Force and Flow

Author: Alex Goldberg

  • When’s the last time you took a deep breath?

    When’s the last time you took a deep breath?

    [spacer height=”10px”]Breathe Deep

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    The pain in your neck, the strain in your back, the static in your mind and the fatigue in your eyes…

    What if all these could be remedied with one simple, free and universally accessible treatment?

    [spacer height=”10px”]Transform tension, pressure and rigidity into support, ease and spaciousness by experiencing your breath more fully.

    Step into winter with the tools to feel limber and light and start the holiday season off right with secrets for relaxing and releasing tension from your body quickly and effortlessly.

    You can look forward to an evening as packed with pleasure as it is with useful tools and information – an introduction and a foundation to discovering how meditative, refreshing and energizing being in your body can be.
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    Space is Limited! Register Now

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    Learning to tune into and access your breath is the most effective strategy for improving your comfort, energy and focus throughout the day!

    Your sharp focus on detailed tasks and bright screens often invites shallow breath, and your days require so much focus it’s easy to miss that you’re hardly breathing at all. At the end of the day when your head hurts or your back and shoulders are killing you, it’s tempting to berate your body for failing you and look for a pill to fix the malfunction.  Unfortunately this rarely works for actually feeling better.

    This workshop is here to offer you a far more effective strategy for actually feeling better, quickly and easily, and simple tools for easily applying it to your everyday life.

    Discover the secrets of full and connected breathing and catapult yourself to a new level of comfort and performance.

    The gentle movements and guided meditations of the Breathe Deep workshop make for some of the simplest, most practical and effective techniques for significantly improving and maintaining your health and wellness, not to mention your focus and stamina on a daily.

    For lovers of immediate gratification, come see just how quickly and pleasurably you can energize and relax your body, mind and spirit. And then do it again and again with the fancy skills you pick up.

    All of which make this workshop by far one of the most valuable experiences you can give yourself this holiday season…

    But what makes it over the top valuable is the the small group size and intimate setting that Ophra creates, making sure that every individual can benefit from her incredible store of knowledge and warm care in a personalized way.

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    Which also means that SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED!!!
    If you can’t afford to miss this workshop, make sure to Register Now

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    Monday, December 8

    @ Shen Tao Studio
    303 Park Ave South, Suite 312 (@ 23rd Street)

    7:00 – 8:15 PM

    $25 Before 12/4
    $35 until 12/7
    $50 at the door
    Space is Limited!
    Register Now

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    Learn powerful and effective techniques for using walking to:

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    [list_item]Release Stress Throughout the Day[/list_item]
    [list_item]Increase Your Focus & Stamina[/list_item]
    [list_item]Relax Your Mind & Increase Your Awareness[/list_item]
    [list_item]Improve Immune Function & Breath Capacity[/list_item]
    [list_item]Replenish Your Energy[/list_item]
    [list_item]Improve Your Alignment[/list_item]
    [list_item]Reduce Chronic Pain & Avoid Injury[/list_item][/list]

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    Your Guide

    OphraOphra Wolf is a mind-body educator, healer and mover extraordinaire. She’s bringing together an incredible array of knowledge – from the mechanics and anatomy of dance, yoga, and pilates, to the energetics of qi gong and mindfulness of meditation and movement improvisation – to deliver a workshop packed with practical and tangible information to help improve your everyday life.[/one_half_last]

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    Enroll Now

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    [alert color=”white” background=”#7E9254″ border_color=”#7E9254″]If you have questions or concerns, use the form below to leave us a note. Your spot is not reserved until we’ve received your payment.[pauf id=”workshop_registration” text=”Workshop Registration” width=”200px”][/alert]
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    [alert color=”white” background=”#3A1A45″ border_color=”#3A1A45″]POLICIES

    • Your spot in the workshop is not guaranteed until we’ve received your payment.
    • We will issue a full refund minus a $10 processing fee for all cancellations made within 7 days of the workshop.
    • We will issue a 50% refund for all cancellations made 2-6 days prior to the workshop.
    • Cancellations made 48 hours or less prior to the workshop are non-refundable.

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    [alert color=”white” background=”#7E9245″ border_color=”#7E9245″]WHAT TO BRING

    • Comfortable shoes and clothes to move in.
    • A bottle of water.
    • Optional: a notebook, drawing pad, camera… some kind of mneumonic aid.

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  • Need some playful release? Get in on some Partner Stretching!

    Need some playful release? Get in on some Partner Stretching!

    [spacer height=”10px”]Partner Stretching

    [divider style=”medium”] [spacer height=”20px”]This holiday season, instead of new toys, invest in new ways to play…

    Learn how to partner with another body to push, pull and shake your tensions out and bring the good feelings in.

