Warm Your Heart Yoga
with Mary Stewart

Dates: January 6th, 18th, and 27th
Time: 7-9:30pm (1/27)
7:45-9:30pm (1/18)
Cost: $14 advance, $16 drop-in

1/18- A playful and restorative mid-week, mid-month vinyasa flow class.

1/27- Tonight's practice will hold us within the paradox of presence and possibility, and will follow with a social hour.

Learn more about Mary at www.warmheartyoga.wordpress.com

Yoga & TRE
with Maria Alfaro

Upcoming Dates: Saturday, January 14 & June 2, 2012
Time: 2:00-4:30 pm
Cost: $45

What Is TRE© (Trauma Release Evercises)

TRE is a simple, gentle and profound technique that facilitates the relaxation of the psoas muscle and the release of physical and emotional tension and stress. The TRE exercises tire the legs, triggering an involuntary shaking and trembling response, which begins in the legs and often spreads throughout the body. This shaking is actually the nervous system’s way of discharging long-held tension or unconscious muscle contraction in order to restore the body to wholeness.

TRE, developed by David Berceli, a bioenergetic therapist, has been used successfully all over the world for more than a decade. Our body is the greatest ally for healing trauma. An hour session of gentle and all levels Yoga will precede the revolutionary Trauma Release Exercises facilitated by Maria Alfaro.

Some benefits you may expect from TRE:
• Improved sense of being "grounded"
• Release of deep chronic tension and increase of overall energy and stamina
• Discharge of buried emotional and physical trauma
• "Shake loose" unconscious involuntary muscular contractions • Promotes deep relaxation and improves circulation
• Increase of the body's sensitivity to pleasure
• The healing of sciatica
• Increased flexibility

For more information about Maria please visit www.yogadventure.com. If you have any questions about the workshop please contact Maria: maria@yogadventure.com

Enlightened Living: Yoga & Dharma
with Katchie Ananda

Dates: October 14th, November 4th, December 2nd, January 20th, February 17th, 2012
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost: $40 per session, $125 for series

Cultivate the mind with sacred teachings on practical and spiritual philosophical methodology. Dharma helps guide each individual in exploring how to quiet the turbulent mind to find peace, contentment, and realization.

Each class begins with an hour of mindful Anusara yoga (all levels) followed by a guided meditation, and concludes with a dharma talk, inquiry and discussion. Based on core Buddhist teachings, all classes are an invitation to find greater ease, well-being, and joy in life.

With the encouragement and mentorship of her teacher, Jack Kornfield, Katchie is inspired to teach this special series. Come away with a greater understanding of core Bhuddist teachings and meditation practices essential in the journey of awakening as taught within the Insight meditation tradition.

The Hatha Yoga is taught in the Anusara style - a unique experience that will reach your heart and soul. It is an experience that unifies a life-affirming Tantric pholisophy of intrinsic goodness with Universal Principles of Alignment.

This course brings together a magical mix of ingredients into a series of life-affirming practices that can only be found with Katchie Ananda. An Anusara practice will open your heart to grace, and with each dharma talk you will allow your mind to contemplate new truths. Combined with the power of the present moment, each session will leave you with a deeper sense of self, and awaken within you what you have always known to be true.

Learn more about Katchie on our Teacher page or at www.yogasangha.com

Yoga for an Easeful Birth
with Claudia Florian McCaffrey

Dates: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Time: 1:30-5:30 pm
Cost: $75 drop-in per couple/ $65 pre-registered per couple

In this workshop parents will be exploring, learning tools and practicing exercises to support an easeful, calm pregnancy and labor in preparation for parenthood.

The workshop will include:
• Breathing and relaxation techniques to increase comfort and confidence in labor
• Preparing the mind and body to work together
• Learning preparation tools to welcome your baby
• Yoga postures that can support mother and partner during pregnancy and labor: positions for labor and birth and optimal baby position. How partner can assist mother during pregnancy and labor
• Learning to relax the birthing body in preparation for birth
• Developing a sense of calmness and ease for pregnancy and labor, letting fear go
• Visualizations & affirmation: Developing a stronger bond between parents and baby
• Mother wellness tips during pregnancy and with baby

Yoga Asana & Vipassana Meditation
with Ashley Sharp

Dates: January 28th, 2012
Time: 1:00-4:00 pm
Cost: $45 drop-in / $40 pre-registered

"Peace comes from within." Buddha

We often hear that yoga asana is preparation for meditation and yet we never get around to meditating! This workshop brings yoga asana and Vipassana meditation together into a unified and supportive practice designed to bring spaciousness and freedom to our lives. We will explore the practice of mindfulness with yoga asana and meditation. Beginning meditation instructions will be provided along with an integrated and basic yoga asana practice. We will develop mindfulness in asana that will then support our meditation.

Come prepared to practice movement, basic yoga asana and meditation while seated, walking and lying down. There will be time for questions and discussion.

Iyengar Introductory 3-Part Series
with Deborah Saliby

Dates: 3 series of 4 classes each (to begin the first Thursday of each month)
Time: 5:45-7:15pm
Cost: $45 for 4 class series, $14 each drop-in

These classes are for those new to yoga or who want to review basic foundational postures. The 3 series' will evolve towards a safe and strong practice including inversions and relaxation. Classes will always review previous classes, drop in's welcome. It is recommended taking these series' more than once for deeper understanding.

