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Got Pain?
Teacher: Rama Birch
Class Code: 11RB*
*MASTER YOGA CLASS PART 1 OF 2
Understand the root causes of your physical pains with Svaroopa® yoga in this first part of a full day course. The morning is focused on exploring the most prevalent physical problems, including back and neck pain, knee problems, digestion problems, asthma and allergies, headaches and more. Rama leads you through a process of discovery, which shows you how all these are based in a common source - the tensions in your spinal muscles. Learn through working in partner poses, discussions of anatomy, and Rama's demonstration of therapeutic techniques that make immediate and profound changes. In addition, she will give personal demonstrations of the powerful differences between an open spine and a tight spine. Most importantly, she sets this all within the comprehensive perspective of yoga - how freedom from physical pain comes from freedom from mental and emotional turmoil, and how to use core opening to get it all at one time.
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DETOX FLOW: Special Intensive
Teacher: Seane Corn
Class Code: 11SC*
*MASTER YOGA CLASS ALL DAY INTENSIVE
This unique and challenging class focuses on cleansing the vital organs through a special vinyasa sequence that utilizes three internal components-compression, decompression and twists-to stimulate the purification process within the body. This class includes sun-salutes A and B, a detox standing pose sequence, breathing exercises and meditation.
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Yin Yoga
Teacher: Paul Grilley
Class Code: 11PG
Yin yoga is the relaxed practice of floor postures for three to five minutes at a time. It is the ideal complement to more muscular or "yang" forms of yoga. A yin practice emphasizes the connective tissues of the hips, thighs, pelvis and lower spine. In this way it prepares the body and the mind for longer meditation practices. By drawing the student's awareness away from the muscles and deeper into the bones a deep level of relaxed focus is achieved.
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The Five Tibetans and Tibetan Power Yoga
Teacher: Chris Kilham
Class Code: 11CK
"The Five Tibetans" is a best-selling yoga book published in over 20 countries. Learn from the author the five dynamic yogic methods that have swept the yoga community worldwide. These yoga methods have a special tang to them, conveying extra energy and vitality. Also learn several little known but profoundly potent methods of Tibetan power yoga. The Five Tibetans and Tibetan Power Yoga will help you to tap your deep inner reservoir of power and consciousness. Come illuminate your body, mind and spirit. All levels welcome.
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Power Through Cancer
Teacher: Hilaire Lockwood
Class Code: 11HL
I am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed in 2004 and still am not in a space of remission. So they say. I had 4 neck dissections in 14 months. Without my yoga, I would not be here. When the body cannot practice the one limb of yoga we love so much, we have to remember that there are seven more. This class would be for people who are "healthy" through their cancer. A power class dealing specifically with the emotional journey of cancer and embracing it!! Yes, embracing it. It is so liberating to truly live in the moment.To be free of forward thinking. We do not know what will happen tomorrow or if any of us will be here. To find moksha (liberation) through trama.
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Standing Poses: From the Ground Up!
Teacher: Eddie & Nicki
Class Code: 11MD
Get your feet on this earth! When Eddie was teaching in Italy years ago they nicknamed him Eddie Piedi, which means Eddie Feet! This class will include detailed work on transforming the feet in standing poses, something that all vinyasa yogis need to know! This will be a fun and strong class.
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Anusara Yoga: Developmental Steps to Handstand
Teacher: Todd Norian
Class Code: 11TN
The prospect of doing the handstand can be intimidating, especially without clear, step-by-step guidance to get you there. Yet hidden within this elegant pose is the potential for enormous exhilaration, vitality, and empowerment. During this workshop you will systematically learn how to break the posture down into easy-to-do steps. Using Anusara's Universal Principles of Alignment, you'll learn the biomechanics and subtle inner body actions necessary for success. You'll practice preparatory strengthening exercises and work creatively in pairs at the wall, and for those ready, away from the wall, until you can begin to balance on your own. Take home developmental sequences, strengthening exercises, and positive affirmations to support you on all levels - body, mind, and heart. This workshop is sure to take your practice of Handstand to the next level and help you break through fear. Have fun working at your own pace. You can do it!
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Yoga Ritam: The Cosmic Vinyasa
Teacher: Saul David Raye
Class Code: 11SDR
Life is rhythm, from the cosmic to the microcosmic, all of life is connected through the pulse and power of movement. Ritam (sanskrit) "cosmic rhythm" is both the power and movement of life itself and is related to the English word rhythm. It is the basis of yoga and all flows of energy. Understanding Ritam is to understand the movement of yoga, life, and consciousness. Experience the power of a holistic, integrated practice that draws on the depth of the yogic teachings as a vehicle for healing, living in peace and awakening your highest potential. Class includes discussion, full spectrum yoga practice, and a window of direct experience into the cosmic flow - aligning with the pulse and power of universe. All levels – some experience suggested.
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Learn to Breathe to Heal Yourself and Your Relationships
Teacher: Max Strom
Class Code: 11XS
How does the way we breathe affect our stress level, quality of sleep, depression, and even our relationships? Breath penetrates, breath invigorates, and breath heals.
