Yoga with Weights:Baptiste Method™ is a System of Personal Development for Mind, Body, & Spirit
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"15 million Americans include some form of Yoga in their fitness regimen - twice as many as did 5 years ago" - Time Magazine

Yoga with Weights:Baptiste Method™
RETREAT - FEATHERED PIPE RANCH, MONTANA

Baptiste Power of Yoga & Meditation Retreat - Autumn Renewal Retreat
(Retreat will also include 'Yoga with Weights' sessions)

September 17 - 23, 2006 Cost: $1295
(We offer a 2 1/2% discount for full or final payments by check or money order)

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Sherri Baptiste shares her wisdom and love of yoga in a beautiful mountain setting. More and more people are realizing the mind body relationship and that our mental state and physical well being are intimately connected. Because life can be so fragmented and busy, taking time for a retreat like this with its fullness of experience has taken on even more importance and value. Spending time in nature supports real change - change that you feel - and influences the quality of your work and daily life when you return home.
Extended Morning Sessions: will give you time to master a strong intermediate practice. Your body will thrive on the longer sessions giving you the time to release stress and fatigue, while developing accurate alignment and a deep breath.
All levels of ability are welcome!

The Power of Yoga Retreat will include:

YOGA POSTURES: For Serenity, Strength, and Beauty- You will be skillfully and gently guided through each practice, with modifications given throughout the practice. You will be encouraged to work at your own level of ability. The series of flowing movements with breath will strengthen the muscles of the mind as well as the body. You'll quickly notice more ease in practice, and your relationship to your yoga practice will move you to new levels of strength, flexibility, and suppleness.

BREATHWORK: They way you are breathing influences everything in your life. The wellbeing of body, mind and health are all enhanced through breath work. You'll notice many personal benefits from this natural process, bringing peace of mind, while strengthening the body's immune system, slowing biologic aging processes, awakening regenerative energies, balancing the nervous system, and nurturing enhanced creative abilities. During the sessions you'll experience many different techniques and practices that you will bring home with you.
DEEP RELAXATION & MEDITATION: Meditation has integrated itself into modern life and become an increasingly familiar word in our vocabulary. Physicians, psychologists, and other professionals endorse meditation as a powerful tool for relieving stress, maintaining health, and promoting creativity and vitality. One of the benefits of this week will be your time for meditation. The rich experience of practice will help you to establish your own daily practice when you return home. Even just a few minutes daily in meditation, will enhance the quality and outlook on life.


Yoga with Weights:Baptiste Method™ Would you like to get both the benefits of weight training and yoga practice all at the same time? Well here is your opportunity. Yoga with Weights is the latest breakthrough in mind-body exercise, integrating the mindfulness of yoga with the physical culture of body-building and building on the strengths of both disciplines.

You'll practice and learn from Sherri and Megan how to do yoga with weights as found in the popular book 'Yoga with Weights for Dummies'.You'll enhance your the quality of your bone density, overall general health, and good looks. These sessions will be designed for the beginner to fitness expert, and will help you to bring this unique system into your health and fitness regime.

Benefits include:
• Strength, flexibility, and stamina
• Maximized workout potential
• Added weight supports healthy bone density
• Exercises tone, and shape your body
• Stimulates metabolism through active breath, increased weight, and movements
• Extra weight encourages balance, while engaging muscles in new ways
• Faster impact of practice offering quick results
• Tailor your workouts to meet individual needs from endurance training to seniors
• Learn deep, and rhythmic breathing in every exercise
• Moment-to-moment awareness expands
• Enjoy greater peace of mind, and overall physical well being
GUIDED SWEAT LODGE CEREMONY: Healing and cleansing is the intention of this ancient practice. Offer your prayers on the rising scent of burning sage and sweetgrass as this ritual gently helps to heal, and guide you into deeper states of connection with the Earth.

NATIVE AMERICAN CAVE with Meditation – Join Sherri Baptiste for this afternoon trip, and as she provides a guided meditation in a sacred cave, The First Nations ceremonial site. Native Americans knew the wisdom of the mind-body-spirit connection. For them, the human being has always been whole.
PLUS! Two nights of live music: Kirtan, the power of sound. During one evening you’ll find your voice while you experience and practice chant with Feathered Pipe’s own chant master. Then later in the week enjoy the fun of local folk music artists who join our group for an evening of fun, laughter and joy.

