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Acoustic Folk Concerts with Amber Rubarth

Acoustic Folk Concert

Acoustic Folk Concert + Q & A
Join internationally-acclaimed folk songwriter Amber Rubarth for an intimate concert of songs delving into the deeper meanings of life.

Workshop: Accessing Your Deeper Creativity
Join Amber Rubarth in this stimulating workshop using songwriting and improv techniques to access your creative being!

AMBER RUBARTH (Songstress, producer, actor, RLP Folk Festival co-producer) In her unassuming yet beguiling way, Amber Rubarth weaves you into a poetic tapestry where space and time come screeching to a halt with “songs so strong they sound like classics from another era” (Acoustic Guitar). She has toured extensively from South Africa to Japan and all throughout Europe and North America, including appearances at Carnegie Hall and Glastonbury Festival, and opening for legendary artists including Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens, and Dr. Ralph Stanley. Rubarth made her acting debut starring alongside Joe Purdy in the feature film American Folk (now on Amazon), winning various festivals and awards, with a soundtrack featuring John Prine, Jerry Garcia, and David Grisman. Grand Prize winner of the prestigious NPR Mountain Stage New Song award for songwriting, she has also composed for numerous films including Sundance Festival winner Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work and co-produced a double album of 24 artists for the documentary Fantastic Fungi. Her latest album Cover Crop is a meditation on sustainability.

Acoustic Folk Concerts

Acoustic Folk Concerts + Q & A
Join internationally-acclaimed folk songwriter Amber Rubarth for two intimate concerts of songs delving into the deeper meanings of life.

Workshop: Accessing Your Deeper Creativity
Join Amber Rubarth in this stimulating workshop using songwriting and improv techniques to access your creative being!

Amber Rubarth has toured from South Africa to Japan, all across Europe and even Carnegie Hall, sharing stages with such greats as Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Kenny Loggins and Jason Mraz, and is Grand Prize winner of NPR Mountain Stage song contest. Rubarth’s eighth album ‘Wildflowers in the Graveyard’ explores life, death and renewal in nature and relationships. Rubarth made her acting debut starring in the feature film ‘American Folk’ alongside songwriter Joe Purdy. Rubarth has scored and composed for many films including Sundance Festival winner ‘Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work’ (with Paul Brill) and the award-winning documentary ‘Desert Runners.’ She co-produced ‘Fantastic Fungi: Reimagine,’ a double album inspired by the documentary and mycelial kingdom. Rubarth is co-founder of The Paper Raincoat, a Brooklyn-based iTunes Indie Artist Spotlight band featured in Disney’s The Last Song, One Tree Hill, and Paste Magazine. In 2016 she recorded a live-to-tape single microphone album with her folk trio ‘Applewood Road’ which the London Sunday Times gave 5 stars, followed by performances at Glastonbury Music Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, a UK tour supporting Mary Chapin Carpenter, and her original arrangement and performance featured in the ‘BBC Sisters in Country’ documentary with Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. www.AmberRubarth.com

Acoustic Folk Concerts

Acoustic Folk Concerts + Q & A
Join internationally-acclaimed folk songwriter Amber Rubarth for two intimate concerts of songs delving into the deeper meanings of life.

Workshop: Accessing Your Deeper Creativity
Join Amber Rubarth in this stimulating workshop using songwriting and improv techniques to access your creative being!

Acoustic Folk Concerts

Acoustic Folk Concerts + Q & A
Join internationally-acclaimed folk songwriter Amber Rubarth for two intimate concerts of songs delving into the deeper meanings of life.

Workshop: Accessing Your Deeper Creativity
Join Amber Rubarth in this stimulating workshop using songwriting and improv techniques to access your creative being!

Feldenkrais

Ilana Nachoum is a pioneering and internationally recognized Feldenkrais teacher and Somatic physical therapist, in practice for more than 40 years. Ilana has been helping people to heal by looking at their physical /emotional /spiritual challenges differently. Through her expertise as a Feldenkrais teacher and training as a somatic trauma therapist, Ilana uses intuition and compassion to guide her students to see their body/mind/spirit systems in a new light and find ease even with complex short and long-term challenges. Join Ilana as you explore your “inner landscape”, and find the path of least resistance.

