Boosting GI Health to Burn Winter Fat

Thursday, March 1, 2012
3-4pm
$20

Slow digestive weakening over time may show up as weight gain, chronic skin sensitivities, allergies, need for restrictive diets, etc. This weakening has much to do with your digestive health and strength of your metabolism to burn fat, and rid the body of toxins, pathogens and other invaders. In this teleclass, you will learn the #1 reason why your Fat Burning Capacity is not at 100% and the 5 important pre-cleanse steps you must take prior to considering any Detox Program.

Here are the things that you can expect to feel once you implement these strategies:

*More energy to do the things you love

*Feel better about yourself

*Stabilize moods and gain greater happiness

*Lose stubborn weight

*Improve your immune system and general health

You can participate live or get the replay and listen at your convenience in your own home. Replay will be sent within 24 hours of live event.

Meditation

Sundays 3:30-5pm 
3/11, 4/8, 5/6

B Yoga Center
Melrose, MA

$25/class
Click here to register

Calm your anxieties, ground your fears, be present, have patience and learn from a wise and masterful teacher how to transform the way in which you respond to stressful life circumstances.

Meditation and breathing techniques are powerful inner practices that offer strategies for:

- Developing objective awareness and clarity
- Voluntarily controlling breath patterns
- Improving immune function
- Managing pain
- Increasing energy level
- Sleeping soundly
- Lowering hypertension
- Improving moods and behaviors
- Feeling more connected
- Feeling less irritable and more even tempered
- Gaining new insight and direction for dealing with family and work

Classes are offered in a monthly workshop series and will include Yoga Philosophy, Ayurveda and Sutra Study. Practical tips will be offered for meditation practice at home between sessions.

Life Enrichment™ Series: Ayurveda Spring Cleanse

March 24-25, 2012
Lake House
Wofeboro, NH

Total Cost: $300*

Room & Board:
Beginner Cleanse (Fri-Sun): $215
Advanced Cleanse (Thurs-Mon): $345

The optimal time for cleansing is fast approaching! Come and join us in New Hampshire at a beautiful private home by one of the most serene and peaceful lakes in New England!

The Spring Sadhana will focus on detoxification and weight maintenance based on the principles and practices of Ayurveda and Yoga. Fasting, yoga, rejuvenation treatments, lectures, personal care habits, yogasana, silence reflection, and spiritual practice will supplement our journey together. Purify build-up of toxins that can lead to health problems and flush the winter away.

Philosophically, the emphasis of the spring cleanse is an essential part of annual lifestyle assessments and changes. No matter where you fit in the wellness spectrum, you will learn how to examine your dietary and personal care habits and make changes to support holistic health and well-being. 

Cost of the Retreat Includes:
- Lake House Accommodations
- Meals (predominately juicing and kitchari)
- Early Morning Meditation
- Two Daily Asana Classes
- Lecture: Accumulation of Disease, 8 Step Process of Turning Food into Fuel
- Lecture: Foods that are Right for You
- Lecture: Cleansing, Clarity & Calmness
- Healing Circle
- Silent Meditation
- Kirtan
- Choice of either a 10 Day Beginning Protocol or 20 Day Advanced Protocol

10-20 Day Cleanse Program:
*Elimination & Purification Phase
*Food as Medicine Phase
*Mono Diet & Oileation Phase
*Purgation Phase (Advanced Only)
*Rebuild Phase 

Also Includes:
- Weekly Email Support from yogaspirit®
- Ayurvedic Recipes & 20 Day Supported Spring Cleanse Program

*Additional costs for herbs, oils, teas and other items. Dosha-specific spa services will also be available for purchase.

*This cleanse is open to any student at any level and also applies to the yogaspirit® 500 Hour Advanced Teacher Certification.

Payment Options

Deposit $100.00 USD Beginner Cleanse $515.00 USD Advanced Cleanse $645.00 USD

Sacred Yogic Spaces™: Laying Down Your Roots

April 1-4, 2012

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Stockbridge, MA

$275 plus room & board

Click here to register or call 1-800-741-7353

Lay down your roots and grow into your personal power as you learn to accept yourself and create a harmonious relationship to life. This workshop explores your lower chakras through the lens of asana, yoga philosophy, tantra, Ayurveda, Kundalini and Surat Shabda Yoga.

