Three Winds Academy - Yanumoja Yoga * Thai Massage * Ayurveda

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School of Yogatherapy - Open House
@ Pacific Rim College | Saturday June 2nd |

If you are interested in Yoga / Yogatherapy, please join our Open House! You can taste our programs through four Workshops/Classes. This is a free event. Please feel free to invite your friends! Please wear/bring comfortable clothes that you feel free to move in.

Many of our students have found profound healing and experiences through their practice of yoga, motivating them to want to share the possibilities this practice brings with other people. We encourage you to join us on June 2nd to explore how to deepen your experience and knowledge of this path.
Pacific Rim College is a Registered Yoga School with the Yoga Alliance, also a member school of the International Association of Yoga Therapy. We offer 315-hr and 1270-hr Yogatherapy Programs.

Open House Date: Saturday June 2nd
Where: PACIFIC RIM COLLEGE, 229-560 Johnson Street
Schedule:

10:00-10:45: "Learning to see with your Heart" - the Path of Yoga
Nikki Manzie (Pacific Rim College Teacher)

11:30-12:15: "Brighten Your Day with Yoga-to-go" - Yanumoja Yoga Class
Shannon Devenney (2011 Dec Graduate)

1:00-1:45: “Importance of unconditional positive regard in therapeutic relationships”
Zoë Eakle (Pacific Rim College Teacher)

2:30-3:15: “Finding Your Voice” - The Yoga of Sound
Fabrizio Alberico (2012 April Graduate)

Kirtan and BBQ Potluck
@ The Sanctuary Studio | May 21st (Mon - Victoria Day) | by Donation | 1:00pm-4:00pm

The flowers are beginning to blossom, and the sun is joining us a little more often now! Please join us for our Spring celebration!!! We will have an afternoon potluck and BBQ followed by Kirtan. Bring friends, partners and kids and join in the fun! Donations are gratefully received and given to charities.

KIRTAN is call-and-response chanting that comes from the Yogic tradition. Sangha is a community of people who support each other in spiritual growth. The experience of voices and hearts chanting these rhythms and sounds together carries us effortlessly into a place of ecstatic awakening, as well as simultaneous innerstillness. Kirtan led by Harmony Sunshine, Fabrizio and Kevin.

POTLUCK -- please bring loving food to share, and also a written ingredients list.

Find our Kirtan Videos on FB: www.facebook.com/Three Winds and The Sanctuary

Mentorship with Nikki Manzie
Now open to the Public for Spring-Summer sessions

We are committed to helping teachers grow and strengthen their practice and knowledge so that it truly lives in their body and heart. From there, the teachings are radiated outward naturally, amplifying their message and healing power. Nikki has been providing teacher trainings since 1998, and has been an ongoing mentor to Yanumoja Teachers in Ottawa since that time. She will provide you with (1) experiential homework, (2) knowledge-based training where needed, (3) professional supervision, and (4) personal growth mentorship.

2 hours Session (Once a month)
Fee: $200 / session
- Require minimum of three session bookings
- The sessions can be done on Skype
- Discounts for Students/Graduates of Pacific Rim College and Three winds Academy
- Spaces are Limited. Please apply as soon as possible.
- To apply, please send a personal letter stating your intentions and needs, along with your vision for where your work will grow in the coming 1-3 years. nikkimanzie@gmail.com

Traditional Thai Massage Workshops in April and May
@ Pacific Rim College | CEU 14 PE A2 credits | 15 hours - Sat & Sun

1. Table-Thai Massage (April 21 - 22, 2012, 9:00am-5:30pm)
2. Prenatal and Postnatal Traditional Thai Massage (April 21 - 22, 2012, 9:00am-5:30pm)
3. Cupping and Scraping in the Thai Tradition (May 12 - 13, 2012, 9:00am-5:30pm)
4. Thai Back-Walking and “Hands-Free” Massage (May 26 - 27, 2012, 9:00am-5:30pm)

For more the details

Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, valid until 8 weeks prior to the workshop date)
Student - $275 (Early Bird - $250, valid until 8 weeks prior to the workshop date)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, valid until 8 weeks prior to the workshop date)

CEU:
These four workshops are approved by The College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia,
CEU 14 PE A2 credits are available to Registered Massage Therapists.

