Calendar of Programs
Friday, February 10, 2012
Couples Cooking
For all couples. Sharing food develops and deepens relationships. When you take this a step further and plan, shop, and cook together, it can foster healing on all levels and nurture a profound connection. more …
Evidence-Based Traditional Taiji (Tai Chi) and Qigong: Nurturing Mind, Body, and Spirit
Master Yang is a traditionally trained, internationally recognized tai chi and qigong master who has distilled the essential aspects of these arts into an easy-to-learn program for people of all ages and physical abilities. more …
The Nia Technique: Dancing Through Life with Sound and Silence
Do you want to experience your body so that every movement feels as if you are dancing? This program taps into the joy of movement by inviting you to dance with both sound and silence through the Nia technique, an invitation to dance your uniqueness. more …
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Asian Cooking Secrets for Health and Longevity
Dubbed the “Julia Child of Asian Cuisine” by the Washington Post, award-winning cookbook author Corinne Trang invites you to engage your senses, build an intimate relationship with food, and immerse yourself in the joy of mindful cooking. more …
Rejuvenate and Reclaim Life After 40
Crafting a meaningful, passionate, healthy life. This program is designed for women and men over 40 who want to reinvigorate their life with joy and health. more …
Thai Yoga Massage 1: Lotus Palm School Certification
Read more about the full Lotus Palm certification program. Start a career in Thai Yoga Massage, a dynamic therapy for physical well-being and spiritual energy. more …
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Integrative Weight Loss
Lose weight and maintain a healthy body naturally. If you know that going on another diet isn’t the solution, come nourish yourself and invite changes that will continue to unfold long after you return home. more …
Monday, February 20, 2012
Creating Ease: Ten Steps to a Full and Vibrant Life (Cancelled)
Program cancelled. For all levels, including beginners. Would you like to experience more joy in your everyday life and let go of thoughts and behaviors that block your energy and love? more …
Friday, February 24, 2012
The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health: Reversing Heart Disease and Other Chronic Conditions
Our society is on the cusp of a seismic revolution in health—a revolution based not on pills or surgical procedures, but on lifestyle change and healthy nutrition choices. more …
Positional Therapy Level 1: Experiential Approach to Strain-Counterstrain & Muscle Energy Technique
For bodyworkers, yoga teachers, nurses, chiropractors, and interested individuals. This amazing therapy for recovery from chronic pain is very gentle and easy to learn and works when many other approaches fail. more …
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Preventing and Reversing Diabetes
A health immersion program for men and women with type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes. Develop the skills you need to take charge of your diabetes and your health. more …
Monday, February 27, 2012
Positional Therapy, Level 2: Strain-Counterstrain and Muscle Energy Technique
Positional Therapy is a cutting-edge program for recovery from chronic pain that can be used for self-healing and with family, friends, and clients. Through simple hands-on techniques, the body’s habitual holding pattern in a particular area is released. more …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Reconnective Healing Seminar: Levels I and II
For beginning and advanced healing practitioners. Join Kelly Woodruff and discover why hospitals and universities across the country are investing time and money in an attempt to explain some people’s unique healing abilities. more …
Revitalizing Cleanse: Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit
Do you feel sluggish, bloated, and out of sync? Tune up with this nurturing cleanse. Have no fear of going hungry as you are guided through this sensible approach to detox, diet, and healthy lifestyle. more …
Friday, March 2, 2012
Shamans: The Neuroscientists of Enlightenment
Each of us has a luminous energy field (LEF) that envelops the physical body and holds a record of our emotional, physical, and spiritual traumas. The LEF is a blueprint that determines how we heal and live, and can keep us trapped in old stories, dramas, and diseases. more …
Spice It Up!: Creative Cooking with Herbs and Spices
A pinch of this, a sprinkle of that-the right herbs and spices can enhance the flavor of any dish. In this fun and informative hands-on vegetarian cooking class, gourmet organic chef, teacher, and cookbook author Leslie Cerier shows you how to use herbs and spices to make delicious, globally-inspired dishes. more …
Sunday, March 4, 2012
The Reconnection®: A Level III Seminar
For students who have taken Levels I and II Reconnective Healing Seminars. Every body contains its own set of energetic lines and points. These meridians serve as our interface with the universe, facilitating communication of energy, light, and information between the macrocosm and microcosm, the universe and humankind. more …
Launch Your Yoga Journey, Enrich Your Life!
