Awakening Ganesha
August 1, 2007 Monthly Newsletter Volume 34
7 Centers Yoga Arts 2115 Mountain Road Sedona, AZ 86336 (928) 203-4400 (877) 603-4400 yoga@7centers.com www.7centers.com
FEATURING: Yoga Classes & Events Schedule Lionheart, Temple Cat
Whimsical Philosophy and Musings
August Yoga Class
Schedule Monday 10:30 Hatha Yoga - Ildiko 6:00 Vinyasa Flow - Roger (Yurt) ** Tuesday 8:30 Hatha Yoga - Andrea 10:30 Mom & Baby - Kathleen 5:30 Hatha Yoga - Ildiko Wednesday 8:30 Hatha Yoga - Andrea 10:30 Hatha Yoga - Ildiko 5:30 Flow Class - Rachel Thursday 8:30 Hatha Yoga - Stephanie Friday 8:30 Hatha Yoga - Rachel 10:30 Hatha Yoga - Ildiko Saturday 8:30 Hatha Yoga - Andrea Sunday 8:30 Hatha Yoga - Andrea
FEES Drop in Fee - $15 Discount available for Sedona Residents 5-Class Pass $45 (60 day) 10-Class Pass $80 (90 day) *Mom & Baby by donation - $3.00 **Non-studio classes. Class passes cannot be used for these classes.
Calendar of Special Events August 21st - September 19 (30 days) 30 DAY COURSE OF TRANSFORMATION 5:00-7:30am daily. Orientation evening: August 20th from 7-8:00pm. Breakthrough mental habits, emotional patterns and physical addictions that no longer serve you. No yoga background necessary. Contact Gary Majchrzak, course instructor & co-founder of 7 Centers Yoga Arts, for more information: 928-399-0998. Course Fee: $277 Upcoming 2007 dates: November 1 - November 21 (21 days)
AUGUST
Rishi Nityapragya Smiling Again: Spirituality for the Fun-Loving - Saturday, August 4th (8:30-10:00am Yoga class - $10) or (8:30 - 1:00pm Yoga class and mini Workshop - $35 pre/$50 at the door) Presented by the Art of Living Foundation. Rishi Nityapragya is a prominent disciple of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and is one of the key senior teachers and speakers with the international Art of Living Foundation. "Rishi's enthusiasm and laughter are so infectious that you cannot help but feel the joy bubbling up and a smile returning to your face". Sunday, August 5th - (8:30-10:30am Yoga Class- $10) For a full schedule of events during Rishi Nityapragya's stay in Sedona, go to www.artoflivingAZ.org. For pre-registration, call 1-209-200-3145 or 928-282-5885. (Early registration recommended) Friday, September 14 (6:30 - 9:30pm) Monday, September 17 (6:30 - 9:30pm) Tuesday, September 18 (6:30 - 9:30pm) Wednesday, September 19 (6:30 - 9:30pm) Rishi Nityapragya will teach ART OF LIVING PART 1 Course: A Taste of Enlightenment. Registration on line at wwwartoflivingAZ.org. Cost: $375; Seniors and students $200 Saturday and Sunday locations to be announced. August 22 - 26, 2007 4th Annual "Law of Attraction" Yoga Retreat with Brian Bales from The Yoga House of Bellevue. Retreat includes daily 2 hour asana class, optional guided hikes, chanting, meditation, discussion and vegetarian breakfasts. Accommodations at A Sunset Chateau. For more information, go to www.yogahouseofbellevue.com or to register call 425-644-8885. Saturday, August 25, 2007 Compassion Benefit Concert & Silent Auction for Lee Graham (Times TBA) Vegetarian potluck. Ceremonial leader Adam Yellowbird of I.C.A. Performers include: John Dumas, Jesse Kalu, Amalia Camateros, and many more friends of Lee. Donation: $10-30 per adult/child 13 or older. For more info call Producer Walker Marchal at 928-284-4736. Friday, August 31, 2007 HEALING POWERS OF INDIAN MUSIC THERAPY 7:00 pm. Dr. M. Harreharren, world-renowned Indian musician, author, teacher, researcher and healer, will discuss the uses of traditional Indian music to treat a variety of illnesses, followed by a concert recital. For more information, contact Sydney: 928-203-4400. Fee: $10. SEPTEMBER Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16 - MARTIN GRAY - SLIDESHOW Martin Gray has photographed over 1,000 sacred places in 80+ countries. Through his slide show, experience the extraordinary beauty and precarious situation of the world's sacred sites. Fee: $15 advance tickets $20 day of the event. For more information, contact Sydney: 928-203-4400.
