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FREE talk with Esther Gokhale on becoming pain-free

Monday, April 12th, 2010
Esther Gokhale, L.Ac.

Esther Gokhale, L.Ac.


Education – Lecture

Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010

Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Location:

OmBase Yoga Studio
6357 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97239
(503) 922-3100

Esther Gokhale, L.Ac. is a world-renowned pain expert and author of” “8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back.” Her work is acclaimed by many and praised by Physicians, Internal Medicine Doctors, Neurosurgeons, and recognized by the Mayo Clinic.

Esther is in town this week teaching a workshop and has agreed to give a FREE TALK at OmBase Thursday, 4/15, from 12-1 pm.

We are inviting all that are interested to come and join us! Teachers, students, friends, anyone that has ever experienced back pain or wants to learn more about Esther Gokhale’s artful, sound guide to better posture and freedom from pain.

Esther teaches the The Gokhale MethodSM which uses healthy posture and movement to help you re-establish your body’s structural integrity and regain a pain-free life.

Her class, the Gokhale MethodSM 101— is a 6-session course that gives you lifelong tools for healthy, pain-free posture and movement. You learn to use everyday movements, like lying, sitting and walking to lengthen and reshape your spine. No special equipment or exercise is required, and effects are often immediate.

Please visit her website: egwellness.com for more information.

Esther Gokhale

Esther Gokhale

Esther Gokhale (go-clay) graduated from Princeton with a degree in biochemistry and earned her C.A. from the San Francisco College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. After personal struggles with back pain, unsuccessful back surgery, and a dismal prognosis, she began what would become a lifelong dedication to understanding and addressing the root causes of pain. After a five-year study and certification in Aplomb®, a French movement re-education technique, Esther traveled to Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America to study posture and movement in populations with a low incidence of back pain. She also continued her academic studies, taking courses in anatomy and anthropology at Stanford. Her education, training, and research enabled her to develop a unique, systematic method of restoring pain-free posture and movement, which she teaches at her Palo Alto clinic. Her technique is now detailed in her first book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back’. She currently divides her time between her family, teaching and training in the Gokhale MethodSM, the design of products to support healthy movement, speaking engagements, and ongoing research and data collection.

Stress Relief Fun(d) ~ a fun•drive!

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Stress Relief Fun(d) ~ a fun•drive!
Spread the joy, Make a difference

Vittoria & Todd

Vittoria & Todd

OmBase continues to grow with new students joining us weekly, and we’re excited and looking forward to growing our teaching family this fall, as well as adding to our class offerings and new curriculum as we move into our second year… so things are really going well.

However, as we approach our first year anniversary, we are faced with a challenge, and an opportunity to embrace this challenge in a creative way, which can help our growing community to get to know one another better, while helping out OmBase at the same time.

Periodically we have to pay down our note, and even as our day to day and monthly operating expenses are being met, due to the market and other circumstances, our working capital reserve has suddenly been reduced- substantially- by the bank., and we need your help and so insure we can meet the need, and stay afloat! So we’ve come up with this stress relief fun(d) ~ a fun•drive to meet the need, with your help.

Please consider becoming a part of the base in OmBaseone of the pillars in our growing community of support. – Your contribution will help to insure the continuation of that which you are valuing, and extend this gift to others.

Your contribution makes a difference. You make a difference to OmBase and help to make it “om” for all of us. Thank you.

OmBase Tribe

OmBase Tribe

So, what can you do?

Besides continuing to come to classes, and helping to spread the word about OmBasewhich we greatly appreciate…here’s how you can help:

1. You can donate something to the drawing.

You might consider donating a gift certificate for your business (if you are a body worker, healer, or therapist, you might consider donating a session, or three sessions for 50% off. Be creative!)

Can you offer a service?

Hairdressers, accountants, petsitters, photographers, teachers, therapists, landscape designers, architects, artists, translators…You name it, it’s welcome!

We are hoping for donations valued between $80 and $120, as each ticket is worth $100. We are also hoping to receive a few exceptional donations in the $200-$500 range. Anything above $500 will be in the Grand Prize category along with a year of om (12 months of yoga), valued at $1188.

