UPCOMING
EVENTS & WORKSHOPS at
Santosha Center
NEXT CLASS BEGINS AUGUST 11
2008
Santosha 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training and Certification
We will be offering a certified* 2-week
intensive from August 11-25, 2009.
We will be offering a certified*
20-Day Weekend Session on Saturdays starting on Saturday, October
3, 2009.
The 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training includes instruction about the
many different styles and forms of yoga along with detailed instruction
on the asanas (poses) to assist with healing particular areas of
the body. Study ancient Yoga texts and learn Yoga Therapy. Our
posture practice is based on a comparative study of the major styles
instructed in the U.S. Upon graduation, students will receive a
certificate which will enable them to teach yoga at gyms, resorts,
colleges, spas and yoga studios.
Tuition is $2,700.
For information or questions or to register, call 203-364-0851
and leave a message.
*certified through yoga alliance
Kirtan
with Satya and Ma Kirtan
Sunday, July 12 from 2:00-4:00p
Live music. Come chant and experience the bliss of the self! Donation
$15.
Reiki
1 Healing Class
Sunday, July 5, Noon–4pm.
w/ Barbara and Aimee.
Includes manual, attunement, initiation into Reiki 1, and plenty of practice
time.
Fee $175.
Reiki 2 Healing Class
Sunday, July 26, Noon–4pm. w/ Barbara
and Aimee.
Includes manual and crystals, attunement, initiation into Reiki
2, instruction in chakra and crystal healing techniques, plenty
of practice time.
Fee: $225.
Reiki 3 Master
Training
Sunday, August 2, Noon–4pm. w/ Barbara
and Aimee.
Includes manual, attunement to master energies, advanced meditation and energy
techniques including manifesting.
Fee: $175
Reiki 3 Master
Teacher Training
Sunday, September 20, 10am–2pm. w/
Barbara and Aimee.
Learn how to teach and pass attunemets initiating others into the the Usui and
Tibetan Reiki 1, 2, 3, and Master Teacher energies. Includes manual and plenty
of practice time.
Fee: $175
Intuitives and Healers Event
Sunday, July 19th, 10am-4pm
This event offers you healing and wisdom designed for you
Come have a session with:
Readers: tarot, past life, medium, angelic, psychic, health, astrology,
etc. Healers: reiki, shamballa, energy work... Indoors and outdoors come enjoy the magnificant grounds
$25 for 15 minutes
Aura photographer
Retail
Free admission
Sponsored by Trinity Production an interfaith nonprofit learning
center, the "folks that have been bringing you quality
expos since 2002"
SERVICES
CERTIFICATIONS
Reiki 1,2,3, and Reiki Master Teacher Teacher Training and
Certification
Offered on Saturday or Sunday afternoons. Call 203-364-0851
for more info and next training date. Receive Reiki attunements
and learn to transfer healing energy to self and others. Plenty
of practice time and mentoring program.
Fees:
Reiki 1- $175.
Reiki 2- $225.
Reiki 3- $175.
Reiki Master Teacher- $175.
200 Hour Santosha Yoga Teacher Training
The Training is a composite of popular styles. Learn to
become a Yoga Teacher or take your practice to the next
level and deepen your practice. Call 203-364-0851 for
next training dates and more info.
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Santosha At Your Workplace
- We will send an instructor to your work place to give stress reducing
group yoga and/or meditation class instruction. Call for more info.
Creative Wedding Ceremonies
by Interfaith Minister, Barbara Colber, MSW. Ceremonies may be performed
outside on lovely Santosha grounds or place of your choice. Please
see rates at bottom of holistic
page.
Workshop and Event
Rental Do you need a place for your workshop or
event? Santosha has space available for you. Call for more info.
To register for any of the above or to receive
more info, please call 203.364.0851 or
email us.
PAST EVENTS
Learn to Meditate w/
Ken Sprano
Monday, April 6 from 7:30-8:30p
This Meditation Series with Ken Sprano will take place for six consecutive Mondays.
This class is for beginners new mediation who want to learn the tools to meditate
and for experienced meditators who would like the group meditative experience
in an atmosphere of contentmentin lovely Santosha.
The scientific and medical research consistently shows that the
regular practice of meditation produces brain wave coherence; stabilizes
blood pressure; strengthens the immune system; reduces stress,
anxiety, and depression; improves mental functioning; creates a
happier, more positive attitude towards life; slows the aging process;
dramatically decreses the fear of death; enhances the joy of living;
increases self-confidence, creativity, spiritual faith, and awareness;
and gives an enhanced sense of the unity of all life. And this
is just a short list!
Meditation
Group
Open Meditation with Swami Dhanvantaryananda.
