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Sedona's Healing Arts For Women: Yoga, Tai Chi, Ayurveda and More |
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Program Number: |
1063RJ |
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| Duration: |
5 nights |
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Sedona, Arizona
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| Price starting at: |
$1,049.00 - Price may vary based on date, departure city |
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Health & Fitness
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| Meals: |
14;
5 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 5 Dinners |
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Vegetarian |
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Come to captivating Sedona and be immersed in some of America’s most breathtaking scenery while exploring ancient and new practices designed to bring your mind, body and spirit into harmony. Join with like-minded women to cultivate techniques aimed at self-healing, good health and longevity. Learn about holistic healing and plants endemic to this high-desert environment. See why so many seek out Sedona for metaphysical meaning and spiritual healing. Gourmet vegetarian meals complete this holistic program.
Highlights
• Sessions include exploration of Tai Chi, Jin Shin Jyutsu, yoga, Ayurvedic practices, meditation and other healing arts in a relaxed setting.
• Receive a private 45-minute therapy session as part of the program — either a Swedish massage or a calming Reiki session.
• Hike into Sedona's famed red rocks to soak in their natural beauty, healing powers and spiritual energy.
Activity Particulars
Some walking on uneven ground. Options for longer or shorter hikes.
Date Specific Information
4-7-2013, 11-3-2013
This date is designed as a "Healing Arts For Women - Level 2" course. Gain a deeper exploration into self care using alternative therapies: Ayurveda, herbs, essential oils, homeopathy, Jin Shin Jyutsu, yoga, Qi Gong, and movement. Enjoy a day in Oak Creek Canyon, plus a morning hike into the red rocks. Some of your favorite speakers from Healing Arts 1, plus some new faces. Attendance at Healing Arts for Women not required, but preferred.
Coordinated by Northern Arizona University.
Sedona
Sedona was historically a rural ranching community in Oak Creek Canyon. Today, the sunny city attracts visitors to its red-rock cliffs and lush evergreens, international film festival, and lively art scene.
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Accommodations
Stream-side resort with private balconies, red-rock views, outdoor heated pool and spa.
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| Road Scholar Instructors | | These instructors are participating on at least one date of this program. Please note that changes may occur. | Richard Stephens
| | Rich has been director of Northern Arizona University’s highly popular Road Scholar programs since 2001. He previously spent many years in the field as a program coordinator and group leader, where he honed his skills and learned the importance of detailed, pre-trip planning. Before making his home in Arizona’s spectacular red-rock country, Rich spent 10 years in Yosemite National Park and the Santa Cruz mountains as an environmental educator. | | | | Cheryl Brenman
| | A licensed massage therapist with over 25 years of experience, Cheryl Brenman is a certified Yoga and Nomadics teacher and a certified Jin Shin Jyutsu self help instructor. While managing a private massage practice, Cheryl also teaches Swedish massage at the Sedona School of Massage, as well asYoga and Nomadics at Los Abrigatos Health Spa. Cheryl works with the Sedona Artist in the Classroom program and has recently produced a Nomadics DVD specifically for her older students. | | | | Avani Robinson
| | Avani Robinson has studied and practiced ayurveda since 1998. She is a graduate of New York University and the International Vedic Institute of Ayurveda. She has a practice in both Sedona and New York, specializing in health and nutrition, ayurvedic spa therapies and detoxification. Avani especially enjoys sharing the ancient secrets of ayurveda with the community.
| | | | Elena Bullard
| | Elena Bullard began her yoga training at the age of four when her grandmother taught her Sanskrit chants. After receiving a B.A. in archaeology and an M.A. in sociology, urban planning and architecture, Elena spent the next 25 years in the corporate world, and as adjunct faculty at Arizona State University. In 1995, Elena settled with her husband in Verde Valley, and became a full-time certified instructor, leading a yoga certification course at the Arizona School of Integrative Studies. | | | | Jana Shiloh
| | Jana Shiloh is certified in classical homeopathy and has been practicing for 27 years. The author of two books, she has taught homeopathy at the University of Tucson Medical School in a course co-sponsored by Dr. Andrew Weil. Jane currently works with Dr. Devin Mikles in his medical clinic, Choices Integrated Healthcare. | | | | Feather Jones
| | Feather Jones is a clinical herbalist in the field of natural healing. She operates a private practice where she helps individuals with their health care needs, she leads “herb walks” that introduce people to the healing plants around them and she writes for Sedona’s Four Corners magazine. Feather is an expert in the teachings of the Mandan tribe of Native Americans and incorporates their timeless knowledge into her own work. | | | | Veronica Vida
| | Veronica is an astrologer and expressive art therapist with a deep concern and passion for individual and planetary healing. She brings 30 years of experience in women’s spirituality, facilitating sacred rituals and ceremony. Veronica has worked with women, children, and families in a variety of settings, as a midwife, teacher, and therapist. Combining this rich experience with a master’s in counseling and expressive art therapy allows her to bring insight, compassion and creativity to her work. | | | | Ahna Bridenbaugh
| | An Arizona licensed acupuncturist, Ahna Bridenbaugh obtained her master’s degree in 1996 from Emperor's College of Oriental Medicine in Santa Monica, California. She has enjoyed her private practice in Sedona since then, and serves as a board member for the Arizona Accupuncture Society (ASA). In addition, she teaches ongoing Tai Chi and Qi Gong classes. | | | | Chizomana Black
| | Chizomana Chio Black was born at Second Mesa on the Hopi Indian Reservation. A few years after Chio’s birth, her parents died and she was raised by an uncle who taught her that Hopi culture wouldn’t be understood unless it was shared, leading Chio to lecture at museums. Later, she put aside a pop music career when she adopted three Hopi children. Chio is a member of the Indian Living Treasures Association, which honors Arizona Indians age 60 and over for dedication to arts and crafts. | | | | Leslee Vogal
| | Leslee’s commitment to health and wellbeing spans 20 years of counseling, teaching and writing about sustaining vitality and balance. She holds advanced degrees in herbal medicine, holistic nutrition, Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine and counseling. Leslee has a private practice in Sedona, Ariz., leads workshops for Miiamo Spa at Enchantment Resort, and is invited to teach and do interviews nationally. She has been featured in SPA magazine as an expert on health and wellness. | | | | Robin Cameron
| | Robin Cameron, who has made Sedona home since 1971, is a certified Enneagram Teacher in the Narrative Tradition and a trained spiritual director with a strong background in 12-Step spirituality, scripture and the inquiry work of Byron Katie. She brings all her years of teaching, facilitating groups, and leading workshops and retreats into her presentation of the Enneagram in a highly interactive setting where people discover themselves with an understanding that is life-changing. | | | | Enocha Ranjita
| | Enocha Ranjita has been a transformational healing artist in personal healing and spiritual empowerment for over 30 years. She is the owner of Your Hearts Home, a private retreat sanctuary in Sedona’s Oak Creek Canyon. Enocha introduces us to the “Three Aspects of Our True Power,” explaining how the power trinity got separated during early development, then taking us on a journey to remembering and reclaiming these aspects of our true power. | | | | Tomas Winn
| | Tomas Winn’s passion is using music, biofeedback programs and gentle coaching to guide people toward the wisdom of their own heart. He provides individual coaching and biofeedback sessions to assist people in accessing and using the intelligence of their heart to change thoughts, feelings and behaviors. A longtime teacher and practitioner of Transcendental Meditation, Tomas has studied and taught music therapy techniques in India, Holland, Ireland and Switzerland. | | | |
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