Safronya retreat newsletter July 2008
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Safronya Celebrates 3 years
with Client Appreciation Months Through July and August 2008

thank you

We want to say thank you to all of our existing clients for your support over the years and for creating the need to offer lifestyle services aimed at promoting good health, stress management, sound mind and an awakening of our true conscious Self.

Book any treatment of $50 or more between now and end of August and receive a complimentary 60 min massage! Bring a friend and receive an additional 10% off your services. You may receive this service anytime through Dec 31st 2008. Refer two friends during this celebratory months of July and August and your friends can enjoy 15% off our individual treatment services.

Please mention code Safronya3year when making your appointments to receive this special offer from us.

New at Safronya
 
SAFRONYA™ SPECIALS

Safronya Corporate Therapy Package

head massageDoes your company need an Employee Wellness Program? Employers who implement wellness programs can experience a return on their investment of between $1.50-$3.00 per employee for every dollar they invest. Additional benefits are enhanced productivity, disease management, productivity and overall boost to morale within the company. Ayurvedic treatments offered at Safronya are a perfect way to address corporate burnout.

Our corporate therapy package is designed for executives, professionals and employees in the corporate world aimed at improving eye strength and boosting your overall immunity. 

WELLNESS CONSULTATIONS
This health evaluation will determine how well you are living and will detect any changes needed before you begin your path to positive health and balance. This involves a determination of what is your predominant dosha or state of dis-ease.

ABHYANGA OIL MASSAGE
This warm herbal oil massage is a combination of choreographed strokes and intuitive movements designed to bring nourishment to the tissues, deep relaxation to the muscles and calmness to the mind. Because each body type is unique, the oil combinations are blended with specific herbs or essential oils to meet your special needs.

ADRENAL BASTI
A fast-paced life with irregular meals, emotional stress, caffeine and other substances can lead to adrenal burnout. This chronic state of stress can deplete the body causing hormonal imbalance, depression and degenerative disease. Replenishing the adrenal system is essential in maintaining good health and well-being. A "doughnut dough" made up of wheat flour is placed on the kidney and adrenal areas and warm oil is poured and let to sit there, allowing the cells to benefit from the nourishing effects of these oils.

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NETRA BASTI
A similar treatment to Adrenal Basti with the focus being on the eyes. Medicated oils are used to help manage eye conditions such as glaucoma, eyestrain and various other eye stresses. Triphala, chrysanthemum and eyebright are used to soothe and fortify eyes.

2.5 hours - $250

Monthly corporate programs as low as $100 per person is available. Please call for more information.

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  Special Daylong Retreats for Cancer Patients

cancer survivor

Nourish and Find Yourself in Stillness
10:00am-3:00pm
First Saturday of each month, starting August 2nd 2008
RSVP: (415) 259-0433

These one-day retreats provide a sacred and healing sanctuary for cancer survivors, their caregivers, and loved ones to rediscover their authentic self during the physical, psychological and spiritual journey that comes with diagnosis, treatment, healing and recovery.

Receive deep and powerful ancient therapies—gentle yoga, guided breathwork, Shirodhara, (a powerful treatment that includes the pouring of specially blended warm oils to the scalp with massage to calm the nervous system, balance hormones) to instill calmness and clarity.

Cost: $100 per person if you bring a friend or
$150 per individual with advance 2 weeks registration.
Min 6 participants required.

Book Now

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

PRATICHI MATHUR
CONSULTATION & SAFRONYA SANGHA COMMUNITY GATHERING

Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:00pm-8:30pm
Fees: by donation

Group Consultation/Facilitation

Time: 4-6PM
Cost: $75

(must have prior visit with Ayurvedic practitioner for initial consultation)

click here for complete schedule.

Join Pratichi Mathur for a unique experience of a group facilitation where you can dwell deeper into your true path of self -discovery. Participation is currently limited to six and interested parties should first seek a basic consultation with one of our practitioners before embarking on this program that occurs on the third Wednesday of each month.

