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Events for February
From 02/03/2012 to 02/04/2012
Ballet Basics with Julie Harrison
Discover ballet for beginners with special guest instructor Julie Harrison on February 3 and 4, 2012.Friday, February 3
Ballet Basics: A Beginner Class
With Special Guest Instructor Julie HarrisonThis class is designed for beginners who have a desire to learn ballet. A step by step journey that begins with warm-up and takes you through ballet moves that focus on the barre. Attire: workout clothes, ballet slippers or bare feet.
GRACEFUL STRENGTH™: A PILATES/BALLET WORKOUT with Julie Harrison
This is an intermediate full body conditioning, workout class that blends ballet and Pilates fundamentals with traditional "ballet class" music. The exercises range from Pilates core-strengthening and stretching to ballet center work and movement sequences. Attire: workout clothes, bare feet, ballet slippers or dance sneakers. Ballet basics or previous dance classes recommended.
Saturday, February 4
Ballet Basics: A Beginner Class
With Julie HarrisonGRACEFUL STRENGTH™: A PILATES/BALLET WORKOUT with Julie Harrison
Julie Harrison is dedicated to helping adults experience the energy of movement through ballet and music. She has studied adult ballet with Toni Beck, the former chairperson of Southern Methodist University's dance division, and Lyndette Galen, Principal of Texas Ballet Theatre's Dallas campus. In addition to teaching adults at TBT's Dallas campus, she is a certified Pilates instructor and owner of Julie Harrison Studio. She also has university degrees in Music and Musical Theatre.
02/11/2012
For the Love of Books Club: Paul Wilkes
Join us on Saturday, February 11, 2012 with Paul Wilkes, author of Art of Confession: Renewing Yourself Through the Practice of Honesty.Saturday, February 11, 2012
For the Love of Books
The Art of Confession: Renewing Yourself Through the Practice of Honesty
With Special Guest Author: Paul WilkesPaul Wilkes is one of America's most respected writers and speakers on spirituality. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New York Times Magazine and is the author of over 20 books, including In Mysterious Ways: The Death and Life of a Parish Priest, which won a Christopher Award, and most recently In Due Season: A Catholic Life, named one of Publisher's Weekly's 100 Outstanding Books of the Year.
Paul's newest book, THE ART OF CONFESSION: Renewing Yourself Through the Practice of Honesty, explores the power of confession, drawing on traditions from ancient Greece to mainstream religious practices to contemporary psychoanalysis.
Paul lectures across the country and has appeared on all major television networks and cable outlets. In addition to his PBS documentary, Merton: A Film Biography, about the American monk considered one of the great spiritual thinkers of the 20th century, Wilkes was host and writer of the acclaimed television series Six American Families, which won a DuPont-Columbia Award for documentary excellence.
Paul and his wife, Tracy Wilkes, founded Home of Hope India-US in 2006 to rescue, shelter, and educate orphaned and neglected girls in South India.
Today, Home of Hope supports 32 different centers dedicated to helping the poor and marginalized in India. Paul is also the cofounder of CHIPS, a Brooklyn, New York, center that has served homeless mothers and children and the poor for almost forty years.Wilkes has been honored for his body of work with a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
From 02/13/2012 to 02/19/2012
The Culinary Experience: February 2012
Learn the secrets of preparing and enjoying deliciously healthy food and take part of the Lake Austin Spa Resort experience home with you! Join us February 13-19, 2012 with special guest chefs Kris Wrede, Joanne Weir and Garrett Weber-Gale.Tuesday, February 14
The Sensual Kitchen
With Special Guest: Kris WredeJoin Kris Wrede, an Aromatic Alchemist, as she teaches us her secrets for spicing up your food and life with the use of essential oils in cuisine. After Kris started making aromatherapy products, she made teas from all the fresh herbs she grew, including peppermint, lavender, rose geranium, lemon verbena and lemon balm. She used honey and fruit and came up with some unique combinations. Then she began using essential oils to intensify the flavors. Aromatic teas were the first experiments she did mixing edibles with the oils. Mixing honey and the oils together proved to be a winning combination, and the flavors were just right. She decided to start using the oils in baking and cooking and dips and made various types of food for her legendary parties.