Your root is where the creative energy of Kundalini shakti sleeps. This dynamic energy remains untapped if you choose to keep the door shut to your fears and insecurities. Kim Valeri helps you open and heal your roots so that you can transform the legacy of your life.

This program includes yoga practice, personal reflection, group discussions, guided self-inquiry, spiritual healing, a healing circle and pranic healing. Liberate yourself from old patterns and insecurities, move toward spiritual illumination, and evolve your primal reactionary impulses to an emotionally refined and spiritually mature way of being.

Make a commitment to plant your roots firmly and flourish as you open your body, mind and spirit to the path you are meant to walk on this earth.

*This weekend intensive is open to any student at any level and also applies to the yogaspirit® 500 Hour Advanced Teacher Certification as well as to teachers seeking Yoga Alliance CEUs.

Beaches BFF Girls Getaway

Turks & Caicos
April 26-30, 2012
October 18-22, 2012

Kim Valeri is partnering with Beaches Resorts and will be teaching yoga classes at the BFF Girls Getaway weekends. Get all your best girlfriends together and join Kim for a weekend of sun, yoga, fun, and relaxation! Visit www.beaches.com for more information or to book your trip. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to escape for a weekend!

"Loved Kim's yoga and meditation which was life changing for me. I have found some different ideas for my future that I didn't before our BFF to Turks & Caicos. I will follow Kim's earth angel light!" -K. Borst, New York

eternal ITALY: A Yoga Retreat with Kim Valeri & Friends

May 19-26, 2012
Sabina, Italy

Spend a week in the rolling hills of Sabina and enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of Italy while immersing in daily yoga, art, meditation and culture. With its spectacular views and magical setting, In Sabina lies in the midst of the Italian countryside less than an hour from Rome. The grounds are lush and abundant, with a natural spring, gardens, pond and swimming pool. The property is peaceful, rustic and ideal for spiritual practice.

Cost: $1,995*
EARLY BIRD - Pay in Full by February 1, 2012 and receive $100 off the total cost!

Retreat Cost Includes:
Daily yogaspirit® Yoga Classes (except on excursion days) ~
Two daily classes taught by Kim Valeri & Gabrielle Long in the yogaspirit® tradition for students of all levels. These classes will take place in the indoor yoga room or the outdoor yoga deck which features magnificent views of the valley. Mats, blocks, straps, blankets and bolsters provided.

Art Classes~
Two classes taught by residential designer and yogaspirit® instructor Noelle Newell. Through experimentation via visual journaling and collage, you will explore your creativity and reconnect with your inner child. You will have a chance to experiment working with various mediums such as color pencil, texture and sketching. You will create an artwork that might serve as a very unique and personal souvenir, a vision board for manifestation purposes, or a visual entry for your journal.

Accommodations~
Two beautifully restored 17th century stone buildings with terraces that overlook olive groves, fruits tree and stunning sunsets. Most rooms are to be shared with twin beds but there are a few select private rooms available for additional cost (please inquire for more info).

Meals~
Three meals daily made by a freelance cook of fresh vegetarian food enriched with Italian flavor and produce right from their own garden. Dinner on the last evening will be at the family farm of Gabrielle Long.

Activities~
Excursions to the to the Viterbo Di Papi Thermal Baths and Orvieto (including transportation). Casperia Olive Oil & Wine Tasting.

*Cost~
$1,995. Deposit of $1,000 due by November 15, 2011. Remaining balance due by March 15, 2011. Early Bird Special: $100 discount if paid in full by February 1, 2012. Limited spaces - register now!

Cancellation Policy~
All moneys paid are non-refundable. Travel insurance is recommended.

