Tratak: Meditation on Light 

Tratak Meditation is soft gazing at a light source, such as a flame, the moon, a star, a mountain peak, a tree top, a flower, without blinking until the eyes tear.According to Ayurvedic medicine, the pineal gland begins loosing it's potentiality and function around the age of twelve or so.

Tratak Meditation re flowers, re blossoms The Third Eye aka The Pineal and accentuates it's originality. The re empowering of the pineal gland is a vanguard to over all good emotional and physical health. This mediation class can be an incredible way to further your yoga practice. Please come in comfortable clothing and prepare for an evening with an amazing healer Mukti Michael Buck from Vedic Conservatory. Cost is $25 with Early-Bird Discount prior to days workshop of $20.

• Thursday, April 25, 7pm

• Thursday, June 27, 7pm (FREE Demo tonight before 3 day Training)

MUKTI MICHAEL BUCK

Mukti is the Founder and Director of the Vedic Conservatory which as of 2013 includes ten excellently qualified instructors hand picked and certified by Mukti. Mukti is a graduate of the notable Lek Chaya, ITM and Sunshine Schools in Chiang Mai, Thailand and regularly hosts student study tours to Thailand. Mukti is also a certified instructor for Thai Healing Alliance International T.H.A.I. Mukti has initiated certification to over twenty thousand students in nine countries and documents teaching over 1000 hours every year since 1996.

DANCE FREE

Dance Free is a dance expression workshop facilitated by Jo-Ann Radus. This series of workshops presented at Little Buddhas Yoga Studio will be every month on the new moon. The energy of the new moon gives us an opportunity to start fresh and plants seeds for the future. Dance Free will provide space for us to explore the influences of the new moon and allow us to set our intentions and goals for the upcoming month.

With a cool, funky playlist and our own intuitive inner rhythms we will dance ourselves free !

Free to discover, Free to explore, Free to grow, Free to express ....
This month the new moon falls in Scorpio ~giving us the opportunity to explore our hot sexy selves our deepest feelings and desires , and our attraction to the mystical and magical! Wear comfy dancing clothes , bare feet or sneakers . Bring a journal & an object from nature to contribute to creating a communal sacred space. 1.5 hour workshop. Cost is $25 with Early-Bird Discount prior to days workshop of $20.

• Sun., May 6, 4pm

• Sun., June 2, 4pm

• Tues., July 2, 5:30pm

• Thurs., Aug 1, 7pm

• Sat., Sept. 28, 2pm

• Sun., Oct. 27, 4pm

• Tues., Nov. 26, 6pm

• Thurs., Dec. 26, 7pm
  

Jo-Ann Radus (Jozi)
Jo-Ann has 30 years experience of facilitating both individual and group processes that facilitate self awareness and growth.
She is a Personal Development Coach, Facilitator, Listener, empath, reminder, speaker, expressive artist, dancer, drummer, healer, mother, daughter, sister, lover, friend, Drum Cafe SouthEast owner, Zumba Fitness Instructor, creator of Dance Free. Looking forward to Dancing Free with you! 

Kundalini Yoga

Kundalini Yoga a unique and deeply spiritual practice. It derives its name through a focus on awakening kundalini energy or primal energy which is located at the base of the spine. Combining the practice of Mantra, Tantra, Yantra, Yoga and Meditation during this class allows for space for raising your vibration though this physical practice.

We invite you to join our Special Kundalini Yoga Practice. There is no prior experience necessary, class is open to all levels. Adults only. Come experience an amazing practice with Paula Betancur (Joti Piara Kaur) our Kundalini Yoga Teacher. Cost is $25 with Early-Bird Discount prior to days workshop of $20.

All Kundalini Yoga Workshops are held on the 4th Saturday from 12:30-1:45pm of each month, beginning in April:

• April 27

• May 25

• June 22

• July 27

• August 24

• Sept 28

• Oct 26

• Nov 23

• Dec 28

Posture Police

Take the first step toward pain free living with targeted corrective exercises designed to fix rounded shoulders, forward head/text neck, or overall poor posture.

Cell phone use, driving a car, and working on a computer, tablet, or mobile desk have become integral aspects of our productive lives in modern life. Using these amenities, the amount of time that often leads to poor muscular patterns. Think, 21st Century Imbalance Syndrome(CIS). Whether you work a 9-5 desk job, drive Uber, a dental hygienist, artist or mobile entrepreneur; we all need a counter balance.

