This workshop will enhance each child’s physical and mental well being through practicing yoga in a fun-filled, engaging and imaginative way. Children will explore yoga poses and learn correct breathing and relaxation techniques to increase their strength, flexibility and focus. Yoga poses develop coordination skills that help to prevent injury during sports or other physical activities. The goal is to help everyone develop strong minds and bodies, and to learn to giggle and lighten up to release tension–which will keep the spirit bright and healthy. Children will enjoy the benefits of yoga for a full life ahead. 

Sara has been teaching children acting and yoga for over fifteen years and creates a playful, safe environment for creative expression and thoughtful awareness.

Fridays,  April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, & 21

Time: 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
$84
Ages 6-14

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Introduction to Conscious Embodied Awakening: For Living and Thriving in the 21st Century

What would your life look like if you weren’t constantly trying to escape the discomfort of being Human? Imagine feeling more than just okay with who you are, and how you’re showing up in the world.  Imagine taping into,  living from, and being guided by your own unique current in every aspect of your life, and feeling completely at home in your body. That’s just a taste of what begins to happen in an Embodied Awakening—and no amount reading, studying, or learning can bring you to this place. An embodied awakening is not a cognitive understanding, it’s a flood of consciousness that awakens every cell of your body to the presence of the Divine, and specifically to the Divine in YOU.

This class is taught by Rod Taylor and Geri Portnoy and will include meditation, eye gazing and other practices for heart awakening but does not include any asana practice.

Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Cost: $20 (sliding fee scale down to $12)

Rod Taylor, has been practicing and teaching awakening and meditation techniques for 40 years.  He has a Masters Degree in Adult Education and is a certified teacher of Waking Down in Mutuality; Pan Gu Shengong Qigong; and Transcendental Meditation.  In 2005, he experienced a remarkable shift into conscious embodied Awakening.  He realized his infinite, non-separate wholeness with all that is, simultaneously integrated with his finite, limited nature of individual self.  He now loves working with others to support their processes of awakening in wholeness.  For further information:  www.awakeninginwholeness.com

Geri Portnoy, is the Director and founder of Yoga Del Mar.    She holds a Master’s Degeree in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame and is a Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher.  She has been practicing yoga and meditation for 15 years.  She is passionate about the evolutionary development of human beings and the confluence of that awakening with the next leap in human and planetary consciousness.

This month Yoga Journal Magazine (March 2010 ) featured an article on Pastor Eddie D. Smith Sr. who introduced the word ‘Namaste’ to his congregation in Georgia.  He saw how so many of the young black men in his community were killing each other.  He instructed them to begin to greet each other with the word ‘Namaste’ which means: “The Divinity within me salutes the Divinity within you.” He suggested that by seeing the spark of Divine in one’s self and in the other, a natural respect arises.

Our yoga practice invites us into a direct experience of connecting to a deeper part of ourselves where we feel our own Divinity, worthiness, and fundamental essence.  From this connection to The Source of Life within us it becomes easier to connect to that same place within the other.  To paraphrase Pastor Smith:  If Namaste were really understood, the world would be a better, more peaceful and safer place.

Click on the link below to watch the (2 min.) video clip of Pastor Eddie D. Smith teaching his congregation the word Namaste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzNFCtFyyY

 
Come ready to sweat, smile, move and groove through both guided and spontaneous movement stemming from yoga and various dance forms, intended to open our bodies and spirits to the creative flow of the life force itself.  No experience (or confidence) necessary!  Wear clothing you can move in, please arrive on time, and bring a bottle of water for yourself.
 

Dance,  When you’re broken open.
Dance,  If you’ve torn the bandage off.
Dance,  In the middle of fighting.
Dance,  In your blood.
Dance,  When you’re perfectly free.

Cost: $30 or bring a friend $20 each.   This is a fundraiser for the H&nds Project.  Please pay at the door cash or check or paypal on h-ands.org website.

Time: 

6:00 – 7:30pm  Yoga Del Mar H&nds book launch. T shirt sales to benefit the rainforest, and a community art making project.
8:00-10:00pm Yoga Trance Dance to benefit the environment and the H&nds project.

Co-sponsored by Lighten Up Yoga (info@lightenupyoga.com, 828-254-7756) and OneCenter Yoga (info@onecenteryoga.com, 828-225-1904).

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Shoulders: Mobility And Strength
Learn simple, effective ways to mobilize, strengthen and align your shoulders with yoga. You’ll safely get the most out of your postures by using anatomically precise technique and personalized modifications.

The Art Of Twists
Twists relieve back tension, free your spine and massage your internal organs. Learn to use forward bends, backbends and side bends to systematically prepare yourself, then experience how easy it can be, and how good it can feel, to twist deeply.

The Art Of Balance
Balancing poses build focus and strength. In this lively asana class, you will learn to apply principles of yoga, neurophysiology, kinesiology, and physics to enhance your ability to balance on your feet, head, and hands.

Science And Stretch
Enrich your asana technique by learning how to use stretch reflexes, mental control, and other principles of neurophysiology to safely and efficiently increase muscle length and stretngth. The class alternates between scientific explanation and active practice.

For information visit www.sacredthread.net

For discount registration visit https://www.sacredthread.net/secureapplications/participantpurchases.php?StudioID=1140, or enter “presenterreg” in the Coupon Discount box half-way down the registration page.

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Stillwater Yoga Studio
404-607-9090
www.stillyoga.com

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Yogatree
San Francisco, California
www.yogatreesf.com
info@yogatreesf.com

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