Classes and Workshops at The Essence Center
The Essence Center is a Natural Health Retreat Center located at 530 Upper Flat Creek Road. For more information about any of their classes or workshops, contact them at 658-8198 or visit their website at www.theessencecenter.com
Daily Yoga/Movement Classes & Breakfast at Essence
After a morning movement class (either yoga, Nia or Tia-Chi), help yourself to a yummy continental-styled breakfast of homemade granola, fresh fruit, juice, coffee & tea. Sunday through Saturday. Please call first to reserve, 658-8198.
7 a.m.: Morning yoga or other movement class
8 a.m.: Breakfast with homemade granola, muffins, fresh fruit & juice
Shamanic Dance Temple with Rabbi Asherah at The Essence Center
Friday, January 11, 2008, 7-10 p.m.
$30 per person
Shamanic Dance Temple is a sacred space which will allow you to delve inside yourself through movement and reach ecstasy. A passion for moving the body emerges, allowing the soul inside to awaken. Call 658-8198 for reservations or visit www.TheEssenceCenter.com.
Experience the Wisdom of Winter Through the Eyes of the Natural World at The Essence Center
Saturday, January 12, 2008, 10 a.m.- 6p.m.
$85 per person
Includes light lunch
Explore the essence of the winter season and how you can align with it. Receive optimum food/ herb choices & cooking methods that support this alignment. Learn to make a simple winter soup to nourish the kidneys & build life force. Participate in a traditional sweat lodge in the Bear Tribe tradition, including building the fire to heat the rocks ceremony. Participate in a Sacred Pipe Ceremony. Call 658-8198 for reservations
or visit www.TheEssenceCenter.com.
Holotropic Breakthwork Workshop
with Brack Jefferys, Ph.D.
Thursday, January 17, 2008, 7-9 p.m.
$20 per person.
Holotropic Breathwork™ is an experiential process grounded in over forty years of research by Christina and Stanislav Grof, M.D. This is a brief workshop that will introduce you to the technique and its uses. Please call 658-8198 for reservations or visit www.TheEssenceCenter.com.
Alpha to Omega: The Gamut of Sound at The Essence Center
with Daniel Barber – Musician, Sound healer
Sunday, January 20, 2008, 3-6 p.m.
$30 per person
This workshop will take you on a sonic and somatic journey through drumming, movement and vocalizing. We will explore how and why we respond the way we do to various rhythms, consider how ancient chants are “hidden wide open” in our modern language, and experience the power of group “sounding.” Please call 658-8198 for reservations or visit www.TheEssenceCenter.com.
INNERSOULSPEAK: Creating Original Solo Performance Pieces
with Rabbi Asherah, D.Div., M.S., LHT, LC
Monday Night Series from January 21-February 25, 2008 (6 class series)
$180 per person
This special workshop series utilizes improvisational techniques and exploratory autobiographical writing to generate original monologue while delving into the inner realm of the conscious and unconscious. The body holds wisdom, trauma, and memory, much will surface while working with and through movement, voice, spoken word, and meditation.This workshop culminates in a performance of all students. Please call 658-8198 for reservations or visit www.TheEssenceCenter.com.
Sacred Sensuality for Women at The Essence Center
Saturday, February 2, 2008
with Rabbi Asherah, D.Div, M.S., LHT, LC
8 a.m.-5 p.m., including lunch: $TBA
A day workshop on the women’s sensuality and expression. Please call 658-8198 for reservations or visit www.TheEssenceCenter.com.