NOVEMBER SAVE THE DATE: Friday, November 2nd Snatam Kaur Concert Join in an evening of uplifting music that truly inspires peace. Through her deep devotion to the Divine, Snatam Kaur delivers a heart opening performance that combines musical traditions of East and West. Her enchanting voice will bring you an experience of peace to cherish. November 9 -16,2007 AYURDOULA TRAINING Level I - Women's Health, Nutrition & Cooking Support and strengthen maternal and infant postpartum well-being, based on the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, as a certified CPPAD. Classes will include Ayurvedic Philosophy & Nutrition, Perinatal Essential Oils and Post-Natal Yoga. Course Fee: $1,295.00 - ($500 deposit to reserve your spot, plus $795 due 30 days before class begins). Early Bird Registration: $1,200 if received before September 9th!!!! Course instructor: Ysha Oakes, D.Ay, CPPAD is a Diplomat Ayurvedic Practitioner and Postpartum AyurDoula with 12 years experience, and a published author. Faculty will also include Ayurvedic Practitioner, Avani Robinson, and Ruth Hartung (Shraddhasagar). Ayurvedic meals by Mira Murphy. For more information contact Sydney at 928-203-4400 or go to www/7centers.com March 6-13, 2008 AYURDOULA TRAINING - Level II Level II - Ayurvedic Postpartum Home Spa Care Panchakarma, Infant Massage, Postpartum Consulting, Introduction to Postpartum Herbal Preparations and AyurDoula business fundamentals. Participants will receive 2 Ayurvedic massages and experience an Ayurvedic home cleanse.
ALUMNI CORNER
Congratulations to our latest graduates, the Class of June/July 2007: Alison Schmuckal, Traverse City, MI Jacob Naim, Brooklyn, NY Lara Jiskra, Hinesburg, VT Robert Gordon, Palm Beach, FL Kendra McLaughlin, Sedona, AZ Patricia Esper, Worcester, MA Lauren Drilling, Prior Lake, MN Laura Burke, Reno, NV Caroline Vernon, Boulder, CO Stephanie Clark, Flower Mound, TX Kathleen Miller, Mays Landing, NJ Mel Johnson, Scottsdale, AZ Pethrena Shirley, San Diego, CA Great job class - and what a "hot" group it was!
Note: Alumni are encouraged to use this column to re-connect, catch-up, and/or share any experiences since graduation. Send info to Sydney. _______________________________________ Community Bulletin
FOR SALE: 20,000 BTU propane floor heater and 100lb upright 4 foot propane tank - Cost: $300.00 International Yoga College News TUCSONRama Jyoti VernonIn Town RetreatSeptember 20 - 23rd8:30am to 5:30 pmAnjai, 330 E. 7th St. Tucson, AZThis three and a half-day workshop will showcase Rama Jyoti's unique approach to teaching yoga, developed over the years through study with great yoga masters, and self-reflection. This workshop is open to students of yoga who wish to deepen and enhance their experience of asana, pranayama, meditation and mantra. Contact: Kristi Hook: 520-318-1981, OR 520-325-0354 To Register, send check to: International Yoga College Box 300, 2509 N. Campbell Ave. Tucson, AZ, 85719 For information and housing options, email: events@internationalyogacollege.org Cost: Before July 30: $275 Before August 20: $300 By September 20: $325 Single day attendance: $100 per day Rama Jyoti VernonHealing with YogaSeptember 20th - Public Talk7:00 - 9:00pmAnjai, 330 E. 7th St. Tucson, AZ Rama Jyoti Vernon was raised by parents who practiced natural healing methods, and she began yoga at an early age. Her full life has centered around health and healing with yoga. She grew up in, and as an adult has created households that welcome all, including great visionaries, healers and spiritual leaders. She is one of the originators of the Yoga Journal, and has devoted much of her life to peace missions throughout the world including the Soviet Union, Israel, and Central America. In this evening program, Rama will weave a rich story around these topics.
-------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Centers Yoga Arts Staff Director/Teacher: Ruth Hartung Center Manager: Sydney Pinkerton Ayurvedic Practitioners: Avani Robinson Ayurvedic Chef: Mira Murphy Teachers: Ruth Hartung, Gary Majchrzak, Ildiko Chikan, Kathleen Bryant, Rebekah Crisp, Andrea Murphy, Rachel Hollingsworth, and Stephanie Clark
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Sedona Miracle - Another Chance
You can benefit 7 Centers by purchasing a Golf Ball or raffle ticket before September 14, 2007 through the Sedona Miracle. Grand Prizes include a TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID & a HIGHLANDER SUV HYBRID, among many more prizes. For more information go here.
