Dec 29, 2007
Rejuvenate & Create: Art & Shiatsu Workshops
with Julie Kesti and Cassandra Monson
at Alight–A Studio for Shiatsu
Take an afternoon vacation combining the creative and healing arts of Japan!
Shiatsu practitioner Julie Kesti and artist Cassandra Monson are teaming up to offer you a unique experience making art and receiving bodywork.
During a 2½-hour Saturday afternoon workshop Julie and Cassandra will provide fine art instruction with quality materials along with rejuvenating bodywork.
Bring your friends and share a creative and relaxing afternoon. These workshops are held at Alight Shiatsu Studio~located in the Warehouse District of Downtown Minneapolis, next door to Corner Coffee.
Join us for one of four workshops–
two for adults and two for grown-ups and kids together!
Kids and Grown-ups Together
Invite your friends and neighbors for a creative experience you won’t want to miss!
While you (the grown-up) are receiving wonderful bodywork and relaxing in a coffee shop, your child (ages 5 – 14) creates an Uchiwa ~ a flat, round Japanese Fan. Children will work with Cassandra for the full 2½-hours making handmade paper and painting on their paper using quality watercolors.
Each student will take home a finished Uchiwa masterpiece. Each adult will receive a relaxing 20-minute Shiatsu session with Julie. Bring your fellow grown-ups-with-kids along for a couple hours of conversation or relax alone in the coffee shop perusing their great selection of magazines!
Workshop Dates:
Saturday January 26, 2008 12:00 – 2:30pm
or
Saturday February 9, 2008 12:00 – 2:30pm
Workshop Fee:
register before Jan. 10:
$55 for one adult and one child
$20 each additional child
register after Jan. 10:
$65 for one adult and one child,
$20 each additional child
You may register online ($2 processing fee added) by clicking on the Instant Gift Certificate Link on Julie’s website (look to the left), and clicking under Art & Shiatsu Workshops. (just act as if you are buying yourself a gift–which you are!)
You may also email Julie to register by mail, and avoid the $2 fee: julie@alight-shiatsu.com
Adult Workshops
Spend the afternoon relaxing with friends!
In this 2½-hour long workshop you’ll receive bodywork from Julie, learn how to bind your own blank book with Cassandra, and enjoy delicious Japanese tea.
Each adult will receive a fabulous 20-minute Shiatsu session with Julie. When you are not receiving bodywork Cassandra will teach you the bookmaking technique of Japanese Stab Binding. You will design and bind your own hardcover, blank book~which can be used as a journal, sketchbook or scrapbook!
*Workshop Dates:*
Saturday March 1, 2008 12:00 – 2:30pm
or
Saturday March 15, 2008 12:00 – 2:30pm
*Workshop Fee:*
register before Jan. 10:
$55 per person
register after Jan. 10:
$65 per person
You may register online ($2 Processing fee added) by clicking on the Instant Gift Certificate Link on Julie’s website (look to your left), and clicking under Art & Shiatsu Workshops. (just act as if you are buying yourself a gift–which you are!)
You may also email Julie to register by mail, and avoid the $2 fee: julie@alight-shiatsu.com
ABOUT JULIE AND CASSANDRA
Cassandra Monson is a professional artist and a freelance art teacher. Cassandra has a BFA from the College of Visual Arts and many years of teaching experience. She teaches art classes all over the Twin Cites and facilitates community-based collaborative public art projects and artist residences in public and private schools. Cassandra teaches students to invest themselves in the creative process so that they will build a quality product. She has a fluid but organized teaching style that works with children and adults of all ages. She teaches all art forms from painting to papermaking and sculpture to bookmaking. She is excited about working with Julie to offer families and individuals a holistic experience that involves both the body and the brain.
Julie Kesti is a Shiatsu and Thai Yoga Bodywork practitioner at Alight-A Studio for Shiatsu. She has over 800 hours of training in Asian Bodywork Therapies. Shiatsu is a Japanese form of bodywork that uses stretching, kneading, pressure, and other techniques along acupressure channels to harmonize your energy, helping your mind relax and your body feel better. No oils are used, so you enjoy your session in comfy clothes-which are also the perfect clothes for being creative! Julie can’t wait to collaborate with Cassandra on this new series of workshops!
Dec 16, 2007
I’m raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Minnesota through the Team in Training Program.
This means I’m fundraising and training to walk the Phoenix Half Marathon in January! Click here to learn more about my training and to donate (if you wish).