Feldenkrais

An Evening with Concert Pianist and Author in The Children of Willesden Lane

Join American concert pianist and author Mona Golabek, star of acclaimed theatrical production “ The Pianist of Willesden Lane” when she shares the inspirational story of her mother, Lisa Jura, based on the best-selling book, The Children of Willesden Lane soon to be a major feature film. Through music and acting, Mona tells the inspiring story of her mother’s experience on the Kindertransport, her life in a foster home in London with 30 other Jewish refugee students, her commitment to her musical studies, and the eventual realization of her dream of becoming a concert pianist. Her performance has been acclaimed by critics and audiences across America, with recent sold out theatrical runs in New York and London. Ms. Golabek has received Best Actress Nominations from the New York and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.

“I tell my mother’s story because I believe one story, one dream, can change our lives and help us achieve the highest values within ourselves. I hope that everyone who has a dream will never forget that his or her passion and courage can overcome all obstacles. We have it within ourselves to inspire others and to make this a better world. “

Author, recording artist, and internationally renowned concert pianist Mona Golabek learned to play the piano from her mother, Holocaust survivor Lisa Jura. Those piano lessons were deeply meaningful as Mona learned the story of her mother’s struggles as a young Jewish refugee in WW2 who held onto her dream of becoming a pianist.

As a result of those early piano lessons, Mona chose a singular path in life. She has used her gifts as a musician and storyteller to create a groundbreaking educational initiative to inspire students, readers, and audiences far and wide.

In 2002, she published The Children of Willesden Lane. The book, which tells the story of her mother, has been translated in a dozen languages.

In 2012, Mona made her stage debut in The Pianist of Willesden Lane, adapted from the book. The production has been celebrated by critics and audiences with sold out theatrical runs in New York, London, and many other cities. Mona has received Best Actress nominations from the New York Drama Desk and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. A Grammy nominee, Mona is a prolific recording artist and has been the subject of several PBS documentaries including Concerto for Mona with conductor Zubin Mehta. Her discography includes the best-selling Carnival of the Animals and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, both recorded with her sister Renee and receiving Grammy nominations.

In 2002, Mona formed the Hold On To Your Music Foundation with the help of the Milken Family Foundation, Facing History and Ourselves, and the Annenberg Foundation. Its mission is to foster hope through the power of storytelling and music and embolden the human spirit in the face of adversity.

Her foundation partners with several renowned educational organizations including the USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education, and has created The Willesden Project which brings her mother’s story to students and communities across the globe. More than ten million students, readers, and audience goers have experienced the inspirational message of “Willesden Lane”.

Gentle Yoga

Veera Sanjana approaches her yoga practice with gratitude, reverence and love. Veera is a certified Hatha Yoga teacher and her teaching style is best described as ‘meditation in motion’. Veera’s unique yoga teaching style stresses a strong fluid practice with emphasis on mind, body and breath connections to direct our attention inwards. She sets a rhythm that allows her students to explore their own inner world.

Veera was born in India and was schooled in the ancient yoga traditions from a very early age. Veera is able to bring alive the essence of ancient wisdom teachings for modern seekers, in a way that allows students to connect deeply with their own authentic power and spirit.

In her classes, she skillfully weaves together the teachings and time tested practices of Hatha Yoga, Ayurveda and Vipassana Meditation to create a dynamic and integrated practice, that help us lead healthy, happy and effective lives. Each class is unique, based on a theme related to body, mind and spirit.

Under the guidance and grace of her teachers, Veera has taught many types of yoga, including gentle yoga, prenatal, postnatal, restorative, yin yoga, yoga for kids, yoga for seniors and therapeutic yoga. Veera’s passion and visionary presentations grow out of her extensive experience as a instructor of Yoga, Meditation, Compassionate Touch, Ayurvedic Healing, Eastern Dance Therapy, Herbs and Nutrition. From her home base in California, she enjoys teaching classes, seminars, writing for magazines. She travels often and offers workshops and retreats that integrate meditation, yoga wisdom, ayurveda and spiritual life-skills.