    In this two-hour workshop you’ll learn how to stretch, release tension, and encourage relaxation in your partner and yourself simultaneously.

    You can look forward to an invigorating and playful evening packed with pleasure and practical tools for releasing tension and improving your strength and alignment.

    Space is Limited! Register Now

    [spacer height=”10px”]Get the moves to keep your juices flowing

    Now that your days are getting short and cold, you need some good moves to ward off the inevitable winter stiffness and lethargy, and this workshop is here to give you just that. Come learn secrets to staying limber, toned and relaxed while hanging out on the floor at home… you may never even miss the great outdoors!

    [spacer height=”10px”]Feed your body and spirit a sweet dose of playful partnering and deep listening

    There’s nothing like the awareness that comes when you work in partnership with another body – you’ll learn to feel subtle pushes and pulls, resistance and release, and the dynamics of sharing your weight with another – all skills that are sure to make you an even more masterful communicator in every part of your life. And there’s no play quite as pleasurable and rewarding as using your own weight for resisting, sharing, and supporting another.

    Best of all, while you play with using your weight to resist, support and share, you’re also on the fast track to finding more balance, flexibility, strength, and most of all, *pleasure* in your own body. And with all that in your bag, you’re on your way to a winter full of healthy fun and vitality.

    [spacer height=”10px”]Come alone or with a partner – this is a gift to yourself and someone you love playing with that will keep giving.

    Space is very limited because this is a hands on and individualized workshop – if you’re tired of having generic moves thrown at you that you’re expected to perform no matter what your body actually feels good doing, make sure to reserve your spot lickety split. I’ll be treating every individual as just that and giving you both the attention and the expertise you need to make the most of every move and moment that we share.
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    Save Your Spots! Register Now

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    Wednesday, December 10
    7PM – 9PM

    SOLD OUT
    use the form below to request info about upcoming dates

    $75 before Dec 3 – use coupon EARLY BIRD @ checkout
    After 12/3: $99 for one/$177 for two
    $125 at the Door
    Register Now

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    Learn powerful and effective techniques for using walking to:

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    [list_item]Relax & Revitalize[/list_item]
    [list_item]Listen & Connect Deeply[/list_item]
    [list_item]Reduce Stress[/list_item]
    [list_item]Release Pain & Tension[/list_item]
    [list_item]Replenish Energy[/list_item]
    [list_item]Improve Alignment & Flexibility[/list_item]
    [list_item]Support Injuries[/list_item]
    [list_item]Reduce Chronic Pain[/list_item][/list]

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    Your Guide

    OphraOphra Wolf is a mind-body educator, healer and mover extraordinaire. She’s bringing together an incredible array of knowledge – from the mechanics and anatomy of dance, yoga, and pilates, to the energetics of qi gong and mindfulness of meditation and movement improvisation – to deliver a workshop packed with practical and accessible information to help improve your everyday life.

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    Enroll Now

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    [alert color=”white” background=”#FF7E00″ border_color=”#FF7E00″]Register and pay using a credit card or paypal account:
    [paupay_cart id=”14889″ trans_type=”variable_purchase” pretext=”Buy Now” text=”Buy Now”]To use the EARLY BIRD coupon code (until Nov 30), Select ‘One Spot’ and press the Edit button in the payment panel to enter your coupon code.[/alert]

    [alert color=”white” background=”#7E9254″ border_color=”#7E9254″]If you have questions or concerns, use the form below to leave us a note. Your spot is not reserved until we’ve received your payment.[pauf id=”workshop_registration” text=”Workshop Registration” width=”200px”][/alert]
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    [alert color=”white” background=”#3A1A45″ border_color=”#3A1A45″]POLICIES

    • Your spot in the workshop is not guaranteed until we’ve received your payment.
    • We will issue a full refund minus a $10 processing fee for all cancellations made within 7 days of the workshop.
    • We will issue a 50% refund for all cancellations made 2-6 days prior to the workshop.
    • Cancellations made 48 hours or less prior to the workshop are non-refundable.

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    [alert color=”white” background=”#7E9245″ border_color=”#7E9245″]WHAT TO BRING

    • Comfortable shoes and clothes to move in.
    • A bottle of water.
    • Optional: a notebook, drawing pad, camera… some kind of mneumonic aid.

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    [alert color=”white” background=”#3A1A45″ border_color=”#3A1A45″]To pay by check or cash, submit the form  above and leave a note in the message field indicating your payment option, then mail your payment to Force and Flow, 1102 Dean St. #4, Brooklyn 11216.[/alert]

     

  • Is stress ruining your holiday season?

