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MAY
2hr Yin Yoga Class
w/Nancy Liljedahl
Saturday, May 5 @ 1:00-3:00pm
Cost: $25
Most types of yoga are yang in their active, heat-building, muscle-focused approaches. By contrast, Yin Yoga specifically avoids usage of the muscle. It is a passive cool, gentle practice. Poses are floor-based and held for 3-5 minutes. The exquisite release from these deeply held postures is often likened to the sensation of receiving a massage. The purpose of these deep, lengthy and passive postures is to stretch through the muscles, into the drier and lesser attended to areas of the body: the ligaments, tendons, bones and joints. As such this practice brings awareness and attention to the body in a very unique manner and is an excellent complement to more yang practices of yoga. The focus of Yin Yoga is on the hips, pelvis, spine, hamstrings, and thighs. In Yin we focus on these areas of the body to increase the comfort level experienced in long held meditation practices as well as all areas of your yoga practice.
Suitable for all levels of students.
Let’s Go Up-side Down & All Around
An arm balance and inversions workshop
w/Gina Saka
Saturday, May 12 @ 1:00-3:00pm
Cost: $30 thru 4/30, $35 thereafter
In this workshop we will learn to approach arm balances safely and fearlessly. Come discover what balancing on your hands really means and how to work arm balances with more knowledge and confidence.
Practicing inverted postures is an effective and important means to counterbalance the demands and stress in our lives. We will focus on how to build openness in the shoulders and inspire overall strength. We will learn safe entry into the postures as well as safe ways to exit or fall out of postures. We will experiment with headstands, crow, handstands and more. This workshop is geared for all levels; beginners will learn the foundations and technicalities of leaving the ground and advanced practitioners will explore new entries, exits and variations.
Come with questions, a playful attitude, and thirst for flight. To turn your body upside down takes lot of strength and courage. We will work on simple ways to build your confidence and stability.
Come experience the freedom these asanas inspire!
Mother Daughter Yoga
w/Cathy Beres
Sunday, May 6 @ 2:15-3:45pm
Cost: $25 - $10 per additional participant
In this class, we will focus on basic yoga poses, fun stretches and games all designed to help mothers and daughters spend special time together. The theme of the class is Butterflies, we’ll learn butterfly poses and games as well as make a simple butterfly craft to take home. Flutter on over for this special Mother-Daughter Yoga class which is best suited for girls ages 5-10yrs. $25 per pair, $10 per person extra. Class size limited - please enroll before Thursday, May 3.
JUNE
Moving from Pain to Joy
w/Sara Hauber
Saturday June 23 @ 1:00-3:30pm
Cost: $35
Join Sara Hauber for an unbelievable afternoon in which you’ll
• participate in 3 guided meditations designed to open and energize your chakras (energy centers) and initiate healing and forgiveness in your body;
• practice 2 intentional breathing techniques (pranayama) specifically designed to release pain; and
• perform therapeutic yoga asana designed to free your body from physical and emotional distress.
Whether you have frequent headaches; chronic back, shoulder and neck pain; or just really tight hips, you’ll find relief and joy where pain now resides.
No experience is necessary to attend this powerful, beautiful, heart-centered event.
All you need is a pure desire to heal and the belief that you actually deserve to heal.
Sara Hauber, MA, specializes in empowering people to overcome pain and achieve emotional freedom via the spiritual and physical practice of yoga. She is a certified yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, a certified wellness coach, and a therapeutic movement specialist. Twenty years after major spine surgery, she experiences Joy in her body every day--and she intends to show you how you can do the same.
Be on the look-out for more workshops in late summer/early fall. Have a great summer!