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"WE KNEAD EACH OTHER"
With Nancy A. Smith
Friday nights • July 9
7:00 - 9:30 PM
COST: $39 per couple
Spend a special evening learning the gift of massage with your partner in this special group workshop. Nancy will demonstrate on her husband Bill the basics of ayurvedic massage for the Hands and Feet and the Head and Shoulders. She will assist all couples as they work on each other. Please wear loose clothing and bring 2 pillows and 2 blankets. Rejuvenation Oil will be provided.
PROCESS PAINTING WORKSHOPS
with Linda Dumoff
Tuesday afternoon or Tuesday evening 3-week Session Cost: $105
Process Painting is a simple way of connecting with your creative self through art. Join Linda Dumoff for an opportunity to free your mind and reclaim that spontaneous part of you.
REIKI LEVEL 1 TRAINING
When: Saturday, June 19 • 10 AM - 1 PM
Cost: $90 per person plus cost of book ($21)
Ayurveda & Dosha Specific Food
Saturday, June 26 • 12-4 PM
Cost: $150 - includes an Ayurvedic Cleansing Kit
Ayurveda emphasizes the maintenance of good health. People can be classified by three constitutional types, or doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Come to this class to discover your dosha type, and learn how you can reach optimal balance (health) for your specific constitution. Also learn the pattern of fresh garden foods as they come into season and the ayurvedic principles of each that balance the seasonal Dosha.
Ayurvedic Massage with Steam/ Hot Towels Training With Nancy A. Smith
Monday, June 28 • 10 AM -6 PM
Note Location: New Jersey Massage
Parsippany Medical Complex
3699 Route 46 Parsippany, NJ 07054 8-hour CEU Course Certification
For more info contact New Jersey Massage, LLC
(973) 263.2229
Or email them at info@newjerseymassage.com
AYURVEDIC MASSAGE WITH STEAM/ HOT TOWELS TRAINING
(Abhyanga and Swedna) with Nancy A. Smith
AYURVEDA is a traditional, holistic system of health science from India, which has been practiced for over 5,000 years.
Ayurvedic massage (Abhyanga) incorporates warm oils, herbs and steam/hot towels (Swedna) to help restore balance to the body. Massage stokes, oils and herbs are selected based on each individual client’s need. Benefits of Ayurvedic massage include increased vitality, reduced stress and relaxation.
The Massage Therapist will learn Traditional Ayurvedic principles and how to restore balance with oils, herbs and steam. This course will cover:
• Ayurvedic Dosha Theory
• Indications and contraindications
• Benefits of Abhyanga and Swedna
• Discussion of Specific Ayurvedic balancing oils and herbs
• Room set-up
• Ayurvedic massage routine and steam tent instructions
Balancing & Restoring Your Chakras - Part I
with Joyce Murray
Saturday, July 10 • 12-4 PM Cost: $55
Now that the summer season is here, it's time to focus on getting ourselves back in step and ready for the season. The Chakras are the energy centers of our body. Spend four hours with Shamanic Practitioner Joyce Murray restoring and balancing those centers. Come away from this workshop with some simple techniques you can use at home to stay in balance throughout the year.
Streetwise Safety (
(Ridgewood YMCACourse # 455)
DATE: Friday, July 15 • 2:00-5:00 PM LOCATION: Ridgewood YMCA
112 Oak Street, Ridgewood, NJ COST:
$30.00 for YMCA Members, $40 for all others
Join Nancy Smith at the Ridgewood YMCA for this 3-Hour Self-Defense Workshop! As a Third-Degree Tae Kwon Do Black Belt, Nancy will teach you how to be safe wherever you are, whether is be at home, at work, at high school and college, or at play. Within these three hours you will begin to:
learn the physical skills to defend and protect yourself
gain confidence
increase self-esteem & assertiveness
heighten awareness of surroundings
Contact Health & Fitness Director Carol Livingstone by Monday, July 12th to enroll: 201-444-5600 x330 clivingstone@ridgewoodym.org
Benefits of Ayurveda Massage
with Nancy Smith
Ringwood Public Library
Date T.B.A. • 7:00 pm • FREE
Ayurvedic massage incorporates warm oils and herbs along specific energy points to help restore balance to the body. Massage strokes, oils, and herbs are selected based on each individual client’s need.
Free Reiki Healing Circle
with Reiki Master Nancy Smith
NEXT DATE T.B.A.
Reiki is a safe, easy, and all-natural system of healing through therapeutic touch that affects people on a mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual level.
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