July 2010
Bhagavad Gita Workshop
With Narayan Champawat
Saturday, July 10th, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
The Bhagavad Gita - literally "the song of God" expounds the most basic, and the most advanced knowledge about the world in which we live.
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- The Gita outlines the four primary types of yoga:
- Karma - "discipline of action"
- Jnana - "path of knowledge"
- Dhyana - "meditation"
- Bhakti - "devotion"
Cost: $20 in advance or $30 at the door.
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Narayan Champawat is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy from CSUN. He is an inspiring lecturer who will place the Bhagavad Gita into a historical and philosophical perspective.
June 2010
Standing Poses Workshop
with Shanan Harrell
Saturday, June 12th, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Join us as we stumble this time towards enlightenment in standing poses, with one of our favorite teachers, Shanan! As the body comes into alignment the fluctuations of the mind still and the earth beneath our feet connects us with all living beings and we experience Yoga.
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Shanan will guide us through a series of asanas emphasizing alignment, stability, grounding, and balance established in a deep rooted connection to the earth. Using Tadasana as our mark we will dynamically bring the skeletal frame into alignment examining resistance and weakness within the musculature. We will examine the challenges of Tadasana and see how these translate to inform our alignment in other poses. The workshop will reward us with more freedom and equanimity in our yoga practice.
SHANAN HARRELL has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 1996 and teaching since 1998.She has studied with many world class teachers and travelled to India to study with the Iyengar family in 2004.Shanan has taught here at Yoga Yoga as well as the BKS Iyengar Yoga Studio of Dallas, Texas. She has recently estab-lished her own studio, Tehachapi Yoga Tribe, in her new and beloved home in Tehachapi. Shanan's enthusiasm for the practice and wicked sense of humor make classes fun for all level students.
Meditation Workshop
With Nissim
Saturday, June 26th, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Learn simple and basic meditation techniques to get you started on your journey.
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- Meditation can:
- reduce stress
- bring happiness & peace of mind
- help with concentration
- spark creativity
- bring self-awareness & self-actualization It can also increase your compassion, deepen your understanding of yourself and others, and create a wider capacity for love.
Cost: $40 in advance or $50 at the door.
Please register by calling 661.222.7777 or
The spiritual journey of israel-born nissim has spanned a lifetime, from his early years studying reiki and meditation to his four-year sojourn in the far east, where he developed methods and techniques to honor and expand man's body, soul, heart, and mind. Studying at the commune center of legendary indian mystic and healer osho, nissim acquired profound knowledge of the human psyche and the body-mind connection, refining his skills in massage, zen meditation, yoga therapy, mud-therapy, sun-therapy, breathing and release techniques, naturopathy, and deep intuition. In los angeles, nissim expanded his formidable gifts as an intuitive and hypnotherapist, attending hmi, the first nationally accredited american school for hypnotherapy, studying hypnosis, eft, nlp. Today, nissim serves southern california with his vast reservoir of spiritual knowledge, practice, and wisdom, offering a holistic treatment for his clients. For more info about nissim go to: www.mindyourpowernow.com
March 2010
Hip Openers
With Blaire Chodor
Saturday, March 13th 2010, 2-5pm
Learn movements designed to open and free the hips, release and lengthen the legs and lower back muscles. This will allow for a greater range of motion in twists, forward bends and balancing poses. Our hips have the largest muscles in the body, learn how to let go of holding the stiffness to free your movements.
This workshop will include; brief anatomy of (and around) the hips; asanas to warm and open the hips; restorative asanas to relax and release the hips.
Blaire Chodor has studied yoga for 18 years and has been teaching for the last fifteen. Blaire's first teachers David Life and Sharon Ganon at Jivamukti, NYC inspired her life long passion for yoga. Blaire teaches with compassion and humor making even the most challenging poses accessible and fruitful. She holds a Ceritificate from Sivananda Teacher Training in Grass Valley, completed teacher training at Yoga Zone with Rod Stryker in Brentwood and.she has currently completed certification with Judith Lasater in Relax and Renew techniques. She is a certified Pilates mat teacher from the Physical Mind Body Institute.
February 2010
Egyptian Emotional Clearing Workshop
Using Therapeutic Essential Oils
With Sherri Nickols
Saturday, February 13th 2010, 1:30-4pm
Are you ready to let go and release what no longer serves you?
Join us as we dedicate this day to recreating and performing an ancient healing ceremony, passed down from the temple of Isis, an Egyptian high priestess known as the goddess of magic and alchemy.
In this workshop you will have the opportunity to:
- Create change with intention
- Let go of unwanted stress and anxiety
- Clear your emotional, physical, and psychic space
During the actual clearing process you will be in a relaxed meditative state, fully clothed, and anointed with each of the sacred oils over a two-hour period. My intention is to help you create the space to release old emotions and replace them with feelings of emotional security, peace and self-empowerment.
Young Living's Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils
Uplifting * Protective * Calming * Regenerating
Often referred to as "nature's living energy" or the very essence of a plant. Today, research shows that when used aromatically, applied topically, or taken internally, essential oils have the ability to calm, balance, energize, purify, and rejuvenate the mind and body.