In this special workshop we will integrate breathing exercises, and gentle movement. The effect of these done in sequence can lead to profound release and calm. Other benefits may include increased energy and mental clarity. Once people have experienced the power of their own breath, they understand why it is called, life force.
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Got Pain?
Teacher: Rama Birch
Class Code: 12RB*
*MASTER YOGA CLASS PART 2 OF 2
Dissolve the root causes of your physical pains. Continuing from the morning's foundation, Rama will teach you how to use Svaroopa® yoga to treat the source of your pain, by beginning the core release at your tailbone and continuing it through your spine. Learn key poses that radically transform your body while providing you with freedom from mental and emotional turmoil. Discover the power of spinal opening as a way of experiencing Patanjali's promise: to know svaroopa, the bliss of your own being.
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DETOX FLOW: Special Intensive (Part 2)
Teacher: Seane Corn
Class Code: 12SC*
*MASTER YOGA CLASS ALL DAY INTENSIVE
This unique and challenging class focuses on cleansing the vital organs through a special vinyasa sequence that utilizes three internal components-compression, decompression and twists-to stimulate the purification process within the body. This class includes sun-salutes A and B, a detox standing pose sequence, breathing exercises and meditation.
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Chakra Yoga
Teacher: Alan Finger
Class Code: 12AF
Based on his recent book Chakra Yoga, this workshop topic is one of Alan Finger's specialties and will leave you feeling rebalanced, invigorated and perhaps even amazed! The world of the chakras brings together the physical, emotional, mental and energetic bodies into a comprehensive system of the self. Using asana, meditation, visualization, mantra, yantra and philosophy, discover your strengths and weaknesses, open your "closed doors" and experience true balance and expanded consciousness. Travel through the energetic body to transcend your blocks and arrive at bliss consciousness.
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Yang Yoga
Teacher: Paul Grilley
Class Code: 12PG
Yang yoga is the rhythmic, flowing repetition of movements that require strength and balance. A Yang practice emphasizes the muscle tissues and circulatory system. Yang yoga leaves one feeling invigorated and alert.
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Beautiful Mind. Beautiful Body. Vinyasa Rasayana Yoga
Teacher: Jonny Kest
Class Code: 12JK
Rasa refers to life's juice and vinyasa means flow. Happiness and vitality appear in life only when our juices are abundant and flow freely. We are all in danger of becoming stuck, rigid, and dried up, both physically and mentally, due to the choices we make. Rasayana is the path of rejuvenation. Vinyasa is the path of fluidity. Come experience a juicy practice of growth and transformation where you will learn how Vinyasa Yoga will enhance the sweetness and flow of your life.
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Anusara Yoga: Transformational Journey Through the Five Koshas
Teacher: Todd Norian
Class Code: 12TN
Purify your spine through powerful twisting poses and hip openers. Then draw your awareness inward through forward bends in preparation for ecstatic tantra-based meditation and savasana through the five koshas or sheaths of consciousness. This session promises to be deeply rejuvenating and revelatory.
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Ananda Ritam: The Yoga of Bliss
Teacher: Saul David Raye
Class Code: 12SDR
The highest purpose of Yoga is to realize our true nature – Bliss: Ecstatic connection to existence. It is our birthright and deepest desire, though it is hidden through the veils of maya and the five koshas. This ecstatic class will be a direct experience of your true nature, you will gain a deeper understanding of maya, the five koshas and the fullness of the Yogic Process. You will also be guided through a full spectrum practice that will leave you radiant, alive and blissful. All levels – Open Mind required.
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Adapting Yoga and Transforming Healthcare
Teacher: Matthew Sanford
Class Code: 12MS
The beauty of yoga is that it does not discriminate - it can travel though any body. Matthew Sanford draws upon his unique experience as a paraplegic for 28 years and an Iyengar yoga practitioner for the last 16 to give participants an "inside" glimpse into adapting yoga for people living with disabilities. Matthew is also heading up a groundbreaking project to transform the Courage Center into the world's leading holistic rehabilitation center. In this intensive, participants will explore not only how to adapt yoga, but also how yogic insights can infuse our medical and rehabilitation practices. Asana and discussion
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Refining Communication: Seminar for Yoga teachers and teachers in training
Teacher: Max Strom
Class Code: 12XS
People often assume that their favorite teachers are able to speak clearly, concisely, and lovingly because they were born that way. But this is rarely true. Teachers who excel with communication often simply work harder at it and never stop studying and improving their art of teaching. This seminar offers several techniques for refining and empowering your ability to communicate what you want to say in the tone you want to say it with. The practical principles you will learn in this workshop will take you to new levels in your teaching and inspire you for weeks to come. Bring your mat and writing materials. (Please no recording equipment.)
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DETOX FLOW: Special Intensive
Teacher: Seane Corn
Class Code: 13SC*
*MASTER YOGA CLASS ALL DAY INTENSIVE
This unique and challenging class focuses on cleansing the vital organs through a special vinyasa sequence that utilizes three internal components-compression, decompression and twists-to stimulate the purification process within the body. This class includes sun-salutes A and B, a detox standing pose sequence, breathing exercises and meditation.
