Guided meditation for brain health with Lea Kraemer, and a guided Mahjong lesson with Janet Li. A mindful social gathering. Tea and treats.

About this event

This is great event for beginners to learn Mahjong. We start off with Guided Meditation to focus your mind and get the brain ready to learn.

Then Janet Li will teach you how the game of Mahjong is played.

Enjoy a mindful social gathering, and relaxed community atmosphere. Tea and treats.

“Between games, we quietly listened to the melodic shuffling of the smooth tiles clinking against each other, thought to echo the sound of sparrows.

Mah-jongg is the name of a bird in Chinese, the language of the country where the game was popularized in 1880 — though some form of it has been played there since the 1300s.” – The Many Benefits of Playing Mah-jongg by Brahna Yassky

In Chinese style Mahjong the game is played in groups of 4.

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Guided meditation for brain health with Lea Kraemer, and a guided Mahjong lesson with Janet Li. A mindful social gathering. Tea and treats.

About this event

This is great event for beginners to learn Mahjong. We start off with Guided Meditation to focus your mind and get the brain ready to learn.

Then Janet Li will teach you how the game of Mahjong is played.

Enjoy a mindful social gathering, and relaxed community atmosphere. Tea and treats.

“Between games, we quietly listened to the melodic shuffling of the smooth tiles clinking against each other, thought to echo the sound of sparrows.

Mah-jongg is the name of a bird in Chinese, the language of the country where the game was popularized in 1880 — though some form of it has been played there since the 1300s.” – The Many Benefits of Playing Mah-jongg by Brahna Yassky

In Chinese style Mahjong the game is played in groups of 4.

The post Meditation Meets Mahjong appeared first on Live Your Best Life.

About this event

This is great event for beginners to learn Mahjong. We start off with Guided Meditation to focus your mind and get the brain ready to learn.

Then Janet Li will teach you how the game of Mahjong is played.

Enjoy a mindful social gathering, and relaxed community atmosphere. Tea and treats.

“Between games, we quietly listened to the melodic shuffling of the smooth tiles clinking against each other, thought to echo the sound of sparrows.

Mah-jongg is the name of a bird in Chinese, the language of the country where the game was popularized in 1880 — though some form of it has been played there since the 1300s.” – The Many Benefits of Playing Mah-jongg by Brahna Yassky

In Chinese style Mahjong the game is played in groups of 4.

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Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event.

About this event

This open, ongoing workshop is a place where people can have fun learning to write the letters of Sanskrt.

The session is intended for those who have been curious about ayurveda and ancient wisdom. Led by our medical doctor, Bhaswati Bhattacharya MD PhD.

Art materials will be provided but do remember to bring your water bottle.

Mondays at 6pm. Next dates:

September 15

October 6

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Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event.

About this event

Friday Evening, August 22 from 6:00 – 8:30pm PDT
Foundations of Wholeness

The theme of this evening’s workshop is: Grounding in Practice, Presence, and Perspective

What Is Yoga Therapy?

Learn about the Pancha kosha model, the “five layers” of being.

Yoga Philosophy: A Therapeutic Worldview

Greg will include readings from the Yoga Sutra and integrate yogic worldviews and perspectives on healing. Learn about the concept of “Duhkha” (suffering) and freedom!

There will be Q & A and ample time for self-reflection.

The evening practice will be a Restorative Yoga Session.

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Saturday, August 23 from 9:00am – 1:00pm PDT
Pathways of Transformation

The theme of the day’s workshop is: Understanding the Self through Movement, Breath, and Insight.

What makes a yoga practice trauma-informed?
Learn principles of Trauma-Informed Yoga and the Wheel of consent. Grounding and centering techniques allow for functional movement adapted to your individual capacity.

75 min Therapeutic Morning Practice Focusing on reclaiming movement and exploring functional mobility and stability. Learn how to practice asana for joint care and energy balance. Experience Pranayama, breathwork to regulate your energy, and Mantra meditation for clarity.

Explore gentle asana with an emphasis on toning the nervous system to help your body relax and maintain good digestion and a healthy heart rate. Study accessible pranayama, and gain better understanding of the stress response and how to regulate your nervous system. Greg will guide an exploration of how to create safety and authentic choices. Then, Yoga becomes a Life Practice!

There will be time for Self-eflection and Group Discussion.

Community sharing circle Metta (loving-kindness) meditation.

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Sunday, August 24 from 9:00am – 4:00pm PDT
Trauma-Informed Yoga: Integration & Empowerment

The theme of the day’s workshop is: Living the Practice — From the Inside Out

Beginning by grounding the Nervous System, enjoy a 75 min Morning Yoga Practice. Integratiing the flow of person-centered Ashtanga Yoga, the session will include pauses for self-inquiry. Explore centering techniques & breathwork, functional movement, and the use of props and adaptations for all bodies.

