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Tahya performing at Musikfest ~ see Photo Gallery
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Awaken * Energize * Heal * Renew
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DATE: Monday, February 22, 2010
TIME: 6-7:30 pm
PLACE: Lehigh Valley Health Network Muhlenberg Campus, 1770 Bathgate Bldg., Bethlehem, PA
FEE : $10 ~ Note: When you participate in this class, your registration will entitle you to a $10 coupon toward the next 8-class session at Healthy You, choose Monday nites at 6 pm or Tuesdays at noon, starting March 29 and March 30 respectively.
Join Tahya for a fun-filled class designed as a meaningful experience you'll want to share with your friends, daughters, sisters, mothers, aunts, and grandmothers! Enjoy easy to learn dance moves promoting positive body image with a splash of sexy, flirty fun! The exotic music will transport you to another time and culture!
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DATE: Saturday, March 6, 2010
TIME: 10:30 am to noon
PLACE: Healthy You Center, Allentown, PA
FEE : $10 ~ Note: When you participate in this class, your registration will entitle you to a $10 coupon toward the upcoming 8-class session at Healthy You. Choose Monday nites at 7:15 pm or Fridays at noon, starting March 29 and March 26 respectively.
BOLLYWOOD DANCE
Bollywood Dance is inspired by the song and dance sequences found in Bollywood films mingling elements of traditional Indian dance with a little jazz, modern, and Danse Orientale.
Enjoy sultry, dynamic and exotic Bhangra Beats inspiring easy-to-learn moves which provide a great workout and tone your core, hips and thighs!
YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER to assure your place in this preview class
To register, call Healthy You Programs: 610-402-CARE (2273)* * *
Saturday, March 13, 2010: "Art of Rhythm & Dance"
12th Annual Girl Scouts of Eastern PA Young Women's Leadership ConferenceDATE: Saturday, March 13, 2010
PLACE: Media, PA
For more details, contact Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
Junior Troop 306 with Tahya, February 2007Art of Rhythm & Dance with Tahya
Connect to Creativity & Celebrate Beauty within!The Tahya Technique explores history and traditional rhythms and movements from ancient and enduring arts steeped in women's culture. Program incorporates a mini-lecture plus participatory component for girls and troop leaders. Delve into the use of percussion instruments used by women in ancient civilizations, historically handed down from generation to generation. Develop grace as self-esteem is boosted.
For more info. about Tahya's programming for Girl Scouts, click here!
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Saturday, April 10, 2010: One Day Retreat ~ Lehigh Valley, PA
"Awaken the Great Goddess Energy Within"
One Day Retreat
DATE: Saturday, April 10, 2010
TIME: 10 am - 5 pm
PLACE: Tahya Salon, Lehigh Valley, PA (directions will be sent with reservation confirmation)
FEE: $90 ~ NOTE: Register prior to April 1 and save $15!Make check or money order made payable to 'TAHYA' ~ Send to:
Tahya
PO Box 56
Coplay, PA 18037-0056
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Register on-line via Tahya On-Line SHOPPING!
"Awaken the Great Goddess Energy Within": Liberate new dimensions of self expression and unlock the creative essence inside you!
Explore circular movements and hip articulations along with the language of the veil, mudra, mantra and sanskrit chants ~ Tahya facilitates your exploration of ancient traditional vocabulary of movements and mudra, mystic positions of the hand, and their spiritual and magical empowerment of body, mind, spirit. Mudra also promote healthful hands and enhance creative ceremony. Tahya, a spell-binding dancer who moves from the heart, has over 30 years of dedicated teaching and disciplined training in Middle and Far Eastern dance arts allowing her to facilitate your freely expressing the essence of the goddess within *YOU* and the beauty within us all!
The mudras and chants were entirely new to me. Tahya's instruction was thorough and well paced. Great experience overall! ~ Hannah Miron
Tahya is a fantastic teacher facilitating with clear explanations. The most beneficial aspect of this experience was getting out of my head and into my body ~ Andrea Brock
* * *Saturday, May 8, 2010 ~ Mother's Day Weekend: "Spring Fling" Hafla
Join us for a buffet dinner and dancing on the spinning galactic floor amidst samba/salsa/bollywood and belly dance mixes by DJ Derajja!
Let's celebrate the women in our lives who are great mothers, grandmothers, aunts ~ the beautiful feminine loving presences in our lives....DATE: Saturday, March 8, 2010
TIME: 7 - 11 pm
PLACE: TBA, Allentown, PA
Mark your calendar now and be sure to sign our mailing list to be alerted when invitations go out!
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EGYPT BECKONED
Slide show, mini-lecture and participatory program90-min. program open to any/all interested parties: Men and women welcome.
Inspired by her recent travels to Egypt, Tahya invites you to witness the images from temple sites sacred to ancient Egyptian civilization and to explore the history, mystery and rhythms of the sistrum, a percussion instrument used in ancient temple ceremonies dedicated to Hathor, the Ancient Egyptian goddess of love, music. Percussion instruments provided.
Read Tahya's travel journal: Go to "Egypt Beckoned."
To book this program, call 610-776-7045
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NOTE: GREAT THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO COMES OUT TO TAHYA HAFLAS
We have raised hundreds of dollars that have been sent in support of the National Geographic Society Afghan Children's Fund,
and Rhythms in Peace ~ a project of the 501 c3 Non-profit Organization, Empowerment Works.
If you would like to make an additional donation over and above what we raised,
please go to National Geographic Society or Rhythms in Peace.
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