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News:

BALIVILLE RETREAT CENTER, MEXICO!! Jim will be teaching yoga in Sayulita, Mexico in November through March 2009. Register now!

BODY & SOUL, Santa Cruz - Ongoing yoga classes in Santa Cruz.

TWIN LAKES, Santa Cruz: Shiatsu in Side Position Table Shiatsu I and Seated Shitsu at Twin Lakes College, Santa Cruz. Beginning in April, 2008. Please call (831) 476-2152.

Jim's DVD, Zen Tai Shiatsu, Table 1: Deep & Effective Bodywork with Ease is now available! Purchase a copy online at FilmBaby.


There is space available in the following workshops:

A Day of Silence in the Redwoods
1-Day Retreat
at Quaker Center
Ben Lomond
Saturday, July 19
Table Shiatsu
a Weekend Workshop
at Phillips School of Massage,
Nevada City, CA
August 2 - 3, 2008
Integrated Meridian Massage
5-day workshop
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA August 10 - 15, 2008
Table Shiatsu
3-day workshop
Mount Madonna Retreat Center, CA
May 16 - 18, 2008
Settling into Meditation – Yoga & Silent Sitting
4-day retreat
Sierra Hot Springs, CA
September 11 - 14

Upcoming:

  • Leading Work Scholar month "Streams of Energy" September 21 - October 18. Contact Esalen for more information.
  • Reiki 1 - Mammoth Lakes, CA in early September 2008
  • Seated Shiatsu (14 hours) October 25 & 26, Five Branches School of Chinese Medicine, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Baliville workshops in Mexico:
    November 29 - December 6, 2008
    February 1 - 7, 2009
    Feburary 15 - 22, 2009
    March 22 - 29, 2009


About Jim Gallas, CMT, CHT:

Jim is a certified yoga instructor, a Chi Kung and shiatsu massage teacher and a certified hypnotherapist.

He has been leading inspiring, informative, and fun workshops since 1992. He teaches at Esalen Institute, is a long time staff member and senior instructor at Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts in Santa Cruz, CA, and a natural health educator at the University of California. He has taught seniors, children, and high risk teenagers, the chronically ill and the vibrantly healthy, corporate hot shots in Silicon Valley and villagers in foreign countries.

Jim is currently working on a series of instructional videos, is a member of a theater improv troupe, a plublished photographer and the past owner of a successful vegetarian restaurant in New Zealand.

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