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Penticton Fitness classes
Post your events early!
| Summer Badminton & Basketball - ages 16 and over |
| Location: |
Community Centre Gym |
| Investment: |
$3 drop in or $26/10 visits
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| Phone: |
250 490 2426 for more times & details. |
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[Please mention OK in Health during your enquiry]
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| Afro-Jazz dance class for adults |
If you want to dance, love world music, and just want to feel the joy of expressing rhythm through the language of jazz and African dance, you will love this class.
No previous dance experience is required. |
| Date: |
Tuesdays - 7:30-9pm July 1- August 26 (9 weeks) Join during the session at any time
and register now for the Tuesdays - 7:30-9pm Sept 16- Dec 2 (12 weeks)
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| Facilitator: |
Dawn Dancing Otter |
| Location: |
mBody Living Arts Centre, 125 Eckhardt, Penticton |
| Investment: |
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| Email: |
for more details. Web Site: www.dancingotter.ca Register by calling 250 - 276-6359 |
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[Please mention OK in Health during your enquiry]
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| Beach Yoga - ages 16 and over |
| Location: |
Okanagan Lake Park Marina Way |
| Date: |
Tuesday July 8th - August 19 at 8.30 - 9.30am |
| Investment: |
$8 drop in or $40 course
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| Phone: |
250 490 2426 for more details. |
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[Please mention OK in Health during your enquiry]
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| Free Laser Bowling - ages 13 - 18 |
| Meet at Sun Country Lanes. Phone ahead and book your lanes as they fill up quickly! |
| Date: |
Saturday July 19th at 10pm to 11.30pm
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| Location: |
Sun Country Lanes, Penticton |
| Investment: |
FREE
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| Phone: |
250 490 2426 for more details. |
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[Please mention OK in Health during your enquiry]
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| FREE - Summer Slam Beach Volleyball & BBQ - ages 12 - 18 |
Come hang out and play volleyball in the best spot in town - the beach! No previous experience necessary, all abilities welcome.
BBQ, tunes and prizes. |
| Date: |
Friday July 25th at 6pm to 9pm and
Friday August 15th at 6pm to 9pm
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| Location: |
Skaha Beach Volleyball Courts |
| Investment: |
FREE
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| Phone: |
250 490 2426 for more details. |
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[Please mention OK in Health during your enquiry]
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| Core Dynamics Body Mastery |
| An artistic integration of Pilates, Yoga, and dance techniques for greater mind/body connection, more nuanced strength and flexibility, less overall body tension, and greater ease of movement. If you like yoga and Pilates, but crave a more artistic approach that deeply focuses on self-healing, this class is for you. |
| Date: |
Tuesdays, 6 - 7:15pm Sept 16 - Dec 2 (12 weeks)
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| Facilitator: |
Dawn Dancing Otter |
| Location: |
mBody Living Arts Centre, 125 Eckhardt, Penticton |
| Investment: |
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| Email: |
for more details. Web Site: www.dancingotter.ca Register by calling 250 - 276-6359 |
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[Please mention OK in Health during your enquiry]
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| Dance Alchemy |
| This is an Ecstatic, freeform, style of dance expression. Each week, we will focus on one chakra (body energy centre) and express the characteristics, symbolism, gifts, and challenges of each chakra through breath, amazing world music, and movement. Every'body' 16-99+ is welcome, regardless of movement challenges or previous experience. Free your Mind...Breathe your Heart...Dance your Soul! |
| Date: |
Fridays, 7-9pm, Sept 16 - Dec 2 (12 weeks)
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| Facilitator: |
Dawn Dancing Otter |
| Location: |
mBody Living Arts Centre, 125 Eckhardt, Penticton |
| Investment: |
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| Email: |
for more details. Web Site: www.dancingotter.ca Register by calling 250 - 276-6359 |
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[Please mention OK in Health during your enquiry]
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| Afro-Jazz dance class for adults |
If you want to dance, love world music, and just want to feel the joy of expressing rhythm through the language of jazz and African dance, you will love this class.
