Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Last weekend, Angela James and I, along with two musicians and eight participants, had a fantastic time at the ChiRunning and yoga retreat at Monkey Valley. It was the most beautiful time of year, with flowers of dozens of varieties in bloom, the grass waist-high, and visiting birds of many ...
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
BC Wilderness Visions and the Monkey Valley Retreat Centre celebrates its 5th anniversary of nature programs this summer! The first program was a medicine wheel teaching in the summer of 2005, when 25 people came to Monkey Valley and created a beautiful medicine wheel. Teachers Joyce Lyke and Tracy Leach ...
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Saturday, June 19th, 2010
How's that for a brag! I think this time I have earned the right to boast. I'm 44 years old. I smoked very heavily for 25 of those years. I never thought I would beat the 1-hour mark for a 10K run. And my time last night on the Longest ...
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Last November I closed up the house at Monkey Valley for the winter, and crossed my fingers that the place and plumbing would fare well. Last weekend my sister and I went to Monkey Valley to open up the house for the spring. I was delighted to discover that there ...
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
2011 Dates TBD
$475 includes camping accommodations, teaching fees, and delicious organic vegetarian meals
Location: Monkey Valley Retreat Centre
Begins with dinner on Friday and ends Sunday afternoon
Guides: Angela and Karen
Learn to run free of injury!
Learn to run effortlessly!
Learn to be energy efficient!
Learn how to create Chi Energy Flow!
Angela no longer has Achilles ...
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Before I finish the story of my trip to California and the medicine walk I took, I want to tell you about the chi running workshop I went to last weekend. Angela James taught the workshop. She is the only certified chi running trainer in Vancouver. Danny and Katherine Dryer ...
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