Special Programs & Workshops    |     Ongoing Programs

Collaborative Integrated Wellness
with Shanti Medina, Certs. Wellness Coach/Personal Trainer & Dr. Danielle Custode, DC
Tuesdays (private sessions scheduled) at the Nook, 985 Westview Drive Boulder 80303
Discover balance and ease while releasing pathways that lead to misalignment and pain through the art of holistic re-patterning. This proven technique of combining body work with specific, individualized exercises infuses 30 minutes of work with Dr. Custode followed by 30 minutes of integrated exercises with Shanti to support the blueprint of your body to begin living life in balance and pain free! PLUS you will receive a routine to support your alignment and fitness to do at home!! Whether you have a new injury or a re-occuring condition, this program is for you! What a wonderful way to begin 2010!! Dr. Custode accepts most health insurance. Visit http://www.FullPotentialChiropractic.com to find out more about Dr. Custode.
Contact Shanti for all the details and to schedule an appointment at EnergizeShanti@aol.com

Lucy Fitness Fridays
with Shanti on Friday July 9th 9:00-10:00am! FREE Yoga class!!! Location: Lucy store at 1755 29th Street Boulder 80301

Each Friday our local Boulder Lucy store offers a FREE 9:00-10:00am fitness class with a variety of trainers/instructors around the Boulder area. Shanti will be teaching her Conscious AnaToMe- Align into YOUR Anatomy yoga class! Come on down and enjoy a wonderful community event!!
For more information on the classes and instructors, please visit: http://www.lucy.com/Store%20Locator/STORE_LOCATOR,default,pg.html#

Past Events:

Embodying Feminine Radiance~ a color-filled Summer Solstice journey through the chakras
Friday,June 18th, 7:00-10:00pm at The Starhouse, 3472 Sunshine Canyon Drive Boulder, CO 80302-9722 http://www.thestarhouse.org
Investment: $30 solo, $20 each if you bring a buddy (sliding scale always available)
Registration or Information: Contact Shanti at EnergizeShanti@aol.com. Spaces are limited, so register early please
A playshop for women inspiring the coming into the light of Summer Solstice through our vibrant colors. Shanti Medina, Colleen Vistara, and Patrice Shakti will guide us through a potent gathering celebrating the feminine through ritual, rhythm, dance, breath, yoga and the full spectrum of color to ignite our chakras and unite in community. An experiential multi-sensory journey through the magical world of color, vibration, and self-inquiry to enliven the spirit and attune the heart.
For more information about the facilitators:
http://www.PeaceRobe.com
http://www.ShaktiWoman.org
http://www.EnergizeShanti.com

 

Conscious AnaToMe~align into YOUR Anatomy!
an experiential, educational and empowering exploration into YOUR anatomy
with Shanti Medina, Certs. Personal Training and Wellness Coach and Cindy Lawrence, Certs. Massage Therapist & Yoga Therapist

Wednesdays May 19th (From the Feet to the Core) and May 26th (From the Core to the Crown) 6:30-8:30pm at the Nook, 985 Westview Drive Boulder 80303
Investment: $25 for one class/$40 for both classes

Through the art of yoga therapy, the wisdom of core integration and Pilates, we will harness our true energy through deep awareness and discovery of patterns that can be dismantled in the body, mind and spirit beginning the journey toward holistic re-patterning. We will gain a better understanding of where we can deepen into the strength of our body to improve sports skills, our yoga practice, and event training. Discover your alignment and begin a journey toward alleviating pain, imbalances, joint discomfort, un-integration and years of conditioning. Whether you suffer from insomnia, lethargy, hormone imbalances, or joint pain, finding your true AnaToMe supports the natural balance of the body and begins to unravel old conditioning. In our toolbox we will use the principles of alignment, core integration, the fundamentals of muscles in motion, and functional fitness. Plus! an added bonus of receiving specific exercises and techniques to practice at home to support your unique AnaToMe! Are you ready to align into YOUR energy? Everyone is welcome!

For more information and to register, please contact Shanti@EnergizeShanti@aol.com

A Springtime Community Celebration to Move & Groove
Saturday, May 8, 2010 7:00-11:00pm
The Avalon Ballroom 6185 Arapahoe Road Boulder, CO 80303
Investment: Sliding Scale Fund-raiser $15-$50. HighSchool students $5
Your contribution is tax deductible and welcomed!! Ages 14 and up welcome!!

