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June 2020

Grounding through the Marmāni of the Feet with Vidya Denise Chapman*

Sat, Jun 27

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Tuition $20

All proceeds go to Ananda Ashram.

We use our feet to take us places. Our feet connect us to Nature in the form of Mother Earth. Are you taking your feet for granted? How do you treat your feet?

There are six vital energy points (marmāni or marmas) on each foot. These points offer balance and bring benefits to the body and mind. Let’s really take the time to connect with our feet and learn all about the six points.

This class will cover:

· Simple explanation of marmas (vital energy points)
· How marmas work
· Where they are located on the feet
· Names of the marmas
· What the marmas do
· How to stimulate or pacify them

Vidya (Denise) Chapman is a certified yoga teacher since 2000, a licensed massage therapist, an ayurvedic practitioner and professional member of NAMA. After a life-threatening illness in 2002, she was introduced to Dr. Vasant Lad at Ananda Ashram. In 2007 Vidya travelled to India to study yoga with Nischala Joy Devi and Bhaskar and to see Ayurveda in its homeland. She is a graduate of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded by Dr. Vasant Lad, and of the Gurukula and Panchakarma Therapy programs at his institute and clinic in Pune, India. Vidya has taught Ayurvedic principles, philosophy and cooking at several yoga teacher trainings, as well as marma therapy, shirodhara, abhyanga and other ayurvedic body therapies at the Sivananda Yoga Retreat in Nassau, Bahamas.