Safronya Sangha Community Gathering Led By Pratichi
Topic: Enhancing Sexuality through Ayurveda

Time: 7-8:30PM
Cost: Free introductory visit, $30 ongoing to support for Vedika Global.
(donations accepted and no one is turned away for lack of funds)

Ayurveda, the medicine for masterful living teaches mastery of human sexuality for health optimization as well as enhancement of inner play, creativity and rejuvenative ability.

Understand from…..foods, herbs and rituals that enhance our divine sexuality.

Continue in bathing in this energy of a compassionate and masterful healer as she leads us into a sangha or community with a common goal or vision.

Here Pratichi leads us into a way of being that is rooted in awakening our true nature casting away the layers of belief systems, egos and agendas in our minds to reveal the bliss that can be attained in simple, mindful practices. Come with your questions, or come with emptiness. Pratichi will embrace all of it with her unique expressions and rooted knowledge.

Pratichi Mathur
Pratichi Mathur is the Founder and Spiritual Director of Vedika Global, Inc.

Pratichi Mathur created Vedika Global Inc to restore Ayurveda to its pristine glory. In the olden days, Ayurveda was considered more than merely natural medicine for the body, but a spiritual path of self -discovery and a profound approach to total transformation of consciousness underlying body, mind and soul; especially when Ayurveda is studied and lived mindfully in day to day life .

Pratichi’s inspiration to connect modern day seekers with ancient sage consciousness, thoughts, scriptures, practices and way of life called Sanatana Dharma led to the formation of not for profit Vedika Global Inc with its three glittering goals of consciousness illumination (Gurukula), community building (Sangha) and service to humanity (Seva) with the tools contained in the Vedic science of healthy body and masterful living.

www.vedikaglobal.org

 

TAPERING THE SUMMER HEAT WITH BALANCED NUTRITION
With Mary Thompson - our expert nutrition consultant at Safronya
Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 6:30pm-9:30pm

Cost: $55 rsvp, $60 at door - includes sample meal

Summer is a time for pitta (or heat) reducing foods to balance what is the element most prevalent during this time of the year. Ayurveda has time tested knowledge and tools to guide you with keeping yourself cool internally and externally, thus affecting your skin texture as well during this dry and hot months. Come find out more about this seasonal cooking demonstration to keep you cool and your head calm in the upcoming months.

Mary Thompson
Mary Thompson, CAS has been teaching fundamentals and clinical protocols to students at the California College of Ayurveda since her graduation in 1997. She also has developed and taught Ayurvedic life skills to numerous groups through independent classes, workshops and retreats. Her recognition that conscious cooking leads to healthful dining inspired her to develop cooking classes that empower people to incorporate the principles of Ayurvedic cooking into their daily lives. With her business, The Ayurvedic Approach, she has provided seasonal cooking classes both in Grass Valley and in the Bay Area.

FROM OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS VEDIKA GLOBAL INC.


Vedika Global, Inc.
is dedicated to elevating consciousness, building community and serving humanity through traditional education, global promotion and selfless application of India's Vedic Spiritual traditions of Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedanta.
www.vedikaglobal.org

 

 

- Events supported by Safronya in conjunction with Vedika -

Transformative Yoga and Pranayama Camp
July 23-July 27th: 6:00am-8:30am daily
Dulles Covention Center, Chantilly, VA

Vedika Global is proud to support the movement for facilitating global health through pain less and naturally free medicine: Pranayama or science of breathing - as taught by Swami Ramdev, the face of Yoga in India today. Swami Ramdev is India’s celebrity yoga and pranayama teacher, recognized humanitarian and beloved media personality who rules over the hearts and minds of Indians with a worldwide following of over 25 million who attest to the transformative power of his teachings. The grand and charismatic 5-day Yoga and Pranayama Camp to be conducted by Swami Ramdev has the potential of changing your life for ever. People from all over the word are attesting to the miraculous therapeutic benefit of the special sequence of seven Pranayama’s taught only by Swami Ramdev. The master’s ability to awaken the dormant power of self healing within each person is the talk of Indian media. Attend this one of kind camp and change your health forever!  The journey to a living teacher is the good fortune and birth right of every true seeker of health and wellbeing.

