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Recovery Month Community Events

California
Event Number
41
Title
MONTEREY NAR-ANON CONVENTION JAN 9-11, 2009
Description
We will be holding a convention alongside the Monterey Bay Covention of Narcotics Anonymous (MBCNA)
www.mbcna.org

This is an opportunity for the addict and his/her family to attend conventions together!
Date
1/9/2009 7:00 PM to 1/11/2009 11:00 PM
Location
Portola Plaza Hotel and Spa
2 Portola Plaza
Monterey, CA 93940
Program Agenda
To be announced! Please keep checking our convention website page:http://nar-anon.org/conventions3.htm
Invited Officials/Presenters
The entire community including doctors, therapists, high school principals and counselors along with the friends and families of addicts.
Expected Number of Participants
100
Primary Contact
Cathy K
Address
22527 Crenshaw Blvd #200B
Torrance, CA  90505
Phone Number
(800) 477-6291
Email Address

Event Number
44
Title
Yoga of Recovery Certificate Course for Counselors
Description
Yoga of Recovery is the first comprehensive course to combine Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, spirit approach to addiction and self-destructive behaviors.
Date
1/23/2009 10:00 AM to 2/1/2009 12:00 AM
Type of Event
Holistic training focusing on recovery from all addictions
Location
Location: Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas

Jan 23 - Feb 1, 2009 (arrive Jan 22, leave Feb 2, 11 nights)
(accommodation ($59-$89 per night)

Web: www.sivanandabahamas.org
Email: Nassau@sivananda.org
Phone: 1-866-446-5934 or 242-363-2902
Program Agenda
PROGRAM INCLUDES:
Hatha Yoga:
Course students will practice hatha yoga 2 hours per day, the class will be suitable for all levels. This course does not qualify you as a hatha yoga teacher, it simply brings you to the awareness and experience of its benefits, within the context of the wider framework of yogic psychology and philosophy and the healing aspects of Ayurveda.

Ayurveda workshops:
-Causes of disease from the Ayurvedic perspective and its relation to addiction.
-Addictive tendencies of each doshic type and their underlying needs and vulnerabilities.
-Likely damage caused and some simple suggestions for balance.
-Simple, practical methods to revitalize the body's systems and boost the immune system such as proper daily and seasonal routines.
-How to be 'established in the self' - the best way to strengthen ongoing recovery.
- Ayurvedic nutrition.
-Seasonal and lifestyle suggestions.
- Simple yet essential detoxification practices.
-Counseling practices most useful for each type.


Tools of Recovery workshops:
Become able to correlate and discuss the many similarities between the foundations of Classical Yoga and those of the 12 Step Programs. This course expands your awareness and understanding of the 4 Paths of Yoga and how these spiritual practices can be integrated with the tools of 12 Step Programs.

Open 12-step meetings:
Many people who work in the field of recovery are themselves in recovery. Here we talk about our experience, strength and hope around any addictive habits that we are recovering from. This helps us develop more openness and compassion around both our own lingering compulsions and the struggle of different 'drug of choice' than ours. These meetings will also be a very beneficial experience for those not in recovery, to see what meetings are like, what their clients are involved with.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Teachers
This course is co-facilitated by Swami Sitaramananda and Durga.

Swami Sitaramananda is a gifted speaker and teacher of Yoga and Meditation, serving for more than twenty-five years in the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams & Centers. Swami Sitaramananda's great experience of the intricacy of spiritual life, her vedic knowledge and her love of spiritual seekers have made her an able spiritual teacher.

She is an internationally respected teacher who presents the intricate yoga philosophy and practice in a simple, down to earth and humorous manner. She is an expert in teaching Positive thinking and how to deal with the mind and the emotions.
Expected Number of Participants
24
Invited Participants/Audience
This course is for therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, sponsors, yoga teachers, Ayurvedic practitioners etc. Anyone interested in a more holistic and complete view of the problem and its solution. Bringing the west (12 Steps) and the East (Yoga and Ayurveda) together offers us a truly empowering approach to counseling those who embark on a program of recovery. It is the evolution of the solution.

