There are many wonderful postures and practices in yoga that specifically attend to reducing stress, and bringing the individual to a place of calm centered awareness. This group will help participants reduce stress and anxiety in their everyday lives in a way that is safe, supportive, and empowering.

Online Registration is not necessary, you can just show up the day of the class.

“The healing and restorative power of you and this class is fabulous, Deb; it is truly an anchor of my week!” Z.B.

Vajra Yoga integrates principles and practices of mindfulness into the practice of hatha yoga.  By consciously working with the breath, poses, and what arises on the mat, we become more connected and grounded to our true experience in the present moment.  While developing an attunement with our bodies, integrated with mindfulness, we naturally deepen our capacities to relax, allow, connect, and feel restored.    

If you are seeking a practice that nurtures your whole being, come try a class.

Vajra  w/gentle flow elements, Fridays, 12-1:30; Intermediate level; beginner’s welcome.

Drop-in - $12.00; introductory class, $6.00; 10-class card available for $115.  One community/scholarship spot weekly, pre-register with Victoria at (802) 658-9440.

This is a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group, with a focus on the DBT component of Mindfulness.  DBT can be helpful in addressing coping mechanisms that are no longer working for us. We often develop these coping mechanisms as a way to respond to painful events from our pasts. Unfortunately, the very skills that may have helped us survive and combat stressors at one moment in time are either not effective anymore or are creating difficulties in our lives. The purpose of DBT is to teach new skills or behaviors that can be applied to current stressors to ultimately bring us the quality of life and/or peace of mind we deserve.  The philosophy behind this group is that mindfulness practice is an essential DBT component that enables us to fully utilize newly learned skills.  Mindfulness is one’s ability to be aware and understand without judgment one’s current feelings and thoughts, and can result in meta-cognitive skills for controlling concentration and applying new behaviors.  This group places an emphasis on the DBT component of mindfulness as a way to bridge the gap between past emotions and experiences and present opportunity for change.  In this group we use mindfulness to apply curiosity and awareness to old behavioral patterns, slow things down with the insights accessed through mindfulness practice, and implement newly learned DBT skills when necessary. Each group will include a mindfulness exercise, general discussion, a presentation of a DBT skill, and participant examples of practical skill application for their everyday lives.

To register for this program please call 802 658 9440 ext. 138

$40/per class (sliding fee options available, Medicaid payment accepted)

Many of us hold unresolved grief.  Is there a disappointment or loss from your life that stands in the way of your happiness now?  Perhaps you feel you “should” be over it…but somehow you have trouble letting go.  If you feel ready to engage in your life in a new way or renew your faith in yourself, join us in Healing Grief through Mindfulness & Movement.

In this six week series, Joey Corcoran and Susan Sassaman will offer you tools to explore your grief from a fresh perspective.  Practices of lovingkindness and mindfulness will offer you compassionate, body-centered ways to relate to difficult emotions.  Through practicing gentle yoga with music, Susan will guide us into new possibilities evoked by the seven basic chakras, and movements that unite body and heart.  It is our intention to create a supportive, respectful group environment to encourage your exploration.

To register for this group please call Joey at 654-7600 ext.4

Pharma Foodie is an on-going series - a collaboration between Learning Center Chef-Instructor Nina Lesser-Goldsmith and Nutritionists Kim Evans.  In these classes we look at the value and pleasure of using food to treat, prevent, and address chronic disease. What a great concept! We work with our culinary “pharmacy” (food ingredients) to design dishes that will delight our tastes and senses for the sake of creating a foundation of good health. Specific case examples will be presented as a glimpse at how nutrition is part of functional and integrative health care solutions.

We know life is busy and we know life is stressful.  For too many of us food is part of that stress.  Cooking and eating can be just another thing to do in our already busy lives. However, foods can energize the body and foods can fatigue the body.   Changes in your diet may improve your energy levels and how your body responds to stress. A proper diet to reduce stress incorporates an abundance of whole, natural foods, flavors, and textures. Fresh vegetables, seasonal fruits, hearty grains, savory meats, fish, and poultry all help manage symptoms of stress and chronic disesase while promoting overall good health. This Pharma-Foodie class will explore ingredients that can be part of the solution.  In this class we will also explore some principles of mindful eating.  Mindful eating invites creating space to allow meals and meal preparation to be part of our stress fighting toolbox.