Clinical Fitness Assessment

Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF) level is the strongest predictor of all-cause and disease-specific mortality. CRF is related to functional capacity, human performance, and metabolic efficiency. In other words, your CRF level sheds light on how well you can perform in a variety of physical activities and how well you are able to burn the calories you consume.

The RLP Clinical Fitness Assessment includes two 30 minutes sessions with Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Jody Miller, during your week at the Ranch. During session one, Body Composition and Aerobic Capacity are assessed.

Body Composition is assessed using the skinfold caliper method with measures taken at several sites on the body (thigh, triceps, subscapular, supra-iliac and abdomen).

Aerobic Capacity (METS) is assessed using a sub-maximal cycling protocol. Guests ride a Schwinn AirDyne to a predetermined target heart rate. Heart rate and blood pressure are monitored.

During session two, a summary of your results will be reviewed, and personalized recommendations will be provided.

Appointments are available:
Mondays & Wednesdays 8:30 – 1:00pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:30am – 4:00pm

Please sign up at the Main Lounge

Two Session Assessment (in person at the Ranch) – $235.00
Two Session Assessment plus five 30 minute virtual follow up/coaching sessions (to be scheduled within six months of your Ranch visit) – $835.00

Jody Miller, Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist will provide both the Assessment and Coaching Follow up. Jody works with women and men of all ages to help them achieve weight loss and fitness goals, ultimately reducing the risk of chronic disease. Jody’s specialty is behavior change and sustainable life-long, non-diet approaches addressing an array of health concerns including but not limited to Hypertension, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Chronic Pain, Pregnancy, Infertility, Menopause, Multiple Sclerosis, Arthritis and Osteoporosis.

Jody is a member of and received the Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist credential from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). She is a member of the Clinical Exercise Physiology Association (CEPA), IDEA Health and Fitness Association, and has received the Exercise is Medicine EIMä designation.

Clinical Fitness Assessment

Body Composition is assessed using the skinfold caliper method with measures taken at several sites on the body (thigh, triceps, subscapular, supra-iliac and abdomen).

Aerobic Capacity (METS) is assessed using a sub-maximal cycling protocol. Guests ride a Schwinn AirDyne to a predetermined target heart rate. Heart rate and blood pressure are monitored.

During session two, a summary of your results will be reviewed, and personalized recommendations will be provided.

Appointments are available:
Mondays & Wednesdays 8:30 – 1:00pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:30am – 4:00pm

Please sign up at the Main Lounge

Clinical Fitness Assessment

Body Composition is assessed using the skinfold caliper method with measures taken at several sites on the body (thigh, triceps, subscapular, supra-iliac and abdomen).

Aerobic Capacity (METS) is assessed using a sub-maximal cycling protocol. Guests ride a Schwinn AirDyne to a predetermined target heart rate. Heart rate and blood pressure are monitored.

During session two, a summary of your results will be reviewed, and personalized recommendations will be provided.

Appointments are available:
Mondays & Wednesdays 8:30 – 1:00pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:30am – 4:00pm

Please sign up at the Main Lounge

Clinical Fitness Assessment

Body Composition is assessed using the skinfold caliper method with measures taken at several sites on the body (thigh, triceps, subscapular, supra-iliac and abdomen).

Aerobic Capacity (METS) is assessed using a sub-maximal cycling protocol. Guests ride a Schwinn AirDyne to a predetermined target heart rate. Heart rate and blood pressure are monitored.

During session two, a summary of your results will be reviewed, and personalized recommendations will be provided.

Appointments are available:
Mondays & Wednesdays 8:30 – 1:00pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:30am – 4:00pm

Please sign up at the Main Lounge

Clinical Fitness Assessment

Body Composition is assessed using the skinfold caliper method with measures taken at several sites on the body (thigh, triceps, subscapular, supra-iliac and abdomen).

