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women’s intensive March 12-14. Kashi’s founder, Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, is an internationally renowned spiritual leader and teacher, known for her compassionate work with the dying, her commitment to service, and her advocacy of human rights, religious freedom and interfaith understanding. An artist and prolific author, Ma Jaya has served as a trustee


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of the Parliament of the World’s Religions and as a member of the United Religions Initiative. She created Kali Natha Yoga, the yoga of transformation. Its teachings are based on kind- ness, compassion and service, embracing the sacred practices of many traditions. This year’s intensive is themed “The Pulse of the Mother


Within.” According to Ma Jaya, women sometimes hide behind their femininity because they are afraid to acknowledge the goddess within them. Participants in this intensive will learn to recognize their own power as their inner goddess comes forward. There will be another intensive in Atlanta April 16-18. The cost of the intensive is $325. To register, call 772-589-


1403, ext. 112. For more information, contact Teresa Surya Ma Lamb at 865-755-0778 or Teresa@MigunTN.com. See ad page 2 and 3


Svaroopa Yoga Workshop Teaches Spinal Release


igun TN will host a field trip to the Kashi Center for Advanced Spiritual Studies in Sebastian, Florida, for a


Teacher Casey Gerdes. Her workshop, entitled “One Step at a Time,” teaches students how to maintain an “open,” flexible spine. “Casey will help participants take the principles of Svaroopa


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Yoga to a new level by teaching how to apply spinal release while moving through the world and life,” says Serene White, owner of Serene Yoga and Healing. “The workshop will help students learn how to walk in a whole new way, using abdomi- nal muscles and legs to support the spine.” The workshop is appropriate for both new and experienced yoga students, White says.


The workshop runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 17, and 9 a.m. to


5:30 p.m. April 18. Each day includes two extended Svaroopa Yoga classes, which will integrate and refine new concepts as the weekend progresses. “After-lunch discussions will weave relevant anatomy principles and yoga philosophy together to guide participants toward a more complete understanding,” White says. “Casey offers a warm, detail-oriented approach and encourages each student to explore his or her own experience.” Gerdes has been studying and teaching anatomy, philosophy and underlying principles of Svaroopa Yoga since 1996 and was a teacher trainer for eight years. Enrollment is $255, or $224 with a $75, non-refundable


deposit by March 12 (balance due April 9). For more infor- mation, visit YogaWithCasey.com. To register, contact Serene White at 865-789-9731, Info@SereneYogaAndHealing.com, or SereneYogaAndHealing.com. Serene Yoga and Healing is located at 120 Administration Rd., Oak Ridge, TN. See ad page 16.


Raindrop Technique Certification Course for CEUs


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n March 22, Kate Petree will teach a daylong Raindrop Technique certification course at Migun TN. Petree is one


of six instructors in the United States qualified to teach the course as continuing education units (CEUs) for nurses and massage therapists. The Raindrop Technique incorporates into the massage


session nine essential oils, which are considered highly thera- peutic, with antiviral, antibacterial and antispasmodic proper- ties. Each oil is dropped and layered in a raindrop fashion up the spine and then lightly massaged in. “These restorative oils are absorbed by the body and are within the bloodstream within 20 minutes,” Petree says. “The oils stay in the body from five to seven days and are discharged like other nutrients. Many people report increased energy, alleviation of back pain, and a general sense of clarity after a treatment.” Raindrop Therapy also boosts the immune system, she says. Petree is a licensed massage therapist, a certified clinical


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n April 17 and 18, Serene Yoga and Healing is offering a Svaroopa Yoga weekend intensive with Leading Svaroopa


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