Prana Yoga and Healing Center
941.928.2137
Gong Meditation
2nd and 4th Friday
of every month
5:30-6:30pm
The gong has been
used for thousands of
years as an important tool for healing and meditation. As you begin to focus on your breath and open the body's chakras (energy centers), the waves of sound carry your body and mind to a place of inner peace and connection.
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BreakThrough from
Becoming to Being Seminar
w/ Ben Manalo
Friday, Oct. 19: 6:30pm - 8:30pm **
Sat., Oct. 20: 9:00am - 6:00pm
Sun., Oct. 21: 9:00am - 6:00pm
**This is also a FREE lecture open to the public.
Cost: $ 600 *
*Save $50 when registering with full payment
before Sept. 19
There is only one reason you experience inner conflict; someone other than you is living at the center of your life. The BreakThrough System is a form of shadow work that unearths the gold within conflict. This weekend workshop will set you on a path of self-enquiry unlike any you have experienced before.
Pre-requisite: The yearning to take your own life into your own hands.
Visit us online at: www.bodytalksystem.com/
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Kirtan has moved from
3rd Sunday of each month to the
2nd Sunday each month
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Raw Whole Food Meetups w/ Pam Dix
join meetup site for times & locations
Learn more about Raw Vegan food. Lectures by top raw food authorities, cleanses and classes. No need to be all raw to join, just an interest in adding more raw vegan healthy foods into your lifestyle! Potlucks, lectures, classes,
Prana studio focuses on alignment based classes in Iyengar and Anusara styles of Yoga. Various levels are offered to appeal to the raw beginner as well as the seasoned practitioner.
Many of the instructors at Prana are cross-trained in other healing modalities as well. The intention of the yoga instruction at Prana is to empower each student by giving them anatomical instruction of the body and poses. This knowledge will transform the yoga practice to be therapeutic, helping to heal injury and reduce pain for chronic conditions.
Join us at 3840 Osprey Ave in beautiful Sarasota, Florida.
~ Regina DeWitt, Owner
Experience alignment of
mind, body & breath at
Prana Yoga and Healing Center.
We are a true community center dedicated to health and well being.
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Donations & Scholarships
Your donations can help others experience the many of benefits of Yoga.
Prana Yoga and Healing Center has established a 501c3. With your tax free donations, we will offer a Scholarship and Outreach Program.
If you are interested in making a donation to this much needed program, please contact Regina at 941.928.2137. All donations are greatly appreciated and will go to great use. No amount is too great or too small.
Prana Yoga and Healing Center
3840 Osprey Ave., Sarasota, Florida 941.928.2137
Feature Student
Ann is our
feature
student !
Ann writes her story:
I joined the ranks of the disabled 30 years ago following a car accident that left me paralyzed from the mid chest down. In dealing with this trauma, one of my main worries was becoming dependent on family or worse the medical community. I quickly realized that avoiding the common pitfalls of Spinal Cord Injury, such as pressure sores, rotator cuff injury and repeated infections, was the key to remaining independent. To stay healthy, I immersed myself in a number of disability friendly sports. Although these activities were beneficial, all focused on upper body and after 20 years I began to notice sign of deteriation. This was unsettling
A friend of mine, who is a yoga teacher, suggested yoga as an alternative to demanding exercise. At the time, I could not imagine how I would be able to participate but once convinced I transferred to the floor and we positioned my body into my first official pose “Virasana” or “Hero’s Pose”. She instructed me to feel the bend of my legs, ground myself through the sits bones and elongate my spine; this was the first time I had thought about my body below the chest. The experience was exhilarating and I wanted more. Initially, I was too self-conscious to try a yoga class so I developed a practice from books, DVDs and an occasion private session. This home practice was fine t but I felt isolated craved the experiencing a real yoga class. I tried a variety of studios and teachers but found a home at Prana Yoga.
My teacher Regina has been a godsend, her background in Healthcare and her sound knowledge of anatomy as it pertains to alignment allows me to safely challenge myself and experience a wide variety of poses. She instinctively knows when to step in providing instruction and props for a posture or when to step back encouraging me to find the pose through trial/error and sensation. She is not intimidated by my limitation. This confidence allows me to feel safe enough to transfer onto the floor so that I might experience the pose as a body not a body in a chair.
In addition to the Yoga classes, I am working with Jeff Cohen, a Structural Integrated (SI) practitioner. SI is a type of bodywork, which goes beyond muscles massage and focuses on the protective layer of tissue around the muscles or fascia. Jeff explained to me that the limited mobility of my lower extremities combined with the over use of upper body was shortening and tightening the facial resulting in misalignment. His treatments release these restrictions, which promotes more suppleness in the muscles. After one of Jeff’s session, my body feels free from the sensation of being wrapped in plastic and I can move more fluidly. For me, SI is the perfect complement to my yoga practice as it provides the space in and between muscles, as I increase strength and flexibility through the yoga poses. This powerful combination encourages alignment.
After a year at Prana Yoga, I noticed I am taking the principals of alignment off the matt and into my daily life. Physically, I am more aware of how I am using my shoulders, and position my lower extremities. Mentally, I have shifted my awareness to my whole body and spiritually, I am practicing Ahisma, letting go of my resentment and frustration of my body’s limitations. Namaste
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