Manifesting in 2024: Wood Dragon

Manifesting in 2024: Wood Dragon

 with Susan Nishizawa 

At My Home in Altadena

 Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024

Hurry, only 1 spot left…

Join me for a day of Yoga, iRest Yoga Nidra, Journaling, an Art Class, and Yoga Nidra near the beautiful hills of The San Gabriel Mountains. To nourish yourselves, sign-up for a massage in the afternoon.

Step into a loving and nurturing personal one day retreat for self-reflection in 2024, healing, and manifesting abundance in 2024.  This is a time to recharge your batteries and fine tune what gifts you want to bring into your communities. 

We will begin with a Kundalini Yoga class on “Creating Internal Balance.” For those who would like to just take the Yin Yoga class, you can join later that morning. We will then explore our relationship to the five elements through iRest Yoga Nidra. Nourish our body’s with a Thai lunch (vegan and gluten free options available) and perhaps take a walk around the Altadena Golf Course. In the afternoon, we will journal to set new intentions for 2024 and take an art class to express our creativity and emotions. 

You will also have the opportunity to book and receive a healing massage in the afternoon from 12:00-5:00pm (not included in the price of the retreat).  Sign-up sheets will be emailed, with a bio on each massage therapist, prices, and types of services offered. You can email me what time slot you would like or sign-up on the day of the retreat. 

We will conclude with a Yoga Nidra practice and final sharing.  

Learn and experience some beautiful tools to clarify your life’s mission and intentions to support it. Connect with like minded people.  All yoga levels welcome. 

This one day retreat is $300, but $25 off if you sign-up and pay in full before January 27, 2024.  So, only $275 if you book now for a full day just for you! To save your spot, a non-refundable $100 deposit is due when you sign-up. Don’t wait because space is limited.

1 Day Retreat Schedule 

Manifesting in 2024: Wood Dragon

Schedule: Sunday, February 18, 2024

  8:15am-9:30am Hatha/Kundalini Yoga

  9:30am-9:45am Break 

  9:45am-11:00am Yin Yoga

  11:00am-11:15am Break

  11:15am-12:00pm iRest Yoga Nidra on the 5 elements

  12:00-1:30 Lunch 

  1:30-2:30 Journaling for self-reflection and intentions for 2024

  2:30-2:45 Break

  2:45-4:45 Art Class: Drawing and Painting

  4:45-5:00 Break

  5:00-5:30 Yoga Nidra and Farewell 

* 12:00-5:00 Book your one hour facial or massage during this time

**This is a two hours drawing and painting workshop, taught by Delbar Shahbaz (see her bio below). The class will begin by using charcoal in order to draw organic forms. Drawing is a great tool for reducing anxiety. After, we will continue by working with watercolors. During the process of watercolor painting, one can experience a feeling of being ‘in control,’ which helps to counterbalance the overwhelming experience of anxiety. I can’t wait to support you in finding your creativity! 

Please email me to reserve your spot or if you have further questions at susannishizawa@gmail.com. Submit a nonrefundable $100 deposit to hold your spot. Please send payment via Zelle (310)435-6075 or Venmo me @Susan-Nishizawa.

Cancellation Policy

1. Full balance is due 10 days, February 8, 2024, before the start of the retreat.
2. Cancellation within 14 days, starting February 4, 2024, no refunds will be given. 
3. Cancellation requests submitted within 30 days of retreat date, January 21, 2024, 50% of the total amount (less deposit) will be refunded.
4. Hold deposits are transferable to another attendee found and assigned by the original attendee.
5. If the retreat has to be postponed due to the weather, 100% of the total amount, minus the deposit, will be refunded. The deposit will be credited for the rescheduled retreat date.

Waiver and Release of Liability and Informed Consent

I have enrolled in a retreat of physical activity including, but not limited to yoga, meditation, and walking by Susan Nishizawa, hereafter referred to as “The retreat led by Susan Nishizawa.”

In consideration of my participation in the retreat program, I, for myself, my heirs and assigns, hereby release the retreat by Susan Nishizawa and her agent from any claims, demands, and courses of action arising from my participation in this retreat.

I fully understand that I may injure myself as a result of my participation in the retreat led by Susan Nishizawa. I recognize and acknowledge that there are certain risks of physical injury when participating with the retreat led by Susan Nishizawa and I agree to assume the full risk of any injuries, including very rare instances of heart attack, death, damages, or loss regardless of severity which I may sustain as a result of participating in any and all activities connected with or associated with the retreat by Susan Nishizawa. I hereby release the retreat by Susan Nishizawa and her agents, from any liability now or in the future including but not limited to heart attacks, muscle strains, pulls or tears, broken bones, shin splints, heat prostration, knee/lower back/foot injuries and any other illness, soreness or injury however caused, occurring during or after my participation in the retreat by Susan Nishizawa.