MahaGroove and Melissa Michaels along with the Wild Life Rhythm Keepers invites you to come together in community to dance and groove in support of the youth of our community and around the world. Proceeds will benefit Surfing The Creative® Rites of Passage process enacted each summer in Colorado. Live music, rhythmic dance and a community feast ending our evening together!! Shanti will be sharing her Rhythm of the Breath and co-creating inspired dance with a shamanic vibe with Colleen Vistara in ShaktiGroove!!
Tickets can be purchased at Movement Mass or at The Nook.
Check out www.goldenbridge.org or call 303-415-0272 and visit MySpace.com/MahaGroove for videos.

 

Blossoming Into Spring Spa~
a celebration of the Divine feminine Shakti
Dancing through our chakras featuring a sacred spa ritual with Serpent and the Honeybee, Yoga with Shanti, and The Breathing Life with Danae Shanti
Friday, April 30th, 5:30-8:30pm (arrive beginning at 5:00pm please to honor beginning on time) at The Nook, 985 Westview Drive Boulder 80303
Investment: $25 solo, $18 each if you bring a buddy (these spas always sell out, so register early!!)
Registration or Information: Contact Shanti at EnergizeShanti@aol.com
Coming together in a sacred circle of women we will begin with a sacred spa ritual to balance our chakras and then move into a yoga flow to balance and harmonize the chakras and end with Danae Shanti's The Breathing Life! This will be a playfully potent, restoring and rejuvenating gathering to prepare us for Spring!! All levels and experiences welcome

For more information about the facilitators:
http://www.SerpentandTheHoneybee.com
http://www.TheBreathingLife.com
http://www.EnergizeShanti.com

The Breathing Life Playshop
with Danae Shanti featuring her delicious new CD Breathing Life (for sale at The Nook)
Thursday, March 18th, 6:30-8:30pm at The Nook, 985 Westview Drive Boulder, CO 80303
Investment: $15 solo/$20 with a buddy (almost sold out - only a few spots still remaining at the time of this email!!!)
Join Danae for an evening of breath that just might forever change your life!! Learn this potent technique that you can access on your own 24 hours a day to increase energy, reduce stress, spark creative expression, stimulate joy and freedom in your body, plus more!! Everyone is welcome - no experience necessary. I can personally attest to Danae's true gift! She offers a potent, accessible and playfully deep practice using the breath and power of sacred sound. Contact Danae Shanti with questions and to register at 720-422-6772 by Monday, March 15th. You can read more about this practice at http://www.TheBreathingLife.com
Please bring a water bottle and complete eating 1 hour prior to the playshop

6th Annual Rocky Mountain Kirtan Summit
a co-creation with many of the local kirtan artists!
Saturday, March 20th, 6:00pm at Studio Soma, Denver, CO (http://www.studio-soma.com)
This is a wonderful community event infusing sacred sound, live music and mantra into one juicy evening!!! This only happens once a year, so don't miss out!!!
Check out http://www.KirtanSummit.com for details

In The Blink Of An Eye, In A Flash Of Light
A musical birthday celebration of the first fifty years
of Gayan Gregory Long to benefit Haiti relief efforts

Tuesday, 16-February-2010 6-10 PM
Nissi’s - 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, CO USA
$20 advance $23 day of show (if tix still available)

Come on down in support of the Haiti relief efforts and in celebration of Gayan! So many wonderful musicians will be joining us for some original, some covers, and some all out fun love mischief...

Musical Mischief by:
Jan Garrett & JD Martin
Scott & Shanti Medina
Rob Galloway
Michael Chodosh
Steve Altermatt
Timothy Dobson
Deborah Schmidt-Lobis
Steve Bross
Rick Franz
Tamam Kahn
Dana Lightsey
Marcy Baruch
Gayan Gregory Long
plus other surprise guests

Tickets are first come, first served. Invitees are encouraged to purchase tickets early before the general public (it just wouldn’t be the same celebration without you there ). Nissi's is also a full service restaurant and bar featuring great food at reasonable prices
Advance Tickets:
Please make a check payable to "Gayan Gregory Long" for $20 each ticket and send to: Shanti Medina, 985 Westview Drive, Boulder, CO 80303. Your name will be on the list at the door at Nissi's, you will not receive a hard-copy ticket.

