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Upcoming Workshops
Click the links to sign-up online! Forward to a friend - it's always more fun to learn together.
Mendota Heights:
The 1-Day Yoga ReTreat
June 15, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Experience 4 different styles of yoga along with time for meditation, rest, and a bountiful catered summer lunch from Mendoberri's. You will also get to choose a mini-healing session!
FREE Especially for Beginners
June 23, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Sample all classes at Green Lotus and leave with a personalized yoga plan!
AcuYoga - Points + Poses
June 24, 5 - 7 p.m.
This workshop combines the healing benefits of acupuncture & yoga! You will leave feeling blissful, centered, and totally yummy!
Lakeville:
Essential Oil Escape
June 5, 6:15 - 7:15 p.m.
Healing treat to cleanse, clarify, and relax.
Especially for Beginners
June 9, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Want to try yoga? Sample all classes and get one-day special prices on packages and accessories.
Healing Chakra Meditation
June 10, 1 - 3 p.m.
A guided meditation through your body's chakra (energy) system to promote good health and healing.
Master Classes
Only $5 for Sizzlin' Summer Challenge Participants!
$18 for others:
- Beginner's Mind Yoga, June 2, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., with Patti Opsahl
- Chakras: Postures & Meditation, June 16, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m., with Dr. Alane Lucht
- Know the Flow: The Basics of Vinyasa Flow and How to Go Deeper, June 22, 5 - 6:15 p.m., with Marcia Appel
- Twist & Shout: A Master Class full of twists & turns to cleanse and strengthen, June 30, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., with Marcia Appel
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Sizzlin's Summer Challenge
Memorial Day - Labor Day
Want to end summer healthier, stronger, calmer, and happier?
There's still time to register!  Click here for more Information. |
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Meet Our Staff
Patti West - Massage Therapist, Energy Healer
Patti believes that massage and energy healing therapies like Reiki have a very important role in health and healing. If you are recovering from an injury or surgery, or are sick, or in pain - massage and energy work can help you fell better and may even speed up the healing process. Besides being a Reiki Master, Patti has studied many massage styles including Neuromuscular Therapy, Myofascial Release, Connective Tissue Therapy, and Heated Stone Massage. You can make an appointment with Patti at both our Lakeville and our Mendota Centers.
Ziya Tarapore - Yoga Teacher
Ziya began her yoga practice at the age of seven in her native India. As an adult, yoga and meditation helped her get through the nastiness of cancer treatment, and the aftermath. Her brush with cancer inspired her to develop a class that helps cancer survivors (and their loved ones) to breathe deep, relax, and begin to see themselves as healthy and whole. The Yoga for CancerCare class, Saturdays 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. in Lakeville, has now been developed into Yoga for CancerCare Training: How to Work with Patients & Survivors, a Yoga Alliance certified 20-hour continuing education program for teachers, scheduled for September 8 & 9, 2012.
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May 2012
Dear Friends,
In April, a student who joined us when Mendota Heights opened five months ago found herself hitting her stride. Her spine now lengthened easily in down dog, her tree stood rooted and straight, and in  child's pose her heart melted toward the earth. With tears in her eyes one day, she told her teacher, who was turning the class over to someone else, "I am going to miss you so. You helped me believe in myself and helped me stop telling myself that 'I can't do it." What makes this story extra memorable? This lovely woman is in her later 70s and had never done yoga before.
The Voice of Doubt (VOD) follows us everywhere, doesn't it? And how fully human of us it is to hear VOD on and off - or maybe usually on. Taking charge of our bodies, minds, and spirits, though, lowers VOD's volume and eventually renders it ineffective. As we grow healthier and stronger, Voice of Doubt recedes and Knowledge of Self emerges. Whether your regimen centers on classes, or classes and acupuncture, or nutritional awareness and massage is a personal choice. And it is a choice to practice and study vitality and good health.
The only choice shouldn't be "I can't do it." The Green Lotus community is made up of the young and the old, women and men, those seeking good health and those maintaining it, people with MS, fibromyalgia, and arthritis, people who take five classes a week and those who run marathons - and everything in between. It's open, welcoming, supportive.
The next time you come in, listen closely. You may hear an energetic voice, not of doubt but of strength. It is saying: You can do it.
Written by Marcia and blessed by MB, Candy & Christie
P.S. Happy Memorial Day. Check the live schedule or home page for our holiday classes May 28! |
Only a Few Spots Left for 3-Week Teacher Training  Our Yoga Alliance Certified, 230-hour training for the first time is available in a three-week intensive. For one week in June, July, and August, you'll dive into yoga philosophy, anatomy, asana, teaching techniques, ethics, and so much more.
We have only a few spots remaining for this wonderful teacher training opportunity. A FREE informational meeting is schedule for Sunday, May 20, 2 - 4 p.m. in Lakeville. You will meet your teachers and have time to ask any and all questions.
For more details or to download a registration form click here. Sign up for this program by calling Green Lotus at 952.373.0055 or email training director Candy Bell at info@greenlotusyogactr.com |
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The 1-Day Yoga ReTreat, June 15
Longing for a yoga retreat but finding it difficult to schedule? Now there is no need to book a flight, reserve a hotel room, or eat up multiple precious vacation days.