Where: Pacific Rim College 229-560 Johnson Street (Market Square), Victoria, BC
Website: www.pacificrimcollege.ca/lectures_and_events
Registration: admin@pacificrimcollege.ca / 250.483.2119 / toll-free 1-866-890-6082
Instructor: Nikki Manzie and Taro Chiba

Foundations of Yogatherapy Certificate Program

You may enroll in the Diploma of Eastern Therapies and Bodywork (ETB: a 4-semester program that
provides in-depth training in the disciplines of Traditional Thai Massage, Ayurvedic Marmatherapy and
Yogatherapy.) or The Diploma of Yogatherapy (DYT: a 1270-hour in-depth of Yogatherapy course. YA500)

For more details >>> www.pacificrimcollege.ca/foundations_of_yogatherapy

Fundamentals of Ayurvedic Marmatherapy Certificate Program
Pacific Rim College | Sep 2012 - Dec 2012 | 270 hours | PCTIA

For more details >>> www.pacificrimcollege.ca/ayurvedic_marmatherapy_program

Academic Calendar - Programs at Pacific Rim College

Yanumoja Yoga Classes
@ The Sanctuary | Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30pm

Spring - Summer Theme: Nature Unity
Often we envision ourselves a-part from nature, rather than recognising we are one within Nature. Our spring and summer classes will be a dedication to the healing and generative forces of Nature (Gaia) that are continuous within and all around us. Through the sacred gateways of our body-being we will directly affect healing on the planet as we contact the inner and outer forces of Nature that unite us.

Testimonial

Thank you so much for such a wonderful workshop experience this weekend. You are a wonderful teacher and make everything very understandable (and fun!). It is so wonderful to have more of an understanding about why certain practices are more calming/cooling or more energizing/heating and the relationship to the chakras and Koshas - all terms that I have heard before in various yoga classes, but have never really understood. I am looking forward to re-reading my notes and your handouts and integrating this knowledge.
I want you to know that I am surprised, very touched and honoured that you would invite to join your program. I had actually looked at your programs a few weeks ago when I first heard about the Sanctuary, and was intrigued. I so enjoyed spending the weekend with you, Taro (his smile just lights up the room) and those lovely, lovely women who I really enjoyed connecting with during lunch the break.
I would like to stay connected with you and the sanctuary, and plan to start coming to your Tuesday yoga class and will be interested in participating in some of the future workshops. I also notice on your website that you do Ayurveda and marmatherapy - which might be something I would like to try.
Thank you for adding me to your email list - I received your email about the Kirtan and hope that I can attend.
With love, respect and gratitude,

Michel

From Erica, a Certified Yoga Instructor who took Yogatherapy at Pacific Rim College

I learned about Nikki’s Yogatherapy course 2 weeks before finishing my 250-hour yoga teacher training this summer. It seemed like a logical progression to take the Yogatherapy course, and the timing was perfect. Our teacher training was done with a series of teachers; most of whom I felt had only a surface knowledge of yoga theory, even those with many years of experience and those who are wonderful, great teachers. The benefit of having one teacher for the whole Yogatherapy course, and a teacher who has such a wide depth and breadth of knowledge as Nikki does, was that she was able to answer all our questions in detail and share many stories of her experiences. The individual teachers of our teacher training were able to take us on the first one or two baby steps of a personal journey, but not to take us any farther, simply because they did not yet have the skills. Nikki, however, had the experience, the knowledge and the skills to take us on many, many steps into deep areas of our individual personal journeys. And she was there for us every step of the journey, always willing to give her time, observation and skills to help us when we felt lost or confused. She usually had the sign post to get us back on track or to lead us to the next step.
Nikki’s dedication to bringing us a course that challenged us and kept us engaged, and her ability to deliver the information in a clear way that she took time to make sure everyone understood, gave us an education with high standards. She also spends time with everyone and makes you feel cared for and protected, like a true spiritual mother. I feel so lucky that I get to spend a full two years with Nikki, both to learn the knowledge she presents in the courses, and simply to be in her presence and to resonate with her energy.