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ON THE COVERVisionary Artist: Mike Soloman

This winter edition of Yoga Treeis blessed by the vision and tal-ents of Michael Soloman. Lookfor more of his work throughoutthe issue!

Michael Soloman, a self-taughtVancouver artist, is a gifted tech-nician and an inspired visionaryartist. In his own authentic stylehe has broken the mold andstruck new territory.

Soloman’s works are at onceemotive, disturbing, evocativeand healing. He envisions a betterworld, incorporating themythologies of past civilizationsand anticipating the mythologiesof the future.

Soloman has exhibited in severalartistic venues in the Vancouverarea and has sold his works inCanada, United States, HongKong and Australia.

Soloman is currently devoting hisinspiration to images of eleganceand power.

To see more of Mike Soloman’sworks, check out: www.soloman.caTo contact Mike, email

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ALMOST LIGHT

The moment of darkness was lifting,

My mind remained in the simple

state of pure.....it was almost light.


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As I find myself in the depth of winter January 2010, I am remindedof the archetype of the bear that goes into her cave in the winter timeto rejuvenate, and then emerges in the spring renewed and refreshed,ready to embrace the world once again. The bear travels far and widein the summer, spring and fall, turning over stones and rocks, fishingin the lakes and rivers, and scrounging for food and sustenance. Asshe makes her journey upon the Mother Earth, she creates pathwaysthat she follows year after year. During these journeys she learnsabout her environment and where to find the food which will sustainher over the winter months. When the cold comes, she finds a safeplace to hunker down and sleep. By going into the stillness and em-bracing the silence, she is able to preserve the energy that has beenstored in her body from her ramblings over the past season.

In this valley we are surrounded by bear energy and many of us seebears as we hike and drive. From the shamanic perspective it is im-portant to pay attention to the animals that show up for us, as theybring us messages and remind us of our connection to the MotherEarth. The bear is an archetype of the west which is also the land ofthe dying sun; one perspective of this direction is that we are encour-aged to die to the old so that we may embrace the new.

In our busy lives it is easy to become disconnected from the cyclesof Mother Earth; we carry on in the same fashion no matter if it iswinter, summer, spring or fall. I am suggesting that we can learn fromnature and the messages that are available to us if we choose to listen.Often, we have become attached to the technology of email, phones,and other media which can distract us from the natural rhythms thefour seasons offer.

The message from bear is retrospection, the opportunity to go intoour own personal cave of stillness and quiet. Winter is a beautiful op-portunity to go over the past year and notice where you chose to ex-pend your energy. Notice if this year “grew corn for you”, meaningdid you benefit from the energy you expended and did it fulfill you?

Allow yourself to be the witness of your journey this past year froma place of self respect and gratitude. Notice what worked for you andwhat did not. This may provide you with clarity as to where youchoose to put your energy for 2010. Rather than the traditional NewYear resolution, I am suggesting you give yourself the opportunityfor reflection, just like the bear.

The year of 2010 also has some interesting numerology. If you addtwo and one in this year you get three. With this in mind I offer youthree suggestions to assist you to go into stillness. Imagine that thesethree suggestions are like golden keys that are being offered to you.

The first key is your breath; when you were a new baby the first thingyou did in human form was to take a breath. Connecting to yourbreath consciously relaxes your body and feeds your blood with oxy-gen, which will help you to relax your mind. Your breath is essentialto help you to go into stillness or a meditative state.

The second golden key is gratitude; being grateful for yourself andall the abundance in your life brings you into present time. This helpsyou to disconnect from the frenetic energy of projecting into the fu-ture, and belaboring the past

The third golden key is the art of allowing; open your heart to accept-ance and being receptive, this will allow in new energy, new ideasand understandings. Like bear you can emerge from your place ofcontemplation rejuvenated and refreshed, ready to continue with yourjourney upon the Mother Earth, as you head into 2010.

I invite you to think about the bear this winter season, hunkered downin a cave deep in the Mother Earth, and take some time for yourselfto go into your own place of stillness and rejuvenation.

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Winter. For some it marks the start of the cold and windy time of skiseason and snow tires. But consider this - as the light shifts and thedark begins to ebb, the new year is an ideal time to attend tothe power of intention, or sankalpa.

Sankalpa is a Sanskrit word meaning purpose ordetermination. It is the uniting of ideas into aclear intention. What do you value most deeplythat is your heart’s deepest desire? What doyou wish to plant and nourish with your attention?

Intention is not about succeeding or failing asyou strive to fulfill your New Year’s resolu-tions. Rather, it is about becoming clear aboutwhat you value most deeply, shedding what nolonger serves, and choosing wisely. Most impor-tantly, intention is about focusing your energy on nour-ishing actions that will move you toward your outcomeswithout clinging to them.

This fall I had the opportunity to learn how intention and clinging tooutcome differ. Four days before I was to fly to Arizona for part 2 ofmy 5-part yoga teacher training, the flu hit our house. After much

debate, I decided that I was not well enough to travel. Focused onfinishing the training by May, and clinging to this expectation, I felt

deeply conflicted about my choice.

Contrast this with my true intention - a deep desireto live authentically, honoring my heart,

through yoga. Ultimately, my inability to fin-ish the teachers training by May will not af-fect how I manifest this intention. Instead,the life affirming choices I make each daywill have the greatest impact on how thisintention unfolds.

Yoga and the Practice of Setting Intention

The new year shift from dark to light is anideal time to consider your life from the per-

spective of intention. And your yoga practice isan ideal vehicle to help you nurture the concept of

sankalpa. Consider the following ways that intention cantake a seat with you on your mat.

Stepping Onto the Mat

As you step onto your mat, consider how today’s practice fits withyour greater intentions. What do you want to nourish during today’s

The Practice of Setting Intention and Anusara® Yoga By Marcia Wilson

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practice? In Anusara yoga, the class begins with the singing of an in-vocation. This action reminds us to ask ourselves how we want tomake this particular class meaningful. We then bring voice to this in-tention through the words of the invocation.

Centering practices at the beginning of a yoga session are another op-portunity to contemplate sankalpa. Quieting the mind and listeningto the heart through such practices as meditation can open space forintentions to take root or make themselves known.

The Practice

Your time on the mat is infused with opportunities to set intention.

At the start of each pose - become sensitive and breathe. Rememberwhy you came to the mat and what you hope to take away.

As you set your foundation - thoughtfully place your hands and feetin their optimal position in each pose. This mindful action establishesa safe and strong connection to the earth, and is a visible demonstra-tion of your intention in practice.

Within the poses - carefully consider how the breath influences yourmovements and practice. Breath carries the power of intention.Mindfully align your body, with intention. By becoming aware ofyour breath and how you align your body, you can shift your practiceand enhance your ability to manifest your intentions.

As you transition between poses - move with full awareness. Physi-cally, mentally and emotionally releasing between poses puts you ata greater risk for injury and lessens the effectiveness of the intentional

work you are doing. Use breath to enhance your transitions andthoughtfully move into the next posture.

Choosing your class and your poses - consider how your choice ofclass or poses fits with your sankalpa. Is it a restorative class thatwill nurture your intention of honoring your need for relaxation, oran energy-infused class that aligns with bigger visions of feeding yoursoul with music you love? Or are you forcing yourself to perform apractice that is personally draining, rather than life enhancing?

Stepping Off the Mat

Savasana or meditation at the end of practice is a final opportunity toground yourself in intention. By reflecting on your experiences inthe class you are able to shift back into the world with a renewed vi-sion for how you can manifest intention in your day to day life. Onthe mat you have the opportunity to find peace, insight, grace, beautyand courage. Rather than sprinting from class with your eyes to thefuture, be aware of chosing to mindfully exit, keeping your intentionforemost as you move on to your next activity.

Choices matter

Anusara yoga teaches us that we have two main purposes for practic-ing hatha yoga - to remember who we are deep in our innermost core,and to celebrate life and our connections to the world. Every day, thechoices we make matter. By infusing our life and our practice withintention, we are able to see the life affirming choices that are avail-able to us.

Marcia Wilson is studying Anusara® yoga with John Friend, Martin and Jordan Kirkof Scottsdale, Arizona and Katrina Ariel of Kamloops/New Orleans. She can be reachedat 250-314-9550 or [email protected]

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In the previous issue of Yoga Tree we looked at how our Earth andall of Nature constitutes an integrated system known as Gaia. Thissystem of animate and inanimate parts is where all shamanic under-standing begins and is the very source of shamanism. We continue:

Shamans everywhere are aware of the plight of our world and theyare generously sharing their knowledge with us in hopes that we ‘sep-arated ones’ will find our place in the system before it is too late.Some of us have chosen to not only reconnect with this ancient wis-dom of our ancestors to understand it, but also to engage it and livefrom and within this integral world view. Hopefully, if you wouldlike a firmer base, you are willing to research the information on GaiaTheory or Systems Theory enough to fully convince yourself that youare part of the Earth and Nature, and that what you think and do havea direct consequence on how the system works or fails. This is truenot just on the days that you feel ‘shamanic,” but with every breathyou take and every move you make. (Sounds like a song!)

