March, 2009
Marina Tugusheva
Marina began practicing yoga and breathing meditation since childhood. Later in life she came back to yoga and began serious study in 2000. Her consistent practice brought profound change in all aspects of life, deep sense of serenity, physical energy and emotional balance. Marina had completed teacher training at Simply Yoga, Kingston, NJ with Joanne Carter and Carol Cook. She has also studied with Dean Learner and Bobbi Goldin. Marina is registered with national Yoga Alliance as a yoga instructor.
Class description
Marina teaches Iyengar style multi-level class on Wednesday at 5:30-7:00 p.m. Teaching is focused on exploring important principals of movement, connecting body and mind, learning to accept, respect and listen to your own body wisdom. Classes are sequenced to develop strength, flexibility, create stamina, concentration and bring special attention to correct body alignment. In her teaching Marina brings awareness of how to use yoga to improve and ease various ailments and relief stress.
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Brigitte Aflalo-Calderon
Yoga Instructor – Writer
8 Cumberland Street, Plainsboro, NJ 08536
(202) 297-2233
e-mail: Brigitte@brigittestories.net
A newcomer to the area, Brigitte was born and raised in Morocco and has travelled the world. She came to yoga 8 years ago after a carrier at the World Bank in Washington, DC. She brings to yoga a multicultural experience that translates into an ability to immediately connect with students from all cultures. Her classes are infused with joy and camaraderie. Brigitte strives to create a safe environment that encourages students to discover and embrace their bodies and appreciate who they are.
Selected Accomplishments
Children’s instructor
- Taught in Montessori schools and elementary schools ;
- Developed mother-and-kids yoga series
- Created led workshops for pre-teen and teen girls;
- Taught to physically handicapped children;
Yoga for Adults
- Taught to adults from all levels – beginners, intermediate and advanced;
- Designed gentle yoga, power yoga and restorative yoga classes;
- Led classes in yoga studios, exclusive SPAS, fitness centers and through government-funded programs targeting at-risk populations.
Classes description
Yoga for budding bodies
In yoga for kids, traditional yoga techniques have been redesigned in playful ways. Yoga helps children to:
- Develop strong, flexible and healthy bodies
- Trust their imagination
- Build confidence
- Honor their growing self
- Respect their friends
- Care for the world around them
In these lively classes, children will learn to fly like a butterfly, salute the sun or grow as tall as a tree. Classes encourage creativity and teamwork. There will be plenty of games, storytelling, music, dance and singing.
Class description
Yoga for teenage girls
Teenage years can be difficult for some girls. This series of classes is designed to help growing girls like you:
- Balance their body and mind
- Improve overall fitness and health
- Feel stronger
- Discover their inner beauty
- Reclaim their self-esteem
- Have fun in a friendly, non-competitive environment
Kan Yuan
50 softgels one box; three softgel each morning before meal.
Rapid Adjustment to the Human Mechanism
Superior to the Chemical Health Products & Vitamins
If you used to take the chemical tonics and vitamins, take Kang Yuan Softgel for 15 days, you will feel deeply the differences between Kang Yuan and various Western health products including vitamins: You won’t have the feeling of tiredness and unsteady sleep as taking the chemical tonics, and you won’t be low-spirited next day
Kang Yuan softgel was awarded Excellent Product Award at the Fourth World Conference on Acupuncture WFAS and 1996 World Superior Traditional Medical Products Fair (USA) sponsored by WFAS and American Acupuncture Association, and World Health Organization
New Concepts of Modern Preventive Health Care: Admire nature; whole body balance; preventing the harms of chemicals to internal organs.
Excellent pure herbal extracts improve the physical constitution, keep healthy, make the smooth, restore to health rapidly, and increase the resistance to diseases.
Composition: Cordyceps Sinensis, Acanthopanax Senticosus, beta-Carrotene, Vitamins C & E, Tea Oil, 18 kinds of Amino Acid and many natural herbal extracts.
Function: Increasing the supply abilities of blood and oxygen, improving the micro-circulation of heart, lung, liver and kidneys, strengthening sexual glands, improving the metabolism and the immunity system.
It is very efficacious to the infirmities in the elderly, the persons who are engaged in a high exercise load or hard work (such as athletes, the nervous office staff, study-harder examinees, heavy drinkers).
It can restore the physical strength rapidly, prolonging the aging, making health and beautiful, preventing the diseases of internal organs (such as liver, kidneys) caused by chemicals.
KANG YUAN has not only the characteristics of Chinese traditional medicine-rapid adjustment to the human body mechanism, improving physical constitution, increasing the resistance to diseases, with no side effects, no toxic, but also has the characteristics of modern medicine-rapid efficacies, precise experiments, safe and easy to use. In addition, it has the merits of preventing the injuries and diseases of internal organs caused by chemicals, specially effective protection against the injuries to livers and kidneys by taking western medicine, eating the pesticide-remnant vegetables or the food containing the chemicals. You can feel the strong vitalities after taking KANG YUAN for a short time. And this is the function that the general herbal medicine or western medical preparation won’t have.