All ticket sales go to Swami Ramdev's Charitable trust, the well known Patanjali Yog Peeth, Haridwar, India that is building therapeutic clinics, Ayurveda ashrams, traditional Yoga Gurukulas, and teaching free Yoga to millions all over India.

For more information and to sign up go to: www.yogacampdc.com


- Vedika Public Events -

Beginner’s Sanskrit Instruction and Mantra workshop
August 7th, 21st, and August 28th: 6:00pm-9:00pm
August 9th: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Cost: $ 120 for the entire series

Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the language of the Rishis, the sages of India. This Sanskrit Beginners Immersion is open to all lovers of Ayurveda, Indian philosophy and spirituality who wish to better comprehend and appreciate the classic Ayurveda scriptures, Vedic chants and transcendental wisdom contained in India's sage tradition. The course aims to provide a thorough introduction to the Sanskrit language, the Devanagari script in which it is written, its pronunciation and basic grammar, and a familiarity with selected key verses and vocabulary from the texts of Ayurveda and the Upanishads. This will enable students to read, write and transcribe Devanagari script, and to recite some key verses in Sanskrit. In this way, it creates a platform for learning, in future classes, and all essential aspects of Sanskrit grammar. The course is designed to teach Classical Sanskrit and so from time to time relevant references will also be made to the history and cultural background.
 
 For more information on Vedika events

 

Ayurveda School of Learning through Vedika Global
Preparatory courses begin October 6, 2008 at 6:00pm
Rudramandir Center, 830 Bancroft, Berkeley, CA
Join us on Thursdays till then from 6-9PM and sit in one of our current ongoing classes as a guest

Sanskrit

Do you want to self-heal and teach others including your friends and family on how to live a more stress free, healthy and enriching life without pain, suffering of loss of hope?

Is it your calling to be a catalyst for change and transformation in health and the quality of the lives of people you encounter?

Then a return to the traditional school of Ayurveda- also known as Gurukula is the platform for seekers of Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedanta and anyone else in the medical profession wanting to integrate this rich, beneficial mind, body lifestyle science into your practice.

Vedika Global invites you to embark on this journey, first by transforming yourself and your self awareness  of your natural mind, body disposition before effecting change in the lives of others. Using experiential, oral transmission of knowledge from a Master teacher, Pratichi Mathur, the gurukula education will establish you with sage wisdom that is both scientific, spiritual and has immense practical application for the world we live in today.

 Please direct all questions to Director Admissions Susan George at 1-877-708-3342 (Ext. 15) or send us email


A spiritually based gurukula education has the power to transform your life, your community and the world.

TIP OF THE MONTH / PRODUCT OFFER
by Lara Backer - Holistic Aesthtician at Safronya

LaraHydrating mists and flower waters are a perfect way to get topical water moisture for dehydrated summer skin as well as refreshing your mood.

Although the skin tends to produce slightly more oil in the summer months, the heat and sun exposure can also make it more dehydrating.  So to refresh, plump and uplift cells on a microscopic level, using flower waters and refreshing mists are the way to achieve fresh summer skin and cool down any time of day.

Our pick of the month

 

Our feature product is Grateful Bodys’ Hot Flash Splash.

“This calming, cooling therapeutic mist refreshes your skin and helps balance your mood” it is also “created for those who seek safe and effective relief from powerful waves of sudden heat.”

Ingredients include:
Pure organic plant infusions of violet, cucumber, lemon, carrot, watercress, celery, waterlily, green tea, aloe vera and a variety of uplifting essential oils like spearmint, clary sage, peppermint, tea tree and vetiver.

For $19.95 (64ml)
This is the perfect item for your purse this summer!

 

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