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Past Events

Labor Day Demonstration/Workshop with Sifu Bob Cook
Monday, September 5th

What: Tai Chi, Chi Gung, Kung Fu with Sifu Bob Cook
Where:Telluride Elks Park
When: Monday, September 5th, 10:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
10:30 A.M. The Workshop commences with a FREE KUNG FU DEMONSTRATION in Telluride Elks Park
11:30 A.M. Luncheon with Bob Cook. Meet at Parking Lot for Town Park.
12:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Class moves to "Qi-Full" training locations of the valley.

No experience necessary. Local instruction and practice opportunities continuing after the workshop.

You can register using the form on this site.

Master Zhang Yuxuan
Friday, September 23rd - Tuesday, September 27th

What: Zhang Style Taiji, Qi Gong and Kung Fu Coming to Telluride
Where:Telluride Elks Park
When: Free Demonstration: Friday September 23 at 6 P.M. in Elks Park.
Free Introductory Class: Friday September 23, 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. at the Telluride Yoga Center at the Nuggett Building.
Two Daily Classes: Friday September 23 through Tuesday September 27, 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. at $15/hr. Meet at Town Park Parking Lot.
Then we move to special training locations of the valley.
Private Instruction: Master Zhang will be available for private instruction. Rate is $60 for 90 minute class.

You can register using the form on this site.

"The Tao of FACIAL REJUVENATION" with Joshua Geetter
Monday, August 1st

What: Half Shell Gathering "The Tao of FACIAL REJUVENATION " with Joshua Geetter
Deets: Herbal foot baths and massage; face reading and acupuncture/acupressure treatments
Where:Judy's, 2119 Mapleton Ave.
When: Monday, August 1, 7 P.M. (sharp) - 9 P.M.(ish)
Cost: $15

“Beauty and healing wear the same guise and look out of the same eyes.“

Could anything be more supremely, stunningly central to human life than the face? Is it any wonder that this remarkable concentration of sensory lusciousness and power is also a graph upon which all the diminutive (and not so) secrets of our health and vibrancy are inscribed? Through the lens of classical Chinese medicine we experience the face as portal to not only the mysteries of the body and consciousness but also as a consecrated glimpse into our True Nature. Our true nature, we know, is to radiate light. The face is the essence of human luminosity, and facial acupuncture/acupressure provides direct access to vibrant health, producing immediate and noticeable results. Embodying beauty is a sacred practice: we are nothing short of nectar-filled flowers, here to revel in and share our beauty and our Light. How fortunate we are that embodying beauty has a bona fide spiritual benefit!

Under the expert guidance of classical Chinese medical practitioner, herbalist, medicine maker and healer Joshua Geetter from Telluride, we'll explore the facial microsystem and receive acupuncture treatments bolstered by oils chosen to support specific conditions. He’ll share practical and esoteric treasures from his Taoist lineage with our tribe, including the intricate reciprocity between facial signs and deeper organic symptoms. We'll also be spoiled with foot massages (by Venus Castelberg) and herbal elixirs, and will leave with individual acupressure protocols chosen to bring maximum juice and luminosity to our faces.

FULL MOON South American Ritual Spa, Copal, Palo Santo Ritual & DEVA'S Return, June 15

This gathering is so chock full of divine glorious life force that it makes up for the months we missed. We will be coming together to honor the full moon, honor Lord Buddha's birth (that's right - that very night), and love on ourselves and each other with spa practices, but perhaps most divinely we will be welcoming back tribe goddess DEVA MUNAY, who has been in south america doing the deep dharma work and high art of her life.

Deva will share some stories and images (and you know from her letters that she is a rocking photographer) and together we will partake in the sacred burning of copal resin to thank the gods and goddesses for her safe return. We will also be using palo santo essential oil in a ritual and birthday/birthing practice!

What: Peruvian Full Moon ritual (and party!) featuring palo santo, black copal, and deva munay!
Where: Judy's, 2119 Mapleton Ave.
When: Wednesday, June 15, 7-9:30 or 10ish P.M.
RSVP:Please, yes, limited space as always!

