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2010 Workshop Schedule

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Yoga For A Healthier Back

A four-part series of 90-minute classes

Each Saturday
August 21- September 11, 2010
11:00 am – 12:30 pm

$75 for the entire series

From doctors and nurses to lab techs and insurance processors, back pain is one of the most common complaints. Bending, twisting, lifting, long hours of standing or sitting- all can cause chronic and persistent back pain.

The origin of many approaches to back pain and injury are rooted in the ancient principles of yoga. When practiced with today’s understanding of anatomy and precise alignment, yoga is a safe, empowering and affective approach to the rehabilitation and recovery of chronic back conditions.

Join us as we learn to apply simple postures and self-corrections in body alignment that strengthen and stabilize the back while helping to restore its natural flexibility.

Taught by:
Regina DeWitt, RN, RYT - Regina’s 30-year plus experience in surgical nursing and her skills as a yoga teacher and teacher trainer provide the awareness and sensitivity to help support the path toward recovery.

Steven Weiss, MS, DC, RYT - With over 30 years of experience, Steven is a chiropractor and nutritionist as well as a yoga teacher and anatomy trainer. He provides a clear presentation on the structural causes of pain and offers guidance in attaining healthy alignment and the strengthening of the back through yoga.

Total Body Unwinding

Saturday, May 15 11am-1pm
$30 or $50 for both sessions
with Dianne Glass

Get on the ball and immerse yourself in the philosophy of Yamuna Body Rolling. The Body Rolling experience is a journey of wellness within oneself bringing alignment, balance, strength, flexibility and a sense of freedom to your entire being. Going far beyond random movement and stretch, YBR allows you to work specific muscles in detail to create suppleness in tight areas while in addition stimulationg bone and tendon quality to de-compress joints. This body of work creates "efficient anatomy" for a sustainable body at any age.

Asana On The Ball

Saturday, May 29 11am-1pm
$30 or $50 for both sessions
With Dianne Glass

Asana On The Ball combines Yamuna Body Rolling with traditional yoga postures. In deep asana exploration, learn to break thru obstacles and restrictions. As you breathe into the pose, all aided by the use of a YBR ball. YBR Yoga allows you to go deeper into poses. As you Melt the ball into the postures you safely increase and hold the stretch for a deep unwinding experience.

Anatomy and Alignment for the Practice of Yoga

Yoga Tech: A workshop for those who wish to deepen their understanding of the human body and learn to utilize the anatomical principles that are the basis of yoga asana.

It is appropriate for teachers and students who want to bring a higher level of precision and knowledge to their teaching or practice.

A detailed manual is provided free with registration, demonstrating all the alignment principles and instructions taught in the workshop.

Steven Weiss Saturday April 24 11am-6pm with a lunch break (on your own)

Sunday April 25 1-6pm

Cost $195,includes manual

Is your yoga practice promoting health and healing...or...
is it producing trauma and causing injury?
After this workshop you will know the difference.

Steven Weiss, MS, DC, RYT has over 27 years of experience as an holistic chiropractor and dedicated yoga student and teacher. For the past 15 years Dr. Weiss has been resident chiropractor and nutritionist at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY. Besides teaching anatomy and alignment for yoga teaching training programs, Dr. Weiss is a post-graduate instructor with New York Chiropractic College, offering the ChiroYoga Seminars series, a continuing education program for chiropractors that explores the yoga-based biomechanics and therapeutics. His yoga training has been in various traditions with an extensive background in Anusara and Iyengar yoga, studying with teachers in Pune, India and throughout the United States.

The Anatomy of Yoga Alignment
Saturday, March 6, 2010 12noon-6:00pm

A six-hour exploration into the aligment principles of yoga asana and the anatomical basis for their use. This is a fun, on-the-mat and experiential class. Cost $75. Please call Steve at 941-993-8443 for additonal information. Visit Steve's website, http://alignbydesignyoga.com

SPECIAL THAI YOGA MASSAGE WEEKEND with ED DAILEY

DETAILS:

FRIDAY JANUARY 29,2010 A YOGA PRACTICE ON THE IMMERSION OF IMMUNE SYSTEM.
6:30 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M. COST $24.00

SATURDAY JANUARY 30, 2010 THAI YOGA MASSAGE PRACTICE
11:00 A.M. -2:00 P.M.
COST $ 33.00 FOR SINGLE. COUPLE $40.

SUNDAY JANUARY 31, 2010 THAI YOGA MASSAGE PRACTICE
10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
COST $33.00 SINGLE. COUPLE $40.

REGISTER FOR ALL 3 DAYS $75.00
PAID PRE-REGISTRATION BY JANUARY 24, 2010 $60.00

PRIVATE THAI MASSAGE SESSIONS AVAILABLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH ED $80 HOUR

EYE OF THE TIGER

Saturday, January 23 1-4pm

Playfully push the edge as you practice along with Jaye. The Eye of the Tiger practice is a guided practice that encourages you to take your yoga - and your life - to the next level! Explore a full range of asana with friends and inspire each other to try new poses and to deepen your practice.