Golf balls costs $25 each and Raffle tickets are $5. (All purchases are made online at www.sedonamiracle.org.) Be sure to choose 7 Centers as your Non-profit of choice. 7 Centers will receive a percentage of the donations collected, depending upon what is purchased in our name. We are hoping to raise money for scholarships for students from Nepal and Afghanistan who wish to attend our Yoga Teacher Trainings. Your purchases in this event are tax-deductible and will help us towards this goal!
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The Adventures of Lionheart, Temple Cat
"Whenever you accept what is, something deeper emerges than what is. So, you can be trapped in the most painful dilemma, external or internal, the most painful feelings or situation, and the moment you accept what is, you go beyond it. You transcend it. Even if you feel hatred, the moment you accept that this is what you feel, you transcend it. It may still be there, but suddenly you are at a deeper place where it doesn't matter that much anymore.
We cannot get rid of polarities on the level of form. However, you can transcend the polarities through Surrender. You are then in touch with a deeper place within yourself where, as it were, the polarities no longer exist. They continue to exist on the outer level. However, even there, something changes in the way in which the polarities manifest in your life when you are in a state of acceptance or Surrender. The polarities manifest in a more benign and gentle way. Internal and external are ultimately one. When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently. Love and compassion arise, and they affect the world. Even if you find yourself in a conflict situation, there is an outflow of peace into the polarities. So then, something does change. There are some teachers or teachings that say, nothing changes. That is not the case. Something very important does change. That which is beyond form shines through the form, the eternal shines through the form into this world of form."
Eckhart Tolle
To contact Lionheart, send email to Lionheart@7centers.com
The Ayurvedic Corner
For more information and products please contact Avani Robinson at Authentic Ayurveda of Sedona. (928) 284-1114
www.ayurveda-sedona.com
Ayurvedic Health Alter
Ayurveda is the world’s oldest system of medicine. It is truly holistic because it incorporates the mind, body, and Spirit in healing. Eating well, proper exercise, and sound sleep help maintain a healthy body and mind. What can we do to address the spiritual? Creating a simple “health alter” at home allows us to manifest the perfect health that we desire.
The concept for this health alter comes from Robin and Michael Mastro’s book, Alters of Power and Grace. It employs the principals of Vastu Shastra, Vedic architectural design. Vastu is a sister science of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Jyotish Astrology. The Vastu health alter is specifically designed to create personal harmony with the universe. By praying at our alter for a few moments every morning, we strongly realign with the forces of nature. We thereby attract good health, as well as alleviate karmic health problems that can not be solved by medicine alone.
Step 1 – Create a sacred space along the East wall. Cover a table with a white or golden colored cloth. (Any gold placed on the alter represents the Sun, giver of vibrant health.)
Place the following items in their respective directions:
Step 2 – NOTHEAST corner –WATER element.
At night fill a small copper vessel with fresh drinking water. After morning prayers this can be used as holy water to drink or sprinkle. Copper charged water helps with digestion and assimilation.
Step 3 - SOUTHEAST corner – FIRE element.
In a small metal dish place a ghee lamp (hand rolled cotton wick soaked in ghee). This can be lit each time we stand at the alter to pray. Ghee attracts sattvic (pure) frequencies from heaven.
Step 4 – SOUTHWEST corner – EARTH element.
Place a small potted plant of Tulsi, also known as Holy Basil (Ocimum Sanctum). In Ayurveda Tulsi is renowned for its adaptogenic ability to help the body and mind to cope with stress. The sacred Tulsi plant also purifies the home environment.
Step 5 – NORTHWEST corner –AIR element.
Burning a Sandalwood incense stick calms the Vata tension in the mind, as it wafts through the air. It enhances peace and tranquility of thought. Another possibility is placing a bell, whose sound waves ring through the air, focusing the mind and dispelling any negative forces.
Step 6 – CENTER – SPACE element.
Keep this space open except for a small offering tray. On it place simply written health intentions / affirmations.
If one is so inclined, chant the “Maha Mrityunjay Mantra” daily. This simple 4 lined chant to Lord Shiva is known to heal all physical and emotional ailments.
The above items are just suggestions to put in the elemental locations. Be creative and choose personal symbols, pictures, or religious items that are meaningful to you, and evoke the feelings of vibrant health.
Foods, herbs, supplements, and even prescription medicines can be placed on the alter during prayer. Their healing abilities will be magnified.
Giving your alter attention will unfold in many blessings. This alter can be activated daily to bring real healing to oneself, family members, friends and even our Mother Earth.