The number of tickets sold, will not exceed the number of gift/prizes donated, (our goal is to reach our target of 200 gifts).

We also want to help to promote you, and what you do, and by donating you will be listed on our website, on our list of “prizes” by category and in exchange for your generous donation, you’ll get more exposure, greatly help out OmBase, and get a new client in the person who draws your gift.

How to donate:

fill out this brief form (we need this information as soon as possible, no later than 10/11/09) and with it, please include a gift certificate or your business card, or both. We’ll add your name and gift to the growing list, (a link to your website will be included)

The growing list of gifts is here.

As a thank-you for your donation you are invited to attend a drop-in class of your choice, for FREE, anytime between the day you make your donation, until the day of the drawing.

2. You can buy a ticket…help OmBase & win a prize!

The number of tickets sold will match the number of gifts donated- the total number not to exceed 200 sold. Odds for winning a prize are 100% while the odds for a specific prize will depend on the total number of tickets sold, but will be no greater then 1 in 200 (good odds :) )

How to buy a ticket: (4 ways you can do that!)

1. Come into the studio and pay with cash, credit card or check

2. Call us at OmBase with your credit card

3. Send a check to OmBase

4. Use our online store
Cash or check is preferred - as it costs us nothing – Credit card at the studio is preferred over online purchases, but please use what is most convenient for you.

The rules of the drawing – how it works

The drawing will be held during our First Year Anniversary Celebration on Sunday 10/18/09. Potluck celebration between 12-4 pm. A detailed schedule will be posted later in October.

There will be two bowls. The first bowl will hold numbered cards – one for each ticket sold. The second bowl will hold a card for each prize. One at a time, a numbered card will be picked at random from the first bowl, and the person on the master list that corresponds to that number will randomly pick a card from the second bowl, to reveal what they’ve won! (Those not present will have a card picked for them).

We thank you in advance for your help!

News from OmBase – June 30th Edition

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Summer Foxglove

Summer Foxglove

SUMMER IS HERE!

As I write this it’s officially summer, and we have a lot happening at Om Base! New classes, changes in the schedule, and more.

This blog update has SUMMER NEWS, as well as a list of events/classes happening in JULY. For more details about events/classes in August and September, look for the newsletter each month.

Hidden Lake

Hidden Lake

There is still space for our Hidden Lake DAY yoga retreat in August!   We’re going to this fabulous place only 45 minutes from OmBase for one day on Sunday August 23rd. Yoga, relaxing, water and sun, food! and more yoga.

Please call/email OmBase to sign up. For a detailed description visit our website here.

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GENERAL SUMMER NEWS

· Sunday 10 am class moves to 9 am
Please note that for the next 3 months (July, August, September) the Sunday am class will start an hour early! (and it will be a bit longer…ending at 10:45 am).  We’ll go back to 10 am in October.

· We’ve removed the Quiet Time for the summer, and may reinstate it in the fall. We may substitute it with a PRACTICE TIME in the afternoon that will give you a chance to come in and do yoga on your own.

Jay Fields

Jay Fields

· Jay is taking a sabbatical from July 16 (her last class) till mid October. She’s going to spend this time writing and will be coming back to OmBase for a workshop in August and a class series in September (both named GUIDED FROM WITHIN). These events are already on our Google schedule calendar, so if you are curious, take a peek at Sunday, August 30th and the class series on Thursday nights in September.

Jay has a fabulous blog you can subscribe to, absolutely worth reading!

We have not found a clone for Jay yet, so we’ll do our best to satisfy all of you that have enjoyed her classes….Probably have some flow/vinyasa class at least one day a week. Both the Tuesday and Thursday 6 pm slots will remain on the schedule.

Come and take one of her great classes before she takes off, and wish her happy summer & happy writing!

· We are transforming our Friday 5:45-7 pm class once again.  During the summer it will have a specific focus for each month (open/free to the ones of you with a monthly unlimited). See below for more.

· We have put our drumming circle on hiatus till the fall. More drumming coming up in October.

· OmBase will be closed Sunday August 23rd when we are at our day retreat at Hidden Lake.