Aerobic Capacity (METS) is assessed using a sub-maximal cycling protocol. Guests ride a Schwinn AirDyne to a predetermined target heart rate. Heart rate and blood pressure are monitored.

During session two, a summary of your results will be reviewed, and personalized recommendations will be provided.

Appointments are available:
Mondays & Wednesdays 8:30 – 1:00pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:30am – 4:00pm

Please call the Appointments Desk to schedule your Clinical Fitness Assessment.

The Franklin Method

Your week of classes with Tom will introduce you to the Franklin Method. The Franklin Method teaches the practical elements of body design, emphasizing imagery for maximum movement efficiency, exercises for tension release, better alignment, conditioning and health. The best way to improve function is to start with an image that corresponds to how the body is designed. We will practice exercises to improve movement ability and alignment in each area of the body including what’s needed for a healthy spine, improve balance, breath better and making gravity your friend. You will learn how to get desired results from any exercise that you do and enjoy movement. The Franklin Method is at the forefront of practical neuro-plasticity; showing you how to use your brain to improve your body’s function into a clear and practical format and it’s FUN! Sun, M, T, W, Th, F, 2:00 pm

Method: Youthful Spine
In this movement class we will use imagery and movement to support you in gaining the tools needed for a healthy spine for life. This class will emphasize imagery and experiential anatomy to help you understand you body better in a practical way. You’ll learn exercises for tension release, spinal and hip mobility, strength and balance.
T,Th, 10:15 am

Tom McCook, Founder and Director of Center of Balance in Mountain View, CA, is an internationally recognized Pilates Master Teacher and movement specialist. Beginning in 1984, Tom designs programs for health and life performance for a range of clients, from Silicon Valley executives and Olympic athletes, to active seniors and people looking for solutions to their imbalances and injuries.

Tom’s mission is to improve people’s lives through movement! He teaches a practical and accessible way to understand your own body and then apply it to your movement practices and daily activities. These skills go beyond exercise to cultivate health, body wisdom, and being responsive and resilient in life.

Tom’s unique teaching approach synthesizes over 35 years of fitness training, Pilates, body therapy, Somatic Coaching, the Franklin Method, Anatomy in Motion and meditation. His fascination with movement began at an early age playing sports and growing up in a large athletic family with 11 siblings. His long and successful history working with athletes include the Stanford women’s swim team and four Olympic Gold medal swimmers.

Tom has been leading teacher trainings in the Pilates Method since 2001. He is on the faculty of Balanced Body Education and the Franklin Method Institute. Tom is guest faculty member of the Modern Elder Academy, (https://www.modernelderacademy.com/) a midlife wisdom school. Tom is also a sought-after international presenter and mentor.

Tom lives on the coast outside of San Francisco with his wife and business partner, Karen deMoor.

Tom’s Link Tree: All the ways to access Tom’s work!

Meditation

Zen Master Bon Jacques-Pierre Cole practices the Ngagpa tradition of Tibetan spiritual legacies which focuses on compassion and love. His deep curiosity about the world has led him down a life-long path of wonder and beauty. Jacques-Pierre has served in the U.S. military and has built non-profits to help those in need. After many years of spiritual exploration, Jacques-Pierre was ordained a Zen Buddhist Monk in 2012 and began teaching others how to heal with Mudra Meditation, how to face their fears, and how to find their authentic purpose. He shares his wisdom on his Sunday morning radio show, “Art of Living.”

“Live everyday not as if it were your last, but for what it can be, a journey into the unknown… There is nothing better than genuine human kindness. Be that person.” – Zen Master Bon Jacques-Pierre

Choose Love! The Inner Fitness Program, with Emily Boorstein

The Inner Fitness program is designed for accelerated transformation and awakening from the “Inside-Out”. It is a comprehensive and practical program for people seeking to heal old wounds, navigate life with greater ease, learn to feel and communicate effectively, improve personal and professional relationships, cultivate inner peace, and manifest their uniquely authentic, fulfilling and joyous life. And, Inner Fitness is fun!

