Yoga Classes & Retreats

Becca at Asilomar beach

If you’re in the Napa Valley, I invite you to join me for a Meditation class or Gentle yoga class. And wherever you live, you are most welcome to attend one of Permission to Relax’s incredible signature and annual retreats, where you’ll learn powerful ways to add even more relaxation to your hectic life, and in the best of company!

Weekly classes at Synergy Medical Fitness Center in Napa, California

Meditation & Tapping Class – Mondays, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Gentle Ananda Yoga & Meditation Class – Fridays, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.

A wonderful way to end the week and begin a fun and joyful weekend in the Napa Valley.

Location: Synergy Medical Fitness Center, 3421 Villa Lane (at Trancas) Napa, CA 94558

707-251-1395, Cost: Free for Synergy members, $15 for guests and you can use the facility all day!

Benefits of Gentle Ananda Yoga:

Ananda Yoga is perfect for all ages and levels of fitness. The class is designed to bring you into alignment – body, mind and spirit. With an emphasis on user-friendly yoga postures to improve strength, balance and flexibility, along with simple breathing practices, our class concludes with a deep relaxation and guided meditation that can serve as a bridge to deeper meditation or be enjoyed by itself as a peaceful ending to a postures session.

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Slow Down & Tune In – Awakening the Inner Light

February 18 & 19, 2012 9 a.m. Saturday thru 4 p.m. Sunday

Becca Pronchick and Ann Yates, Certified Vinyasa Flow Yoga & Dance Instructor

Special Guests: Beata Lewis (www.BridgingLives.com) and Sam Jackson (www.VibrantStillness.com) with Story Bowls – a sound healing experience with crystal singing bowls to initiate new awareness, hold evolving stories of ourselves, and release old stories that no longer serve. A journey inward to illuminate and discover meaning, connection and the creative riches in our lives.

In the morning we will gather for opening circle, then you may choose:

Awaken the Inner Light by Activating the 7 Chakras with Ann or

Gentle Ananda Yoga & Meditation to Align, Balance & Nourish with Becca

— A long break for a delicious lunch and time to wander or nap –

In the afternoon Beata and Sam will offer their Story Bowls experience, sharing what is sacred, claiming our unique, creative voice and open to possiblity together.

Once again you may choose to join Ann or Becca for a relaxing and restorative yoga session for the back, shoulders and hips.

We will gather in the spacious dining room to enjoy dinner prepared by Jeff Yates, our wonderful chef, along with yummy Napa wines.

Sunday morning join Ann and Becca for a wake-up with the light yoga session and silent meditation walk through the glorious spring blooms. Leisurely lunch and afternoon closing circle.

$297 per person, including instruction, accommodations, all meals and wine.

or on-line at http://slowdown-feb.eventbrite.com (for an additional fee)

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Bliss in Provence Retreat

Relax, Renew & Reconnect to the REAL You

Choose between two sessions: June 24th to June 30th or July 1st to July 7th, 2012

Imaging yourself standing in fields of lavender in the south of France. Come rediscover what makes you happiest in life by unwinding and tapping into your purest joys. Fill yourself up with deep rest, beauty, excellent food, connection to nature and the mutual support of your best girl friends. Becca Pronchick and Janet Valette will be your guides on this retreat you will give yourself that will deeply nourish your soul.

Join us for 6 nights and 5 full days of Bliss in Provence this coming summer.

You’ll be staying at Bramefam (rhymes with “pompom”), Janet’s fully restored home and guest house, tucked away “in the middle of nowhere” in the French countryside. You, as the inviting hostess, will invite your girlfriends and customize your own retreat with a minimum of 4 participants and a maximum of 8.

Here are a few photos to give you the flavor of your journey: