Find Balance and Serenity Through Yoga and Meditation
Embrace the journey of inner growth and development through workshops, private sessions and retreats
Summer Yoga ~ June 03~July 24, 2025
Yoga Summer Series ~ explore the “human feedback system” called the Koshas in yoga. Notice how the different layers of our being affects the other layers. As we observe within, we can have more clarity and choose what we want to attend to and what we want to let go for our best overall health.
Moderate Yoga ~ Tues. 9:00-10:30 am ~ Core Strength, Balance, Resiliency & Breath work.
Gentle Yoga ~ Thurs. 9:30-11:00 am ~ Slow Flow, with last 1/2 hour Restorative Yoga and deep relaxation.
All classes, lead by Marti Jeffs, include breath work and relaxation; open to students of all levels of experience & fitness. $20 Drop-in ~ Private Session $90 1 hour
Ayurveda ~ Vata (Air) – Pitta (Fire) - Kapha (Earth)
Ayurveda is about prevention of disease and maintaining great health. How does that really work? We understand our individual dosha (mind/body constitution), acknowledge imbalances and learn how to bring balance and radiant health. In this workshop, we discuss keys to nutrition, digestion and the importance of right food combinations. Incorporate Ayurvedic principles to improve wellness by making a few simple changes toward natural health. Recognize how your current state of state of mind and life-style habits influence your state of well-being. Notice how subtle disturbances ~ like too much of a good thing, or not enough ~ will bring us out of balance. Welcome Ayurveda's magic that supports your best self! Enjoy!! TBA
Heart-based Meditation Training ~ FREE ~ 1 hr/3-Weeks
Learn an effortless practice of going into deep, restful and restorative meditation. Release tension and stress and find more joy, love and happiness in your life. There is ongoing support in the Heart-based Meditation community with online group meditations, retreats and mentoring. If you can listen to music you can meditate.
Contact Dr. Paul Dugliss ~ www.heartbasedmeditation.com
Offered every month ~ The most important class you'll ever take! And it is free.
What we are developing is a peace of mind that cannot be upset by anything. The Dalai Lama
Join a group book study ~
Awakening the Heart ~ Discover Your True Capacity for Joy, Inner Peace, and Boundless Love. Enjoy weekly guided contemplations and share your grow experience as we explore aspects of heart values (compassion, presence, gratitude, radiance, forgiveness and inner freedom) as discussed in this truly awakening book by Dr. Paul Dugliss.
Time & date to be to be announced.
Owner: Marti Jeffs
Hi, I'm Marti, owner and teacher at Yoga at Ladaka. I have been teaching yoga since 2000, certified at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. While a massage therapist for 30 years, I also studied Ayurveda, Heart-based Meditation and Vedic Psychology at New World School of Ayurveda (2008-2013) and recently completed a Spiritual Mentoring program with Dr. Paul Dugliss, director and academic Dean at New World Ayurveda. I offer Yoga, Ayurveda workshops, meditation, retreats and Spiritual Mentoring, based on Vedic Psychology. I am passionate about sharing these practices that support inner growth and development! As a Wellness Coach, I combine years of education and experience to guide clients toward vibrant health, happiness and peace of mind. My yoga classes reflect an emphasis on the meaning of yoga ~ union of self with pure consciousness ~ building inner awareness and upliftment. When I'm not teaching or working with clients, I love to hike, walk the beaches of Lake Michigan, bike, kayak, and swim. Steve and I grew up in Frankfort, enjoyed living in Flint for 30 years and are now loving the beautiful north country, close to extended family and old friends. We enjoy traveling and visiting our son and his family in Chapel Hill, NC.
Our History
The property of Ladaka was a dairy farm in the early 1900’s. In 1980, Jackie Thompson purchased the abandoned property, restored the dairy barn for her Arabian horses and built a two-story home attached to the barn. She named the farm “Ladaka,” after the mountain region in the Himalayas bordering India and Tibet, which she learned about from the book, The Lost Horizon, featuring the peaceful Buddhist people of Tibet and their tranquil, harmonious way of life. In 2005, Jackie’s son, Steve and his wife, Marti acquired the 75-acre farm, and in 2008 transformed the horse stalls into a yoga studio and decided to keep the name Ladaka, as it holds the same intention for them: peace, harmony, gratitude and wholeness.