Body and Soul - A Salon for the Healing Arts

• Nihal Kaur and Dukh Niwaran Kaur teach Kundalini Yoga: Excel to Excellence on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:30pm. They will alternate teaching the class each Wednesday. Kundalini Yoga creates a union of body, mind and spirit through specific movement, breath, and mantra. This enables you to experience your completeness and excellence as a human being. In this series, we will stretch our physical limits, cultivate a more potent state of awareness, and increase our capacity to face life with strength and grace. We will blossom and Excel to Excellence. Contact Nihal Kaur at 916-524-6712 and Dukh Niwaran Kaur at 831-295-1188. Click here to visit their website for more information.

Nihal Kaur: Her name is the word for the “Bliss that comes from fulfilling one’s Destiny.” Nihal believes that health and vitality enable one’s spiritual purpose to unfold, and so she is dedicated to learning and practicing healing arts such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reiki, and yoga to support all people in fulfilling their Destiny. She has been blessed to practice and teach several styles of yoga since 2000. By far the most empowering and transformative for her has been Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Grateful for the opportunity to share this practice with others, Nihal hopes that within each class, students will encounter their own divinity and step towards their Destiny.

Dukh Niwaran Kaur: Her name means “The Princess Who Removes the Pain and Suffering.” Dukh Niwaran Kaur was blessed to study directly with Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, and she has experienced for herself the transformative powers of Kundalini Yoga—expanded consciousness, creativity, intuition, patience, health and focus. She is a Kundalini Research Institute (KRI) certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher who has taught Kundalini Yoga for Monterey Peninsula College and Cabrillo College Extension. Dukh Niwaran looks forward to sharing with you practical Kundalini Yoga techniques to combat stress and sleeplessness, increase health and prosperity, deepen relationships and divinity, and walk with grace through the challenges of life. She is also bilingual (English and Spanish) and when someone wants it, her classes can be taught with simultaneous translation. [Ella es bilingüe (inglés y español) y cuando alguien lo solicite, sus clases pueden ser enseñadas con traducción inmediata al español]

• Mary Montgomery teaches yoga on Sunday evenings, 5:00 to 6:15pm. She also teaches on Monday mornings, 9:00 to 10:15am, Wednesday afternoons 3:30 to 4:45pm, and Thursdays 9:30 to 10:45am. She blends gentle yoga flow with longer held postures to create a full and beneficial practice. In her classes the physical yoga practice also includes meditation, breath work, and acupressure. Mary, is a certified TriYoga Instructor, but highly influenced by her Iyengar style teachers. She has been teaching locally for almost 5 years. She draws together both of these methods in her personal practice as well as the classes she teaches. She is also a certified massage therapist and passionate about anatomy. Mary recently graduated from UCSC with a BA in American Studies. She lives in Santa Cruz with her family. Click here to visit her website. Contact her at 831-234-0726.

• Path Star teaches Body Love Yoga class Tuesday nights, 4:30-6:00pm. Its a level 1-2 Kripalu style class. Kripalu yoga will do more than stretch you and make you strong. It is a unique way to integrate body, mind, and spirit through opening to the wisdom of your own body. Path has been teaching yoga since 1995. She gently guides students through a compassionate process of using yoga postures and conscious breathing techniques to access the body's wisdom, to build strength and flexibility, and to enter states of relaxation and meditation. Contact Path at 831-331-3868. Benefits of Kripalu yoga for your body: increase strength, enhance flexibility, develop balance, and feel refreshed and energized; For your mind--cultivate compassion, discover clarity and vision, expand your awareness, and quiet restless thoughts; For your spirit--experience deep stillness, be in the present moment, practice self acceptance, and honor your inner wisdom.

• White Crane Silat: A Chinese / Indonesian martial art & Healing Arts System. Taught By David Gilbert (Certified Trainer in the Martial & Health System). The White Crane System offers a diversity of training and self-cultivation opportunities appropriate for everybody - independent of age, gender and physical condition. Everybody participates at the level appropriate for his or her body; no one is excluded due to lack of experience or capacity. Our small class size allows for individualized attention. The Saturday Class focuses on: stretching, warm-ups, short form movements, partner training for basic self-defense, passives and feeling exercises. Recommended for all ages 17 up. The Wednesday night class, The White Crane “Qi Gong” health system, focuses on mindful slower movements. This training includes: gentle warm-ups& stretching, isolated short form movements, and health movement breathing system. The health system is recommended for 35 years and older. No Prior martial arts experience necessary. If possible, bring white t-shirt and
white workout pants.

