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Yoga Gourmet

Retreats & Workshops


There's a lot going on this summer!


The Silk Road Cooking Class - Sunday, July 11, 11am-1pm $35
Follow the link for more details!
http://www.londonfuse.ca/event/silk-road-cooking-workshop


Partner Yoga with Ajith - Tuesday, July 13 7-9pm @ Downtown Yoga
Join Ajith and Kristen for some dynamic play! Bring a friend or come alone. We will explore the concepts of mirroring, counterbalance and flying, among others. Connect, communicate, create!
Cost: $20 per person

Check out our performance:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102209563164368#!/video/video.php?v=381190654332&subj=513987892

 
 

 


 

Paradise, Vancouver Island: A Yoga & Outdoor Adventure Retreat.  August 20-23, 2010


Join us in the mountains of Vancouver Island for 4 days and 3 nights!  This unique multi-disciplinary retreat is a fantastic opportunity to welcome movement and stillness into the soul.   


 

Each morning we will have a 2.5 hour vinyasa yoga workshop, featuring strong dynamic movement and anatomical precision.  The afternoons will consist of either climbing, hiking or kayaking in the high alpine.  After dinner, we will have a meditation and pranayam (breathing exercises) class to focus and calm the mind.

            Strathcona Park Lodge is situated on the shores of Buttle Lake on Vancouver Island.  Nature lovers and adventurous spirits alike appreciate this beautiful lodge for its delicious food, comfortable accommodation and clean, clear air.   Welcome to paradise! 

            Cost is $570+GST for 4 days and 3 nights,including everything except your transportation to the lodge.  To sign up please go to www.strathcona.bc.ca

 

  Tofino Workshop

August 27-28, 2010

Friday: 6-8pm - Water, Breath and Standing Postures
Saturday: 10am-12pm - Fire, Core and Arm Balances
Saturday: 2-4pm - Air, Freedom & Backbends

$25 each or $65 for all three classes

For details and to sign up, please contact Flickerine Stevens:
flickerine@yahoo.ca




Past Events

The Silk Road Cooking Class - Sunday, July 11, 11am-1pm $35
Follow the link for more details!
http://www.londonfuse.ca/event/silk-road-cooking-workshop


Partner Yoga with Ajith - Tuesday, July 13 7-9pm @ Downtown Yoga
Join Ajith and Kristen for some dynamic play! Bring a friend or come alone. We will explore the concepts of mirroring, counterbalance and flying, among others. Connect, communicate, create!
Cost: $20 per person

Check out our performance:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102209563164368#!/video/video.php?v=381190654332&subj=513987892


SUMMER SATTVA RETREAT at Strathcona Park Lodge, Vancouver Island, BC
Thursday, July 9 - Sunday July 12

Every person has their own sweet and balanced state where they experience the simple riches of life.  Explore this balance with Kristen and Sjanie during a 4-day yoga retreat at Strathcona Park this summer. We'll be using yoga asana, pranayama [breathing exercises], delightful meditations, local organic food, and Ayurvedic principles to bring you into your own sattvic perfection and letting you shine more brightly.


When we are not formally practicing, the abundance of activities at Strathcona Park Lodge are yours to enjoy: canoing/kayaking, swimming, hiking, or just some much-needed rest.

No yoga experience is necessary.  Please let us know if you are working with any injuries or chronic conditions, or if there is something specific you would like to focus
on during our time together. Bring a notebook for our journaling exercises.

Sjanie is an Anusara-Inspired(TM) teacher in Vancouver, BC. Kristen is a Vinyasa/Ashtanga teacher who has travelled afar and studied with many, including Ron Reid, John Scott, Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty, Aadil Palkivalha and Eddie Modestini and Nicki Doane. She and Kristen have been playing yoga, studying culinary arts and carrying on multi-conversational philosophical discussions together for over 10 years. They both hope yoga becomes one of the great loves of your life!

4 days, 3 nights, all organic meals and yoga included.

Cost: $510 double occupancy
$560 single occupancy (+GST)

Please contact Strathcona Park Lodge to sign up.
250-286-3122
Email:





Stepping Into the Light: A Weekend Yoga Workshop Exploring the Earth's Elements with Kristen Gilbert in Yellowknife, NWT
June 19, 20, 21 2009


Friday Night: Earth and Water - 6pm
    Connecting with the steadiness of the Earth and the flow of our breath, this class will explore Suryanamaskar (Sun Salutations) and standing postures.

Saturday Morning: Fire - 9am
    Expanding on our standing posture knowledge, we will examine the role passion plays in our lives while connecting to our centre.  

Saturday 2pm - Inside, outside - During this session we'll explore the relationship between our external reality and our internal landscape.  Pranayam, meditation and kriyas will take us deeper, and twists and core work will solidify and encourage centredness.


Sunday Morning: Air & Ether - 10 am
     Harnessing the power of prana, we will study how to open up to subtler energies that exist within the body, and how to work sensitively in accordance with our spinal alignment.  Physically we will explore inversions, while creating space in the body.

Sunday Afternoon: The Freedom of Balance - 1 pm

    Here we will synthesize the previously explored elements, riding our physical edge, while exploring the philosophical concept of freedom, and what it means to us as individuals.  Prepare to have your roots rocked by reggae music!

Each class will be 2 hours (except for the cooking class, which may run longer).  Please bring a pen and a book for journaling exercises.





FOUNDATIONS OF YOGA : A Workshop for All Levels!


Yellowknife, NWT October 31-Nov 2, 2008

Friday Night 6-8pm

SAMASTHITIHI - A SUMMONS TO ATTENTION
How to find our root connection to the Earth, our core and breath. A study of the moving meditation of Suryanamaskar.

Saturday Morning 9:30 - 12 - STAND YOUR GROUND
This session entails working with gravity and the power of the legs, going deeper into standing postures and expanding our understanding of their alignment principles.

Saturday Afternoon 3-5 THE INNER WINDS
Here we will deepen our understanding of the power of the breath, and begin to work with pranayam, or breathing exercises. We will also have a discussion about the ancient art of Ayurveda.

Sunday Morning 10-12am I CAN FLY!