Satisfy your longing by signing up for Green Lotus's 1-Day Yoga ReTreat, held this year in our Mendota Heights Center. There will be three yoga classes with different teachers, a delicious and healthy lunch created by Mendoberri, a mini-healing service, and time for rest and mediation. The fee for this day-long event is $109.
All students are welcome for this all-level event. Please bring a blanket and pillow, if you wish, for the restorative portion of the retreat. Ask a yoga buddy to join you and spend time with that friend. Click to register or call the Center at 952.373.055. Pack your yoga bag and join us! |
| Mendota Open House June 2 -Prizes, Free Mini-Healing Sessions and More!
Join us for this wonderful Open House from 8 a.m. to noon. Meet our massage therapists, energy healers, nutritionist, and yoga teachers. There will be free chair massages, giveaways, prizes, and more. Receive a $10-off coupon and register to win a free 60-minute Swedish, deep tissue, shiatsu, sports, or relaxation massage.
This is also the day of the 7th Annual Mendota Heights 5K Run/Walk, the proceeds of which go directly to the Special Olympics. The race starts and ends right outside the Center, and lots of parking is available on the street and in the parking garage. Cheer for the runners!
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| Spring Lentil & Wild Dandelion Salad
This perfect spring salad is vegetarian, light, and cleansing. It is easy and fast, can be modified to use the veggies you have on hand, and can be made ahead of time for picnics and barbeques. It also incorporates principles of Ayurveda, the medical science of yoga. Eating locally and according to the seasons is important in Ayurveda. Seasonal eating supports the body in maintaining health and connects us to nature and the cycles of Mother Earth.
Spring is a transition time, a time of cleansing, a time to become more active after the long winter. During winter  we eat hearty warming foods to keep us nourished, warm, and balanced. In spring the sprouts start to grow, the world turns green around us - these are clues to what foods are best to nourish our bodies. Sprouts and greens cleanse our bodies gently while also supplying minerals and antioxidants. Sprouts also contain prana or qi, which are just words that mean that they are alive; we get this energy from the sprouts when we eat them. Dandelion greens are very cleansing; they help our bodies metabolize and release toxins, and they are among the first plants that we see in the spring. Mother Nature knows which foods our bodies need, and she knows that spring is a time to cleanse. If you have access to dandelion greens that grow wildly and free of pesticides and herbicides, harvest them before they flower, when the leaves are tender and young. If you live in an urban area, dandelion greens are available at natural food stores and many groceries. Parsley is rich in chlorophyll and certain minerals and vitamins that support our nervous system. Ginger is slightly warming - so in this transition time between winter and summer, it is a great idea to add a little warmth to our foods. The grounding nature of the lentils, combined with the cleansing nature of the sprouts, dandelion greens, and parsley, make a perfect spring food for your body to both cleanse and nourish this spring. Download Recipe.
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James Finley Events Scheduled for October 11 - 13
Internationally known lecturer, author, and clinical psychologist James Finley has accepted Green Lotus's invitation to lead two events in the Twin Cities this fall. A former Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky where Thomas Merton was his spiritual director, Jim went on to write Merton's Palace to Nowhere and The Contemplative Heart. During his life of research, education, and exploration, Jim has studied the contemplative practices and mystics from many traditions.
On Thursday, October 10, he will give a two-hour lecture and discussion on Transforming Trauma: Accessing the Spiritual Dimensions of Healing. This two-hour event is open to social workers, mental health therapists, psychologists, nurses, physicians, other health-care providers, and anyone interested in new insights and techniques into healing trauma. Two CEUs will be granted to psychogists, LICSWs, and LMFTs who attend.
On Friday and Saturday, October 12 - 13, Jim will lead a two-day retreat exploring the grounding and serenity of enlightened ones from Moses to Buddha to Shiva to Jesus to Rumi.
Jim Finley lectures throughout the world, including at Kripalu in Massachusetts and Omega in New York, and his retreats fill quickly...Read more. If you would like to register, click here.
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| Metabolic Testing Special $199
Green Lotus has state of the art metabolic testing available! Have you ever wondered precisely how many calories you need each day? Every body is different. Our New Leaf Metabolic Testing includes both a resting metabolic assessment and an exercise metabolic assessment. So if you are trying to drop some weight or are an athlete looking to maximize your workout, or somewhere in between - this testing will provide you with a wealth of information specific to you and your body, not some generic math equation estimate. You will learn a ton about what your body needs including:
- Your body's precise daily calorie needs
- How many calories you can consume without gaining weight
- How many calories you burn when you exercise
- When you exercise, how many fat calories you are burning
- Your specific, individualized heart rate training zones to achieve targeted results
- How to get the most out of your cardiovascular workout
- Your correct exercise intensity levels to lose weight & inches, improve cardiovascular fitness, and enhance athletic performance
- How to avoid muscle soreness & over-training
- You will also get a 12-week cardio exercise prescription
Green Lotus nutritionist & personal trainer, Susan Parks, will guide you through state of the art metabolic testing at our Center in Mendota. Susan takes the time to make sure you fully understand how to use the results of your testing to achieve your weight and fitness goals. This special runs for the first two weeks of June, so schedule your appointment now!
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Yoga Accessories Deepen Your Practice
Blocks, straps, bolsters, & blankets help you "find" your poses. Take 20% off your purchase of any blanket, bolster, block, strap, or mat. Single purchase, no item limit. One coupon per customer. Not valid with any other discount. Promo Code: MAY20
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