Lesson 1: Change Your Mind
Yes, it’s possible to change our mind! And by change, I mean transform. We have a most incredible power to choose the way we see, interpret and respond to our life’s circumstances. Imagine putting on a whole new lens that quiets our well worn harmful patterns of thoughts and behaviors and allows us to see and respond with clarity and wisdom.

Lesson 1 focuses on self-awareness and cultivating the skill to shift from living in the default paradigm of fear and scarcity to living from wisdom, truth and love.

Lesson 2: Healthy Inner Dialogue
Do you ever wonder who’s doing all that chatting in our minds, and even more importantly, which voice we put in the drivers seat of our lives? We are multi-dimensional beings with multiple voices expressing their opinions and directing our actions. Sometimes it’s our wounded child or adolescent trying to express their hurt and anger, or our critical parent wagging its finger in judgement and shame.

Lesson 2 focuses on recognizing the various voices within and cultivating the voice of the Nurturing Parent who helps us navigate and respond to our inner world of thoughts and feelings and shows us how to live from our wise adult self so we can best respond to the challenges and circumstances of our life.

Lesson 3: Permission to Feel
Having access to our full range of emotions, and cultivating the skill to feel them instead of stuffing or bypassing them, is vital to living our most authentic, powerful and satisfying life. When we know how to feel our emotions, and have the skills to express and communicate them responsibly, we feel more grounded, whole and connected to ourselves and others!

Lesson 3 focuses on understanding the world of emotions and the important role they play in almost every aspect of our life. Come learn how to feel, navigate and honor your emotions with your greatest wisdom and highest intention. You will feel better!

Lesson 4: The Joy of Responsibility
Have you ever noticed that we often play the same ‘victim’ story in our mind over and over again, and that we keep reacting to our life from that story, often in repetitive negative behaviors? We get stuck in false emotions like blame, guilt and resentment; feeling powerless to make positive changes?

Lesson 4 focuses on recognizing our own patterns of thoughts and behaviors that hold us back from realizing our greatest sense of self and achieving our dreams. Radical responsibility means seeing ourselves clearly, our strengths and our weaknesses, and taking full ownership of the impact we have on ourselves and others, both positive and negative. It’s our ticket to more freedom and joy!

Lesson 5: Create and Manifest Your Best Life

We are always creating and manifesting our life, whether consciously or unconsciously! Our life is a reflection of our inner world of thoughts, feelings, beliefs, attitudes, choices and decisions! These are our raw materials that make up our life story and circumstances.

Lesson 5 focuses on re-aligning our raw materials to reflect our most authentic, powerful, and loving version of ourself to consciously create and manifest our deepest desires and sweetest life. Nothing changes until you do!

Remember, you are miraculous!

And may all your dreams come true.

Emily Boorstein‘s passion and joy is to engage people in the process of self-discovery and inspired living! Her life purpose is to live her most authentic wholehearted life and to be a guide for those who also want to live a more mindful, joyful, less stressed, more peaceful, purposeful, satisfying, well navigated and fulfilling life.

Emily is the founder of The Inner Fitness™ Program and is a monthly presenter and Life Coach at Rancho La Puerta Health and Fitness Resort in Tecate, Mexico. A Certified Life Coach since 2001, Emily maintains a private practice with clients and students from around the world.

“Inside each and every one of us lies the potential to create and manifest our uniquely personal Great Life Story.” Emily Boorstein

Emily Boorstein Wikman, Founder, Inner Fitness™
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, CPCC
Lucid Living Master Coach, LLMC
www.coachemily.com

Choose Love! The Inner Fitness Program, with Emily Boorstein

Lesson 1 focuses on self-awareness and cultivating the skill to shift from living in the default paradigm of fear and scarcity to living from wisdom, truth and love.

Lesson 5: Create and Manifest Your Best Life

Remember, you are miraculous!

