Create and manifest a project of passion that will propel you into the life of your dreams. Learn and understand:
•Your true calling
•A personal statement of your life’s intention
•Your own stories of money and work that are no longer serving you
•Developing your new paradigm for earning, and collaboration
•How to communicate your life’s work and service
About the Facilitator(s)
Joy Ravelli started her business when she was 20 years old while pregnant with her first child, Nicholai. She dropped out of college where she had almost completed her Health Education degree and began to spend her time within the college by providing fitness, health, and nutrition coaching to the staff and students. Soon Joy was leading her "Health In Motion" programs at several colleges and corporations throughout Massachusetts. She had her second child, Alexander, at the age of 23. She ran this business successfully in Massachusetts for 20 years. In 1999 Joy took her life long passion for Yoga into the center of her offerings and in 2004 while pregnant with her third child, Maleeha she created the Purusha Yoga School. The Purusha Yoga School has graduated over 300 students in both 200 hour and 500 hour Yoga Alliance and International Association of Yoga Therapists Recognized programs.
Joy completed writing a practical guide to the Yoga Sutras in 2009 and looks forward to it being published soon. She is currently writing other practical guides for her students to navigate their way through the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. "Writing helps me to understand these practices and has always been a way of expressing my deeper ideas and feelings."
Joy opened the Purusha Yoga Studio in San Francisco in 2011 as a way of providing opportunities for her teachers to share and grow while also nourishing a local community with a wide variety of classes, programs, and a place to gather and celebrate together.
The true spark of light that ignited the studio was the death of her son Alex in 2009.
"Alex has always been a source of great inspiration and guidance in this life. He continues to help me and our community understand the truth that is beyond our small perspective and seek the light and love of an existence without fear, hatred, and worry. Ultimately- my children have and always will be my greatest teachers, for they have taught me to let go of fear and let it all be love."
This is the true path of yoga: to let go of our head trip and connect to what is real. In the end there is only love.
Explore a new career path, take your practice to the next level, uncover and let your true self shine. This 3-week intensive training with Purusha Yoga is registered and recognized by the Yoga Alliance. Purusha's Yoga Teacher Training is not just about teaching. Many choose this path as a means of experiencing and exploring the many facets of Yoga in a deeper, more meaningful way.
About the Facilitator(s)
Joy Ravelli started her business when she was 20 years old while pregnant with her first child, Nicholai. She dropped out of college where she had almost completed her Health Education degree and began to spend her time within the college by providing fitness, health, and nutrition coaching to the staff and students. Soon Joy was leading her "Health In Motion" programs at several colleges and corporations throughout Massachusetts. She had her second child, Alexander, at the age of 23. She ran this business successfully in Massachusetts for 20 years. In 1999 Joy took her life long passion for Yoga into the center of her offerings and in 2004 while pregnant with her third child, Maleeha she created the Purusha Yoga School. The Purusha Yoga School has graduated over 300 students in both 200 hour and 500 hour Yoga Alliance and International Association of Yoga Therapists Recognized programs.
Joy completed writing a practical guide to the Yoga Sutras in 2009 and looks forward to it being published soon. She is currently writing other practical guides for her students to navigate their way through the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. "Writing helps me to understand these practices and has always been a way of expressing my deeper ideas and feelings."
Joy opened the Purusha Yoga Studio in San Francisco in 2011 as a way of providing opportunities for her teachers to share and grow while also nourishing a local community with a wide variety of classes, programs, and a place to gather and celebrate together.
The true spark of light that ignited the studio was the death of her son Alex in 2009.
"Alex has always been a source of great inspiration and guidance in this life. He continues to help me and our community understand the truth that is beyond our small perspective and seek the light and love of an existence without fear, hatred, and worry. Ultimately- my children have and always will be my greatest teachers, for they have taught me to let go of fear and let it all be love."
This is the true path of yoga: to let go of our head trip and connect to what is real. In the end there is only love.