This interactive, playful workshop is for experienced intermediate and advanced yoga practitioners who can kick to handstand at the wall and perform Urdhva Dhanurasana with straight arms. No major injuries, please.

$35

REIKI 1 FOR SELF HEALING

Reiki 1 for Self Healing is a restorative workshop which deepens your connection to your higher well-being, certifies you in Level 1 of Reiki, educates you on the energetic centers and how to identify imbalances, and teaches you meditation techniques to clear and strengthen your energetic field.

with Michelle Roy & Jennifer Brinn

Includes intruction, workbook, practice time and certification.

$125 Class with Attunement

$75 Already Attuned

New Year's Day Workshop

Enliven, Restore, Empower, Renew

This New Year, begin with a healthy start to your goals and resolutions
Join us in planting the seeds of our intentions with yoga, meditation, and nutritional guidance

Friday, January 1st
10:00am - 12:15pm

Everyone is welcome, from beginner to the well-practiced
$20 – portion donated to the Sarasota Food Bank
For more information, call:
941-928-2137

Presenters:

Regina Halpin, RYT, RN - Founder of Prana Yoga. Brings her clinical background of thirty years in cardiac surgical nursing to her keen awareness of the interplay between health, vitality, and yoga.
Steven Weiss, MS, DC, RYT - is a nutritionist, holistic chiropractor, yoga therapist, and educator with thirty years experience in the fields of natural health and fitness.

Gong Meditation:
Friday, January 15th,
5:30-6:30 pm.
Relax and Heal to the sound of the symphonic gong, the ultimate re-set button!
Love Offering.
Facilitated by Joy Yackley

Kundalini Yoga Workshop for the Immune System:
Sunday, January 17th, 2-4:00pm.
Join us for breath,postures,and meditations designed to strengthen the immune system.
All levels. Beginners welcome.
$15. Facilitated by Joy Yackley

Last Updated ( Saturday, 17 July 2010 )

Class Schedule

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	7- 8:30 am Kundalini Yoga w/ Joy			7- 8:30 am Kundalini Yoga w/ Joy		Kundalini 8:30-9:30am w/ John
9-10:30 AM All Level w/Regina	9 - 10:30 AM Level 1 w/Regina		9 - 10:30 AM Level 1-2 w/Regina	8:30 - 9:30 AM Level 1 Basic w/Regina	8:30am-9:45am Level 1 w/ Gillian	9-10:30 AM Gentle Yoga w/Regina
Buddhist Meditation 10:30am-12:30pm	10-11:15 Level 1 Basic w/ Gillian	8:30-9:45am Level 1-2 w/ Gillian	10-11:30am Restorative w/ Michelle		10:00 - 11:30 AM All Levels w/ Regina	10-11:30am Flow w/ Shannon
	4 - 5pm Kid's Yoga ages 6-11 w/ Tylar	10:00 - 11:30 AM All Levels w/ Michelle		10:00 - 11:30 AM All Levels w/ Michelle
	4 - 5 pm Parent's Yoga w/ Gillian
	5:30 - 7 PM Yoga 2 w/Regina	Buddhist Meditation 6-8pm	5:30 - 7 PM Level 2 w/Regina		5:30 - 6:30pm Yoga Jam w/ Michelle
		6:30 - 8:00 PM All Levels w/Regina	6-7:15 pm Pregnancy Yoga w/ Cheryl	6:30-8:00 PM Yoga 2 w/Bryan
	7-8:30pm Power Yoga w/ Venessa		7:30 - 9pm All Levels w/ Michelle	6:30-8PM Twin Hearts Meditation w/Regina

Last Updated ( Saturday, 26 June 2010 )

Class Descriptions

LEVEL 1: For students with little or no experience, including those that would like to get back to the basics. Learn the fundamentals of yoga practice.

LEVEL 2: For students with some Level 1 experience who have an interest in refining the fundamentals and deepening their practice. Sirsasana (headstand), sarvangasana (shoulder stand), adhomuhka vrksasana (handstand), backbends and introductory pranayama are taught.

ALL LEVEL: This class will emphasize optimal, anatomical alignment for each student’s body type through an introduction of basic to intermediate yoga postures (asanas). Pranayama (breath awareness) and meditation techniques will be introduced as well. Beginners welcome!

GENTLE: Open to all students who would like a gentle approach to their practice. Beginners are welcome!

RESTORATIVE: This class is open to all levels and will introduce gentle, passive yoga postures in a quiet & tranquil setting. This class is especially appropriate for those needing to replenish depleted energy levels, as well as those with chronic conditions who find a typical hatha yoga class too vigorous.

FLOW VINYASA: This is an invigorating practice incorporating continuous movement, proper alignment, breath and body awareness to bring strength, flexibility and balance to the body, mind and spirit. FLOW Vinyasa is a multi-level class where the student is encouraged to find their edge and witness their own transformation.

