Upcoming Workshops
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Form to Fluidity with JAMIE ELMER
 Date: Saturday, March 13th
Time: 10 – 11:30am
Vinyasa Flow Yoga, linking movement and breath, is an inspriing practice and a powerful means of change. In order to fully experince this moving meditation we must also have a strong physical foundation in the poses. In this workhop/flow class, we will begin to breath and move within the template of Surya Namaskar (Sun Salute) taking time in each pose to align and find the form. This is our foundation. From here we'll flow in to fluidity -- this is where the vinyasa becomes a moving meditation -- moving on the breath and allowing the practice to transform us.
*Including optional arm balances, backbends and inversions
Cost: $40
Location: DC Studio
Mind and Balance
Date: Saturday March 13th. 3:30 – 5pm
A participatory workshop to link the mindful and grounded qualities of meditation with our asana practice. In this workshop we will:
- practice guided meditations
- awaken the body with a gentle asana practice
- combine the stillness of meditation with balance postures to create focus while staying relaxed.
All levels are welcome and no prior meditation experience is necessary
Cost: $40
Location: DC Studio
Opening the Gates for a Flexible and Strong Center
Date: Sunday March 14th. 9:30 – 11am
In this workshop we will focus on opening the gates of the spine -- the
hips and shoulders. By opening the gates to the spine, we are able to:
* Move with grace
* Move with stability
* Move from our center for heightened energy
This workshop is open to all levels. Variations will be given for
different body types and pratitioners.
Cost: $40
Location: DC Studio
Exploring Inversions
Date: Sunday March 14th. 3:30 – 5pm
In this workshop, designed for intermediate students, we will focus on the benefits and joys of going upside down: how inversions can be empowering and exhilarating. We will also address the fears we encounter about inverting and learn tools to build confidence: mentally and physically.
- We will explore multiple ways of building strength and flexibility to prepare the body to invert.
- We will try different sequencing of upper back, abdominal and shoulder strength/opening postures for you to discover the kind of postural sequence that works for your practice to lead you to inversions.
- We will discuss and practice specific types of inversions that are appropriate for certain neck and shoulder injuries, and learn modifications for these inversions.
Cost: $40
Location: DC Studio
 Vinyasa, Grace, and the Music Within
Date: Saturday April 10th, 2010
Time: 10am – 12pm
Known for the moving music in his White Swan CD series, Max offers this flow class sequenced to a particular body of music aimed at evoking grace and beauty within.
“Today, music has often been made a pastime, a means of forgetting God instead of realizing God. It is the use one makes of things which constitutes their fault or their virtue.” - Hazrat Inayat Khan
Workshop includes: Vigorous vinyasa flow, meditation. This workshop is appropriate for all levels.
Cost: 45
Location: DC Studio
A New Way of Life; The Five Causes
Date: Saturday April 10th 2010
Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm
Once we fall deeply in love with yoga, the ancient practice will lead us into our core essence. It is at this point that people cease to practice yoga as a lifestyle and instead embrace it as a way of life. This seminar with Max Strom will include a lecture, followed by a gentle internal Transformation prana-flow practice. Appropriate for all levels. Bring your mat and writing materials. (Please no recording equipment)
Cost: $45
Location: DC Studio
The Power of Intention on and beyond the mat
Date: Sunday, April 11th 2010
Time: 9:30am - 12pm
Just as hydrogen and oxygen, depending on how they are mixed together, can produce either fire or water, asana practice and intention and breath depending on how they mixed together can produce either “just exercise” or can revolutionize our lives. This flowing workshop begins very gently and then builds momentum. At the apex of heat and breath we move directly into a special sequence of asanas, which bring the mind into stillness and the body into a new state of energy. This class is both challenging and very healing.
Cost: $45
Location: DC Studio
From Chaos to Harmony Renewal class
Date: Sunday, April 11th 2010
Time: 3:30pm - 5:30pm
This special workshop is focused on lifting us up from burn-out and re-igniting the inner fire, transforming depression into inspiration. Experience Max Strom’s unique renewal class. Workshop will include a short talk, gentle vinyasa-flow, breathing, and meditation.
Cost: $45
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