newsbriefs Crystal Bowl Chakra Yoga
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hristine Johnston, a reiki master and sound therapist, joins Amy McPhee, Amrit yoga instructor, for a 90-minute chakra realignment workshop using crystal bowls and other instruments at 7 p.m., June 23, at It’s My Health Wellness Collaborative, in Cumberland. “Sound healing is an effective modality using vibrational sound to reduce stress, alter consciousness and create a sense of peace and well being”, says Johnston of Voices of Angels Holistic Wellness. Using breath work and poses in conjunction with powerful sound vibration, the student feels revitalized and balanced. Cost: $25 pre-register/$30 at the door. Location: 1099 Mendon Rd., Cumberland. For more information, call 401-305-3585 or visit Its-My-Health.com. See ad on page 37.
Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Offered at the Grace School 2016-17
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he first advanced teacher immersion at Grace Yoga is a one-year program, beginning in August, to certify students and teachers who have already completed a 200-hour program. “This second stream is the fulfillment of the school’s endeavor,” says Judy McClain, director, “which is to train students in the art of being a yogi—rather than simply ‘doing yoga’. This program continues with the classical practices and studies the deeper wisdom and lore from the classical tradition.” The advanced training spans one full year, beginning and ending with two one-week intensives, in August of this year and July 2017, at the beautiful Ananda Center, an ashram on a horse farm in Hopkinton. “I wanted us to live and breathe together as we soak up the yoga. Yoga is a lifestyle, a way of being in the world. It’s not mere exercise,” says McClain. In addition to the two intensive weeks, trainees will attend four weekend sessions at Grace throughout the year. The program is highly individualized, says McClain. Modules include the theory and practice of yin yoga; a weekend with Chip Hartranft, studying the rise of Buddhism in India; and workshops in anatomy and physiology, the Upanishads, and yoga nidra. Most of all, however, “the program is about individual practice and apprehension of the yoga. Students will receive the yoga relative to their unique composition and devotion,” says McClain. The Grace School excels at depth-teaching, as McClain calls it. “Our community is composed of people who can really sit and breathe and receive layers and layers of wisdom. People who train at Grace want to walk in the world with clarity and truth. Our emphasis is on the philosophical foundations of yoga and an ability to quiet the mind.” Check our schedule online today!
GraceYoga.org | 401 829 9903 35 Weaver Rd, North Kingstown RI 02852
Cost: $5000 tuition includes room and board at the ashram. For more information and to apply, call Judy at 401-829-9903. See ad on page 35.
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Rhode Island Edition
All That Matters Yoga on the Beach
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oga on the Beach is back beginning June 25 through September 5, at South Kingstown Town Beach. All That Matters Yoga—a local yoga studio and health center with locations in Providence, East Greenwich and South Kingstown—will be hosting morning classes on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Weekday classes will take place from 8 to 9:15 a.m., and weekend classes 8:45 to 10 a.m. Advance registration online or through the All That Matters mobile app is strongly encouraged. Classes cost $16 each, or students can use their All That Matters yoga pass or membership.Parking at the beach is free for all yoga students during class. If it rains, class will be cancelled and can be made up by attending any yoga class at All That Matters. All That Matters will also be hosting special Full Moon Yoga classes with Coral Brown from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m., June 20, July 19 and August 18 at the beach. These classes cost $18 with preregistration or $20 at the beach. Additionally, the studio’s monthly Gong Bath will head to the beach for a Full Moon Gong Bath on July 16. Pre-registration for these workshops is strongly recommended. Location: South Kingstown Town Beach (Rte. 1 to Matunuck Beach Rd.) To learn more and register, call 401-782-2126 or visit AllThatMatters.com. See ad on page 35.
The newsbrief for CCRI’s Hospital-based Massage Therapy Training had the wrong phone number. The correct number should be 401-333-7282, not 433. The newsbrief for Mind Matters Hypnosis Certification Course advertised an incorrect price: The actual cost of the course is $2,489, and not $450.
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