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Principles of ISHTA Yoga
Teacher: Alan Finger
Class Code: 13AF
ISHTA Yoga is the Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra and Ayurveda, as well as the Sanskrit term for an individualized or personalized practice. Founded by Alan Finger and his father Mani, the ISHTA system incorporates ancient Ayurvedic principles; tantric, kriya and laya yoga techniques; the knowledge of Yogananda and Iyengar; and a uniquely modern understanding of anatomy, energy and human nature into a path for self-knowledge and liberation. Explore with ISHTA founder Alan Finger how to blend asana, meditation, breath work, philosophy and the ancient Indian science of life into a seamless practice to uncover your unique self and your optimum path for self-awareness, expansion, growth and healing.
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Astanga Tristhana
Teacher: Daren Friesen
Class Code: 13DF
Come experience a challenging vinyasa flow sequence of warrior poses incorporating the elements of Astanga Tristhana or foundational principles of breath, bandhas, and dristi – this class is geared toward experienced students wanting to go deeper into the esoteric aspects of the practice to open the deep energy channels of the body and mind.
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"Dancing with Shiva" Kirtan Vinyasa with Sean Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band
Teacher: Sean Johnson
Class Code: 13SJ
Yoga practice helps prepare us to dance in the winds of change. In this lively workshop we awaken the spirit of Shiva - lord of yoga - and spirit of cosmic transformation through storytelling, passionate kirtan, a flowing stream of dynamic poses, and deep meditation. Accompanied by the live mystic grooves of The Wild Lotus Band.
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Exploring Inversions and Backbends
Teacher: Quinn Kearney
Class Code: 13QK
This class will turn the world upside down as we honor the King and Queen of all asanas. It will also focus on releasing the shoulders and hips, as we open up the front of our bodies through bending backwards. Intermediate students suggested. Claire Mark will be assisting.
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Yoga, Sex and The Big Bang
Teacher: Chris Kilham
Class Code: 13CK
Sexual ecstasy and spiritual illumination are companion aspects of the same sublime bliss, which is attainable through yoga practice. Physical yoga is an intrinsically erotic pursuit. Consider that many yoga asanas are in fact lovemaking positions, and you discover a lot of crossover between yoga and sex. Dive deeply into your energy, your skin, and your ecstatic self. We are all gods and animals. Find the place where orgasm and enlightenment meet. All levels welcome.
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Hip Openers To Free Your Life!
Teacher: Eddie & Nicki
Class Code: 13MD
As we move through our lives one thing that becomes very apparent is that in order to truly feel free in our bodies, we must have open hips. Open hips are truly the fountain of youth. Unfortunately, everything in our culture conspires against that, from the couch to the automobile, to our desks at work. In this class, we will cover many different hip openers to accommodate any set of hips from the very stiff to the very flexible! This is always a really fun informative class, please come and learn how to liberate your hips!
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Anusara Yoga: Blossoming the Heart with Backbends
Teacher: Todd Norian
Class Code: 13TN
Backbends open the heart and inspire self-confidence, courage, and connection to source. When your heart opens, your love flows like the fragrance of a flower. Your natural beauty emerges and you become more radiant and alive. Others will notice your glowing smile and the light shining from your eyes. In this spiritually uplifting workshop, you will learn the biomechanics and gradual step-by-step sequencing that makes back bending a smooth, joyful blossoming of heart.
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Thai Yoga Massage Partner Class
Teacher: Saul David Raye
Class Code: 13SDR
Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient and sacred system of healing with roots in Yoga, Ayurveda and Buddhist spiritual practice. combining massage, acupressure, twisting, stretching and meditation to create wholeness of body, mind and spirit in both giver and receiver. During this class you will be guided through giving and receiving a healing and relaxing Thai Yoga massage session. Guaranteed to release tension and lift your spirit. No prior experience required. Bring a friend or come alone. Please bring your Yoga mat and a blanket, be prepared to have fun and relax. - All levels
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Knots in Your Neck
Teacher: Rama Birch
Class Code: 21RB
Learn an easy new way to take care of your neck with Svaroopa® yoga. The power of using different techniques is that you get different results. This is especially true if you have tried lots of things but your neck and shoulders still hurt, so you can truly appreciate an entirely new approach. Rama teaches you how to work with your neck by opening your heart, and to unlock the knots in your neck by unraveling the core tensions in your body.
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Ayurvedic Weight Loss
Teacher: John Douillard
Class Code: 21JD
This class will be 1 hour and 45 minutes long.
Based on his book The 3-Season Diet, Dr. John Douillard offers an effortless and permanent "diet-free" solution to the treatment of weight gain, fatigue and cravings. Using 5000-year-old principles that are increasingly gaining favor in the West, learn how to balance your weight, use effortless exercise and deal with the emotions that may be the cause of America's most chronic health problem.