We take therapeutic corrective exercises and present them strategically and efficiently; you will not only practice but begin to understand the principles of some of the exercises. This class will enable you to have better functional movement, thereby allowing you to return to your regular exercise regimen; allowing you to move pain free. Cost is $25 with Early-Bird Discount prior to days workshop of $20.

Exercises You will learn:

1. Monkey Fly’s – Best strategic exercise for rounded shoulders.

2. Arrested Elbows – Targeted exercise for text neck and imbalanced traps and chest muscles.

3. Founder – Designed to activate spinal muscles most commonly weak with 21st CIS

4. Many more dedicated to teaching proper functional movement!

Upcoming Workshops

• TBA

Chakra Balancing

Join us to learn about your Chakras and experience how to keep your energy flowing for optimal health and wellness! No matter if you’re new to learning about Chakras or if you’re an old pro, this class is all about balancing your wheels of energy, no experience required.

What are Chakras and How do you balance them?
• A chakra is a “wheel,” an energy center in the body.
• There are 7 major chakras.
• Using Energy Exercises, Energy Tapping, Vedic Chanting and Color Visualization, we’ll clear the blocked areas and get your energy circulating.

Energy Investment: $25 with Early-Bird Discount prior to days workshop of $20.

• TBA

Manifesting Money with Energy Tapping

Join us to learn and experience a simple, easy to use technique that can clear money blocks and open pathways to receiving more money, with Energy Tapping.

--Want more money?
--Dread looking at you bills? Tired of just living paycheck to paycheck?
--Worry about where to get more money?
--Want more money to upgrade your life (new car, home, vacation)?

What's happening?

--Traditional beliefs and old stories about money keep us stuck in a lower vibration than the empowered version of who we really are.
--No matter your money stress, tapping can work for you!

What you can expect from Energy Tapping:
--Tapping is a self use technique you can use in the moment to change and reprogram your stress about money.
--Tapping can shift the old money stories you tell yourself, that keep you in lack.
--Tapping can spark new thoughts that create new beliefs that open pathways to receiving more money.

This workshop is 60 minutes and includes a Meridian Tapping overview and is interactive with actual tapping that clears money blocks and begins the momentum of open pathways to receiving money. Energy Investment: $20 per person or $30 per family. 10% discount for Little Buddhas Yoga Unlimited Members! Thursday, October 18 7-8pm

What you'll need:
Bring a yoga mat or towel and wear comfy clothes, there will be some light energy exercise stretches we'll do together at the start of the class.

Join Suzanne as she guides the group with grounding energy medicine exercises, then with a group meridian energy "tap-along" to release old money stories, beliefs and stress, and then begin to shift energy towards sparking new ideas, thoughts and beliefs that bring the flow of financial abundance.

What's Energy Tapping?

Our bodies are energy and meridians are rivers of energy that flow through the body. When we think, the body feels, that's what the mind body connection is about. Meridian Tapping is a simple technique that uses your fingers to tap on specific meridian points that promotes the energy to circulate. When we tap, we shift the flow of energy, which in turn shifts how we feel and experience our thoughts. Shifting away from money stress can free the energy to flow in a new direction.

Meridian Tapping can be used anywhere, anytime to provide in the moment relief and shifting of energy. It’s a living skill that can be used to decrease stress and worry and increase self worth and self confidence. When we hold onto stress, the energy system of the body stays in a state of overwhelm, which tapping shifts to restore balance. Tapping can be used to address and resolve nearly every stress that life can throw at us.

Energy Investment: $25 with Early-Bird Discount prior to days workshop of $20.

• TBA

Body Tension & Stress Relief Workshop with TRE

Join us for a wonderful evening of Wellness & Stress Relief! You're invited to join us for an hour of mindbodyspirit activities that will leave you feeling refilled and recharged.

What you can expect from this workshop:

**Learn and experience energy exercises to get and keep you balanced.
**Move your body with TRE, a somatic restoration technique, that releases deeply held body tension and stress.
**Relax into your body and integrate the workshop experience with a high frequency sound bath.
**Engage with essential oils and learn how they can support so many areas of your life.

What you can expect from TRE:
• Unwinds Body Tension Patterns
• Calms and Restores Body Systems
• Less Worry & Stress
• Less Anxiety
• Deep Body Relaxation
• Improved Health
• Better Sleep

Wear comfy clothes and bring a yoga mat or towel. 90 minute class. Investment: $20 per person, $30 per family, 10% discount Little Buddhas Yoga Unlimited Members!