No previous dance experience is required. |
| Date: |
Register now for the Tuesdays - 7:30-9pm Sept 16- Dec 2 (12 weeks)
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| Facilitator: |
Dawn Dancing Otter |
| Location: |
mBody Living Arts Centre, 125 Eckhardt, Penticton |
| Investment: |
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| Email: |
for more details. Web Site: www.dancingotter.ca Register by calling 250 - 276-6359 |
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[Please mention OK in Health during your enquiry]
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| Regular Nia Classes |
| Meaningful fitness classes that promote awareness, strength, and balance with cardiovascular conditioning. Intentional movement. Dancing through life. |
Please register as soon as possible by phone or email. Please indicate any special concerns you have. Michelle appreciates your support with prompt registration and payment.
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| Dates: |
Regular Nia classes July 9 to Aug 13
Monday and Wednesday at 7 to 8:15pm |
| Venue: |
mBody Living Arts Center, 125 Eckhardt Ave East (corner of Ellis and Eckhardt) |
| Facilitator: |
Michelle Parry - Nia Brown Belt, Specialized Kinesiologist. |
| Investment: |
6 class flex: $58
11 classes: $83 - Passes expire Aug 13 '08
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| Phone: |
250 492-2186 |
| Email: |
mparry@vip.net Website www.nianow.com |
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| Gentle Nia Classes |
| The basics. Fewer moves and more time for awareness. Addressing physical conditioning, balance and movement variety for those with less mobility. Facilitating deeper awareness of how to move our body without causing pain. Finding pleasure, ease and power in a move or stance. |
Please register as soon as possible by phone or email. Please indicate any special concerns you have. Michelle appreciates your support with prompt registration and payment.
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| Dates: |
July 15 to Aug 12 Tuesday at 9 to 10:15am |
| Venue: |
mBody Living Arts Center,
125 Eckhardt Ave East (corner of Ellis and Eckhardt) |
| Facilitator: |
Michelle Parry - Nia Brown Belt, Specialized Kinesiologist. |
| Investment: |
$60
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| Phone: |
250 492-2186 |
| Email: |
mparry@vip.net |
| Website: |
www.nianow.com
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| FREE - H20 FLO Teen Swim - ages 13 - 18 |
| splash around in the pool, hit the waterslides or diving boards, or simply relax in the hot tub. Special themes and contests each night. |
| Date: |
Friday 8.30 - 10pm August 29
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| Location: |
Penticton Community Centre |
| Investment: |
FREE
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| Phone: |
250 490 2426 |
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[Please mention OK in Health during your enquiry]
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| Dawn Dancing Otter |
Shamanic Journeying and Sacred Medicine
Soul Alchemy
Transformational Bodywork
Classes and Workshops:
Afro-Jazz Dance for adults
Core Dynamics Body Mastery
DanceAlchemy Ecstatic Dance
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Dawn Dancing Otter, Penticton, BC. Ph:250-276-6359 Email
Website: www.dancingotter.ca Accepting and Loving What IS....Manifesting what is BEcoming...and Dancin' like there's nobody watchin'
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| Walking in Penticton |
Yahoo Group Online group for walkers in Penticton and local area to find a walking buddy. If you are looking for a walking partner or would like to find a few people to walk with regularly this group is for you. It's not always easy to motivate yourself and go out for a walk but if you have made a commitment with someone else you're more inclined to follow through. This group would also offer an opportunity to meet new people. Let's provide each other support and motivation. All fitness levels welcome. -- Come on Penticton, LET'S GET WALKING!.......................... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/walkinginpenticton/ or call Lorrie at 493-4843 stlucia@shaw.ca |
| Free Tai Chi Class Penticton |
"Ongoing free Tai Chi Class wed 7pm-8:30pm at Marina Way Park, near Art Gallery in Penticton. This is a free class to give the opportunity to try tai chi & qi gong for all ages. Please contact Richard via email or by phone 809-0161. |
| S.H.A.P.E - Classes |
SHAPE stands for
“Sharing Health Awareness & Personal Empowerment. |
 
It’s a commitment of 6 “My Better Body” Sessions over a 2 month period. Sessions are on:
Nutrition;
Stress/Blood Sugar;
Digestion/Elimination;
Hormones;
Metabolism;
& Toxicity.