Joy is certified in the following modalities:
Personal Trainer (ACE, AFFA)
Pilates (Physical Mind Institute)
Yoga (Frog Pond School, RYT 500 Yoga Alliance)
Thai Yoga Bodywork (Sunset Network, Thailand
Laxman Panthi was born and raised in Myanmar. He moved to Nepal at the age of 20 to practice and study Yoga Philosophy at the Tribhuvan University. He graduated from Tribhuvan in 2009 with a B.A. in English Education. He studied Sanskrit and Yoga Philosophy in India and Nepal, and taught Yoga at an English Medium School in Kathmandu for seven years. He also led Yoga camps for village youth, worked with seniors, and was a mentor and spiritual advisor for patients at a drug rehabilitation clinic. Laxman moved to the United States in 2010, and has been teaching Yoga and Meditation throughout San Francisco. He has taught at after-school programs in elementary schools, senior centers, family centers, and a number of studios. He is a primary teacher at Purusha Yoga Studio where he received his 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2010, and where he continues to pursue his 500 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training certification to teach in the United States. Laxman loves to bring Yoga and Yoga philosophy to all members of the community in a fun and engaging way. He believes Yoga is not just a physical practice, but an art of living. In his classes, he brings chanting, meditation, and flow to your life. With youth classes, he brings games, songs, and play all through Yoga.
Lillian So has been in the fitness industry for over 10 years. She started out as a personal trainer and noticed something was missing. She began a personal practice of yoga 7 years ago and found that the ease and truth she discovered on that path was one she wanted to share with her clients. Lil says "yoga allows me to integrate my life, client relationships, passions, and also helps to focus the mind and embody a truth that is essential to overall quality of life. I want my clients to push hard, sweat hard, have fun, and know that life and a workout does not have to be taken so seriously." Certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, Mat Pilates, Yoga Instructor, Yoga Therapist, and Thai Yoga Body Work.
Dennis agrees with Pattabhi Jois' statement in the movie Enlighten Up that the main goal of yoga is to discipline the mind. Dennis feels that Kundalini Yoga is one of the most effective, fun and quickest methods to practice the art of disciplining the mind. His approach is gentle and focuses on opening up the energy centers in the body with Kundalini Yoga exercises. He has studied with Kundalini master Gurmukh and completed Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Teacher Training. His classes are invigorating, grounding, intuitive, fun and leave you feeling centered, calm and smiling.
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jaRed has been learning, deepening and sharing his yoga flow practice at Kalani for the past eleven years. He first discovered his resonance with yoga through the ashtanga primary series with Pamela Richardson in the summer of '97. He graduated from Kathy Elder's original yoga teacher training in 2001, and has since deepened his understanding of teaching vinyasa flow yoga through intensives with Shiva Rea.
He has felt honored and inspired by the teachings of many and holds gratitude for all of his teachers, past and present. He continues to hold a sacred space for breath, gratitude, yoga and love in his weekly classes at Kalani Oceanside Retreat. www.jaredsam.com
Philosophy & Lifestyle: Through the practice of journaling, sharing, and creative expression, we will truly embark on the practice of svadhyaya (self-study), yamas (interactions with our community and the world), and niyamas (personal discipline). Participants will adopt a yogic lifestyle at their own pace and in their own unique ways through the gradual introduction of self-directed options and paths of interest.
About the Facilitator(s)
Joy Ravelli, Primary Teacher of the Purusha Yoga School, is a lifelong yogi who is most inspired by the great outdoors where deep and simple wisdom may be experienced with ease and profound enjoyment. Joy has been enjoying moving her entire life. Eternally active as a child, her family called her "Joy Bird," as she was always in flight outdoors. Joy began teaching movement at the young age of 16 and has been teaching and studying various types of motion, energy, and meditation ever since. Joy is certified in the following modalities: Personal Trainer (ACE, AFFA) Pilates (Physical Mind Institute) Yoga (Frog Pond School, RYT 500 Yoga Alliance) Thai Yoga Bodywork (Sunset Network, Thailand)
“is a knowledgeable instructor and she sets a positive, down-to-earth tone to her classes. She wants everyone to feel bliss from her yoga classes and her yoga retreats"
Owner of Yoga and Beyond in Calgary, Ning has been teaching yoga for more than 16 years in Canada, this all after she finished law school and 9 years of practicing law in China. Seventeen years ago, without knowing one word of English, she started a new life in Calgary. She led her first class with the only words she knew “follow me", and now follows her heart and lives her life for her passion "Yoga". She has been taking many yoga teacher trainings (Ashtanga ,Yogaworks , Ann Forrest advanced training, etc.) Ning now travels the world in search of workshops and yoga conferences, her belief is that there is only “one yoga" and that yoga makes people happy by opening their hearts.
