Yoga for Grief: 8 Week Group + Day-long Retreat — 05/26/11 — Sam Wong Salon & Spa

8 Thurs­day Evening Group Meet­ings: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
May 26 to July 21 (No Class on June 23)
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Sun­day Day Long Retreat
June 19, 2011 9:30 am to 4:30 pm

When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left. (Rumi)

If you have expe­ri­enced the death of a loved one you may feel there is no escape from phys­i­cal and emo­tional pain. Mind­ful­ness based prac­tices such as gen­tle stretch­ing and breath­work can help relieve your suf­fer­ing while calm­ing your mind and heal­ing your body. . Based on the ancient prin­ci­ples of yoga and con­tem­po­rary bereave­ment research, this 8 week group is designed to help you:

• Release pain and ten­sion caused by grief.
• Boost your immune sys­tem.
• Cope with life after your loss.
• Calm your mind and improve focus.
• Recon­struct your self nar­ra­tive.
• Develop com­pas­sion for your­self and all beings.

Each class will begin with a check-in and cen­ter­ing. You will then be led through gen­tle yoga designed for the griev­ing body. After a period of deep relax­ation there will be time for you to jour­nal. Some weeks a guided exer­cise will be pro­vided, along with optional home prac­tice.

You do not need any yoga or fit­ness expe­ri­ence, and you will be invited to move at your own pace, both phys­i­cally and emo­tion­ally, and have the oppor­tu­nity to share your story while being wit­nessed by com­pas­sion­ate group mem­bers.

All spir­i­tual beliefs are wel­come and respected.

Yoga for Grief Includes:
8 Classes & 1 Day­long Retreat
Gen­tle Yoga for Every­one
Guided Med­i­ta­tion
Reflec­tive Jour­nal­ing
Heather’s CD for Home Prac­tice
Cost: $345

Reg­is­ter for Yoga For Grief:

1 Participant $345.00 2 Participants $645.00