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Maria KaliMa,
RN,
MS, e-RYT 500,
Functional Yoga
Therapist. 
Maria
KaliMa,
developer of Functional
Yoga Therapy, is an
Ayurvedic Practitioner,
Faculty for Integrative
Yoga Therapy, a
Certified Fitness
Trainer, and a
Registered Nurse with a
background in Women's
Health and Physical
Rehabilitation. She
leads Functional Yoga
Therapy trainings in
Tucson; at
Kripalu in Lenox, MA &
Pura Vida. Maria teaches
anatomy and physiology
and anatomy of movement
for yoga teacher
training programs, as
well as advanced
therapeutic yoga
concepts. She was
intrumental in the
creation of a yoga
therapeutics department
at Canyon Ranch. Maria
teaches at several
Tucson studios, has a
private yoga therapy and
ayurvedia practice and
is also an invited guest
instructor for numerous
yoga conferences and
gatherings. Her hobbies
are pottery, bike riding
and knitting.
During the program,
Maria will lead a
session on, Yoga
Psychology for
the Ayurvedic Doshas,
an
insightful and
experiential learning
format, utilizing self
assessment, mudras,
mantra and movement to
explore the qualities
and imbalances of each
dosha. Through this
exploration we will
create our individual
roadmaps of
self-discovery to
promote our doshic
balancing. Maria will
also be giving Ayurvedic
Consultations.
JJ Lee, M. Ed.
 JJ
Lee, M. Ed.
J Lee, M. Ed.
is best known for her work
as a Phoenix Rising Yoga
Therapist and teacher at her
studio, Body & Soul Fitness
Training in Reno, Nevada,
and as a presenter at
Kripalu Center for Yoga &
Health. She is also
certified as a personal
trainer, nutrition educator,
Kripalu Self-Empowerment
Facilitator, and Reiki
practitioner. A faculty
member at Phoenix Rising
Yoga Therapy, JJ regularly
tours the United States
teaching yoga therapy
workshops and promoting her
yoga CD
Coffee Breaks:
Perfect Yoga for an
Imperfect World.
www.TotalBodyAndSoul.com
JJ will be offering a
workshop and private PRYT
sessions.
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
is a transformational
bodywork modality that uses
reflective dialogue and
supported postures to work
with the emotional as well
as the physical body.
Joan Ruvinsky, E-RYT 500
In 1989,
after 13 years of attempts
at path-finding, Joan
Ruvinsky,
E-RYT 500
met Jean Klein (http://www.nonduality.com/klein.htm),
who, having never taken
himself to be a teacher,
eliminated the need to be a
student, to have a path, a
method or a goal. At home in
these non-dual wisdom
teachings, Joan shares
body-sensing yoga,
conversation and presence at
her center Pathless Yoga-
La voie sans voie in
Montreal and at retreats and
workshops in other states
and provinces. She has the
regular approbations from
Integral Yoga, Integrative
Yoga Therapy, Yoga Alliance
RYT500 and iRest
Yoga Nidra, leads seminars
on the Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali, and is on the
Council of Stewards of the
Center of Timeless Being.
Joan will be offering
practice in body
sensing, yoga nidra,
chanting, and
meditation. She
also offers individual
nondual counseling
sessions. Here is
how Joan describes her
work: In both
group and in individual
sessions, we listen
together to what is
arising from the larger
perspective of pure
awareness. The practices
of pranayama, kriya,
body-sensing and
chanting become simply a
pretext to refer us back
to their source.
Rose Kress 
Rose Kress, RYT 500,
LFYP~2, Began
practicing yoga over 15
years ago and has been
teaching since 2004. In
that time she has
focused on the
therapeutic aspects of
yoga - for the body,
mind and soul. Rose
teaches class and
workshops throughout the
Tucson area and has been
blessed to teach classes
at The Crossings in
Austin, TX, at Kripalu
in Lenox, MA and at the
Flagstaff Yoga Festival
and Bisbee Yoga
Expo under the guidance
of her teacher, Amy
Weintraub. Rose has also
studied with Rama Jyoti
Vernon and has taken the
Funtional Yoga Therapy
Training with Maria
KaliMa. Rose is the
Program Manager of the
LifeForce Yoga Healing
Institute and travels
with Amy to assist her
in LifeForce Yoga
Practitioner Trainings.