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Shiva/ Shakti, Male/Female and the Power of Tantra
Teacher: Alan Finger
Class Code: 21AF
The word tantra comes from the Sanskrit words for expansion and liberation. Explore the polarities of male and female and their divine play in the physical, energetic and metaphysical realms and their union, or Yoga, into non-duality and true unbound intelligence, oneness and unconditional love. Suitable for couples or singles, aspects of maithuna practice will be explored in the greater context of shiva/shakti and tantric philosophy, meditation and energetic practice.
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Yin Yoga
Teacher: Paul Grilley
Class Code: 21PG
Yin yoga is the relaxed practice of floor postures for three to five minutes at a time. It is the ideal complement to more muscular or "yang" forms of yoga. A yin practice emphasizes the connective tissues of the hips, thighs, pelvis and lower spine. In this way it prepares the body and the mind for longer meditation practices. By drawing the student's awareness away from the muscles and deeper into the bones a deep level of relaxed focus is achieved.
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Sacred Sexual Bliss with Kundalini Yoga, Meditation and the Gong
Teacher: Shakta Kaur
Class Code: 21SK
According to ancient yogic teachings there are over a dozen different types of sex. Each type of sexual encounter affects you differently--not just physically--but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. What is important is to understand the impact each of these types of sex has not only on yourself but on your partner as well because there are ramifications, both positive and negative. And, all of this takes time! Sex is not just an "in and out" business! How you prepare for and how you end each sexual encounter sets the tone for the next one. In this workshop we will expand our knowledge, heal and release any guilt or insecurity and uplift our consciousness while building confidence and trust that sex can truly become an experience of divine bliss. All levels welcome. Appropriate for either singles or couples. (Not recommended for pregnant women.)
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Vinyasa Uprising
Teacher: Jonny Kest
Class Code: 21JK
There is a secret growing underground movement of living a more healthy and happy life filled with gratitude. Where the flow of ujayii pranayama breath and movement becomes a radical expression of what is beautiful inside and out. Come and discover a new edge where you learn to be true to yourself, even if it means disappointing someone else. In this two hour Vinyasa Workshop you will experience backbends to open your heart and build strength, forward bends to open your hips and surrender to grace, twists to wring out the old and open up to what's new, and breath to ignite the spirit of gratitude within. Open to all levels.
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The Art of Surya Namaskar
Teacher: Claire Mark
Class Code: 21CM
Sun salutations are the opening act to so many yoga classes. Down dog, plank pose, chattarunga, and up dog are some of the most overused asanas, and they usually get the least amount of instruction. In this class we will break down the postures of surya namaskar so that people can find a healthy happy way to practice this amazing sequence of postures without injuring injury. Please come ready to work hard.
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Wake Up and Flow!!
Teacher: Eddie & Nicki
Class Code: 21MD*
*MASTER YOGA CLASS PART 1 OF 2
This is the perfect class to wake yourself up with! To practice yoga is to recognize and celebrate the divine within and find expression for that realization. A dynamic vinyasa style yoga practice is one way to do just that and start to awaken the spirit within us all. Through an energizing sequence of postures, we will explore how a grounded, earth based asana practice can be the bridge that joins the gap between the spirit body and the physical body. All are welcome. Please bring a towel and any props you may need.
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Awakening the Body, Healing the Spirit
Teacher: Max Strom
Class Code: 21XS
Is it possible that your hard body, so rigorously constructed, is really a means of building armor, to protect yourself? This class will not only focus on core strength and healthy physical alignment, but will also invoke the question of our "life alignment." An aligned body is healthy - an aligned heart and mind is even healthier. This unique practice is designed to awaken the strength of the body and the healing power of the heart. Class will include a short talk, vinyasa-flow, non-dogmatic philosophy, breathing, and meditation.
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Dynamic Arm Balancing Postures - Fun and Fearless
Teacher: Justin Barnes
Class Code: 22JB
Have you ever been in class when the teacher calls out a side bakasana... a handstand? The entire class goes into it and you wonder how that is possible? It is possible and this class will show you how. Often it's not our bodies that prevent us from these exhilarating and beautiful asana, but our fears, self defeating attitudes and a lack of understanding of our yoga practice as fun, sensual and playful. These postures are not arbitrary acrobatic maneuvers reserved for the select few; they are rational, purposeful and powerful. They can teach us something about the capability of every human body. We are not limited ... but limitless. This class will not be a boring workshop style class. We're just going to go for it, and encounter the postures as though we were in an actual class. In other words, it's going to be fun! You need nothing except a willingness and sense of fearlessness. Come feel the grace and beauty of you're body. Let's get sweaty and deep! Let's transform and transcend! Don't miss this class!!!
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Redefining Strength
Teacher: Rama Birch
Class Code: 22RB
Discover a new type of strength, based on the principles of core opening instead of core strengthening. The health and vitality of your body expands exponentially with the decompression of your spinal vertebrae and discs. Most importantly, your stamina and enthusiasm for life increase in direct proportion to the inner opening, which also guarantees increased mental clarity and peace. Rama will show you the personal power you get from the alignment of your inner and outer being.