This Retreat will nurture your well being with a diet that is fresh, healthy and delicious, while restoring your vital energy and link to the earth. You’ll find a healthy balance and return home rejuvenated, balanced, and relaxed mentally and spiritually with an improved and inspired state of being.
Sherri Baptiste: was born into a rich heritage and family of pioneering teachers, her parents Magaña and Walt Baptiste, who established yoga on the West Coast in the mid-1950s. Sherri has been teaching yoga since her teens and is the founder of Baptiste Power of Yoga, as well as a yoga teacher-training program recognized by Yoga Alliance. You can learn more about Sherri at these Web sites: Power of Yoga and Yoga with Weights.

Joined by guest teacher: Megan Scott Ph.D. Megan, a doctor of integrative medicine, sports rehabilitation, physical therapist, and clinical psychology, teaches at California Pacific Medical Center, Institute for Health and Healing as well as a private and group yoga and yoga therapy classes. She has 20 years training and practice in mind body techniques. She is also a contributing author of Yoga with Weights for Dummies. Sherri & Megan will co teach the afternoon sessions; on adding weigths to our yoga practice.

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Weekend Retreat - October 13-15, 2006
KRIPALU - LENOX MA (800)944-1001
http://www.kripalu.org/

Yoga with Weights:Baptiste Method™ and the Baptiste Power of Yoga™
with Sherri Baptiste

For all levels with minimum of 6 months experience. In addition this is excellent for teachers in training, and instructors interested in adding a little weight to the practice.

Sherri brings weights to Baptiste Power of Yoga™. Based on her new book “Yoga with Weights for Dummies,” you will explore a breakthrough in mind-body exercise that honors the core ideals of yoga, integrating the mindfulness qualities of yoga with the physical culture and science of bodybuilding. Yoga with weights movements are done slowly in a controlled, safe, and effective manner. Sherri will be joined by contributing author of Yoga with Weights, Megan Scott, PdD in Physiology, for the yoga and weights training sessions.

Benefits include:
• Strength, flexibility, and stamina
• Maximized workout potential
• Added weight supports healthy bone density
• Exercises tone, and shape your body
• Stimulates metabolism through active breath, increased weight, and movements
• Extra weight encourages balance, while engaging muscles in new ways
• Faster impact of practice offering quick results
• Tailor your workouts to meet individual needs from endurance training to seniors
• Learn deep, and rhythmic breathing in every exercise
• Moment-to-moment awareness expands
• Enjoy greater peace of mind, and overall physical well being

The Baptiste Method developed by Sherri’s parents, who were yoga-health-fitness pioneers, is integration and well-being of body, mind, and spirit. The method includes hatha yoga, breath work, meditation, and techniques and tools for accessing and sustaining mental, emotional, and physical well-being for optimal health and fitness.

During this weekend Sherri will also lead you through postures for serenity, strength, and flexibility. You will learn posture sequencing, and how to control a deeper breathing pattern during practice, while moving freely and gracefully from a strong foundation. Practices will include, the art of deep relaxation, chakras, and meditation.

Note: You’ll need ankle weights and hand weights. The ankle weights should be Velcro strapped, easy to put on and off. Use 1lb weights to start. There is a 3-pound per hand limit in this beginning class. Usage of weights is optional, if uncomfortable you may continue class without the weights using body resistance only.

KRIPALU - LENOX MA (800)944-1001
http://www.kripalu.org/

Special note On Dummies Brand books:
Dummies Brand of books the #1 selling reference books in the country. Written with clarity and author expertise these popular for Dummies Brand of books include authors such as: Meditation by Stephan Bodian and Dean Ornish. Yoga for Dummies: by Georg Feuerstein & Larry Payne with a forward by Lillia’s Folan and Power Yoga by Doug Swenson and Yoga with Weights by Sherri Baptiste.
A Sample Day
The following is a typical day at the Feathered Pipe Ranch

Optional morning practices include:

7-7:20 Guided Meditation with Sherri Baptiste

Guided Hikes with Baptiste teachers:

7: 30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-9:30


Morning Baptiste Power of Yoga Sessions: with Sherri Baptiste

10:am-12:30 p.m.


Lunch

12:30-1:30 p.m.


Afternoon Free time

1:30-4:30

Afternoon Yoga with Weigths workshops: with Sherri & Megan

4:30-6pm

Dinner

6:-7:30 p.m.


Occasional evening sessions:

With live music, chanting and more will be offered during the week.
This retreat is for all levels of ability, from the interested and athletic beginners to the fitness and yoga enthusiasts.

This retreat will help you to bring home new skills and understanding.

Please contact us with any questions.
info@yogawithweights.com
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