 

New Year's Purification & Rejuvenation Spa Celebration
Sunday, January 24, 2010 2:00-5:00pm at The Nook, 985 Westview Drive Boulder 80303
Enjoy an afternoon celebrating the feminine with Yoga, a facial spa and potent information about holistic nutrition. Coming into a circle of women as we enter 2010, carving out the time to purify and rejuvenate will begin our year open to new beginnings and transformation! Eloise Nelson, PhD Holistic Nutrition (http://www.PowerOfChow.com) will share with us her wisdom on how to detox, purify, boost the immune system and protect against disease with our food choices and essential oils. We will each enjoy the revolutionary BioMat with FAR infared rays gently penetrating the cells, activating natural detoxification,balance hormones,combat stress, & rejuvenate! Shanti will guide us on a yogic rejuvenation journey and we'll each experience a full facial with all natural body nectar by our very own local company Serpent and the Honeybee (http://serpentandthehoneybee.com). All levels and experience welcome! In addition, we will be enjoying a Vistara (http://www.ColleenVistara.com) collection trunk show of ritual yoga wear that is both playful and practical with a flair!

Investment: $30 per person/$25 if you bring a buddy!! These spas always sell out, so register early and bring a buddy to increase the fun and decrease the cost!
Pre- Registration required: Email Shanti at EnergizeShanti@aol.com

 

Nook Knack Holiday Bazaar & Sampler Soirée
Saturday, December 5th 12:00-5:00pm at The Nook, 985 Westview Drive Boulder, CO 80303
This is a FREE community event inspiring the support of local conscious gift buying and celebrating the holiday season in community! Local healers, astrologers and guides available the day of for private sessions. Visit http://web.me.com/energizeshanti/TheNook/Nook_Knack_Holiday_Bazaar_2009.html to find out all the details on vendors and how to pre-order gifts. For more information contact Shanti at EnergizeShanti@aol.com
Vending goodies include:
*Beautiful photographic art images, greeting cards and bookmarks
*American IndianDrums; Crafts & Artifact
*Handmade 100% silk shirts from India, hand made eye pillows ,body compresses
*Handmade all natural bath and body products
*Ritual Yoga Wear
*Herbal infused hand crafted agave nectars
*Nature Spirit dolls
*One of a kind Marianne & Ginger dresses
*Homeopathic detox,stress buster, and immune system boost kits
*Handmade seat cushions and zafus
*Inspiring photo images of the Grand Canyon
*Sun Reliefs design benches and alters
*Animal Totem Medicine Bags,&Jewelry
*Hand made pottery &Peruvian jewelry
*Fine art prints, colored pencil and ink drawings
*Organic, natural, gluten-free baked good
*Ophelia's Oracle (already won two "Best Books 2009" since September's release)
*A variety of locally created books, CDs, DVDs
Sampler Soirée:
*12:30-1:00 Ayurvedic Self-care Tips
with Mira http://www.everyonedeservesmassage.com
*1:15-1:45 Playing By Heart: Numerology for Relationships
with Becca http://www.SoulBlueprint.com
*2:00-2:30 Cultivating Presence
with Satya http://www.CultivatePresence.com
*2:45-3:15 ReInventing YourSelf in These Times of Change
with Greg http://www.LaunchYourDreams.com
*3:30-4:00 Myofacial Stretching
with Jill http://www.MyofascialStretching.com
*4:15-4:45 Kirtan
with Scott & Shanti http://www.MySpace.com/MahaGroove
*4:50 Ritual and gifting of community donation to Children Global Peace Project


New Year's Eve Celebration~Sacred Sound Journey
Thursday, December 31st from 8:30pm-12:30am at The Nook, 985 Westview Drive Boulder 80303
Come celebrate New Year's Eve transitioning to 2010 in a blanket of sacred sound vibration. Scott and Shanti Medina will be joined by Satya Dubay, Akshara Weave and Renee LeBeau co-creating a potent journey through the threshold riding the wave of sound. Whether you feel inspired to dance, chant or simply meditate in a field of sacred sound, this evening will serve as a gateway from the old into the new bringing intention and awareness as we welcome in 2010 in community! Scott and Shanti, along with other musical guests, will kick off the evening joining our voices and hearts through mantra, breath and music! Satya and Akshara will offer an experience of music as a portal into one's silent heart inspiring a deep surrender into the sound while Renee will create a cohesive field of vibration with the Tibetan and crystal bowls inviting our individual and collective intentions for 2010 to be infused by the energy and vibrations. All are welcome!! No experience necessary!
Investment: $20 per person. This offering is limited to 40 people and will sell out! Email Shanti at EnergizeShanti@aol.com to pre-register. Mail a check made out to "Scott Medina" and mail it to The Nook (address above) or give cash (preferred) to Scott or Shanti to complete the registration process and guarantee your spot. Please include your email address/contact information on your registration as we will be sending out some juicy details about the event just prior to our evening together.