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YOGINI
Teacher: Seane Corn
Class Code: 22SC
This women's only class will explore the feminine aspect of Spirituality, the role of women today as seeker, householder, worker and activist, and self-responsibility as a key to transcendence. This uplifting and thought-provoking class will use the vinyasa practice to cultivate an inner journey towards healing, acceptance and empowerment.
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Ease Anxiety and Depression with Ayurveda
Teacher: John Douillard
Class Code: 22JD
This class will be 1 hour and 45 minutes long.
In this stressed-out society, many of us suffer from anxiety and depression. Ayurveda teaches us to create ease and balance by honoring our natural cycles and disarming the fight or flight response. Along with gentle herbs and treatments, learn lifestyle changes that allow us to float naturally downstream instead of going against the current.
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Yang Yoga
Teacher: Paul Grilley
Class Code: 22PG
Yang yoga is the rhythmic, flowing repetition of movements that require strength and balance. A Yang practice emphasizes the muscle tissues and circulatory system. Yang yoga leaves one feeling invigorated and alert.
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A Playshop for Yoga Teachers: Integrating Chanting Into Your Yoga Classes
Teacher: Sean Johnson
Class Code: 22SJ
This fun and informative play shop is designed for yoga teachers who want to learn more about mantra and explore simple ways of introducing chanting to your students in your classes. No musical experience or expertise is necessary. Yoga teacher/musician Sean Johnson will share information about the history of bhakti yoga, teach several traditional mantras, share the basics of playing harmonium, and also provide participants with a handbook of resources on chanting and bhakti yoga.
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Backbending, One Step Deeper
Teacher: Eddie & Nicki
Class Code: 22MD*
*MASTER YOGA CLASS PART 2 OF 2
This class will be a continuation of the morning session. In the first session we used standing poses and a strong vinyasa practice to open the body. Now in this class we will continue with the study of backbends. From the basic backbends such as setu bandha sarvangasana(bridge pose), ustrasana(camel), urdhva dhanurasana( upward bow), to some more advanced backbends such as viparita dandasana , eka pada raja kapotasana, and natarajasana (the cosmic dancer). We will have a nice long cool down including twists and shoulder stand. Please bring a yoga belt and any props you may use.
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Beyond the Physical Asana
Teacher: Matthew Sanford
Class Code: 22MS
Heightened attention to alignment and precision integrate the subtle, energetic connections between mind, body and spirit - this is a revolutionary breakthrough revealed by Iyengar yoga. It also makes the practice of yoga possible for Matthew Sanford. Paralyzed from the chest down, Matthew has spent sixteen years exploring these subtle connections, connections that are not impeded by his paralysis but, in fact, enhanced by it. In this workshop, students will be challenged to explore beyond the physical performance of asanas and delve into their underlying energetic nature. In so doing, they will gain glimpses into the heart of yoga. Asana
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Mystic On The Mat
Teacher: Seane Corn
Class Code: 23SC
Through prayer, movement and breath we will use our bodies to communicate with spirit transforming our practice into a sacred ritual aligning us with all that is divine. This challenging class will include sun salutes A and B, standing poses, backbends, forward bends, inversions, meditation and reflection on co-creating with the universe.
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Ayurvedic Breathing and Exercise
Teacher: John Douillard
Class Code: 23JD
This class will be 1 hour and 45 minutes long.
Based on Dr. John Douillard’s book Body, Mind, and Sport, learn the latest science behind Ayurvedic nasal breathing techniques and discover how you can take a meditative alpha state and coherent brain waves into both your exercise and your life. Using principles taught to Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, and the New Jersey Nets, experience “living in the eye of the hurricane” and enjoy exercise – possibly for the first time ever!
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Kriya and Laya Yoga Techniques: A Tantric Approach
Teacher: Alan Finger
Class Code: 23AF
Kriyas are cleansing actions taken to purify the mind and body of those patterns of thought, emotion and experience that remain held within our bodies and condition and limit us. Laya techniques dissolve karmic conditioning to take us even further into a state of spiritual freedom. Using visualization, pranayama (breathing), mantra and meditation to unblock the energy meridians (nadis) of the body, we detoxify the pathways of our consciousness, opening us to deep meditation and joyous living, divine inspiration and endless possibilities.
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Wild and Precious Life with Sean Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band
Teacher: Sean Johnson
Class Code: 23SJ
"What are you going to do with your one wild and precious life?" The great poet Mary Oliver poses this provocative question in one of her poems called "The Summer Day." This yoga play shop invites you to work with yoga as a vehicle for kindling courage, bliss, and passion in your life through creative, challenging vinyasa yoga; satsang; storytelling; journaling; and ecstatic kirtan with Sean and members of The Wild Lotus Band. Please bring journal and pen.
