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I think the word “aliveness” raises the bar on health, and I would love to hear other suggestions, words that point toward a celebration of vitality, not the absence of dis-ease.

~ Richard Klein, President Mountain Waters Retreats

I’ve always liked semi-eccentric words like “vivacity” and “sparkling” to talk about my ideal state of well being. I feel more alive, more vitally healthy, just hearing those words!

~ Briana Lyon, Office Manager, Mountain Waters Retreats

SHARE WITH US YOUR OWN UNIQUE VISION OF OPTIMUM HEALTH!

This five day retreat will change the way you see and experience your health. Avoiding the wall means taking proactive measures before you crash.

Click here to register for Avoiding the Wall: Reclaiming Energy, Ease & Well Being for the Next Phase of Your Life.

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This five day retreat will give you the tools to change the way you experience the aging process. All that you hope to experience and accomplish in this life rests on a foundation of good health.

Click here to register for Redefine Your Health After Age 45.

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This transformative 5 day Retreat is a full Lifestyle experience; an opportunity to set aside the busy daily patterns of cultural life and experience the Space of your Wholeness, living in the timeless Intelligence and Flow of Eternal Love.

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This retreat is suitable both for yoga students who wish to become Registered Yoga Teachers with Yoga Alliance and for those who simply want to deepen their practice and understanding of yoga without necessarily wishing to teach yoga. We are happy to offer a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training / Yoga Studies program in Canada. Our school, Heart Yoga Center, is a Registered Yoga School with the internationally recognized organization Yoga Alliance (see www.yogaalliance.org), and follows their standards and recommendations. This course is offered in 3 levels, with level 1 offered May 29-June 3, 2011 in Nelson. Level 2 will be offered in Nelson on Sept 18-23, 2011 and level 3 in April 2012.

Click here if you would like to register for Yoga Teacher Training Level 1.

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This retreat is for devoted lovers of yoga that will celebrate the interweaving of our own essential nature with the true essence of yoga. Moving beyond habitual patterns and ideas of yoga practice, we will deepen our practice and explore together the natural, spontaneous flow of yoga.

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Participants will learn about non-dual meditation practice, guided self-healing techniques, emotional resolution, and Amazonian shamanic medicinal practices. The retreat is designed to expand the participants ability to abide in unconditioned awareness.

Click here if you would like to register and begin Healing with Addictions.

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Verge Permaculture’s got some excellent ideas on how to design and build a greenhouse for your touch and go climate. There are several options for style: the traditional Southern European style (glass on all sides) is great for capturing diffuse light, but bad for keeping heat in during long, cold winters. The style Verge recommends is called a passive solar greenhouse ( how-to create one ) and involves building an angled glass (or plastic) plane on only the South facing side while utilizing the other three sides for maximum insulation. What a cool building idea! Rob (of Verge Permaculture) is even thinking of putting in a salt water aquatic environment into his to grow fish.

I just came across an article in the Vancouver sun that really highlights the importance of pushing up on our exercise capacity if we want to maintain our vitality as we age. In this experiment conducted at McMaster University in Hamilton scientists reversed the aging effects of mice that had been genetically altered to grow old quickly by forcing them to engage in 45 minutes of active exercise three times a week. Premature aging was halted and the beneficial effects were noted in every cell and tissue in the bodies of these exercising mice.

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