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Cave Creek, Arizona 85331
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Happy 4th of July!
Got the day off? Spend your morning with us. We are open for our regular morning classes, but the studio is closed in the evening.
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Desert Lotus Healing Room  Massage 90 mins $95.00 60 mins $75.00 30 mins $45.00 Reflexology 60 mins $45.00 30 mins $25.00 Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday - Sunday 9am - 2pm By appointment only. Call 480-595-2855 to schedule
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Greetings!
Wow! It's hard to believe that July is already here. But, it is and with it the beautiful Arizona summer weather.
We are blessed to call the beautiful desert of Cave Creek and the surrounding area our home. With longer days come early hikes and late, brilliant sunsets. During the heat of the day though, let us be your desert refuge - come in and cool down. Enjoy one of our many classes, maybe experience a new class or teacher, browse the lending library for a good read or schedule a relaxing body treatment. Are the kids restless? Bring them in for yoga on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:30 while you enjoy a fun Vinyasa Flow with Julie. And if a little adventure is what you want, sign-up for SUP (Stand-up paddleboard) Yoga.
Out of town? (Lucky!) Send us a photo of you doing your favorite yoga pose while on vacation. We would love to hear from you, so stay in touch.
Wherever you are, please enjoy a safe 4th of July!
Much love,
Christine
"Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity." - Herbert Hoover
Happy Independence Day!!
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  Summer "Beat the Heat" Special!!!
Staying in town but still want to escape the heat? Stay cool at Yoga Breeze with these specials!
60 Days Unlimited Yoga $165
60 Days Unlimited Yoga for Full-time Teachers/Students $149
Sign-up with a friend and receive 15% off the total price of two or more packages.
Offer good when purchased by July 31st. Non-refundable. Non-transferable. |
SUP Stand-up Paddleboard Yoga with Rhiannon Ritchey of Latitude 33 Sunday, July 13th 8 - 10am $55
This beginner yoga class will ease students into yoga and paddle boarding. After a brief lesson on the dock, we take a leisurely paddle onto the lake and become familiar with our board. The class is focused on connecting breath with movement while enjoying the tranquility of the water. The mission is to find the joyful freedom of being in nature while connecting to the beauty and stillness within.
 Rhiannon Ritchey is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor and has been practicing yoga for over 9 years. Since her first class, she has been drawn to the transformative healing powers yoga has on the body, mind and soul. As a marine biologist and environmental conservationist, Rhiannon has spent many years inspiring others to experience, appreciate and protect the environment. Now she weaves her
love for nature into her yoga teaching, helping students to find a deep connection to nature and their own inner light.
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Qigong and Tai Chi Course
with Grandmaster Tao Sifu Franklin Wood
Monday/Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00pm
A Four Month Course Aug. 4th - Nov. 30th
$450 Space is limited
A Chinese discipline originating around 1100 BC, Tai  Chi and Qigong is the science of managing Chi, the essential energy within the physical body. Tai Chi refers to the ancient Chinese cosmological concept of the interplay between two opposite yet complementary forces -Yin and Yang. Using both still and moving meditation to increase and regulate Chi circulation, we gain the ability to cultivate calm and peace within, creating a balanced and whole sense of being.
In this introductory course, we explore the inner world of our body's energy, creating a daily discipline that allows us to slow the aging process, harmonize the mind and body and create an overall sense of wellbeing and inner happiness, regardless of external stressors.
Due to the nature and necessary commitment to this art as a discipline and to truly experience the benefits, we offer this course for a minimum of four months. This is a rare opportunity to study under a true Grandmaster.
Open to all who possess the will to access the deeper wealth of energy within.
 Franklin Wood, a Taoist priest, has studied Taoism for over 45 years. Since 2000, Franklin has continued to direct the school of Tao Chi in Arizona as well as teaching classes in Tai Chi, Chi-Gung, Shaolin Kung Fu, Meditation, philosophy, grief counseling and life style changes. He is highly respected by the Chinese community in Alaska and Hawaii and was Adjunct Faculty Lecturer on the Eastern Philosophy of Taoism, University of Alaska from 1984 to 1997.
Franklin established the School of Tao Chi in 1978 and taught Medical Chi-Gung and Taoism for 25 years. He has also taught workshops for children with asthma and the benefits of Medical Chi-Gung breathing exercises. He also designed and taught Taoism philosophy to enhance the 12 Step Programs for drug and alcohol abuse and did life coaching. He uses a gentle approach to help people in their transition in death and dying situations, assisting both patients and their families.
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On-the-Wall Training
With Rasoul Sobhani
Friday, 5 -9pm, Saturday/Sunday, 1:30 - 5:30pm August 22nd - 24th $240
($199 if paid by July 31st)
In this specialized training, Rasoul will teach various techniques and approaches utilizing the Yoga Wall. Emphasizing alignment, safety and therapeutics, he will deconstruct and workshop major poses, increasing our body awareness so we can experience the finer, detailed nuances of alignment and proper engagement of each body part in each pose.
With the support of the Yoga Wall we are able to get deeper into poses, creating muscle memory and allowing practitioners to safely ease into poses
 This class is designed for yoga instructors who want to deepen their knowledge of alignment and modifications for different body types, and safely guide students in and out of poses - on and off the
wall. The knowledge gained is essential for instructors who want to teach Yoga Wall classes, yoga therapeutics or have private clients. This training is also open to practitioners who have a committed asana practice and want to take it to a deeper level.
In Level I, you will learn:
- Externally rotated standing poses
- Seated and seated-twisted poses
- Supine poses
- Four different ways to correctly access the pose for a more therapeutic or challenging approach
- Proper use of wall straps, pelvic swings, bars, chairs and assorted wall gear
Space is limited. Call 480.595.2855 for more information. Yoga Instructors - class is worth 12 CEUs with Yoga Alliance.
