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'The Eye Altering Alters All' William Blake

Originally trained in Art, Liz has BA and MA degrees in 3D Design & Performing Arts, with a central theme of The Body.

Her passion for Yoga began in 1990,training to teach with the British Wheel of Yoga (1992), exploring Astanga Vinyasa Yoga, a dynamic, dance-like style which led her to India and Crete to train through the 1990's.

One of the first teachers to run yoga retreats, Liz leads Courses in unspoilt places of nature (This year Goa, Formentera, Colorado, Maldives).

She teaches with In-spa Retreats in Marrakesh, Italy and Seville, where she also gathers inspiration to continue to draw.

A Board Member for The Life Centre's Teachers Training Course, London, which has been successfully running since 2003, she is involved in training safe, competent, creative yoga teachers, maintaining a high callibre of yoga teaching in the UK and beyond. Liz is a 'grandmother' mentor and member of Yoga Alliance USA.

She has written seven books, four with Carlton, stunning photography by Clare Park, and two books with publishers Carroll and Brown.

Her new release is a visual inspirational book by Duncan Baird Publishers: '1001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom'.

Her first DVD is called 'Yogalibre: A Creative Practice', a Creative Vinyasa Practice, with sections for all levels and safe use of modification/props. It is available online or email liz"lizlark.com for copies.

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International retreats run in inspiring locations of outstanding beauty & hinge around morning & twilight yoga practice, with cleansing vegetarian/pescatarian brunch & supper.

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Yoga, Formentera Island, Ibiza

with Jean Hall and Liz, 20-27 Sept 2008

An Island off an Island, set on a white sand beach in
National Park, awash with turquoise sea, Join us for a week on this blissful island in a sea facing boho chic retreat set in National Park, 11 miles off the SouthWest Coast of Ibiza. with bespoke rooms furnished with antiques,

Liz and Jean met whilst studying Performing Arts M.A's in 1998, and since have co-run retreats together. Jean's dance background and Liz's Arts background bring creativity to a Vinyasa flow practise, for all levels.

Yoga is twice daily with both teachers.

Accomodation is in shared bungalows, £975/£850
Our yoga classes begin on snday morning and are set on a terrace:
7.30-8.15 am Wake Up Yoga/ Pranayama
8.30 am Breakfast
9.30-11.30 Vinyasa Yoga Relax/ Sea/ Hike/Treatments#
5.30-7 pm Twilight yoga 9 top deck or beach) 7.30 pm Supper Three meals
are served daily, the first being lunch at 1.30 pm on saturday 20th
sept (arrival time)

see formenterayoga.com
or Jeans site: yogajeannie.com.

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"Urban escape to a Kent Weekender"
Oxenhoath Country House, nr. Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent,
3rd-5th Oct 2008 from £299 with Jean Hall & Liz
Book through www.freespirituk.com

Enjoy an Urban Escape Yoga Weekend in Oxenhoath , Kent ~ 3-5 oct 2008. Oxenhoath Country House, 1 hour from London. Beautiful grounds, huge characterful house, fascinating 13 century library, masses of space to walk and relax. A Yoga Feast to suit all levels, three classes a day.From Friday 5pm to Sunday 4 pm.

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DUNTON HOT SPRINGS
YOGA IN ROCKY MOUNTAINS 20th-26th October 2008,
Imagine walking through a forest, arriving at a rushing waterfall, then bathing in a hot natural spring.....followed buy supper served by a log fire, and daily cleansing yoga morning and evening. Swing in a hammock, mountain bike up the mountain, have a hot stone massage in the handbuilt log cabin...

"Dunton Hot Springs ranks in our Top 10 favorite places on earth -
a romantic, magical experience beyond words."
Luxury Travel Magazine

	Join Liz to practice yoga in the Stunning Restored Ghost town Dunton Hot Springs, original dwelling of the Navajo Indians. Stay in exquisite bespoke wooden cabins, revitalise in natural hot springs. Practice Yoga, horse riding, waterfall meditation, hiking in pure , vast landscape in this unspoilt corner of the world. Near Denver. Fly Denver. Nearest ski village, Telluride

Prices start from $1250 for for 3 nights, $1750 for 5 nights, $2400 for 7 nights, all inclusive.
plus book now and get a FREE DVD OF LIZ'S PRACTICE ON BOOKING

www.duntonhotsprings.com

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***** in:spa - inspiring healthy holidays *****
Liz is teaches on a number of Inspa retreats each year, in Marrakesh, Seville and Ibiza.

