the social (ad)venture
for now it’s just the two of us – russell trott and ela albisser – who are combining forces by putting our talents, as well as a combined total of more than 30 years of experience in asia (mainly japan), together to create a social venture that will bring out the best in you and us: inspiring life transformation and growth, openness, loving kindness and compassion for all of life and all beings. 10 % of our profits (or more on special occasions 
) are donated to charity.
our website is new and still growing. for now it mainly offers support for spiritual, mental and physical health in modern day to day life. as a result of combining our passion, experience and knowledge we are offering workshops/classes/courses in movement, bodywork and meditation. some of these are in their planning phase and will be held in europe (switzerland), others are already successfully completed in north america. thanks to sponsorship and great teamwork with la caravan in calgary we were able to hold our fun “body of bliss” workshop in calgary, cranbrook & canmore this past summer. follow-up workshops, private training and treatments are already on our schedule for september 2011 - let us know if you’re interested and we’ll send you our information as soon as dates and venues are decided.
we are continuing our educational courses in kyoto during the week as well as workshops over the weekends from september 2010 thru March 2011. come and check them out – they’re lots of fun, educational and help you fit precious “spirit-mind-body time” into a busy work schedule.
private training, lessons and treatments are available in all the places we teach – please contact us at elements@bodhielements.com.
we are also keeping you up to date for free with
- a quarterly newsletter in html form (sign up anytime for the mailing list)
- updates on workshops, classes and courses
- regular blogs on latest fitness recommendations
- seasonal dietary tricks of the trade with recipes thru bodhiflavours
- weekly meditations to challenge and inspire you with different views, methods and practices
we hope you enjoy our programs and we are looking forward to hearing from you!
ela
born in switzerland, ela albisser has spent the last more than 20 years travelling around the globe, studying various healing and health related arts, including 8 years of dedicated study with a japanese shiatsu master in the masunaga lineage as well as a japanese healer/acupuncturist and his wife who taught her much of the “art of living” in japan and on the road.
since 2002 ela has worked intensively with meditation teacher Achariya Doug Duncan Sensei. she was head chef and nutritional advisor for the clear sky meditation and study center where she now is closely involved in creating a food forest and vegetable garden.
in the course of her 9 years as a professional shiatsu therapist, teacher and health author, she has developed an international program based on the triad of spirit, mind and body to teach and assist beings in staying healthy and radiant as they travel the globe, needing to adapt to the changing environments and conditions of this fast-paced modern world. her gratitude goes out to all the brilliant and precious teachers, students, her family, friends and fiends – all the wonderful beings who enriched her life so deeply.
russell
russell started his meditation career at an early age, except at school in england it was called daydreaming and was frowned upon, so he decided to become an olympic rower. After seven years of training and one national gold medal he was introduced to aikido while studying in france. aikido soon took him to japan where he gained his third “dan” and taught in kobe for two years before moving to kyoto.
russell has also practiced yang style tai chi, kendo, iaido and shorinji kempo. In 2002 he qualified as a kiatsu massage therapist, one of only a few non-japanese to receive this certification in japan. russell is also a certified mat pilates teacher and level 1 crossfit trainer.
for the past 7 years he has worked intensively with meditation teacher Achariya Doug Duncan and is retreat manager of the clear sky meditation and study center in british columbia.