Upon completion of the course you will have the skills to introduce the healing potential of the holistic sciences of Ayurveda and Yoga into your own life and those around you.

For those in counseling roles the course will offer you additional tools and a deeper understanding of the comprehensive approach to wellness, emotional sobriety and sustained spiritual development using Ayurveda and Yoga as extension therapies to any 12 Step work. If you are already a Yoga teacher, this course will make you uniquely qualified and more confident to teach yoga in rehabs or to people in recovery from any addiction. You will fully understand the root of the problem and the holistic approach, extended from limited understanding of substance abuse/behavioral problems to be treated with asana alone, to a full range of therapies for mind, body and spirit from these powerful healing modalities.
Primary Contact
reception or  any staff member
Address
Yoga Retreat
Paradise Island,   00108
Phone Number
242-363-2902
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Durga 
Phone Number
242-363-2902
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.yogaofrecovery.com

Event Number
42
Title
Yoga of Recovery Weekend Workshops
Description
Integrate the wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda with the tools of 12-Step Recovery.
Date
2/27/2009 12:00 PM to 3/1/2009 12:00 AM
Type of Event
Weekend Workshops
Location
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, Marina Del Ray, Los Angeles, CA

13325 Beach Ave, Marina Del Ray, CA 90292
Tel: 310 822 9642
www.sivananda.org/la/
losangeles@sivananda.org
Program Agenda
Friday February 27, 2009:
7-8.30pm,
Free Introductory Talk: Yoga and Ayurveda and 12 step: The integrated treatment of addiction and self destructive behaviors in the 21st century

Saturday, February 28, 2009:
10.30am Yoga Asana class
12-2pm Life is Sweet (the roots of our addictive behaviors)
2.30-4.30pm Ayurveda: The Addictive Tendencies of the Doshas
5-7pm Addiction's energetic movement ? down and out

Cost: $75 for the day including one asana class or $25 per YoR session

Sunday, March 1, 2009:
10.30am or 5pm Yoga Asana class

12-2pm Balancing the doshas
2.30-4.30pm Ayurvedic nutrition ? an uplifting diet to support recovery

Cost: $50 for the day including one asana class or $25 per YoR session

Full weekend rate $120
Advance Booking/member rate for full weekend, booked and paid before 02.14.09 - $108 (includes all YoR workshops and one yoga class per day)

Individual Consultations Monday - Wednesday, March 2-5, 2009 by appointment.
Expected Number of Participants
24
Invited Participants/Audience
Open to all who are looking to overcome self-destructive or addictive tendencies or those affected by addictions in others.
Primary Contact
reception or  any staff member
Address
13325 Beach Ave
Marina Del Ray, CA  90292
Phone Number
(310) 822-9642
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Durga 
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.yogaofrecovery.com

Event Number
51
Title
REEL Recovery Film Series
Description
On EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TUESDAY NIGHTS in APRIL & MAY OF 2009, Writers In Treatment presents eight classic films in Hollywood, California.

This week's film: Permanent Midnight
Date
4/7/2009 7:00 PM to 4/7/2009 11:00 PM
Type of Event
Awareness and Charity Fundraising Film Festival
Location

611 N. Fairfax St. Hollywood, California

Program Agenda
Doors open 7PM.
Live Music and hors d'oeuvres till 8PM
Presentations by the film makers.
8:20 Film shown
10:00 Audience participation and discussion of film and it's message.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Well known writers and actors whose work has raised the awareness of disease of alcoholism and the many collateral victims this disease affects.
Expected Number of Participants
175
Invited Participants/Audience
Film makers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Treatment workers, therapists, Recovery sponsors and their sponsees.
Primary Contact
Leonard Buschel
Address
12059 Hoffman St. #201
Studio City, CA  91604
Phone Number
(818) 762-0461
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Leonard Buschel
Address
12059 Hoffman St. #201
Studio Cit CA  91604
Phone Number
3107676970
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.writersintreatment.org

