re TREAT

Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Spring 2013

$2,150 plus air fare, $750 non-refundable deposit (price includes EMpowerment Vinyasa Yoga training, hotel, all day excursions and activities, and 1+ meals a day)

(Inquire for additional costs for friends or family, kids welcome!)

No matter where you are, you can facilitate the changes you seek in your life, in your health, mentally, spiritually and physically.

So come join us for a week of immersion into the sun, Mexican culture and its people, fresh food, relaxation and EMpowerment Vinyasa Yoga literally on the south pacific coast of Mexico where it is raw, natural, non-commercialized and real. Where, through yoga, we give back to the community by contributing to the sustainability of the economy and helping to preserve the natural ecological wonders native to this part of the world we live in.

Our week long retreat will start each day with an empowerment yoga practice, followed by a wonderful breakfast of fresh juices, fruits, yogurt, and traditional Mexican fare. Day excursions are available to go horseback riding, release endangered turtles, surf, visit the bird sanctuaries or iguana and crocodile habitats, or check out the markets and local shops, experience the heat of a traditional temezcal or the natural phenomenon of one of the world’s best bioluminescence. Friends and family may also decide to relax poolside at La Quinta Lili or Villa Lili, or hit up the beach.

Each evening we will transition with a restorative EMpowerment Vinyasa Yoga practice, leaving room for all to venture out for dinner, enjoy fabulous drinks, and/or relax and enjoy and soak up the power of their experience however that shows up in the moment. Family, kids and friends are all welcome!!!

Villa/Quinta Lili received Trip Advisor’s Certificate of Excellence in May of 2011. This hidden paradise totes everything from master suites with private Jacuzzis and sea views, wi-fi, cable tv, large swimming pools, to rustic Mexican, serene simplicity, and everything in between. And, both are walking distance to the beach. Local staff and owner, Adelina, create a comfort that make you feel as though it were your home. It is an experience one should not miss!

All Empowerment vinyasa flows, workshops, and trainings will be led by Blanca and Jaci. This Re.Treat is aimed at helping every student discover his/her own strength and potential, on and off the mat, through self-awareness, trust, and intuition. This EMVY Re.Treat will give you the tools and opportunity to deepen your practice, awaken your intentions, and increase your mental, physical, and spiritual strength and health. Learn how to let go, open your heart, and shed your limitations.

Ultimately, the only limitations we have are those which we deliberately choose to impose upon ourselves. So come let go of your expectations and find your truth by challenging yourself to practice and to live breath to breath, moment to moment…in beautiful Mexico!

Find yourself, find your practice.

Runners Workshop

Take your running to a new level.

Come explore the benefits of your yoga practice with Liane.

The lengthening and soothing of your body’s key muscles through yoga is a great compliment to the strenuous workout you give yourself in running. Not only is it beneficial, but the counterbalance is necessary to avoid injury and to promote longevity of your love of, and ability to go, running.

Years of pounding pavement or trails takes a toll on the body for which it compensates… slowly drawing your body out of alignment and exacerbating the effects and impacts this pounding wreaks on your body. Weak ankles, shin splits, achy knees and tendonitis, bad back—the pounding of your feet on the ground reverberates straight up your skeleton. It doesn’t have to be this way…

Revisiting body awareness through balance and integration improves bio-mechanics. Breath work increases your body’s ability to soothe its sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems as well as increase its ability to absorb and use oxygen, increasing your VO2 MAX. Intelligent sequencing of poses helps increase your flexibility, strength, and balance, allowing your body to work more effectively and efficiently and certainly more fluidly. All of which keeps you grounded in the present moment—the present movement. So whether you’re new to running, training for Boston, looking to improve time or stride, working with an ailment or injury, or simply seeking to continue your enjoyment of running, this workshop is for you. In this two hour workshop, we will:

Build mind-body awareness and bio-mechanics
Learn breath work to increase stamina, strength and endurance as well as to facilitate regulating your body’s nervous systems
Build a sequence and work through poses that increase focus, balance and full integration of muscles in and surrounding your feet, ankles, knees, hips and low back.
Develop a routine practice of poses that stretch and soothe key running muscles
Find your core

Email Jaclyn@beinunion.com or see check-in desk to sign up

30 Day Challenge

Mindful Yoga & Eating Right for Your Body

After all of the eating, drinking and festive cheer your body has endured this holiday season, you may be looking for a way to break out of that post merriment hang over. Well look no further. You can facilitate the changes you seek in your life, in your health, mentally, spiritually, and physically—your body is changing all the time. All you need to do is change what you feed your body, what you feed your mind.

Your health and wellbeing is a balance and are the outcome of all aspects of your life including your career, your relationships, spirituality, physical activity and nutrition to name a few. Being truly healthy has less to do with whether you subscribe to a raw, vegan, vegetarian, or whichever diet, and more to do with simply being conscious, noticing, and giving yourself what you need. And all you need to do is listen—your body will tell you what it needs.