I fully understand that the retreat by Susan Nishizawa is in an environment with uneven terrain and natural surroundings. There are wild animals and insects. I will not hold responsible Susan Nishizawa if I trip and fall or get stung or bit ay an insect or animal.

I fully understand Susan Nishizawa cannot guarantee that the food prepared at My Vegan is free of gluten, nuts or any other allergens.

Conclusion

I acknowledge and agree no warranties or representations have been made to me regarding the results I will achieve from this program. I acknowledge I have throughly read this waiver and release and fully understand it is a waiver and release of liability. By signing this document, I am waiving any right I, or my heirs and/or assigns, may have to bring any and all legal actions or assert any and all claims against the retreat by Susan Nishizawa, its respective representatives, executors, and/or assigns. 

🔲 I have carefully read, fully understand and agree to the above.

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Meet your facilitators 

Susan Nishizawa

My teaching style is a combination of my life experiences and trainings. I’ve been teaching yoga for over 20 years and iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation since 2020.  My journey began because of postpartum depression after the birth of my first child. Synchronicity lent a hand and I found a yoga studio 5 minutes from my house. The Hatha yoga practice helped balance my hormones, reduced stress, strengthened my body, focused my mind, and opened the door to myself. My husband noticed I was nicer when I came back too! Because of the results, I became a certified Hatha yoga teacher. Every training I completed afterward was to become a better yoga teacher and healer. 

Always sensitive to energy, I later became a certified Integrated Shakti Reiki Master. I found that reiki energy created a more relaxing and healing space for the students in my classes as well as my reiki clients.

To further my skills as a yoga teacher, I received a Kundalini Yoga certification to deepen my awareness of subtle energy, chi, and heightened my intuition as a teacher. This allowed my students powerful purification practices to clear body and mind. 

My Yin Yoga level 1&2 certification helped to ground myself and deepen my awareness of body and mind, which I found extremely helpful when working through my life’s traumas. I completed a Restorative Yoga Training with Cindi Lee to help students rest body and mind, something I was unaware I desperately needed as well. I then completed a Mystic Shaman Training with Dr. Barbara Raven Lee. This brought in the power of the feminine and taught how to just “Be” with my shadow with self-compassion and wisdom. To deepen my yoga education, I completed a 300 hour yoga training in 2019. 

Currently, I’m teaching to a population suffering from addiction and mental illness, so I completed the Warrior at Ease Level 1 Yoga Training for military personnel suffering from PTSD, anxiety, and other traumas; the iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation level 1 & 2 training to calm the nervous system and learn to process challenging emotions and thoughts; and Floracopeia Fundamental Aromatherapy Training to support mental and emotional issues.

I believe that we are constantly growing and changing, and that is reflected in my space as a yoga teacher. My goal, in my yoga class, is to create a space of safety, compassion, openness, and curiosity, while developing mindfulness in students. 

Trainings

• 300 Hour Advanced Yoga Training with Rene Quenell at Yoga Madre
• July 2008 200 Hour Kundalini Yoga Training at The Awareness Center
• April 2002 Reiki Level 1 & 2 with Jessica Miller
• March 2003 Reiki Tummo Level 1 & 2 with Padmacahaya International Institute for Inner Study
• November 2003 Reiki Tummo Level 3a with Padmacahaya International Institute for Inner Study
• October 2013 Integrative Shakti Reiki Master Training Level 1
• June 2016 Integrative Shakti Reiki Master Training Level 2
• Yin Yoga Level 1 & 2
• Restorative Yoga with Cindi Lee
• Way of the Mystic Shaman with Dr. Barbara Raven Lee who is a Tibetan Bon practitioner, a shakti and mystic teacher
• Warrior at Ease Level 1 Yoga Training 
• iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation level 1 & 2
• Floracopeia Fundamental Aromatherapy
• 200 Hour Hatha Yoga at The Yoga Kingdom
• Mental Health Aware Yoga Professional Development Training

For more information, visit my website at: radiantheartyogaandwellness.com

Art Teacher: Delbar Shahbaz

DELBAR SHAHBAZ (she/her) is a Los Angeles based artist, originally from Iran. She received her first MFA degree from the Art University in Tehran in 2008 and for the past ten years has pursued a career as a professional artist and educator. In 2013, Delbar moved to the United States. She received her second MFA from the ArtCenter College of Design and has worked at the ArtCenter as part of the part-time faculty since 2016. Delbar has exhibited her work in Los Angeles, Tehran, London, Chicago, Montreal, and New York.