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The Tao of Partner Yoga™  with Gabrielle de Burke… Sunday February 26, 2012 12-2pm $50 per couple until 2/12 ($60 after) Pre-registration is required as space is limited! This workshop is open to both unfamiliar & seasoned participants, offering a “way” to experience a series of steady still (restorative) poses & rhythmic flowing (vinyasa) postures for practicing yoga in union with a partner. In addition, we will engage our partners in the art giving & receiving mindful bodywork in order to harmonize the universal interaction of Lunar (Yin) & Solar (Yang) aspects of “love”. Partners will take turns being guided through a series of techniques based on the traditions of Thai Massage. The art of practicing playfully together & in a respectful way on one another helps to bring balance to the physical, spiritual & mental energy systems of the body. Plus, it’s an opportunity to have fun with a dear friend & not to take life so seriously when “the way” of the loving warrior presents itself. This workshop is open to all people regardless of their sexual orientation, platonic relation or relationship status situation (i.e. just bring a friend or family member if you want to take part)

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Introduction to SoulCollage a Workshop with Susan Richards Sunday March 4, 2012 1:30 - 4:30 pm  $54 includes all supplies Facilitator:  Susan Richards http://www.soulcollage.com/susan-richards-lcsw   to register (or ask questions), contact Susan at susanrichardsartist@gmail.comor call 610-290-2929  SoulCollage® is an intuitive, imaginative, creative process that is a lot of fun.  If you can use scissors and a glue stick you can do it!  Participants create their own deck of SoulCollage® cards with images they choose from provided supplies.  The cards become a form of visual memoir, giving expression to your unique story, in all its complexity and beauty.  Consulting your deck for guidance can joyfully deepen your insight, understanding, and self-acceptance, as it reflects back your own images.   "It is a tangible way to know yourself in diversity and depth, and also to show yourself to others.  Showing your deck of SoulCollage® cards to another person can be a profound experience. In like-spirited groups, you can share cards and work with them in many sacred ways... You will love your deck -- a multi-card Mirror of your Self and your Soul -- whether it consists of three cards or a hundred." "  Seena Frost, Founder,   http://www.soulcollage.com.

PAST EVENTS AT CERCA TROVA YOGA If you would like to see more of these events let Sharlene know cercatrovayoga@verizon.net

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Mindfulness of Eating with Marilyn Moser Waxman  Friday Evening 7 - 8 pm Jan 27, 2012 Come join us for some appetizers, warm drink and conversation Have you ever stood at the counter and ate? Do you grab food every time you go by your counter or at the office? Have you eaten your lunch or breakfast while driving? Do you remember what you ate or what it tasted like? If you answered YES to any of these this class is for you. Join Marilyn while she discusses how we have become a nation of unconscious, unhealthy eaters, disconnected from the natural world around us. Learn ways we can reconnect to ourselves and what we are eating. Being mindful of the choices you make in eating will not only positively change your health and life but will also benefit the world around us. The benefits you can achieve through mindfulness in your eating: food will be more satisfying, loss of our love-hate relationship with food, weight loss, improved health and clearer thinking, a positive impact on the environment. Marilyn Waxman owns and operates  The Nourishing Well.  http://www.thenourishingwell.com/ To Register: email Sharlene  cercatrovayoga@verizon.net

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Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine with Rani Isenberg  Friday Evening 7 - 8:30 Jan 20, 2012 Cozy up with some warm soup, tea and healthy sweets and hear about Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. Bring your questions and learn how this ancient medicine helps with everything from digestive issues, arthritis, infertility, pain, obesity, emotional trauma and much much more.  This will be an informal, fun, information filled time.  Hope to see you there! If you’ve ever been curious about Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, this is the class for you!  Rani Isenberg, Acupuncture student, Acupressure and Energy Medicine practitioner will answer all your questions and explain the basic concepts underlying the ancient healing art and science of Acupuncture.  She will share her love of Chinese Medicine with you through discussions and fun exercises to help demonstrate the concepts and theories behind Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.  Rani Isenberg has an undergraduate degree from Boston University and a Masters degree from Georgetown University.  Her interest and practice of Yoga and Meditation eventually led her to a teacher who introduced her to Chinese Medicine.  After studying for three years with Donna Eden, author of Energy Medicine, she studied Shiatsu for two years and currently is in Acupuncture School at The Won Institute of Graduate Studies in Glenside, Pennsylvania.  Rani’s practice currently provide Shiatsu (Acupressure) and Energy Medicine treatments, and will include Acupuncture starting the Summer of 2012 in Bryn Mawr, PA. Please registering on line so we have an idea how many folks are coming.  Thanks Sharlene

