Thursday, February 28, 2008

Special Upcoming Green Bay Event

This Spring, we grow again!

Before I return to Africa, I am coming back to Wisconsin for a very special seminar!

A new seminar series of the most ancient healing arts will begin:
The Alive and Healthy Series™ -- An Experiential Course in Yoga Science and Ayurveda for Practitioners and Laypeople.

There will be a Special Introductory Course to be held in De Pere, Wisconsin on March 14-16, 2008. Then next Fall, the six weekends of seminars will begin.

To our past graduates, readers and seminar attendees, this new seminar will bring life to all that you have read in my books. Your emails filled with difficult questions seeking help for fatigue, fear and chronic pain…. about what to eat and who to trust for advice. This course will answer your questions and yield health benefits and happiness not seen in recent times.

To our colleagues in the healing arts, this course will help you expand and fine-tune your options for helping clients with complex issues. When their lifestyle and emotional habits are not supportive of their own healing, that is when yoga and Ayurveda bring powerful solutions to your practice.

It is time to come back and learn more. For over thirty years we have been privately practicing, training, studying and traveling.

We invite you to come back and study with us. Details of the introductory course are posted at the end of this letter.

By the way, I will also be available for private consultations before the seminar. Please call my office at 570-251-8592 if you would like to schedule an appointment.

Please join me!

Blair Lewis
Founder of the Alive and Healthy Institute

PS If you are new to massage, you are invited to enroll in the most comprehensive professional massage school – the Blue Sky School of Professional Massage and Therapeutic Bodywork. Located in three major cities of Wisconsin. Spring classes are now starting. You still have time to enroll. Call Blue Sky at 262-692-9500.

PSS And to our friends around the globe, we will do our best to capture this course on audio CD’s. And remember, I am always happy to come to your hometown. Invitations are always welcome.




The Alive and Healthy Series™
An Experiential Course in Yoga Science and Ayurveda for Practitioners and Laypeople

March 14, 15, 16, 2008 at the Blue Sky Massage School in De Pere, Wisc.

When your family, friends, and clients are asking difficult questions about fatigue, fear and chronic pain. The answers need to be simple and straight-forward. When people are confused about what to eat and who to trust for advice, it is a sign of inner poverty. For over five thousand years, the yogis have perfected Ayurvedic therapies to resolve these problems and restore the inner wealth of every human heart.

The Alive and Healthy Series™ offers a comprehensive time-tested strategy proven to yield health benefits and happiness not seen in recent times. The goal of this seminar is to bring healing and joy into the practitioner's life and the lives of those whom they love and serve.

If you have never explored the world of Yoga Science and Ayurveda for the total health and wellbeing, then this is the course for you! This introductory weekend seminar will help you understand and gain access to ancient yogic therapies that can prevent and resolve many of our modern ills.

Below is an overview of what you will learn. We begin with a history lesson of yoga, Ayurveda and modern medicine. Including:

The state of health care today – the problems and the type of solutions needed.

The lineage of teachers and students, beginning with the primordial teachers.

The essence of the teachings of all the ancient sages in the Tradition.
…and we progress from there. Here is the course outline:



March 14, 2008

Friday night: 6:30 to 9:00 pm

Introduction to the Weekend and the Series
Medicine Today
Disease Today

Lineage of Yoga and Ayurveda
The Sages and the Science
The Four Goals of Life

Yoga Science
Raja Yoga and Hatha Yoga
Yoga Sutras – the textbook of yoga





March 15, 2008

Saturday morning: 8:00 am to 12 noon

Foundations of Therapeutic Relationships
Self - Family - Workplace
Therapist – Client relationship
Student – Teacher relationship
Guru – Disciple relationship

Making of a Therapist (A Truly Happy Person)
Knowledge
Mantra Meditation
Personal Practice

Introduction to Tantra
Three Schools of Tantra
Kaula, Mishra, Samaya



Saturday afternoon: 1:00 to 5:00 pm

Introduction to Svarodaya
The Science of Breath - Pranayama as Therapy
Alternate Nostril Breathing, Kapalabhati, Bhastrika and Beyond

Introduction to Self
Dynamics of Meditation and Contemplation
Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi





March 16, 2008
Sunday morning: 8:00 am to 12 noon

Science of Fire -- Agni Vidya
The Fire of the Mind and Metabolism
Inflammatory Diseases – An Ayurvedic Perspective

Science of Health and Longevity
Pathology – Modern and Ancient Views
The Anatomy of Prevention and Disease
Exploring the Foundations of Rejuvenation
Myth, Magic, Miracle or Medicine



Sunday afternoon: 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Science of Correct Timing of Actions and Activities
Principles of Time
An Introduction to Jyotish (Vedic Astrology)

The Science of Sleep and Rest
Yoga Nidra

Prevention and Lifestyle Therapies
How to Live in the World Today
Creating a Diet that Works for You!