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Buy Locally. Act Globally.
Or...eat chocolate and help build houses.
 Please help Patty and her husband as they travel to the mountainous region of Biolley, Costa Rica in October with Habitat for Humanity to build homes in one of the poorest areas of the country. Habitat for Humanity services the priority populations (families with female heads of household, elderly, disabled) with the common goal of providing access to adequate and permanent housing. Yoga Breeze Healing and Wellness Center is dona-  ting 100% of the profits from all Brazen Chocolate sales during the month of July. Brazen Chocolate products are hand-crafted locally in small batches in Cave Creek. Starting with 100% whole, raw cacao that is sourced responsibly around the world, they create a high-end quality product that is delicious and healthy. Please visit their website at http://newfangledlabs.com. Some of the products we carry here at the studio are: Chocolate Bars, Cacao Tea, Caramelized Cacao Beans, Chocolate Salami, European Drinking Chocolate and Roasted Nibs. If you'd like to learn more about Habitat for Humanity or visit Patty's donation page, go to https://www.facebook.com/patty.harting?fref=ts.  |
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200-Hour Yoga Studies and Teacher Training
with Rasoul Sobhani, Christine Thomas and Shelly Kirane
Begins September 8th
Monday and Wednesdays 9am - 1pm
Unlike other YTT programs, this experience will be  highly individualized. Throughout our program, we will guide and support each student to apply the science of yoga in a profound and practical way that empowers you to live a happier, more fulfilling life.
Yoga means "union", and our entire approach is integrative. We incorporate all aspects of yoga - mental, physical, emotional and spiritual - into every lesson. You will learn to integrate energetics, breathing, and meditation not only into your yoga practice but into your everyday life.
Unique to our program will be extensive use of The Yoga Wall to effectively learn the fundamentals and proper alignment of poses. Our program is a hands-on, interactive process where students teach as they learn.
Rasoul Sobhani, Christine Thomas and Shelly Kirane will bring a deep and diverse knowledge of yoga to you in a way that is most relevant and transformational.
For more information, contact Christine at 480.595.2855.
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 Herbal Stories
by JoAnn Sanchez |
My internal compass seeks water in the summertime. For this round of herbal information sharing I have therefore chosen to make a brief presentation of herbal baths and soaks. Herbs, fresh or dry, can accompany a full body immersion, indoors or outside. They also serve well as foot baths. I particularly enjoy filling a stock tank with water out of doors in the moonlight and pouring a full pot of concentrated herbal tea that I have brewed indoors into it. And then putting myself serenely into the water. AHHH. This or regular evening foot soaks can add a resplendent healing ritual to one's life, particularly when we are seeking reprieve from the daytime heat of the summer sonoran or whenever we feel out of sorts on any level. Our skin absorbs the herbal constituents, we are soothed as we contribute a simple practice into our personal wellness program. The process of making an herbal bath, full body or foot, is easy and relatively quick. Here are some preparation options: - Make a concentrated tea from bulk dry herbals. Strain and add to tub or foot bowl.
- Add bulk dry herbs to a linen or other cloth sack and immerse sack right into bath waters.
- Pick fresh herbs from garden or produce section of food market and add directly to bath to steep by your side.
Here are 2 recipe ideas for the summertime: Cool me down foot soak 4 quarts of water ½ cup fresh or dried rose petals 3 tbsp. fresh or dried lemon balm leaves 2 tbsp fresh or dried peppermint leaf This is a great bath if one is feeling overheated or if you feel a headache coming on; immerse feet into a cooled bath. Summertime Cooling bath 8 quarts water 1 cup fresh or dried peppermint leaves 2 lemons, sliced Make a tea with peppermint, let it cool down, pour into your bath. Add freshly sliced lemons to the bathwater, get in and Cool yourself off. May the waters and the herbs revive you into enjoyment this July. |
July Class Schedule
Monday 6:00am Holy Yoga JoAnn 8:00am Wall Basics Shanee 9:30am Vinyasa I Tammy 11:00am Gentle Yoga Colleen 5:30pm All Levels Flow Gloria
Tuesday 6:00am Sunrise Vinyasa Christine 8:00am Wall Basics Gloria 9:30am Classic Level II Shelly 10:00am Restorative Colleen 4:30pm Kid's Yoga Laura 4:30pm Vinyasa II Julie 6:00pm Yin Yoga Gloria
Wednesday 6:00am Hot and Holy Yoga JoAnn 8:00am Wall Intermediate Rasoul 9:30am Vinyasa I Tammy 11:00am Gentle Yoga Colleen 5:30pm Wall - All Levels Gloria
Thursday 6:00am Sunrise Vinyasa Christine 8:00am Wall Basics Christine 9:30am Classic Level II Shelly 10:00am Gentle Yin Colleen 4:30pm Kid's Yoga Laura 4:30pm Vinyasa II Julie 6:00pm Stretch and Restore Christine Friday 8:00am Wall - All Levels Gloria 9:30am Vinyasa I Julie 10:00am Yoga Therapeutics Gloria 5:30pm Yoga Nidra/Gong Bath Rajpal & Staff Saturday 9:00am Vinyasa I Christine 10:30am All Levels/Yoga Nidra Steve 12pm Wall Spinal Rejuv Christine/ Shanee
Sunday 9:00am Vinyasa II Steve 10:30am Classic Level I Shelly 12:00pm Restorative Shanee |
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Going on Vacation?
Take your Yoga with you!
Wherever your travels lead you this summer, make
 sure to take time for yoga. Every day offers us plenty ofopportunities to practice. Stay calm. Stay present. Stay happy. Don't forget to take a picture of you in your favorite pose during your journey to share with the Yoga Breeze community. Email it to info@yogabreeze.com.
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