Finding Inner Peace, LLC has provided yoga teacher certification, Reiki Certification and Cymatron Sound Healing training since 1995. Over 700 yoga teachers have successfully graduated from the school and teach locally and nationally. We use a comprehensive and well designed curriculum, which includes learning objectives, weekly lesson plans, weekend intensive modules, reading assignments and quality supporting faculty and textbooks. www.findinginnerpeace.com
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Incense Use Increases Risk of Squamous-Cell Respiratory Cancers
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 25 -- Long-term exposure to incense may increase the risk of respiratory-tract cancers, according to data from a large Chinese cohort study. Incense users had an 80% increased risk of squamous-cell respiratory-tract cancers compared with nonusers, Jeppe T. Friborg, M.D., Ph.D., of Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark, and formerly of the University of Minnesota, and colleagues reported in the October issue of Cancer.
The risk increased with intensity and duration of exposure to incense and was greatest in the upper respiratory tract, the researchers said.
"This association is consistent with a large number of studies identifying carcinogens in incense smoke, and given the widespread and sometimes involuntary exposure to smoke from burning incense, these findings carry significant public health implications," they added.
Incense smoke has long been known to contain multiple potentially carcinogenic substances, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, carbonyls, and benzene. Additionally, incense smoke condensates have been found to have mutagenic and genotoxic activity, some of which exceeds that of tobacco smoke in mammalian cells, the authors said.
Incense use in the home has been associated with childhood leukemia and brain tumors. However, studies of potential associations between the smoke and lung cancer have yielded inconsistent results, the authors continued.
So, to examine potential associations between incense smoke and respiratory-tract cancers, investigators reviewed data from a population-based cohort study of 61,320 Chinese residents of Singapore. From 1993 through 1998, each completed a comprehensive interview regarding living conditions and dietary and lifestyle factors.
The study participants were ages 45 to 74 when interviewed, and all were cancer free. About three-fourths of participants were current users of incense.
Among current users, 92.7% used incense daily and 83.9% had used incense for more than 40 years.
During follow-up through 2005, 325 upper respiratory tract cancers and 821 lung cancers were diagnosed in the cohort.
Nasopharyngeal cancers accounted for more than half of all upper respiratory-tract cancers (175 of 325).
Nasopharyngeal cancers were predominately undifferentiated carcinomas (89%), whereas squamous histology predominated in the non-nasopharyngeal cancers (88%).
Adenocarcinoma accounted for 42% of lung cancers, followed by squamous-cell carcinomas (24%).
Exposure to incense smoke was associated with a significantly increased risk of non-nasopharyngeal upper respiratory-tract cancers (P=0.04).
Among current users, the hazard ratios were:
1.4 for less than daily use
1.3 for daily use for 40 years or less
1.7 for daily use for 41+ years
Nightly or intermittent use of incense increased the risk of non-nasopharyngeal cancers by 50% compared with noncurrent users, and daily or continuous use increased the risk by more than two-fold (P=0.02 for trend).
Duration and intensity of incense use combined significantly increased the risk of squamous-cell carcinomas throughout the respiratory tract (HR 1.8, P=0.004).
Incense use did not affect the risk of nasopharyngeal cancers or the risk of lung cancer.
Limitations of the study included the small size of the group that had never been exposed to incense and the fact that incense use was based on a questionnaire at the baseline evaluation, which did not ensure accuracy of lifetime exposure.
Source: Friborg JT, et al "Incense use and respiratory tract carcinomas. A prospective cohort study" Cancer 2008; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23788.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Weight Management and Nutritional Support - Lecture - Maureen Spencer, RN
September 10, 2008
7:00pm - 8:30pm - no charge to attend
Location: Open Doors Learning Center - Front Room
395 Washington Street, Braintee, Ma. 02184
Maureen Spencer, RN, M.Ed, RYT
Lecture on new weight management products and nutritional enzymes and electrolytes - especially good for hot yoga practice.
Maureen recently returned from a meeting in Las Vegas to learn more about the new company - YOR - and the superb team of physicians, nutritionists and biologists working with the company. Tim Brown, from the Raiders football team, was at the conference describing his experience with the products, especially the enzymes for helping with muscle and cell repair and reducing inflammation.
www.yor.com - to learn more about the company and products.
Stretch, Sweat and Shed with Ronnie Shaffer
STRETCH, SWEAT & SHED …………those extra pounds. You will realign your body, mind, and spirit with specific yoga poses that’ll build strength, increase your flexibility, and lose weight. This six week program is designed for you to detoxify your body through yoga postures, learning cleansing breaths and stretch till you sweat.