And may all your dreams come true.

“Inside each and every one of us lies the potential to create and manifest our uniquely personal Great Life Story.” Emily Boorstein

Emily Boorstein Wikman, Founder, Inner Fitness™
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, CPCC
Lucid Living Master Coach, LLMC
www.coachemily.com

Pickleball

Nancy Meyer is a long-time tennis player, as a Certified Teaching Professional (USPTA). Her expertise in racquet sports started young, playing tennis and badminton in college, which turned into teaching and coaching youth across the valley in Phoenix, AZ.

Nancy came to the sport of Pickleball five years ago and her passion and enthusiasm for the sport is boundless. She is a Certified Pickleball Professional with the International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association (IPTPA) since 2019 and recently completed her Professional Pickleball Instructor (PPR) certification in 2021.

Nancy keeps herself involved in Pickleball by competing in tournaments and as Head Pickleball Instructor at an esteemed tennis and pickleball facility in the Phoenix area. Her talent for the sport and ability to connect with people makes for a fun and memorable experience.

Inner Fitness: Design Your Life

Choose Your Perspective
Sometimes we feel like is happening to us and we have no choice about our day to day experience. We feel powerless and overwhelmed. In reality, however, we are creating our lives in each and every moment through the way we view or experiences and the choices we make. When we are at choice, we create an experience of being fully alive, empowered and free.

Thoughts Matter
We can say such mean things to ourselves; things we would never say to a friend or loved one! Our inner dialog really matters because our thoughts impact our feelings and our feelings guide our actions. When we are able to shift negative thought patterns to ones that are loving and nurturing, we can slay our inner critic and ignite our life in exciting new ways.

Emotional Fluency
So often, we shove our emotions aside or stuff them deep inside. Yet, our emotions are a window into our truth and having access to a full range of emotions is an important part of living a powerful and deeply satisfying life. When we develop emotional fluency, we are able to navigate our emotional world with greater ease and bring greater energy and resonance to the whole of our life.

Know Your Values
Our personal values represent our unique and individual essence and serve as a compass for how to be true to ourselves. When we honor our values, life is rich and fulfilling. Knowing and honoring our personal values is key to building self-worth, self-confidence and becoming the authors of our own life story.

Create Your Best Life
Taking ownership of our life story is a critical part of creating a life that we love and, just like we plan our finances and design our homes, we can design a life that we love. Giving voice to our deepest longings can point us and conscious action can guide us in manifesting our best life, one that is rich with fulfillment, balance, self-expression and joy!

Karen Kimsey-House, MFA, CPCC is one of the earliest recognized luminaries in the coaching profession and the co-founder of The Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), the foremost coach training program in the world. For over 28 years, Karen has been working with coaches and leaders to create resonate, fulfilling lives that are the highest expression of their unique gifts and true life purpose. Karen is the co-author of the industry best seller Co-Active Coaching, now in its fourth edition. Co-Active Coaching has been translated into fifteen languages and is considered a seminal text for the coaching profession. Since her first visit to the Ranch, Karen has been in love with Rancho La Puerta and is honored to support Ranch guests in cultivating the inner fitness that fosters joyful aliveness and lasting vitality.

Inner Fitness: Love and Mindfulness

This lively, funny, and informative series will introduce skills for revolutionizing all of your relationships. You are welcome to attend all five talks or choose just one to fit into your schedule.

Talk number 1
Love Secrets from the Masters
Theories peak and many disappear, while a few remain true over time.
Six essential skills and practices to help all of our relationships thrive—some you can guess; some will surprise you. Each of these secrets can be learned and mastered by anyone with the intention, will, and skill.

Talk number 2
The BIG SHIFT: Mindfulness in Life and Love
It is the quality of our relationships that helps us feel safe and happy, and mindfulness teaches us to love in ways that support our own wellbeing and that of our relationships.
Transition from outer connection to inner fitness. Shift from reacting to responding, from mindless to mindful, and from belonging to another to belonging to yourself. Learn the skills and practices to shift you relationships.