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NEW CLASSES/CHANGES IN JULY!

· The SUNDAY 10am CLASS moves to 9 am for the next 3 months

We thought we better write this in lots of different places so you take notice! You’ll be done by 10:45 and can get on with your summer day.

(PREVIEW: in August we are adding a PRENATAL YOGA class  from 11-12:30 pm).

BABY OM YOGA
with Elizabeth

TUE 12-1 pm 7/21-8/18
5 week series

Cost: $60 Please pre-register for this series. No drop ins.

Toddler Yoga

Baby Om Yoga

This class started in June, but there will be another series starting up again in July. For moms and babies ages 6 months to walking.  Fun, sweet, and a great way to stay connected to yoga in the midst of chaos and be with your baby!

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YOGA FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
with Louise

WED
8:30-10 am 7/8-7/29
4 week series

Cost: $44 No drop ins.

Louise Lorente

Louise Lorente

A yoga class series designed for school teachers, taught by a retired teacher.

After giving of yourself all school year why not give yourself the gift of yoga?

The class focuses on meditation and basic poses as a way to renew and inspire, thus tapping into our own inner guidance.  Participants will also learn ways to bring yoga into the classroom through simple yoga postures, breath work and centering.

No previous yoga experience is necessary as we use blocks, chairs, and straps to modify poses for those new to yoga. Please pre-register for this series.

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RIDING THE ECLIPSE WAVE
with Emily & Todd
Wed 7:15-9 pm 7/22-8/12
4 week series

Cost: $80-$100 sliding scale.

wave of eclipse

wave of eclipse

Join Emily (our in-house OmBase astrologer) and Todd for this incredible opportunity!

This summer features 3 Eclipses – powerful catalysts for growth and change. Join us in exploring the meaning of these cosmic events and learn how to successfully navigate their intense energy. We’ll use astrology, writing, yoga and meditation as tools for discovery, and for setting intentions and releasing the past. All are welcome – no previous writing, yoga or astrology experience is needed. Limited to 8 students.

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FRIDAY NIGHT CLASS:
Todd’s popular YIN YOGA

FRI 5:45-7 pm
7/3-7/31
5 week series

Cost: $50. Drop-ins $12 or use your class card.

Todd Williamson

Todd Williamson

He’ll be teaching it every Friday in July. We prefer if you sign up for the whole month, but it is also open to drop-ins.

The yin approach utilizes long, supported, postures, that you simply relax into… when the muscles are relaxed, then the myofascial tissue surrounding them can begin to stretch and also strengthen.

No pre-requisites required…

(PREVIEW: in August this class time will be PARTNERS YOGA, taught by Todd and a surprise partner).

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Yin Series is back!
with Todd

M/W/F- 7/6-7/24
7-8:15 am

Cost: $90-$108 sliding scale

We have reduced the price of this series to make it more accessible to all of you!

Please call or email to sign up. Pre-registration $30

Todd is becoming more passionate about Yin yoga and its incredible benefits, so he’s excited to share another yin yoga series with you this month. And to make this series more enticing for you, I enclose a photo of Todd at the beach in Hawaii that was taken a few years back.

The yin approach utilizes long, supported postures that you simply relax into… when the muscles are relaxed, then the myofascial tissue surrounding them can begin to stretch and also strengthen.

The postures are designed to help you move each joint in its full range of motion through its natural range… this is done through gentle but persistent compression of the joints as one hangs out in, and melts into a stretch, so most of the practice is on the floor, and most of it is passive.

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PRENATAL COUPLES CLASS
with Vittoria

SUN 7/12
2-4 pm

Cost: $42/couple

Prenatal Couples Yoga
Prenatal Couples Yoga

This is a great and fun class for couples in their 2nd or 3rd trimester of pregnancy. We’ll be practicing yoga, birth ball positions and massage techniques partner can use on mom now and in her labor. See the birthwisdom journal for details.

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CLAIRVOYANT READINGS
with JRo
July 16-July 28

Cost: Sessions are $100 for at least an hour.

