Fall Workshops 2010
SEPTEMBER
OPEN HOUSE- Celebrating 15 Years of Yoga in Guelph!
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12th FREE CLASSES Noon-5pm
Come join us for free classes and a chance to share stories as Living Yoga & Health celebrates it's 15 year anniversary! DETAILS TO BE POSTED SOON.
RESTORATIVE YOGA
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19th 2:00 - 4:00 PM $25
Restorative yoga is a nourishing yoga practice that allows the body to experience a deep release of stress and tension. With the use of blankets, bolsters, blocks, and ties, the body is supported in various poses that are held from 5 to 15 minutes. Deeply healing for all levels of practitioners! With Amy.
YOGA FOR BETTER BONES
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26th 1:00-5:00 PM $50
This workshop has been designed to give anyone with osteoporosis or osteopenia a yoga practice that is both strengthening and safe. Participants will learn how to avoid positions that could make them vulnerable to fracture, and how to improve their flexibility, strength and balance. No previous knowledge of yoga is required. This workshop will be approximately 2/3 movement and 1/3 lecture. Taught by a registered physiotherapist with a special interest in osteoporosis.
YOGA FOR CHILDBIRTH
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26th 6:00-8:00 PM $25per person/$40 per couple
This workshop is a wonderful way to prepare both you and your birth partner for the journey ahead. The workshop will provide a holistic approach to breathing, toning, partner-assisted yoga postures, relaxing & supportive massage and meditation practices to help with labour. Birth partners will learn valuable tools to assist their loved one through pregnancy and childbirth. Most important of all, it will be a fun and loving time to bond with each other and your unborn baby. Yoga creates greater awareness and flexibility, enhances pregnancy, optimizes health, and prepares you for the birth experience. Recommended for second and third trimesters of pregnancy. With Claudia.
OCTOBER
ZEN MEDITATION WITH EDWARD ESPE BROWN-
IN-FORMED BY FEELINGS
Friday Oct 1 Dharma Talk & Meditation 7:00-9:00PM $25
Saturday 10:00 am-1:00pm and 2:30-5:00pm
Sunday 10:00am-1:00pm and 2:30-5:00pm
Full Weekend Cost $205 Plus HST before Sept 17 $225 plus HST after.
Experience sitting and walking meditation with Zen Teacher Edward Brown, along with some basic chi gung. The topic for the weekend will be "Informed by Feelings". Coming to know what you feel when you feel it. Studying how to work with feelings; how to be informed by feelings energetically, emotionally, in terms of 'knowing in your heart.' Meeting whatever arises with openhearted curiosity and skillfulness. With periods of silence, instructions and talks, and time for questions and answers.
Edward Espe Brown began cooking and practising Zen in 1965, and was ordained as a priest by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1971. He has been head resident teacher at three San Francisco Zen Centres, and has led meditation retreats and cooking classes throughout the United States and Europe. He is the author of The Tassajara Bread Book and editor of Not Always So, a collection of lectures by his teacher Suzuki Roshi. Most recently he appears in a movie How to Cook Your Life, directed by Doris Doerrie,now available on DVD.
GRATITUDE PRACTICE OCTOBER 9 SATURDAY 9-11am By Donation Jayelle leads a Thanksgiving gratitude Practice FAMILY THANKSGIVING YOGA FALL YOGA RETREAT AT SWALLOW'S BRIDGE with Lisa FRIDAY OCT 22- SUNDAY OCT 24 $390 This weekend is designed for you to rest, to be still, to nurture, and replenish yourself away from all the commitments of daily life. The beautiful rural setting offers a spacious light-filled studio, comfortable lodgings, and delicious vegetarian meals. All levels of yoga experience are welcome. The meditation will be based on mindfulness practices such as sitting and walking meditation and breath/body awareness. Please call or email the studio for more details. KIRTAN CONCERT WITH SHANTALA OCTOBER 22nd FRIDAY 7:00PM $20 in advance/$25 at the door Heather & Benjy Wertheimer open hearts around the world with their passionate music. We are very pleased to welcome them back for an evening of spirit and sound. The kirtan is an extension of yoga classes in terms of creating community. "When people come to sing for an evening of chanting, they're not coming for entertainment. They're coming to enter into a place in the heart. These practices work because these practices work. They work from wherever you are. . . . You don't have to believe anything. You just have to do them."" Krishna Das Heather and Benji will have CD's available for sale. In any gathering, in any chance meeting on the street, There is a shine, an elegance rising up. Rumi YOGA OF PARENTING 1 This course applies Patanjali's 8 Fold Path of Yoga to the Art of Parenting. We'll explore these eight timeless principles as guidelines for bringing spiritual awareness into the social context of everyday family issues involving discipline, sibling rivalry, peer pressure, competitive sports and more.This course will be presented as a two-part series. You may do one or both.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 9th 3-4pm By Donation
SUNDAY OCTOBER 24th $25 with Lori
NOVEMBER
YOGA OF THE BREATH
MONDAYS NOVEMBER 1, 8, & 15 7:30-9:30PM $25each $65/all 3
The focus of this 3-part series will be to explore ways of opening and
freeing the body for better breathing. Better breathing means
more energy and vitality while the body is active;
it means less tension and stress while the body is resting.