If you understand this then you realize that you are in a relationshipwith everything around you and it is time to fully develop those rela-tionships and not just operate from a place of default. For a Shaman,it is all about building relationships with the natural world and theforces of Nature. Within the integrity of those relationships, theshaman finds his/her power. Just like developing a relationship withanyone, building a relationship with Nature requires that you spendconsiderable time with it; engage it in dialogue; understand its pow-ers, its gifts, its requirements. How does it want to relate to you? Whatis it that you have to offer? How do you contribute to the whole, thecollective?

Like any relationship, this is a two-way street, not just what you canget from it. And just like with humanity, you can say you are part ofthe whole human race but find yourself attracted to certain beingswithin this collective. So when you consider Nature, who is it you re-ally want to get to know? What are you naturally attracted to? Wheredo you want to start? We have the whole animal kingdom; those inthe skies, the ones who live upon the land and the ones who inhabitthe waters of our planet. Then there is the plant kingdom, many ofwhom have developed deep, abiding, informative relationships withus humans.

The elements: earth, air, fire and water all are sources of great workingrelationships and sources of power. The ‘unseen ones’ (by most of us

anyway) are the elementals and the fairies (no – that’s not too far outthere) and other forms of life that do not posses a form that our eyeseasily perceive. They all inhabit this Earth system called Gaia withus and are available to us if we feel so inclined to seek them out andform a relationship with them.

Some people work intimately with the great waters of our planet: theseas, rivers and lakes. Others are drawn to the mountains, especiallythe high glaciated mountains, while still others find ways to communewith the great desert landscapes. What calls to you? What are youmost comfortable with? These are questions you need to ask yourselfand be honest about what relationships you are willing to engage.

As you know, in your relationships with other human beings there iswork and responsibility involved and hopefully great rewards in-volved. Being in relationship with one aspect of Nature is no moreadvantageous than another. What is to be considered is where the bestfit is for you if you truly want to be in a shamanic relationship ofpower.

And why do any of this anyway? Because it is possible. Why live lifeisolated from the possibility of accessing unimaginable sources ofpower and information that will support you to fulfill your life’s pur-pose? We are part of the collective called Gaia and in that collectivethere is great support and great responsibility.

Katina O’Neil has a degree in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia,and training with North American medicine people and shamans in Peru. A Reiki Mas-ter and Shamanic Healer, she teaches courses on Shamanism and Meditation in Canada

and the US. You can contact her at [email protected] or 250-314-1413.

By Katina O’Neil

A Shamanic Engagement

With Gaia




Deborah James and her son Ragnar.

B y Joanna Nemrava

Dear Midwife,

I am thinking about a home birth for my next baby. My friend had ahomebirth with midwives in Vancouver and loved it. Is it safe? Whatare the advantages of home birth?

~Anna

Dear Anna,

Fortunately, homebirth is an option for place of birth in BC whereverthere are midwives. Women who choose to birth at home are healthy,experience an uncomplicated pregnancy and generally feel very com-fortable in their home environment. In my experience, women labourbest where they feel safe, supported and comfortable. For manywomen, this is the hospital. For some women, this is home.

Some women choose homebirth in order to have the option of birthingin water. Some women choose to birth at home so that they canchoose who will be in attendance during their labour and birth, in-cluding family, friends and sometimes their other children. In fact,women have many different reasons for choosing to birth at home.As a registered midwife, I am trained to support women in the placeof their choosing. Another great way for you to hear about the ad-vantages of homebirth is to ask your friend in Vancouver who has hadone!

I think what I appreciate most about attending a woman in her ownhome is that she is in her own place, on her own territory. That makesme the guest. She can move where she wants, use her own bathroom,and open her own fridge. It is I who must ask permission. This im-mediately creates a different feel around birth compared with a hos-pital setting, where she and her support people are the guests.

Many women that I have attended express how much they enjoy get-ting into their own bed following delivery, cuddling with their newbaby and their family, being cared for by loved ones and having theirmidwife attend them in their own home during the first week post-partum to help with breastfeeding and monitor the health of baby andmother.

What I can tell you is that research supports homebirth as a safe optionand shows that planned homebirth with a midwife results in reducedrates of interventions and infections over planned hospital births witheither a midwife or physician.1 As a registered midwife, I followprovincial guidelines for monitoring labour and fetal well being athome just as I would in hospital and I use many of the same technolo-gies, such as a fetal heart rate Doppler.2

If any concerns arise during labour, delivery or postpartum, there is atransport plan in place to move prom ptly to the hospital and consultwith the appropriate specialists, such as an obstetrician or pediatrician.Midwives work in collaboration with nurses, physicians and otherhealth care professionals to meet the needs of women and infants


throughout the childbearing year.

In 1986 a World Health Organization report states, “Home is the mostappropriate birth setting for most childbearing women.”3 RegisteredMidwives in BC are autonomous community-based maternity careproviders. We maintain hospital admitting privileges and attend mostbirths in hospital.

We are also trained and equipped to attend women who choose tobirth at home or in other out-of-hospital settings. Registered mid-wives are required to meet standards set by the College of Midwivesof BC and the Ministry of Health Services, including criteria equiva-lent to a 4 year baccalaureate degree, national exams and frequent re-certification in obstetrical and neonatal emergency skills.4

Homebirth is a safe option for healthy women who experience un-complicated pregnancy and plan a homebirth with a registered mid-wife.5 If you are interested in planning a homebirth attended by aregistered midwife, you need to consider and discuss with your mid-wife your personal medical history, your health during your currentpregnancy and your birth preferences.

1 CMAJ • SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 • 181(6-7)2 www.cmbc.bc.ca/pdf.shtml?Registrants-Handbook-13-07-Handbook-for-Midwifery-Clients3 World Health Organisation (1986) “North American and European consulting groups:WHO report on health promotion and birth.” Geneva, WHO.4 http://www.midwifery.ubc.ca; http://cmrc-ccosf.ca5 CMAJ • SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 • 181(6-7); BIRTH 36:3 September 2009; CMAJ2002;166(3):315-23; BMJ 2005;330:1416 (18 June)

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Becoming Mommy!

Ask the Midwife: e-mail your [email protected]

Joanna Nemrava is a registered mid-wife and mother, providing completematernity and newborn care to womenand their families in Kamloops. Ques-tions about women’s health, preg-nancy, childbirth, breastfeeding,newborns, postpartum healing or yogaand other activities during the child-bearing years can be emailed. Yourquestion may be published in our nextissue of YogaTree! If your question isurgent or you need immediate medicalattention, please seek the advice ofyour current care provider.

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Many of us enter the month of January with a resolution or two pairedwith good intention to follow through on them! The key to being suc-cessful is to make realistic goals and to have a plan. High on the res-olution list is the desire to lose a few pounds (usually courtesy ofrecent holiday festivities) and while some may find it easy to losethem, it’s often a lot more challenging to keep them off. Dietary habitsare not a fad. They are a lifestyle. Here are some guidelines for adopt-ing healthy lifestyle habits.

1. Stay Hydrated - Sounds simple enough but is a struggle for many.Your body depends on water to carry vital substances and nutrientsto your cells and waste (toxins) away from your cells. Aim for about1.5L/day (more with increased activity). Be mindful that for everycup of coffee you consume, your body needs 2 cups of water to re-hydrate. Need help getting more water in? Try freezing little bits ofpeeled lemons, limes, and oranges and using them in place of icecubes for flavour and refreshment. Also, carry a water bottle with youat all times and when you have juice, dilute it with water first.

2. Hold the Sugar - On top of weakening your immune system, sugaris full of empty calories that result in empty energy. While sugar maygive you a brief ‘pick me up’, it will leave your body depleted andcraving more and more sugar to reach the next level of desired energy.As you can imagine, the more you consume, the greater the craving.Sugar is a by-product of carbohydrates, and white refined flour prod-ucts produce more sugar. Research has also shown that sugar cravingsincrease as sleep quality decreases. Getting adequate rest, avoidingrefined carbohydrates and using healthy alternatives such as honey,stevia, rice syrup, or agave nectar to curb the craving

3. Plan Ahead and Be Prepared - Meal planning can help reducethe temptation to grab quick, unhealthy convenient food when life

gets busy. Take the time to shop for and prepare your meals using nu-trient-rich foods. Seasonal vegetables, lean proteins, and fibre-richcarbohydrates help you stay fuller longer, maintain appropriate bloodsugar levels between meals, prolong physical endurance, and keepinsulin levels low to help you burn fat more efficiently. Ideally, youshould eat every 3-4 hours and never skip breakfast, as it will deter-mine your metabolic rate and blood sugar levels for the remainder ofthe day.

4. Keep Moving - No time like the present to get active!! This willnot only make you stronger, but will help reduce injuries in the futureand prevent illness. People with more lean muscle mass live longerso a combination of cardio for your heart and weight-training for yourmuscles is optimal. Colder temperatures and limited daylight make itchallenging to be outside and continue certain activities but also pro-vide a great opportunity to try something new. Grab a buddy and makean exercise date!

5. Health is a Product of YOU - There is much to learn, much to doand much to improve upon for all of us. Like a well-balanced meal,our emotional, mental and physical health contributes to our totalwellness. Learn a new language, cross off a destination on your travellist, or start a new hobby. A healthy mind is just as important as ahealthy body.