Event Number
140
Title
Spring into Prosperity
Description
work together on the 12 step sponsor booklet on debting. Get tips and words of inspriration from a bussines owner. We also discuss the importance of a vision and goals.
Date
4/11/2009 1:30 PM to 4/11/2009 4:30 PM
Type of Event
Southern California Debtors Anonymous Workshop
Location
Veterans Memorial Complex
4117 Overland Ave.
Culver City, CA 90230
Expected Number of Participants
100
Invited Participants/Audience
Any debtor that still suffers are invited
Primary Contact
Kalilah Watts
Address
5521 Grosvenor Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA  90066
Phone Number
(909)496-8076
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.socalda.org/

Event Number
52
Title
REEL Recovery Film Series
Description
On EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TUESDAY NIGHTS in APRIL & MAY OF 2009, Writers In Treatment presents eight classic films in Hollywood, California.

This week's film: The Lost Weekend
Date
4/14/2009 7:00 PM to 4/14/2009 11:00 PM
Type of Event
Awareness and Charity Fundraising Film Festival
Location
611 N. Fairfax St. Hollywood, California
Program Agenda
Doors open 7PM.
Live Music and hors d'oeuvres till 8PM
Presentations by the film makers.
8:20 Film shown
10:00 Audience participation and discussion of film and it's message.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Well known writers and actors whose work has raised the awareness of disease of alcoholism and the many collateral victims this disease affects.
Expected Number of Participants
175
Invited Participants/Audience
Film makers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Treatment workers, therapists, Recovery sponsors and their sponsees.
Primary Contact
Leonard Buschel
Address
12059 Hoffman St. #201
Studio City, CA  91604
Phone Number
(818) 762-0461
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.writersintreatment.org

Event Number
115
Title
Decade of Dedication & 10 Year Anniversary of A New PATH
Description
The event benefits A New PATH's efforts to reduct the stigma of substance abuse in order to increase access to quality drug addiction treatment services, in lieu of incarceration. We are proud to Honor the 3 Co-Founders: Gretchen Burns Bergman, Sylvia Liwerant, and Tom O'Donnell
Date
4/17/2009 6:00 PM to 4/17/2009 10:00 PM
Type of Event
10 Year Anniversary Celebration
Location
Sheraton Harbor Island West in San Diego
Bel Aire Ballroom
Program Agenda
6:00 PM Reception and Silent Auction in Foyer
7:00 PM Dinner, Entertainment & Awards Ceremony
9:00 PM Performance, by World Renowned Southwestern Community College Choir
Invited Officials/Presenters
Guest Emcee: Geni Cavitt, KGTV News 10
Expected Number of Participants
200
Invited Participants/Audience
Individuals that have been part of PATH over the past 10 years as well as people in recovery & people that support recovery
Primary Contact
Dee Dee Sagun
Address
2527 Doubletree Rd.
Spring Valley, CA  91978
Phone Number
619-670-1184
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Gretchen  Burns Bergman
Address
2527 Doubletree Rd.
Spring Val CA  91978
Phone Number
619-670-1184
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.anewpathsite.org

Event Number
53
Title
REEL Recovery Film Series
Description
On EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TUESDAY NIGHTS in APRIL & MAY OF 2009, Writers In Treatment presents eight classic films in Hollywood, California.