Instructor: Blair Lewis is a physician assistant who has practiced holistic medicine for over twenty-five years. Trained in the tradition of the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Blair continues to study with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD and the Institute faculty. He has been a yoga student for over thirty years and has traveled widely in northern India. His medical practice consists of classical homeopathy, nutrition and Ayurveda.

Location:
Blue Sky School of Massage in De Pere
2200 American Boulevard
De Pere, Wisconsin 54115

Tuition: $275 at the door; $250 with 7 days advance

To Register, please call Kathleen at Bay Area Yoga Center at 920-445-7221.

Six weekend seminars are planned for 2008 - 2009. This first seminar is an introduction to the entire series of weekend training seminars. Details of the entire Alive and Healthy Series™ will be available at the March 2008 seminar.




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Friday, February 22, 2008

Another shipping container leaves for Africa


I had promised to keep you up-to-date on the African projects, so .....

Yesterday we loaded a 40’ container bound for Africa. And just in time- it was a beautiful day and about 80 people turned out to help load the container. One day later and we would have been working in snow!

The story was the lead on WNEP at 5:30 yesterday evening, channel 13 at 5:00 and in the Times Leader today.

Times Leader Story:
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19321330&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6

WNEP:
http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=7907051&nav=menu158_2

Things are going very well - the promo video is being translated into Japanese and will have a voice over taped March 15th.

You will definitely see generosity in action at the Grand Open House in June!! You are most welcome and invited to attend. I will leave on April 19th!!

To learn more about these projects specifically, you can go to these links:

http://www.aliveandhealthy.com/growingacure.html

http://www.himalayaninstitute.org/Humanitarian/HumanitarianGateway.aspx

http://www.honesdalerotary.com/projects/AfricaHumanitarianProjects.htm

http://honesdalerotary.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/honesdale-rotary-announces-support-for-himalayan-institute-humanitarian-project-in-africa/

Thank you very much for your love and support!

Best Wishes,

Blair

Friday, February 01, 2008

URBAN DETOX 2008 in Dallas, Texas

URBAN DETOX 2008
with Kendall Inman
and Blair Lewis

DATE: February 9, 2008
TIME: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
LOCATION: Sammons Center for the Arts
PRICE: $75

Get a jump start on your year! Join us for an amazing master class taught by Kendall Inman and Blair Lewis. This class is specifically designed to offer each participant information, inspiration and insight to cleanse the body, ignite the fire of digestion and remove old stagnant energy.

Blair will start this class off with a discussion on detox diets and menu planning. With his extensive background in medicine and nutrition, you will learn the yogic secrets of healthy living. You will learn how to safely and thoroughly cleanse your entire system and reevaluate the way you approach your diet and health. You will have the option to start a simple eight-day cleanse at this class.

To support this simple digestive cleanse, Kendall will then teach you a tantric method of purifying the lymph channels to allow your inner radiance to rise to your skin. This vinyasa flow yoga class will be sequenced, specifically designed to stimulate and purify the internal organs, increase respiration and circulation and improve digestion. Prepare to heat up from the inside out with her breathing exercises, sun salutations A and B, and twisting poses. These asanas will further assist your body to detoxify, purify, and re-gain an inner balance of the pranas and metabolism.

Each participant will receive a copy of Blair’s newest book, The Happiness Revolution.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For any additional questions on this or other events, please contact Living Yoga Dallas at 214-366-2217 or email info@livingyogadallas.com.

Blair Lewis will also be available February 7th and 8th for private health consultation. Please call 570-251-8592 for fees and available appointment times.

WHAT TO BRING:
A well rested and well hydrated body; an open mind, body and spirit.
Your own yoga mat, towel and any props that you utilize in your practice.
Please bring your own bottled water.

LODGING:
There is no lodging or meals provided for this weekend. Visit our Resources section for hotel recommendations with special rates for Living Yoga Dallas workshop participants.

LOCATION:
Sammons Center for the Arts
3630 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75219
Phone: 214-520-7788

CANCELLATION POLICY:
Due to the special nature of this workshop, no refunds are available.
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