Take an excursion into yoga that will enrich your life. This comprehensive workshop will give you a clear and practical grounding in yoga. Many “Westernized” versions of yoga miss the essence of the practice, but Cathy Woods captures that essence, giving you an easy-to-follow base for embarking on your yogic journey. more …
Women and Food: A Journey to Nourishment
A personalized, small-group approach to creating positive change. Do you want a healthy, happy relationship with food? Eating is one of our most essential human needs. more …
Foot Reflexology Training Level 1: The Science, Art, and Heart
For healing arts practitioners and everyone who wants to help themselves and others. Learn a complete 60- to 90-minute foot reflexology flow that stimulates points on the feet that correspond to all part of the body, helping the recipient achieve balance, health, and healing. more …
Friday, March 9, 2012
Holistic Eye Care: Improve and Save Your Sight Naturally
The eyes are the windows to the soul. This eye-opening workshop offers a holistic approach for those who want to improve and preserve their eyesight and become less dependent on glasses or contacts. more …
Thai Yoga Massage: A Life Skill for Everyone
When you give a great massage you feel more alive, aware, and joyous. The well-being of your family, friends, and community can be permanently uplifted by your choice to share compassionate touch—it is literally one of the best things you can do. more …
When the Body Says No: Stress and Mind-Body Unity in Health and Illness
Mind and body form a non-dual unity. Science has now demonstrated that our emotional life is inextricably connected with our physiology. Emotional stresses play a major role in the onset of illness, most particularly the stress caused by the suppression of so-called negative emotions such as sadness or anger. more …
Sunday, March 11, 2012
The Self Behind the Symptom: How Shadow Voices Heal Us
Underneath many physical or psychological symptoms, a part of you is struggling to be heard. Somatic therapist Judith Hendin teaches a process that uses subtle energy work, soulful movement, and insightful dialogue to access those messages. more …
Yogic Breathing and Asana Retreat: Silence and Simplicity to Deepen Practice
For yoga practitioners and teachers of all levels. Enrich your asana practice with liberating yogic breathing techniques, also called pranayama. These simple practices can strengthen the body, purify the mind, enhance overall balance, increase health, and heighten your clarity. more …
Creating Health and Harmony: An Ayurvedic Retreat
Discover an Ayurvedic approach to living well. Are you interested in Ayurveda but not sure where to start? Join us for this enlightening and fun Ayurveda immersion retreat. more …
Foot Reflexology Training Level 2: The Science, Art, and Heart
For healing arts practitioners and everyone who wants to help themselves and others. Deepen and refine your reflexology skills as you learn to further support your clients in their healing process. more …
Gardening Immersion: From Seed to Supper
Are you interested in starting a small vegetable garden or berry patch but not sure how to begin? Do you want to know which vegetables are the most nutritious and easiest to grow? more …
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Energy Intensive: Meditation, Yoga, and Breathwork
Come experience Kripalu Yoga’s unique approach to personal transformation in a program that’s practical, integrative, and fun. Two of Kripalu’s outstanding teachers lead this exploration of the profound relationship between energy and consciousness, which is the essence of yoga and the foundation of all mind-body approaches. more …
Friday, March 16, 2012
Creating Ease: An Introduction to Yoga, Meditation, and Stress Management
What will your life look like in 5, 10, or 20 years? Are you setting the stage today for a fulfilled and vibrant life? It’s never too late to discover the profound healing benefits of yoga, meditation, and stress-management techniques. more …
Mind, Mood, and Food: A Food As Medicine Seminar on Optimal Nutrition for the Brain
Don’t miss this Food As Medicine seminar featuring world-renowned mind-body medicine expert James S. Gordon and four cutting-edge clinicians in medical nutrition therapy who present the latest in science-based practices to improve brain health. more …
The Power of Imagery: Strengthen the Pelvic Core, Liberate Your Spine
Create a fresh understanding of the way your body is designed in order to liberate your ability to move freely and create health. This workshop with Eric Franklin, founder of the Franklin Method™, concentrates on the pelvic core and the spine, a masterpiece of design containing more than 100 joints and associated muscles and ligaments. more …
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Detox for Health and Healing