This week's film: Leaving Las Vegas
Date
4/21/2009 7:00 PM to 4/21/2009 11:00 PM
Type of Event
Awareness and Fundraiser
Location
611 N. Fairfax St. Hollywood, California
Program Agenda
Doors open 7PM.
Live Music and hors d'oeuvres till 8PM
Presentations by the film makers.
8:20 Film shown
10:00 Audience participation and discussion of film and it's message
Invited Officials/Presenters
Well known writers and actors whose work has raised the awareness of disease of alcoholism and the many collateral victims this disease affects
Expected Number of Participants
175
Invited Participants/Audience
Film makers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Treatment workers, therapists, Recovery sponsors and their sponsees.
Primary Contact
Leonard Buschel
Address
12059 Hoffman St. #201
Studio City, CA  91604
Phone Number
(818) 762-0461
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.writersintreatment.org

Event Number
54
Title
REEL Recovery Film Series
Description
On EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TUESDAY NIGHTS in APRIL & MAY OF 2009, Writers In Treatment presents eight classic films in Hollywood, California.
This week's film: Sid and Nancy
Date
4/28/2009 7:00 PM to 4/28/2009 11:00 PM
Type of Event
Awareness and Fundraiser
Location
611 N. Fairfax St. Hollywood, California
Program Agenda
Doors open 7PM.
Live Music and hors d'oeuvres till 8PM
Presentations by the film makers.
8:20 Film shown
10:00 Audience participation and discussion of film and it's message.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Well known writers and actors whose work has raised the awareness of disease of alcoholism and the many collateral victims this disease affects.
Expected Number of Participants
175
Invited Participants/Audience
Film makers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Treatment workers, therapists, Recovery sponsors and their sponsees.
Primary Contact
Leonard Buschel
Address
12059 Hoffman St. #201
Studio City, CA  91604
Phone Number
(818) 762-0461
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.writersintreatment.org

Event Number
55
Title
REEL Recovery Film Series
Description
On EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TUESDAY NIGHTS in APRIL & MAY OF 2009, Writers In Treatment presents eight classic films in Hollywood, California.
This week's film: Choke
Date
5/5/2009 7:00 PM to 5/5/2009 11:00 PM
Type of Event
Awareness and Fundraiser
Location
611 N. Fairfax St. Hollywood, California
Program Agenda
Doors open 7PM.
Live Music and hors d'oeuvres till 8PM
Presentations by the film makers.
8:20 Film shown
10:00 Audience participation and discussion of film and it's message.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Well known writers and actors whose work has raised the awareness of disease of alcoholism and the many collateral victims this disease affects.
Expected Number of Participants
175
Invited Participants/Audience
Film makers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Treatment workers, therapists, Recovery sponsors and their sponsees.
Primary Contact
Leonard Buschel
Address
12059 Hoffman St. #201
Studio City, CA  91604
Phone Number
(818) 762-0461
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.writersintreatment.org

Event Number
56
Title
REEL Recovery Film Series
Description
On EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TUESDAY NIGHTS in APRIL & MAY OF 2009, Writers In Treatment presents eight classic films in Hollywood, California.

This week's film: Less Than Zero
Date
5/12/2009 7:00 PM to 5/12/2009 11:00 PM
Type of Event
Awareness and Fundraiser
Location
611 N. Fairfax St. Hollywood, California
Program Agenda
Doors open 7PM.
Live Music and hors d'oeuvres till 8PM
Presentations by the film makers.
8:20 Film shown
10:00 Audience participation and discussion of film and it's message.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Well known writers and actors whose work has raised the awareness of disease of alcoholism and the many collateral victims this disease affects
Expected Number of Participants
175
Invited Participants/Audience
Film makers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Treatment workers, therapists, Recovery sponsors and their sponsees
Primary Contact
Leonard Buschel
Address
12059 Hoffman St. #201
Studio City, CA  91604
Phone Number
(818) 762-0461
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.writersintreatment.org

Event Number
57
Title
REEL Recovery Film Series
Description
On EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TUESDAY NIGHTS in APRIL & MAY OF 2009, Writers In Treatment presents eight classic films in Hollywood, California.

