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Summer Yoga and Creativity Retreat on Lake Superior


oga teacher Billie Jo Joy, of Cambridge’s Art and Soul studio, will present a summer retreat that combines yoga and creativity at the Madeline Island School of the Arts, in Wisconsin. Joy will be joined by artist Kat Van Hammen at the retreat, located on Madeline Island in Lake Superior, from July 30 to August 3.


“Experiences that integrate contemplative and expressive practices are absorbing, joyful and empowering,” says Joy. “Retreats like this offer a sacred time and space for these explorations.”


Art and Soul is dedicated to the contemplative and expressive arts. Joy notes that many yoga studios are now offering classes that involve creativity. “Yoga and creativity live side by side in the human heart,” she says. “Many artists say that yoga practice has given them some of their most creative ideas.” Joy, who has numerous theater, dance and film credits, also leads yoga


retreats in Italy, Mexico and Colombia. Van Hammen is a sculptor and painter who teaches at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art. She has 20 years of experience presenting workshops for all ages and abilities.


For more information about the retreat, visit MadelineSchool.com. For more information about Billie Jo Joy, call 617-395-4227 or visit ArtSoulYoga.com. See the Yoga, Pilates & Fitness Directory listing on page 17.


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Shamballa Reiki I Class Returns to Brighton


imi Rhys, LMT, of Phoenix Healing Arts, in Brighton, will present an encore class on Shamballa Reiki I from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 20. Rhys, a Sham- balla master healer who has been teaching and practicing since 2002, says Shamballa is a higher-energy level of Reiki than the more commonly known Usui style. “The healing abilities people acquire when they


learn Shamballa are as powerful as any other Reiki, but they are only a by-product,” Rhys explains. “The major purpose of attunement is to allow students to bring in higher energies that will enhance the spiritual evolution and wholeness of the world.”


Mimi Rhys


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Rhys presented the Shamballa workshop earlier this year and is bringing it back by popular demand. “There were so many people who wanted the first class that I had to create a second one,” she says. She also will run a level 2 class for students. Shamballa classes require less time and money than traditional Reiki classes, says Rhys, which enables more people to participate. The $50 fee in- cludes materials and a Reiki attunement. A deposit is required to hold a place in the class. The Brighton location information will be given to all registrants.


For more information and to register, call 617-413-7174 or visit PhoenixHealingArts.net. See ad on page 15, and Resource Guide on page 46.


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