Affiliate
Organizations
Adult
& Family Services serving
Boulder
& Denver Counties
The
Parenting Place
2222-A 14th Street, Boulder 80302
303-449-017
A
relaxed and supportive environment for prenatal, new moms and dads,
single moms, dads and families of all ages and income levels. Parent/child
play facility available on site most mornings, $2 donation. For parenting
classes, play schedule, family events and gatherings, pick up a free
monthly "Family Connection" tabloid available around town
or call Fran or Andrea Disch, program director.
The
Counseling Center
1534 55th Street, Boulder 80303
303-449-7898
The
Counseling Center provides affordable family and child counseling
when you need help with relationship issues, effective 
communication,
loneliness, self-esteem, loss and grief, making decisions, maritial
issues, separation and divorce. The Counseling Center offers quality
play therapy sessions for children as young five years old, assisting
the child in moving through loss, grief or trauma. The counselor and
client determine a reasonable fee that the individual or family is
able to pay. No one is turned away due to lack of funds.
Boulder
County Prevention Connection,
Building Assets in Youths & Adults
Community Services Department
3482 N. Broadway, Boulder 80306
303-441-3839
BCPC
is a coalition building initiative that promotes the development of
healthy communities countrywide by encouraging positive relationship
building between adults, youths and their community. Assets are opportunities,
skills, values and self-perceptions that build the strength young
people need to do well in school and make wise decisions. Asset building
for adults assists in developing healthy, caring parents through positive
family support and family communication. Contact Betsy Fox for more
info.
Family
Quest of Colorado
1880 S. Flatiron Ct, Suite H-2, Boulder 80301
303-516-1234
Boulder
Community Family Resources provides experiential skill-building activities
and follow-up coaching for families experiencing relationship and
parenting issues in the home. Their coaching services and experiential
learning activities strengthen families for today's challenges, by
improving family relationships, increasing communication, expanding
problem-solving strategies while assisting families in recognizing
ways to achieve emotional balance and well-being. BCFR works with
all income levels.
Hands
On Resources, LLC
Lyons,
CO
phone:
303-543-1418
internet:
www.handsonresources.com
Hands
On Resources is a 30 acre adventure challenge forum that builds innovative
teams while enhancing the character and performance of individuals.
Using a wide range of experiential methods, outdoor activities, and
learning models, Hands on Resources equip team members with the tools
and skills necessary for success. • Teamplay! * This fast-moving,
f
ocused
approach to team learning engages participants from the minute we
begin. In as little as four hours, teams move from competition to
collaboration, from conflict to communication and from stagnation
to action. •Effective Teams! This program focuses on the experiential
delivery of specific team and interpersonal skills. Participants develop
trust, communication, leadership, problem solving, decision-making,
team process, common language, awareness, and collaboration. • The
Challenge of Choice. This program provides an excellent foundation
for exploring the dynamics of goal setting, choice, communication,
interpretations and supportive team relationships.
Renaissance
Adventures, LLC
302 Pearl Street, Boulder 80302
303 786-9216.
Since 1995, Renaissance Adventures has offered camps in Adventure
Quest, an active outdoor, Renaissance-theme theatre game, designed
to develop self-esteem, team-buildin
g
and creative problem-solving skills. Children and teens are the heros
of an incredibly fun and dynamic quest, working together, in a mythical
and magical world, to overcome interesting challenges, solve mystifying
riddles, brain-storm unique solutions to puzzling dilemmas and swash
buckle with foes. Adventure Quest makes creative use of safe foam
Swasher Swords in an environment which teaches good sportsmanship,
fair-play and respect for others. Call them to receive their schedule
of events.
Relaxation
& Spiritual Development
The
Boulder Center of Mindfulness Meditation
Boulder, Colorado
720-406-1431
Monday
evening dharma talks are available at The Boulder Center of Mindfulness
Meditation. These talks, hosted by Michael Kass, the center's director,
include: the fundamental tenets of meditation practice, difficulties
on the path, cultivating compassion, gratitude and love, integrating
practice with our life, community, intimacy and relationship. Please
call the center for dates, times and cost.
Eldorado
Mountain Yoga Ashram
Eldorado Springs, Colorado
303 494-30515
Eldorado
Mountain Yoga Ashram is a dynamic spiritual center for students of
all levels interested in learning and
deepening their spirituality through yoga. The center offers a variety
of drop-in classes and courses for beginners, advanced students and
yoga teachers. This ashram is the summer abode of Swami Shambhavananda
who infuses its atmosphere with joy and spiritual energy. The setting
of the yoga ashram is stunningly beautiful as it overlooks the spectacular
Eldorado Canyon. Located just 10 minutes south of Boulder.
Shoshini
Yoga Retreat
Rollinsville, Colorado
303-642-0116
Shoshoni,
sister to The Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram, is a residential ashram
(hermitage of yogis) and spiritu
al
retreat. Their primary purpurse is to assist people in the understanding
and experience of their true nature, which is known in yoga as Sat-Chit-Ananda
(Being, Consciousness, and Bliss). Their tools are classical hatha
yoga taught with an emphasis on breath awareness (prana), meditation
to quiet the mind and discover the Inner Self and yogic therapies
to help relax the body and mind so that you can experience meditation.
Shoshoni
is a beautiful and peaceful sanctuary, a world apart from the hectic
pace of daily life. The beauty and quiet of the natural surroundings
reverberate with the meditative energy known as shakti. The resident
yogis open their home and hearts to visitors, giving them a personal
experience of a yoic lifestyle. Come for a morning yoga session and
vegatarian lunch or partake in Shoshoni's Siddha-Vaidya Rejuvenation
Program to renew the body and balance the physical, mental, emotional
and spiritual.
Indian
Springs Resort
Idaho Springs, Colorado
303-989-6666
Geo-Thermal
Cave Baths: Driven into the solid rock mountain side, between
1903 & 1911, specifically for the purpose of creating this unique
facility. One cave for men and another for women, each with several
huge, sunken, walk-in hot tubs filled with naturally hot mineral water
at temperatures from 104 to 112 degrees. Mineral Water Swimming
Pool: Under the translu
cent
dome lies a tropical paradise, complete with flowering plants among
live Banana and Palm Trees. The swimming pool is continually fed with
hot mineral water at 115 degrees. With an overall temperature of 90+
degrees. The pool is a favorite with adults and children of all ages.
Large modern jacuzzi tubs, set on a Redwood deck, surrounded
on three sides by a 6 foot cedar privacy fence, open to the splendor
of the unspoiled mountain side and sky above are also available. Advance
reservations are recommended for this very popular facility.
The
Main Resort Building: these rooms were originally built in 1905.
They represent the style of architecture popular for that era. Steam
radiators & 1/2 baths (toilet & sink) are reminiscent of the past
during the "Resorts" heyday, when notable personalities such as the
Roosevelt's, Jesse & Frank James & Walt Whitman came to relax and
soak in what was known as the "Saratoga of the Rockies".
Inn Rooms: These newer rooms feature a king size bed or two
double beds, shower/tub combinations, in-room coffee makers and convenient
access to the Restaurant/lounge, hot baths & swimming pool. Lodge
Rooms: Our newest addition, provides an extra level of comfort
with suites & handicap rooms. ALL rooms include: mineral water swim
pool and discounts toward hot mineral baths, massage, and return visits.
Located 30 minutes west of Denver via I-70 in Idaho Springs, Colorado