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The Art of Making Sex Sacred with Kundalini Yoga, Meditation and the Gong
Teacher: Shakta Kaur
Class Code: 23SK
The promise of yoga is to unite your finite self with your infinite self. There is no better way to enhance that journey than to practice yogic sexual techniques for expanding your consciousness. In this workshop you will learn how to build intimacy by claiming your power and opening yourself up to your vitality, clarity and creativity. We will stimulate the free flow of energy within our bodies, experience sacred yogic meditations to augment the feeling of oneness and blend the polarity of masculine and feminine energies for our personal spiritual growth. You will experience the wholeness of being through the unique promise of unity that only yoga brings. All levels welcome. Appropriate for either singles or couples. (Not recommended for pregnant women.)
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How Does Your Lotus Grow?
Teacher: Ron Reid
Class Code: 23RR
In many ways, padmasana, or the "lotus pose" is the goal of hatha yoga. Physically stable and energetically balanced it provides the perfect foundation for seated meditation and inner growth. Through a sequence of standing and seated poses and preparations we will explore deep and unique hip openers, knee and ankle stabilizing actions to unfold a perfect lotus.
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Move The Spine And Calm Your Mind
Teacher: Priyanka Shanbag
Class Code: 23PS
It is said that you are only as young as your spine is flexible. This class emphasizes the importance of the spine, which has central and autonomic nervous systems and an attached muscular-skeletal system that makes up our emotional, spiritual and physical body. Stress and tension is part of our daily lives and is expressed thru the spine and its components. A slow flow yoga class combines coordinated breathing and innovative flow of spine movements that unravel and ease tension and stress in the joints and muscles, gradually leading to a calm, blissful mind and body. It helps develop greater range of motion and increase bone density and increase physical and mental core strength.
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How to Teach Vinyasa Flow to Beginners
Teacher: Max Strom
Class Code: 23XS
The beginner needs a combination of flowing-movement, safety, and education. They need to learn to breathe and to understand why they need to learn to breathe. Leading such a class is often intimidating to teachers leaving them reluctant to teach beginning students at all. Experience Max Strom’s renowned prana-flow class for beginners, refined over a ten-year period. Class will include a short talk, vinyasa-flow, breathing, and meditation. It will help you to embrace teaching beginning students with new confidence and knowledge. For teacher and teachers in training (beginners welcome too)
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Taoist Flow
Teacher: Paulie Zink
Class Code: 23PZ
The flow of taoist yoga is more than a sequence of postures. In taoist flow the process of transition from pose to pose is as much a part of the practice as the postures themselves. Taoist movement involves continuous smooth and circular motion designed to develop fluidity and grace within the body and a relaxed, confident demeanor.
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The Healing Power Within
Teacher: Rama Birch
Class Code: 31RB
Learn how to tap into the infinite source of life and power within your own being, in order to attain healing on all levels of your being simultaneously. Discover how Svaroopa® yoga works with your breath and body to bypass your "crazy mind," so you can dive deep within the vast realms of your own divinity. Each immersion saturates you more fully, healing and transforming your body, mind, heart and life. Miracles happen every day - discover the source of these miracles within yourself.
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Chakra Yoga
Teacher: Alan Finger
Class Code: 31AF
Based on his recent book "Chakra Yoga", this workshop topic is one of Alan Finger's specialties and will leave you feeling rebalanced, invigorated and perhaps even amazed! The world of the chakras brings together the physical, emotional, mental and energetic bodies into a comprehensive system of the self. Using asana, meditation, visualization, mantra, yantra and philosophy, discover your strengths and weaknesses, open your "closed doors" and experience true balance and expanded consciousness. Travel through the energetic body to transcend your blocks and arrive at bliss consciousness.
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Process of Becoming Through the Practice of Ashtanga Yoga
Teacher: Jeff Friedland
Class Code: 31JF
The eight limbs of ashtanga yoga are explored in this primary series led class. Through an in-depth exploration, learn how ashtanga's mind-body-breath connection integrates the potentiality of the body in motion with your innate kinesthetic intelligence. Move beyond the edge, learning fundamental tools to heighten sensory awareness, concentration, strength, flexibility and harmony.
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Tibetan Heart Yoga Vinyasa- Giving and Taking
Teacher: Michael & Stephanie
Class Code: 31MJ
Tibetan heart yoga vinyasa is a perfect blend of vigorous flowing postures woven together by a compassion meditation that will leave you in ecstasy! All of the proceeds from this class will go to fund the Yoga Studies Institute, a non-profit organization founded by Geshe Michael Roach to preserve and share the ancient yoga teachings of India and Tibet.
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Mind Matters Most
Teacher: Jonny Kest
Class Code: 31JK
It is here you will find your greatest edge ... and it is here you will find your greatest weapon as there is nothing more powerful to bring to battle than a non-reactive mind. Learn the teachings of the highest form of yoga: meditation. Find its essential place in a hatha yoga practice. Please come prepared for a yoga practice.