Afghans for Afghans Knitters at "Windows and Mirrors" exhibit Philadelphia, PA

Knitting afghans for Afghans with Elizabeth Durand Friday, January 20, 2012 12 - 2 pm Come Join Us! Use only Animal Wool Please.     Come sit with friends and enjoy the meditative, calming power of knitting and at the same time help to make a child a little warmer.   We will be knitting for afghans for Afghans, a group that has been sending warm, handmade woolen items to civilians in Afghanistan for 10 years now. For each campaign, director Ann Rubin works with a group in Afghanistan to target exactly what is needed; she then obtains secure shipping, and only then does a campaign begin. If you’re already working on something for this group, bring it along. If not, we’ll be making 8-inch blanket squares. Bring your needles and a ball of 100% wool (or alpaca or other animal fiber) worsted weight yarn. Why wool? It’s much warmer than acrylic, and it’s what has been requested. Bright and dark colors are best; laundry opportunities are limited, and white and pastels show dirt far too easily.  Please go to their website for more information http://www.afghansforafghans.org/index.html What to bring: You should bring yarn and needles.  Yarn must be wool or other animal fibers.  You will need needles for worsted weight yarn, whatever size you need to get 5 stitches per inch.  We're making 8-inch blanket squares. Use a stitch you like, or use one from the instructions that will be available at Cerca Trova. You can also knit squares at home and then drop finished squares at the studio. Bring your lunch; stay the whole time or just part; we will be happy to see you. If you do not know how to knit there will be enough knitters present to help you get started, your goal only one square.  A very easy and rewarding way to get you started in knitting, expand you knowledge or share your knitting abilities with others. Yoga is about finding balance by bringing the mind, body and spirit into balance and it’s in giving and receiving on all levels that we find it.   Elizabeth teaches us this through the practice of Mindful Knitting!    See you soon!

THANKS BROOKE AWESOME WORKSHOP! Sunday, December 18 2 - 4 pm, $25/class "Yoga in the Spirit of Vanda Scaravelli & the teachings of Diane Long"   with Brooke Welsh This deep and gentle approach uses awareness and attention in yoga poses to release tension, find a different strength and experience greater freedom, ease, wholeness, and vitality in the body. Brooke offers teaching to those with all levels of experience, even those new to yoga. Her classes are personalized and hands on. This approach to hatha yoga is inspired by the practices of Vanda Scaravelli, author of “Awakening the Spine” and Diane Long. Diane was Vanda’s main student for 23 years. brookdec18.pdf File Size: 698 kb File Type: pdf Download File

Image from Heart of Healing in California.

Chakra Bracelets and Yoga The Bead Garden and Cerca Trova Yoga are offering an afternoon of Beading and Yoga Sunday Dec 4th 1 - 2:30pm Beading  2:30 - 4pm Yoga  $45.00 Let's talk Chakra's!  We will bead bracelets and have a yoga practice based on our 7 chakra's.   It will be a great way to spend the afternoon exploring your creative side both on and off the mat, learn something new perhaps,  share some laughs, and make a holiday gift that you, your friends and family will love.  Bring friends or come and meet some new friends.  Return home revitalized and ready for the next holiday season gift in hand. Registration Required: 12 spaces available.   Please Mail in a check or pay by cash/check if you come into the Studio or the Bead Garden to reserve your place.

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VALENTINES WORKSHOP - A WOMEN'S CIRCLE  - "Celebrating Love" Sorry this workshop is Not being Hosted in 2012.   Hopefully Next Year 2013 Did you know that: Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess (Protectress) of women in marriage and childbirth. Would you like to learn more ---- Join Sharlene Bund and Siddiqa Salter for a sacred journey into Love. Learning how to open our hearts is the most effective method of healing old wounds and moving forward into a greater sense of joy, well-being and enthusiasm for life! This gathering of women is about learning how to love at deeper levels, how to receive and give love with ease and grace and how to be in the living stream of Love that inspires, renews and connects us with all of life. Our time together will be celebrated with heart centered essential oils, the sacred movement of yoga, a powerful breath work circle followed by a guided writing process, sharing from the heart, loving kindness meditation and joyful communion with Love. Come experience what cannot be captured with words but must be experienced. The time is now to let go and remember Love. This is the message of our time. To Register: email Sharlene cercatrovayoga@verizon.net

Please Call or Email if you would like any information about classes/events or would like to see a certain style of class or host an event at Cerca Trova Yoga.   Sharlene 610-203-4141 or cercatrovayoga@verizon.net