Season's Greetings!

 

On Wednesday, December 21st, we invite you to attend our Winter Solstice Celebration at the Floating Stone! We will be introducing our new staff, including new receptionists, wellness professionals and others joining us. There will be music, movement, wine, and light refreshments. You will hear about our new programs beginning in January and also about the apportunities available for you to participate in our work/trade partnership program. This is a free event.  Tell your friends and come.  

 

On Thursday, December 8th, Brown Riley has invited me into the quantum consciousness group to talk and give a demonstration of David Bohm's "Dialogue". I used to teach this many years ago and have co-authored a book on the subject. Bohm was a quantum physicist who turned to philosophy late in his life. Dialogue is meant to be practiced in groups over time. It helps develop collective thinking which leads to ways whole groups can live and work more coherently together. It has the potential of building a joyful, connected community where all voices are heard and honored. I'll also be announcing an on-going Dialogue group beginning in January. 

 

We are proud to announce that the "Pure Joy Academy" with Elaina Love, a world renowned master chef & instructor and Chris Whitcoe, a holistic nutrition educator will be joining our staff.  They wil be offering a free talk and cooking demonstration that will preview their 5-day workshop, January 8th to the 13th, on December 17th from 5:30 to 7:30.  See below for details.  We are so excited to have them onboard.  

 

My son, Colin, is visiting from Santa Rosa, California and helpling us develop our internal systems for a few months.   He and I attended Kim's restorative yoga class and Adrianne's aqua meditation class last week and were blown away by both. Kim's aqua yoga and hot yoga classes continue to be big hits and I'm hoping that you will try Adrianne's Grace, Stability, & Strength class right before Christmas and into the new year.  This will be offered on Fridays at 11:30am.   

 

I want to thank all you who turned out for our wonderful Thanksgiving Gathering, with a very special thank you to Pati Hope who organized it and even soaked the organic turkey we shared in our special tenderizing high alkaline water. The meat virtually fell off the bones. Rocky led us in a silent ritual at the fireplace before our meal. It was a lovely day leading to new friends and connections.  See the photos below.

 

One of our new friends from this gathering is Paul Carrillo and his father, Tito, who represent the potters of Mata Ortiz.  We are now featuring their pottery in our reception area and will eventually be featuring more in our Sun Porch and Event Center. Please stop by and enjoy the beauty of this amazing pottery.  Mata Ortiz is an area in Northern Mexico that has a rich and deep history, is full of local artists, and not too diferent from the history and art we share here in Tubac.   For questions, Paul can be reached at 520 250-3114.

 

Remember if you live locally and have visitors over the holidays who come and visit you, if you make your reservations for them with the Floating Stone you will get a 10% discount.  You can then enjoy the aqua spa for free while they stay with us.  See the promo to the right.  

 

If you are on our 30-day water program, remember to drink as much as you can over the holidays.  The optimal amount is to divide your weight in half and to drink at least that amount in ounces.  More is even better.  The water will help with de-stressing and detoxing from all that we over do and eat.  Drinking the water continues to give me more energy than I have ever had.  if you are unfamiliar with the special ionized water we feature here in our pools and for drinking, be sure to come by and ask our staff.  We have literature and are happy to share with you all that it can help with in terms of keeping you well and loaded with good energy.   

 

 Sincerely, Linda Ellinor

  

Pati Hope was married 30 years with 4 teenage children when "Life Happened." She got rid of all of her worldly possessions except what would fit in a 22 inch suitcase and backpack and traveled where the doors opened for her. She now calls herself a Master of Transition, founding Evolve to Live, Self-Care and Transition Specialists.

 

Pati brings with her to the Floating Stone many years of experience in facility management. She has authored two books, is an inspirational speaker, and facilitates workshops and retreats. Pati is an Energy Healing Practitioner including Dynamic Stillness Cranial Sacral work. Pati talks about the importance of Self-Care in our lives and all of her work is centered around the healing of the heart and emotions.

