ORDERS OF LOVE – Healing the Family Tree

Family Constellations is an approach to healing that promotes constructive action and frees us and those we love from suffering. Here we discover new perspectives of the family soul and our place within it, and from here, often the physical, mental and emotional bodies also find more ease. Based on the work of Bert Hellinger.

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Calm Steady Strong™: Yoga for people dealing with Cancer

In short, this program is all about enabling a person to move from surviving to thriving, to move from where they are, to where they want to be. AND, to get there in a process that is calm, steady, and strong. This program is available via private sessions, a group class, and I am willing to travel to work with intact groups.

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Alison Castillo
Preparing for Winter Sports: Have More Fun!

In skiing, snowshoeing, skating… most of the movement is forward – ie in the sagittal plane. Stability therefore must come from beyond the big muscle groups of quads, hammies, and the big back and bum muscles. Unlock your power muscles by nurturing support in the other planes of movement.

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Alison Castillo
Getting out of the Cycle of Back Pain

Aching backs or sore sacroiliacs are a common complaint in our world. Studies show that more than half of all adults suffer chronic back pain! Come learn both how you can make the tension worse, (some of our favorite stretches are guilty!) and how you can release it, feeling the resulting ease communicated through your whole being.

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Alison Castillo
The Great Core Story

What is core and how do I get more? There are so many confusing stories out there about what is core and how to strengthen it. Learn the difference between deep core and core stabilizers. Learn to feel core stability from the arches of your feet to the roof of your mouth!

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Alison Castillo
Balanced Body – Balanced Mind

Body and mind are interconnected: we can’t expect to have a calm, clear, focused mind if our body is achy, stiff, or bloated, nor can we expect to have a relaxed, resilient body if our mind is racing or tied up in knots! Come explore creating a better balance!

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Alison Castillo
Tools for Joyful Living: Intro to the Yamas and Non-violence

Become an undisturbable person. Begin to transform your life, one step at a time. Introduction to the Yamas and an exploration of non-violence: turn from harming self and others to living kindness toward self and others. Gaining the skills to choose attitude, thought, and action may be the grandest adventure you can take, leading to a joyful, well-lived, Awake! life

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Alison Castillo
Building Up for More Summer Fun!

Do you get back, knee or ankle pain biking, running or gardening?  Do your big muscles, like quads, tire easily?  When hips are limited, then these other areas take on extra load:  both inefficient and contributing to injury.  Come learn ways to gain in stability, efficiency, and strength.

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Alison Castillo
Happy Hips

Much of our ability to move effortlessly comes from the hips moving in harmony with the pelvis and the spine, while providing a good base for the upper body to rest. Yet ease and freedom of movement can easily be compromised in our hips. Furthermore, hips are often responsible for the pain we feel further down the limbs in our knees, ankles, and feet, or in our lower back. Regain better hip function and movement and feel the difference happy hips makes!

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Alison Castillo
Freedom from Suffering

In the Yoga Sutras, the “kleshas” describe how the mind becomes engrossed in limiting thought patterns which lead to mental and psychological distress. Come learn how these have shaped you, plus specific practices to become a happier person. Program includes lecture, discussion, movement.  Appropriate for all levels.

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Alison Castillo