These wonderful health holidays are active, fun and include hiking, nutrition, delicious spa food,fitness training and Yoga. www.inspa.co.uk

Chianti, near Siena, Italy in: 23 August 2008

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******NEW YOGA & PILATES RETREAT IN THE MALDIVES******
WITH PETE ROBERTS, PILATES & ONE-ONE CONSULTATIONS

October 2008

Pete is gifted in healing injuries and working with Sportspeople. He has just returned from a Season of working with Juventus Football Team in Turin, Italy. His DVD 'PilatesUnplugged' is available online

A WORLD CLASS UNDERWATER SPA

see www.peteroberts.net

Practice Yoga twice daily with Liz, learn pilates with Pete with private sesssions, and lavish in this State of the Art Underwater Spa, receiving treatments to create a unique, bespoke retreat.

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***GOA INDIA: 11th-25th April 2009 ***

A Creative approach to Astanga yoga, one or two weeks, with evening workshops
Purple Valley Retreat, a lovely house and shala, with pool and chillout areas, close to beautiful beaches

Purple Valley is a beautiful yoga shrine in Goa.
An amazing value holiday for @£700 for two weeks. Please see www.yogagoa.com to book

Ayurvedic Hut: Doctor and therapists offer caring, fascinating array of traditional treatments, to accompany your yoga experience.

These incluse Shirodhah (hot oil poured on the brow), traditional Ayurvedic and Marma (pressure point) massage.

International chef's bring their creative innovation to traditional Indian Vegetarian cuisine, delicious, nutritious buffets.

Savasana House (above)is a colonial style house with open verandas and balconies. Simple, clean, beautiful accomodation.

Gardens tumble down to the Yoga Shala, a peaceful shrine for practice set amid mystical trees and birdsong, prepared daily with garlands and incense by locals.

The pool area with sun loungers and towels is a wonderful place to relax & swim.

Fresh juices or coconut water may be ordered between yoga classes.

Taxi's can be booked right outside, to visit beaches, markets, the spice plantation and other adventures...

THE PROGRAMME: CREATIVE, DYNAMIC VINYASA YOGA,
Classes daily, 8-10 am, based on the Astanga Series, with modifications and safe kramas (steps) for all. Sun/ Mon eves
Twilight yoga sessions: 5-6.30 pm,Gentle vinyasas focussing on hipe
openers and shoulder girdle release.

Tues/thurs eves
5.15-6.15 pm Slow Flow Vinyasa and Structural work
8.15-9 pm, Yoga Nidra (deep guided relaxation to prepare for sleep).
Meditation/ Visualisation

Weds eve free for supper at beach Restaurant

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PUBLICATIONS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

NEW BOOK 1001 PEARLS OF YOGA WISDOM, A DUNCAN BAIRD PUBLICATION

'Yoga For Beginners' (with Mark Ansari) a concise, safe, accessible way into to the practice of hatha yoga, with linking poses which form 2 twenty minute practises. Published by Carroll&Brown, 1998, co-authored with Mark Ansari.

'Power yoga for beginners': a safe introduction to vinyasa (moving, breath-synchronised posture).

(Carroll & Brown, 2003). These two books are spiral - bound for easy to follow use!

'Astanga Yoga' Carlton Books 2000 is a manual of Liz's experience in the primary, grounding series, presenting a clear map with modifications and clear photographs for the practitioner to refer to.

'Yoga For Life' 2001, follows on from Astanga Yoga to present an umbrella of hatha yoga styles, the key styles being Viniyoga (therapeutic, tailored to individual needs), Iyangar Yoga (precison/.alignment awareness), Sivananda (5 principles: right diet, right thinking, right exercise. Right relaxation, right breathing), Astanga Vinyasa (breath/movement meditation syntheising the 8 limbs of Sage patanjali), Tantra (‘to expand beyond limitation', an ancient concept, and the mother of yoga).

'Yoga For kids' (Carlton 2003) offers a fun, vibrant exercises for kids to grow up in a positive, creative environment where yoga is woven into their lives at an early age, gining tools to handle stress, develop self awareness and concentration.

*NEW PUBLICATION:*

'HEALING YOGA' LIZ LARK AND TIM GOULLET, 2005

'A Beautiful Book; calm, clear and nourishing.' Alan Rickman

THIS BOOK EXPLORES SEQUENCES AND CLEANSING TECHNIQUES TO HEAL THE SYSTEMS OF THE BODY: Includes respiratory, cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, immune and genitor-urinary systems.

Osteopath Tim Goullet brings his expertise to yoga, and has devised healing vinyasa sequences for each section.
Beautiful photographs by Clare Park heighten the inspiring quality of this promising new book, the fourth of Liz's Carlton Publications.

PICTURE GALLERY Photos by Clare Park

To order books contact liz@lizlark.com to place an order or Amazon.com