Your jump start for healthier living. Detoxification is a natural body process that is compromised when our system becomes overloaded from poor diet, allergies, stress, infections, and toxins such as heavy metals. more …
Friday, March 23, 2012
Medical Qigong: Power of the Subtle Bodies
According to Taoist tradition, our subtle bodies—which include the qi, or energetic body, and the emotional body—are the root cause of most disease and premature aging. more …
Yoga and Deep Relaxation Retreat: The Gift of Yoga Nidra
Experience deeper levels of inner freedom than you ever imagined possible. Give yourself permission to rest, balance, restore, and tap into new sources of energy. more …
Advanced Studies in Yoga and Ayurveda
For those with a thorough introduction to Ayurveda and yoga (see prerequisite below). At the heart of any integration of yoga and Ayurveda is the understanding of how prana (life force) and agni (internal fire) support each other for health and healing—prana kindles agni, and agni liberates prana from the tissues, endowing it with light and intelligence. more …
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Heal Your Mind, Rewire Your Brain: Harnessing the Power of Neuroplasticity
Integrate the latest brain research, learn to manage stress, and break the mental patterns that keep you trapped in habitual and unproductive attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors. more …
Gentle Yoga and Meditation for Vitality and Serenity
Enjoy the calm, peace, and self-acceptance of yoga no matter what shape you are in. Rudy Peirce takes a gentle approach, infusing his sessions with humor and warmth as he invites you to go at your own pace in this ultimate “chill-out” yoga program. more …
Friday, March 30, 2012
Breath~Body~Mind© Level 1 Training for Transformation and Well-Being
Based on extensive research, this workshop with medical doctors Richard P. Brown and Patricia Gerbarg combines a variety of effective breathing techniques to relieve stress and improve mood, mental focus, and heart and lung function. more …
Health is Wealth: Make a Delicious Investment in You!
Gain the skills and confidence you need to bring your health up to the next level with good old-fashioned home cooking. This fun, upbeat workshop teaches you how to shop for, cook, and nourish your body with the best food money can buy, even if you’re on a tight budget or short on time. more …
HeartMath®: Activating Your Heart’s Intelligence
Explore the new understanding of the heart: how the physical heart sends powerful healing commands to your brain and body. See HeartMath’s science in action, showing how heart-based emotions like compassion, appreciation, and love become access codes for the integration of your spirit and your humanness. more …
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Transforming Stress: Mindful Living and the Art of Nourishment
Address the impact stress is having on your life. Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed-out, or anxious? Do you experience symptoms associated with high stress levels, including weight gain, illness, mild depression, or fatigue? more …
Panchakarma
An ancient, cleansing ritual for today’s world… Special rate: $2,364 (includes tuition, healing arts, and nonrefundable $55 application and intake consultation fee). more …
Rejuvenate and Reclaim Life After 40
Crafting a meaningful, passionate, healthy life. This program is designed for women and men over 40 who want to reinvigorate their life with joy and health. more …
Friday, April 6, 2012
Kula Flow: Vinyasa for Strength, Detoxification, and Levitation
For students who have practiced asana for at least 1 year and have some experience with vinyasa. Your center, your hara, is your emotional brain. The physical heart of your yoga practice is your belly. more …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
SuperHealth®: Breaking Habits and Addictive Behavior: From Recovery to Self-Discovery
For yoga teachers and students, healthcare professionals (psychologists, nurses, counselors, doctors) and anyone in the process of making meaningful lifestyle changes. more …
Friday, April 13, 2012
Kick-Start Your Health: The Power of a Plant-Based Diet
Test-drive a plant-based diet and see how this approach can help you feel better and more energetic than ever. Whether you have considered experimenting with a vegan diet to be kinder to the planet, help animals, maximize your health, or savor the world’s greatest foods, this workshop offers a short, fun, no-long-term-commitment way to give it a try. more …
Reboot: Mindful Springtime Hiking and Deep Yoga Relaxation
Refresh the vital realms of body, mind, and breath on this magical getaway with masterful guidance. Take the time to connect with springtime rhythms in the beautiful mountains of the Berkshires. more …