TRE is a somatic restoration technique that releases deeply held body tension and accumulated stress by “shaking it off”. Our bodies are built to protect us from stress, and shaking is the body’s recovery process. TRE is a series of simple stretches that invites the body to naturally shake, whereby releasing body tension, restores balance to body systems and builds resiliency for life’s stresses.

TRE is not recommended for women who are pregnant.

Energy Investment: $25 with Early-Bird Discount prior to days workshop of $20.

• Saturday, June 16, 1pm

Mom’s Energy Circle

• Mothering got you depleted, overwhelmed, stressed?

• Not feeling appreciated?

• Worried about your children?

• Self-Critical, doubting your Mothering style?

• Need some relief?

You're invited to unite with other Moms just like you. During this fantastic hour, we'll come together and shift the stress and struggles of family stress, parenting challenges, feeling unappreciated, and begin to make shifts towards welcoming nurturing support, appreciation and confidence.

What’s happening?
• Your inner essence and resiliency have been worn down
• Kids drain your energy
• Difficult kids can be time consuming, leave you depleted
• Mothering stress has diminished your confidence
• Positive affirmations aren’t enough
• An energy shift is needed to move you in a healthy direction

Join the circle, get connected, clear self doubts, while increasing self confidence to be the best Mom you can be. You are beautiful, powerful, whole and strong, let fellow mothers remind you!

Learn and experience Energy Tapping, a life skill acupressure technique that empowers you to change and reprogram your stress. Tap along with the group to pre-written scripts that will rocket your confidence. Circle participants are welcome to share their personal stress, worry or worthiness issues they’d like to share and the group will tap together.

What you can expect:
• Reconnect to your inner strength
• Boost your energy
• Invite nurturing support
• Revitalize your self confidence

This workshop is 60 minutes, including a 10 minute crystal bowls sound bath and live tuning forks healing at the end. Wear comfy clothes and bring a yoga mat or towel.

Join Suzanne as she guides the group with grounding energy medicine exercises, followed by a group meridian energy "tap-along" that releases negative thoughts, beliefs about Motherhood and makes shifts towards feeling supported, appreciated and worthy.

Led by: Suzanne Gundersen, Holistic Mentor
(www.TransformedConnections.com)

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What’s Tapping?
Stress is the body’s reaction to perception. Our bodies are energy and meridians are rivers of energy that flow through the body. When we think, the body feels, that's what the mind body connection is about. Meridian Tapping is a simple technique that uses your fingers to tap on specific meridian points to disrupt the connection between the mind and body. Tapping shifts the flow of energy, which in turn shifts how you feel and experience your thoughts. Shifting away from stress can free the energy to flow in a new direction.
Meridian Tapping can be used anywhere, anytime to provide in the moment relief and shifting of energy. It’s a living skill that can be used to decrease stress and worry and increase self worth and self-confidence. When we hold onto stress, the energy system of the body stays in a state of overwhelm, which tapping shifts to restore balance. Tapping can be used to address and resolve nearly every stress that life can throw at us.

Energy Investment: $25 with Early-Bird Discount prior to days workshop of $20.

• Saturday, June 1, 3pm

Medicine/Drum Circle & FAMILY YOGA

The MEDICINE CIRCLE is an ancient healing practice that has been a vital part of communities all over the world. In this circle we play drums and other percussion instruments with the clear intention of healing ourselves and others. The circle includes three rounds after a 30 min yoga practice.

1. The first round is a release of those things which no longer serve our higher self.

2. In the second round we invite new manifestations into our life that we want to create and enjoy.

3. In the final round we focus the energy of the circle wherever it is needed. To a loved one or group people. Maybe to a situation in our lives or a part of the Earth that needs healing.

No musical experience is needed to enjoy this medicine circle. Drums and small percussion instruments will be provided, however anyone is welcome to bring their own instruments.

BUCKLEY GRIFFIS

Buckley Griffis is a world percussionist who has been playing music and teaching drumming for over thirty years. From the Bolivian Andes and Amazon rainforest to a small fishing village in northern Quebec Canada, Buckley has worked with people from birth to ninety years old. He has a BA. in Phycology and a master degree in education. His primary intention in the drum circle is healing and self-awareness. These goals are central to all of Buckley’s programs for both children and adults.

