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	I enjoy yoga at Tree House Yoga Center as it works with all aspects of the practice, not just the asanas. The setting is delightful as well, and adds to the wonderful body work done there, whether for general relaxation or for specific tension relief. — Fred

Newsletter – September 2007

Greetings,

We have much exciting news this month!

Yoga and Music
New Class - Blissful Yoga Tuesday nights in October
Class Schedule Welcome Jennifer Zrubek Skin Care Specialist
Ayurvedic Advice
Massage News
Yoga for Peace

Yoga and Music

I just purchased an iPod for the classroom and am loading it with fantastic music for classes and sessions. No more boom boxes and sloppy stacks of cd’s….yippee!!! This will add a new dimension to our yoga offerings. In these modern times yoga and technology do work in tandem. Music falls into the Pratyahara Limb of yoga practices and means ‘sense withdrawal or mastery’ and complements a well rounded Hatha yoga practice. We all understand the need to turn off the outside world, to separate and bring our attention inward. Slow rhythmic breathing, focusing the mind and listening to healing music facilitate deep states of inner peace. It is increasingly important to include some regular and conscious downtime every day. As your focus moves inward and leaves the external world you tap into cellular nourishment and replenish the nervous system. It’s like soaking your vital systems in a luxurious bath. We live in sensory overload most of the time and have to become increasingly skillful at turning it off and tuning our energies inward. Appropriate music enhances the relaxation response. The trick is discrimination and discernment as to what images, sounds and energies our sensory filters or radars absorb. In yoga we learn how to fine tune the inputs as well as the filters and radar screens to achieve inner harmony and balance. Although ‘Silence is Golden’ selective music is wonderful for soothing the senses. Please send me the names of your favorite songs, artists and music sites that are well suited for yoga, massage and relaxation.

New Class - Blissful Yoga - October 2nd 6-7:30pm with Barbara Coleman

Diminish stress as you experience yoga at a slower pace with deep inner release. Class begins with a slow-paced all-levels asana practice followed by extreme relaxation and restoration in the form of body scanning, guided imagery, and in-depth movement of the spine using props, pillows, and blankets to assist your body in letting go of tension. Experience the bliss of melting away stress on all levels...physical, mental and emotional. This is an excellent class for releasing anxiety, chronic pain and tension patterns and mental business.

About the teacher: Barbara Coleman received Level I and II teacher certification in hatha yoga at the Shambhava School of Yoga. She is an advanced student of Dr. Richard Miller who developed iRest (Integrative Restoration). IRest is currently being used with Iraqi War veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Her restorative yoga training also includes 150 hours of certification as an Anjali restorative yoga teacher. Call 303.494.4108 or email Barbara.coleman@comcast.net
No previous experience necessary
Cost $15 drop in, $72 for a 6 class punch card

Yoga Classes Fall 2007

Monday

7:30 –9am • Hatha Yoga • Yogeshwari • All Levels

9:30 – 11am • Yoga for Survivors • Laura • All Levels

Tuesday

7:30 –9am • Hatha Yoga • Yogeshwari • Levels 1- 2

6 –7:30pm • Blissful Yoga • Barbara • All Levels
(Class begins October 2nd, email barbara.coleman@comcast.net to register)

Wednesday

5:30 – 7pm • Hatha Yoga • Deborah • All Levels

Thursday

7:30 –9am • Hatha Yoga • Yogeshwari • All Levels

5:00 – 6:30pm • Goddess Yoga • Yogeshwari • Women

Sunday

10:00 – 11:30am • Gentle Yoga • Yogeshwari • Beginner

Fees: $15 - Drop in per Class / $72 - 6 Class Punch Card (good for 8 weeks)

New Tree House Staff

Please give a big welcome to Jennifer Zrubek and Serendipity Spa. She is moving into our N. office this weekend! She is a skin care specialist who offers exquisite natural facials with rejuvenating spa services. Call or email her to experience fresh new skin. We’ll send out a proper announcement with more details soon.
Jennifer Zrubek
720.635.6421
Serenityspa@mac.com

We are saying farewell to Terra Rafael and Wise Womanhood as she relocates her office closer to home in Louisville. We will miss her!