Rose will
be supporting and
assisting throughout the
training, leading a
marketing session with a
private sessions
demonstration, early
morning yoga practices,
as well as early morning
Pranayama, Meditation
and Mantra. You can
visit her website
www.yoginirose.com.
 Caren
Strait,
RYT 500, LFYP~2,
Certified Fitness
Instructor,
Personal Trainer,
Reiki
Practitioner, and
Sound Body Yoga
Therapist. She has
been in the fitness
business since 1987,
and has taught
yoga since
2003. Caren
completed her 200
hour
training through
Yoga for Real People
in Dayton Ohio ,
and her 500 hour
teacher’s training
at All About Yoga in
Las Vegas . She took
special training in
LifeForce®
Yoga Practitioner
Training, Level One
and Two with
Master Teacher
Amy Weintraub. She
enjoys teaching all
levels of Hatha
Yoga, her style is a
unique mix of the
Kripalu and
Iyengar
styles. Caren
specializes in
teaching those who
have
physical challenges,
in group and private
settings. Caren lead
instructor training
and
continuing education
workshops for
group fitness
instructors and
personal trainers
for many years, and
now educates yoga
teachers. She loves
yoga, and feels it
is constantly
teaching her to be a
better person and a
more compassionate
teacher.
Caren will be
supporting and
assisting throughout
the
training, assisting
the marketing
session, and leading
early morning yoga
practices.
 Hannah
Caratti,
M.A., E-RYT 500,
has offered
flute music and led
chanting for
meditation groups
and retreats since
1978. She has
taught yoga for over
20 years, with a
background in
Iyengar,
Sivananda
and Synergy yoga
techniques.
Currently, Hannah
teaches yoga and
meditation classes,
and workshops in
Northern California,
and offers music for
Richard Miller's
Meditation Retreat
each May. Her music
CDs, yoga DVD, and
the book "Yoga in
America" are
available at
www.yogahealingarts.net
Hannah will be
leading and
mantra evening
programs and early
morning chanting.
You can hear
Hannah's voice on
the home page of
Amy's website
www.yogafordepression.com.
Gita (Jill Fendelman)
 Gita
( Jill Fendelman) has
over 30 years experience
teaching Yoga at schools and
universities, corporations,
health clubs, spas,
spiritual retreat centers
and in private homes. Gita
is a Certifiable Laughter
Yoga Teacher, a Kripalu-certified
Yoga teacher a recovered tax
attorney and can laugh in
Mandarin. You can visit her
website,
www.laughteryogawithgita.com
In Laughter Yoga with Gita
you’ll enjoy laughter
exercises, deep breathing,
simple stretching,
cultivation of childlike
playfulness, laughter
meditation and deep
relaxation. You’ll also
learn about laughing alone
practices and the scientific
research on the medical and
psychological benefits of
laughter.
Jack Challem
 Jack
Challem is a personal
nutrition coach and one of
America’s most trusted
nutrition and health
writers. Based in Tucson,
Arizona, he is the
bestselling author of more
than 20 books, including
Stop Prediabetes Now,
The Food-Mood Solution,
Feed Your Genes Right,
The Inflammation Syndrome,
and
Syndrome X. Jack is a
columnist for
Alternative & Complementary
Therapies and his
scientific articles have
also appeared in
Free Radical Biology &
Medicine, Journal of
Orthomolecular Medicine,
and
Medical Hypotheses. His
consumer articles have been
published in
Body & Soul,
Natural Health,
Better Nutrition, and
many other magazines. Free,
downloadable excerpts from
his books, and sample issues
of his newsletter are
available at
www.foodmoodsolution.com
Carmen
Patterson
Carmen Patterson
is a licensed massage
therapist at the
Redemptorist Renewal Center
who offers massage and reiki
sessions. Fees are as
follows: $60 per hour
session, $30 per one half
hour session and $90 for a
90 minute session.
Please make an appointment
in advance by sending an
email to office@desertrenewal.org
or 520.850.7799.
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