Yoga Philosophy: Klesha, Karma, Samskara, and the Healing Process

Learn how impressions shape our experience. Explore the principle of Ahimsa, or non-harming, as a personal, therapeutic foundation.

Greg will lead discussion of the Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita.

Sankalpa and Somatic Restoration

Enjoy a gentle restorative sequence with supported poses, including an introduction to Sankalpa (intention-setting). Guided meditation with mantra.

Learn about trauma-informed principles and navigating boundaries. Practice-based group discussion.

Rest & repattern with Yoga Nidra for somatic integration

Bhakti-based chanting, a mantra practice to hold the energy and intention of the day’s workshop.

Integration Circle and Closing Practice.

Individual reflection on insights from the weekend

This workshop is being hosted by Live Your Best Life is donation based. Pay what you can but honor the exchange.

Tier 1 Suggested Donation = $400
Tier 2 Suggested Donation = $300
Tier 3 Suggested Donation = $200

Greg Nardi, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 began his yoga journey in 1996 when a good friend asked him to “try” yoga. From that first class he knew that this was something he was meant to do. Yoga helped him feel healthy after years of childhood illness, anxiety and depression and most importantly yoga gave him a sense of meaning and purpose. He dedicated himself to a yogic lifestyle as part of his healing journey.

Greg took four separate teacher trainings in the United States and Europe between 1997 and 2003. He took a dozen extended trips to Mysore, India between 1999-2016 to learn yoga with a focus in asana, yoga history and philosophy, pranayama, meditation, and chanting. Greg is a graduate of the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy and was formerly authorized level 2 with the KPJ Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, India.

Greg is currently the Program Director for Yoga 4 Change. He has worked in many facets of the yoga industry from being a yoga studio owner/operator, an international workshop presenter, and has dedicated himself to educating yoga practitioners about power dynamics and consent driven, person-centered, and trauma informed approaches to the teaching and practice of Yoga.

Greg has always considered yoga to be both a form of individual healing and social justice. Greg sits on the Board of Directors for Chainless Change, a community of recovery offering second chances to those negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. He believes in the healing power of yoga for all.

This summer we have a whole calendar of events and classes free and by donation.

Come for a Sound Bath with glass crystal bowls, or join a Hatha Yoga and breathwork session with Lea, the Center Director, or a discussion on Ayurvedic Personalized Holistic Health and Medicine with Dr. Bhaswati. We can’t wait to meet you!

Just a few miles from the beach in El Segundo, Live Your Best Life is creating a Center for personalized holistic medicine, in the tradition of ayurveda and ayurvedic yoga.

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Refund Policy

Refunds up to 3 days before event.

About this event

With Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya and Lea Kraemer

This 8-hour workshop will teach you how the wise sages of ayurveda developed strong minds to conquer the devastations of life and the unexpected challenges.

Friday, August 8 – from 6 -8pm
Saturday, August 9 – from 10am -1pm
Sunday, August 10 – from 10am – 1pm
Ticket sales have ended for this event.

We will move into work that explores the deeper you.

Finding your self and looking within using compassion, presence, and the tools of awareness, we will explore what many wisdom traditions have used to ground the mind and what yoga and ayurveda can offer to your inner sense of being.

You will gain confidence through the clarity and depth of wisdom in ayurveda led by our medical doctor, Bhaswati Bhattacharya MD PhD.

You will be introduced to practical yogic tools to shift your awareness and Live Your Best Life with Lea, our Lead Yoga therapist.

The serene learning experience and space will be provided but do remember to bring your water bottle.

Certificates of participation will be distributed for those who complete the workshop. Come learn, listen and Live.

Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya, Chief Medical Officer at Live Your Best Life, is a Harvard-educated, MD physician-in-practice trained in family medicine and preventive medicine, dividing her time between California, Manhattan, Paris, and Benaras.

She is also a senior Fulbright Scholar, an awarded educator, best-selling author, and published scientist trained in pharmacology (UPenn) & neuroscience (Columbia Univ), public health (Harvard Univ), community medicine (Mt.Sinai-NYU), nutrition (Columbia Univ-IN), and Ayurveda. Since 2003, she serves as Clinical Asst Professor in the Dept of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Her work at The Dinacharya Institute brings the wisdom and science of authentic ancient medicines such as Ayurveda back to the hands and hearts of the people. She completed a mid-career PhD in ancient Indian chemistry, Ayurvedic pharmaceutics, and pharmacology (RasaShastra & Bhaisajya Kalpana) from the prestigious Banaras Hindu University in India, focusing her award-winning PhD thesis on poly-herbal-mineral formulations for diabetes. She was selected as a 2018-2023 Fulbright Specialist in Public Health, specializing in Integrative Medicine and continues studying with authentic wisemen.