This special Valentine's Day menu was designed to add a sexy twist to any meal. In the Sensual Kitchen you will learn to prepare unusual recipes using essential oils to make your daily life more sensual and to appreciate the vibrancy of food.
Friday, February 17
Cooking Session
With Special Guest Chef: Joanne WeirJoanne Weir is many things...a world traveler, a James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, a cooking teacher, and a chef and television personality. In the second season of her very successful 26-part public television series, "Joanne Weir's Cooking Class", Joanne's love of teaching cooking takes center stage. Her home kitchen is once again the classroom for each show as she works side-by-side with a real-world student for a hands-on cooking lesson. The student and viewer learn how to prepare a wide variety of Weir's latest wine country-inspired recipes, using the freshest and most seasonal ingredients available.
Saturday, February 18
Cooking Session with Special Guest Chef: Garrett Weber-GaleGarrett Weber-Gale is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. After being diagnosed with high blood pressure in 2005 he was forced to learn to cook healthier meals. Since then he has transformed his diet and seen the dramatic difference great food and nutrition makes on his life and performance. He co-founded a health food company called AthleticFoodie to help people live a better life through better nutrition. Although he is not a chef he has trained in some of the most famous restaurant kitchens in the world throughout the USA, in France, and in Italy. Garrett will show you how to make delicious meals that will fuel you for life and fitness.
From 02/19/2012 to 02/21/2012
Feng Shui Style with Billy Yamaguchi - February 2012
Billy Yamaguchi will be speaking and available for private appointments on February 19-21.
As president and co-owner of Yamaguchi Enterprises, Billy Yamaguchi has developed a series of salons that offer unsurpassed services in luxurious settings. With California locations in Ventura, La Quinta Resort & Spa in La Quinta, La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, the new Four Seasons in Westlake Village, Rancho Las Palmas in Rancho Mirage, and the Del Coronado Hotel in Coronado Island, the salons truly exemplify the holistic principles that guide his vision of beauty. More than ten years ago, Billy began his study of Feng Shui and a quest to wed this philosophy to his training in the Western tradition of hair design. He soon discovered there was no existing method of integrating these disciplines and he devoted himself to combining the elements into an entirely innovative approach to beauty and harmony. He was the first to adapt Feng Shui techniques and products to the Beauty Industry.
From 02/22/2012 to 02/26/2012
Celebrating Paws: February 2012
We believe the world is a better place because of our canine friends. Join us as we explore the health benefits and the fun of training and caring for our beloved pets.
Wednesday, February 22 - Sunday, February 26
Celebrating Paws!A limited number of spa guests will have the opportunity to bring their dogs for scheduled activities during this four-day pet program that includes a Yappy Hour (for pets and their parents), mat training, leave it training, canine massage and a custom photography session with your dog.
Pet experts participating in the program include Andrea Arden, a frequent guest on The Today Show and numerous programs on Animal Planet including Dogs 101, America’s Cutest Dog and Underdog to Wonderdog. She has contributed articles on animal behavior to Dog Fancy and The New York Dog magazine as well as being named the best dog trainer in New York by New York, W, Time Out and Quest magazines and the Daily News.
Andrea will lead the following discussions:
Impulse Control: How to help your dog learn the art of being patient as the basis for mannerly and safe behavior. Helping your dog learn self control sets the foundation for a cooperative canine companion. This session will focus on how to help your dog master the art of patience which is essential for enhancing your relationship with your dog.
Supply and Demand: The Keys to Motivating Your Dog to Play the Training Game. If you want to effectively and efficiently teach your dog, you must understand how to motivate them. This session will help you learn how to bring out your dog's enthusiasm for learning by mastering the art of motivation using verbal and physical praise, toys, food, and an almost endless list of life rewards.
For more details on Celebrating Paws, click here.
