Events

Couples Yoga
Fridays 2/4 - 2/25

Beryl Bender Birch
3/4 - 3/5

Meditation of Rejuvenation

& Restoration
Sunday 3/27

Brand New Beginner Yoga
3/28 - 4/20 morns

3/29 - 4/21 eves

Movement Principles - Part II
4/3 1-4pm

Yoga Teacher Training
September 2011

Have a Yoga Party
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Beryl Bender Birch Returns for a 2-Day Workshop!

Spiritual teacher, Yoga Therapist, and Author of    Power Yoga, Beyond Power Yoga, and Boomer Yoga. She has been an avid student of yoga and the study of consciousness since l971. 

With degrees in philosophy and comparative religion, Beryl has traveled extensively in India, has been teaching the classical system of ashtanga yoga for 33 years, and training yoga teachers as “spiritual revolutionaries” since l980.  In 2000 she was named by Yoga Journal as one of only seven American women in their “Innovators Shaping Yoga Today” issue.  She is the director-founder of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and a founder of The Give Back Yoga Foundation.

 Friday March 4^th 10am - 1pm Boomer Yoga for All (boomer asana)

Drawing from her new book, Boomer Yoga, Beryl will introduce a dynamic yoga practice that is especially designed for boomers to accommodate our changing bodies and minds.  This is an opportunity for boomers (people between the ages of 47-65 who are active, vital, and adventuresome) to experience an energetic yet doable approach to asana practice that will both rejuvenate and detoxify your system.  Teachers and lifelong practitioners will find this boomer sequence of postures, fun, unique, effective, and a wonderful tool for staying healthy and fit.  But anyone new to yoga, or who has been doing a more gentle practice, will also be welcome, safe, and comfortable.  If you can breathe, you can do this!!   The 3 hour workshop includes talk, practice  (breathing and asana) and Q & A.

Friday March 4^th 6 - 9pm The Next Level: Yoga as a System of Energy Medicine (asana, pranayama, meditation)

The classical path of raja yoga is an ancient and powerful system of energy medicine for body, mind, and spirit. The 8 limbs of yoga offer techniques for personal growth and healing that can increase your storehouse of prana and awaken the body’s energy systems, bringing vitality and joyfulness to your life.  Know your True Self as a field of limitless energy and get to know the subtle energy bodies surrounding your physical body. Shift energy patterns to balance and strengthen the immune system and heal your body and mind. Through therapeutic asana, meditation, and pranayama practices we can literally shift the brain’s chemistry and experience healing transformation, allowing our hearts to open.  Asana practice, breath work, and meditation as well as lecture and discussion. 

 Saturday March 5^th 9am - noon Detox for Mind and Body: The combined cleansing of sweat, breath, and attention
(strong asana – good for Saturday mornings)

A strong, rajasic (active) astanga vinyasa flow yoga practice is a powerful ally in keeping the vital organs in good physical shape and the immune system strong. Using the tools that classical yoga provides – ujjayi breathing, drishti, and the bandhas, we can consciously work to eliminate toxins and pollutants from our mind and body!! Healthy diet and organic foods are critical but so is a method of strengthening the immune system and cleansing the tightness, toxins, and tension that we endure in our environment day after day. Join us for a sweaty, focused, cleansing asana practice. Includes pranayama and short discussion.

Saturday March 5^th 1 - 4pm Decoding the Yoga Philosophy – Discussion, Lecture, and Q&A (Sutra Study)
Join Beryl in a lively and enthusiastic exploration of the ancient wisdom of the Yoga Sutra.  Far from boring, this is the way to study Sutra – with an inquisitive group of fellow practitioners, seeking the answer to “Who am I?”  Unlike any experience you’ve had with Sutra Study. Further your understanding of the true meaning of the yoga experience.  Bring your favorite translation of the Yoga Sutra and be prepared to read and participate in discussion.