Cedar and Fir Studio
    Yoga Pilates Dance







    The Well-Being program is designed as a smart approach to optimal health and
    weight loss.  Optimal health includes achieving a sustainable weight, eating sensibly
    and pleasurably, participating in the activities you love, and feeling happy and at ease
    in your body.  The ultimate goal of the program is to improve the relationship you have
    with your body.  When we treat our bodies with love, deeply committed love for the
    self,  we will find the definition of what a healthy sustainable weight is.

    The recipe for Well-Being is simple but not easy.  The primary ingredients in our
    program are: commitment and support.  The commitment comes from you and the
    support from us.  We create a community for each other.  We listen to each other.  We
    show up for ourselves and for each other.  With the commitment and support  in place,
    the food and exercise work are easy, even pleasurable.

    Weekly support groups are an opportunity to talk about the changes and challenges  in
    our lives.  We will discuss exercise, food, meditation, stress relief, and managing the
    challenges of day to day life from a yogic perspective.  We do not offer a one-size-fits-
    all approach. If one existed we'd all be fit and healthy to begin with.  Rather we will
    support each other as we each seek a way of eating and moving that works for our
    bodies and our lives.

    I have lived this program for many years now.  I know that it works.  I'd love to bring you
    along on the journey!

    The program will begin with a weekly class: Making Peace with Your Body.  In this
    class we will have time to talk and move, to find our way through questions and
    dialogue to peace with our own bodies.   We ask that you commit to attending the
    class weekly for 3 months.  

    The Well-Being Program for Winter 2010 began on January 27. We can accept a few
    additional participants to join us on February 3rd, after that the current class will be
    a closed group.  Please call Lisa asap if you wish to join the winter class.

    Winter 2010 Well-Being Program: Making Peace with Your Body
    Twelve  Weeks:  January 27 to April 14, no class March 24
    Wednesdays 7:00-8:30pm
    $135 or 12 classes on your Cedar and Fir Studio Card (scholarships available)
    We ask that you commit to attending weekly to the best of your ability.

    Additional Support:
    Private Yoga Coaching on a monthly basis is encouraged.  Private coaching is $65/time or
    $300 for 5 one hour sessions.
    Quickies: $15 (15 minute check-ins with Lisa about food, life, exercise, meditation, love,
    health, or anything else, By phone or in person.)


    About Lisa: I am a PhD scientist,  a registered yoga teacher (RYT500), a certified Spiritual
    Director, and have trained as a DanceAbility and Soul Motion Instructor.  Those are  just the
    academic credentials. I grew up in an alcoholic, food addicted, physically abusive household.  
    I have had PTSD and situational depression. I learned to use food and substances to self-
    medicate from a very young age. I have been alternately obese and anorexic at different
    phases of my life.   I have physical limitations that arise from being physically abused as a
    child.  Those are my historical credentials.

    I have been a practicing yogini for 20+ years. I have used the spiritual tools of yoga and 12-
    step programs to rebuild a healthy life.  I have created a healthy eating practice and exercises
    program that noursishes, pleasures and sustains a healthy weight. I am not immune to the
    desire to be 'thinner.' I still battle the demon in my head that says I would be happier 'if only.'  I
    have used yoga practices to build a stronger and louder voice that keeps me on this healthy
    path and has done so for years now.  These are the important credentials:  I have learned a
    path to making significant change in the self.  

    The work of yoga rebuilds our bodies and our brains. That change can't happen overnight.  It
    takes at least a few months to find a solid path and the changes continue for years.   It is a
    very good life.  Join me on it!

    Cedar and Fir Studio Well-Being Program:
    Making Peace with Your Body
    Cedar and Fir Studio, a space for yoga, pilates and dance
    3204 NW Grant Avenue, Corvallis, OR
    Southwest corner of Grant Ave and 32nd St
    Entry on 32nd by the tall flags