Lea Kraemer is the Director of the flagship Center in El Segundo and the Lead for the Live Your Best Life teams in India and the US. As a Yoga Therapist with numerous certifications in Hatha, Vinyasa, and Kundalini Kriya Yoga, she is the founder of Prana Mandir Yoga.

Lea trains and certifies teachers in Yoga as Therapy through the Agni Intensive program and is a sought out Teacher Trainer for schools and studios on the East and West Coasts of the US. Before joining Live Your Best Life, Lea held a private practice in Pasadena, California, and offers Yoga Therapy for clients healing from chronic and life-threatening illness. In her earlier career, Lea developed programs and mentored yoga teachers at Beth Israel Continuum Center , St. Lukes Hospital and area hospitals in NYC, establishing research into the efficacy of therapeutic Yoga and Meditation.

Personalized Holistic Medicine: We are creating a space for community, ayurvedic education, yogic transformation and real health. We can’t wait to meet you.

The full Live Your Best life experience is extraordinary. Join our online ayurvedic platform for a consultation with a Vaidya in India and receive customized diet and lifestle practices, and online yoga therapy treatments.

Dr.Bhaswati Bhattacharya, Chief Medical Officer at Live Your Best Life, is featured ihe Discovery Channel Documentary Healers: Journey into Ayurveda features her work.

Her book Everyday Ayurveda is a national bestseller published by Penguin Random House.

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Lea, the Center Director, shares her love for yoga and meditation and makes it easy to begin, letting practices meet you where you are!

This Summer, as we get ready for our official opening in the Fall, all of our yoga classes, ayurveda seminars and special cultural and educational programs are by donation at the Center in El Segundo. Like a “Wish Fulflling Tree”, called Kalpa Taru in Sanskrit, the Center is a space to grow and evolve with an open heart.

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About this event

An unforgettable journey where ancient wisdom meets modern healing. Discover the transformative power of raga-infused sound healing.

A Soundbath is a deep, restorative relaxation with crystal bowls and natural sounds. Close your eyes, and allow the music to carry you inward.

6:30pm – 8:00pm
February 7, March 14 and March

An unforgettable journey where ancient wisdom meets modern life. Discover the transformative power of raga-infused sound healing.

No prior experience is needed. Just bring yourself and a willingness to receive.

This unique approach honors the therapeutic power of sound while celebrating the profound wisdom embedded in India’s classical musical traditions. His sessions offer more than just relaxation—they provide rich and nourishing experiences that resonate on multiple levels of consciousness.

What sets our Sounbaths apart in the sound healing community is the innovative fusion of ancient classical ragas with traditional Soundbath practices. Drawing from the musical heritage of India, singing bowls are carefully selected, whose frequencies align with the notes of classical ragas, creating a harmonious bridge between Eastern musical tradition and contemporary sound therapy.

Each session culminates in the ethereal sounds of sitar or surbahar, accompanied by the meditative drone of tanpuras, transporting participants into deeper states of relaxation and inner exploration.

• Bring your water bottlle.
• Remember your yoga mat, eye pillow, or blanket so that you can set up a comfortable space for your self. We have a number of blankets, bolsters and pillows available for everyone’s use.
• Please plan to arrive about 10 or 15 minutes before the event

To respect the space and experience for all guests, doors will be closed 10 minutes after the start time.

Why join?

• Release tension and soothe your nervous system
• Connect with inner peace through sound healing
• Ideal for busy professionals, holistic seekers, and anyone craving intentional rest

Thomas Klepper is a yoga Therapist, and musician who brings over five years of dedicated practice in the sacred art of sound healing, having served as a resident sound healer at some of Los Angeles’ most respected wellness centers. His journey has taken him through Peace Yoga Gallery, One Life Yoga, and currently to Boheme Yoga LA and the prestigious Philosophical Research Society, where he continues to guide participants through profound sonic journeys.

Through his many years of experience as a yoga instructor, meditation guide, and sound bath facilitator, Thomas brings a unique fusion of modalities.

Our 20205 Pop- Up Series of events is like a “Wish-Fulfilling Tree”, known as Kalpa Taru, where we will come together for joy and health.

Ayurvedic discussions, yoga and meditation practices, seasonal holistic feasts, music, Soundbaths and so much more. All by donation.

Live Your Best Life’s flagship center in El Segundo, Ca is just a few miles from the ocean. As we prepare for our official launch with a full schedule of by-donation classes, we look forward to meeting you this summer!

Frequently asked questions

Question: Is there parking?

There is street parking as well as a lot across the street which often has available spots. You can also find parking just around the corner on Grand Avenue.

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