Kan Yuan is a new and exciting herbal formula developed with a fast paced lifestyle and a pollutant-laden environment in mind. It received an “Excellent Product” award at the world traditional Medical Product Fair in 1996 by the World Health Organization.
The formula is based on the herbal extract of cordyceps, Siberian ginseng, (acanthopanax senticosus), Vitamins C, E, and beta-carotene, plus tea oil and sunflower seed oil.
The major benefit of Kan Yuan is to protect and strengthen to liver, heart, lungs, and kidney functions under the stress of overwork and toxins (e.g. alcohol, drugs and chemicals).
Dosage: 3 capsules a day
Packaging: 50 soft gel capsules, bubble packed in box
Annalisa De Meo
Annalisa has been practicing Hatha Yoga since 2004 and has come to love and appreciate what yoga offers to people of all physical levels. Her training is in the Iyengar style of yoga which emphasizes proper alignment and the use of props for a total body awareness. She has studied with Joanne Carter, Carol Cook, Bobbi Goldin, Dean Lerner, and Kevin Gardner.
Class description:
Annalisa’s Multi-Level Hatha classes are designed for students of all levels. Hatha is the word used to describe the physical aspect of yoga. All yoga classes, then, are considered to be “hatha” yoga. Students will spend more time concerned with each individual posture.
Students work on both postures and breath work to achieve strength, balance and flexibility in their practice. Classes are tailored to the students who make up the group at any given time. Everyone can find a place for themselves in this class. Even if you have not done yoga, postures can be modified according to your ability. Yoga is learning to listen, appreciate and work with your body.
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Susan Hill
Certified Massage Therapist
Susan began her studies in the field of Massage Therapy in 1984.Attending classes and workshops at massage schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. She became certified in Swedish Massage, Sports Massage,Deep Tissue Massage and Reflexology and has also studied Myofascial Release, Geriatric Massage, Neuromuscular Therapy, Aromatherapy and Hot Stone/Elemental Therapies. Susan taught massage classes at Bucks County School of Beauty Culture and currently teaches workshops in Acupressure Facelift, and Aromatherapy. She is a graduate of Somerset School of Massage Therapy. Susan offers a healing blend
of massage techniques.
1 hour massage 75.00
Deep Muscle 85.00
Aromatherapy Massage 85.00
Hot Stone/ Elemental Therapy 85.00
Massage by Appointment only 215 595-7613
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Glenn Swann
T’AI CHI CH’UAN AT HOLSOME HOLISTIC CENTER
Ongoing classes in the Yang Style Short Form (37 step Cheng Man Ch’ing Form) taught by Glenn Swann.
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a truly holistic martial arts practice, encompassing meditation, Chinese philosophy, qigong, and health-building exercise. It is considered an “internal” martial art in that it emphasizes developing
qi, or internal energy, rather than external strength. It is appropriate for all ages, and its health benefits
include improved balance and reflexes, stress reduction, increased flexibility, enhanced adaptability and much
more. In addition to the bare-hand form, students will have the opportunity to learn Saber and Straight Sword forms as well as push-hands.
Glenn Swann has studied Tai Chi since 1992 with Susanna De Rosa, practicing the Yang 37 and 24 short forms, Chen style old frame, both Yang and Chen weapons forms, and is a certified Innerspace Taijiquan Instructor. He also studies Chinese historical swordsmanship and Yang Michuan Sword under Scott Rodell, Director of Great River Taoist Center(www.grtc.org). In addition to Tai Chi, he teaches and performs the Japanese Shakuhachi Flute, and studies Tea Ceremony and Chinese Calligraphy.
Email-Caine2323@yahoo.com
web- www.myspace.com/glennswannshakuhachi
Lauren Swanekamp
Lauren is a Kripalu Yoga instructor certified through the Yoga Alliance and also a Holistic Health Counselor. She holds of B.S. in Counseling Psychology from Lesley University and has also studied at the Kripalu Center’s Institute for Integrated Leadership and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City.
A former collegiate rower, Lauren turned to yoga for guidance, balance and healing. She offers nutrition and wellness workshops around Central Jersey in addition to teaching group and private yoga classes. She believes in the healing power of yoga and of whole foods and encourages her clients to explore creating vitality and joy in their own lives.