Additional Expenses Not Include in Cost of Retreat~
Airfare
Travel Insurance
Transportation to and from airport (arrangements will be made)
Meals purchased during excursions
Option to purchase additional wine with meals at In Sabina
Transportation/costs of "open excursion" day
Massage and body treatments
Souvenirs

For more information or to register, call (978) 927-0099 or contact info@yogaspiritstudios.com. For more information about In Sabina, click here.

Sacred Yogic Spaces: Beauty, Bliss, & Bhakti

July 20-22. 2012

Yoga for Everybody, Fairfield CT

$400 plus $15 books & materials 

Featuring kirtan with Kim Valeri & the Sacred Angels

Within your heart there is a secret place that listens to your wish for personal happiness.

When your heart is open and you are in a state of surrender (nirodha)and tranquility (citta prasadanam), your wish drops into a sacred and magical spot the way a coin is tossed into a wishing well. The ripples from that deep release flow into the ocean of love and mercy to create healing and transformation that can manifest your blissful destiny.

Yoga can help remind you that the choice to surrender into sweetness and happiness is always available.

Join Kim Valeri and her fellow Sacred Angels, Liz Kereakoglow and Elaine O'Rourke, for a weekend of Kundalini tantric inner practices, mantra, pranayama, lectures, group exercises, contemplation of life's sacred sound current and kirtan, presented by yogaspirit^®'s Sacred Yogic Spaces Series.

By cultivating the quality of devotion (bhakti), you will purify the mind, awaken perception, and enliven your spiritual awareness. As the union of opposites (Shiva and Shakti) are drawn into your heart center, the psychic knot (granthi) is dissolved, making sweetness a simple choice. Kim will cover the following asanas: Gomukhasana, Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Pincha Mayurasana, Dhanurasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana. Other 200 Hour yogaspirit® Asanas will be reviewed and introduced as a preparation for these Key Poses.

This weekend intensive is open to any student of any level as well as teachers seeking CEU's or 500 hour yogaspirit^® certification credits. 

Payment Options

Deposit $100.00 USD Pay in Full $415.00 USD

Art of Healing: Body of Sound & Consciousness

August 17-19, 2012

Ananda Shanti, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA

$300 plus $50 books & materials fee

Healing works by transforming physical pain, emotional or mental suffering, and karma that comes from a deeply rooted sense of incompleteness and separation. Starting from the core of our being out through the periphery of the physical body, Kim helps to liberate patterns of limiting consciousness to bring about healing.

During this weekend you will be introduced to the therapeutic mind/spirit skills such as active listening, guided self-inquiry, and lying of hands and sound. You will explore these skills with Kim and with each other.

This weekend can be attended by anyone who is interested in experiencing how powerful yogic healing techniques can be in transforming energy and enhancing personal potential. You will learn the skills that are experienced in the 500 Hour Teacher Training. This is a weekend intensive that applies toward the yogaspirit® 500 Hour Teacher Certification as well as the yogaspirit® 800 Hour Apprentice Program.

Payment Options

Deposit $100.00 USD Pay in Full $350.00 USD

Art of Healing: Structural Assessment & Home Practice Planning

September 15-16, 2012

Ananda Shanti, Manchester-by-the-Sea MA

$300 plus $50 books & materials

At some point in a yogi's journey, the desire to gain more knowledge and become one's own teacher emerges from within. This course is perfect for anyone who would like to deepen their own personal practice or establish a home practice. In addition, certified yoga teachers will gain the necessary assessment skills for developing a professional private client practice.

This course includes a series of evaluations that will challenge your critical thinking in various poses to determine and assess weaknesses or key areas of limitation. All participants will learn the importance of a healthy history, including a review of stress factors, breath and nervous system functioning, and a look at lifestyle considerations for optimal health. Personal case studies will be used to discuss documentation, consultations and working with individuals who have complex histories.

Students will also learn to develop a written home practice plan for themselves and refine evaluation techniques and recommendations specific to the individual needs and level of current yogic practice.

*For yoga teachers, serious students or anyone who has the desire to learn more. This is a weekend intensive that applies to the yogaspirit® 500 Hour Advanced Teacher Certification.