We’ll discuss a plan to reduce weight naturally.
No previous yoga experience is necessary.
Ronnie Shaffer is a certified yoga instructor and a popular South Shore workshop facilitator. Having taught yoga and meditation for five years to women in prison she is the author of, “I Hear Your Cry: Women in Prison.”
Classes held at Open Doors, Braintree
Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15a.m.
September 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, October 5th & 12th
Registration is required (781-843-8224) - $110 or
Pre-pay by Sept.1st $90
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Richard Lanza and Shawn Cornelison at Centerville Yoga Center
POWER YOGA SLOW FLOW and DEEPENING YOUR MEDITATION WORKSHOP
Fri. Sep. 12th 7-9pm
An event not to miss!
We are so happy to have Richard Lanza and Shawn Cornelison here
in Centerville . Join Richard and Shawn for a workshop focusing on a Slow Flow Power Yoga practice.
A vinyasa practice has many benefits, but here are just a few:
• Vinyasa means breathing and movement system. The purpose of vinyasa is for
internal cleansing of body and spirit.
• detoxifies the organs and boosts immune system preventing disease
• aligns, strengthens and balances the musculoskeletal system, preventing
injuries
Richard Lanza, RYT, CYT, has been exploring the different branches of yoga and forms of holistic health for over 35years. His background includes training in Yoga, Eastern Philosophy, Hypnosis, Acupuncture, Massage, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Energy Healing, Essene Therapy and Therapeutic Touch. He is the originator and owner of OPEN DOORS HOLISTIC AMD METAPHYSICAL CENTERS and OPEN DOORS POWER YOGA STUDIOS, Director and Instructor of the OPEN DOORS YOGA TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM, Co-Director of the OPEN DOORS School of Energy Healing. He has taught yoga workshops nationally and internationally. His passion is Vinyasa style of yoga. As a yoga instructor his classes blend the intensity and focus of a Power Yoga practice with a playful attitude towards the challenge. As an instructor, his intent is to provide students with the opportunity to empower themselves, deepen their spiritual practice, explore their potential, and discover their unique truth.
Shawn Cornelison CYT has been teaching at Open Doors for about three years. His goal in his class is to provide the space for each student to find their own unique path with yoga. He provides his students frequent adjustments and modifications to assist them in taking their practices to new levels. Shawn splits his time off the mat with his other career Sign language Interpreting. He will be interpreting for classes that will be open to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Shawn is available for private classes or for one on one adjustments during regularly scheduled classes
Location: Centerville Yoga & Wellness Center , Bell Tower Mall,
Centerville , 02632 508 775 1422 to save your space!
COST: $35 per person – Level Intermediate to Advanced
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Reiki Level I - New England Baptist Hospital - 081308
Yesterday I graduated 7 students in Reiki Level I at New England Baptist Hospital. We had a great day - we did two case studies on the nursing units and did a group healing. One patient - all 8 of us did the Reiki session. After the session, his wife told one of the physical therapist in the class that his spirit was so lifted by the experience. I thought how appropriate a way to describe it - uplifting. The other patient was a Reiki Master herself who requested Reiki after her hip surgery.
I will be teaching Reiki on a monthly basis. We are also in the midst of developing a business plan for an Inegrative Medicine Clinic that will offer acupuncture, massage and Reiki. Today is my 5 year anniversary at the hospital - my 5 year plan is right on target - getting integrative medicine into the hospital. Now I am invested in the retirement fund and can either leave or stay. Probably stay put - I love my job, the hospital and my co-workers. As much as I would love to open a center again, the thought of generating and worrying about cashflow again makes me shudder. I have one more to put through college so need stable income for now. Maybe someday.........:-)
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
YogaMonth Festival Boston - September 3, 2008
Yoga Health Festival Boston
Sept. 3 at the Cambridge Masonic Hall
Learn from nationally known yoga teachers and health experts at this workshop-only event. The evening benefit concert will feature amazing Donna de Lory with band.
All proceeds benefit Youth Health Alliance and holistic health education for at-risk children.
Free Festival Admission | $ 25 per workshop | $ 25 Benefit Concert | $ 88 All-inclusive Full-Day VIP PASS
Order your VIP PASS online and receive a FREE gift bag.
Benefiting Youth Health Alliance and holistic health education for at-risk children.
