels of trust,
respect and love. Through the practice of partner
yoga you can clear away the debris of past hurts
and experience a pure love connection with your
partner.
In personal practice you are in charge of your
mat, space and body. When you practice with
a partner you have to give up a little and find
new balance that the two of you share and support
together. You discover trigger points –
too impatient, demanding, controlling, competitive?
How are you communicating your needs? How do
you express whether you are comfortable or not?
Couples Yoga helps you discover how to interact
with each other in a joyful, playful, sensual
and intimate way. With practice it becomes like
a dance. When you spend time doing asana and
meditation together, you become more sensitive
to each others’ needs on a more intuitive
level. Your psychic connection becomes more
powerful.
Please join Ed & Mary on Feb 12-14 for inspired
classes offering you the exciting opportunity
to experience the realignment and recommitment
to your spiritual path of partnership.
March
12-14 : Awaken your Mind-Body-Spirit with Anna
Raimondi
Most exercise dropouts claim boredom as the
main excuse for quitting. Think about all the
hours you have spent exercising and letting
your mind drift away from the work you that
are doing. When you work your body without engaging
your mind, you are performing only half a workout.
By engaging our minds at work without considering
the physical toll today’s jobs take on
our bodies, we are setting ourselves up for
a fall.
Using visual images to engage the mind is the
fastest way to gain access to our complex anatomical
system. You present your mind and body with
a challenge that unites their efforts to achieve
a goal. This is what mind in body work is all
about!
This weekend will give you the tools to shift
from mindless movement to analyzing and being
the movement. Focusing on your body calms the
mind and central nervous system, enlivens your
spiritual awareness, nourishes and expands your
soul.
We will explore your spiritual dimensions through
Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Trance Dance,
Pranayama and Meditation. Connecting to your
Mind, Body and Spirit will bring balance and
inner peace to your life, and may be one of
the most meaningful gifts you can give to yourself.
Join Anna Raimondi for a workshop that will
help you recognize your psychic gifts and learn
how to use them. Using hands-on practice, you
will gain more trust and confidence in yourself
and how to focus this awareness to benefit yourself
and others. In one exciting day you will enjoy
particpiating in fun and experiential excercises
and learn valuable techniques that will become
life-enhancing intuitive tools.
April
9-11 & July 9-11: Energy Shift Yoga with
Ed Alvear
This weekend’s yoga will be a blend of
Kundalini, Hatha and Shamanic Yoga. You will
experience beginner to intermediate postures
in all 3 yoga disciplines. The main focus of
the weekend will be to tune into your Physical
Body with emphasis on breath control and re-energizing
and strengthening yourself for the purpose of
releasing stress.
When the body is filled with stress energy it
manifests as a negative influence throughout
the body like fatigue, irritability, depression,
tight muscles and even illness. When this stress
energy is released from the body, one is then
able to draw in fresh, clean energy or Life
Force (Prana or Chi) from the surroundings.
This recharges us and leaves us feeling healthier
and happier.
This weekend you will experience the release
of stress energy and an Energy Shift within
your body, transitioning you to a healthier
state. Learn, practice and experience yogic
skills through breath, postures and movements.
We invite you to join Ed and learn techniques
for transitioning towards a healthier and happier
state of mind and body.
If you have any questions please contact
Debbie in our Activities Department ext. 121
