Health and Wellness Workshops
Relaxation you can take home with you!
Available June 13 - September 1, 2008.
Indulge your senses and pamper yourself with any one of these refreshing workshops. Not only will you feel rejuvenated, you'll also learn techniques to take home with you - so whenever you need it, you can give yourself a little relaxation at home and reminisce about your Smugglers' Summer Vacation.
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Yoga for Every Body
Sunday, 10:00 am - 11:15 am;
Monday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm;
Tuesday, 7:30 am - 8:45 am;
Wednesday, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm;
Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:15 am;
$15 per person.
Accomplished yoga instructors lead you through the postures, focusing on flexibility, alignment, strength and concentration. Appropriate for all levels. Please bring a towel or blanket.
CLOSE Exploring Meditation
Monday 10:00 am - 11:30 am $20 per person
Meditation is like a vacation for the mind...this introductory class will focus on the practice of meditation with a brief discussion, gentle, preparatory yogic stretches, and a sampling of four meditation techniques: seated breath awareness, walking meditation, Tibetan singing bowls and meditative Sanskrit chanting, and vipassana (insight) meditation. Come experience for yourself the benefits meditation has to offer!
CLOSE Aromatherapy - Essential Oils from Around the World
Monday, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, $20 per person.
An olfactory feast featuring some of the world's most exotic and precious essential oils. Bring the benefits of fragrance into your life to enhance health and happiness, and experience three Asian Bodywork techniques--a Lao fragrant footbath, Thai Steamed Herbal-Ball massage, and Indian Ayurvedic Aromatherapy--that incorporate essential oils from fragrant woods, purifying resins, intoxicating flowers and perfumed roots. Asian tea with essential oils will be served!
CLOSE Restorative Yoga
Tuesday, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, $15 per person
Slow down and tune in to peace, in this deeply nurturing and calming class...Restorative Yoga is a very gentle and healing yoga practice for everyone. Postures are done on floor mats, completely supported by cushions, blankets, props and eye pillows, focusing on restoring balance to the nervous and immune systems. No effort necessary. Great for everything, including recovering from injury. Relax and be supported into bliss!
CLOSE Treat Your Feet
Tuesday, 4:30 pm - 6 pm & Thursday,
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, $20 per person
You start this afternoon class by enjoying an herbal foot soak and a beverage. Then you learn to give and receive reflexology foot massage. You will learn how pressing on points on your feet can help increase circulation, detoxification, and immunity for the whole body. Plus, it feels great! Bring a friend or come alone.
CLOSE Massage Class
Wednesday, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, $20 per person
A great way to learn the basics of massage and enjoy yourself at the same time. Come alone or being a friend. Women please wear a bathing suit. Taught by Smugglers' staff of massage therapists.
CLOSE A Taste of Honey
Wednesday, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, $45 per person.
The aromatic, wonderful rich sweet taste of good honey brings a smile to anyone who eats it. Honey is a versatile, healing, yummy substance manufactured by honeybees. We’ll discuss the importance of the bees & the sustaining products they produce. Join with Laura, of Purple Shutter Herbs, as we explore the many wonders of honey. To demonstrate the wide range of both honey’s & beeswax’s usage together we’ll make a honey cleansing scrub [cosmetic], beeswax votive candles [craft], a honey confection [culinary] & an all natural wound salve [medicinal]. We’ll be using local Vermont beeswax & honey. "Well," said Pooh, "what I like best -- " and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called”
CLOSE Spice Up Your Table: Herbal Condiments & More
Wednesday, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $45 per person.
Have you ever wanted to add a little zest to your food? It’s simple, tasty & gets your creative juices flowing. Laura, from Purple Shutter Herbs & adventurous cook, will be your head chef for having fun while putting together some inventive additions to your cooking. To add extra tang to your hot dogs or potato salad, we’ll develop a spicy mustard. How about upgrading those dainty tea sandwiches or that delicious ear of corn with herbed butter, which can bring a new dimension to the ordinary. Would you like to prepare ethnic food, but don’t know where to find those exotic spice blends? The solution is simple make them yourself! We’ll prepare a few & provide recipes for many more. To round out your meal, we’ll make delicious herbal syrup for use in non & alcoholic beverages & luscious desserts.
CLOSE Introduction to Pilates
Friday, 10:00 am - 11:15 am, $15 per person
The Pilates philosophy focuses on training the mind and body to work together toward the goal of overall fitness. Pilates is a method of exercise and physical movement designed to stretch, strengthen and balance the body.
This class will move through a series of body positions using breathing and relaxation techniques. Strengthening your "core" group muscles gives a platform from which to improve all areas of fitness. Recommended for the general fitness population.
CLOSE The New Finest Herbal Facial
Friday, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon, $45 per person.
Would you like to pamper your face using only the finest ingredients? Join, Kelley of Purple Shutter & Horsetail Herbs, for an herbal facial that will surpass the best spa facials! Together we’ll make our own natural facial care products (with a few new surprises) & then indulge in a five-step facial. Recipes galore will be available to fit your skin type. Come stressed & return home relaxed & glowing. Please bring a towel & something to tie back your hair. This class is open to everyone!
CLOSE Plant Craft: Fun with Flowers, Seeds, Leaves & Bark
Friday 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $45 per person.
Experience the pleasure of making a variety of lovely & unique herbal gifts! Please your senses with these exciting projects: a luminous botanical candleholder to light a summer’s eve, a useful spicy hanging decoration for the kitchen, design your own flower pot – botanical included & a hand-stamped balsam fir pillow. Kelley of Purple Shutter & Horsetail Herbs will lead you in this afternoon filled with creative herbal fun! All ages encouraged to attend.
CLOSE All Health and Wellness Workshops require advanced registration, and have limited space availability
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