Moving into Vata Time after a Very HOT Summer

This time of year is it crucial to release the excess heat accumulated before the cool, autumn winds of Vata push it into being a fever of flu or cold. The best way is pancha karma. After a pulse reading, a personalized plan is created --either a home self administered program or one that includes treatments by a trained PK technician. Panchakarma stirs up your body, so toxins & excess doshas may be eliminated. It is a time when rest and calm are necessary to keep from pushing the loosened toxins deeper into the body. Emotional releases may commonly be part of the cleansing process. The general routine includes daily oil massages and sweating, eating a mono-diet of easily digested kitcheree (split, hulled mung beans and basmati rice with spices), along with therapies individualized to balance your doshas.
For a less complicated regime, one can get an Ayurvedic pulse reading can confirm what herbs and diet might more gradually reduce the Pitta while continuing your daily life.
To schedule your Ayurvedic check-in for the change of the season call Terra at 720.628.5015 or email at resourcing@earthlink.net

Massage and Ayurveda with Mira: (exerpt)

After the last newsletter where I sang the glories of the Ayurvedic facial, many of you came in for one and it was a real treat to do so many! As long as the weather stays summery I will continue to offer the summer facial, and I am working on formulating the fall facial. As the weather cools I will incorporate warm towels for the face, a homemade pumpkin facial mask, and a warm sesame oil scalp massage.
In the meantime, several new clients have requested deep tissue massage, which has me revisiting this modality. It is very gratifying when someone comes to me in pain and after a treatment or series of treatments feels significant relief.  I know that most of you have come in for a warm oil Ayurvedic massage and pleeez by all means continue to do so! However, feel free to request deep tissue work when and as needed. Yes Ayurvedic massage can work out knots in muscles too- but for chronic pain, limited range of motion, injury recovery, reducing scar tissue, then deep tissue work is very beneficial.
All of this has me pondering questions like: What exactly is Ayurvedic massage and how does it differ from Swedish or Deep Tissue massage? I will be answering that question for the rest of my life. Right now I can say that all massage modalities have common elements and benefits.  What makes Ayurvedic massage Ayurvedic is partly about technique, partly about the use of oils and herbs, and mostly about seeing and understanding the client in the Ayurvedic perspective-as ultimately a spiritual being, with a subtle physiology as well as a physical, and perhaps most importantly, as a unique individual. Each individual is treated in a way unique to them, in that moment in time. So while one person may come in and complain of a headache due to the heat (Pitta), another may come in with a headache associated with anxiety and aggravated Vata. The Ayurvedic perspective uses the twenty gunas (ten pairs of opposites) to restore balance.
Dr. Lad taught that there is nothing that exists that does not have a certain quality to it. There is no substance without quality. Vata, being composed of air and ether is light, dry, rough, subtle, mobile, and cold. Guess what our Colorado climate is? The same. So our climate will tend to aggravate Vata, making those qualities accumulate. Everything that exists affects everything around it. We exist in relation to everything that surrounds us, because we are made up of the very same five elements as all of creation. The way to balance aggravated Vata is to apply qualities that are opposite its own: things like warmth, moisture, heaviness, grounding foods, stability, oiliness, substance etc.
Stay happy, stay grounded, stay cool (if you are Pitta!) stay warm (if you are Vata!), stay busy (if you are Kapha), and I hope to see you soon at the Tree House.
:) Mira click below for more information on Ayurveda and to schedule an dosha balancing massage appointment
www.everyonedeservesmassage.com

YOGA for PEACE

5th Annual Global Event
Saturday, September 8th 9:00 am -12:00

Join the voice of peace across the globe New York * San Francisco * Oakland * Santa Cruz * Brunswick ME *Savannah *St. Louis *Dallas *Honolulu *Boston *Chicago *New Haven CT * Washington DC * Los Angeles * Bali * Cologne * Toronto * Reykjavik * Tokyo * Pocatello ID * Kansas City Be a part of this international event as we bring the Boulder community into a collective consciousness of peace!

Participants of all levels of yoga practice, all walks of life, children and elders worldwide will create a 'mala of peace' by performing 108 sun salutations, with the intention of spreading peace and healing to the world and ourselves.
A potpourri of Boulder yoga instructors will guide us as we bring into union our practice with those across the globe infusing peace and healing worldwide.
Live musical accompaniment led by Scott Medina and friends followed by Kirtan, devotional chanting! Don't let this opportunity to make a difference pass you by!

The Double Rainbow Ranch
6541 N.63rd. St.      Boulder, CO
Day of event registration 8am - 9am (cash donation only)
Pre-registration recommended: WWW. YOGA-FOR-PEACE.org
BRING a thick MAT, WATER, and SNACK.
Save the environment and space~CARPOOL with a buddy
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER contact
Heather Walls at  yoga4peaceboulder@gmail.com     315-269-1528
OR  Jill Clements at:   nergizeJill@aol.com
         Suggested donation: $10.00 -$25.00   Any proceeds collected after production costs will be donated to a local Boulder organization that promotes world peace

WOW there's a lot going on in the world of yoga.
Thanks for caring,

Yogeshwari Cindy Lawrence
Tree House Yoga Center
737 29th St., #201

Tree House Yoga Center's mission is to provide a sacred space for personal care and rejuvenation via the ancient healing arts of Yoga, Ayurveda, body therapies and spiritual practice.

Yogeshwari Cindy Lawrence
Tree House Yoga Center • 737 29th St., #201 • Boulder, CO 80303
720.565.2821 • www.treehouseyogacenter.com



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