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| Date: |
On Going
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| Facilitator: |
Denise DeLeeuw Blouin of Summerland Reflexology/Total Body Wellness |
| Location: |
TBA - South Okanagan |
| Investment: |
The only investment is $20.00 for the printed resource materials and your time and commitment to your health transformation. The groups will be a maximum of 10 people. |
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Pre-register with Denise DeLeeuw Blouin of Summerland Reflexology/Total Body Wellness at 250-494-0476 or 809-6629 |
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Denise.Blouin@telus.net |
Yoga with Wildflower
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Come join us for
Gentle, Restorative Yoga, and Body Poetry
and all levels of Yoga classes - beginners to advanced. Also Lunch Yoga,
FAMILY YOGA, OPEN HIPS, BREATH OF LIFE, YOGA NIDRA, and SOLSTICE BLISS.
Relieve stress, release tension, increase flexibility and vitality!
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Wildflower - Wildflower's gentle meditation and yoga in motion teaching style and respect of individual experience empower and enable you to connect with your own body/mind wisdom, enhancing your personal awareness and direct experience of the moment. |
| Location: |
At the Yoga Loft, 19-219 Main St, Penticton |
| Phone |
486 5739 |
| Web Site: |
www.wildfloweryoga.ca for more info. |
| Email: |
wildfloweryoga@hotmail.com |
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Kelowna Fitness Classes
FREE - Take A Hike at a different Regional Park with a park interpreter |
Take A Hike With the Regional District. Enjoy a free guided hike each Wednesday, Friday and some weekends. Visit a different Regional Park each week with a park interpreter who will highlight special features. Please make sure you are prepared with appropriate clothing, a hat, sturdy shoes, sun protection and a water bottle. This is a great way to get out and get some exercise! There are hikes of varying lengths and skill levels. We’ve even scheduled some outings that your leashed dog is welcome to accompany you on! For more information on the dates listed including locations of hike, check out ‘Your Guide to Regional Parks’ at the Kelowna Regional District website below or you can contact the Regional Parks Department at 250-469-6232. |
Slithering Good Time – Okanagan Snakes |
Saturday July 5th at 10am.
From Garter snakes to rattlers, you'll learn all about the various snakes that call the Okanagan Valley home during this session with well-known local naturalist Scott Alexander. His presentation at the Pavilion in Bertram Creek Regional Park along the south end of Lakeshore Road runs on Saturday July 5th starting at 10:00 am. Admission is by donation. 250-469-6232
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Become Bear Aware |
Saturday August 23 Time: 7:00 pm. What can you do to reduce the possibility of a run-in with a bear either at home or while on a hike? Naturalist Pete Wise will provide some suggestions to make you ‘Bear Aware’. The presentation starts at 7:00 pm in the Pavilion at Bertram Creek Regional Park (south end of Lakeshore Road). Admission is by donation. For information 250-469-6232
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Become Bear Aware |
| Thursday, August 28th at 7:00 pm.
What can you do to reduce the possibility of a run-in with a bear either at home or while on a hike? Naturalist Pete Wise will provide some suggestions to make you ‘Bear Aware’. At the EECO in Mission Creek Regional Park (Springfield and Durnin Roads). Admission is by donation. 250-469-6140. |
FREE - Nature Program for Families |
Sunday July 20. Time: 1:00 pm. Get your family more in tune with nature with two events at one location. The Regional Parks Department invites you to take part in the free ‘Nature Program for Families’, Sunday, July 20th starting at 1:00 pm. Start off with a tour of the ‘Forest Story: The Trees, The Beetles and You’ exhibit in the Environmental Education Centre for the Okanagan. Afterwards, join a Regional Parks interpreter for a special guided hike through Mission Creek Regional Park. The EECO is located in Mission Creek Regional Park, Springfield and Durnin Roads. For information on this and other summer programs, check ‘Your Guide to Regional Parks’, go online to www.regionaldistrict.com or 250-469-6232 or the EECO (Environmental Education Centre for the Okanagan) at 250-469-6140. |
Herb Walk |
Thursday July 24 at 7:00 pm. Bring along a notepad and pen as you join our plant expert on an informative ‘Herb Walk’. Cara Kirkey will help you learn how to identify, harvest and use local herbs, trees and shrubs during this session at the Environmental Education Centre for the Okanagan, in Mission Creek Regional Park, Springfield and Durnin Roads. Please pre-register by contacting the EECO at 250-469-6140. |
Birds of a Feather |
Thursday July 31 at 7:00 pm. From the Avocet to Red-winged Blackbirds, you’ll learn about the variety of birds that call the Okanagan home with naturalist Chris Charlesworth during this session at the Environmental Education Centre for the Okanagan, in Mission Creek Regional Park, Springfield and Durnin Roads. Please pre-register by contacting the EECO at 250-469-6140. The presentation runs from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm and admission is by donation. |
| Chakra Yoga Classes |
| Each class will be 2 hours long focusing on one of the seven chakras. |
It will include meditations of varying lengths at the beginning and end of class. Combining Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga while drawing from the teachings of Baba Hari Dass, Carolyn Myss and Barbara Brennan, this class will surely be a unique experience. The word chakra is Sanskrit for wheel or disk and signifies one of seven basic energy centers in the body. Each of these centers correlates to major nerve ganglia branching forth from the spinal column. In addition, the chakras also correlate to levels of consciousness.