Saturday: 12:30 – 2:30pm Silat Main Training - contact David
Wednesday: 7:15 – 8:45pm White Crane "Qi Gong" Health System (Drop In Ok)
Drop In Rate: $8.00 per class - Student Discounts Available.
Contact: David Gilbert at 831-458-1628
Click here to visit our web site for more information.

• Chien-Lung on Tuesday evenings 7:15 to 8:45pm with Steven Macramalla, Ph.D. Chien-Lung, a Chinese Martial Art has come to Body & Soul. It is based on six animals (tiger, black panther, white leopard, python, cobra, and boa), each embodying a different way of moving and meditating, different system of the body and part of the brain, and different style of self defense. With powerful punches and aerial kicks, this vigourous workout "unleashes the animal within" and centers you with the meditation. Steven Macramalla's Ph.D. is in cognitive psychology. He has been practicing Chien-Lung for 20 years. Call Steven at 831-234-8451 for more info.

• Iyengar Yoga with Susan Merritt. Susan is the founder and director of Body & Soul, and has been teaching yoga for 28 years. She teaches seven public classes each week and loves to work privately with people. Classes are Monday nights, Wednesday mornings, Thursday nights, and Saturday mornings. Her training is strongly based in the Iyengar system of Hatha Yoga, which has given her a gift for working with people with injuries and those needing individual attention. Her classes are a synthesis of anatomy, alignment, and awareness.

Call Susan at 831-459-8613 or susanmerritt@sbcglobal.net . Click here to visit her website.

• Karen Zelin teaches Iyengar-based yoga on Mondays & Wednesdays at 11:30am, and Friday mornings at 8:30am. Her classes are designed to explore the depth of yoga: to grow in strength & flexibility, to bring compassion to the body & mind, and to grow in awareness. The last Friday of every month, Karen teaches a Restorative yoga class, which is intended to help students sink into deep relaxation. Contact Karen at 831-426-6653 or karen@karenzelin.com . Click here to visit her website.

• Yoga for women over 55 with Susan Moore-Orrett on Monday afternoons. Call Susan at 831-338-3794.