JRo

JRo

Jeff Rozzelle (JRo) is a friend of ours, and he’s a psychic extra-ordinare.

He’ll be here in Portland fron July 16 to July 28 and you can make an appt to see him at OmBase.

JRo has been doing Clairvoyant reading/healing and energy work for over 30 years. Currently, he travels and brings what he does to different locations through out the mainland U.S..


What is a clairvoyant reading?

“A clairvoyant reading is an opportunity to allow me to look at your energy field from a neutral perspective and in present time. This is a very private, personal and confidential experience between you and me……” for more information, see the full text from the blog.

Please call Vittoria to make an appointment  at (971)506-6789 or send an email to OmBase: findpeace@ombase.org.

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My session with Jeff helped get me unstuck and onto a path that has been nothing short of a miracle. I owe my life to him and am looking forward to another session and more insight.” ~ Louise

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ECSTATIC BODY POSTURES
with
Dr. Analouise Williams
SUN 7/19
4-6 pm

Cost: $25 Pre-registration/payment by 7/12. $30 after.

Dr. Analouise Williams, PhD

Dr. Analouise Williams, PhD

Dr. Felicitas D. Goodman, anthropologist, found that holding a posture represented by figurines and statues found in archaeological sites from hunters and gathers and horticulturists worldwide, is a method for achieving ecstatic trance and its attendant visionary experience.

Dr. Goodman introduced Dr. Analouise Williams to this ancient mystical tradition. Dr. Williams, a shamanic practitioner, teacher, and researcher, has studied from other gifted shamanic teachers.

No previous shamanic journey experience is required.  Please wear comfortable clothes, bring a notebook and pen/pencil, and scarf to cover your eyes; a rattle or drum is optional.  Yoga mats and cushions are provided.

For more details, please see our previous blog entry.

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Family Yoga! Special Class
SUN 7/26
12-1:30 pm

Cost: $10/adult $5/child

Alana Weintraub

Alana Weintraub

Family Yoga is back this summer!

Share the love and experience of yoga with your whole family!  Parents, partners, and kids age 0-100 are welcome.

Exploring partner poses, silly poses, and yoga stories, learn fun ways to stretch, invigorate, relax, and connect with your loved ones with yoga.

Please pre-register for this class and let us know how many there are in your family!

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Community Breathe!
SUN 7/26
4-6 pm

Cost: $25 Pre-registration/payment 7/19. $30 after.

Margaret Townsend

Margaret Townsend

A breath workshop lead by Margaret Townsend…

Bringing our breath back to our lives means we have the ability to live with more energy, to calm and balance the nervous system in the moment, to have a health promoting, stress relieving ‘tool’, and to know that our breath is a comforting companion that allows us to willingly meet whatever life brings to us.

Margaret is a certified breathing facilitator with over 20 years experience using various holistic practices to assist others in stress management and self-awareness. Please see her website The Living Breath for more information.

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BodyTalk Cortices class
with Sandra Wernich

FRI 7/31
7:15-8:45pm

Cost: $20

Sandra Wernich

Sandra Wernich

Are you feeling stressed?

Would you like to experience greater calm and clarity?

Do you have two minutes a day to devote to your health?

The BodyTalk System Cortices technique is a powerful way to improve your overall health and well-being through bringing balance to your brain.

You will learn how to:

+ Improve overall brain function
+ Increase clarity, focus and concentration
+ Reduce stress levels throughout your entire body
+ Increase relaxation

InPlease join Sandra Wernich, Certified BodyTalk practioner, for this very informative class!

In this 90 minute class you will learn how to balance your own brain, and the brains of your family, friends and pets! Children as young as six can learn this simple, yet powerful form of self-healing. Once learned, it takes 2 minutes to do the Cortices technique.

For more information, contact Sandra at (971) 533-3670 or go to bodytalksystem.com.

Please pre-register for this class!

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Discover Yoga! FREE
THU 7/30
7:45-9 pm

Alana - Upward Facing Dog

Alana - Upward Facing Dog

Have your friends who haven’t tried yoga yet come to a free class at OmBase. We moved it to Thursday pm for the summer months.

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