So to help you bring your yoga to your kitchen and to your soul, Be. In Union is launching another 30 Day Challenge. Join us and Christine Resnikoff, certified Holistic Nutrition Coach, and fellow practitioner to learn the tools that will allow you to be conscious of what you eat, why you eat it, and how it makes you feel, as well as to discover what it means to eat a whole foods diet that is fun, flexible and tailored specifically to you.

Allow your daily practice to be your body’s guide as you rediscover yourself in this New Year.

Your 30 Day Challenge includes:

30 days of unlimited yoga
An initial workshop on whole foods, focusing on local produce, beans and grains and how to prepare them,
Personalized nutritional coaching
Introduction to cleansing and detoxifying yoga aimed at rinsing your organs and giving you a fresh start at the New Year
Weekly 45 minute open forum workshops where you will receive nutritional advice and group support as you work to discover what it is you need to truly nourish your body and mind (The day/time will be determined by participants during the initial workshop)
A Natural. Good. Body. binder filled with information on eating whole foods, the various types of eating styles, how to cook whole grains and breakdown of nutritional content and a collection of easy to prepare recipes to create a nourishing, balanced meal.
A raffle for nutritional coaching (pantry de-junking, or educational food shopping trip)

The total value of the workshops, unlimited yoga for 30 days and group coaching is $500

Your investment in the 30 day challenge is $175

e-mail Jaclyn@beinunion.com for more information or to sign up

Arm Balance & Inversion Workshop

With

Jaci & Blanca

FEAR is the number one reason for not attempting arm balances or inversions.*

FEAR is a learned response.

UNLEARN FEAR and fly!

Contrary to popular belief, arm balances and inversions have less to do with strength and flexibility and more to do with finding proper alignment, integrating core strength, and of course a willingness to fall and be fearless. We will be there to assist each student, brand new or seasoned, every step of the way, ensuring that each student is properly prepared, aligned, protected, and supported, by exploring how to safely enter, hold, and release each one. We will introduce working with blocks and straps for building strength and stability in inversions.

While students will learn the technical foundations of arm balances and inversions and the tools to improve them, our focus will also be on making these poses fun and accessible. So if you have ever had any interest in learning an arm balance or inversion, come play! Join Jaci and Blanca in what promises to be a truly amazing fun workshop.

Come build your practice, build your confidence, and help build our community. The farthest you will fall is the floor.

This workshop is appropriate for all levels.

*Other than injury

Inversions & Arm Balance Workshop

PART TWO

Integration into your classroom practice

Whether you have just learned to play with arm balances and inversions or have been flying for years, the question often becomes: when do I get to use them in my classroom practice? Because not all variations and modifications can be queued for each pose and because each pose is afforded a limited number of breath cycles, it is difficult to figure out when to implement all these fun and challenging poses. But have no fear!

Blanca and Jaci will be leading an extended two hour flow incorporating arm balances and inversions from the original workshop to demonstrate when and where each pose can be integrated into the flow and to provide ample opportunity for students to practice coming in and out of each pose in classroom conditions. Time and attention will be spent getting into and out of poses, holding poses, and jumping back to low plank position and/or transitioning back into the class flow. So come uncover the mystery. Come master your arm balances and inversions and find your new flow. Come see how you can make your class work for you.

Sacred Centers: A Journey Through the Chakras

Chakras, or “wheels,” refer to energetic centers in the body. Although Chakras cannot be physically touched or seen, yogic philosophy has long recognized the importance of energetic alignment to physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. There are seven primary Chakras that compose our human energetic system, and our experiences affect the flow of energy at and through these centers. Incorporating the Chakras into your yoga practice can help to strengthen the direct relationship between your body and your consciousness.

This workshop will begin with a brief discussion of the Chakra system, including general principals and how imbalances can be identified. Then moving through a 2-hour vigorous practice, you will learn to use asana, pranayama, and meditation to explore each chakra experientially. Principals of each Chakra will be introduced throughout this practice further assisting you in identifying imbalances and beginning the process of restoring balance to the entire chakra system. Creating balance in the chakras assists us in integrating mind, body and spirit resulting in increased peace and vitality as we deepen or awareness of self.

Be. in Union BOOTCAMP

EMPOWER YOURSELF

Jaci and Blanca will be leading an extended three hour EMVY flow. All of our classes at be. are founded on the notion of empowerment, or EMVY (Empower Vinyasa Yoga). Through EMVY, we are committed to helping every student discover his/her own strength and potential through awareness, trust, and intuition.

This three hour Bootcamp will give you the tools and opportunity to deepen your practice, increase your focus, increase your mental, physical, and spiritual strength.

Learn how to let go, open your heart, and shed your limitations. Ultimately, the only limitations we have are those which we deliberately choose to impose upon ourselves. So come let go of your expectations and find your truth by challenging yourself to practice and to live breath to breath, moment to moment.

Blanca and Jaci will be there to guide and support you as you challenge and empower yourself through this journey.