ancient practice of Yoga Nidra. Kamini Desai, PhD will facilitate the workshop. Desai asks, “What if disease isn’t just disease? What if depression isn’t just depression and stress isn’t just stress? What if so many of the problems we experience physically, mentally and emotionally are just the visible manifestation of a variety of deeper causes? ” Yoga Nidra uses a series of body, breath and awareness techniques to take
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practitioners into a profound level of stillness. Performed in a comfortable reclined position, this technique supports the optimum health of the body from the inside out. “The truth of the matter is there is no mind without the body and no body without the mind,” says Desai. “What we refer to as body, mind, thoughts, emotions or energy are not separate, but are all part of one seamless system. To treat it as anything less limits our healing potential.” Desai’s versatile body of teachings applies the principles of yoga to the challenges
of everyday life.
Register by calling Birchwood Center, 358-6409 or email info@birchwoodcenter. com. To learn more about Kamini Desai go to KaminiDesai.com. See Community Resource Guide listing, page 42.
winning book The Hudson: America’s River, Dunwell will present a one-hour slide show and discussion. Using images of Hudson River School paintings, maps and period engrav-
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ings, she captures the spirit of the river through the eyes of its many admirers. Her talk recounts how the Hudson River powered the growth of the country’s greatest industrial and financial empire and also produced leading American artists, writers, engineers and environmentalists. She makes the case for conserving the Hudson as a source of creative inspiration and demonstrates that the river continues to be a creative force today.
This free evening lecture is sponsored by the Fort Montgomery Battle Site Association, 690 Rt. 9W, Fort Montgomery. Call 446-2134 for more information.
to 8 p.m. This unique fundraising auction, open to the public for the first time ever, features fabulous trips, handmade and knitted crafts, lessons and classes, and baskets donated by each class. According to auction co-chair Lisa Cusano “In a time when we as a society are focused on sustainability, it seems like a great opportunity to welcome the public in and take a look at some of the amazing aspects of the community.” Cusano continues, “To honor the large Japanese community we have in the lower grades, we’ll have a fabu- lous Japanese Sakura cherry blossom theme and great Asian food.” This year, there also will be children’s activities led by GMWS teachers and high-school students.
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druscila@aol.com or Development Assistant Linda Nelli at 356-2514, ext 304. GMWS.org. See Mark Your Calendar listing, page 34.
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reen Meadow Waldorf School (GMWS) in Chestnut Ridge will hold its annual auction fundraiser on April 10, from 5
uthor and conservationist Frances F. Dunwell will speak on April 15 at 7 p.m. at Ft. Montgomery State Historic Site. Drawing on the material in her award-
workshop is being held at Birchwood Center on Sunday, April 11, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., where attendees can discover the
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