Talk number 3
Love Cycles in All Our Relationships
Using the Love Cycles model from her two highly acclaimed books, Linda describes the stages of relationships, highlighting the challenges at each stage and demonstrating how to overcome each of these challenges and reinforce your strengths.

Talk number 4
Five Basic Skills in Communication (PAUSE)
Communication defines the health of our relationships, and communication under stress can be particularly challenging. Using the acronym PAUSE, Linda provides tools for developing a healthy inner dialogue, even when you feel the stress reactions of fight, freeze, flight, or fold. Using three surprising facts about conflict, she also offers insight into how to transform defensiveness into open curiosity.

Talk number 5
Wholehearted Living and Loving
Cultivating True Presence and Three Magic Words
What does it mean to be truly wholehearted? How does our impact on others affect us in leadership and love? How can you cultivate the gift of presence and learn the three magic words that help others feel truly seen and help you be all you are meant to be?

Linda Carroll holds a master’s degree in counseling and has practiced psychotherapy since 1981, specializing in couples and communication. She was licensed as a life coach in 2016. In her private practice, Linda works with couples in person and virtually throughout the USA. She has authored three books on personal growth and healing and is a frequent presenter at the Ranch on the topics of love, relationships, and inner fitness.

Inner Fitness: Love and Mindfulness

This lively, funny, and informative series will introduce skills for revolutionizing all of your relationships. You are welcome to attend all five talks or choose just one to fit into your schedule.

Gyrokinesis with Nancy Lepore

I am inspired, impassioned and nourished guiding people into mind and body wellness through movement. My work allows me to help elite athletes perform at their highest potential with longevity, guide people out of physical disorders such as chronic pain, psychological disorders such as anxiety and stress, educate clients how to walk again and teach teachers and practitioners worldwide since 1997 The Art of Exercise and Beyond – GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC®

My interest in the body and wellness through movement has been a lifelong seeking, discovery and application. It has been both my pleasure and commitment to achieve this goal. And by the way, cashmere socks are my guilty pleasure.

Education: B. Ed (Phys Ed) McGill University / Osteopathic Studies COQ / GYROTONIC® / GYROKINSES® Authorized Specialized Master Trainer / ROOTLIGHT NAAM Certified / Polestar Pilates Certified / Seda Zare Floor Barre Technique Certified / Reiki Cert.

Cutting Edge Nutrition

Nutritional Resilience & Performance

Our food choices also impact anxiety levels and stress, both of which can impair the inner shield of our resilience. Saliva is really the first defense to elevate our level of digestion, immune strength and overall resilience. Learn some of the silent and hidden foods that damage our resilience and alter our saliva production. Discover the importance that saliva is for recovering from illness and bringing about homeostasis. Learn tips and tools for helping you detect if you have a saliva output that is beneficial to you and how to correct if it is not optimal. Have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of what emerging research is saying for its impact with immune system and digestion.

Unlocking the Keys to EAT this WAY and FEEL That! Part I & II

We know nutrition and what we eat can affect us greatly. However many of us haven’t made a good awareness link to Eat THIS, Feel THAT and Perform like THIS. Can you eat for better sleep? Can you choose foods to maximize your energy midafternoon and minimize the fatigue dip? How about eat to calm nerves, alleviate jet lag and even build immune system resilience. In two sessions, explore all the links of great high performance eating to create the state you want for your day. Forty percent of the way you FEEL right now is due to your last meal. What IF we could think ahead — what do you have to do in the next two hours — you could design your eating!!

Patti T. Milligan, PhD, RD, CNS, has been in the nutrition field for 38 years. She just completed her doctorate in Neuroscience of Taste with her thesis on saliva and its impact on jet lag and kids’ taste buds. She has conducted nutritional research with US national athletes, as well as created and taught corporate wellness programs throughout the US and Europe. She has authored hundreds of articles and has appeared on numerous national TV news segments. She consults with high level executives and C level leadership on human resilience, performance brain nutrition and regenerative nutrition protocols.

