I AM Retreat NOT housing

Asanas are the postures/poses when done CORRECTLY give your personal practice a safe experience.  During this 90 minute session, you will choose the 5 poses you would like Janice to examined.  We will first look at your alignment, the natural state of your body, the geometry, then I will assist you with adjustments personalized to your body structure.  

What is meditation?  Meditation is the process of getting to know yourself completely, both who I am "inside" and how I react to what is "outside".   Through meditation, I discover a very different "me" from perhaps the stressed or troubled person who may seem superficially to be "me".  I realize that my true nature, the real me, is actually very positive.  I begin to discover an ocean of peace wherever I am.  Another definition of meditation is a technique to control the fluctuations of the mind, which helps in creating peace and tranquility in the mind.

Pranayama is the vital life force connecting you to the universe.  Becoming aware of your breath, really aware, is a practice all in itself.  You have a natural breath, chest breath, diaphragm breath, abdominal breathing.  Becoming aware of your breath brings you to the present, the here and now, and with practice gives you relaxation, a connection with yourself.  You have naturally heard, "Take a deep breath, it will calm your mind"

Yoga is a way of living, there is a growing and mature awareness that personal health and happiness are inextricably entwined.  Ironically, increasing health consciousness has kept pace with an increase in stress and bodily disorders.  The resultant quest for health has more than ever before focused the attention of the west on the Indian System of Yoga. 

In its land of birth, yoga is enjoying a newfound respect, this time from a generation looking beyond yoga as "good exercise".  

Chakra system consists of seven subtle energy centers.  During this one 90 minute session we will discover the 7 chakras and examine the areas in you individually which might be open, closed, unblocked, or blocked.  You will be sent before your visit a Chakra Questionnaire for you to read over then contemplate to give us a better idea the specific area(s) we will be focusing on to give you the best value for your 90-minute session.

Janice has traveled to Rishikesh, India to study Yoga from the masters.  Rishikesh is a city in India's northern state of Uttarakhand, in the Himalayan foothills beside the Ganges River.  The river is considered holy, and the city is renowned as t center for studying yoga and meditation.