Start small with one or two changes and when successful with them,continue to add and grow. This will help root these changes as part ofyour daily routine to ensure permanent lifestyle changes. Soon, you’llbe well on your way to living your best life and being the best you.

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Raised in Kamloops, Melissa studied at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. She offersa variety of services and treatment options for her patients, including IV therapy, acupuncture,botanical medicine & nutrition. Contact melissa at: Kamloops Naturopathic Clinic 250-377-3077

Naturopathic

for a Healthy New Year!

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Midwinter blues? Post holiday blahs? First know that you are notalone. Second, there are lots of easy things you can do to lift yourspirits and bring some lightness into your life. Many folks feel theneed to cleanse their bodies at this time of year due to being indoorsmore, and perhaps eating lots of starch and fats, or too much alcohol,caffeine, refined foods, and sweets. There are as many ways to cleanseyour body as there are kinds of people, and we can customize our dietto suit our body type and lifestyle. Fasting is one popular way, but inmy opinion, it isn’t for everybody. Here are some suggestions I havefor “the cleansing diet”, or in other words, ways to cleanse while stilleating! You should find that your energy levels, skin, sleep, moods,hormone levels, mental health and overall wellbeing improve dramat-ically with these simple yet effective tips:

One essential principle for any kind of cleansing diet is to replace theprocessed, refined and chemically treated “dead” foods in our dietwith as many fresh, local, seasonal, organically grown, “live” foodsas possible. Start with reducing all animal products, since the nastychemicals they are fed or treated with are absorbed in their body fat,and then into ours. Grow organic wherever possible!

Anytime you feel the urge to cleanse, begin the day with a ‘shot’ ortwo of either organic lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. This helpsdigest fats and gives the entire digestive system a healthy and gentlejump-start to the day. For a more extensive cleanse, try the “MasterCleanser”: mix 2 tbsp. lemon juice with 1-2 tbsp. maple syrup, 1/10tsp cayenne in 8 ounces of good water, and drink throughout the day.

Eating only fruit until lunchtime is another easy thing to try, even ifonly for a week or two, and you should feel a difference in your en-ergy level as your digestive system gets a break.

Eat soups without cream, and drink broths many times a week for

easier digestion and high nutrition.

Include fermented foods in your diet on a daily basis: sauerkraut,kefir, kimchi, tempeh, yogurt, are some that are readily available oreasy to make at home.

Drinking 2 litres of good water a day is truly essential to good health– many compare it to putting oil in our vehicles, or air in our bicycletires. Dehydration can be the cause of so many dis-orders, includinglethargy, weight issues, inflammation and pain.

Herbal tea is also an excellent source of nutrition, while also helpingheal, tone or ‘exercise’ the organs of elimination (kidney, liver andlymphatic system). Try our Mighty Mineral Nerve Tonic tea, starringoatstraw, nettle, raspberry leaf and chamomile among others; or ourWhole Body Health Tea with red clover, echinacea, alfalfa, horsetailand licorice.

Tinctures are concentrated herbal extracts that are fast acting and con-venient. Our Liver Tonic, Digestive Tonic and Urinary/Kidney Tonicare all great additions to any cleanse. Use them for a month alongwith the above suggestions, and your body will thank you for it!

Remind yourself that getting out of the house for a walk, or any bodymovement class such as aerobics, yoga, Nia, bellydance, Feldenkrais.Doing this with a friend or making new ones (including yourself!) isalso key to feeling good in your body and your mind, and really helpsclean out those post-holiday, mid-winter cobwebs!

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Sanskrit is the ancient and beautiful language that gavebirth to the word Yoga. In the physical practices ofyoga, called Hatha Yoga, the Sanskrit word for postureis Asana. The literal meaning of Asana is seat, and somebelieve the original yogis of India developed Hatha Yogain order to be comfortable and stable enough in bodyand mind to sit in one position for long periods of med-itation. So Asana became associated with the range ofpostures being used to settle the body and mind into‘easy sitting pose’, Sukkhasana.

In modern times, Moshe Feldenkrais, the founder of theawareness through movement practice known as theFeldenkrais Method, turned his attention to human pos-ture and came up with the term ‘Acture’ to describe pos-ture in its dynamic form in action. Let’s bring the yogicconcept of Asana (seat) together with the Feldenkrais ex-perience of Acture (dynamic posture) to create a won-derful sense of relaxed and upright sitting.

Sit comfortably forward on a chair: feet apart and flat on ground,hands resting on legs and eyes closed. Sense your body in sitting.Note contact of sitting bones with ground. Do you sit evenly, or is

weight more on one buttock or the other? Breatheeasily. Imagine your spine: does your spine feelaligned and upright? Are your shoulders relaxed?Is your chest open?

Imagine sitting on the centre of a clock on the chairwith 6 o’clock behind the tailbone, 12 o’clock be-tween the legs, 3 o’clock by the right hip and 9 o’-clock by the left hip. For one minute, tilt the pelvismany times between 12 and 6, feeling the sitz bonesroll along the vertical face of your clock. Sense thespine gently flexing and extending with the pelvictilting. Note how you get taller when rolling to 12and shorter when rolling to 6. Rest in the centre.

Now roll your pelvis to 3 o’clock by shifting hipsto the right and leaning weight onto right sitz bone.Roll pelvis over centre and onto left sitz bone at 9o’clock. For one minute, roll pelvis side to sideacross horizontal face of clock. Rest in centre.

Move pelvis to 12 o’clock. Slowly roll in an arc to the right to 1, 2,3, 4, 5, stopping at 6 and reversing to return to the right from 6 back

Centering Asana with Feldenkrais

Please bring yoga

mat, blanket, snack

and water

Yoga in Aquarius

Tyson Bartel invites all past, present and future yoga

students to come out and celebrate his 40th birthday with a

1:00 - 5:00 pm St. Paul's Hall

Tyson 1-250-265-3827 or [email protected]

Free Yoga class

Saturday January 30, 2010

By Tyson Bartel

Yoga & Feldenkrais with Tyson

Feb 20 1-5pm * St Paul's Hall

$50 * First Time Half Price

Donations for Rental of St Paul's Welcome


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to 12. Stop at 12 and repeat for one minute the half circle to the rightfrom 12 to 6 and back to 12. Roll slowly and circularly, thinking ofeach number to help make the pelvic movement rounder andsmoother. Breathe easily.

Rest and notice how you sit now. A little lopsided? Do you sit moreclearly on the right side of pelvis? Does this half circle improve howyou sit on the right side?

Now repeat this process on the left side. For one minute roll the pelvisaround on the left sitz bone from 12 to 6 and back many times, makingit smoother, rounder and easier. Rest and notice if you sit more sym-metrically now. Is your pelvis sitting more centered?

For one minute roll pelvis around in slow clockwise circles on theseat. Think of each number to focus mind on the movements of body.Breathe easily. Then change the direction and circle the other wayfor one minute. On which number did you change direction? Keepchanging direction at a new number every few circles. Rest. Expe-rience how you sit on the chair now. Does your pelvis sit more clearlyin the centre of the clock? Is your spine more upright and aligned insitting now? Are shoulders more relaxed and chest more open? Doyou feel more centered in Asana? Do you breathe more easily? Youmay feel comfortable enough to sit still for a while and practice med-itation, just as the ancient yogis would have after practicing YogaAsana.

MEDITATION IN DAILY LIFE Mornings with Ajahn Sona

SUNDAYS 9:30 am – noon

JAN 31, FEB 28, MAR 28, APR 25, MAY 30

LET’S MOVE STUDIO - 925 McGill Place

The 2.5-hour session will consist of three parts:

9:30-10:15 am- meditation for those interested in deepening theirpractice of Buddhist meditation. Blankets, blosters and chairs willbe available.

10:15 am -Ajahn will offer a Dhamma talk, followed by Q & A

11 am- Casual pot-luck meal followed by an opportunity to chatwith Ajahn Sona about Buddhist practice and “life in general.”

Participants are welcome to come and go between sessions. For thepotluck please bring an ample dish for 6+, as we have the honor ofsharing the food with the monastics. Please bring your own plates,bowls and utensils. Buns, butter, and beverages will be provided.

The morning is sponsored by Birken Forest Monastery; there is nocharge. In the time-honoured spirit of Buddhist monasticism,“DANA” (donations freely offered) will be gratefully accepted.Cheques should be made to “Birken”.

For more information [email protected] or 250-314-9550

Ajahn Sona & the Birken Forest MonasteryAjahn Sona is the abbot of Birken Forest Monastery. He trained under Bhante Gu-naratana in West Virginia and in remote Thai monasteries associated with therenowned Ajahn Chah. He has been a Theravada Buddhist monk for 20 years andhas given talks and numerous retreats in Canada and abroad. Birken ForestMonastery, located south of Kamloops, is open for retreats and day- visits for mostof the year. You are welcome to visit our website: www.birken.ca [email protected]

Come and join Karen Shiels, formerly of Kamloops and teacherat Let’s Move Studio ~ now living in Loreto, Baja California whereshe just opened Loreto’s first yoga studio right on the water...

Classes are held every day as well as two classes a week righton the beach. 7 yoga classes and 3 meditation classes a week.

