Jamie Abrams*Raw Food*Yoga*Teacher

Balmy Bliss Getaway

 

Not too totally gloat but I’ll be off the radar for about two weeks while I am on holiday in beautiful Costa Rica. This getaway could not come at a better time. Claude has been super busy with work, Zenchai is going through a crazy developmental stage which leaves me feeling like I want to pull my hair out and I have been wearing my winter thermals for much too long! This will be a fabulous time for us all to reconnect and ground ourselves.

The first seven days we’ll be staying at the lovely Eric Rivkin's La Joya Del Sol, a tropical raw food, yoga, and intentional community which is nestled in the Tinamaste mountains. We should hopefully learn more about sustainable living, eat some incredible raw foods and get stretchy doing yoga in the balmy outdoors. Then we are going to shoot off to stay nearer the coast in the Dominical region.

All in all I am feeling rather stoked.

So I’ll be sure to update you with photos once we get back.

Group yoga classes will begin again at Green Health in Ruislip Manor on April 1st and I’ll be taking bookings for private yoga / Thai yoga massage from March 30th.

Balmy yoga bends until next time!

xx

Images: Eric Rivkin

T’is the season to stretch

Having been here in the US for nearly two weeks, I am feeling the pressures of the holiday crunch – ALREADY!!

I know - incredible. It seems like Christmas comes earlier each year. At the risk of sounding like an old-timer, I remember when Santa’s face and twinkly lights weren’t seen until after Thanksgiving (the end of November). Now you can see all the mistletoe, glitter and tree ornaments just before Halloween (end of October). Phew!

Now is the time to really get your batteries charged up and keep your juices flowing. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, the next seven weeks leading up to the New Year is always manic. There always seems to be an endless stream of social gatherings, work meetings and general holiday festivities to attend. If you tend to burn the candle from both ends or just want to make peace with yourself before 2009, then I urge you to sign up for a yoga class or private yoga session, try a Thai Yoga Massage and/or drink plenty of fresh green juices.

If you are in my vicinity I have group yoga classes commencing on November 20th. Click here to go to my yoga class schedule. I am also offering Thai Yoga Massage with gift vouchers available. Click here to read more.

Here is my daily green juice recipe:

1 large cucumber
2 -3 stalks celery
¼ lime with skin
2-3 apples
bunch of spinach
bunch of rainbow chard
1-2 leaves of kale
handful of sunflower greens (optional)
handful of snow pea shoots (optional)

Juice, pour, slurp, kick up your feet with your fuzzy socks on and slurp some more.

It can be the time of year where everything can be taken to the extreme and we can neglect our own needs. In yoga over-stretching is harmful and I am not just refering to our physical bodies. So as you stretch near your limits this merry season remember to take time to nourish yourself. Try a healthy stretch instead, especially if yoga and green juices are new to you. Love yourself - get to a yoga class and refuel with a delicious life-filled green juice.

Be jolly!
T’is the season to stretch!

Image: Evad67, Untitled Blue, Yolilin

Pull back the curtains...

It is time to pull back the curtains on my latest offering.  I am so ecstatic to be presenting this service again. This is one of my favourite things to experience, so I feel really passionate about it.  If you want to feel absolutely divine on every level then this is really a must. Okay enough hype, but it really is so fabulous.

<Drum roll please!>

I would like a big round of applause for none other than: Thai Yoga Therapy!

If you have never heard of Thai Yoga Therapy it is very similar to Thai massage, but with a real yoga flare. It is a heavenly ancient healing art that combines soft rocking, gentle twisting, rhythmic acupressure, energy work, breathing techniques, meditation and deep assisted yoga postures into a flowing sequence to open and tone all the systems of the body. All this is rolled into one extraordinary session. 

Click here to read more about the benefits, how it is given and general FAQ.

If you are ready to have your inner-bright shine then you might be interested in my exclusive offer. I will give 10% off every session purchased up to my birthday – 11/11/08. The session does not have to be booked/redeemed by 11/11/08, just simply purchased. All sessions that are pre-purchased must be used by February 11, 2009. This offer is only applicable to new clients (meaning you have never had a Thai Yoga session with me before).

Click here to purchase your promotional sessions using Paypal. The 10% Off Paypal button will disappear on 11/11/2008 at 11:11 PM. Sessions can also be pre-purchased with a cheque in the post or cash in person.

This is also a great opportunity to purchase gift vouchers for anyone you think needs a little sparkle put back into their eyes. Christmas gifts anyone?

If you have any questions then feel free to touch base with me!

Here’s to an easeful body, peaceful mind and blissful life!

Images: independantman, myyogaonline.