This week's film: Barfly
Date
5/19/2009 7:00 PM to 5/19/2009 11:00 PM
Type of Event
Awareness and Fundraiser
Location
611 N. Fairfax St. Hollywood, California
Program Agenda
Doors open 7PM.
Live Music and hors d'oeuvres till 8PM
Presentations by the film makers.
8:20 Film shown
10:00 Audience participation and discussion of film and it's message
Invited Officials/Presenters
Well known writers and actors whose work has raised the awareness of disease of alcoholism and the many collateral victims this disease affects.
Expected Number of Participants
175
Invited Participants/Audience
Film makers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Treatment workers, therapists, Recovery sponsors and their sponsees
Primary Contact
Leonard Buschel
Address
12059 Hoffman St. #201
Studio City, CA  91604
Phone Number
(818) 762-0461
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.writersintreatment.org

Event Number
58
Title
REEL Recovery Film Series
Description
On EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TUESDAY NIGHTS in APRIL & MAY OF 2009, Writers In Treatment presents eight classic films in Hollywood, California.

This week's film: the American premiere of Ivans XTC by U.K. director Bernard Rose.
Date
5/26/2009 7:00 PM to 5/26/2009 11:00 PM
Type of Event
Awareness and Fundraiser
Location
www.writersintreatment.org
Program Agenda
Doors open 7PM.
Live Music and hors d'oeuvres till 8PM
Presentations by the film makers.
8:20 Film shown
10:00 Audience participation and discussion of film and it's message.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Well known writers and actors whose work has raised the awareness of disease of alcoholism and the many collateral victims this disease affects.
Expected Number of Participants
175
Invited Participants/Audience
Film makers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Treatment workers, therapists, Recovery sponsors and their sponsees.
Primary Contact
Leonard Buschel
Address
12059 Hoffman St. #201
Studio City, CA  91604
Phone Number
(818) 762-0461
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.writersintreatment.org

Event Number
45
Title
Yoga of Recovery Certificate Course for Counselors
Description
Yoga of Recovery is the first comprehensive course to combine Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, spirit approach to addiction and self-destructive behaviors.
Date
7/30/2009 8:00 AM to 8/9/2009 12:00 AM
Type of Event
Holistic training focusing on recovery from all addictions
Location
Grass Valley, California, USA
(accommodations $50-$85 per night)

Web: sivananda.org/yogafarm
Email: yogafarm@sivananda.org
Phone: 800-469-9642 or 530-272-9322
Program Agenda
PROGRAM INCLUDES:
Hatha Yoga:
Course students will practice hatha yoga 2 hours per day, the class will be suitable for all levels. This course does not qualify you as a hatha yoga teacher, it simply brings you to the awareness and experience of its benefits, within the context of the wider framework of yogic psychology and philosophy and the healing aspects of Ayurveda.

Ayurveda workshops:
-Causes of disease from the Ayurvedic perspective and its relation to addiction.
-Addictive tendencies of each doshic type and their underlying needs and vulnerabilities.
-Likely damage caused and some simple suggestions for balance.
-Simple, practical methods to revitalize the body?s systems and boost the immune system such as proper daily and seasonal routines.
-How to be 'established in the self' -the best way to strengthen ongoing recovery.
-Ayurvedic nutrition.
-Seasonal and lifestyle suggestions.
-Simple yet essential detoxification practices.
-Counseling practices most useful for each type.


Tools of Recovery workshops:
Become able to correlate and discuss the many similarities between the foundations of Classical Yoga and those of the 12 Step Programs. This course expands your awareness and understanding of the 4 Paths of Yoga and how these spiritual practices can be integrated with the tools of 12 Step Programs.

