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Ayurveda for Mothers and Others

AYURVEDA AT HOME  for Mothers and Others Part 1: Series A and B
(Please note that the Introduction to Ayurveda lecture is a pre-requisite for this and all Ayurveda at Home series of classes)

**New Class Forming February 2011**

This is a series of two six-week classes, meeting every other week for two hours.  The bi-weekly days and times are TBD and will be scheduled as convenient for students.

Topics covered include

  
  • Deepening understanding of the doshas for self- and family-care
  • Preventive Health Care through Daily Routine, Calming Moods and  Home Therapies
  • Baby/Child Massage and Abhyanga (self)  massage
  • Home Remedies and Seeing an Ayurvedic Physician
  • Ayurvedic Diet and Seasonal Cleansing
  • Ayurvedic Food Preparation
  • Mindfulness in Everyday Life: Walking Meditation and Mindful Eating
  • Ayurveda for the Female Cycle


Important Information:

•    The six week courses are spaced over ten weeks to allow students to do reading and other assignments and to assimilate teachings into their daily lives between classes.

Cost: The class is $180 for the six-week course plus the cost of materials ( books, etc. which will be $50-$60).

Location: All classes held at the Shanti Yoga Ashram at 4209  East West Highway, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
for directions to the ashram please call 301-654-4899 or see  www.schooloflife.org

Registration: For more information or to sign up for class call Brigid at 312-593-6904 or email yogamamadc@gmail.com

About the instructor:

Gayatri (Brigid Rauch) has been a resident of the Shanti Yoga Ashram in Bethesda. MD since 2007. She has been teaching prenatal, post-natal, and children’s yoga since 2007. In gratitude for the benefits that Ayurveda and Yoga have imparted to her roles as a mother and teacher, she looks forward to sharing this important knowledge with other yoga teachers, moms, and moms to-be.