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Wellness Workshops at the Spencer Hotel and Spa

Workshop Calendar

June 15-17, 2008

Catherine Sahley

The Power of Creative Living

Catherine Sahley Buendia

In this 3 day workshop, we will use Deepak Chopra’s seminal work, “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success”, as a template for exploring the power of integrating creative thought and action into every aspect of our life; our daily tasks, our relationships, and vision of life.

In addition to examining and discussing the Seven Spiritual Laws, over the course of this class we will practice a variety of techniques to access creative realms of the mind and increase our potential to respond in flexible, new, and innovative ways to challenges and goals we have set for ourselves.

The class is informal, with discussion and time for questions; sharing thoughts and experiences in the groups will assist in the exchange of wisdom and new ideas. Exercises will include specific journaling techniques, contemplation, gentle body movements and breathing techniques.

We will use universal archetypes as well as powerful archetypes of nature as a portal to accessing our creativity. The natural setting around us will be a component of exercises designed to refine our attention and perception. These are key elements to noticing intricacy at all levels, from the most detailed interactions occurring in nature to the larger scheme within which our universe, and we, as individuals, operate.

One of the main goals of this workshop is to enhance our lives by accessing higher states of consciousness for our personal as well as collective change. By observing our activities, intentions, and visions from different states of consciousness and points of view, we can appreciate the creativity in our daily tasks as well as the beauty inherent in our heart and soul’s desire.

We will write, draw or visualize the story of our lives, where we are the main character presently living the highest vision we have of ourselves.

Catherine Sahley Buendia
Catherine is an ecologist who has lived and worked extensively in Latin America. She also studied meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda (the Indian system of holistic health) under the direction of Dr. Deepak Chopra and is a certified instructor in all these areas.

Cost: $786.45 per person includes lodging, meals, wellness retreat per person based on double occupancy.

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June 25-27, 2008

Cindy Hungerford

Wellness Retreat

Cindy Hungerford

This three-day workshop will focus on the healing properties of moving the body and breath through yoga postures, and the personal discoveries of the peace of meditation using the Chopra Center’s Primordial Sound Meditation technique

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Cindy Hungerford
Cindy is a Chopra Center Certified Meditation instructor, and a certified yoga instructor registered with yoga alliance.  She has a studio in Medina, NY, and teaches on location for corporations and institutions.  Born in San Diego, California she finds herself returning often to California for inspiration from her mentors at the Chopra Center, and to Santa Barbara where she received her first certification for yoga at the White Lotus Foundation in 2001. While in California she has studied with Ganga White, Tracy Rich, Cheri Clampett, and of course Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. David Simon.  She has also studied with Beryl Bender Birch, Gary Kraftsow, Glenn Black and Jonathan Urla.

Cost: $919.02 includes lodging, meals, wellness retreat, per person based on double occupancy.

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September 18-20, 2008

Helen Goldstein

How to Grow Younger

Helen Goldstein and her assistant Joey

“How to Grow Younger”
- a blueprint for living life to its fullest.

Come join Helen Goldstein and Joey Schooley, veteran students of life and teachers of the science of well-being, on a magical mystery tour. Learn how to have lifelong youth in body, mind and spirit.

In this retreat you will receive a personal mantra through learning Dr. Chopra's Primordial Sound Meditation.

You will experience wellness through simple stress management techniques such as breath awareness, visualization and affirmations.

Find the secret to a good night's sleep. Understand what diet works best for your body and emotional type. Eat delicious, nutritious lovingly prepared meals. Indulge in some wonderful spa treatments.

Leave with practical, proven methods to help you maintain lifelong youth. And most of all have fun and meet interesting like minded people.

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Helen Goldstein
personally certified by Deepak Chopra
director of the Universal Light Centre in Toronto and Peace-Core
Joey Schooley
certified Yoga Instructor
Registered Holistic Nutritionist

Cost: $661.45 for two day retreats includes lodging, meals, wellness retreat per person based on double occupancy.

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September 25-27, 2008

Karen, Lori and Melanie

Shortwall Workshop

with Melanie Karen and Lori

Three days of health and wellness. Begin the journey to emotional and physical well-being through a holistic approach to a more balanced and healthy lifestyle.

The Shortwall Workshop will consist of instruction in Deepak Chopra’s Primordial Sound Meditation, twice daily Yoga instruction, a Reiki session, an introduction to Ayurveda-the science of life and an optional massage.

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Melanie Baird
Certified Instructor- Deepak Chopra’s Primordial Sound Meditation
Graduate of Deepak Chopra’s training in Mind Body Medicine & Ayurveda
Karen Pate
Certified Usui System Reiki Master
Lori Thomas
Certified YogaFit Instructor

Cost: $919.02 includes lodging, meals, wellness retreat, per person based on double occupancy.

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