To purchase items mentioned in this article, please contact Avani Sukhadia Robinson of Authentic Ayurveda of Sedona. (928) 284-1114 www.ayurveda-sedona.com
For more information on Vastu Shastra and Alters visit www.vastucreations.com
Announcement from the Ayurvedic Kitchen: We said our sad farewells to Chef Kevin at the completion of the June/July training. Kevin has moved on to new horizons and we wished him well at an ice-cream social at Kathleen's house. We will miss his smiling face and his loving presence in the kitchen.
BUT....... having said that, we are welcoming to the kitchen MIRA MURPHY. Mira apprenticed under both Ambaya and Kevin and has returned from parts unknown to manage the Ayurvedic Kitchen. She did a great job this last training and is looking forward to the coming year. Anyone who knows Mira knows of her dedication and commitment to all things yogic!
Vedic Astrology
Venus Retrograde in August
Venus, the planet of love and relationships, is retrograde during the entire month of August. To be more exact, its retrograde period began on July 27, 2007, and will end on September 8, 2007. As Venus goes retrograde about every 18 months, for about 6 weeks, (less often than any other planet), this is a significant astrological event.
So what areas of life does the planet Venus affect? Venus rules romance, relationships, marriage, pleasures, the feminine nature, and social interactions in general.
The Venus retrograde period can be a good time to reflect and meditate on any relationship issues that need healing and forgiving. It would be appropriate to consciously review how you treat others (family members, friends, or romantic partners), and with this deeper awareness and knowledge, be a better friend to all. This can also be a time when a past love resurfaces in your life, for the purpose to again understand and complete any unfinished lessons around love. This would not be the best period for getting married, but it is auspicious for re-evaluating our existing relationships and re-defining our values.
This retrograde period may take you deeper into your feeling nature and allow more contact with your spiritual self as well. The main focus though is your relationship with yourself, and with spirit. So this is a good time to focus on your own nurturing and being kind to yourself. Venus retrograde periods can give great potential for deep emotional healing and growth in your partnership to the divine!
Debra Infante, Vedic astrologer, can be reached at (928) 639-0623 for astrological consultations, either in person or by phone.
7 Centers Yoga Arts
Upcoming Teacher Trainings
and Special Workshops
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certificate Training A 30 day immersion training based upon the ashram model. Classical Hatha yoga following the 8 limbs of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras includes introduction to Ayurvedic principles through cleansings and food as well as Vedic Astrology. This training creates an environment for intense spiritual growth while deepening your yoga practice and becoming a yoga teacher. For details go to www.7Centers.com 2007 dates Sept 29- Oct 30 2008 dates January 6- February 6 April 5-May 6 June 7 - July 8 September 20 - 21
2008 Chakra Intensive Date(s) May 16-23rd (Mark your calendar now!) Alumni Reunion - 2008 May 24th (details to follow)
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NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW Become a Certified Postpartum AyurDoula
November 9-16 Ayurdoula Training Level I March 6-13 Ayurdoula Training Level II Certification as a CPPAD allows graduates to offer a well rounded complement of services to strengthen both maternal and infant postpartum well-being. A CPPAD graduate is certified to offer deeply rejuvenative Ayurvedic postpartum home spa care, infant massage, delicious suitable meals, safe uses of essential oils, herbal preparations, lactation support, first foods education and knowledge of red flags and resources, and more. The first level training is available to those interested in women's health,nutrition and massage for ongoing education. Level I will include classes such as Ayurvedic Philosophy,Perinatal Essential Oils, Ayurvedic Nutrition & Cooking , Foundations of New Mother & Infant Care/ Cooking and Post Natal Yoga for Home practice. Fee: $1295 To register. Ysha Oakes, D.Ay, CPPAD is a Diplomat Ayurvedic Practitioner and Postpartum AyurDoula with 12 years experience. She teaches 75+ hours of the AyurDoula training series in Boulder, Co and now in Florida. Her book, Mother the Mothers, 42 Days after Childbirth for 42 Years is under its 5th revision and her parents’s handbook just published last fall. Ysha offers in-service for perinatal practitioners on postpartum depression and therapeutic uses of essential oils. Faculty will also include Shraddhasagar (Ruth Hartung) Avani Robinson, and Mira Murphy. For more information contact Sydney 928-203-4400. |
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2007 Yoga Teacher Certificate Trainings
September 29 -October 30
Call Sydney at 203-4400
Openings for 2007 Ayurvedic Cooking Apprenticeships
We need apprentice(s) for OCTOBER, 2007!
This is a free work/study program available to Graduates of the 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training program. Apprentice with Mira and learn how to make Ayurvedic meals according to the Doshas, develop the skills of shopping and budgeting, take Ayurvedic principles classes including hikes in the afternoon and yoga classes (optional) in the evening. You pay for housing and transportation. Call Sydney for more information.
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