For more information please visit my website at www.laurenswanekamp.com
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Community Yoga, Tuesday 12pm-1pm
This is a mixed level class that is appropriate for everyone and participants are encouraged to practice at a pace that honors their own body. Instruction and proper alignment will be given as needed for the basic postures. Students who are comfortable with the basic asana will be encouraged to develop a practice that intuitively arises from their own experience, and benefit from hands on assists from the instructor. This class is a great opportunity to come together as a community and allow our diversity to uplift us all
Lauren Swanekamp
Health Counselor
lauren.swanekamp@gmail.com
www.laurenswanekamp.com
Andrzej Leszczynski
Shiatsu
Traditional Japanese art of healing Shiatsu is a gentleformof acupressure which balances the body’s energy flow (Qi)and restoring the body’s natural state of wellness . Shiatsu respects all the acupuncture theories , recognizes acupuncture points, the onlydifference is that the practitioner uses his/her fingers to stimulate energy flow.
Caring touch and supported stretch in connection with deep profound theory, makes Shiatsu a relaxing, revitalizing an healing art, with extended,over thousand of years of tradition.
Bio
Andrzej I s a practitioner and teacher of many differentforms of energy healing. His passion is to adopt traditional healing techniques to modern times and help people to use them. His range of interests includes , Zen meditation techniques, Qi Gong and other energy exercises from oriental tradition. He has developed his own system of teaching and healing which embraces all his experience and knowledge.
He graduated fromthe Ohashi Institute of New York in 2001 and has been a Certified Ohashiatsu Instructor since 2002, Since then he lives and offers his services in Central NJ .
Andrzej Leszczynski www.healingtouchhealing movement.com
Andrzej Leszczynski
609 742 3140
Susan Finegold
Susan Finegold teaches Iyengar-style yoga classes at Holsome in Princeton, NJ on Wednesday and Friday mornings at 9.30.
Iyengar yoga focuses on correct body alignment; the body thus develops in an anatomically correct way. It was Mr Iyengar who developed the use of props such as blocks, chairs, blankets, and straps to help the body move safely into the required positions and ranges of movement. Poses are held to let their effects soak into the body.
Iyengar yoga’s focus on correct anatomical alignment has wonderful therapeutic benefits. The practice can help eliminate aches and pains, improve posture, and create a sense of well-being and optimism (which might have something to do with your body being able to do things in its 50s and beyond that it couldn’t do in its 20s!)
Susan trained to teach Iyengar-style yoga with Joanne Carter and Carol Cook of Simply Yoga in Kingston, NJ, with whom she continues to study. She has also studied with Bobbi Goldin, Dean Lerner, and Kevin Gardner.
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Capoeira
Cacique De Ramos
Levi Guerrero, who is also known as Cacique de Ramos, has practiced the art of Capoeira for several years and is an instructor affiliated with Grupo Senzala from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil under the guidance of Mestre Zumbi. Mr. Guerrero has been teaching Capoeira since 2006 under the supervision of Mestre Zumbi in various locations in central and southern New Jersey. His instruction has now expanded to Holsome Holistic Center. His mission is to share the Art of Capoeira with the community. Primarily, Mr. Guerrero seeks to develop the mental and physical capabilities of young people through Capoeira while simultaneously exposing them to the cultural heritage of Africa and Brazil.
Capoeira: A Brief History and Overview
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of dance, music, percussion, song, self-defense techniques, and acrobatics. It is an athletic stream of consciousness. In part it is a dance: a rhythmic dialogue with a partner set to the music of traditional instruments. In part it is a fight: a strategic match of throwing and dodging kicks, sweeps, and defensive movements.
The details of this form’s origins and early history are still a matter of debate. However it is clear that enslaved Africans played a crucial role in its development. Some historians claim that slaves used Capoeira’s dance-like appearance as a way to hide their training of combat and self-defense against their oppressors.
Capoeira for Kids
Capoeira provides children with a means of self-expression. In many Brazilian schools it is a compulsory discipline, which develops students not only physically but also intellectually, working both body and mind. Capoeira relieves stress, improves confidence, self-esteem and concentration. It also improves balance, coordination and creativity.
The psychological and developmental benefits arise from the cooperation, respect, discipline, and tolerance essential to practicing Capoeira. The discipline and social skills learned in Capoeira carry over into the rest of a child’s education. What is significant about Capoeira is that the lessons that are learned in this setting are essential ones that can be applied to their every day lives – outside of the classroom.
Class Fee Schedule
Capoeira Adults/ Kids Class
Wednesday 4:30-5:30 pm Kids
Thursday 7:30-8:30 pm Adults
Saturday 11:45-12:45 pm Kids
• Drop – in Class $15
• 5 – card Pass $60
Levi Guerrero
Capoeira Instructor
609.712.6339
caciquesenzala@gmail.com
www.zumbisenzala.org
27 Witherspoon St.
Princeton, NJ 08542
Tel: 609-279-1592
Fax: 609-279-1856
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