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| Date: |
Every Friday from 4:00pm - 6:00pm on an ongoing basis
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| Facilitator: |
Aunaray is a Hatha and Astanga Yoga Teacher certified by the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga |
| Location: |
The Unitarian Fellowship of Kelowna 1310 Bertram & Cawston. Kelowna, BC |
| Investment: |
Drop in - $12 or register for 7 classes. See Contest
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| Phone: |
250-469-2212 |
| Web Site: |
www.floweringconsciousness.com |
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| 300 Hr - Integrative Yoga Training |
| This is a course for students to build their own strong foundation in yoga and health systems, or, use their training to lead and teach others how to optimize their own health. |
Why choose this particular training? First, convenience, this course will run on weekends throughout the year. So, no lost work time, or loss of precious holiday time. Second, money, we have tried to keep the tuition affordable, and offer a variety of discounts to bring the price down as well as a payment plan. Third, certification, this course (the yoga portion) is registered as a 200 hour yoga school by Yoga Alliance, a recognized international yoga association. The certification will give you the ability to teach in institutions; such as schools, hospitals, treatment centers, etc. Not to mention, yoga will become more and more regulated over time (there are MANY un-credited teachers out in the world teaching right now) and your certification will place you in a recognized group of professionals. Trinity Yoga Centre’s teacher training is also a Kripalu affiliated training program. This means graduates of our program are recognized as Kripalu Yoga Teachers and will be granted all of the rights of a Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher. Lastly, the holistic health counseling gives you a firm foundation in health and healing. It becomes another tool to inspire, heal and transform lives
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| Date: |
Sept 08 to May 09, 2008
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Jeff & Sonya Thomlinson - Jeff Thomlinson (Harshad) first explored yoga in 1980, and began teaching at the YMCA in Bellingham, WA, in 1991. During the early 90’s he studied with Yogi Amrit Desai at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachussetts, and later opened his own yoga studio in Aberdeen, Washington. When Jeff returned to Kripalu Center in 1998 for a 1 year resident program he began focusing on advanced yoga practices and philosophy. Consequently, in 2001, he received his Kripalu Yoga Advanced Certification and went on to become a Kripalu Center staff guest yoga teacher, serving over 23,000 students annually. In the spring of 2003, Jeff graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City, a vanguard in the field of holistic nutrition and health. With the commitment to continue the study of yoga, in all its forms, Jeff assists and/or trains with many international yoga teachers and scholars, including; Erich Schiffman, Donna Farhi, Richard Miller, Richard Freeman, Stephen Cope, Angela Farmer, and many others. Jeff is currently studying with Richard Miller and is in the process of obtaining certification in Integrative Restoration (iRest), also known as the meditative practice of Yoga Nidra. Jeff, originally from Washington State, now resides in Kelowna,
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| Location: |
Trinity Yoga Centre, #6 3818 Gordon Dr, Kelowna |
| Investment: |
please call for program details.
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| Email: |
for more details info@trinityyogacenter.com |
| Phone: |
250 448 2512 |
| Web Site: |
www.trinityyogacenter.com |
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