Saturday, June 4
10 A.M.-2 P.M.

Join Jeanie Manchester and Allison Litchfield for a day of pampering that will include mini-facials from V&V. Explore the Rasa's, the many flavors of our practice as e celebrate the expansive energy of summer and coming into our fullness as women. check out jeanie's site for more info: www.jeaniemanchester.com

Shakti Solstice Celebration

3rd Annual gathering at the Starhouse
Saturday, June 25, 2011 6:30 P.M.-10:00 P.M.
Early bird registration by 6/1/11: $35
Registration after 6/1/11: $40 with a buddy, $45 solo

• Energize Flow Yoga with Shanti Medina outside on the beautiful grounds
• Live Music and Fire Dance with Cheri Shanti
• Sacred oil anointing ritual with Judy Godec, Venus & Vetiver
• Yoga Nidra and Gayatri Mudra with Yogeshwari Cindy

To register, email Shanti Medine at .

Spa, Health, and Meditation Evening
with Santidevi and Judy
Tuesday, May 17th

What: Spa, Health, and Meditation evening with Santidevi and Judy
Where: Highlands Wellness Center 2416 W. 32nd Ave. Denver, Co. 80211
When: Tuesday, May 17 at 6:30 P.M.
RSVP: Please RSVP to Santidevi at

Join us for an evening of enlightened spa treatments and sitting, with a smattering of education about skin care and how to feed ourselves from the inside out. This gathering is dedicated to honoring and cleansing the subtle body, the organs and systems, and clearing the muck so that we can plug in cleanly to the divine.

BACKYARD BEEKEEPING
Saturday, February 4
(children and families invited!)

What: VENUS ON THE HALF SHELL: backyard beekeeping - yes you can!
Where: Judy's, 2119 mapleton ave.
When: Saturday, February 4, 2011, 10am-noon
Who: Jack Gipple, local beekeeper 
Bring: Children, spouses, and anyone interested in beekeeping
RSVP: please rsvp as space is limited
Cost: Free
Plant Secrets:  How to create a very quick, simple, and meaningful daily ritual - what you need for your own portable temple.

For many reasons, some known (like constant use of antibiotics and creating mobile hives that drive from field to field, disorienting bees' inherent gps system) some unknown, the very existence of bees and bee colonies is in serious jeopardy.  backyard beekeepers can transform this dangerous trend.  we will drink chai made with local honey and look forward to spring beekeeping!

YOGA AND AROMA NIDRA
Saturday, January 29

What: New Moon Nidra - the practice of DIVING YINWARD
            90 minute asana class, 60 minute nidra
Where: JEANIE'S YOGA STUDIO:  1480 Violet Ave.
When: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 2-4:30pm
Who: Jeanie Manchester and Judy
Bring: Yoga mat, comfortable clothes and blanket, if you wish
RSVP: Please rsvp as space is limited
Cost: $25, or $20 if you buy a punch

What is aroma nidra?
Aroma nidra is the powerful practice of yoga nidra, or yogic sleep, married with the sensory experience of essential oils, which themselves transport us to deeper states of consciousness, accessed through the limbic system of the brain.   It is a luminal state of mind hovering between wakefulness and dream, which accesses deep levels of normally inaccessible consciousness, with magical results.  
We use sacred oils such as Frankincense, Palo Santo, Cedarwood, and Spikenard to evoke deeper states of consciousness, while guiding you through the nidra journey. 

SPA NIGHT, Tuesday, January 25

What: VENUS ON THE HALF SHELL:  spa night - the ritual and practice of BEAUTY
Where: Judy's, 2119 mapleton ave.
When: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 7-9pm
Who: Elysabeth Williamson, partner yoga devi and rejuvena light tech owner
          Jenna Dickerson, Sephora manager and natural skin care expert
         Judy, of Venus & Vetiver, organic, phytoactive skin care, nourishing from the inside out
Bring: A towel - we will be doing facials and treatments
RSVP: please rsvp as space is limited
Cost: $5
Plant Secrets: conquering PMS: simple simple simple and effective plant medicine that might change your monthly experience!