When the body is healthy and at ease, the mind can be calm and relaxed.
We will cover:
- anatomy of the breath
- poses and stretches to release the spine, rib-cage, lungs
- mindfulness breath meditations
- simple breathing exercises to help reduce stress and promote relaxation
This series will be particularly suitable for those interested in
becoming more familiar with their natural breath, to increase breathing capacity,and to find ways to quiet and calm the mind.With Jacqueline
PARTNER YOGA
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5th 7:00 - 9:00 PM $17 PER PERSON/$30 for 2
Working with partners allows us to explore our habits of relationship as we give and receive support, and develop trust and communication skills. Bring a friend, family member, or come alone. Partner Yoga is a wonderful way to deepen your own yoga practice or to introduce yoga to a friend. No experience is necessary. Prepare to have fun. With Amy and Lisa.
RELEASING THE HIPS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7th 2:00- 4:00pm $25
Ease in the hips joints is essential for ease in sitting, standing, walking and the infinite variety of movements we do with our bodies every day. Join Lisa for specific explorations and yoga postures that will open and provide support around the hip joint.
Appropriate for beginners to advanced students.
YOGA ON THE BIG BALL
NOVEMBER 12 FRIDAY 5:00 - 6:00 PM $
Have fun developing strength.
YOGA FOR OFFICE WORKERS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14th 9:30-11:30AM $25 with Jacqueline
For those of us that sit at a desk, work on a computer, answer phones, are under time constraints and bad office lighting. Come and breathe and stretch and find ways to undo tension whether you are at your desk or on your mat. No yoga or office experience necessary! With Jacqueline
YOGA & THE CHAKRAS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 21st 9:00AM-NOON $35 with Lisa
This 3 hour experiential workshop is designed to help you feel the energy flow in your own body. Journeying through the main energy channels can help to open blockages or contain areas where too much energy is escaping. Using yoga poses, breathwork, sounding, and visualization we will help to balance energy in the body.
YOGA OF PARENTING 2
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 21st $ with Lori
This course applies Patanjali's 8 Fold Path of Yoga to the Art of Parenting. We'll explore these eight timeless principles as guidelines for bringing spiritual awareness into the social context of everyday family issues involving discipline, sibling rivalry, peer pressure, competitive sports and more.
DECEMBER
RELEASING THE SHOULDERS
SATURDAY DECEMBER 4th 2:00 - 4:00 PM $25
Simple, practical, and profound. Join Lisa in an exploration of gentle warm-ups and basic yoga poses designed to release and relax the shoulders. No yoga experience required.
DEVELOPING A HOME PRACTICE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 5th 9:30 - 11:30 AM $25
Wondering what a home practice looks like? Wanting to start a home practice but don't know where to begin? In this workshop we will look at the obstacles that keep us from getting to our mat, ways to develop inspiration, and poses and sequences that will help us face our resistance. All levels welcome. With Jacqueline
RESTORATIVE YOGA
SATURDAY DECEMBER 11th 2:00 - 4:00 PM $25
Restorative yoga is a nourishing yoga practice that allows the body to experience a deep release of stress and tension. With the use of blankets, bolsters, blocks and ties the body is supported in various poses that are held from 5 to 15 minutes. Deeply healing for all levels of practitioners! With Lisa
