Stretch and Kvetch: a Yoga and Knitting EventSaturday, February 10, 6:00 - 8:30pmTired of the same old Saturday-night grind? Feeling the need to kvetch about Valentine’ s Day and all its pressures? Unwind with Edya Kalev, Registered Yoga Teacher and Loren Silber, Knitting Instructor, for a relaxing and fun evening of yoga, knitting and socializing. Light refreshments, prizes, and other fun activities included. No experience in yoga or knitting necessary.
THE SCHEDULE FOR THE EVENING IS AS FOLLOWS:Stretch - Restorative Yoga class from 6:00 - 7:00pm
In Restorative Yoga, bolsters and blankets hold you in position so that you can relax completely. It is this utter surrender of all effort that unblocks the body's built-in healing energy. This technique releases tight muscles, relieves pain, and tones internal organs. It also strengthens the immune system and quiets the mind. Restorative Yoga is profoundly relaxing and an excellent antidote to Valentine's Day blues.
Kvetch (Yiddish for "to complain") - All levels knitting and kvetchfest from 7:00 - 8:30pm
Beginners will receive basic instruction and those wishing for more advance techniques can bring in already existing projects or patterns to get help. Beginners who require materials must pre-register and pre-pay with an additional $10 materials charge. Please call for more information and questions regarding materials and instruction. Light refreshments, silly contests, bad prizes and general kvetching will also be enjoyed while we knit.
COST: $25 or $35 with knitting materials
Register by February 8th
Bandhas and Bliss Awareness with Jill SatterfieldSunday February 11 from 11am-2pmWhat is bliss? Why are the bandhas essential to bliss awareness? If we activate the bandhas like a lock or a grip, we are reducing space for potential bliss, rather than inviting and containing it.
We will explore consciousness in the form of bliss in the body through the doors of meditation, visualization and asana. Our exploration will include how to keep energy/bliss alive and flowing in the physical body as well as the essential physical benefits of the bandhas in asanas. A year or more of yoga practice is suggested.
This workshop is required for all Vajra Yoga teacher trainees and open to anyone interested in experiencing rather than having a concept of bliss in the body.
COST: $60
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Embodied Asana presents BMC & Yoga Workshops
Saturdays Feb 3 (organs), April 7 (nervous system), May 5 (ligaments) and June 2 (fluids)
11am–5pm (1 hour break) $75
These one day workshops explore the ways that Body-Mind Centering supports the practice of yoga...as well as the ways that asana practice supports the embodiment of BMC principles. Each day will focus on one system (skeletal, organs, muscular, etc.) The morning session will be a movement practice, and the afternoon will include anatomy and discussion.
Amy Matthews, CMA, SME, RYT, RSMT/RSME has been teaching movement since 1994. She is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst and a Body-Mind Centering™ Practitioner. Amy is certified as a yoga teacher by Heart of Yoga and Yoga Union, is registered with ISMETA Yoga Alliance, and is certified as a Motherhand Shiatsu practitioner. and
Amy has been on the faculty of the Year-Long Certificate Program at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies since 2000, and teaches embodied asana classes and workshops at Movements Afoot, as part of the Advanced Studies Program at the Breathing Project, and at the Society for Martial Arts Instruction. Amy works privately as a movement therapist, integrating Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, yoga and Body Mind Centering™. She teaches anatomy workshops for LIMS, co-teaches “ Still Moving” karate and yoga workshops with Sensei Michelle Gay for the Society for Martial Arts Instruction, and has co-taught with Alison West on Yoga Union’ s Teacher Training program.
Questions? Call 917-843-9537Register now
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The Anatomy of Connection
A Weekend with Tom Myers
Friday, February 23- Monday, February 26 from 9am-5pm each day
Cost: $325 for One Part
$595 for Both Parts
Please Register early as these workshops always sell out!
Part I: The Anatomy of Inversion: Using Your Arms as Legs
Support in inversions requires us to use the arms as if they were legs. A thorough examination of these issues will take us into the evolution and the embryological development of the shoulder girdle. Then we can apply these concepts to getting the maximum of support for all the inversion postures, from down dog on up to shoulder stand, forearm balance, and handstand. Proper positioning of the scapula, clavicle, shoulder joint, and ribs are all crucial to inversion practice that does not unduly strain the arms and shoulders and breathing. Along the way, we will also work with a “natural” posture for the shoulders in mountain pose, and add applications for occupational issues the arm that can often lead to arm problems from the carpal tunnel right up to the neck.
Part II: Neck, Shoulders, & Thorax: The Soft Tissue Approach
This hands-on workshop explores the balance among the cervical spine, the rib cage, and the shoulder girdle, and the effects that misplacement can have on breathing, the thoracic inlet, and neck dysfunction. Diverse fascial and myofascial techniques for this sometimes intractable area will be conveyed and practiced, to enhance breathing, ensure proper shoulder position, and to ease neck strain.
ABOUT TOM MYERS
Thomas Myers trained directly with Dr Ida Rolf, Dr Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller and has practiced integrative bodywork for over 25 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings. Former Chair of the Rolf Institute's Anatomy Faculty, and founder-member of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, Tom currently conducts professional seminars internationally through Kinesis, Inc. Tom is the author of Anatomy Trains, published in 2001 by Harcourt Brace, as well as numerous articles for trade magazines & journals.
RegisterRSI 101: What Every Yoga Teacher Needs to Know about Repetitive Strain Injury
with Deborah Quilter
Saturday, Febuary, 17 from 11am -5pm
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is the leading occupational disease in the United States, yet very few yoga teachers know how to offer a safe lesson for injured students. Symptoms can appear in the neck, shoulders, elbows and wrists, and many yoga postures can make them worse. Yoga, if expertly modified for the person's injury, can be enormously helpful for people with RSI; however, the wrong asana practice can make matters significantly worse. Author, RSI expert, and yoga teacher, Deborah Quilter will show you techniques for practicing yoga without exacerbating injuries. This is critical information for yoga teachers. You will learn: What RSI is, how it develops, what makes it worse, why people with RSI should avoid most group classes, indicated and contraindicated poses, and the emotional of RSI. You will also learn what your students may experience using the yamas and niyamas for healing.
COST: $95.00 No makeups or refunds.
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Yoga for Frail Elders: An Introductory Teacher Training with Deborah Quilter
Sunday, February 18, from 1:00- 5:00 p.m.
Just as children are not small adults, the elderly are not simply middle-aged people with wrinkles. An asana that might be easy for a healthy adult may be out of the question or painful for someone in their 70s, 80s or 90s. Some movements may be contraindicated for people with osteoporosis, vertigo, high blood pressure or heart disease. But, as with many illnesses and injuries, an appropriate yoga practice can increase strength, flexibility, balance, and create a general sense of well-being. This workshop will focus on how to teach frail but otherwise healthy elders who are able to stand, walk and sit upright, rather than those who may be confined to wheelchairs or a bed. In this introductory session, you will learn: chair, standing and floor poses, safety considerations, modifications for common health conditions, how to inprove balance and change of direction, how to use props such as chairs, blankets, tables and straps.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR TEACHERS ONLY.
COST: $75.00
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August 4 - 9, 2008 (Monday - Saturday)
This is an advanced hands-on training that many of our Advanced Studies Graduates have been requesting for years.
Thai Massage, often referred to as “The Lazy Person’s Yoga”, is an ancient healing practice dating back 2,500 years which evolved out of Thai indigenous therapies, Ayurveda, Yoga, Chinese traditional medicine, and Buddhism. It uses a wide range of techniques including acupressure, reflexology, joint mobilization and assisted yoga postures.
