Slow Yoga & Qigong: Relax & Restore|Labor Day RETREAT

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Leaders: Ken Nelson and John Haggerty

For all levels; no yoga or qigong experience necessary.

Join Kripalu legacy and leader in mind-body practices Ken Nelson and long-time martial artist and qigong teacher John Haggerty for a profound journey of self-discovery.

Experience the bliss of deep relaxation through restorative yoga, guided imagery, and attention training. Explore qigong and learn to move with ease, grace, and freedom while remaining rooted and centered. Nourish your vital energy, calm your mind, and practice living in the moment, with a wise and loving heart. 

In this nurturing retreat you will experience

• Beginner-friendly meditation
• Qigong sequences to improve posture, balance, stamina, and longevity
• Yin Yoga to enhance flexibility and relieve chronic tension in spine, hips, and low back
• Outdoor meditation and qigong sessions cultivate harmony with the natural world. 

Leave feeling energized and in the flow with daily practice to sustain you once you return home. 

Ken Nelson, PhD,  is dedicated to helping people heal, grow, and awaken with mind-body  practices and the wisdom traditions. He teaches gentle yoga, qigong, and  meditation. Ken is a long-time Kripalu faculty member, and a former  Fulbright lecturer and Kripalu Scholar-in-Residence. He has offered  workshops worldwide since 1975. His CD, Yin Yoga, and DVD Qigong & Taiji for Healing & Vitality are  Kripalu best sellers. Ken is coauthor with David Ronka, Lesli Lang, Jim  White, and Liz Korabek-Emerson of their best-selling book, Designing  & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for  Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats.

John Haggerty has  been studying and teaching East Asian martial and energetic disciplines  for thirty years. He undertook an intensive study of qigong and Yang  style Taijiquan in the tradition of Yang Cheng-fu twenty years ago, and  has been teaching the Yang long form, pushing hands, and weapon sets, as  well as several qigong sets, for about fifteen years. He also teaches  Isshin ryu karate and Chinese hard style martial arts, and has studied  widely among other traditional East Asian disciplines and philosophies.  John is devoted to sharing the strength and wellness of body, mind, and  spirit that traditional internal practices can bring to the sincere  student.

For more information and to REGISTER please click the button below. 

Faclitating Transformational Workshops: Group Dynamics and the Power of Presence

Ken Nelson, David Ronka, Jim White, Lisa Love and Kathy LeBlanc

For everyone interested in facilitating the wisdom of individuals and groups. CE credits.   Create the conditions for transformation, accountability, and creativity in your groups, workshops, retreats, and trainings. Empower yourself and others to heal, grow, and awaken by cultivating trust—the foundation for safe inquiry and authentic dialogue.   Role-plays, fish-bowl simulations, and case studies in holistic learning make this program dynamic, interactive, and unforgettable. Your participants can’t help but succeed when you   

• Get clear about your goals, strengths, and challenges 
• Use the tools of intention, attention, agreements, and conscious communication 
• Hone your skills to listen, reflect, encourage, and ask powerful questions 
• Respond wisely to clear obstacles, upsets, and stuck behavior using interventions such as mind-body coaching. 

By transforming your own life first, you can practice being present, not perfect, and set the stage for inclusive solutions and sustainable results.

Recommended reading Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats. (Ken Nelson, David Ronka, Lesli Lang, Liz Korabek-Emerson, and Jim White) 

Note This program—suitable for anyone interested in the science and art of mind-body learning—is part of a comprehensive, three-part training series. Each training in the series can stand alone or be taken in any order. 

See life-changingworkshops.com for more information. Tuition includes a training workbook.