Class instruction to include 15 minutes of Yoga Philosophy including the 8 Limbs
of Astanga/Raja Yoga- Pantanjali's Yoga Sutras, how to create sacred space, mantra
and sanskrit discussion, introduction to chanting and meditation with 45 minutes
of chanting and mediation. Come experience the contentment at Santosha and contentment
within yourself!
Suggested donation $15. Preregistration required. Please call Santosha Center.
Monthly
Kirtan
Here from Hawaii, Eddy Nataraj and
Sasha Simone,
will
share with us their Yoga Movement Meditation and Kirtan.
Date: Sunday,
January 25, 2009
Time: 2:00 - 4:00pm.
Preregister: $20. At Door: $25.
www.myspace.com/eddynataraj
Reiki 2 Healing
Class
Saturday, November 29, 11
noon–3pm. w/ Barbara and Aimee.
$175, includes attunement, history, instruction, and time for practice.
Call to register.
HOLIDAY BAZAAR!
Come one, come all, to Holiday Bazaar for fun, entertainment,
food, shopping, and good company!
Saturday, December 6, 12
noon –4:30pm.
Come join us for food, entertainment and shopping!
NEW! Open Knitting
Circle with
Ginger Hanrahan
Every Saturday at 1:00pm.
Preregistration required. Free!
Sea Source Detox
Spa Party with Julie Oakley
Wednesday, July 30, 7:30pm
Come and join us! Arbonne has a line of products to make
you feel great inside and out! Sign up today to reserve your spot.
Belly Dancing with
Aimee
Friday, June
27 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Belly dance for joy and health! Learn to love your belly! Belly dancing is a
fun workout as it tightens the tummy. Pre-registration.
Fee $10 prepaid. $15 at the door.
Reiki 1 Attunement
Sunday, June 22 from 10am-1pm w/Barbara. Fee: $175.
Reiki 2 Attunement
Sunday, June 22 from 2pm-5pm w/Aimee. Fee: $225.
Barbara and Aimee have been Reiki Master Teachers for over 10 years. Students
will learn the history of the Usui Reiki Healing Tradition, receive the Reiki
1 and 2
Attunement and Initiation into the Reiki Healing System. There will be plenty
of practice time for healing the self and others. Please join us.
Preregistration required.
Healing Workshop:
Healing the Past, Removing the Limits with
Ellen Kratka
2nd and 4th Fridays of every month
Friday, June 27 from 5:00pm - 6:30pm.
Are you…
· feeling stuck or unhappy?
· struggling with health, wealth or relationship issues?
· or suffering from past abuse or trauma?
Join us as we explore The Healing Codes, Immunics and other means to heal the
energetic and spiritual imbalances that cause emotional and physical disease
as well as lack and all forms of conflict and separation. Together we will create
a life in alignment with our Soul's desires and assist in our collective transition
from suffering to ease. Healing the Past, Removing the Limits is a roadmap to
unification with the Divine and unconditional Love.
$20 donation
Please pre-register by contacting Ellen at E.Kratka@sbcglobal.net
or 203-263-2643.
Tea With Gwyneth
Saturday, June 14 from 1:00pm - 3:00pm.
A fun-tea filled afternoon. Astrologer Gwyneth will give a report on upcoming
planetary events and insights on personal astrological issues. Come join us for
an animated and delightful Saturday Tea. Refreshments: Tea and cakes will be
served. Fee: $20.00 Preregistration required.
Yoga Dance with
Yoga Instructor Aimee
Friday, June 13 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Yoga Dancing is a beautiful way to become creative and flow with creative
energy. We are energy beings. Our feelings and emotions are energy; and as energy,
they are meant to move, thereby restoring the body to its natural order.
Dance to heal yourself and your community, and to expand your radiance!
Fee $10 prepaid. $15 at the door. $5 students.
Snacks and beverages will be available for purchase.
Off
Road Knitting and Crochet:
This workshop teaches you how to create objects that redesigned through the process
of making.
Saturday, May 24 from 10:00am - 4:00pm.
Leave your frustrating hard to read patterns home and learn to trust your basic
instinct. Knowledge of basic knitting and crochet stitches required.
We will be experimenting with beads, alternative fibers, unusual products and
your passion. What to bring: basic needles, hooks and some starter scrap yarns
and a bag lunch. Fee: $75.00
Altered
Couture:
Transform a lovingly used item of clothing into a fabulous personal fashion statement
that expresses your inner diva.
Saturday, May 17 from 10:00am - 4:00pm.
We will explore simple techniques that need no prior sewing experience. Much
of what we do will not necessitate sewing.
What to Bring: Bring an item of clothing that can be deconstructed. Wear comfortable
clothes and bring a bag lunch. Tea, cookies, fruit and water will be provided.