Open 12-step meetings:
Many people who work in the field of recovery are themselves in recovery. Here we talk about our experience, strength and hope around any addictive habits that we are recovering from. This helps us develop more openness and compassion around both our own lingering compulsions and the struggle of different 'drug of choice' than ours. These meetings will also be a very beneficial experience for those not in recovery, to see what meetings are like, what their clients are involved with.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Durga has been involved with the 12 Step Fellowship for over 9 years and has developed Yoga of Recovery and led retreats internationally since then. She is a RYT-500, having completed both the Sivananda Yoga teachers Training Course and the Advanced Yoga Training. She is also extensively trained in Meditation and Vedanta.
Durga is a Clinical Ayurvedic and Pancha Karma Specialist, trained at the California College of Ayurveda and also in Kerala, India. She is the Director of the Ayurveda Programs at the Yoga Farm in California and leads several Ayurvedic Retreats at International Sivananda Yoga Ashrams.

"Durga brings a profound understanding of the psychological issues associated with addiction and recovery to her knowledge of the powerful healing traditions of Yoga and Ayurveda in her retreats and teaching. A recovery retreat led by Durga initiates and supports the process of deep inner work to create lasting change. Attending one of the Yoga, Ayurveda and Recovery Retreats is a personal gift that can last a lifetime."

Felicia M. Tomasko
Editor, LA YOGA Ayurveda and Health magazine
Board member, National Ayurvedic Medical Association
Boardmember, California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine
Expected Number of Participants
24
Invited Participants/Audience
This course is for therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, sponsors, yoga teachers, Ayurvedic practitioners etc. Anyone interested in a more holistic and complete view of the problem and its solution. Bringing the west (12 Steps) and the East (Yoga and Ayurveda) together offers us a truly empowering approach to counseling those who embark on a program of recovery. It is the evolution of the solution.

Upon completion of the course you will have the skills to introduce the healing potential of the holistic sciences of Ayurveda and Yoga into your own life and those around you.

For those in counseling roles the course will offer you additional tools and a deeper understanding of the comprehensive approach to wellness, emotional sobriety and sustained spiritual development using Ayurveda and Yoga as extension therapies to any 12 Step work. If you are already a Yoga teacher, this course will make you uniquely qualified and more confident to teach yoga in rehabs or to people in recovery from any addiction. You will fully understand the root of the problem and the holistic approach, extended from limited understanding of substance abuse/behavioral problems to be treated with asana alone, to a full range of therapies for mind, body and spirit from these powerful healing modalities.
Primary Contact
reception or  any staff member
Address
Yoga Farm
Grass Valley, CA  95949
Phone Number
530-272-9322
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Durga or any staff member
Phone Number
800-469-9642
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.yogaofrecovery.com

Event Number
61
Title
"25th Annual Beacon House Block Party"
Description
The Block Party is a clean and sober music, art, informational community festival put on by the Beacon House Association of San Pedro. It is the longest running clean and sober festival in Los Angeles County that highlights our program of recovery in the community.
Date
8/8/2009 11:00 AM to 8/9/2009 12:00 AM
Type of Event
Block Party
Location
Beacon House, 1003 S. Beacon Street, San Pedro, California 90731
Program Agenda
To be announced.
Invited Officials/Presenters
To be announced.
Expected Number of Participants
3000
Invited Participants/Audience
Open to the community.
Primary Contact
Luis  Lozano
Address
1003 S. Beacon Street
San Pedro , CA  90731
Phone Number
(310) 514-4940
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.beaconhouseassociation.com

Event Number
46
Title
Yoga of Recovery 5-day Retreat
Description
For those familiar with any 12-Step Program, the most remarkable aspect of these is the fact that only the first of the twelve steps makes any mention of the addictive substance or act. Sobriety/abstinence is described as a ?daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition?. Our opportunity for genuine spiritual fulfillment is strengthened when we weave together the ancient wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda with the practical tools of recovery programs. Together they offer us a truly empowering personal program of recovery. 12-Step Programs also recommend an ?occasional retreat from the outside world where we can quiet down for an undisturbed day or so of self-overhaul and meditation?. Yoga of Recovery offers retreats in beautiful, peaceful locations where you can relax, recover, and rejuvenate.
Date
8/9/2009 8:01 PM to 8/14/2009 12:00 AM
Type of Event
5-day retreat
Location
Web: yogafarm.org
Email: yogafarm@sivananda.org
Phone: 800-469-9642 or 530-272-9322