 

A word from Pati

I am very grateful for the foundation that Sissy laid in getting 

The Floating Stone off the ground. I feel very blessed to be included by Linda in the bigger vision of the Floating Stone. I'm looking forward to meeting you and seeing how we best can be

of service to the community and beyond! 

  

 

  

Kat Strandlie joins the Floating Stone as a Medical Qigong Therapist and will be instructing Aquatic Tai Chi Qi Gong classes starting in January. Kat became certified as a Medical Qigong Therapist, Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong instructor in the process of healing from rheumatoid arthritis. She has a passion for teaching; knowing this is a way to rejuvenate, restore and add vitality to our lives as we heal or stay healthy (and live longer) as the Chinese have done for centuries.

 

Linking businesses with the Floating Stone's focus on wellness will be another of Kat's roles. If you have special events happening in the local area of Tubac, Green Valley, Patagonia, etc. that might be of interest to guests of the Floating Stone, please contact her for creative ways to grow our businesses and prosper together. She can be reached at 648.2314, or taijilady@gmail.com

 

 

is the professional Chef- Instructor and Detox counselor at Pure Joy Culinary Academy. She is a  Lifestyle Counselor, co-owner of Pure Joy Academy and Owner/Director of PureJoyPlanet.com. 

 

  

With a passion for sharing the knowledge she has attained through years of detoxing and cheffing experience, Elaina has helped people throughout the world bring about positive changes in their lives. Her teaching and support empowers people to lose weight and gain energy by making positive lifestyle choices and incorporating more living, raw food into their diet.

 

Elaina is the queen of kitchen gadgets and loves to show the tools she uses to make food prep fun and easy. From veggie noodle making tools to excellent knives and sharpeners, juicers, blenders and more you will love learning all the ways to use these integrative tools.

 

Elaina has been teaching raw food courses and giving talks worldwide since 1998. She was a Chef/Instructor at the renowned Living Light Culinary Arts Institute where she was on staff from 2000-2010. Elaina has been invited to teach classes all over the world, and has taught courses and provided raw, vegan meals at many events and retreats, including those for David Wolfe, Dr. Gabriel Cousens, M.D. of The Tree of Life, Living Light Culinary Arts Institute and many more.

 

Chris Whitcoe is passionate about the awakening of consciousness, raw food nutrition and the emergence of Corporate America as a vehicle for global change. In service to this overarching wholistic vision he has created a diversified life in which he integrates his passions with the largest impact possible. Chris is the co-owner of PureJoyAcademy.com where he brings nutrition information to the curriculum which takes learning about raw cheffing to a whole new level that has never been taught at a culinary school before. In 2008, he was founded the company Vivapura.net: Pure Superfoods for Life, dedicated to bringing the highest quality, Raw, Organic & Ethical superfoods to the global market. Vivapura has received a profoundly positive response that has continued to propel the company toward success as a vehicle of Sacred Commerce. This is the new paradigm in action!

 

In 2005, Chris took a hiatus from a successful corporate life to fully embrace his love for the raw food/consciousness movement by pursuing a Masters Degree in Live Food Nutrition under Gabriel Cousens, M.D. at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center.

Chris also dedicates his abundant raw energy and expertise as an advanced software engineer to Corporate Consulting, LLC, his company dedicated to creating advanced technical solutions and premier internet presence for his clients.

 

Ultimately, Chris's greatest role is as a father to 3 vibrant children who truly understand the value of living foods and spiritual awareness.

  

Pool Hours

For our lodging guests*, pool hours are:

Weekdays: 8am to 7pm

Weekends: 8am to 10pm

 

*Our aqua spa and classes are free for our overnight guests.

  

For our day-spa guests our new reception hours are 9 to 5pm, seven days a week.   

 

 

We are making 10-visit punch passes available now for $120 through the end of December.  A day-spa pass includes use of the aqua spa.