KUNDALINI: In Kundalini Yoga, the bottom line is what works. And what does work, more quickly and more powerfully, than just about anything, is a combination of breath, movement, and poses, along with the science of sequence, rhythm, as well as mental focus and vibratory effect. Kundalini Yoga has the global effect of balancing the glandular and nervous systems, freeing up trapped energy, and serving as a catalyst for emotional healing and creative and spiritual expansion. The workouts in Kundalini Yoga have evolved, over thousands of years, with this global effect in mind.

Kundalini Yoga is a bright, beautiful, blissful experience of postures, mantras and breath. The postures and movements of Kundalini Yoga are designed to strengthen the nerves and glands, and the lymphatic and circulatory systems. The meditations, mantras, and mudras energize meridian points throughout the body to release reservoirs of energy and light.

PREGNANCY YOGA: Supporting body and mind wellness during pregnancy and childbirth. Experience the benefits of pregnancy yoga for developing improved: posture, strength, flexibility, endurance, breathing, and relaxation. A wonderful opportunity to connect with your body, your baby and other expectant moms in the community! Appropriate for beginners and those with various levels of yoga experience and fitness.

HEALING FUNSHOP: Transactional yoga-based movements, intuitive healing and energetic clearing techniques will comine to support our experience of connecting with our own Higher Awareness. Please arrive open and with your childlike wonder intact and join us on this fun, relaxing and dynamic experience! All levels welcome. 6 week series, cost $180. First series begins Tuesday, February 9. If not able to attend both days contact LeeAnn for the special price at 941-928-9303. Visit LeeAnn online at LeeAnnMoody.com

View the Calendar for the complete schedule.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 26 June 2010 )

General Approach To Yoga

General Approach in Yoga Classes and Workshops:

Approach to yoga is filled with a series of paradoxes. What is regarded as correct at one level is not necessarily correct at another. A few or more of the following levels may begin simultaneously. The levels therefore indicate increased maturity of approach rather than a linear approach to practice of yoga.

LEVEL 1: This is a physical or geometrical approach. It is considered foundational work for the beginner. It largely consists of outer alignment of the physical body in various postures. This alignment depends on generally accepted anatomical concepts of how an ideal body should look. For every individual an allowance is made to accommodate any differences between the left and the right sides, as well as any pain resulting from stiffness, weakness and injury. The mind is actively engaged in correction of outer geometrical patterns of the musculo-skeletal system. Most postures can be held for about a minute.

LEVEL 2: This is physiological approach. In this approach the muscle is educated to work in a much more efficient manner by transferring the weight bearing capacity to the bones. The breath and the mind begin to function with greater ease. It is an essential prerequisite to deeper penetration. Most postures are held for between one to two minutes.

LEVEL 3: This is organic approach. The health (as distinct from strength) of the body is determined by health of the pelvic organs, the abdominal organs, the heart, and the lungs. Physical and mental efforts take on a different mode of observation and corrections through receptive actions rather than directive actions of the previous levels. Postures are generally held for three minutes or longer. Physical alignment of the levels one and two may have to be modified to seek better organic effect.

LEVEL 4: This is pranic approach. As the mind becomes more passively alert the student is able to recognize various locations where the energy of prana does not flow freely. Attempting to increase the muscular effort often results in a negative effect. Even as the foundation of the prior levels is held, the mind now has to learn how to let go and stop interfering with the natural ease that is inherent in a healthy body. The nature of inner alignment changes as the mind learns to be alert even as it lets go of inadvertently held tensions. The mind that has learned to stop interfering is able to distinguish between useful thought activity to organize the external world and the useless often damaging activity of the internal world.

LEVEL 5: This is the sensory approach. The senses are called the window of the mind. Each sense allows a perception to take place. The untrained mind is not still and is not able to see the perception as it is. It colors the perception with pre-conceived notions, ideologies and agendas. A still mind is able to clearly see that it is a collection of thoughts, a collection of the past, and its exercise of will is necessarily partial. It is partial in the sense of not being whole as well as in the sense of being driven by preconceived agendas.

LEVEL 6: This meditative approach. The "doing" of the first level culminates into the "non reactive recognition" of the fifth level. The use of the will that is essential to the first level becomes an interference to the last level. Every effort to seek inner freedom gets resolved into a meditation which knows that the actions resulting from that meditation are choiceless. Real unconditional freedom finds itself resting on the ground which offers choicelessness - oddly enough that is the end of all struggle, an amazing ultimate paradox.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 30 August 2008 )

Cost

Drop in Yoga - $15.00

Series of 4 Classes - $52.00

Private Lesson - $80.00

Series of 8 Classes - $88.00

Monthly Unlimited Classes - $146.00

Semi-Annual Unlimited Yoga Pass - $695.00

Annual Unlimited Yoga Pass - $1300.00

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Private Sessions, contact Regina for scheduling.

Twin Hearts Meditation for World Peace $10 donation.

View the Calendar for the complete class schedule.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 January 2010 )

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