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Felicia Tomasko
Felicia Marie Tomasko RN, E-RYT 500, inspires people to follow the path to personal freedom and vibrant health through the practice of Yoga and Ayurveda. She teaches a heartfelt exploration of shakti, sacred energy, through asana, pranayama, concentration and relaxation and maintains a private practice in the healing tradition of Ayurveda, a system of holistic and integrative medicine native to India. Ayurveda shares the same philosophy and ways of approaching the body, mind and spirit as Yoga and emphasizes our relationship to our body, breath, spirit and to nature within and around us. The dual systems of Yoga and Ayurveda, while seemingly ancient and esoteric, hold vital lessons for us to learn how to live with intent and address the needs of living in the modern world. Felicia believes in humorously making these concepts relevant to modern, everyday life.Felicia integrates more than twenty years of study of the ancient approaches of Yoga and Ayurveda with her training and licensure as a registered nurse. She is the editor in chief of LA YOGA Ayurveda and Health magazine (where she has been on staff for more than seven years) and serves on the board of directors of the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine and the National Ayurvedic Medical Association, on the advisory board of the Holistic Option and the Leadership Council of the Green Yoga Association. She is a featured voice on Intent.com and writes regularly on health and well-being for a number of books, newspapers, magazines and websites. In addition to Yoga and Ayurveda, Felicia has worked in cognitive neuropsychology and plant biochemistry research and has degrees in nursing and environmental biology. www.ayurvedafordailylife.blogspot.com |
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Most Recent Classes
Grounding Vata Dosha - The wild winds of the currents of life can sometimes feel like an electrical storm or a hurricane. In Ayurveda, this is describe... more
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Cultivate Equanimity - This languid practice focuses on the head, shoulders, knees, and toes for a balanced practice that cultivates equanimity, peace,... more
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Shoulders & Hips Rejoice - We took requests and what came up? The shoulders and the hips. This Yin/Restorative mash-up combines circular movement of t... more
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Lymphatic System Flush - The intelligence of the body is how Ayurveda describes the immune system. The more we do to cultivate that intelligence, the b... more
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Wipe the Slate Clean - Wipe the slate clean through this cleansing soft Yin practice that uses the principles of Ayurveda to encourage the processes of... more
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Release Spine Tension - We have a habit of holding excessive tension in and around the spine. This simple, yet slow and languid practice begins with sh... more
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Release Stress, Find Resilience - How do we release stress? It's not about leaving everything else behind, it's about the appropriate movement of ene... more
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Soften & Surrender - In this practice focusing on the spine and the hips we segue through a series of forward folds and hip openers that includes a lon... more
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Cultivate Steadiness & Sweetness - Life is full of cycles and throughout those cycles Patanjali instructs us to cultivate a sense of steadiness and s... more
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Transform Your Inner Fire to Lightness - This Yin-Hatha-Restorative-Ayurvedic mashup helps us to transform the intensity of our inner fire to a cla... more
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Shoulder Saver - Save your shoulders with this practice that focuses on stretching, releasing tension in, and opening up the space around the upper back... more
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Post-Ski Release - After a day on the slopes, this slow juicy practice of fluid stretchy full-body release featuring hip openers, a moving pigeon sequen... more
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Let Go & Reduce Stress - Allow yourself to release the tension that builds up as we push up the boulder of everyday life. When we hold on to the tightn... more
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Embrace the Body You Have Now - According to Ayurveda, stagnation is one of the enemies of good health. In this toe to head practice, we increase cir... more
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Release Upper Body Tension - Release pent-up tension in the neck, back, and shoulders, and lubricate the joints with this practice that is a combinati... more
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Overcome Exhaustion - Are you feeling exhausted? Recharge and revitalize with this practice to nourish and nurture the adrenals and kidneys. We begin w... more
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Yoga for the Hands - We use our hands constantly and often we don't pay enough attention to releasing tension and facilitating the practice of letting ... more
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Yoga for Cyclists - This class is great even if you're not a bicycle rider as we go from the head and shoulders to the knees and toes with a series of Y... more
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