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Shirley-Unusual-Story-Nutritionist/dp/1533554714

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patti-tveit-milligan-phd-rd-cns-a844329/

Sound Immersion Workshops

Sound Immersion Workshops:
The sacred sound family — Tibetan Bowls, Gantas,Tingsha’s — have a rich history and a unique sound. Two consecutive workshops will introduce the history and healing qualities of the instruments and show how energy is moved with sound. Sessions are interactive so participants can practice playing the instruments. Each day builds on the information of the previous session. Each session ends with a short sound healing meditation.

Gong Workshop:

Workshop 1: Introduction to the Alchemy of Sacred Sound Healing
Using Gongs tuned to a Planet Earth frequency we will explore the use of sacred sound for the purposes of healing, meditation and expanding consciousness.
Topics include:
• Healing properties of Sacred Sound
• Approaching the Gong
• Tonal regions of the gong and body interaction
• Q&A

Workshop 2: Introduction to the Alchemy of Sacred Sound Healing (continued)
• Therapeutic techniques/craftsmanship – including
• Sacred Geometry constructs
• Vibrational “layering” of octaves

• Gong improvisation
• Q&A

Richard Rudis has been a student of Buddhist philosophy for nearly thirty years and is an American practitioner of the Tibetan ‘Vajrayana’ school.

As a long-time pilgrim of Himalayan sacred sites he has received Buddhist teachings and traditional instructions/research into the use of sacred sound instruments for ritual and healing purposes. While in Tibet in 1996 he was granted refuge in the Buddha via His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa (17th reincarnation and head of the Kagyu lineage). His Holiness renamed him Sonam Dorje; (Meritorious Thunderbolt).

Richard has been teaching the Buddhist Dharma of Vibrational Healing across the U.S. and abroad for twenty years and is considered most knowledgeable in this esoteric field. His unique playing craftsmanship is a fusion of his rarefied studies in sacred sound playing techniques, tantric education, engineering background and Buddhist principles. Principally using a tuned ‘Paiste’ Earth Gong he creates a ‘Sound Mandala’, known as a ‘Gong Bath™, that is naturally physically, emotionally and spiritually healing. He is often a prominent speaker/presenter at various conferences having to do with transformative energy, healing, meditation and well being.

He began teaching via the establishment of the ‘Sacred Sound Workshops’ in the 1990’s formalizing the curriculum by joining with the ‘Tibetan Bowl Healing School’ (www.tibetanbowlschool.com) in 2008.

Diáne Mandle is an internationally known sound healer, teacher, recording artist with Sounds True and award-winning author based in San Diego. A frequent presenter at the Deepak Chopra Center, the Golden Door and Rancho La Puerta, she has been part of the Integrative Therapy Team at San Diego Cancer Center, presented workshops for cancer patients at Sharp and Scripps hospitals, and worked with incarcerated returning veterans with PTSD. Diane offers workshops and concerts internationally and operates the Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing School in southern California. She is featured in the film: Tao – Living in Balance. In her present life and as a former regional director of the American Cancer Society, Chamber of Commerce director and Transformational Coach, Diáne’s objective has always been to bring hope, and wellbeing through helping people develop empowering belief systems, perspectives and deeper insights into their personal and professional lives.

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Acoustic Folk Concerts

Feldenkrais

Feldenkrais

An Evening with Concert Pianist and Author in The Children of Willesden Lane

Gentle Yoga

Clinical Fitness Assessment

Clinical Fitness Assessment

Clinical Fitness Assessment

Clinical Fitness Assessment

Clinical Fitness Assessment

The Franklin Method

Meditation

Choose Love! The Inner Fitness Program, with Emily Boorstein

Choose Love! The Inner Fitness Program, with Emily Boorstein

Pickleball

Inner Fitness: Design Your Life

Inner Fitness: Love and Mindfulness

Inner Fitness: Love and Mindfulness

Gyrokinesis with Nancy Lepore

Cutting Edge Nutrition

Sound Immersion Workshops