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Arm Balances - Learn To Stand On Your Own Two Hands
Teacher: Eddie & Nicki
Class Code: 31MD
The group of poses known as arm balances bring up all kinds of emotions for people. Fear, Insecurity, Frustration, Fear. Did we mention that one yet?! In this class we will work with these poses to look fear in the face. Learning how to go upside down can be a very empowering experience for everyone. We will work on handstands against the wall and in the middle of the room, depending on your level of comfort. In this class, anyone that wants to do a handstand, will! We will also cover many arm balances, from the more simple "baby balances" to the more advanced arm balances. This class promises to be great fun and an opportunity to conquer some fears and let them go!
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Tuning Your Ham "Strings"
Teacher: Ron Reid
Class Code: 31RR
Finding the perfect balance between tightness/strength and weakness/flexibility in our hamstrings presents an interesting challenge. Too much tension and the string breaks. Too little and we lack support in our standing poses and forward bends. By transforming tightness into strength and weakness into flexibility we can bring the two into harmony, not unlike the challenge of tuning the strings on a guitar. In this class we will explore dynamic actions that maintain that fine balance.
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Vinyasa - Break Through And Break Free
Teacher: Justin Barnes
Class Code: 32JB
In this class we will learn to use our vinyasa practice not only as a dynamic activation for the body, but as a complete release for the mind. When we live in our heads constantly generating useless, recycled and redundant thoughts, we are unable to be truly free ... to be truly healthy ... to be a truly happy human being. Let's learn how to use constant, steady, sensual and dynamic vinyasa flow to simply loose ourselves into this beautiful art form called yoga. Through the spontaneous freedom and intensity of the class we can break the chains of intellectual bondage! This will not be a workshop; this will not be a boring question and answer and analysis class. No, we're simply going to come to our mats, come to our breath and get ready to fly! If you love to sweat, if you love music, if you love to flow ... Don't miss this class!
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Three Realms Of Consciousness
Teacher: Seane Corn
Class Code: 32SC
In this vinyasa flow intensive, we will explore the three realms of consciousness—the physical/mental, the energetic/emotional and the psychic/symbolic. These three realms create a holistic pathway for self-investigation: the key for personnel transcendence. In these three realms: asana, chakra exploration, meditation, reflection and prayer create a ritualistic journey initiating the mystical into to the practical - bonding body, mind and spirit. Learn how self-confidence is the necessary tool for intuitive work, how to use your body to create a cosmic relationship with spirit, and how, through prayer, we can become of service to spirit and to the world around us. The intention of this day is to reconnect to our bodies, gain emotional insight, explore our individual soul's purpose and cultivate skills - both physically and psychically - to spiritually assist each other and the planet we inhabit.
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Therapeutic Backbends
Teacher: Steve & Talya
Class Code: 32SE
People with back pain often develop a fear of backbends. This class will teach you how to use less intense backbends in order to free yourself from fear and heal your back. The poses you will learn are also great healers for sciatica pain, shoulder pain, and digestive issues. You will need to bring: 2 mats (or 1 mat and 1 large towel/blanket), 1 block, and 1 long strap. [this class is not appropriate for pregnant women]
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Yang Yoga
Teacher: Paul Grilley
Class Code: 32PG
Yang yoga is the rhythmic, flowing repetition of movements that require strength and balance. A yang practice emphasizes the muscle tissues and circulatory system. Yang yoga leaves one feeling invigorated and alert.
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"Leaping with Hanuman!" Kirtan Vinyasa with Sean Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band
Teacher: Sean Johnson
Class Code: 32SJ
Listen to the enchanting story of Hanuman, legendary monkey-hero of the great Indian epic The Ramayana. Then leap from the inspiration of that story into a dynamic yoga practice to light the flame of your spirit and stoke your devotion to life. The class will include enthusiastic kirtan chanting, dynamic vinyasa flows, inspiring poetry, and live musical accompaniment from The Wild Lotus Band. You will also be invited, emulating the great Hanuman, to make some 'leaps of faith' on and off the mat!
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Reconnect With Food
Teacher: Beverly Price
Class Code: 32BP
Do you feel that your mind and body are disconnected when it comes to food? Do you have a pre-occupation with food? If you are interested in exploring your relationship with food, body image and emotions, you will benefit from this dynamic yoga experience. We invite you to explore the practice of yoga and "mindful awareness" for deeper understanding of self-acceptance and self-awareness. Embark on a personal journey to healing your relationship with food. In this workshop, you will learn how to discover your roots and messages contributing to your thought process. You will also learn how to enjoy your body, eat mindfully, heal negative body image, avoid using food or starvation to numb painful emotions and integrate techniques into your daily yoga practice. All levels welcome.
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Ashtanga "Remix"
Teacher: Ron Reid
Class Code: 32RR
This class brings an element of spontaneity and playfulness to the practice of ashtanga yoga. Through inspired and unique vinyasa sequencing, and skillful preparations, this class will help you to take your practice to a new level and discover poses from the higher ashtanga series that you never thought you could do!!!
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Alignment, Precision, and Prana
Teacher: Matthew Sanford
Class Code: 32MS
Attention to alignment and precision integrate the subtle, energetic connections between mind, body and spirit - it reveals an effortless flow of prana. This is a realization brought to new heights by Iyengar yoga. Participants explore this insight both through the performance of basic asanas and through simple adjustments.
