Tag: Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra & Rachel Roy Create New Line of Jewelry & T-Shirts

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Deepak Chopra is teaming up with fashion designer Rachel Roy to collaborate on a new line of jewelry, which will benefit his Urban Yogi Initiative, which teaches at-risk youths an updated take on yoga, incorporating modern-day hip-hop into the mix, according to a Fashionista.com report.

“Fashion represents the zeitgeist of our culture,” Chopra told us Web site a luncheon to celebrate the collection’s launch. “I’ve always been interested in fashion and how it’s becoming hybridized right now with different cultures coming together to make fusion fashions.”

Chopra and Roy met via Twitter when she tweeted to him asking if they could collaborate. “He asked me, ‘What can I do for you?’ and I said that I didn’t quite know what he could do for me but, ‘What I would like to do is create a product [together] and wherever you want the proceeds to go, they’ll go,’” Roy told Fashionista.com.

The new line features fine jewelry and t-shirts selling on Roy’s Web site and AHALife Web site. And pieces are already selling out!

Chopra Yoga Center Opens in Toronto

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On December 14, 2012, the Chopra Yoga Center in Toronto will open its doors with a weekend of complimentary yoga and meditation classes. This is the second Chopra Yoga Center to open this year – the first was in Vancouver.

“We’re very excited to be a part of Toronto’s vibrant yoga and wellness community,” Chopra in a released statement. “In today’s urban world it’s easy to become overwhelmed with stress. The Chopra Yoga Center will serve as a refuge where guests can experience the balance, calm, and vitality that is cultivated through yoga, meditation and wellness.”

Created in partnership with the world-renowned Chopra Center for Wellbeing, the custom-designed 6,500 square-foot wellness center will offer a variety of traditional and new classes rooted in the foundational teachings of Deepak Chopra. Classes will include hot hatha, power vinyasa and Pilates as well as hip-hop yoga, and the Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga. Naturopathic medicine, registered massage therapy, Ayurveda services and other wellness services will also be offered.

“We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate our opening in Toronto, than to invite the community into our space for a weekend of free yoga,” said Danielle Mika Nagel, director of studio development for Chopra Yoga. “We invite both beginner and advanced yogis to come down and check out our classes and wellness offerings. Our center embraces all levels.”

In addition to complimentary classes, there will be a special pre-opening rate of 30 percent off regular pre-paid memberships until Saturday, Dec. 15. For more information visit: www.choprayoga.com/toronto.

The Chopra Center Giving Away Free DVD on Chopra Centered Lifestyle

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Called “The Practice,” the new DVD available for free (plus $5.99 shipping & handling) from The Chopra Center offers 80-minutes of instruction on the foundational teachings of the Chopra Center.

The teachings include the Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga, chair yoga, guided meditations by Deepak Chopra, and Five Ways to Live a Balance Life. The DVD is also available as a digital download.

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Chopra Center’s New 21-Day Free Meditation Challenge: Creating Abundance

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Starting on November 5, 2012, the Chopra Center is offering 21 days of free guided meditations to those who register. A new meditation is posted to the Web each day, and while the summer challenge was focused on love, this theme of this one is creating abundance.

Through guided meditations each day, participants will “discover and leverage the secrets to attracting abundance,” according to best-selling author, Deepak Chopra.

Sign up for free, and make the 21-day commitment to mediation and more abundance in all areas of your life!

The Chopra Center Introduces 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga Retreat

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The Chopra Center is premiering its new retreat this January dedicated to yoga. Dubbed “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Retreat,” it promises to deepen the practice of yoga, meditation and mindful awareness.

Taking place January 17-20, 2013 at La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif – Chopra Center headquarters – it features a variety of teachers, including Claire Diab, the founder of the American Yoga Academy, and a yoga and fitness specialist. The retreat is designed for all levels of practitioners, from beginner to experienced yogi, and even includes a chair yoga option in every class.

“The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga is a consciousness-based yoga practice that combines asana, meditation, mantras and pranayama with the timeless principles presented in Deepak Chopra’s best-selling guide, “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,” according to the Chopra Center Web site.

The retreat also includes special all-inclusive pricing that also factors in the stay at La Costa Resort. For more information visit www.chopra.com.

 

La Costa Resort & Spa and The Chopra Center Offer Workplace Wellbeing Program

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The Chopra Center for Wellbeing, headquartered at La Costa Resort and Spa in southern California, introduced a new curriculum of specialized programs to teach groups how to implement daily wellness into the workplace through teachings customized by Dr. Deepak Chopra, and developed to inspire creativity and maximize wellbeing, the company announced.

The Chopra Center Workplace Wellbeing program looks at the person as a whole, focusing on the physical, emotional and spiritual layers for a productive and balanced professional and personal lifestyle. Placing wellness first and the workplace second, the program integrates ancient teachings with modern science.

The new multi-faceted curriculum is offered in the following six categories:

Inspired Leadership – Unleash the potential for creativity, organizing power and sense of unity.

Stress Management – Tap into inner silence and wisdom with breathing and meditation practices.

Move & Energize – Chair yoga teachings invigorate the body and clear a busy mind.

Work-life Balance – Learn your unique mind-body type and discover how to alleviate imbalance.

Communication – Improve skills for relationship building and conflict resolution at work and home.

Nutrition – Discover how simple, mindful eating habits affect health, energy and balance.

As part of any meetings itinerary taking place at La Costa Resort & Spa, groups can choose from the above programs for 90-minute, half-day, full-day or multi-day teachings. Additionally, yoga, meditation, massage and medical consultations can be included as optional add-ons to any curriculum.

“The Workplace Wellbeing program integrates the connection between mind and body, with the ultimate goal of attaining a healthy work-life balance,” said Sara Harvey, chief operating officer of the Chopra Center. “The technologically advanced meeting facilities of La Costa combined with the beautiful grounds of the resort is the perfect setting in which to learn how to live a healthy, vibrant lifestyle personally and professionally.”

For more information on The Chopra Center Workplace Wellbeing programs or to make reservations, call The Chopra Center at (888) 736-6895 or visit www.chopra.com/workwell.