Find Balance and Serenity Through Yoga and Meditation
Embrace the journey of inner growth and development through workshops, private sessions and retreats
Spring Series ~ April 1-May 20-May 20, 2025
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, developing and deep relaxation.
Chair Yoga ~ Thurs. 11:30-12:30 ~ Seated & standing with chair support for balance, strength and flexibility & relaxation.
All classes are lead by Marti Jeffs, include breath work and relaxation; open to students of all levels of experience & fitness. $95 for 8 Sessions 04/01/2025 (Expires May 20, 2025)
$20 Drop-in Private Session $90
What we are developing is a peace of mind that cannot be upset by anything. The Dalai Lama
Heart-based Meditation Training ~ FREE ~ 1 hr/3-Weeks
Mondays ~ 11:00-12:00 March 31, April 7 & 14, 2025
Or on request.
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 Marti, marti@yogaatladaka.com
or go to www.heartbasedmeditation.com
Facets of the Heart ~ Mondays April 21-June 16, 2025 11:00-12:30 $165
In this 8-Week course, examine the new book ~ Awakening the Heart ~ Discover Your True Capacity for Joy, Inner Peace and Boundless Love by Dr. Paul Dugliss. Each session will include a guided contemplation to help shift unwanted habits, heal old patterns and enlighten issues of the emotional & spiritual heart. You will enjoy a new foundation of acceptance, harmony, gratitude, presence, compassion and forgiveness. Fill your life with more happiness and contentment through these aspects of love. Enjoy a small group discussion weekly as we explore techniques of inner grow and development.
Contact Marti to register. marti@yogaatladaka.com
You will hold more love for what arises and experience more peace than you have imagined possible!
Ayurveda Overview ~ Vata - Pitta - Kapha
Friday ~ June 6, 2025 1:00-4:00pm $45
Ayurveda is about prevention of disease and maintaining wellness. It offers remedies for imbalances and diminished health. Discover your individual dosha (natural mind/body constitution) and learn how we can bring about balance and radiant health. We will discuss keys to nutrition and digestion that promote energy throughout the day! Use Ayurvedic principles to improve wellness and create joy in life! Explore how things get out of balance and make a few simple changes that benefit your natural health. Recognize how current state of state of mind, chronic challenges and life-style habits all influence your state of health. Notice subtle disturbances like too much of a good thing, or not enough, will bring us out of balance. Explore Ayurveda's magic for individual choices that support your greatest wellness in this lighthearted class.
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.