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Dream Yoga's 12th Anniversary Open House & Wellness Fair is today!

Dream Yoga Studio's 12th Anniversary Open House & Wellness Fair is today!

Dream Yoga Studio & Wellness Center (1485 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 104 in McLean, VA 22101)

JOIN US for our 12th Anniversary

Open House

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& Wellness Fair

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Saturday, Sept 6 1:00- 5:00 PM

4 Hours Chock-Full of Fun & Informative Activities You Won’t Want to Miss!

*FREE* Mini-Workshops & Classes

1:15 – 1:45

Yoga and Nutrition. Dream Yoga Instructor and Nutritional Therapist Caroline Hesse will show you how making a few small changes can help increase your energy, improve your digestion, immune system and mood, and enhance your practice.

2:00 – 2:30

Tension Tamer Workshop. In today’s non-stop 24-7 society, we often carry unwanted tension in our body that can put us on a path to dis-ease and reduced physical and mental functioning. This gentle and playful practice with new Dream Instructor Anita Schill is suitable for everyone - regardless of your age and health status - and will show you how to use balls and massage peanuts to tame tension and allow your body to begin to heal itself.

2:45 – 3:15

Yoga Games To Do with Family & Friends. Learn simple and fun yoga games for “kids” of all ages -- little ones to seniors -- to energize your body, calm your mind, and lift your spirits. Smile, laugh and play together wherever you go with these great yoga games.

3:30 – 4:00

Stress Less, Breathe More (for Teens & Tweens). Want more energy? Need to calm down? Does keeping up with the pressures of schoolwork, tests, friends, sports and other activities sometimes turn you into a stress mess? Start the school year off right with this fun 30-minute workshop created especially for you. You’ll learn simple breathing, focusing and calming practices to help you with all aspects of your daily life!

4:15 – 4:45

Mantras, Mudras & Affirmations. Find transformation in just 5 minutes a day! These simple, yet profound, practices are easily accessible for all. In this 30-minute session with Dream Yoga Instructor and Life Coach Larkin Goff, you’ll be guided to find a personalized practice to bring into your daily life. Plus you’ll learn about the 5-5-5 method to help it stick!

Also – ONGOING, 1:00-5:00 PM!

Massage/Healing Arts.

Treat Yourself to a Mini-Session with Dream’s talented Healing Arts team, including:

Massage Therapist Chris Kahn Talk with Chris about your “Issues in Your Tissues” and let him demonstrate one of the many treatments he provides. These include Swedish to Deep Tissue/Sports Massage. Tui Na (Chinese Massage). Injury & Rehab Therapy. Bowenwork. Cranio-Sacral Therapy. Joint Mobilization. Muscle Energy Technique. Trigger Point Therapy. Myoskeletal Alignment Technique. Neuromuscular Integration & Structural Alignment/Therapy. Shiatsu/Acupressure. Strain/Counter Strain.

Quantum Healer Sandra Solomon Profoundly restorative, clearing, uplifting and deeply beneficial, each healing arts session with Sandra begins with a brief check-in to ask how you’re feeling. Are there any areas that need special attention? During the rest of the session you’ll relax fully clothed on a massage table. Sessions lead to: Reducing stress and anxiety, relieving pain, eliminating headaches, improving sleep, clearing toxins, strengthening the immune system, eliminating symptoms and causes of illness, and enhancing personal awareness, creativity, mental clarity and well-being.

Reiki Master & Trainer Susan Kane Come and experience this gentle, non-invasive light touch, relaxation therapy for yourself. Even in a brief period of time, you will feel how calm and centering Reiki is. Reiki works on the parasympathetic nervous system, activating your own healing response. Reiki is always safe, and will compliment any medicine or medical treatment you are involved with. A Reiki Master Teacher since 2001, Susan looks forward to sharing her passion for Reiki with you.

Massage Therapist Mark Bell With more than 30 years experience with 20,000 “bodies under thumb, forearm and elbow” in sports and therapeutic massage, Mark is known for his ability to use deep tissue massage to help people recover from injuries and muscular strains and perform better in athletic competitions. Regular massage, he has found, can cut the recovery time from surgery and strenuous activities by up to 80 percent! Specialties include: Therapeutic Deep Tissue Massage & Body Work, Sports Massage Therapy, Swedish Massage, Cranial-Sacral Therapy and Chakra Balancing.

* Sessions are $1.50 Minute, with part of the proceeds going to Dream Yoga’s Scholarship Fund.

FREE Mini-Info & Health Consultation Sessions

Mini-Therapeutic Yoga Tune-Ups with Luann Fulbright (Dream Yoga Director and Professional Level Yoga Instructor & Yoga Therapist). Want more strength or flexibility? Got back/hip/knee/neck pain or other “issues in your tissues”? Can’t sleep? Low energy? Headaches? Hot flashes? Poor digestion? Talk with Luann to learn how Yoga, Meditation & private Yoga Therapy sessions might help you. Get a couple quick tips/practices to help you now.

Computerized “Bio-Communication” Energy Body Readings & Medicine Cabinet Make-Over with Bernadette O’Donnell. Discover what CERTIFIED therapeutic-grade essential oils (“Nature’s Medicine”) will help YOU and your family be healthier this fall and winter. Come see Back to School remedies for happy, healthy, immune-uplifting bodies! Sign up for Mini-Hand Massages ($1 per minute).

Mini- Life Coach Sessions with Larkin Goff. Feeling stuck, frustrated or overwhelmed? Life coach sessions will help you get unstuck and maximize your potential. Tune into your body compass, dissolve a painful thought, or discover what it is you REALLY want. Learn how coaching can bring more peace, play, and happiness into your life.

“Ask the Nutritional Therapist”Nutritional Consultation & Mini-Functional Evaluations of digestion, blood sugar & essential fatty acid status. Plus Mini-Meal Make-Overs. Bonus: Sign up for a consultation at the Fair & you’ll be entered to win a FREE Initial 30-Minute Consult w/Nutritional Therapist Caroline Hes

Learn, Sample & Shop! Plus FREE RAFFLES & Giveaways

  • Need new yoga duds? Check out the latest active & casual wear fashions at Serenity Boutiques’ trunk show.
  • Monavie. Natural Plant-Based Supplement for Energy, Joints, Immunity & Heart Health –
  • Juice, Protein Bars & Meal Replacement Shakes.
  • DoTerra Therapeutic-Grade Essential Oils
  • Kids Yoga Books, Cards, CD & DVDs and Yoga & Meditation Supplies and MORE!!

For more information, visit us at www.dreamyogastudio.com

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