I’ve also created some beautiful lavender and flax eye pillows, sachets, and dryer sachets (to replace toxic dryer sheets) which I have available for donation at Alight (or you can contact me if you’d like to “purchase” some.)
At any rate, be thinking of me as I take on this challenge.
thanks!
Read more about my training at:
“http://active.com/donate/tntmn/juliekesti”:http://active.com/donate/tntmn/juliekesti
“No other medical system deserves the title “traditional” more than Chinese Medicine. Modern Western medicine, which we often refer to as “traditional,” is only two centuries old. Chinese medicine, on the other hand, is at least 3,000 years old, and is still being used to treat tens of millions of people in China and other places around the world. From the view of a traditional Chinese healer, modern medicine is the “experimental” system, because people have relatively little experience with it, and certainly the “alternative” because it is far from the precepts on which the Chinese system is built.
Chinese medicine is based on the view that humanity is part of a larger creation, a greater body that is the universe itself. Each of us is subject to the same laws that govern the stars, the planets, the trees, and the soil. In this way, Chinese medicine is essentially “macroscopic,” in that its understanding of health begins with an understanding of nature, and the laws that govern it. To follow the laws of nature is to be blessed with good health, long life, and good fortune, say the Chinese. Ultimately this path leads to a revelation about one’s own life and the life of the universe itself.”
bq. Nature, time and patience
are the three great physicians.
bq. CHINESE PROVERB
_World Medicine: The East West Guide to Healing Your Body_
–Tom Monte
More food tips for you from the venerable Paul Pitchford’s Healing with Whole Foods
(you may recall some of this if you read closely in February!)
“Winter is the end of all the seasons. To unify with winter, one emphasizes the yin principle to become more receptive, introspective, and storage-oriented; one cools the surface of the body and warms the body’s core. Cold and darkness drive one to seek inner warmth. It is a time to rest, to meditate deeply, refine the spiritual essence, and store physical energy-in the form of a little added weight-for the cold season. Even though the slow yin processes predominate, one must stay active enough to keep the spine and joints flexible.
bq. The forces of winter create cold in Heaven and water on Earth. They create the kidney organ and the bones within the body. . . the emotion fear, and the ability to make a groaning sound.
–the Inner Classic
It is said that the kidneys “open to the ears,” which means that hearing is related to the health of the kidneys, the organs most affected by wintertime. The ability to listen clearly is heightened in the cold, silent months. The sounds of cooking and voices from the kitchen stimulate the appetite. Warm hearty soups, whole grains, and roasted nuts sound good on cold days. Dried foods, small dark beans, seaweeds, and steamed winter greens fortify the kidneys in the winter. Cook foods longer, at lower temperatures and with less water.
*Salty & Bitter:* Flavors for the Cold Season Both the Salty and bitter foods are appropriate for winter, since they promote a sinking, centering quality which heightens the capacity for storage. . .
*Some Salty foods:* miso, soy sauce, seaweeds, salt, millet, barley (note: don’t overdo salt)
*Some Bitter foods:* lettuce, watercress, endive, turnip, celery, asparagus, alfalfa, rye, oats, quinoa, and amaranth. Herbs: chicory root, burdock root, chaparral.
But the holidays are coming!
_gift ideas:_
* one hour shiatsu or thai session ($65)
* half-hour session ($35)
* gift certificate in any amount towards a session
* Afternoon Tea for Two Gift Certificate (two 45 minute sessions, tea & snacks)
$120
You can purchase any of these online and it’s sooooo easy!
You can print a gift certificate or have it emailed to your recipient.
Just click on the Instant Gift Certificate button to the left!
I’m teaming up with Art Educator Cassandra Monson to bring you a set of Kids and Adults Art & Shiatsu workshops!
Each workshop will be one afternoon only. You create a beautiful fine art project (the first set of projects is based on traditional arts of Japan) and during the class you’ll receive some shiatsu–to boost your creativity on all levels.
This is a great chance to have fun enjoying some good yin activity.
Look for an email flyer coming soon!
Nov 6, 2007
As I mentioned earlier, I’m training for the Phoenix Half Marathon walk team through Team in Training, part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The walk is in January, and in the meantime I am working to raise at least $3800 towards research and support for people with Leukemia and Lymphoma.
If you’d like to donate or learn more, please visit my Team in Training Home page: http://www.active.com/donate/tntmn/juliekesti
thanks for your support!
julie