Loreto, Baja California Sur yoga....meditation...island touring…hiking…

cycling…kayaking…horsebackriding...walking meditations and more

Yoga in Baja

Alaska Air flys direct to Loreto so you can fly in on a Friday, stay for 10 days

and leave on a Sunday! Customize your own retreat…I can organize it allright to accomodations for you. For a one week retreat I will offer as many

yoga classes as you like and choice of 3 adventures with an extra one being

a drive to my favorite restaurant for a morning yoga class: world class co-conut encrusted fish and beach combing! From there we can hike thru shell

canyon ~ a truly unique experience. Price will vary depending on accommo-dations and tours but it is fairly inexpensive…

For more information email Karen: [email protected]

Yoga Classes, Thai Yoga Massage & Yoga Therapy Sessions

Tyson Bartel is native to Kamloops. He lives in the Kootenays, offers classes at theNakusp Collective for Movement & Wellness and visits Kamloops often to teach yogaworkshops and practice bodywork at the Body Mind Centre. [email protected]

WINTER RETREAT...




MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

9:00 - 10:30 am Yoga: All Levels

Elizabeth @ Let’s Move Studio

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Prenatal Yoga

Samantha @ The Mind-Body Connection

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Feldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement

Susinn @ TCC

10:00 - 11:30 am Gentle Hatha Yoga

Margaret @ The Mind Body Connection

11:00 am Ai Chi: Advanced classes

Alex @ Centennial Building Wellness Centre



12:05 - 12:55 pm Lunch Hour Yoga

Christine S. @ The Mind Body Connection

1:00 pm Ai Chi: Beginners

Audrey @ Centennial Building Wellness Centre

4:45 - 6:15 pm Hatha Yoga: Multi Level


4:55 - 5:55 pm American Tribal Style Bellydance: All levels

Lucille @ Let’s Move Studio

4:15-5:15 pm Pilates: Beginners Mat Class

Christine W. @ Body Control Pilates

5:00 - 6:30 pm Belly Dance: Beginners

Rosi @ Let’s Move Studio

5:00 - 6:30 pm Hatha Yoga: Beginner Oriented


5:30 pmWoga (water yoga)


6:45 - 7:45 pm Belly, Core & More: All levels

Tina @ Let’s Move Studio

5:30 – 6:40 pm Power Yoga

Amber @ St. Andrews on the Square

5:00 - 6:30 pm Yoga: All Levels


7:00 – 8:10 pm Power Yoga

Amber @ St. Andrews on the Square

6:00 – 7:00 pmBollywood Dance : All Levels

Bonnie @ Let’s Move Studio

5:30 - 6:30 pm Nia

Natasha @ St. Paul’s Hall

7:00 - 8:30pm Hatha Yoga: Mixed-Level

Samantha @ The Mind-Body Connection

7:00 - 8:30 pm Ashtanga Yoga: All Levels

Colleen @ St. Paul’s Hall

7:00 - 8:00 pm Feldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement

Susinn @ Nuance Studio

7:00 - 8:00 pm Feldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement


7:00 – 9:00 pmAnusara Yoga: by donation

Marcia @ Drake Medox

8:00 – 9:30pmTribal Fusion Bellydance : All Levels

Claire @ Let’s Move Studio

Nuance Dance Studio

253 Victoria St.2nd Floor

The Mind Body Connection253 Victoria Street(250) 374-2748

Tournament Capital Centre

(TCC) 910 McGill Road250-828-3500

Let’s Move Studio

925 McGill Place 250-372-9642www.letsmovestudio.com

Centennial Building

Wellness Centre

250-374-7383#103 - 153 Seymour St.www.cbwellnesscentre.com

St. Paul’s Church Hall

360 Nicola St.YM/YWCA: Downtown

400 Battle St.250-372-7725

St. Andrews on the Square

159 Seymour St.

www.yogawithamber.com

YOGA, DANCE & FITNESS CLASSES KAMLOOPS

Drake Medox Health

Solutions 164 Oriole RoadBody Control

Pilates Studio

#202-142 Victoria St.250-320-BODY (2639)www.pilateskamloops.com

KSOC: Kamloops Sport &Orthopedic Clinic200 -1201 Summit Dr


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THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

9:00 - 10:00 am Meditation: by donation


9:00 - 10:30 am Flow Yoga: All Levels

Natalie @ Let’s Move Studio

10:00 - 11:30 am Pranayama, Meditation &

Sun Salutation Variations Multi-level Hatha Yoga


9:00 - 10:00 amFeldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement


10:00 - 11:30 am Gentle Hatha Yoga


11:00 am - 12 noon Nia

Natasha @ The YM/YWCA

9:00 - 10:30 am Yoga: All Levels

Elizabeth @ Let’s Move Studio

10:30 - 11:30 am Nia

Natasha @ The YM/YWCA

11:30 am - 12:30 pmIntro to Pilates

Christine W @ Body Control Pilates

12:00 - 1:30 pm Yoga 50+




1:00 pm Ai Chi: Beginners


WORKSHOPS: Nia with Natasha

Jan 23 & Feb 6 & March 13 2:00 - 5:00 pmNatasha @ St. Paul’s Hall (see page 9 for details)


Elizabeth @ KSOC

7 - 9 pm Awakening the Em-path in you!

1st Friday of each month starts Feb. 5Audrey @ Centennial Building Wellness Centre

FREE WORKSHOP: Yoga in Aquarius

Celebrate Tyson’s 40th Birthday! Free Class.January 30, 2010 * 1-5pm * St Paul's Hall



7 - 9 pm ‘The Possible Human’ Gain balance, brain

development, the inner physician open creative doors

2nd Friday of each month starts Feb. 12Audrey @ Centennial Building Wellness Centre

WORKSHOP: February 6 1:00 - 4:00 pm Feldenkrais : All About Feet

Susinn @ Nuance Studio

5:00 - 6:30 pm Belly Dance: Advanced

Rosi @ Let’s Move Studio

7 - 9 pm Psych-K (tm)

3rd Friday of each month starts Jan 15

Erna @ Centennial Building Wellness Centre

WORKSHOP Yoga & Feldenkrais with Tyson

February 20 1-5pm * St Paul's Hall * First Time Half Price

5:30 pmWoga (water yoga)


7 - 9 pm ReStructuring the Self: Awakening

your Energies Every 4th Friday starts Jan.22Audrey @ Centennial Building Wellness Centre

WORKSHOP: February 27 1:00 - 4:00 pmRUNNING with the Whole Body

(Feldenkrais) Susinn @ Nuance Studio

6:45 – 7:45 pmFlow Yoga: All Levels

Natalie @ Let’s Move Studio

Friday Eve: 7 - 9pm Jan 29, & Days: 30 - 31

‘The Inner Skier’ Prepare to ski out of your mind!

Audrey @ Core Essentials & Harper Mt.

WORKSHOP: Divalicious

January 16 and February 13 6:00 -8:00 pm Lill @ Let’s Move Studio

Amber 250-318-5370 [email protected]

Audrey/Alex 250-374-7383 www.cbwellnesscentre.com

Christine S. 250-374-5421 [email protected]

Christine W. 250-320-2639 [email protected]

Claire 250-372-9642 [email protected]

Colleen 250-377-7203 [email protected]

Elizabeth 250-371-1938 [email protected]

Lucille 250 573 4766 [email protected]

Lill 250-320-8768 [email protected]

Marcia 250-314-9550 [email protected]

Margaret 250-374-2748 [email protected]

Natalie 250-574-3477 [email protected]

Natasha 250-374-5644 [email protected]

Rosi 250-372-9642 [email protected]

Samantha 250-318-2223 [email protected]

Susinn 250-572-1887 [email protected]

Tina 250-819-7714 [email protected]

Tyson 1-250-265-3827 [email protected]

YOGA, DANCE & FITNESS CLASSESKAMLOOPS




Acupuncture is known to treat specific diseases and disharmonies byunblocking stagnation in the organs and energy meridians. Yoga is aform of exercise that prevents disease by keeping the meridians openand the qi (energy) flowing.

The basis of maintaining health and healing disease is inthe release of musculo-skeletal holding patterns that arerelated to internal physical, mental and emo-tional imbalances.

There are many different Yogapostures that are able to invigoratecertain meridians. Backbends forexample, can energize the yang as-pect of the body, and generate heatand energy, while forward bendsemphasize the yin or cooling, andcalming aspects. When you feelsluggish or cold, backbends willgive you energy by stimulating thekidneys.

For people with insomnia or toomuch energy, forward bends aremore suitable because they have asoothing and calming effect, which emphasizes the yin aspects of thebody. Right side body openers and all twisting movements benefit theliver and gallbladder, while left side bends invigorate the spleen andpancreas.

Acupuncture (and massage) and yoga are complimentary to eachother as is reflected in their common goal of releasing energy block-ages in the meridian systems, their related organs and in the blood.While yoga provides the format to release the blockage, acupunctureand meridian theory provide a framework to understand which posesare best for a particular condition.

Yoga and acupuncture both help to balance the body and mind andcreate more conscious awareness towards the body’s internalprocesses. Poses that you may dislike to do are often the best ones

for you. Areas of weakness or decreasedflexibility can be places of stagnation in theacupuncture meridians. These places are themost in need of your attention and offergreat rewards upon investigation. For ex-ample, individuals with digestive problemswill almost always have weak abdominalmuscles. Thus, performing postures thatemphasize the belly will move blocked en-ergy, as well as strengthen the abdominalmuscles to help alleviate imbalances.