Ticket Info & Orders: www.yogamonth.org | Phone 310 928 3720
Featured Presenters
Donna de Lory
Timothy McCall MD
Chanel Luck
David Vendetti
Michelle Flemming
Sadie Nardini
Program Guide
Workshops Sept. 3
9am - 11am
Body Awakening Yoga Somatics
David Vendetti
$ 25
Info & Tickets
11am - 1pm
YogaThree: Prana Flow
Chanel Luck
$ 25
1pm - 3pm
Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Whole Body/Mind Transformation
Sadie Nardini
$ 25
3pm - 5pm
Getting Better With Age
Michelle Fleming
$ 25
5pm - 7pm
The Science of Yoga and Yoga Therapy
Timothy McCall MD
$ 25
8pm - 10pm
Benefit Concert with Donna de Lory
Donna de Lory
$ 25
Ticket Info & Orders: www.yogamonth.org | Phone 310 928 3720
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Tibetan Monks - August 13th - Ronnie Shaffer's Home - Abington, MA
Greetings!
Allow me to extend a personal invitation to you, your family and friends to The Shaffer’s to share in the visit of the Tibetan Monks of the Gaden Jangtse Monastery.
A small group of monks from a monastery dating from 1409 in Tibet will be at my home for chanting, puja fire ceremony and teachings from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, August 13th. They are here in America to do outreach, education, and fundraising for the monastery which was forced to relocate to south India after its destruction during the Chinese invasion and occupation in the late 1950's. From a population numbering in the 7000s, approximately 300 were able to flee to India and seek sanctuary. The Monastery has grown to about 2,600 Monks, Nuns and the many children sent to them by parents desperate to have their children raised as Tibetans which now cannot be done in their homeland. Because they are in India , there is no local Tibetan community to support them. They are able to grow some crops but the land is extremely poor and usually plagued by years of drought. Thus they come to us to share their heritage and ask our help! They bring with them a variety of crafts and Buddhist Dharma items for sale.
Donation is $20
For further information - Please call 781-857-2353 or e-mail vas4@comcast.net
Location – 500 Groveland Street, Abington , MA. 02351
Thursday, August 7, 2008
8th Annual Retreat for Women - Camp Kiwanee
September 27, 2008
10 AM - 5 PM
Camp Kiwanee, Whitman
Join us as we nurture our souls with
amazing workshops for everyone to feed your mind!
simply delicious food to feed your bellies!
wonderful people to fill your hearts!
TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF and FEED YOUR SOUL
TO REGISTER:
website: www.HAVEN-FOR-HEALING.ORG
email: INFO@HAVEN-FOR-HEALING.ORG
call: 781-293-7110
In September on the 27th we will be hosting our 8th annual Women's Retreat. This amazing day is all about Women.
It is about being together and taking workshops for healing of our bodies, minds, and spirits.
It is about honoring our role in the world as nurturers.
It is about taking some time for ourselves.
It is about feeding our souls with love and compassion and knowledge and power.
It is about feeding our bellies with abundance of delicious food and enjoying every single bite!
It is about you and it is about us.
Please take time for yourself through out the summer so on the 27th of September when we join together for a day of celebration and joy and information and workshops and food and nature and relaxation and laughter and love... we will be able to jump right in to the day at the...
Haven For Healing Foundation's Women's Retreat.
In love and gratitude,
Suzanne Hill
Lee-Ann Trigler
Founders of Haven for Healing Foundation
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Ray Crist - Yoga and Shamanism - Aug 12 & 13
The Jaguar Path: Yoga and Shamanism - Ray H. Crist
Dear Friends,
I invite you to join me in these two story telling evenings. I wish share with you some funny moments as well as some profound insights I had as a result of meeting with powerful shamans in Peru. Inspired by my yogic and shamanic studies and compelled by my teachers, I bring forth to you the Jaguar path-spiral path that leads to the most healed and empowered place within you.
Peruvian Mysticism & The Jaguar Path
At Sacred Rivers Yoga, August 12, 7:00-9:00 pm
Glastonbury, CT, 860-657-9545
At upstairs Crystal Essence, August 13, 7:00-9:00 pm
Great Barrington, MA, 413-528-2595
Ray shares with us how he discovered quantum physics and a deeper understanding of yoga in the jungles of the Peruvian Amazon Basin. He portrays his encounter with Don Emmanuel and his journey down the Madre de Dios (Mother of God) river. These sories are both funny and enlightening; clarifying yogic terminology and bringing to light the idea of the shamanic power of yoga.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Global Mala Project: Yoga for Peace in Action! - September 20, 2008 - Milford, NH
Global Mala Project: Yoga for Peace in Action!
