NicolePresents: Wellness

We were really excited to hear about free Yoga classes being offered locally by a great friend and experienced Yoga teacher Natalie Wasil!

Her classes are physically challenging, yet nurturing and adapted to all types of bodies and backgrounds. Students are encouraged to come to an awareness of their own internal resources through breath, focus and a flow that balances movement and the stoking of internal heat with stillness and deep opening. The practice of Yoga happens from the inside out and is a powerful tool for self transformation for any body!

Monday 4:15pm @ James Howell Studio (open)
Thursdays 2:30pm @ The Women’s Building (women only)

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Meet Cocoon Urban Day Spa, an exclusive urban sanctuary. Wellness, relaxation and health are an ongoing lifestyle choice and Cocoon Urban Day Spa embraces this philosophy from the moment you walk through the door. Treatments, services and classes are carried out in a serene and tranquil environment.

Cocoon Yoga offers an inviting, supportive, private setting with small class sizes and knowledgeable teachers, providing you with the comfort needed to cultivate a strong Yoga practice. Students learn at a pace that is suitable for them. This benefits both beginners – who need more attention and advanced practitioners – who have the potential to go further!

Cocoon Yoga also offers seasonal Fitness Bootcamps featuring a combination of Yoga, Fitness Training, Pilates, Martial Arts and more!  Next one is January/February – achieve your 2010 resolutions!

Check out the Yoga class schedule! http://www.cocoonurbandayspa.com/yoga.html.  Join their mailing list or Facebook page for updates on their programs!

Give the Gift of Yoga & Dance to yourself, family or friends for the holidays!

For a limited time only, dance and yoga master instructors Val Cunningham and Nicole Doherty are joining forces to offer a unique opportunity to work one-on-one to achieve your fitness goals for 2010!

We all know that toned muscles, great posture, core strength and improved energy will not only help you look better, but will make you feel your very best to exude the confidence needed to succeed.

At the Dance Loft, begin with Nicole’s 45 min energizing Yoga class to warm up the muscles, free the mind and align your body in preparation for Val’s 45 min fun and exhilarating dance class in solo or partner movement.

Studies show that the combination of these expressive movement modalities will help you reach your highest potential and optimal performance.

3, 5 & 10 class packages! Discounted holiday pricing avail until Jan 31st!  Book now. Email nic@nicolepresents.com!

The Yoli Blast Cap is an innovative and unique beverage dispensing device changing the way people think about beverages.

It is a device inserted onto a bottle that delivers fresh, freeze dried nutrients and vitamins directly into water for people on the go!

The Blast Cap has virtually an unlimited shelf life and doesn’t have any synthetics, additives and stabilizers found in most beverages like Vitamin Water.  All good and none of the bad!

“Truth” contains so many amazing ingredients – one of the most powerful health choices in the market today!

Probiotics
Superfruits rich with antixoidants
Enzymes
AlkaPlex(tm) – alkalizing agent to bring your PH to neutral
Monatau(tm) – Gold

Yoli will use the Blast Cap technology to design a whole line of products using the most cutting edge ingredients and other innovative uses like Baby Formula and a Pharma Blast for medicinal use.

This technology has revolutionized the beverage industry!  

Yoga is more than just a practice, its a way of life!  So over the holidays, why not practice Ahimsa for the Holidays! Think of ways that you can contribute to the greater good. Finding ways to help the homeless, volunteer at a shelter, teach some free Yoga classes to friends, or donate to your favorite charity in the name of a family member as a holiday gift!

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The practice of yoga is an art and science dedicated to creating union between body, mind and spirit. Its objective is to assist the practitioner in using the breath and body to foster an awareness of ourselves as individualized beings intimately connected to the unified whole of creation. In short, it is about making balance and creating equanimity so as to live in peace, good health and harmony with the greater whole.

The core of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra (sacred texts) is an eight-limbed path that forms the structural framework for yoga practice. Each is part of a holistic focus which eventually brings completeness to the individual as they find their connectivity to the Divine.

Of the eight limbs the first are the Yamas which then are broken down into five “wise characteristics.” Rather than a list of dos and don’ts, “they tell us that our fundamental nature is compassionate, generous, honest and peaceful.”

I.  Yamas (Universal Morality) – First of the Eight-Limbed Path

1 (of 5)  Ahimsa – Compassion for all living things
. The word ahimsa literally means not to injure or show cruelty to any creature or any person in any way whatsoever. Ahimsa is, however, more than just lack of violence as adapted in yoga. It means kindness, friendliness, and thoughtful consideration of other people and things. It also has to do with our duties and responsibilities too. Ahimsa implies that in every situation we should adopt a considerate attitude and do no harm.

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