Similarly headaches can indicate stagnationin the meridians of the muscles in the neckand shoulders. They can be alleviated byyoga because postures will help circulatestuck energy throughout the whole bodyand meridian systems.

There is a saying in Chinese Medicine thatis often proven at the end of every yogaclass, “When the mind is calm the qi flows

smoothly, and conversely when the qi is made to flow smoothly themind is calm”. Isn’t this why we practice yoga?

Empowering your health is an exciting journey into your true poten-tial. As the ancient Sage Lao Tzu, said: “A journey of a thousand milesbegins with the first step.”

Vital Point Acupuncture wishes you an abundance of health, happiness and balancefor 2010. Jennifer Larsen is a Registered Acupuncturist. The intent of her work is toprovide natural, safe and effective treatments while empowering patients to take controlof their own health and well being. 250-376-3070 www.vitalpoint.ca

YogaAcupuncture &

How Yoga and the Acupuncture Meridian Systems Work Together

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Blood is essential for carrying oxygen and nutrients in the body andfor removing carbon dioxide and waste. When blood cells are dam-aged or compromised, the body cannot function properly, resulting insickness and disease. Since blood simultaneously “feeds” and“cleanses”, it contains many good/bad substances, “critters”, and cellsthat can tell us what is happening. We can show you up to 27 different‘conditions’ in just two small drops of blood! This takes a lot of theguesswork out of what you need to do, where you need to start, andthe sequence you have to do it in!

Using up to 20,000 X magnification, we examine two small drops ofblood from the client’s finger. You will see these “live” on a highdefinition monitor!

In the live drop you will see many thousands of living red cells, whitecells, platelets, and other life forms such as parasites and candida, aswell as arterial plaque, and other debris which tells us part of what isgoing on in the body.

The second dry drop is taken off the finger, in layers, and is allowedto dry. The metabolic waste from various conditions causes it to dryin significant patterns in each layer, revealing which systems or or-gans are not working optimally.

In summation, Photocomparative Live and Dry Blood Analysis canreveal problems, which otherwise might not be discovered for years.This allows the client more lead time, enabling simpler, less expensiveand less invasive remedies to be successful.

If a serious medical condition is revealed, we will ask you to see yourphysician, otherwise, we may suggest a corrective nutritional programusing herbal cleanses and supplements, which allow the body to healitself.

If there is one piece of advice I can give you, it is to be patient. Your

body didn’t get where it is overnight. It will not improve overnighteither. Tackle one problem at a time. Once you have taken care of thefirst problem on your list, move on to subsequent ones. There is a def-inite protocol in cleansing that must be followed in order to be suc-cessful!

Follow-up is essential in all things to ensure success! To ensure thatthe supplements/cleanses you have taken are having the desired re-sults, do Follow-ups! Once all of your problems have been resolved,ongoing annual or semi-annual microscopic sessions will enable youto stay on top of things.

~George Cheyne

George Cheyne has dedicated his life to health care, starting manyyears ago as a registered laboratory technologist and registered radi-ological technician, supervisor, and consultant. He then moved on tohospital administration, and for the last 10 years has dedicated himselfto the alternative health care field. He is a qualified instructor inPhoto-comparative Live and Dry Blood analysis, and is certified in“Body Management”. Mr. Cheyne operates out of his clinic in SalmonArm, and provides services to over 16 health food stores all over theprovince, including Natures Fare in Kamloops.

Cheyne Health also provides a therapeutic technique called BodyManagement to ensure that your skeletal system, digestive tract andother systems are aligned and functioning properly. This allows allherbal cleanses/therapies to be more effective, and may be suggestedduring the blood analysis. The repertoire is rounded out by BloodTyping, and various herbal therapies/cleanses available only at theclinic at 5182 Pierre’s Point Road in Salmon Arm.

Call 1-250-804-4776 for more information. See attached advertisement.

Reiki and Personal DevelopmentProject Management, Program development and coordination, Group and

Workshop facilitation, and Community Mobilization and Capacity Building

Kim Jensen: Innovative Changes

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email: [email protected] www.innovativechanges.com

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Balance & Tranquility: Mobile SpaJody Rosner

250-572-0856

massage, manicures, pedicures & more

BODY: HEALTHYRegistered Massage Therapy

Wendy McLean BA, RMT

778-220-2225

BODY: HEALTHYREGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPY

WENDY McLEAN B.A., R.M.T.

In the kamloops naturopathic clinic

100 - 1315 Summit dr., KAMLOOPS, BC V2C 5R9

778-220-2225

MASSAGE THERAPY: REGISTERED

LIFE COACHING

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION

ROLFING: CERTIFIED

HEALTH FOOD STORES

ACUPUNCTURE

HEALING & BODYWORK

Lynne Kraushar: Certified Rolfing#6-231 Victoria St.

250-851-8675

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Relax - Release Stress - Reduce Pain - Receive Pleasure

Fully-clothed acupressure massage 'Yoga for Lazy People'

Kamloops Sessions

[email protected] 1-250-265-3827

Tamara DuncanRolf Method of Structural Integration

250-819-9300

www.rolfguild.org

Dr. Melissa Bradwell, NDKamloops Naturopathic Clinic

Full Naturopathic services, Acupuncture and

IV Therapy. (250) 377-3077

Cara Beckett/Carajaz CoachingWhat's been holding you back from the

greater success you deserve and desire?

250-554-7902 [email protected]

Integrated Healthy Living Lynn AylwardBreath Integration, Counselling, Bodywork250-319-7364

[email protected]

Thai Massage, Feldenkrais & Yoga with Tyson

NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS

Nature’s Fare MarketsLive Well. Live Organic.

#5 - 1350 Summit Drive

250-314-9560

Vital Point Acupuncture Jennifer Larsen, R.Ac.

#102-1120 8th Street 250-376-3070

www.vitalpoint.ca

Body Talk Terez Laforge 778-471-5598

Reflexology, Meditataion, Crystal Bowls

[email protected] www.terezlaforge.com

Healing Hands Holistic CentreReiki, Reconnective Healing, Reflexology,

Indian Head Massage.

Elaine Nolan: Energy Healing Practitioner 250-682-2816 421 Tranquille Road

Certified Heal Your Life® Facilitator Colleen Nielsen 250-319-1880

[email protected]

www.leadingedgewellness.com

Let me help you find your solution

Susan Chambers: Certified Life Coach

Practitioner 250-392-3850

[email protected]

Centennial Building Wellness CentreInfrared Sauna, saltwater pool, memberships

#103-153 Seymour St. 250-374-7383

www.cbwellnesscentre.com

The BodyMind Connection - Awakening the

Consciousness Within! 1-250-532-9638

www.bodymindconnection.ca

[email protected]

emergingawareness.blogspot.com

Sagesong HealingLeanne Fisher, BSc. IEHP

Integrative Energy Healing Practitioner

250-320-3695

[email protected]

Musings and Mud - The Coaching StudioJanet L. Whitehead

[email protected]

www.musingsandmud.com

250 376-8402

Within Dlynn Healing ArtsDonnalynn Oritz

Certified Reflexologist, Reiki Practitioner III

250-852-0693

[email protected]

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YOGA

Bikram Yoga The Hottest Yoga in Kamloops!

250.819.yoga(9642) 340 Victoria St.


South Okanagan Yoga Academy (SOYA)Teacher Training Intensives 200 & 500 hr

250-492-2587

www.soyayoga.com

Donna Martin: Psoma Yoga253 Victoria St. Kamloops

250-374-2514

[email protected]

Let’s Move Yoga and Dance Studiowww.letsmovestudio.com

250-372-YOGA

Innergy Corporate Yoga Inc.Lynn Roberts Director of Operations

Phone/Fax (Toll-Free): 1.888.457.3543

Phone (Kamloops): 250.572.4162

[email protected]

www.innergycorporateyoga.com

Live Love Laugh

Mary Dunsdon

425 Dairy Road

Kamloops B.C.

250-579-8011

[email protected]

Wellness ClinicInfrared Sauna - Nutritional Counselling - Life Coaching

To welcome in the New Year, one should give consideration to cleansing outlast year’s toxins: emotional, mental and spiritual blocks and also an internalcleansing, allowing more self awareness and empowerment. Australian BushHealing Flower Essences and Theraputic Essential oils wisely used haveamazing powers to correct any imbalances trapped in the subconcious andallow us to make better choises for wellbeing in the future.

North Americans tend to overlook internal cleansing, especially the colon.(All disease starts in the colon!) The history of enemas dates as far back as1500BC. Enemas are used to (partially) remove faeces from the rectum, sig-moid and to some extent from the descending colon. They help discharge par-asites and get rid of drug residue. Skin conditions can sometimes be betteredafter a series of enemas. People with headaches and migraines may also ben-efit. As the body detoxifies, the patient may feel relief from depression andfeel more relaxed. Allergy related symptoms may disappear and pain maysubside. For more information on any of these topics contact Mary Dunsdonof the Live, Love, Laugh Wellness Clinic 250-579-8011

[email protected]

Warm water (88 – 93 deg. F) has the unique ability to release tension andallow a range of stretching exercises that cannot be found in land based yoga.Over time practicing these poses in the water will lead to greater strength andstability. In addition, you will enjoy unique forms of water pranayama andmeditations. For people who have a fear of water, Woga can be a transfor-mational practice. By eliminating the fear, one strengthens and improvesone’s health. Also, the buoancy of water enhances Hatha yoga exercises andbreath.