JOIN US in connecting the New Hampshire bead!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
8am - 4pm
at Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 20 Elm Street in Milford, New Hampshire
Peace is not passive. Mahatma Gandhi taught that it is about activism! Yoga for Peace in Action is a part of our spiritual activism. We activate spirit through yoga and meditation and carry this into our ever-broadening awareness of oneness.
Enjoy a full variety of yoga (for kids, adults, beginners, experts), meditation, pranayam, philosophy, yoga nidra, laughter yoga, kirtan & Bharatanatyam!
Learn from locally, nationally & internationally known teachers!
Shop the silent auction: wonder-filled with earth & spirit honoring items. All proceeds benefit two nonprofit projects. Donation range of $11- $108 includes full retreat program + healthy lunch. Registration is open now! Click here to save your space on or off the mat (depending upon the sessions you select):
Yoga Nidra
Ajay Gupta
Yoga nidra is a profound meditative technique that opens us to the deeper phases of our mind to promote... More...
Creative Kids Yoga
Rosemary Todd Clough
Marvelously innovative workshop for kids, their parents, teachers, etc.! Empower kids to build confidence... More...
Agni: Igniting the Sacred
Lauren Jay Toolin
By building sva agni (our personal fire) we can affect change in ourselves, and in the world. We will use hatha yoga practices to... More...
Laughter Yoga
Lisa Wessan
Lisa's Laughter Circle is a place where people go to laugh stress away! The session includes Laughter Yoga, Laughter Meditation, and Laffirmations. More...
Simply Somatics
Ginny Jackson
Somatic movements release chronic holding patterns in the body by stimulating the brain's release of muscular tightness & pain. Marked changes in posture... More
Kirtan
Keshav Shukla & VPS Kirtan Mandali
Together we will sing, chant & dance, opening the heart chakra in glorious celebration! Kirtan is a form of Bhakti yoga (devotional yoga)... More...
Chair Yoga
Elizabeth Vlangas
Sitting in a chair, relax into gentle poses that energize & refresh! More...
Gentle Yoga
Cathy Mook
Is your neck, area of the upper back and/or shoulders calling for some nurturing attention? More...
Bharatanatyam
Kumari Neha Parikh
Enjoy a stunning segment of the dance. Then, a rare treat, we will learn several of the mudras (hand gestures) & their meanings. More...
Kids' Yoga
Christine Boucher & Kimberly Savoie
Kids will enjoy yoga that fosters: structure, continuity, interaction, ability to self-calm and build self-esteem with warmth, compassion and fun! More...
Japa Meditation
Gretchen Carmel
'O Self-Effulgent Light that has given birth to all the lokas who is worthy of worship and appears through the orbit of the sun, illumine our intellect." We will chant 108 repetitions of the long form of the Gayatri Mantra. More...
Plus more...
Meditation Experience with Sue Gehling; Exploring the Space in the Joints of Our Practice with Bethany Reed; Pranayam; Finding Your Playful Yoga Spirit with Rosemary Todd Clough; and Yogic Suksham Vyayam (subtle yoga for rejuvenation) with Ajay Gupta. More info on each...
Watch for future updates featuring the great items and services being offered in the silent action!
"You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act." ~ Gandhi
Yoga for Peace Actions:
1. Participate! and forward this information :)
2. Volunteer at the event. Contact us to share your time and talents.
3. Shop the silent auction (it's online now & live at the event)
4. Send gratitude to these generous supporters, sponsors & donors.
5. Can't attend? Spend time in reflection on 9/20
6. Can't attend? make a donation to support the event. Type 'YogaCaps' in name field.
7. Continue action personally: practice techniques learned during the event.
8. Continue action in the community: your donations will add support to two nonprofit projects.
To learn more info or register for the event: www.yogacaps.org
http://www.yogacaps.net/gmregister.html
John Calabria and www.Smiletrain.org
John reports:
Smiletrain, provides free cleft palate surgery for children in developing nations. We raised enough money to fund ten surgeries! We made it possible for ten children to smile for the first time. Not just smile, but have a second chance at life. They do some amazing work in India.
There are still some donations coming in, and I have a pledge to round us up to the next surgery level. (each costs just $250) If I can raise just a bit more, we'll have 11! and 11 is better than 10 right? What I like most about SmileTrain is that 100% of the funds go directly to the childrens benefit.