Instructor Sherri Nickols is a Reiki Master, PSYCH-K facilitator and Transformation Coach who integrates the use of pure essential oils and hands-on therapy to bring profound shifts within the mind, body, and spirit.
*** Please bring an intention, your journal and a pillow for this ritual.
Back Care Basics
With Linda Wissmath
Saturday, February 20th 2010, 2-5pm
If you're rehabing from an injury or just have an aching back learn gentle stretches and strengthening exercises to help your back return to a healthy state.
Learn how to diagnose daily postural habits that may impact the health of your back and discover techniques to calm and stretch muscle spasms. Techniques will be taught to evaluate and strengthen weak muscles to slowly rehabilitate problem areas.
Linda has 20 years yoga experience. She is a certified Yoga Instructor with fifteen years private and group teaching experience. She has significant experience in therapeutics and special populations including Pre-Natal and Back Care.
Awareness Integration Movement Workshop
With Jeni Winterburn E-T RYT 500 & Christine Cutbush GCFP
Saturday, February 27th 2010, 2-5pm
Awareness Integration Movement (AIM) was designed to blend the gentle but profound awareness created in the Feldenkrais method with the ancient tradition of Yoga.
Using Feldenkrais and Yoga strategies Jeni and Christine show students and teachers alike how to unlock habitual patterns of movement and reawaken the bodies natural alignment.
This gentle and profound work is the culmination of decades of study and teaching both in Feldenkrais and Yoga therapies. The perspective is unique, fresh, and thought provoking, supplying participants with tools for growth in their yoga practice.
Movement beyond the mat
Destructive physiological habits form quickly and rob us of choice, this practice
gives us back the ability to choose how we move, using a minimum of effort for
maximum reward. Strategies shared in this AIM workshop go beyond the mat to
support the students in their everyday life.
Join us and experience Awareness, Integration and Movement in this workshop.
Jeni has developed her own unique style of Yoga, which focuses on alignment, and the deconstruction of poses allowing each class to be fully accessible to the students participating. She is a registered teacher at the E-RYT500-hour level with Yoga Alliance which is currently the highest registration that a teacher can achieve. She is also a certified Hatha Yoga teacher through the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago and a Relax and Renew Trainer through Judith Lasater's own training. She owns and operates a Yoga studio in Simi Valley called the Yoga Nook.
January 2010
Now offering classes for Families!!
8 week series starting January 10th
Sundays from 2-3pm
This series is specially designed for families and kids between the ages of 6-12 years old.
Classes will include:
- Basic Stretching & yoga postures
- Body & Brain Awareness
- Balancing Exercises
- Developing Focus
- Fun Partner exercises with your family members
Series dates:
January 10th - January 17th - January 24th - January 31st
February 7th - February 14th - February 21st - February 28th
Cost:
2 members = $190
3 members = $280
4 members = $370
Awaken the Healer Within
Led by Jeanene Lederman, licensed certified massage therapist
Saturday, January 30th, 2-5pm
We regret to announce this workshop has been postponed
The most profound medicine is produced naturally within us through the collaborations of our own body, mind, and spirit.
The workshop will focus on health enhancement methods and self-healing techniques. You will have the opportunity to learn more about and practice:
- Gentle movement (Qi Gong)
- Self applied massage
- Meditation
- Breathing
Jeanene received her training at the National Holisitic Institute and was drawn to the healing practices and philosophies of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The workshop is based on the book "The Healer Within" by Roger Jahnke.
*Interaction with others can help transform attitudes and emotions, magnifying the effects of self-healing methods.
Hypnotherapy, The Law Of Attraction & The Subconscious Mind
With Nissim Malul
Saturday, January 23rd, 2-5pm
Thanks to The Secret we are more familiar with the Law of Attraction, but how much do we really know about how the subconscious mind?
Our patterns, beliefs, emotions, and habits affect our relationship with the universe and others, deeply impacting our lives on the emotional, spiritual, psychological, and financial level. Deeply rooted inside each and every one of us is the gem that is the key to using the Law of Attraction to our richest benefit.
Join Reiki Master and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist Nissim Malul for a fun, interactive workshop that explores the inner workings of our minds and employs hypnotherapy and other meditative techniques to shift old patterns, sharpen our focus and intentions, and tune in more clearly to the awesome bounty, beauty, and power inside each one of us. That's the Law of Attraction at work in your life!
The spiritual journey of Israel-born Nissim Malul has spanned a lifetime, from his early years studying Reiki and meditation to his four-year sojourn in the Far East, where he developed methods and techniques to honor and expand man's body, soul, heart, and mind. Studying at the commune center of legendary Indian mystic and healer Osho, Nissim acquired profound knowledge of the human psyche and the body-mind connection, refining his skills in massage, Zen meditation, yoga therapy, mud-therapy, sun-therapy, breathing and release techniques, naturopathy, and deep intuition. In Los Angeles, Nissim expanded his formidable gifts as an intuitive and hypnotherapist, attending HMI, the first nationally accredited American school for hypnotherapy, studying hypnosis, EFT, NLP. Today, Nissim serves Southern California with his vast reservoir of spiritual knowledge, practice, and wisdom, offering a holistic treatment for his clients. For more info about Nissim go to: www.MindYourPowerNow.com