The Women's Adventure hosted by Women's Adventure Magazine

Saturday September 26th 10am-5pm
Boulder Reservoir 5100 N. 51st Boulder 80301

Yoga Tent focusing on hormonal & muscular balance, digestion and sleep for women:
11:oo - Kundalini Kriya for Women with Becca Haydon
12:00 - Flow Yoga with Yogeshwari Cindy
1:00- Kirtan with Kalyani & Shanti
2:00- Energizing Flow Yogawith Shanti
3:00- Laughing Yoga with Shari Turney
4:00-Yoga with Kalyani
I am honored to be involved in this awesome an unique offering!! Rock climbing, Yoga Tent, orienteering, biking, skiing, and beer all in the same place? And all for women? Register today for The Women’s Adventure: an interactive outdoor event at the Boulder Reservoir on Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 10am – 5pm. Gear testing, mini skills clinics, food and wine samples, and high-end prizes — think kayaks and road bikes — combine for an interactive extension of Women’s Adventure magazine’s mission: To inspire, inform, and compel women to live life to its fullest through outdoor adventure and travel.
Whether you’re new to adventuring or a seasoned hand in the outdoors, the event’s skills clinics and gear tests will give you the tools to take your adventures to the next level and empower you with knowledge about the products and sports we at Women’s Adventure know and love. YIPPEE!!!
a preview of the day’s activities!

Rock Climbing
Kayaking
Yoga
Orienteering
Mountain and Road Biking (cycle demos included)
Bicycle Maintenance
Fly Fishing
Winter Back Country Skills
Sports Bra Fitting
Nordic Skiing
Sports Medicine Stretching
Massage
Mini Facials
check website for details: http://event.womensadventuremagazine.com/register
TICKETS are only $78.75 The total value of goods & services provided with your ticket for the event (not including prizes in the Gear Giveaway, see below) is between $270 – $400.

MahaGroove Funky Dance Jam
The heart of MahaGroove is world fusion rock with the pulse of mantra coursing through each original piece. This 5 piece band orchestrates a deep somatic experience infusing Shamanic ritual with sacred sound vibration inspiring the rhythm of the soul to dance to the world beat. The vast experience and diversity of each member adds to the eclectic vibe: Scott Medina on guitars, bass, didgeridoo, and vocals; Eyal Rivlin on guitars, bass, and sitar; Steve Bross on tabla, conga, and percussion; Gayan Long on drum kit and percussion; Shanti Medina on percussion and harmonium. MahaGroove delivers a high-intensity, rawness in each of their concerts that leaves the crowd looking forward to their next experience in the MahaGroove!

Date: Saturday, October 24th 7:00pm, $10 in advance or at the door

Location: The Bside Lounge, 2017 13th Street Boulder 80302
Check out TheBside.com for directions, details and to purchase tickets

MySpace.com/MahaGroove or MahaGroove.com for videos

Women's Empowerment Circle
A quarterly community celebration of women for women of all walks of life!

* Discover ways to create ease and grace in your daily activities
* Explore how yoga, laughter and meditation uplifts and restores
* Align with the Elements of Nature harvesting the seeds we sow
* Celebrate the art of being a women in these times of transformation
* Receive and share in support and inspiration within a community of women
* Inspire and uplift others while sharing your ideas and vision

Friday Nov. 14th 6:30-9:00pm &/or Saturday Nov. 15th 10:00am-5:30pm

Location: the beautiful Andrus Retreat Center - 6119 Adrus Road, Boulder, CO 80301
(AndrusRetreatCenter.com)
Presenters: Shanti Medina - Personal Trainer/Yoga Instructor/Wellness Coach
Yogeshwari Cindy Lawrence - Yoga Therapist/CMT/Goddess Visionary
Shari Turney - Thai Yoga Bodwork/Reiki/Laughter Yoga
Investment: $35 for Friday only ($30 if you bring a buddy or pre-register by 11/8)
$75 for Saturday only ($70 if you bring a buddy or pre-register by 11/8)
$100 for Friday and Saturday ($95 if you pre-register by 11/8)

Registration: Email Shanti at EnergizeShanti@aol.com to pre-register and/or to get
more information