Iyengar Introductory 1 (please note the date change)
4 Thursdays, beginning February 2nd, 2012
Essential and foundational postures
Focusing on standing and sitting poses

Iyengar Introductory 2
4 Thursdays, beginning March 1st, 2012
Essential and foundational postures
Focusing on forward bends, twists and halasana
w/ variations

Iyengar Introductory 3
4 Thursdays, beginning April 5th, 2012
Essential and foundational postures
Focusing on back bends and shoulder stand
w/ variations
Restorative postures and breath awareness

Creating Your HoopDance Practice
with Hoop Revolution

Dates: February 11
Time: 2:00-3:30pm
Cost: $25 advance, $30 drop-in

Experience your body in a whole new way with Hoop Dance! Join Anah and Rayna of Hoop Revolution for a beginning level hooping workshop designed to support you in developing your practice. Hooping is invigorating, sweat inducing and fun. In this 1 ½ hour workshop we'll share our 15 minute hoop practice that'll provide you with an easy way to begin your hooping journey. With this practice you'll stretch, warm up, build your hoop dance foundation and practice inspiring hoop moves!

This is a beginner workshop. Hoops will be available for use and sale at class. Please wear comfortable, non-slippery clothing.

www.hooprevolution.com

108 hour Anusara Yoga Immersion: A Unique Yoga Adventure
with Kimber Simpkins

Dates: January thru October 2012
Jan 27-29, Feb 25-26, March 17-18, April 20-22, May 5-6, June 9-10, July 14-15, Aug 24-26, Sept 8-9, Oct 13-14
Time: Fridays 6-8:30pm, Saturdays 2-7pm, Sundays 12-5pm
Prerequisite: At least 12 Anusara Classes and 12 public classes. (no aplication needed)
Cost: $1295 before October 31/ $1495 after
(payment plans avalible)

What is an immersion? A chance to explore your yoga practice in an intimate setting. A chance to discover how to let your yoga practice resonate deeply in your body and heart, rippling out into your life in all directions. A chance to delve into the knowledge and wisdom of yoga and make a lasting impact on your life. Committed students will join Kimber to receive in depth asana instruction, explore the Anusara principles of alignment, study yogic texts, dive into meditation and chanting, and connect profoundly with their own hearts, as well as with each other. Space is limited, payment plans are available.

Anusura Students will recieve 108 hours of workshops credit towards certifications in Anusura.

Kimber has been blessed to receive teacher training from eminent Anusara® Yoga teachers Katchie Ananda, John Friend, Ruthie and Jim Bernaert, Sianna Sherman, and Noah Maze. Kimber became a Certified Anusara® Yoga instructor in 2008. She has also trained with Judith Lasater as a Rest and Renew Instructor, to offer restorative yoga to her students. She is continually inspired by and grateful for her teachers, her students, and that great teacher of us all, LIFE. Kimber would like to offer a deep and endless thank you to her main teacher, Katchie, for her guidance, inspiration, wisdom and friendship.

A resident of the Bay Area for more than 16 years, Kimber moved to Berkeley to attend law school, and eventually became a lawyer. After practicing civil rights law for a couple of years, Kimber decided to pursue a more spiritual path that left time for family life and began practicing yoga intensively. She comes from a family of lay preachers, teachers, singers, and healers and is happy to have found an occupation that seems to blend all of these roles.

When not on her yoga mat, Kimber may be found playing, working, writing, or hula-hooping in her backyard garden.

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Post-Natal Series
4-8 week series with Claudia F. McCaffrey
& MOMMY HELPERS

Dates: Mondays& Thursdays begins again each month
Time: 11:45 am -1:15 pm
Cost: 4 class card for $65

Full series recommended, drop ins welcome.

Please join us for this four-week series for moms to attend with their babies. Mommy helpers are available during class to support you. The program focuses on yoga postures and movements that develop flexibility, muscle tone and strength with ease and healthy alignment. We are bringing awareness and support to the back, shoulders, neck, chest opening and abdominal and pelvic floor toning. Postures and exercises are carefully explained and participants receive group and individual attention to ensure the well-being of mothers. The classes provide a place to relax and unwind and allow women to reconnect with themselves in the presence of their newborn child.
This class is designed to be a fun and nurturing environment to bond with your baby and build community with other moms. Nursing in class is welcome and honored. We look forward seeing you and your baby!

Infant Baby Massage ~ Happy Baby!
Every 2nd Monday of the month, & 3rd Thursday of the month the postnatal class will include infant massage for a “happy baby.” This class is from 11:45-1:30 pm.
Infant massage is a sweet and beautiful way to bond with your baby. A gentle and loving baby massage has many benefits for both parents and children. The relationship between a parent and baby is enhanced and strengthened through the nurturing touch of infant massage.  Parent’s often find that their baby sleeps better and fusses less and can release stress after birth when their baby is massaged regularly. It can also support them to relieve colic; even enhance their immune system, motor skills, and intellectual development. Please bring a baby blanket to lay your baby on. We will provide you with a towel and massage oil (natural almond oil).

Start your Yoga practice! Intro to Yoga

Date: Next session begins Tuesday, November 1st (meets for 4 weeks per month) with Eka Joti
COST: $50 ($45 if you register by the 1st of the month), drop-ins $14

Step-by-step instructions for beginners. Focus on the fundamentals of postures and breathing techniques. This is the place to start yoga if you have never tried yoga and also a great place to return to if you would like to return to beginners mind. This class has been designed to be expanded by the Thursday night Intro to Flow class.

New session begins every month.