About a year ago, after teaching a yoga class in New York City. I was approached by an extraordinary young man named Justin Hakuta. He introduced himself and with a radiant glow, expressed sincere gratitude for his first Forrest Yoga experience. It turns out that Justin, a Carnegie Mellon University graduate and Fulbright Scholar has worked with various eco & socially conscious companies including Honest Tea, Seventh Generation and Patagonia and also spent time in the Philippines studying indigenous healing practices. At the time when we met he was taking time off from Harvard Business School to launch Avacara.
Avacara, founded by Justin Hakuta and Rajit Patel, is "a website that works to increase accessibility to health & wellness information and resources with a specific focus on featuring gifted healers, promoting their work and providing their recommendations on eco and socially conscious products and services that can help support a healthy lifestyle." Avacara embraces living smart, as in living smarter, happier, healthier lives which is well aligned with our values at Ambrosia Lifestyle. So naturally when Justin asked me to get involved I said "yes".
We as holistic health educators and healers strive to bring an abundance of resources, skills and services to strengthen the health and vitality of this planet and its communities. It gives me tremendous pleasure to introduce the launch of Avacara. Working, as a health consultant, with Avacara over this past year has been such a learning experience. It has asked me to reflect on my own personal journey into the integrative health community and my unyielding commitment to it.
Please take a moment to read my interview with Avacara and help us celebrate the abundance of wellness on its site: Up Close with Liza Pitsirilos-Founder of Ambrosia Lifestyle
REMINDERS:
-2 weeks left! Sign up for the First Forrest Yoga workshop of 2011:
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Hips Neck and Shoulders
-THIS WEEK THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FORREST YOGA CLASS @ CRUNCH Monday 2/14/11 @ 7pm -RE-SCHEDULED: FREE FORREST YOGA CLASS AT SOUTH POINT PARK THIS SATURDAY 2/19/11 @ 2PM for more information and to RSVP please e-mail Liza@ambrosialifestyle.com
If you missed last week's blogs here they are:
ALIGN & REFINE: TRANSFORM YOUR PRACTICE WITH 4 MORE COMMON ALIGNMENT TIPS
NATURAL REMEDIES FOR INFLAMMATION