The benefits for rejuvenation of mind and body are unlimited. The mind can-not function when the body is suffering from physical diseases and the bodyis not normal when there are mental diseases – Yoga psychology recognizesthe importance of both.The therapeutic benefits of water and yoga are joinedin the practice of Woga. Come experience it for yourself at the CentennialBuilding Wellness Centre. For more info contact:

Alex MacDonald and Audrey Meuse cbwellnesscentre.com 250 374 7383

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On Sunday 29 November 2009, Kamloop's Bikram Yoga InstructorRyan Federau participated, and placed FIRST in the Mens Divisionof The Western Canada Regional Hatha Yoga Competition - TheGhosh Cup. Mr. Ferderau will represent Western Canada in the In-ternational Competition in Los Angeles onFebruary 14, 2010.

The Ghosh Cup or International Yoga Competition, follows a strictstructure and guidelines. Rules and regulations, unbiased trainedjudges, and full disclosure of all aspects of judging are demanded.For several years, the Competition founders have been seeking recog-nition of this competition by the International Olympic committee -to the end of including this ‘yoga sport’ into the 2012 Olympics - aswith gymnastics or figure skating.

In this case, the idea of competition has the end of demonstrating thegrace, poise, balance, concentration and perfection of the human bodyand mind. To demonstrate this, competitors perform 5 mandatoryAsanas (or poses, or postures): Standing Head to Knee Posture, Stand-ing Bow Pulling Posture, Bow Posture, Rabbit Posture, and StretchingPosture. In addition, to demonstrate personal proficiency withstrength, flexibility and balance, two optional postures are performed.

While the idea of a ‘Yoga Competition’ may seem strange or inap-propriate to the western mindset of Yoga (i.e., "Hatha Yoga"), thepractice of competition in India has been an essential component oftraining in yoga for millennia. The idea of competition, for many, im-plies a sense of "I win, you lose", or "I am better than you" - this doesnot touch the traditional sense of competition in India where the goalis to demonstrate the potential of the human being. When we considerthe principles of democracy ("from the best of the people"), compe-tition is seen to be an essential aspect of democracy.

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Many of us sit at our desk at work for long periods of time, day afterday. We don’t always observe good posture, we breathe shallowly,and we don’t get up and move around enough. This leads to stress,which results in less energy and more illness and disease. It doesn’thave to be this way! Here are 5 things that you can do at your work-place TODAY to reduce stress and increase your energy level andoverall wellbeing.

Sit up straight – Mom knew what she was talking about when shetold us this. Sit with your feet flat on the floor, legs bent to 90 degrees,abdominal muscles engaged, chest lifted, and shoulders relaxed.

Strengthen your abdominal muscles – the ONLY reason we sufferfrom back pain is weak abdominal muscles. When our abdominalsare not strong enough, our back muscles have to compensate, whichis not what they are designed for. Strengthen your abs by enrollingin a good Pilates or yoga program and watch your back pain slowlydisappear.

Drink lots of water – aim for at least 6-8 cups per day. Think wateris boring? Add a slice of fresh lemon to your glass, or try somethingdifferent like thinly sliced cucumber and fresh mint in your cup.Avoid juice and pop – they spike your blood sugar and leave you hun-gry and tired.

Eat properly – you will have more energy at work if you eat plentyof vegetables, fruit, lean protein and healthy fats (like avocado or ahandful of nuts), and avoid (or at least reduce) your intake of sugar,caffeine and empty calorie foods like chips or cookies.

Stretch and move your body – your body was not designed to sitfor eight hours at a desk. Get up, move around, deepen your breath-ing, and stretch, especially your neck, shoulders, back and legs. Anddon’t forget to stretch your feet too. Try the exercise below right now.It takes just two minutes and you will instantly have more ‘Innergy’.Innergy is a word that we invented to describe the ‘prana’, or internalenergy field, that we all have within us. Innergy’s yoga and pilatesclasses give you more energy and reduce workplace stress.

Innergy Corporate Yoga Inc.Phone/Fax (Toll-Free): 1.888.457.3543

Phone (Kamloops): 250.572.4162

[email protected]

www.innergycorporateyoga.com

Sean White / Mira Singh#13 - 1445 McGill Road

Kamloops, BC, V2C 6K7

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January’s Healthy

Workplace Pose

BENEFITSStretches tired calf muscles, increases

blood circulation in legs, lengthens leg

muscles, reduces overall stress and

more.

INSTRUCTIONSStep 1: Stand at a wall with both feet and

place your hands on the wall at shoulder

height, fingers spread. Take a big step

back with one leg and place that foot on

the ground, toes pointed forward on both

feet.

Step 2: Press down gently through your

back heel. Breathe deeply and slowly.

Pull your abdominal muscles in and tuck

your tailbone under slightly to lengthen

your lower back. Your front leg should be

bent at the wall. Relax your neck and

shoulders.

Step 3: Stay here for at least 3-5 breaths,

then switch and go to the other side.

Calf Stretch

Innergy Corporate Yoga Inc. Innergize Your Workplace! 250.572.4162 or 1.888.457.3543www.innergycorporateyoga.com To book your trial workplace yoga or pilates class in Kamloops, contact us today. Lynn Roberts is a yoga teacher and the Director of Operations atInnergy Corporate Yoga. She trained in Vancouver, and now lives in Kamloops with her husbandand two young children.

Workplace YogaBy Lynn Roberts




Mystic Dreams 419 Tranquille near Cowboy Coffee 250-554-8770

Drop by the store or check the website fora new calendar of events every month!

www.mysticdreams.ca

Workshop Schedule

www.mysticdreams.ca

Mondays Emotional Freedom Technique with Cara 11am-4pm pm $20 - 20 mins

TuesdaysMuscle Testings & Iridology with Angelia 12-4 $20 - 20 mins*Jan 19: Clothing Swap for the Women’s Shelter 7-9pm

WednesdaysKamloops Gift Smith

ThursdaysTouch for Health with Lee 11-4 pm by donation

FridaysTarot with Miles 11am-4pm $20 - 20 mins

SaturdaysMassage with Sara: 12-5pm BY DONATION *Tarot & Palmistry JAN 23 12-5pm $20 - 20 mins

Potluck and movie night 6 - 9:00 pmfirst Saturday of every month!

Please Pre-register for all workshops. A minimum donation of $5is required unless otherwise stated. Thank You.

WelcomeOm!

Arwen’s Apparelnow available at Mystic Dreams

New Dancer Belts, Pixie Coats and Vests!

Big Peace

Springs of retreat,an annual Way Home-where we can have True Peace.A circle, a time,where freedom sits,contemplating theScience of Spirituality.Here, Unity finds herselfupon a mountain top-reflecting uponall the dreams spoken in circle.

2 x 2

Lady Hawk's cry,signals her mate,to witness early morningsplendor and wonder.The two fly in Unison,He closest to Father Sky;She lower, more vocal,nearer to The Mother.This majestic pair,travel as an efficient team;balanced,supported,The Watchers of the Winged Nation.

Breakthrough

"It can be done,look within your heart,"he said.Open this gateand allow it to radiate,to expand on fiery levels.This is the time,where triumph prevails,trials are passed,and all has been measured,each task put forth.Here in this place you stand Victorious.Oh Singer of morning songs,caller and whistler of Winged One,I am replying this day.Take this handand lead this Flightless Bird,to new levels,so soaring is no longer,an experience in solitude.

Carolyn Hines (Whiteshawl)Artist, Singer, Musician & Medicine-Woman.May We all Walk In Beauty.

POETRYBy Carolyn Hines

Yoga

Kamloops Anusara KulaThe Anusara community inKamloops is growing! Jointhe e-mail list Marcia [email protected]

Meditation

Crystal Bowl MeditationFriday evenings closets tothe Full and New Moon 125 Bestwick 778-471-5598 Terez for info

Community

Ordinary MiracleA Sunday service for allJan 3 & 17th, Feb 7& 2110:00 am 250-554-6707204-535 Tranquille

Centre for Spiritual Living

Sharing tools that transformlives and make the world abetter place. Sundays: Heal-ing Meditation 10am Cele-bration of Life 10:30amWednesday's: MeditativeExperience @ 7pm

Earthcare KamloopsVegetarian Potluck. LastSunday of the month.Doors: 5:30 dinner: 6pm.Church of Nazarene, 702Columbia. Please bring: AVegetarian/Vegan dish for8, eggs and dairy ok,Recipe/ list of ingredients ismandatory, Your owndishes. Suggested $2 dona-tion. Earthcare Kamloops isa non-profit group of caringcitizens who promote aplant-based diet, and sup-port sustainable, local farm-ing practices. Erin [email protected]

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COLLEEN Ashtanga YogaMondays 7 - 8:30pm

Jan 11 - March 29 & April 12 - June 21

FeldenkraisWednesdays 7 - 8:00 pmJan 13 - March 17 & March 24 - June 9

Thursdays 9 - 10:00am

Jan 14 - March 18 & March 25 - June 10

Shamanic Spirit & Attunement FI: Functional Integration Reflexology & Massage Journey Process Ear Candling

Classes are open for drop in

@ St.Paul’s Cathedral

360 Nicola St.

Colleen 250-377-7203

Movement Classes with

If I could be granted one wish that would makethis world a better place, the change I would seeis a world filled with more compassion. Althoughno one has the power individually to grant me thiswish, I know that I have some personal power toeffect that change if I remember the axiom, “be thechange that you wish to see in the world”.

