Men’s Yoga:

Hatha Yoga based mainly on the Kripalu style with emphasis on the breathing process and core strength as a guide to moving and releasing tension. Need not have previous experience with yoga. Relaxation, breathing, body awareness, mental stillness, renewed vitality.  

Offered at Sadleir House in Peterborough on Thursday Evenings at 7pm-8:30pm. To register call Adam at (705)748-3877.

*Note: The following courses below have temporarily been put on hold until further notice. If you would like to organize a group of students Dr. Prinsen would be happy to teach one of these classes for you.

Detoxification and Rejuvenation: Achieving Optimal Health

The process of whole person detoxification and rejuvenation will be studied so you can apply it to your own life to promote healing and reclaim a sense of vitality and well-being. Toxins can be physical, emotional or mental and they are often intertwined and inter-related. We will study the pathways the body uses to eliminate toxins and methods of supporting and activating those pathways. We will learn about emotional toxicity and how it is connected to and part of the detoxification process. We will also study rejuvenation therapies to strengthen your vitality to prevent toxic accumulations and diseases.

Toxins can affect the function of any and all our body systems thus contributing to and/or causing many health problems such as: allergies, fatigue, infections, fibromyalgia, cancer etc. Rejuvenation of the digestive organs and organs of elimination can prevent and treat innumerable diseases.

This course will provide you with simple empowering methods and an understanding to stimulate and support the natural healing process. The material taught in this course is a dynamic synthesis of Naturopathic Medicine, Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic Medicine.

Topics we will study include: The digestive process and the origin of toxins; The channels/organs of elimination; The process of health and disease; Maximize the absorption of vital nutrition from your food, how to eat, and what to eat will be discussed; foods and herbs which revitalize the body; Our own unique constitution, treatment and prevention of disease; common patterns of imbalance and the support needed for healing; connections between our mind and body, emotions and organs; tools to let go of emotions and transform them to positive feelings; and techniques to identify beliefs that can be limiting your experience of life.

Mind/Body Medicine: Overcoming Stress and Accessing Peace of Mind

Stress affects your mental, emotional and physical well being and is a major contributor in the development of most health problems and medical conditions. In this course you will learn the knowledge and skills needed to meet the challenge of stress in today’s world.

You will study the effects of conscious relaxation on your mind and body and learn to use techniques such as biofeedback, meditation, visualization, progressive relaxation, breathing and writing exercises to elicit the relaxation response. These skills help you change your physical and emotional responses to stress.

This relaxation response can lead to accelerated healing, recovery times, and overall improvement in mental, emotional and physical well being. Students commonly experience increased energy levels, concentration, relaxation, and focus.

Understand how to transform stuck emotions into energy and freedom. Learn to let go and release past experiences so you can open to the present moment-relaxed, alive, loving and free.

Learn about the issues and common challenges with relaxation practice and how to overcome these challenges.

The tools discussed in this course are used by world class athletes, businessmen and housewives alike to bring out their innate gifts and improve performance. This is an opportunity to learn approaches that treat the cause of stress so you can live a more relaxed and happy life.

Materials Fee of $10 is payable to the Instructor at the first class.

Naturopathic Nutrition: Nourishing Your Body and Mind

Do you want help in sorting through the overwhelming amount of information on diet and nutrition? Do you want practical, reliable advice on your diet and its effect on your long term health?

Based on hundreds of years of time tested nutritional philosophy from Naturopathic, Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicines, this course will arm you with the knowledge and tools to begin an exploration of nutrition and its effects on your unique body and mind.

What is a healthy diet? Should I be eating vegetarian or should I be eating less grain-based foods and more protein? Should I take nutritional supplements? If so, which ones? How should I individualize my diet to suit my specific needs? How do I break my cravings and addictions to food and get on track? Am I absorbing the nutrients from my food? Why do I feel so tired all the time? How can I maintain steady energy levels and balance my mood swings? How is food affecting me mentally and emotionally? How do salt, sugar and grease affect my body? What should I know about intestinal ecology-candida, fungus and the "good bacteria"? How does acidity and alkalinity in the body tissues affect me?

Adam will offer you the knowledge you need to evaluate your nutritional program in a simple and effective way that bypasses and goes beyond calorie counting and weighing food out in grams. Learn how to make real changes in the way that you nourish yourself and how you listen to your body.