Camping $1,050.00 (Bring your own tent and sleeping gear. A wooden platform and tarp is provided for the first five campers who register.)
Triple Occupancy- Lodge Shared Bath $1,100.00 per person
Tripe Occupancy- Lodge Private Bath $1,200.00 per person
Triple Occupancy - Tropical Cottage w/private bath $1300.00 per person
Double Occupancy -Lodge Shared Bath $1,215.00 per person
Double occupancy -Lodge Private Bath $1,250.00 per person
Stay Offsite - $650.00 (Food & Lodging NOT INCLUDED)
Kama'aina Offsite - $350.00 (Local Big Island Residents ONLY. Must have Big Island valid identification. Includes all events and workshops. Does NOT include food or lodging.)
Relax, rejuvenate, reflect, and restore with us at the Hawaii Yoga Festival!
Whether you have a regular practice or are ready for your first downward-facing-dog, we have a week full of featured events, workshops, and classes you're sure to love.
Kalani is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charity. Your stay here supports our educational mission, preservation of ancient Hawaiian cultural sites, and the development of a model sustainable community.
Special package rates are available for the Hawaii Yoga Festival - a tremendous value!
Included: Accommodation in a lodge room with private bathroom, all meals at Kalani, use of Kalani facilities, regular classes (over 50 per week), and special events.
Not Included: Airport transfers, and flights to/from Hilo airport (ITO.)
Come ring in the New Year with a group of like-minded men in the buff with a week of meditation, yoga, massage, island exploration, a New Years Eve dance party and so much more. An average day consists of 2 yoga classes and some island exploration. There is also partner yoga, restorative yoga, and pilates sprinkled in to keep things interesting.
About the Facilitator(s)
Bryan Harrelson
Bryan's teaching style focuses on alignment and breath. A regular meditator he sometimes uses meditation to begin and/or end his classes. Bryan teaches an all levels yoga class that will both make beginners feel comfortable and challenge advanced practitioners. He has 380 Yoga Alliance Certified hours total in Ashtanga yoga as well as Anusara. He has trained with Sianna Sherman and Noah Maze and practiced under Darren Main, Darcy Lyons, and Kenny Graham. Bryan hopes to help people accept and love where they are so that they can begin to move forward. Bryan Harrelson will also be offering his massage services at an additional cost.
Paul Tucci
Paul has always had two passions: to help others help themselves, and to become as evolved as a person, as possible, in this lifetime.
His yoga journey officially started when he took Ana Forrest's teacher training, In Seattle, in 2007. He thanks her for the the four pillars of her practice: breath, strength, integrity and spirit. She gave him his voice, his teaching structure, his breath, and sent him rocketing into a new existence. Since then he has had the great fortune to study with these gifted and amazing people: Les Leventhal, Joy Ravelli, Tony Eason, Tony Briggs, Eric Schiffman, Darren Main, and Christopher Love.
He has a background in both Swedish and Thai Yoga massage. He currently teaches slow flow hatha classes in San Diego, and has held retreats in San Diego and Palm Springs. His two favorite places on earth are Costa Rica and Hawaii.
Intermediate Yoga in Paradise 2013! Enjoy a relaxing and fun-filled Yoga Vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii at Kalani. One week package cost $1,250 per person for double occupancy shared bath and $1390 for double occupancy with private bath. See packet for other housing/cost options; Two yoga classes daily and three delicious healthy meals daily.
