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Children’s Yoga Mini-Session with Liz Clark & Bonnie Cassels
Saturdays June 13 - June 27, 2009 3-weeks 12:30pm – 1:30pm Cost: $48 Download flier		These classes are especially designed to introduce children (ages 5 - 10) to Yoga. Children learn Yoga in such a fun and delightful way, that they have no idea how healthy and relaxed they are becoming with simple yoga exercises. The yoga increases their strength, flexibility, concentration and balance. The classes will include warm-up postures, breathing exercises, balancing poses, standing poses and lots of games. These classes teach children: • Yoga postures in a playful way, filled with imagination • Increased self-awareness and self-esteem • Mind-body fitness and breath awareness • To strengthen their bodies and create more flexibility • Concentration and relaxation • How to be healthy, happy and mindful young souls
Strengthen, Stretch & Sculpt On The Ball With Karen Best-Staub
Monday June 29, 2009 6:30 -7:30pm This is a mixed Level Pilates Drop-In Class. Pay $16 at the door. Download flier		IS THERE AN EXERCISE BALL HIDING IN YOUR CLOSET? Bring your ball and learn how to use it effectively and safely. By stabilizing yourself on the wobbly ball, you will learn exercises that challenge your core to new levels.Strengthen your back, abdomen and hip muscles. Sculpt your legs, shoulders and arms. Use the support of the ball to stretch, lengthen and relax. HAVE A BALL WITH US, SO YOU CAN USE YOUR BALL AT HOME! Bring your own ball.
Mixed Level Summer Classes
Drop-In Classes: June 29 - July 3, 2009 Cost $16 per class, paid at the door. Download flier		This is during our week between sessions. There are no regularly scheduled classes this week. MIXED LEVEL YOGA CLASSES (Must have completed a level 1 Yoga) The Yoga Center of Columbia Monday, June 29 • 9:30 am - 11:00 am Regina Armenta • 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm Colleen Palmateer Tuesday, June 30 • 10:00 am - 11:30 am Jeanne Holden • 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm Moira Sweeney Wednesday, July 1 • 9:30 am - 11:00 am Liz Clark • 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm Trisha Chason Friday, July 3 • 9:30 am - 11:00 am Cathy Clark Riverhill Tuesday, June 30 • 9:30 am – 11:00 am Melissa Lindon Thursday, July 2 • 10:00 am - 11:30 am Bita Jenkins • 6:15 pm -7:45 pm Melissa Lindon PILATES ON THE BALL The Yoga Center of Columbia Monday, June 29 • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Karen Best
Tots Itsy Bitsy Yoga® with Katie Huber
6-Week Mini-Session Children 11-24 months Fridays July 10 - August 14, 2009 11:30am – 12:15pm Cost: $84 Download flier		Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Tots Is a supportive, fun-loving, and active yoga class. As tot’s mobility increases, classes offer tot-centric poses that encourage and support their physical explorations. Tots become more confident in their moving bodies as they practice yoga both in and out of class. During a Tots Itsy Bitsy Yoga class crawlers and walkers playfully practice yoga postures while they are standing, sitting up, walking, and jumping. Parents also get to do a little yoga, but no yoga experience is required.
Children’s Yoga Mini-Session with Liz Clark & Bonnie Cassels
Saturdays July 18 - August 1, 2009 3-weeks 12:30pm – 1:30pm Cost: $48 Download flier		These classes are especially designed to introduce children (ages 5 - 10) to Yoga. Children learn Yoga in such a fun and delightful way, that they have no idea how healthy and relaxed they are becoming with simple yoga exercises. The yoga increases their strength, flexibility, concentration and balance. The classes will include warm-up postures, breathing exercises, balancing poses, standing poses and lots of games. These classes teach children: • Yoga postures in a playful way, filled with imagination • Increased self-awareness and self-esteem • Mind-body fitness and breath awareness • To strengthen their bodies and create more flexibility • Concentration and relaxation • How to be healthy, happy and mindful young souls
Yoga en Espanol with Julia Greiwe–Martinez
Saturday July 25, 2009 1:00pm – 2:15pm Donation requested–Cash or check only, please. Download flier		Spanish speakers or Spanish learners are welcome to join this community class and enjoy their yoga clas in a language that lends itself to a nurturing, heart-warming experience. Donations will be accepted to support our local Conexiones group, a non-profit organization in Howard County which promotes education and leadership skills for Hispanic students in our community. Hispanohablantes y estudiantes de la lengua española están invitados a participar en esta clase comunitaria para disfrutar del yoga en el idioma que les facilita una experiencia íntima y abierta al corazón. Se aceptarán donaciones a fines de apoyar a Conexiones, una organización sin lucro de Howard County que promociona la enseñanza y adquisición de habilidades de liderazgo entre los estudiantes hispanos en la comunidad.