Fee: $75.00
Creating
a Magical Life Map:
Using collage, personal pictures, journal writing and painting
Saturday, April 26 from 10:00am - 4:00pm.
We will explore growth provoking issues of Where have you been?, Where are you
Going and What Do you want to Create Next? Join us for a fulfilled, illuminating
and some time surprising afternoon that has the potential to change your life.
What to bring: family pictures, mementos and a bag lunch wear comfortable play
clothes. Fee: $75.00
Community Reiki Healing
Circle
Monday, March
3,
7:00pm
This is an invitation for Reiki practitioners and all those
interested in receiving energy healing to attend a
group healing session. Group will meet monthly first
Monday of the month. Donation $15.00.
Santosha Holiday Party
Friday, December 14 7:00pm
- 9:00pm.
Santosha Center's Open House Holiday Party
Enjoy good food and good company. Bring your famiy and friends!
Introduction to Hypnosis
with Peter McLaughlin
Saturday December 8 from
2-4 pm.
Clinical Hypnotherapist,CCCt. Come to this free workshop. Hear how
hypnosis can help improve your health, your performance and your
life's vision. Experience and feel a Trance.
Organic
Lunch & Lecture Invite!
Thursday,
November 15 from 11:00- 12:30p.
Organic Luncheon and Lecture with Andrea Anderson from
Anderson Health Counseling
We are excited to invite each of you to an "Organic Lunch &
Lecture".
The lecture will cover: Why you experience sugar cravings and how
to reduce your cravings NATURALLY. Please join us for a fun and
informative lunch! Feel free to tell friends, brings friends, etc,
it's always nice to meet new people!
Fee $9.00 - Current clients of Andrea may attend and bring a guest
for FREE!
Kirtan with Harnam Singh!
Follow your bliss with Santosha's own Harnam
Singh (Tony) and Friends will lead us in an Ecstatic Kirtan. Kirtan
is a chant which helps us to open our hearts
and balance our emotions. A good singing voice is not necessary.
We repeat a mantra (sacred syllabals) in a call and response fashion
which brings us to a place of bliss and contentment. This is something
you need to experience for yourself. The goal is to burn samscaras,
or karmic impressions as we sing love songs to God. Come explore
the exhilarating effects of Kirtan!
Date: Sunday evening, October 7th,
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm. All are welcome.
Cost: Prepaid $15. $17 at the door.
Yoga Nidra Workshop with Barbara
Sunday, September 22, 3 - 5p
Learn how to deeply relax and mediate to restore and heal the body,
mind and spirit. $20 prepaid. $25 at the door.
Raw
Chocolate Recipe Workshop with Nina Stout
Thursday,
September 6, 5:15-6:30p
Nina will show us how to make delicious and healthy raw chocolate
treats. Learn how to use whole food ingredients such as raw cacao
and natural sweeteners to enhance your recipes. No refined sugar
needed!
Fee $15. Free to members of Jade Whole Health. RSVP by August 31.
Parenting Children
with Disruptive Behavior
presented by Dr. Simon Ovanesion, Board Certified
Child Psychiatrist and CT Counselors.
When:Friday July 13, 6:30-8:00 pm.
Cost: $35. per person, $50. per couple
RSVP: 203-270-9888
Healing Meditation
with Barbara
Join in with others around the world to meditate
and send prayers into the universe for peace, love, and light. Lets
especially send the healing energies to Mother Earth.
When:Tuesday, July 17, 12:30-1:30 pm
Cost: Free
Arbonne Skincare Live Demonstration
with Tammy Kroll and Kathy Rusenschein .
Check out the anti-aging benefits of this pure, safe, botanical
Swiss skincare line including Before Sun products, Aromatherapy
products: Awaken, Reactivate, and Unwind.
When: Tuesday, July 25, 7:15- 9:00 pm
Cost: Free
Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep) Workshop with Barbara
Learn to relax deeply in the relaxation
response technique of Yoga Nidra. This is a deeply healing alpha
state where the body, mind, and emotions are relaxed and rejuvenated.
This technique helps with stress reduction, anxiety and depression,
insomnia, negative habits we want to rid, creativity, well being,
and reaching your true potential. Space limited to 12 so sign up
early!
When: Saturday, July 28, 10:30a-4:30p.
Cost: $50. prepaid. $60. at the door
Tea Time with Shondra Johnston,
Creator of Take Back Your Life Workshops
An introduction to a life changing event called defusion with this
well known Behavioral Kinesiologist from Washington State. She will
tell us how to clear issues with this gentle process to permanently
change old unconscious self-sabotage behavior. Create what you want!
Raise your vibration!
When: Friday, August 3, 7-9p
Cost: $25. per person
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