About the Facilitator(s)
Lynne took her first yoga class while in college, at the YMCA in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Her first instructor and mentor, Trudy Davis, encouraged her to teach when she moved to Alaska in 1977. She enrolled in the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco’s Teacher Training Program the summer of 1980. Encouraged by Donald Moyer, she attended her first yoga Intensive at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India in 1981. She was certified to teach yoga by BKS Iyengar in 1984. Subsequent trips to Pune followed in 1988 and 1997.
Lynne founded the Inner Dance Yoga Studio in 1982 in Anchorage, Alaska and oversaw its growth and development into a thriving center with 20 plus instructors for the next 26 years . She started the Inner Dance Teacher Training program in 1999 which trained over 100 yoga teachers in the 8 years of her oversight of the program. Lynne sold the Inner Dance Yoga Studio in 2008. She now travels the country and the world teaching yoga wherever she is invited.
Lynne draws inspiration from yoga on and off the mat, attending local classes and sharing practice with others . She honors her teachers of the Iyengar tradition, Judith Lasater, Donald Moyer, and Fr. Joe Pereira . Self-Realizaion Fellowship, Paramahansa Yogananda's organization, to which she was first exposed in 1978 is another continuing source of upliftment.
Yogananda says, "The true purpose of life is to realize one's Self as wisdom and bliss". Patanjali's yoga sutra book II, sutra 41 (Light on Yoga Sutras, BKS Iyengar translation) states, " When the body is cleansed, the mind purified and the senses controlled, joyful awareness needed to realize the inner Self, also comes." My mission statement is to help myself and others to awaken joyful awareness through the practices of yoga; asanas that cleanse the body, pranayama that calms the mind, concentration that controls the senses, and meditation for realizing the Inner Self.
Lynne grew up in Wisconsin. Her love of travel and degree in Environmental Geology brought her to play and work in Alaska in 1975. That year she met future husband, Jim , and together they made Alaska home. They have been married since 1978. Together they enjoy camping, flying, overseas travel and their wonderful community of family and friends. Lynne also loves to sing, hula, play her ukelele, garden, bike and hike. She is in the process of relocating to Prescott, Arizona.
LynneMInton@gmail.com • Content copyright 2010-2011. Lynne Minton Yoga. All rights reserved.
$350 deposit reserves your space - (checks to LYNNE MINTON ). Balance due October 15, 2012 - (Call for Available space after October 1). Does not include airfare or airport transfers.
Yoga in Paradise 2013! Enjoy a relaxing and fun-filled Yoga Vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii at Kalani. One week package costs $1,250 for 7 nights double occupancy shared bath and $1390 for double occupancy private bath. See packet for other housing/cost options; Two yoga classes daily and three delicious healthy meals daily.
Lynne took her first yoga class while in college, at the YMCA in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Her first instructor and mentor, Trudy Davis, encouraged her to teach when she moved to Alaska in 1977. She enrolled in the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco’s Teacher Training Program the summer of 1980. Encouraged by Donald Moyer, she attended her first yoga Intensive at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India in 1981. She was certified to teach yoga by BKS Iyengar in 1984. Subsequent trips to Pune followed in 1988 and 1997.
Lynne founded the Inner Dance Yoga Studio in 1982 in Anchorage, Alaska and oversaw its growth and development into a thriving center with 20 plus instructors for the next 26 years . She started the Inner Dance Teacher Training program in 1999 which trained over 100 yoga teachers in the 8 years of her oversight of the program. Lynne sold the Inner Dance Yoga Studio in 2008. She now travels the country and the world teaching yoga wherever she is invited.
Lynne draws inspiration from yoga on and off the mat, attending local classes and sharing practice with others . She honors her teachers of the Iyengar tradition, Judith Lasater, Donald Moyer, and Fr. Joe Pereira . Self-Realizaion Fellowship, Paramahansa Yogananda's organization, to which she was first exposed in 1978 is another continuing source of upliftment..
Yogananda says, "The true purpose of life is to realize one's Self as wisdom and bliss". Patanjali's yoga sutra book II, sutra 41 (Light on Yoga Sutras, BKS Iyengar translation) states, " When the body is cleansed, the mind purified and the senses controlled, joyful awareness needed to realize the inner Self, also comes." My mission statement is to help myself and others to awaken joyful awareness through the practices of yoga; asanas that cleanse the body, pranayama that calms the mind, concentration that controls the senses, and meditation for realizing the Inner Self.