So how do I manifest compassion in my life, andhow does the quality of compassion link to music?Music, and specifically singing, is a vehicle to ex-press compassion, because it can help releaseblocked emotions and connect with others throughfeelings.

The writer and theologian Henri Nouwen oncestated that “the compassionate person is a dis-placed person”. What is a displaced person? Ifwe think of the opposite as being a complacentperson, this describes someone who is comfort-able, stable, on smooth and predictable ground, incontrol, satisfied, or full. Don’t we all really wantto be complacent? How is being displaced usefulin helping another?

We can become displaced by such event as mov-ing, getting married, the death of a loved one, sus-taining an injury, or even something positive like

going on a vacation or starting a diet. Any eventthat interrupts our normal routine or perspectiveon life is a way of becoming displaced. The com-mon element in each of these changes is an endingof something familiar. When something ends wecan choose to take the healthy approach to ac-knowledge it and work through our feelings. Attimes this can be easier said than done.

The compassionate person knows all those feel-ings, and has dealt with them, and will deal withthem again if they arise. People need to experi-ence hope in the midst of crisis, and what betterproof of reason to hope than through the help of-fered by one who knows our feelings by heart,who has experienced our grief, loss, and hurt. Weneed to know that someone understands our suf-fering and that we are not alone. Sometimes wecan’t express compassion for others, because weneed to take care of the details of our living, andsometimes we just can’t act on an urge to help be-cause we need to look after ourselves. In order tohave compassion for others, we need to have com-passion for ourselves.

This is where music can come in because it is away of expressing emotions. As a child I used tobe soothed singing songs with words that helped

me work through my feelings such as “SomewhereOver the Rainbow” or “Bridge Over TroubledWaters.” When I’m listening to music, a phraseor song sung with an emotion that is exactly whatI am feeling may be just the right one to help re-lease a blocked deep feeling.

Singing to an audience is a way of expressingcompassion that can heal the performer as well asthe audience. At the same time singers can behealed by the love of an audience, they can healtheir audience by touching their hearts and helpingthem to feel.

It has been said by someone wise, “that which ismost personal, is most universal.” For me it is thearts, particularly music, that has the most profoundhealing effects on our lives because when it is per-formed with love it has the ability to touch us atour deepest levels, to transport us beyond the mun-dane, and to connect us to one another in ways be-yond what we experience in our day to day living.In short, music and compassion have the power torenew and transform our view of our world.

Transforming our World Through Music & Compassion

Theresa Takacs has her associate diploma with the Royal

Conservatory of Music in performance in singing and is a music

teacher, leader of song and soloist for Sunday worship and wed-

dings/funerals, singing in and directing of choirs.

250 682 3232 [email protected] www.theresatakacs.com

By Theresa Takacs



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The practice of yoga, particularly hatha yoga, provides fertile groundfor the exploration of who you are. In the practice of self study ofhow you do what you do, why you experience what you experience,and even how you observe what you do and experience, arises anawareness of the self that is the doer, the habits and ideas that createyour experience, and the witness itself.

My first significant yoga teacher, Rama Jyoti Vernon, says that topractice yoga is to go into those subconscious and unknown parts ofourselves so as to learn to allow the buddha mind to be the driver ofour chariot, rather than the ego/ahamkara. This is the path of libera-tion… becoming free from that which binds us. The path of yoga, ofasana - the unfoldment of who we are - this is the journey, not thegoal. As Rilke said “wherever we are folded, there we are a lie”. Allof yoga is to bring us on this journey, where the journey is the desti-nation. It is about awakening to who we really are.

Here is one way that the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali may be understoodand expressed in your asana practice...

Patanjali: I.1. atha yoga anusasanam:

In the present moment – now (atha) - yoga (One-ness, union) flowsforward (anu – to flow or to follow along) as we reverently (nam)pierce the veil and see truth/essence (sasa – scripture/ weapon). The

breath itself comes from emptiness into form and from form back toemptiness. Everything is energy - the breath, the body, and the space.This is Oneness. Rama says that yoga is the “remembrance of the one-ness we already are”. I call this approach to yoga as RememberingWholeness, so that “psoma yoga”comes from the psy = mind andspirit; soma = body.

Patanjali I.2. yogas citta vritti nirodhah:

We experience this One-ness when we let the thoughts arise and sub-side, when we quietly notice even the way we observe and just noticeit All. Citta or heart/mind is comprised of four parts: conscious/sen-sory awareness, overmind or bodhi mind, ahamkara or ego (aham isthe mantra of the first breath we take, such that “I am” kara = to do),subconscious mind, and the collective unconscious or akashic field.Vritti are the waves of the mind. Nirodhah – ni is to negate. Rodhahis the storms of the mind, so that the connotation of nirodhah is likethe embankment around a fire to keep it from going out of control.This is the containment of the storms of the mind and the stilling orcalming of the mind but not the stopping of mind activities. We feelthe waves but they do not knock us over.

Vri (vritti) means to arise… that which arises – thoughts. In yoga wewant to unravel the thoughts and feelings that become the storms ofthe mind so we can learn to center ourselves in remembering whole-ness, and cultivate the inner peace that leads to outer peace. Patanjalisaid that the invisible must become visible before it can change. Ramasays that all of yoga is to reach in and bring what is invisible intoawareness where it can be seen and transformed and released. Theseimpressions accumulate in the body.

Patanjali I.3. tada drastuh svarupe vasthanam:

Then, in that place to which the thoughts subside, where the observerresides, in that place of pure awareness, exists the true self.

Patanjali I.4. vritti sarupyam itaratra:

Otherwise, the experiencer splits off from the self and creates falseidentities, whose distorted understandings are mistaken for the whole.

Patanjali(1)By Donna Martin

Part One: Saturday, Jan 23

Noon to 5:30 Intro to Psoma Yoga

To register contact: Donna Martin 253 Victoria St. Kamloops 250-374-2514 [email protected]

with Donna Martin

Part Two: Sunday, Jan 24

Noon to 4:30 Psoma Yoga Therapy

$150 for both days

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Patanjali I.5. vrttayah pancatayyah klista klistah:

There are five modes in which the mind fragments to create this sep-aration from wholeness - which may or may not be experienced aspainful.

Patanjali I.6. pramana viparyaya vikalpa nidra smrtayah:

These arei) beliefs based on consensus reality;ii) beliefs based on inaccurate assumptions;iii) imagination;iv) dullness or sleep; andv) memory (past projections).

Patanjali I.15. drsta nusravika visaya vitrsnasya vasikara samjna

vairagyam:

Experience unaffected by such limited modes of awareness occurswhen consciousness can turn and look back at the source of desirerather than outward to the desired thing.

Patanjali I.16. tat param purusakhyater guna vaitrsnyam:

This turning back does not involve the kind of self-discipline that cre-ates suppression or self-sacrifice or blind faith; rather it is the discov-ery of That Essence which precedes and transcends desires andcravings. Who is it that desires that? The quest turns inward insteadof outward. Desire turns in upon itself. Consciousness comes home.

Thus, the practice becomes one of self-searching, self-discovery, andself-awareness. Any experience becomes an opportunity to recognizethe identities, the habitual attitudes and patterns that have been createdin response to Life, and to seek the self beyond these identities. Whois the self practicing yoga? Who decides what to do? Who does it?Who experiences the results? Who analyzes or judges it? Who resistsit?

The asana practice becomes a doorway to the self, not because it im-proves or perfects anything, but rather because it evokes the experi-ences and the mindfulness that permit the self to be revealed as italready is: perfect, unchangeable, omnipresent, whole and holy.

In this practice of yoga there is nothing to be healed except the mis-conception that we are not whole. There is nothing to be reunited withbut the realization of One-ness. This yoga is a practice of remember-ing wholeness.

This approach to asana practice recognizes that since everything isenergy, there exist in the asana both qualities of particle (stability,containment, stillness) and wave (flow, flexibility, movement).

Patanjali II.46. sthira sukham asanam:

The postures of the body and the attitudes of mind have qualities ofboth flow and containment, movement and stillness, flexibility andstability in balance.

Patanjali II.47. prayatna saithilya nanta samapattibhyam:

This kind of balance cannot be experienced through efforting, whichis an ego-driven expression of desire and resistance (resistance towhat is and desire for something else) but rather through a continualawareness of what is infinite: the all-pervading Essence of everything- form, formless, movement, sound, thought - the many aspects of en-ergy.

