Iyengar Yoga | Aman Keays

Aman, who has practiced and instructed yoga for over 20 years, has owned and directed the Full Circle Yoga Institute since 1983. He received his instruction from Sri BKS Iyengar in India. Awareness training, heart, and clarity blend physical and spiritual paths in his classes. His passion is to share his wealth of experiences that make deep understandings possible. Morning classes consist of simple Pranayama and Sun Salutations, plus a combination of standing poses, backbends, forward bends and inversions. Afternoon classes consist of Asanas designed to give you relaxation and restored energy. On the Web: www.fullcircleyoga.net

Pam Anderson (Visiting Cooking Teacher, La Cocina Que Canta)

Pam Anderson is food columnist for USA Weekend. She is author of four books— "CookSmart," Julia Child award-winner "The Perfect Recipe," and James Beard Award nominees, "How to Cook Without a Book" and "Perfect Recipes for Having People Over." Her fifth book, "The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great—How to Change Your Life for Good" came out spring, 2008.

She is former Executive Editor of Cook's Illustrated magazine, and is a contributing editor for Fine Cooking magazine. Her food articles have appeared in Food and Wine, Fine Cooking, Bon Appetit, Cooking Light, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, Saveur, Ladies Home Journal, and The Washington Post. She has been featured in US News & World Report, teaches cooking classes across the country and appears frequently on TV and radio.

Pam offers two hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Also, learn from our visiting teacher during a demonstration class (tastings included). These activities take place at La Cocina Que Canta. You also will have the opportunity to harvest produce you use from our organic garden, Tres Estrellas. Transportation will be provided.

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Martín San Román (Visiting Cooking Teacher, La Cocina Que Canta)

Chef Martín San Román grew up in Mexico City. Intrigued with French culture and cuisine, he studied at Le Notre Culinary Center in Paris, then trained at fine restaurants in Paris, including Le Fauchon and the Ritz Hotel. Later in the US, he worked at New York's Tavern on the Green, and San Diego's Westgate Hotel and Le Meridien. Martín, who is gaining renown as "The Mexican Wolfgang Puck," is a favorite of the London Hilton, where he has been invited four times as guest chef. He also is the only Mexican chef to give cooking classes at the famous Cordon Bleu (in London and Paris). Other venues include Le Grand Hotel intercontinental, Le Meridian Etoile, Fauchon and Le Grilloir (all in Paris); the Westin Century Plaza in Los Angeles; the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo; the Hotel Eukrania in Moskow and other major hotels worldwide. He was also Chef Instructor for the chefs of the European Parliament in Brussels.

Martín is a member of the Academic Culinaire de France, the Societe des Cuisiniers de Paris, and the American Culinary Federation, as well as other prestigious organizations, and has had the honor of being the first Mexican chef (of 120 worldwide) to receive a Five Diamond Award. His first restaurant, Tour de France in Tijuana, received national and international awards. He also is chef/owner of Rincon San Roman (French-Mexican fusion) and the French Lover Patisserie. He promotes Mexican food worldwide, and hosted his own long-running televised cooking show.
On the Web: www.rinconsanroman.com.

"French-Mexican fusion cuisine is very modern," Martín says. "It is light, low in fat, and has a nice-looking presentation. It's French style with Mexican ingredients."

Sex and Sexuality | Beverly Whipple, Ph.D.

Beverly Whipple, Ph.D., a certified sex educator, sex counselor, and sex researcher, is the co-author of the international best seller, "The G Spot and Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality", which has been translated into 19 languages and was re-published as a Classic 23 years later in 2005. Her other books are "Safe Encounters: How Women Can Say Yes to Pleasure and No to Unsafe Sex", "Smart Women, Strong Bones", "Outwitting Osteoporosis" and "The Science of Orgasm". Beverly Whipple has appeared on more than 350 radio and TV programs and has been featured in many magazines. She has delivered over 600 talks and keynote speeches, and published over 160 research articles and book chapters. She is a professor emerita at Rutgers University of NJ. Her degrees include a BS in Nursing from Wagner College, and from Rutgers: a Masters in Counseling, a Masters in Nursing, and a PhD in Psychobiology, with a major in Neurophysiology. She served as president of American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (1998-2000), the vice-president of the World Association for Sexology (2001-2005), and president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; and was named by the New Scientist as one of the 50 most influential scientists of the world.

Concert | Jeanne and Karl Anthony

Jeanne and Karl Anthony are a dynamic husband-and-wife team with a unique style that combines original music and American sign language, creating a presentation that delights both the eyes and the ears. Jeanne's signing is a graceful dance, and Karl's strong voice is penetrating and his lyrics soul-stirring. The couple also are known for combining humor and inspiration with a fast-moving, super-charged presentation. Jeanne and Karl, married 17 years, perform for conferences worldwide. Karl is a humanitarian singer, songwriter, recording artist and co-author of three books directed to teenagers, as well as creator of the National Strike-A-Chord music series for elementary schoolchildren. Jeanne is a licensed clinical therapist and author of two books that help children deal with grief and learning disabilities.

Their first concert is A Musical Retreat. Soak in original compositions that uplift and stir the soul, and leave you loving your life and who you are.

Their second concert is An Explosion of Joy. Enjoy an uplifting evening of storytelling through music and humor, and a dance of American sign language. On the Web: www.karlanthony.com

 

How to Create a Sleep Sanctuary for Lovers and Others | Robert deStefano

For many couples mired in long workdays and hectic schedules, the time spent in bed sleeping together may represent the bulk of the time that they actually spend together. Sleep guru to the spas, Robert deStefano brings blissful relief to frustrated, sleep-deprived partners in this four-session workshop. “When one partner's sleep not in harmony with the other’s, the romantic, spiritual, energetic and practical glue of the relationship is compromised,” he says.

Research by the National Sleep Foundation supports de Stefano’s theory, finding that once disturbed by a partner's sleep problems, the other partner experiences an average loss of 49 minutes of sleep a night or 300 hours a year. In the same study, more than 25 percent of adults polled said that they have sex less often or have lost total interest in it because they are too sleepy. DeStefano teaches couples how to successfully transition from the chaos of the day to a "state of synergistic sleep readiness." You will learn how to return back to each other every night by creating a private sleep sanctuary far removed from work, bills, even kids. “After the demands of the day, leaving the world behind and entering a blissful, stress-free state of consciousness together is the best way for lovers to cultivate a night of sleeping together and/or ‘sleeping together’."

Couples and those interested individuals representing the couple will be immersed into an interactive practice of intention, know-how, tools and bliss:

o Introduction: “Sixth grade science and something that you did not know about massage”

o Session Two: “Zen & The Art of Better Sleep™”

o Session Three: “Ending the Sleep-Negative Narrative”

o Session Four: “The Sweet, Sleep Seduction™”

A 20-year career as an award-winning commercial director left Robert deStefano with chronic insomnia and severe health issues. In late 2000, motivated by an intention to recapture his sleep and his health, he sold his San Francisco advertising agency and embarked on a personal journey of sleep wellness education that spanned exotic jungle yoga retreats, yogi master meditation classes, and academic education on brain waves and state change. Along the way he formed Sleep Garden, producing a line of audio and video sleep aids, including the clinically tested and critically acclaimed gold standard of sleep music, ‘zMusic, The Sound Way to Sleep™’. His workshops and sleep aid products have been featured in USA Today, Good Morning America, Spa Business International, Yoga Journal, Body & Soul Magazine, Spa Magazine, LA Times, and Women’s Health. On the Web: www.sleepgarden.com