On the Menu:
Beef Tagine with Stewed Fruit and Chickpeas
Whole Wheat Couscous with Fresh Herbs and Lemon Zest
Roasted Beet and Fresh Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese and Citrus Vinaigrette
Roasted Salmon with Velvety Cauliflower Puree and Braised Red Cabbage

This demonstration costs $20.  To reserve your place in class, please register and check-out using our secure on-line system or call us at Healthy Living, 802.863.2569 ext 1.

http://healthylivingmarket.com/events/pharma-foodie-foods-for-reducing-chronic-stress/
Pharma-Foodie: Foods for Reducing Chronic Stress
Fri 2/24
5:30-8
Demo
$20

Do you struggle with finding a weight that is healthy for your body without restrictive eating?  Are you looking to improve your overall health and energy? Would you like to learn how to develop a more loving relationship with your body and appreciate it's mysteries?

What's the answer?! It's not a "diet," or a program that lead you away from yourself, it's a "lifestyle" that brings you closer to yourself.  Nicole Draper, RD will lead you through a comprehensive lifestyle system designed to help you explore eating that will support your overall health in a balanced way.

Balanced Bodies, a Transitions Lifestyle System™, provides a wholistic approach to weight that promotes healthy respectful food choices, realistic movement, stress management, reflective journaling, and supportive supplementation.  Some topics we will cover in our 12 week program:  

• Raw materials (such as enough pure water and real, natural food that contains vitamins and minerals your body can use)
• Exercise and Time for Calm
• Emotions
• Restoration
• Core metabolic imbalances

Is your mind full? Don't stress. Mindfulness for Teens is a 6-week series program to learn skills that are easy, fun, and you can take with you anywhere, or at anytime. Mindfulness based approaches will be practiced through daily activities that include eating, music, & movement. Formal practices such as short sitting meditation, body scan meditation, and metta practices will also be explored. This series is for any teen who experiences stress, anxiety, depression, or other things that may be keeping your mind too full. Yoga will not be a component of this series.To learn more or to register, please contact VTCYT at 658-9440. This series is free.

Mindful Parents is a mindfulness-based workshop dedicated to parents of youth who are currently struggling with mental health or any issue. Foundations of mindful parenting which include sovereignty, empathy, and acceptance will be established and explored. Mindfulness will be practiced through sitting, walking, body scan, and metta meditation practices. Space will also be provided for parents to discuss current parenting stressors and build an internal support network. This workshop is FREE.

Midlife Transitions: Letting Go and Moving Forward
An interactive workshop for women 40+

            “The only constant in life is change.”

You have reached an age and stage where you are noticing life as you
once knew it has changed, perhaps dramatically.  Relationship issues, career concern, a divorce, an unexpected diagnosis, the lack of a partner, aging parents: many of these situations may have left you feeling lost, without anywhere to turn.

I will provide you the opportunity to find the courage, vision, and spirit to face challenging external changes by making internal shifts.  In the company of other women, you will explore the three phases of transition:

1) letting go

2) exploring the emptiness

3) creating new possibilities.

Please contact Marty directly:
802-865-3213, coachmarty45@yahoo.com  or www.martygarrett.com
Cost: $120
 

Pharma Foodie is an on-going series – a collaboration between Learning Center Chef-Instructor Nina Lesser-Goldsmith and Nutritionist Kim Evans.  In these classes we look at the value and pleasure of using food to treat, prevent, and address chronic disease. What a great concept! We work with our culinary “pharmacy” (food ingredients) to design dishes that will delight our tastes and senses for the sake of creating a foundation of good health. Specific case examples will be presented as a glimpse at how nutrition is part of functional and integrative health care solutions.

We all want to age gracefully, to slow the wrinkles, to keep our minds focused and our eyes bright.  Who knew it could be so much fun and so delicious?  It turns out, anti-aging, the process of slowing down the effects of aging, is best attended to by the foods we eat.  In this edition of Pharma-Foodie, Learning Center Chef-Instructor and Registered Dietician Abby Wadsworth team up to share some fabulous dishes that can help you reduce the signs of aging.  Anti-aging foods reduce free-radicals in the body to boost longevity and speed up metabolism.  Think healthy brain, a good memory, clear vision, and the yum factor.

On the Menu:

Perfect Start- Dad’s Maple Granola with Flax Seeds, Walnuts, Pecans and Dried Fruit
Bacon Braised Kale with Apple Cider Vinegar
Red Quinoa and White Bean Salad with Green Beans, Lemon and Parsley
Thai Red Curry with Crispy Shrimp and Salty Peanuts

This demonstration costs $20.  To reserve your place in class, please register and check-out using our secure on-line system or call us at Healthy Living, 802.863.2569 ext 1.

Follow this link to register online: http://healthylivingmarket.com/events/pharma-foodie-foods-for-graceful-aging/

Life experiences of loss or trauma can result in feelings of anxiety, sadness, agitation and reactivity, as well as symptoms of PTSD (e.g., flashbacks, hypervigilance, and nightmares.)  These experiences live in our bodies, as well as our minds and hearts, and can manifest in subtle or obvious difficulties with self-regulation, insomnia, an increased startle response and heart rate, etc.  Yoga, and mindfulness practices working with the breath, can gently shift these patterns and begin to introduce a counteractive experience of calm and relaxation that allows individuals to re-inhabit their bodies with a growing sense of safety, strength, and stability.

Please call Deb at 999-2703, prior to registration to discuss participation and ask any questions.  Register at 658-4990 or www.vtcyt.com 

In this talk, Dr.  Julieta will illustrate how simple techniques like daily affirmations and the use of essential oils have a measurable and reproducible effect in the brain, which leads to increased self-awareness and facilitates personal transformation.  Dr.  Julieta will guide participants in the navigation of the book “Releasing Emotional Patterns with Essential Oils” by Carolyn Mein, D.C.  Participants will also have an opportunity to experience the use of therapeutic grade essential oils.

Here is what people said after doing the technique “Releasing Emotional Patterns with Essential Oils”:

“I now feel like I have a “tool”, not the oil per se, but an emotional awareness to come back to center and good feeling.  I have a choice.  And if the oil is handy, hell ya, I use it too! “

“I feel empowered.  I began to see that I have the power to manifest what I want”.

“The oils have helped me to find balance and calmness in an unforeseen situation and project calmness out to my family for a successful/truthful outcome”.

“When there is a confrontation with another person, I am less (a lot less if any) anxious.  There is a certain peace inside”.

“My spouse and I are more compatible and I find myself making amends when appropriate.  I like the idea of associating the aroma and the affirmation and application of the oil.  It has given me a new awareness of my part in dealing with anxiety as it arises”.

In this 8-week program, participants will meet weekly for 2-hours to learn mindfulness meditation practices that have been known to reduce stress and anxiety and promote health and wellness. The program includes guided instruction in a body scan, mindfulness meditation, and gentle yoga. Participants are asked to practice at home with guided CDs.  Each week participants engage in discussions about the practices and learn ways to incorporate mindfulness into their daily lives.  The program will also include one 4-hour retreat.  Please contact Roz at 802-233-2461 with questions.

Mondays, April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, June 11, 18

$125 for the series.

Do any of these symptoms apply to you?
• Trouble sleeping?
• Feel restless and then exhausted?
• Can’t stop worrying?
• Difficulty focusing?
• Or do you want to just find more rest in your life?

In a compassionate and safe environment, we will explore gentle and spacious yoga, guided meditation, breathing exercises, deep relaxation, and mindfulness for daily living.
This workshop will help you:
• Experience ease and rest in the body and mind
• Build self-compassion and redirect the “inner-critic”
• Expand your capacity for coping with the ups and downs of life
• Receive support and guidance for establishing a personal self-care practice
The tools offered in this workshop are most effective when they become a consistent part of your life. Therefore, each week you will be offered a mindfulness practice to explore at home. Each class will also include a short time for group sharing so that participants have a chance to ask questions and learn from one-another.

Testimonials from past series:

“This class gave me new perspectives and tools to deal with different emotions.  Lindsay was a super awesome instructor who was always very helpful and she was able to answer all my questions.”

“This class helped me through one of the most difficult parts of my life.  It helped me to live in the present and not worry about the future or regret past mistakes.”

“I feel like I now have useful resources to help me relax and upon completion of this class; my anxiety levels have decreased.”