Yoga + Chocolate + Yoga + Wine + Chocolate Chakra Tour presented by David Romanelli

Friday, November 14, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Yoga + Wine: Power of Terroir

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." - Lao Tzu

The word "terroir" is commonly used by wine aficionados to describe the grapes' oneness to the soil in which they are grown. When a human being sustains a relationship with the soil, sky, and sea, she too has a oneness with nature. Your own terroir might be evident as the dirt on your feet from playing in the backyard, or your messy hair blown by the howling wind, or the scratch on your arm from the shrub disguising your dog's missing tennis ball.  The bottom line: dirt is good. There's something sexy about one returning from the outdoors.

In a world where nature's beauty is severely endangered by the increasingly vulnerable environment, it's more important than ever before to venture into the wild. In this workshop co-created by Angela Gargano of Bliss Flow Yoga, David will share yoga's ability to root you into the earth, into your muscles, joints, body, and soul. After class, David will lead you through a tasting of wines from the Feudo Arancio vineyards as you examine their terroir which varies from Australia to France, and Sonoma to South Africa. You will finish with a greater appreciation for the environment… both inside and out.
Natalie Goldberg said, "Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down."

This is a 90 minute flowing vinyasa yoga class set to great music, inspiring messages, and followed by a wine and hors d’oeuvres party after. The wine tasting is complimentary and open only to people 21 and over.

Saturday, November 15, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Beautiful, Funny, Delicious

"It's not how old you are, but how you are old." - Jules Renard

This two-hour flowing vinyasa yoga class addresses what it takes to carve out profound moments in a world of increasing distraction. If every day of your life you can enjoy one beautiful moment, one funny moment, and one delicious moment, you will add great substance to the otherwise maddening pace of modern living. This class will be a masterfully sequenced vigorous flow weaving in readings from David’s soon-to-be-released book… creating laughter and fun. Modern studies show tremendous health benefits to a good, hardy laugh. This experience will be rich with alluring music and rich scents as David reminds us all to appreciate the simple pleasures that make life beautiful. We will finish with a sampling of exotic cheeses and olives specially selected from Vail, Colorado restauranteur Pollyanna Forster, co-creator of The Spiritual Picnic. Delicious tastes of pleasure (like couture hot cocoa or Black Pearl olives) are the most accessible gateways to the present moment.  

This experience will provide you with a renewed sense of joy not for what you want, but for who you are... a beautiful soul to whom sensory pleasure is the breath of life.

Saturday, November 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
The Chocolate Chakra Tour

"Healing is not a science but the intuitive art of healing nature." - W.H. Auden

In the ancient Eastern cultures, healing is an art as much as a science. In this two-hour presentation, David will explain this art through the chakra system which teaches how to inspire the soul in order to heal the body.

The Chocolate Chakra Tour is a journey through the seven chakras. For each chakra, you will experience a deep stretch yoga pose, a specially selected song from just the right genre of music, a carefully chosen exotic Vosges Chocolate truffle, and a fun story to drive the points home. You will learn how the sparkling guitar of the late Jerry Garcia is the ultimate sound to soothe the heart chakra, while the spicy Red Fire Vosges chocolate truffle offers a powerful connection to the root chakra. This workshop is based on The Yoga + Chocolate Chakra Box, which David co-created with Katrina Markoff, founder of Vosges Haut-Chocolat. 

Please note:
- this is a deep stretch yoga class with 15 minutes of light flowing yoga and 1 hour of deeply relaxing yin yoga. 
- after class we will spend time sampling seven exotic chocolate truffles, so come hungry with an insatiable desire for the world's best chocolate.

Sunday, November 16, 11:30am - 1:30pm
Yoga + Chocolate: Spiritual Fitness

"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, un-forgiveness, selfishness, and fears." - Cesar Pavese

We will begin class sipping on Vosges Haut-Chocolat couture hot cocoa (not so much to fill you up but enough to recall that chocolate is to the soul what a massage is to the body) followed by a highly enjoyable full two-hour flowing vinyasa yoga class where your ego, if not left at the door, will finds its way peacefully parked elsewhere.
 
This workshop takes place in the heart of Fall, so its message and music will focus on shedding skin that no longer serves you. Whether it's shedding an old perspective, a bad habit, an unhealthy friendship, or some long standing fear, there's no better time of year to let go and lighten the load. One who is trim in the ego has a richer sense of truth and feels fit and strong in the ways of spirit. Spiritual fitness is a concept inherent to many of the ancient Eastern Asian cultures, a theme which foreshadows the perfect ending. Class will finish with a tasting of truffles from the Vosges green collection featuring unique spices, teas, fruits and flowers indigenous to Asia. This will be a new and transformative experience which very well might grow your belly, slim your ego, and uplift your spirit.