This weeklong program is a great opportunity to meet other interesting women, get some tips on women's wellness and experience beautiful Alamos. Includes everything from morning walks, zumba, yoga, natural healing, acupuncture for beauty and wellness (absolutely amazing), evening seminars on wellness, great food and music.

For this year's dates and to register see Hacienda Happenings at Hacienda de los Santos.

PRICE: $150 USD for the 10 hour workshop --- (limited private sessions are available! please RSVP soon as scheduling is limited and Maria's private sessions were in high demand last year! $75 / 1 hr session)
WHERE: El Pedregal Nature Lodge and Retreat Center, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
ALL LEVELS WELCOME
WHEN: For this year's dates see Calendar of Events

AYURVEDA is an ancient holistic medical science and its purpose is to heal and to maintain the quality and longevity of life. It offers the profound understanding of each person's unique body and mind type and offers a treatment regiment for each individual to eliminate the cause of imbalance, treat the condition, and rebuild and rejuvenate the body or maintain good health. It is the sister science of Yoga.

In this workshop you will be introduced to Ayurvedic principles, learn about your own unique body-mind type, and learn practical tools suited for you to cultivate greater health and well-being. Yoga practices are commonly prescribed as part of a treatment regimen and you will learn and practice yoga poses best suited for your needs. Therapeutic Yoga practices will be incorporated to identify imbalances, release trauma, re-align, strengthen and relax the body. This is a unique opportunity to cleanse, renew, and rejuvenate for the new year and learn techniques specific for your self-care. This will be part lecture and part experiential yoga practice.

SOME COMMON CONDITIONS THAT BENEFIT FROM THERAPEUTIC YOGA PRACTICE:
- Asthma - Addictions - Back and Neck Pain - Cancer - Poor Circulation - Depression - Emotional Stress - Low Energy - Poor Posture - Osteoporosis - Poor balance - Muscle tension/overall stiffness - Weak Immune System - Scoliosis - Sciatica

MARIA KALI MA, RN, MS, e-RYT 500, is both a Structural Yoga therapist and an Integrative Yoga therapist. An avid practitioner of yoga for 30 years, and a teacher for 20, Maria’s background as a registered nurse in rehabilitation and women’s health inspired her to pursue yoga as a viable therapeutic milieu. She has completed a number of certifications, including trauma release training and Ayurvedic practitioner training. Maria maintains a private yoga therapy and Ayurvedic consultation practice, and holds faculty positions with various yoga teacher training programs and Integrative Yoga Therapy’s Professional Therapist program. She teaches both nationally and internationally with Integrative Yoga Therapy, and then with her own group of Functional Yoga Therapy.
For more information on Maria's work see Functional Yoga Therapy

To register for this workshop at El Pedregal, Alamos contact Jennifer Mackay at dave_and_jen@solipaso.com

FOUNDATIONS AND REFINEMENTS OF IYENGAR YOGA WORKSHOP
WHEN: For this year's dates see Calendar of Events
WHERE: El Pedregal Nature Lodge and Retreat Center
PRICE: $150 USD for the 10 hour workshop – (limited private sessions available at an additional cost)
ALL LEVELS WELCOME

IYENGAR YOGA places special attention on developing strength, endurance, and correct body alignment-which brings calmness, balance and union of the mind and body. This practice focuses on Yoga asanas (postures). It is perfect for the beginning yoga student as well as more advanced students. If you want to add yoga into your life, this is the perfect opportunity. For the experienced yogi, this is the best opportunity to kick your yoga practice up a notch. Offered at half the price of similar workshops in the US. It is the best gift you can give yourself.

DEBORAH BRISTOW began her Iyengar Yoga studies in 1979 in San Francisco. She is a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institutes Advanced Studies Program and most recently, the Iyengar Therapeutic Yoga Certification program. Deborah has continued her studies at multiple Iyengar Yoga Workshops in the US and in Pune, India where she has spent a total of 12 months studying with Shri B.K.S. Iyengar and his family. Therapeutic Yoga certification is a very strenuous achievement. There are very few instructors worldwide that have this type of specialized training. Deborah currently lives and teaches in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Deborah is certified on the Junior Intermediate Level 3 to teach Iyengar Yoga.

To register for this workshop at El Pedregal, Alamos contact Jennifer Mackay at dave_and_jen@solipaso.com