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CLASS DESCRIPTIONS • Nihal Kaur and Dukh Niwaran Kaur teach Kundalini Yoga: Excel to Excellence on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:30pm. They will alternate teaching the class each Wednesday. Kundalini Yoga creates a union of body, mind and spirit through specific movement, breath, and mantra. This enables you to experience your completeness and excellence as a human being. In this series, we will stretch our physical limits, cultivate a more potent state of awareness, and increase our capacity to face life with strength and grace. We will blossom and Excel to Excellence. Contact Nihal Kaur at 916-524-6712 and Dukh Niwaran Kaur at 831-295-1188. Click here to visit their website for more information. Nihal Kaur: Her name is the word for the “Bliss that comes from fulfilling one’s Destiny.” Nihal believes that health and vitality enable one’s spiritual purpose to unfold, and so she is dedicated to learning and practicing healing arts such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reiki, and yoga to support all people in fulfilling their Destiny. She has been blessed to practice and teach several styles of yoga since 2000. By far the most empowering and transformative for her has been Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Grateful for the opportunity to share this practice with others, Nihal hopes that within each class, students will encounter their own divinity and step towards their Destiny. Dukh Niwaran Kaur: Her name means “The Princess Who Removes the Pain and Suffering.” Dukh Niwaran Kaur was blessed to study directly with Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, and she has experienced for herself the transformative powers of Kundalini Yoga—expanded consciousness, creativity, intuition, patience, health and focus. She is a Kundalini Research Institute (KRI) certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher who has taught Kundalini Yoga for Monterey Peninsula College and Cabrillo College Extension. Dukh Niwaran looks forward to sharing with you practical Kundalini Yoga techniques to combat stress and sleeplessness, increase health and prosperity, deepen relationships and divinity, and walk with grace through the challenges of life. She is also bilingual (English and Spanish) and when someone wants it, her classes can be taught with simultaneous translation. [Ella es bilingüe (inglés y español) y cuando alguien lo solicite, sus clases pueden ser enseñadas con traducción inmediata al español] • Mary Montgomery teaches yoga on Sunday evenings, 5:00 to 6:15pm. She also teaches on Monday mornings, 9:00 to 10:15am, Wednesday afternoons 3:30 to 4:45pm, and Thursdays 9:30 to 10:45am. She blends gentle yoga flow with longer held postures to create a full and beneficial practice. In her classes the physical yoga practice also includes meditation, breath work, and acupressure. Mary, is a certified TriYoga Instructor, but highly influenced by her Iyengar style teachers. She has been teaching locally for almost 5 years. She draws together both of these methods in her personal practice as well as the classes she teaches. She is also a certified massage therapist and passionate about anatomy. Mary recently graduated from UCSC with a BA in American Studies. She lives in Santa Cruz with her family. Click here to visit her website. Contact her at 831-234-0726. • Path Star teaches Body Love Yoga class Tuesday nights, 4:30-6:00pm. Its a level 1-2 Kripalu style class. Kripalu yoga will do more than stretch you and make you strong. It is a unique way to integrate body, mind, and spirit through opening to the wisdom of your own body. Path has been teaching yoga since 1995. She gently guides students through a compassionate process of using yoga postures and conscious breathing techniques to access the body's wisdom, to build strength and flexibility, and to enter states of relaxation and meditation. Contact Path at 831-331-3868. Benefits of Kripalu yoga for your body: increase strength, enhance flexibility, develop balance, and feel refreshed and energized; For your mind--cultivate compassion, discover clarity and vision, expand your awareness, and quiet restless thoughts; For your spirit--experience deep stillness, be in the present moment, practice self acceptance, and honor your inner wisdom. • White Crane Silat: A Chinese / Indonesian martial art & Healing Arts System. Taught By David Gilbert (Certified Trainer in the Martial & Health System). The White Crane System offers a diversity of training and self-cultivation opportunities appropriate for everybody - independent of age, gender and physical condition. Everybody participates at the level appropriate for his or her body; no one is excluded due to lack of experience or capacity. Our small class size allows for individualized attention. The Saturday Class focuses on: stretching, warm-ups, short form movements, partner training for basic self-defense, passives and feeling exercises. Recommended for all ages 17 up. The Wednesday night class, The White Crane “Qi Gong” health system, focuses on mindful slower movements. This training includes: gentle warm-ups& stretching, isolated short form movements, and health movement breathing system. The health system is recommended for 35 years and older. No Prior martial arts experience necessary. If possible, bring white t-shirt and white workout pants. Saturday: 12:30 – 2:30pm Silat Main Training - contact David Wednesday: 7:15 – 8:45pm White Crane "Qi Gong" Health System (Drop In Ok) Drop In Rate: $8.00 per class - Student Discounts Available. Contact: David Gilbert at 831-458-1628 Click here to visit our web site for more information. • Chien-Lung on Tuesday evenings 7:15 to 8:45pm with Steven Macramalla, Ph.D. Chien-Lung, a Chinese Martial Art has come to Body & Soul. It is based on six animals (tiger, black panther, white leopard, python, cobra, and boa), each embodying a different way of moving and meditating, different system of the body and part of the brain, and different style of self defense. With powerful punches and aerial kicks, this vigourous workout "unleashes the animal within" and centers you with the meditation. Steven Macramalla's Ph.D. is in cognitive psychology. He has been practicing Chien-Lung for 20 years. Call Steven at 831-234-8451 for more info. • Iyengar Yoga with Susan Merritt. Susan is the founder and director of Body & Soul, and has been teaching yoga for 28 years. She teaches seven public classes each week and loves to work privately with people. Classes are Monday nights, Wednesday mornings, Thursday nights, and Saturday mornings. Her training is strongly based in the Iyengar system of Hatha Yoga, which has given her a gift for working with people with injuries and those needing individual attention. Her classes are a synthesis of anatomy, alignment, and awareness. Call Susan at 831-459-8613 or susanmerritt@sbcglobal.net . Click here to visit her website. • Karen Zelin teaches Iyengar-based yoga on Mondays & Wednesdays at 11:30am, and Friday mornings at 8:30am. Her classes are designed to explore the depth of yoga: to grow in strength & flexibility, to bring compassion to the body & mind, and to grow in awareness. The last Friday of every month, Karen teaches a Restorative yoga class, which is intended to help students sink into deep relaxation. Contact Karen at 831-426-6653 or karen@karenzelin.com . Click here to visit her website. • Yoga for women over 55 with Susan Moore-Orrett on Monday afternoons. Call Susan at 831-338-3794.