    Is stress ruining your holiday season?

    [spacer height=”15px”]DIY Stress Relief

    [divider style=”medium”][spacer height=”15px”]Feeling pushed and pulled by life?

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    Learn how to push, pull and vibrate the stress and tension out of your body.

    Come to this two-hour workshop cum holiday party for your body, and learn potent and effective techniques that you can use from day to day and year to year to help relive stress and tension.

    We’ll be getting loose and relaxed with self-massage and acupressure, breathing and toning, and release techniques to make your body, mind and spirit say ahhhhh.

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    [spacer height=”10px”]Have you been a good friend and lover to your body this year?

    If you think there’s a better way to nurture your closest relationships than running around in search of pre-fab products and pretty packaging, you’re right. This holiday season, spend time nurturing the closest relationship you have – with your own body – and give both yourself and someone you love the greatest gift of all, the gift of self-care.

    Among the things that only you can give yourself, a healthy lifestyle is golden, and all the green drinks in the world won’t keep you healthy if your body is in constant stress mode. So take your health in your hands – literally – and learn how to move through stress and move stress through your body so that you can experience the kind of relaxation and relief that make you want to live a long, healthy life in the first place!

    [spacer height=”10px”]Give your body what it needs to let loose and find relief the natural way…

    …and avoid the crash into fatigue and pain that wears you down and sends you running for cover of meds and beds.

    The self-massage, release and acupressure techniques that you’ll learn in this very special evening workshop will serve you for life, and also give you immediate relief and pleasure.

    This is the perfect time to pick up and sharpen your tools for feeling limber and light as you step into winter and the New Year, and to discover some potent secrets for relaxing and releasing tension from your body quickly and effortlessly.

    [spacer height=”10px”]And if that’s not enough, this year there’s a special bonus – something to sing and shout about!

    Use your voice to vibrate the stress out of your entire body with a special toning circle:

    Katie Down, musican, music therapist and the leader of our long-running Sound Bath series will be joining us for part of the evening with her magical Sruti box to lead a toning circle where you’ll get a chance to discover how powerful using your voice can be for releasing the pent up stress and tension in your entire being.

    [spacer height=”10px”]You’re already crazy busy, so don’t waste any more time being slowed down by stress

    You may be overwhelmed with things to do before the end of the year, in which case this workshop is likely the most efficient, and not to mention pleasurable, two hours that you spend this December. Things never go fast or easy when we’re stressed out, and sometimes just a little bit of time taken to relieve the stress can save you an exponential amount of time and energy.

    Come get what you need, with all of Ophra’s expertise and individualized guidance at your service! Don’t miss this opportunity to unwind with 2 delicious hours of mindful pleasure and relaxation for your body, mind and spirit at the gorgeous Actors Fund space on Hoyt St. in Brooklyn.

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    Who wouldn’t want to sign up for an evening as packed with pleasure as it is with useful tools and information? Save you spot quick, and one for a friend too – it’s even more affordable if you come together!

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    Tuesday, December 9
    7:00 – 9:30 PM

    @ The Actors Fund Arts Center
    160 Schermerhorn Street @ Hoyt St., Brooklyn

    $75 before Dec 3
    (coupon = EARLY BIRD @ checkout)
    $99 After, $177 for Two
    $125 at the Door

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    Learn powerful and effective techniques to:

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    [list_item]Release Stress Throughout the Day[/list_item]
    [list_item]Relieve Pain & Stiffness from your Neck, Shoulders, Wrists, Hips, Low Back and Feet[/list_item]
    [list_item]Loosen Tight Joints and Free-up the Breath[/list_item]
    [list_item]Relax Your Mind & Increase Your Awareness[/list_item]
    [list_item]Improve Tone & Circulation[/list_item]
    [list_item]Revitalize Your Focus & Replenish Your Energy[/list_item]
    [list_item]Reduce Chronic Pain & Avoid Injury[/list_item][/list]

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    [spacer height=”20px”]Your Guide

    OphraOphra Wolf is a mind-body educator, healer and mover extraordinaire. She’s bringing together an incredible array of knowledge – from the mechanics and anatomy of dance, yoga, and pilates, to the energetics of qi gong and mindfulness of meditation and movement improvisation – to deliver a workshop packed with practical and accessible information to help improve your everyday life.
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    Enroll Now

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    [alert color=”white” background=”#FF7E00″ border_color=”#FF7E00″]Register and pay using a credit card or paypal account:
    [paupay_cart id=”14882″ trans_type=”variable_purchase” pretext=”Buy Now” text=”Buy Now”]To use the EARLY BIRD coupon code (until Nov 30), Select ‘One Spot’ and press the Edit button in the payment panel to enter your coupon code.[/alert]