You can find out the details, and how to help here: http://www.yogawithjohn.com/smiletrain-yoga-benefit-class/
You can see an incredible film of the SmileTrain docs working in a Bangladesh village at www.YogaWithJohn.com/blog
P.S. you've got to see the video of the twin baby mooses playing that I posted on the blog. check it out here: Mooseplay
Revitalize your body, mind and spirit
Three days of yoga and relaxation, immersed in 95 acres of
peak foliage, meadows and streams
FALL RETREAT WITH JOHN
October 3 ~ 5, at the beautiful Spirit Fire retreat, Leyden, Massachusetts www.spiritfire.com
A good balance of daily practices and free-time
Delicious, organic, locally-grown vegetarian meals
Optional hikes, evening fires, films and discussions
Nice accommodations, limited to 12 participants
5 already signed up, email john today)
Bring your practice to the next level, you’ll feel great!
Signup before Sept 5th and your tuition is $350
registrations after Sept 5th, will be $400
More information to follow very soon,
email John: eganvay@gmail.com
ABOUT JOHN
John Calabria is an ethical vegan, humane educator, wellness educator, and Yoga teacher who graduated from the New England School of Whole Health Education. He has been practicing meditation and Yoga techniques for more than 25 years.
After many years of engineering; the last few toiling in the diamond industry, John now works with groups and individuals to meet their wellness goals, and find peace in their lives.
Having traveled extensively to study for many hundreds of hours with the world’s leading teachers, John resonates most deeply with the Jivamukti tradition and its deep commitment to Ahimsa. He works internationally to help animals in need and serves on the board of Maple Farm Animal Sanctuary
Mindfulness - Meditation – Yoga – Wellness – Whole Health
Offering group, private and semi-private yoga instruction in the greater metrowest area. Call John at 978-257-6430 or send an email to inquire about private instruction.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Yoga Workshop for Pregnant Women -- Dennis, Cape Cod
Inner Birthing - A Yoga Based Workshop for Pregnant Women
This 4 hour workshop is to strengthen and deepen within every pregnant woman the innate knowing about how to give birth.
We will look at each woman's perspective on mothering and find ways to increase confidence and deal with fears through movement, meditation, breathing, birth art, and discussions based on yogic practices and philosophy.
Every baby and every mother deserve the best possible birth! There is not one ideal way. There is only the way right for you...experienced intuitively with trust and safety.
Didi Ananda Uttama is a long time yoga nun and former homebirth midwife. She currently lives in Greece where she runs a Center primarily, but not
exclusively, for women and children. You can see her work at www.neohumanist.net
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Saturday, August 9th 1:00-5:00 pm
Fee: pre-registration $50
at the door $55
Place: Sasha's Yoga & Massage Studio
23 Rt.134, S.Dennis, MA 02660
Register to Didi at 508.394.9707
YOGA Practice by BABA RAMDEV
Six - Days YOGA Program - based upon YOGA Practice by BABA RAMDEV (seen in picture)
Aug 4th Mon thru 8th Fri from 7 to 9:30 PM
Aug. 9th Saturday Morning 7:30 to 10:00 AM
Place: SATSANG Center WOBURN MA
Open to all participants - beginners or advance, & regardless of age.
Registration Fee - $101 for the Program or $22 a day
Sudhir 603-623-1930 or 603-661-7101 (cell) nirusudhir22@yahoo.com
I. Training includes: Micro YOGA, Dynamic Yogic Jogging, Pranayama - 7 Breathing Exercises for Transformation & Energizing, 9 Asana – Postures, Weight Management, Home Remedies & Acupressure points to cover varieties of ailments….
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II. Baba Ramdev: http://www.divyayoga.com/main.htm
Ramdev is a living legend who has brought the YOGA REVOLUTION in the last 9 to 10 years..
III. Trainers Niru & Sudhir Parikh: Teaching YOGA since 1990. Have experience in different YOGA Schools such as Baba Ramdev, www.svyasa.org, Shivananda, Brahmananda, Vinyasa, SSY ....
http://sudhirparikh.blogspot.com/search/label/YOGA
IV. From Participants: Improved flexibility - Focus, Improved Blood Profile & pressure, Better Peaceful Sleep, more Energetic, Lost 2 to 5 lbs during course, Well-organized Program, very informative & good intro to Ramdev's Program, very good for Beginners, wealth of knowledge for personal & spiritual growth .....
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