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Balancing the Scales Within
Teacher: Priyanka Shanbag
Class Code: 32PS
Maintaining the homeostasis in the body is essential for good health. Concentrating on breath and asanas help in keeping the natural balance in our body. This is homeostasis or in yoga parlance it is called Stithi Prajyna. A daily practice is necessary to realize the true meaning of yoga which is yoking of the body and mind. This class will help you to find that it is possible to find a balance in life.
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Shavasana - The Art and Science of Relaxation
Teacher: Dr. Indu Arora
Class Code: 33IA
Shavasana is the death experience from a yogic perspective. It is a pose for the complete relaxation most valued in yoga system. Through the deep concentration and enlightenment that Shavasana brings, we are able to release ourselves from ahamkara and relinquish all thoughts binding us to the ephemeral world. More importantly, this increased self-awareness helps us to remain detached and calm amidst the chaos of our daily, mundane lives. Despite its easy performance it is one of the most difficult of asanas to master. In this workshop explore the different modifications of Shavasana through a step by step descent into deep, beautiful stillness and bliss. Through guided visualization experience the pure release from all that binds you to the world. The class concludes with a question and answer session.
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PRANA VIDYA (The Science Of Prana)
Teacher: Jim Bennitt
Class Code: 33JBT
Prana, the vital life force, is often spoken of in the Yoga world today but rarely discussed in any detail. The ancient yogi's practiced hatha yoga to build and redirect this vital life force not only to keep themselves in balance, but to also unleash their highest spiritual potential. Much of today's Yoga culture has lost this quest and use hatha yoga to sculpt a lean, strong body. While this is good, we can also work on deeper levels of physical, mental and spiritual health by learning and experiencing the more subtle realms of prana. In this unique class, we will first discuss the different aspects of prana (vayus) and how to build them. Next will be simple breathing and meditation techniques to help us redirect prana to where we may be deficient. Open to all levels. There will be little to no asana in this practice. Please bring a blanket.
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Back Care Therapy for the Busy Professional
Teacher: Cornell Colbert
Class Code: 33CC
Whether you're in Business, Education or Health Care; standing, sitting and bending over all day puts undue stress on the spine which, over time, results in back pain and 'dis-ease'. This class offers a therapeutic approach to dealing with neck, back ,hip and limb pain. Accessible even to the beginner, this class will combine a hatha yoga slow flow with a longer holding yin sequence designed to reach those hard to get to spots. If workplace stress and tension translates chronic pain anywhere in your body, you'll not want to miss this invigorating and informative class.
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Yin Yoga
Teacher: Paul Grilley
Class Code: 33PG
Yin yoga is the relaxed practice of floor postures for three to five minutes at a time. It is the ideal complement to more muscular or "yang" forms of yoga. A yin practice emphasizes the connective tissues of the hips, thighs, pelvis and lower spine. In this way it prepares the body and the mind for longer meditation practices. By drawing the student's awareness away from the muscles and deeper into the bones a deep level of relaxed focus is achieved.
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Mirror Of The Heart: Altar-Making A Bhakti Playshop with Sean Johnson
Teacher: Sean Johnson
Class Code: 33SJ
Imagine looking into a mirror that reveals not your skin, but what is in your heart. In its purest form, this is what an altar is: a reflection of the landscape of divine energies at play within us. An altar can be a powerful yogic tool of remembrance, a channel for gratitude, and a cherished touchstone for practice. Through a combination of guided visualization, kirtan chanting, journal writing, and art play, you will be invited to create your own unique altar, a mirror of your authentic self. We will celebrate the creation of our altars with a series of prayerful, creative sun salutations and sacred chants. Some basic art supplies will be provided. Please bring a journal and feel free to bring any special art supplies, cherished photos, images, and objects.
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Awaken The Healer Within
Teacher: Priyanka Shanbag
Class Code: 33PS
Life is full of challenges physical and emotional, this is a fact of life. Inside us lies great strength, endurance and the natural hormones to help fight and deal with these concerns. In this class we pay emphasis on our breath and asanas, we tap into these resources, our residual energy to awaken the healing vibrations and ignite the fire inside us and thus help rediscover our full potential to strengthen and heal our body and mind and enable us to lead a healthier lifestyle.
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Yin and Yang Yoga: The Transforming Cycle of Energy
Teacher: Paulie Zink
Class Code: 33PZ
Join yin yoga's founding master, Paulie Zink, for this fun and exciting introduction to the complete taoist art of yoga. Cultivated from the health practices and spiritual philosophies of ancient China, yin and yang yoga is based on the taoist principles of living in harmony with nature and the theory of the five transforming energetic elements of earth, metal, water, wood, and fire used in Chinese medicine. All of life is imbued with the five elements and our health depends upon being in a state of harmony with these energies as they transform from one to another in a continuous dynamic cycle. We will explore yin yoga postures for growth and enhanced circulation, and yang yoga postures for developing core strength, balance, and stamina.
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