Lynne grew up in Wisconsin. Her love of travel and degree in Environmental Geology brought her to play and work in Alaska in 1975. That year she met future husband, Jim , and together they made Alaska home. They have been married since 1978. Together they enjoy camping, flying, overseas travel and their wonderful community of family and friends. Lynne also loves to sing, hula, play her ukelele, garden, bike and hike. She is in the process of relocating to Prescott, Arizona.
LynneMInton@gmail.com • Content copyright 2010-2011. Lynne Minton Yoga. All rights reserved.
$350 deposit reserves your space - (checks to LYNNE MINTON ). Balance due October 15, 2012 - (Call for Available space after October 1). Does not include airfare or airport transfers.
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years old while pregnant with her first child, Nicholai. She dropped out of college where she had almost completed her Health Education degree and began to spend her time within the college by providing fitness, health, and nutrition coaching to the staff and students. Soon Joy was leading her "Health In Motion" programs at several colleges and corporations throughout Massachusetts. She had her second child, Alexander, at the age of 23. She ran this business successfully in Massachusetts for 20 years. In 1999 Joy took her life long passion for Yoga into the center of her offerings and in 2004 while pregnant with her third child, Maleeha she created the 
Joy founded the 
self shine. This 3-week intensive training with Purusha Yoga is registered and recognized by the Yoga Alliance. Purusha's Yoga Teacher Training is not just about teaching. Many choose this path as a means of experiencing and exploring the many facets of Yoga in a deeper, more meaningful way.
jaRed has been learning, deepening and sharing his yoga flow practice at Kalani for the past eleven years. He first discovered his resonance with yoga through the ashtanga primary series with Pamela Richardson in the summer of '97. He graduated from Kathy Elder's original yoga teacher training in 2001, and has since deepened his understanding of teaching vinyasa flow yoga through intensives with Shiva Rea. 
creative expression, we will truly embark on the practice of svadhyaya (self-study), yamas (interactions with our community and the world), and niyamas (personal discipline). Participants will adopt a yogic lifestyle at their own pace and in their own unique ways through the gradual introduction of self-directed options and paths of interest. 
is a lifelong yogi who is most inspired by the great outdoors where deep and simple wisdom may be experienced with ease and profound enjoyment. Joy has been enjoying moving her entire life. Eternally active as a child, her family called her "Joy Bird," as she was always in flight outdoors. Joy began teaching movement at the young age of 16 and has been teaching and studying various types of motion, energy, and meditation ever since. Joy is certified in the following modalities: Personal Trainer (ACE, AFFA) Pilates (Physical Mind Institute) Yoga (Frog Pond School, RYT 500 Yoga Alliance) Thai Yoga Bodywork (Sunset Network, Thailand)
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Come ring in the New Year with a group of like-minded men in the buff with a week of meditation, yoga, massage, island exploration, a New Years Eve dance party and so much more. An average day consists of 2 yoga classes and some island exploration. There is also partner yoga, restorative yoga, and pilates sprinkled in to keep things interesting.
Hawaii at Kalani. One week package cost $1,250 per person for double occupancy shared bath and $1390 for double occupancy with private bath. See packet for other housing/cost options; Two yoga classes daily and three delicious healthy meals daily. 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Her first instructor and mentor, Trudy Davis, encouraged her to teach when she moved to Alaska in 1977. She enrolled in the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco’s Teacher Training Program the summer of 1980. Encouraged by Donald Moyer, she attended her first yoga Intensive at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India in 1981. She was certified to teach yoga by BKS Iyengar in 1984. Subsequent trips to Pune followed in 1988 and 1997.
Hawaii at Kalani. One week package costs $1,250 for 7 nights double occupancy shared bath and $1390 for double occupancy private bath. See packet for other housing/cost options; Two yoga classes daily and three delicious healthy meals daily. 