Patanjali II.48. tato dvandva nabhighatah:

In this place of awareness in the practice, we move beyond the illusionof duality, separateness, either/or experiences: right/ wrong, good/bad,pain/pleasure, correct/incorrect, success/ failure, as these interpreta-tions no longer have any real validity.

Patanjali IV.34. purusartha sunyanam gnanam prati prasavah

kaivalyam svarupa pratistha va citisakttir iti:

Practicing yoga and meditation in this way is not based on goal seek-ing, nor is it motivated by a need to change or improve anything.There is a return to the Source of our created responses to Life, whichin turn permits a kind of freedom, or creative independence. Con-sciousness, pure Being-ness, which is the essence of who we are, isrevealed.

In Psoma Yoga, asanas are presented in a way that invites this kindof self-discovery, where the self can reveal itself, not through effortor striving, but simply by being mindful in a certain way as you prac-tice. There is as much emphasis on being as doing.

There are no correct/incorrect versions - only experiences andchoices. The practice of Psoma Yoga is designed to take your attentioninward, rather than the usual focus outward.

Let the asanas be doorways to your personal experience, which, inturn, invite you to a deeper sense of self – of Being and personhood.The practice is one of coming home. Namaste!

1: Interpreted by Donna Martin, www.donnamartin.net [email protected]

Join Donna at her workshop in Kamloops Jan 23-24, 2010 Call: 250-374-2514

American Tribal Bellydancewith Lucille

Women Playing Together!

Learn the basics of AmericanTribal Bellydance

PostureTechniqueMuscle ConditioningStretchingExploring the Music

More than just dancing!

Beginners Monday 4:55 - 5:55 pm

Let’s Move Studio926 McGill [email protected]




Lavender essential oil is one of the most commonly used oils

for aromatherapy, home health and natural medicine.

A universal essential oil, lavender has many benefits.

Most essential oils need diluting in carrier oil (e.g. grapeseed or sweetalmond oil, etc.) before use, but lavender is exceptional because it’sso gentle you can use it straight in many instances. A drop on the cush-ion pad of a band-aid, for example, can speed up the healing process

and protect the skin from infection. A drop on your pillow, or a fewdrops in a bath, at night-time can aid sleep and, if you get nervous oranxious, you can put a drop on a cotton wool pad and sniff it through-out the day to calm frazzled nerves.

By itself lavender’s distinctive but light floral aroma has a calmingeffect on the mind and the oil is helpful for its ability to bring bothmind and body back into a state of balance so that healing can takeplace. You can use it in a massage blend or in the bath. Lavender isalso good for muscular pain whether caused by tension, exercise orarthritis. Massaged gently into the lower abdomen, lavender will alsohelp relieve menstrual pain. Lavender’s gentle nature makes it idealfor children over the age of 2 years. Lavender is useful for soothingtemper tantrums and upsets.

Gentle Cleansing Body Scrub

This extra gentle cleansing bodyscrub will leave your skin feelingsilky and smooth.

1 tablespoon wheat germ

1 tablespoon oatbran

2 tablespoons almond oil

3 drops Orange essential oil

3 drops of L avender essential oil

Mix the wheat germ and oatbran together then add the almond oil andmix to form a paste. Add the Orange essential oil and mix again.Massage this delightful cleansing paste all over your skin then rinseoff with water.

Invigorating Lemongrass Bodyscrub

Feel alert with this wonderful enlivening lemongrass bodyscrub.Sugar is an excellent ingredient to use for bodyscrubs and is very re-viving to tired skins. Think of the health benefits of putting sugar onyour body instead of into your body!

4 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons sweet almond

10 drops Lemongrass essential oil

5 drops Geranium essential oil

5 drops Fennel essential oil

Mix all of the above ingredients together and store in a jar keeping itclose to the shower or bath. Massage this delightful cleansing pasteall over your skin once it has been warmed up by the shower or bath- it feels absolutely wonderful! Then rinse off with water. Usuallyonce or twice a week will be enough.

Respect the oils, keep out of the reach of children, keep away from heat and sunlightand less is more. Any questions consult a certified aromatherapist.Ellen Hugget [email protected] www.globalgoddess.ca

B y Ellen Huggett

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Part of plant used: Flowers

Origin: Common in the Midi region of France and Italy. Grows naturally onhigh plateaus. Solitary plants, rich in minerals. English Lavender is not asstrong as alpine as it is spoilt by pesticides so the natural balance of the soilhas been affected.

Description: Floral, light and clear with woody undertones.

History: Lavender is probably the most popular of Aromatherapy oils and hasbeen used for centuries as an antiseptic and insecticide.

Essential Oil Botanicals: Lavender essential oil is made by steam distillationusing only the flowers of the lavender plant. Lavandula officinalis makes amore complex and desired essential oil, but is more expensive because of thedifficulty in creating it. Lavandula angustifolia is easier to grow, but the es-sential oil derived from that variety is slightly more limited in its uses.

Traditional Use: Used in pharmaceutical antiseptic, ointments, burn salves,and as a fragrance. Extensively employed in all types of soaps, lotions, per-fumes, etc.

Scent: Lavender essential oil has a sweet, floral scent.

Color and Body Grade: A clear essential oil, Lavender is generally considereda middle note oil, but can be used as either a base or top note depending onwhat other essential oils you combine it with.

Of Interest: The name “lavender” is derived from the Latin lavare, meaning,“to wash”. Known as one of the seven polyvalents (effective against many tox-ins), which are applicable to many ailments. Greeks and Romans perfumedtheir bathwater with lavender, burned lavender incense to appease their wrath-ful gods, and believed the scent of lavender to be soothing to untamed lionsand tigers.

Safety Data: Non-toxic, non-irritant, and non-sensitizing.

Lavender Profile

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Get in shape!

Have fun! Modern and Traditional stylebellydance as well as Tribal

Fusion elements

Conditioning and strengthening exercisesIsolations, Technique, Layering moves,

Choreography

Tuesdays, 12-1:30 All LevelsWednesdays, 5 - 6:30 pm BeginnersThursdays, 5 - 6:30 pm Advanced

Let’s Move Yoga & Dance Studio925 McGill Place

@ Sunmore Spa

250-372-9642cell 250-318-5445

Leave the class refreshed, joyfuland energized!


Winter WorkshopsFacilitated by Michele Gieselman

Meditation Nights

Meditation is the elevation of

consciousness to a higher state of

awareness. It assists in opening your

heart to the more. Meditation helps

you source the place of wisdom,

deep inside of you, that informs you

and reminds you who you are.

Mondays 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Starting Monday, January 11

4 Sessions $55 * Drop in $15

Bookclub for the Soul

We’re all undiscovered best-selling novels

and this workshop will help you discover

your authentic story. Find and embrace your

passions and reconnect with your life!

Please bring a journal to the first session.

Tuesday mornings 9:30 - 11:00 am

Four sessions: Jan 12th - Feb 2cnd

Or Thursday evenings 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Four sessions: Jan 14th - Feb 4th

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Cost $80 - Space is limited, please call or email to reserve

Available at the office & at all workshops

# 2-231 Victoria Street255-851-0966

[email protected] www.intuitivehealer.ca

Michele’s IntuitiveHealing & Massage

Ordinary Miracle

We welcome you to come and share your Spiritwith us in a service of celebration! Join us forsinging, readings from A Course in Miracles andheartfelt sharing of spiritual insights delivered byspeakers from all walk of life. Give yourself this timefor introspection through prayer and meditation.

A Sunday Service for ALL

January 3 & 17th, February 7 & 21# 204 - 535 Tranquille Road 250-554-6707

10:00 am

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Copy Editors

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Kamloops’ FREE Yoga & Wellness Magazine Publisher/Editor

Elizabeth [email protected]


FELDENKRAIS WITH SUSINNPURE AND SIMPLE: MINDFUL MOVEMENT FOR BODY, MIND AND SOUL

CLASSES

Mon 11am -12, Jan 4 - March15

(no class March 8) $60 @ TCC

Register with Parks and Rec

250-828-3500

Tues 7-8pm Jan 5 - March16

(no class March 9) $100

(includes one individual session)

Drop-in $12 @ Nuance Studio

Register with Susinn

250-572-1887

WORKSHOPS

ALL ABOUT FEET

Learn how to use your feet to prevent

injuries to your feet, knees, hips and back

Saturday Feb 6, 1-4 pm, cost $50,

Nuance Dance Studio

Register with Susinn 250-572-1887

RUNNING WITH THE WHOLE BODY

The benefits of using your whole body in a

synergistic way are increased ease and

efficiency of your running

Saturday Feb 27, 1-4 pm, cost $50,

Nuance Dance Studio 253 Victoria

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INDIVIDUAL

LESSONS

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FUNCTIONAL

INTEGRATION

Each lesson is one

hour, $65/session,

4 for $200

SUSINN SHALERGuild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner250-572-1887susinn@gmail.comwww.kamloopsfeldenkrais.com

www.yogatreebc.com Elizabeth

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Classes with Elizabeth

9 - 10:30 am

Thursdays

Let’s Move Studio925 McGill Place @ Sunmore Spawww.letsmovestudio.com

Tuesdays & Thursdays

Yoga

5 - 6 pmKamloops Sport & Orthopedic Clinic200 -1201 Summit Dr


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