Payment Options

Deposit $100.00 USD Pay in Full $350.00 USD

Sacred Yogic Spaces: The Yoga of Word & Will

October 26-28, 2012

Ananda Shanti, Manchester-by-the-Sea MA 

$400 plus $15 books & materials fee

Would you like to learn how to skillfully manage through life's conflicts by learning the yoga of the spoken Word?

Come learn the yogic teachings of the Sword (your tongue) and how this sword can be used to cut through conflict and illusion and, if used skillfully, being resolution of Karma, blessings, and other miracles or, if misused, being entanglement, bondage, and misfortune that further delays spiritual unfoldment.

Through Kundalini tantric inner practices, meditations, mantra, spiritual exercises, lecture, group exercises, contemplation of the sacred sound current of life (Shabda), we will purify the mind and awaken perception and spiritual awareness by cultivating the ability to look at life through the Master's eye, free from conflicts.

We will harness the healing energy that will connect you to your inner voice of awakened spiritual consciousness and accelerate the process of self realization and person transformation. Speak healing words that will free your life and bring you peace and happiness. Kim will cover the following asanas: Salamba Sarvangasana, Halasana, Setu Bandhasana Sarvangasana, Karnapidasana, Matsyasana. Other 200 Hour yogaspirit® Asanas will be reviewed and introduced as a preparation for these Key Poses.

*This is a weekend intensive that is open to any student at any level and also applies to the 500 Hour Advanced Teacher Certification.

Payment Options

Deposit $100.00 USD Pay in Full $415.00 USD

Sacred Yogic Spaces: Cave of Creativity

November 9-11, 2012

Yoga for Everybody, Fairfield CT

$400 plus $15 books & materials

Hips are the center of gravity and the seat of power in women. Connected to the water element, the emotional nature of a woman makes her more unpredictable, vulnerable and better able to dwell in the cave of infinite creativity and possibilities: a place where all things can be created and birthed.

Only when the practitioner is connected to spirit and trusting the Self is he/she able to navigate through the infinite possibilities in order to master the one-pointedness necessary to attain ecstatic tantric union releasing regenerative creative forces into the unconscious areas of the brain.

Sex is a part of normal tantric Sadhana intended for adept yogic householders who are able to transcend emotions and passions (pashupati) and who utilize sex for the purpose of Samadhi. This intensive will look at the two tantric branches: Left-handed path of Vama Marga which involves sexual practices that explode dormant energy in the Kunda, and the Right-handed path of Dakshina Marga which does not involve sexual practices and must be mastered first, prior to ecstatic union and tantric initiation.

Through hip opening asana, kundalini yogic inner practices, tantric meditations, mantra, spiritual exercises, lecture, group exercises, contemplation of the sacred sound current of life (Shabda), we will purify the mind and initiate ecstatic union with the divine. Kim will cover the following asanas: Ardha Chandrasana, Padmasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotanasana, Virasana, Supta Virasana. Other 200 Hour yogaspirit® Asanas will be reviewed and introduced as a preparation for these Key Poses.

*This is a weekend intensive that is open to any student at any level and also applies to the yogaspirit® 500 Hour Advanced Teacher Certification.

Payment Options

Deposit $100.00 USD Pay in Full $415.00 USD

Begin Again: Strategic Life Planning Teleseries - Vision Quest for 2013  

Fridays, 11am-12pm
1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1

$60/series

Do you let your life "run" you or do you "run" your life? How do you live harmoniously cultivating sacred relationships with friends and family, career and financial life, creative pursuits and happiness, spiritual growth, self care and good health?

Yoga Masters embody the ability to harness and easily manifest specific outcomes through Sankalpa (spiritual "intention" and directed will) in order to bring forth all of creation for the highest good of all.

In this online course, Kim will be creating sacred space for you to contemplate your dharmic destiny and the steps you can take as you strategically prepare for the year ahead. Through the process of self-inquiry, Kim will assist you in the awakening and spiritual transmissions that will help you tap into your creative potential.

Evaluate all the areas of your life: vision quest, see what you have accomplished, and see what new direction you can set for the upcoming year.

This teleclass series is live and recorded so you can listen to a replay of each class at your convenience.