The Yoga Farm is located in the foothills of California's Sierra Mountains, situated in the heart of California's Mother Lode Country. It is surrounded by rolling hills, forests of oak and pine, and clear streams. Here are 70 acres of secluded peace and solitude, where the sounds of nature soothe the mind and body - ideal for yoga retreats and meditation.
In spring and summer yoga classes are held on the outdoor deck shaded by a grove of oak trees. You can take a meditative walk in our Peace Miracle Labyrinth; casual, contemplative walks around the beautiful 40 acres, and the adjacent 30 acres or hike the 108 steps to Siva hill. A cedar sauna is open year round.

Pleasant, simple lodging in dorms, double occupancy rooms or cabins. Our cabins are set on the hillside overlooking the pond and surrounded by the natural beauty of the ashram, providing total peace and tranq
Program Agenda
The Yoga of Recovery retreat brings together three powerful healing modalities - Yoga, Ayurveda and 12-Step Recovery. This is the first and only retreat that offers this powerful combination. It is "the evolution of the solution".

Typical Daily Schedule includes?

* Meditation;
* Yoga Asana & Pranayama Class for all levels, ending with Conscious Relaxation session;
* Ayurveda workshops;
* Open 12-Step Meetings;
* Tools of Recovery Workshops - introduces Positive Thinking techniques, the mind and how it works and Meditation training.
* Vegetarian Meals;
* Ayurvedic Consultations and Ayurvedic body treatments are also available. Book early to ensure availability of therapists.
Expected Number of Participants
24
Invited Participants/Audience
Open to all who are looking to overcome self-destructive or addictive tendencies and those affected by addictions of others.
Primary Contact
reception or  any staff member
Address
Yoga Farm
Grass Valley, CA  95949
Phone Number
530-272-9322
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Durga or any staff member
Phone Number
800-469-9642
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.yogaofrecovery.com

Event Number
143
Title
RECOVERY HAPPENS 2009
Description
Recovery Happens is a rally/information fair held in celebration of recovery on the west steps of the State Capitol building in Sacramento, California with speakers, information booths, singers, food, AA/NA meetings inside the Capitol, fellowship, etc. It all starts off with a complimentary pancake breakfast at 8:00am!
Date
9/2/2009 8:00 AM to 9/2/2009 4:00 PM
Type of Event
Rally on the West Steps of the State Capitol
Location
State Capitol, Sacramento, California at 10th and L Streets in downtown Sacramento on the west steps of the State Capitol building.
Program Agenda
8:00 AM Free Pancake Breakfast
9:00 AM Information Fair
11:00 AM Rally
1:00 PM Speakers and Meetings.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Mark Lundholm, Christopher Kennedy Lawford and Director of the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, Renee Zito.
Expected Number of Participants
6000
Invited Participants/Audience
Everyone and anyone who suppports Recovery, as well as those who would like to know more about it.
Primary Contact
Ken Jones
Address
2400 Marconi Avenue
Sacramento, CA  95821
Phone Number
(916) 338-9460
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Traci Phillips
Address
2400 Marconi Avenue
Sacramento CA  95821
Phone Number
(916) 487-8528
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.caarr.org