REVITALIZE YOURSELF WITH YOGA NIDRA with Debbie Jensen - Grubb
Sunday July 26, 2009 1:00pm – 2:30pm Cost: $20 Download flier		Yoga Nidra means sleeping consciously. It is an ancient method which can open new capacities of the mind. In Yoga Nidra, the most effective means of training the mind is found in sankalpa (resolution), which you make for yourself during each practice. The sub-conscious mind and the unconscious mind are the most powerful forces in the human being. The practice of Yoga Nidra not only relaxes but restructures and reforms from within. With every session, we burn old samskaras (imprints left on the subconscious mind by experience), habits, and tendencies in order to be born anew. Anything in life can fail you but not your sankalpa. It is an important stage of Yoga Nidra and a powerful way of reshaping your personality and giving a new direction in life along positive lines. The resolution you make at the beginning of the practice is like sowing a seed and the resolution at the end is like irrigating it.
Family Yoga Workshop with Kelly Strzelecki
Saturday August 8, 2009 1:00pm – 2:00pm Cost: $25 per family Download flier		Come for an hour of fun, bonding, and flexibility in FAMILY YOGA. Want to share your love of yoga with your family? Bring them to the Family Yoga class! The class will be focused at the beginner level, with a mix of partner and independent poses. A playful atmosphere will be encouraged. Children 5 and over are welcome. Family Yoga presents an opportunity to share your yoga practice with the ones you love or introduce family members to a yoga practice. Have fun practicing yoga together. Benefits of family yoga: • Family fun and bonding • Strengthen our bodies and create more flexibility • Increase body awareness and self esteem • Breath awareness • Stress reduction and relaxation
Anusara Yoga Weekend Workshop with Julie and Justin Allison
All Levels Friday, August 21 - Sunday, August 23, 2009 Download flier		Please join Jamie and Justin Allison for this transformational weekend of yoga! Entire Weekend Workshop - August 21 - 23, 2009 $240 (Save $20. Pay only $220 if you register by August 7th.) Friday, August 21, 6:30pm -9:30pm $50.00 Therapeutics for the lower body (hips, low back, knees, ankles and feet) This therapeutic portion of the weekend is for all students and aspiring teachers. Understanding the biomechanics of the human form alleviates the guesswork of embodiment. Can be applied toward Teacher Training hours. Saturday: August 22, 12:00pm - 3pm $50.00 Full spectrum asana class with focus on arm balancing Saturday, August 22, 4:00pm - 6:15pm $45.00 Repose and listen: A quieting asana class of hip openers, forward bends and twists Saturday: August 22, Kirtan 7:30pm - 8:30pm $10.00 in advance ($15.00 at the door ) Sunday: August 23, 9:30am - 12:00pm $45.00 Shining with fullness of Heart: Full spectrum asana class with a focus on backbending Sunday: August 23, 1:00pm - 3:30pm $50.00 Therapeutics for the Upper body (neck, shoulders, upper back, arms and hands) Can be applied toward Teacher Training hours. Sunday: August 23, 4:15pm - 6:15pm $40.00 The Art and Science of Sequencing a Yoga Class
Kirtan with Justin Allison
Saturday August 22, 2009 7:30pm – 8:30pm Cost: $10 Register in advance and save $5 (Pay $15.00 at the door ) Download flier		Kirtan is devotional chanting. It is coming together to sing sacred names and mantras using the most intimate connection we have with the Universal, our breath. My first Kirtan experience was in 1996 at a Yoga retreat with my teacher John Friend. Kirtan was led by the most magnanimous of Kirtan Wallahs, Krishna Das. That first experience and continued exposure to the powerful, tangible energy of chanting has lead me to one of the most joyful expressions in my life. I've been a professional musician since the age of twelve and almost immediately felt, but did not completely understand, the spiritual connection that music has to offer. As my music developed over the years and through many different styles, culminating in my love for Jazz and Brazilian music, it became not only my profession but my spiritual practice as well. Leading Kirtan gives me the opportunity to share this practice in its purest form with like minded hearts. What a Blessing!
Tots Itsy Bitsy Yoga® with Katie Huber
4-Week Mini-Session Children 11-24 months Fridays August 28 - September 18 11:30am – 12:15pm Cost: $56 Download flier		Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Tots Is a supportive, fun-loving, and active yoga class. As tot’s mobility increases, classes offer tot-centric poses that encourage and support their physical explorations. Tots become more confident in their moving bodies as they practice yoga both in and out of class. During a Tots Itsy Bitsy Yoga class crawlers and walkers playfully practice yoga postures while they are standing, sitting up, walking, and jumping. Parents also get to do a little yoga, but no yoga experience is required.
REVITALIZE YOURSELF WITH YOGA NIDRA with Debbie Jensen - Grubb
Sunday August 30, 2009 1:00pm – 2:30pm Cost: $20 Download flier		Yoga Nidra means sleeping consciously. It is an ancient method which can open new capacities of the mind. In Yoga Nidra, the most effective means of training the mind is found in sankalpa (resolution), which you make for yourself during each practice. The sub-conscious mind and the unconscious mind are the most powerful forces in the human being. The practice of Yoga Nidra not only relaxes but restructures and reforms from within. With every session, we burn old samskaras (imprints left on the subconscious mind by experience), habits, and tendencies in order to be born anew. Anything in life can fail you but not your sankalpa. It is an important stage of Yoga Nidra and a powerful way of reshaping your personality and giving a new direction in life along positive lines. The resolution you make at the beginning of the practice is like sowing a seed and the resolution at the end is like irrigating it.