    [alert color=”white” background=”#7E9254″ border_color=”#7E9254″]If you have questions or concerns, use the form below to leave us a note. Your spot is not reserved until we’ve received your payment.[pauf id=”workshop_registration” text=”Workshop Registration” width=”200px”][/alert]
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    [alert color=”white” background=”#3A1A45″ border_color=”#3A1A45″]POLICIES

    • Your spot in the workshop is not guaranteed until we’ve received your payment.
    • We will issue a full refund minus a $10 processing fee for all cancellations made within 7 days of the workshop.
    • We will issue a 50% refund for all cancellations made 2-6 days prior to the workshop.
    • Cancellations made 48 hours or less prior to the workshop are non-refundable.

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    [alert color=”white” background=”#7E9245″ border_color=”#7E9245″]WHAT TO BRING

    • Comfortable shoes and clothes to move in.
    • A bottle of water.
    • Optional: a notebook, drawing pad, camera… some kind of mneumonic aid.

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    [alert color=”white” background=”#3A1A45″ border_color=”#3A1A45″]To pay by check or cash, submit the form above and leave a note in the message field indicating your payment option, then mail your payment to Force and Flow, 1102 Dean St. #4, Brooklyn 11216.[/alert]

     

  • Shopping For Health and Vitality?

    Sound Baths at Force & Flow[spacer height=”15px”]Hello High Flier, have you taken time to ground and replenish your energies recently?

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    You’re invited to turn off your high speed hustle for a couple of delicious hours, and tune in to a transmission of practical information to help you slow down, release tension, and experience pleasure in your body and spirit.

    The cold days have arrived but you’re still in high heat gear, spinning your wheels at top speed to finish projects and fulfill obligations.

    Maybe you’ll be done in time so you can be present for the holiday merriment, but how present can you really be and how much pleasure can you really take in if your body is tight and heavy and your spirit is fatigued?

    Not nearly as much as you could if you were truly relaxed, breathing the moments in deeply and feeling grounded and centered within yourself and in your constellation of friends and family.

    Which is why it’s time to Breathe Deep, to invest in some quality DIY Stress Relief time, and learn how to get pleasure and relief from Partnering…

    So that you can actually celebrate all that you’ve accomplished this year without feeling guilty about what you’re not doing! And so you can set your goals and intentions for the New Year from a place of renewed vitality and relaxed focus.

    All this can happen very easily and organically, if you only you take a little bit of quality time to tune into your body.

    And these workshops are here to help you do just that!

    To offer you a sure fire sign that it’s TIME to take care of yourself, and give you a clear map to getting off the road to a winter of frustration and fatigue and on to the path of health and vitality…

    On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, Dec 8, 9, & 10, Force and Flow is offering three opportunities – Breathe Deep, DIY Stress Relief, and Partner Stretching – to not only relieve you’re the stress and pain you’re carrying now, but to learn the skills for staying loose and limber for months and years to come.

    They’re all taught by Ophra Wolf, the spark behind Force & Flow and a five star teacher and healer – which means you get the expertise, care and attention to meet you at your most brilliant self and take you higher.

    Space is extremely limited at this point, and the Early Bird Discount ends SOON, so get in on the good times NOW.

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    Register ASAP to save your spot… and one for a friend who needs it as much as you!

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    Breathe Deep, 12/8

    Breathe Deep –

    December 8

    • Step into Winter with the tools to feel limber and light and start the holiday season off right with secrets for relaxing and releasing tension from your body quickly and effortlessly.
    • Transform tension, pressure and rigidity into support, ease and spaciousness by experiencing your breath more fully.
    • Location Shen Tao Studio, 303 Park Ave South, Suite 312 (@ 23rd Street)
    • 7:00 – 8:15pm
    • Register Now

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    DIY Stress Relief, 12/9

    DIY Stress Relief –

    December 9

    • Join us for this two-hour workshop cum holiday party for your body, and learn potent and effective techniques that you can use from day to day and year to year to help relive stress and tension.
    • Location The Actors Fund Arts Center, 160 Schermerhorn Street @ Hoyt St., Brooklyn
    • 7:00 – 9:30pm
    • Register Now

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    Register and pay using a credit card or paypal account:

    (To use the EARLY BIRD coupon code (exp 11/30) – Select ‘One Spot’ and press the Edit button in the payment panel to enter your coupon code.)
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    Partner Stretching

    – December 10

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    Register and pay using a credit card or paypal account:

    (To use the EARLY BIRD coupon code (exp 11/30) – Select ‘One Spot’ and press the Edit button in the payment panel to enter your coupon code.)
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