Event Number
60
Title
2009 Solano Recovery Day-Eighth Annual Rally and Barbeque
Description
The Solano Prevention and Recovery Alliance (SPRA) present the 2009 Solano Recovery Day-Eighth Annual Rally and Barbeque to celebrate National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month.
Date
9/12/2009 11:00 AM to 9/12/2009 4:00 PM
Type of Event
County wide observance
Location
Vallejo City Park
Sacramento and Alabama Streets
Vallejo, California
Program Agenda
The aim of the rally is to spread the message that recovery from addiction is possible, that treatment for people in need is compassionate public policy and a sound investment. A major goal of this year's rally is to help educate the community about Addiction Treatment and Recovery in Solano County. We will present James McCarver Jr. awards to recognize community members who have made significant contributions to the treatment recovering community, free BBQ, live music, and personal testimonials from people in recovery from addiction.
Invited Officials/Presenters
All City Council Members from Solano County Cities
All Law Enforcement Members from Solano County Cities
Solano County Board of Supervisors
Local State and Federal Elected Officials
Community Recovery Advocates
Community Leaders
Educators
Expected Number of Participants
500
Invited Participants/Audience
Solano County Addiction Treatment Clients
Solano County Addiction Treatment Facility Providers
Solano County Addiction Treatment Professionals
Clients Family and Friends
The Recovery Community of Solano County
Interested Community Members
Primary Contact
Dennis  Wade
Address
956 Keats Dr
Vallejo, CA  94591-6768
Phone Number
707-647-1612
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Lloyd  Geig
Address
1149 Warren Ave
Vallejo CA  94591
Phone Number
707-557-3156
Email Address

Event Number
38
Title
RecoveryFest '09 (San Jose, CA)
Description
Bring the Recovery Community Together for a fun day in the Sun.
Date
9/19/2009 12:00 AM to 9/19/2009 5:00 PM
Type of Event
Picnic
Location
Vasona Lake County Park
333 Blossom Hill Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95032
Program Agenda
TBA
Expected Number of Participants
300
Invited Participants/Audience
The Recovery Community
Primary Contact
Karl Sitterle
Address
16845 Hicks Road
Los Gatos, CA  95124
Phone Number
(408) 202-1946
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Judy  Birmingham
Address
16845 Hicks Road
Los Gatos CA  95032
Phone Number
(408) 771-6714
Email Address
Web Site
recoveryfest.net

Event Number
144
Title
5th Annual Recovery Walk & Celebration -
Description
5th Annual Recovery Walk & Celebration - Contra Costa County
Date
9/19/2009 9:30 AM to 9/19/2009 4:00 PM
Type of Event
Recovery Walk & Celebration
Location
Martinez Waterfront Park
Martinez, CA
Program Agenda
TBA
Invited Officials/Presenters
TBA
Expected Number of Participants
500
Invited Participants/Audience
Persons in Recovery, their families and supporters
Primary Contact
Judy  Bastin
Address
PO Box 31114
Walnut Creek, CA  94598
Phone Number
925-682-1743
Email Address
Secondary Contact
Gayle  Hansen
Address
2425 Jerilynn Dr
Concord CA  94519
Phone Number
925-262-8203
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.support4recovery.org/events.htmal

Event Number
126
Title
Southern California Recovery Summit
Description
This exceptional program highlights a diverse array of topics concerning recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction.
Date
10/17/2009 8:15 AM to 10/17/2009 3:30 PM
Type of Event
Conference
Location
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Program Agenda
Topics include; Professionalism in the Workplace, Choice Theory, Sober Housing Round-table, Housing Rights, Innovative Approaches to the Criminal Justice System, Marketing for Success, and Research Finding Pertaining to Sober Housing.

Please see website for further details.
Invited Officials/Presenters
To date noted presenters include Carlene and Dr William Glasser Choice Theory/Reality Therapy) , and renowned Interventionist Ed Storti will be joined by other experts representing a broad spectrum of solution orientated approaches to recovery from alcoholism/addiction.
Expected Number of Participants
550
Invited Participants/Audience
Open to anyone affected by and/or seeking solutions to recovery from substance abuse.
Primary Contact
Jim Coddington
Address
333 Washington Blvd., #422
Marina del Rey, CA  90292
Phone Number
310-305-9567
Email Address
Web Site
http://www.soberhousing.net/summit