Cost is $25 with Early-Bird Discount prior to days workshop of $20. ($35/family or $30 Early-Bird)

• TBA

Little Buddhas BalQony

FREE Family-Friendly Yoga Class for families with kids of all ages. Classes taught by owner, Mary E. Wright, of Little Buddhas Yoga. $5 Valet Parking. coffee and juices after the 9am class and wellness shopping available from Morcheaba Hemp Products, BoHo Clothing & Thee Light Within Crystals and Handmade Malas by Be the Lights. SATURDAYS for the entire Family!!! Come flow Little Buddhas Yoga Owner & Founder, Mary E. Wright.

• April 20

• May 11

• June 22

Hilton BalQony 

Fort Lauderdal Beach Resort

505 North Fort Luaderdlae Beach Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305

Dream & Achieve Series: How to Manifest your Dreams into Reality 

Are you ready for your next challenge? This Workshop Series is perfect for everyone & anyone wanting to achieve a goal, desiring community support, guidance & clear steps in attaining your dreams! We will offer tools and inspiration to help achieve tangible results in your life.

Manifesting your Dreams into Reality is a 4 week 90 minute workshop series. Lecture and education, movement to include yoga and mediation as well as guided visualizations and personal development using journaling, self-reflection and more. This will be an all encompassing workshop including mind, body and spirit to really learn how to Dream & Achieve all that you desire!

Weekly Themes:

1) What do I Want: Goal Setting

2) How do I Get There: Creating your own Pathway

3) Problem Solving: Breaking the Boundaries

4) Success & What's Next? What does this Look Like?

Thursday 6:30-8pm: May 30-June 20

Fee $120 ($105 Early Bird Discount) 

Co-Hosts: Victoria Burgess & Mary E. Wright

Victoria Burgess is no stranger to the hectic life of juggling many things. Growing up in South Florida, as a child she was exposed to many activities at a very young age. Her experience in multi-involvement and success in such has led her to the lifestyle she currently leads today. Victoria has been working for the fire department full time for the last 15 years. She is a certified sports nutritionist (CISSN) and has recently taking an additional position as the sports nutritionist for an international online training program platform, Paddle Monster. Additionally, she has been an extremely competitive athlete in the standup paddleboard and surf scene for the last 5 years. Most recently, in June 2018, she set a Guinness Book of World Record being the first female to attempt and cross the Straits of Florida, 115 miles from Cuba to Key West, non stop 27 hours and 48 minutes. While she was working full time and training for such a feat, she was also working on completing her PhD in Health and Human Performance (set to be completed summer 2019). Victoria is extremely active in the community, as a head coach for the Broward County Special Olympics SUP team, the President of the South Florida Longboard Association and event director of the biggest ocean race series in Florida (the RK Sunshine SUP Series). Her accomplishments and understanding of how to reach and achieve goals in a realistic manner has led her to have the opportunity to speak at several events on motivation and achieving your dreams.

Mary E. Wright began Yoga 21 years ago while seeking a path to meditation. She wanted to learn to sit in stillness and Yoga allowed her the space to sit physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually in quiet meditation. She had always been an athlete as a child and an extremely physically active adult. Teaching her Fun & Tumble Gymnastics Program since 1992 both recreational and competitive Gymnasts in Kansas, Germany, Washington State, Texas and now Florida has been a fundamental part of her life, teaching and impacting children’s lives.

Mary returned to college and pursued several degrees in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Miami. She was a published researcher while receiving her BS, MS and was honored a full Fellow for her Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering. Her life shifted from an academic track to a full time career as a wife and mother during this time embracing some personal tragedies. 

Charging a new life as a single mother 6 years ago she began a home based studio teaching kids yoga and gymnastics. During this time she became a daily YOGINI having a committed daily practice and picked up her surfboard all of which emerged a Sunshine Mary. The combination of yoga and surfing taught me that loving and taking care of myself allows me to completely be there for myself and others, as a mother, sister, teacher and friend.

Little Buddhas Yoga(named after my two Buddhas) emerged in 2014 & is now in a beautiful studio located in downtown Oakland Park. Mary E. Wright is now certified and teaches Yoga, Pilates, Power Plates (Whole Body Vibration), Fitness (TRX & CrossCore), Healthy MOMS Perinatal Trained, Vedic Thai Yoga Bodywork & Massage, and Mediation & Visualization. Her commitment and love of movement is what drives her today! As Mary’s dreams have changed so has her paths, she is an excellent example that anything is possible. “I love what I do and I see the body as an engineered structure in which I can help to create, maintain and find your fullest potential physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.”