The Bhagavad Gita with Mira Shani
@ yo | downtown
Sept-Dec 2010
Wednesday and Thursday evenings, monthly!
Rate: $15 drop-in or
$99 whole series
The Bhagavad Gita, one of the most important philosophical scriptures of the world, is a conversation between a warrior prince and his charioteer. Much to his surprise, this old friend of his reveals himself to be Lord Krishna, the divine in human form. What follows is a download of eternal wisdom that has the ability to inspire us all to fulfill our own supreme accomplishment. In part 2, we’ll pick up at chapter 6 and discuss how to practically apply the Gita’s philosophical foundations to our daily lives and struggles.
Mira Shani has been teaching yoga and philosophy for ten years. Her playfullness and sincerity make the esoteric scriptures accessible for all.
Dates and Times:
Wednesday, Sept 15th 6:45-8:00 pm
Thursday, Sept 16th 6:00-7:15 pm
Wednesday, Sept 29th 6:45-8:00 pm
Thursday, Sept 30th 6:00-7:15 pm
Wednesday, Nov 10th 6:45-8:00 pm
Thursday, Nov 11th 6:00-7:15 pm
Wednesday, Dec 8th 6:45-8:00 pm
Thursday, Dec 9th 6:00-7:15 pm
For Registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com, or 520.322.6142
>>download the Bhagavad Gita Part 2 Flyer
YogaHour 2: Double the Play, Double the Power
with Rachelle Robin
September 25th @ yo | Downtown Studio
Saturday 1:30-3:30pm
All Levels Welcome
Rate: only $8
Come join Rachelle Robin for a fun, playful, and uplifting practice. This is an opportunity to explore postures not typically seen in YogaHour and time to explore progressively challenging variations of more common poses. These two hours will be powerful and instrumental in deepening your yoga practice. The September double-hour will be focused on amazing hand balances!
>>download the yogahour 2 flyer
Embracing Wellness: A Workshop on Yoga and Food
with Rachael Laing
This course will meet once a month for four months at YogaOasis East.
Upcoming class: Vibrant Living, Vibrant Being
Saturday Sep. 25
@ YogaOasis East
Times: 1:00-3:00pm
Rate: $30 per session
Embracing Wellness is a workshop series that delves into many aspects of wellness, both individually and collectively, and the healing power of yoga and food. Learn to embrace your health and wellbeing at a deeper level. Each class will include an asana practice (yoga postures), an in-depth discussion of the topic to be covered, plus easy ways to include whole foods and wellness practices into your daily life.
Session 3, September 25: Vibrant Living, Vibrant Being
Discover the many ways that fresh, whole, plant based foods and various wellness practices can help to increase immunity and reduce and even reverse the incidence of disease. This class will address various methods of detoxification and discuss some of the best foods to eat (and ones to avoid) for optimal digestion and health.
Session 4, October 23: Treading Lightly, Treading Mindfully
When we eat consciously we are able to move with less effort toward the weight we are naturally meant to be. And in so doing, we nurture not just ourselves, but the entire planet. In this session we will discuss the impact our dietary choices make on our own health and the health of the planet, and learn about ways to make the change with relative ease. The yoga practice will be focused and rejuvenating.
Rachael Laing is a 500-hour certified and registered Yoga Instructor, and has recently completed a certificate in Clinical Nutrition through The California College of Natural Medicine. In 2009 she completed the Conscious Eating Intensive at The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, Arizona. She brings to her teachings great enthusiasm, clarity and joy.
For Registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com, or 520.322.6142
>>download embracing wellness flyer
It's Gonna Be Great!
with Christina Sell
October 2 & 3
Part 1; Asana as Sacred Art: All levels
Saturday Oct. 2nd
@ YogaOasis East
5:30-7:30pm
To perform asana as an artistic endeavor one must hone their skills and refine their vision continually. This all levels class will emphasize standing postures, introductory arm balances and back bends as way to create more skillful art that is dedicated to the Highest within us.
Part 2; The Dance of the Heart, the Beat of the Soul: All levels Flow
Sunday Oct. 3rd
@ yo | downtown
5:30-7:30pm
This all-levels Flow class will be set to music to invite students to move out of their heads, into their bodies and into a fluid and dance-like relationship with their breath. Designed progressively and sequentially, this class will incorporate standing posture, hip openers, arm balances , back bends and forward bends for a full-spectrum practice perfect.The class will be concluded with pranayama, meditation and a long period of relaxation.
Rate: $22 per class if paid by 9/26, $25 thereafter, or $40 for both!
Christina Sell has been practicing yoga since 1991. She is a certified Anusara Yoga instructor, and author of the book, Yoga From the Inside Out. Christina's classes are fun, inspiring and dedicated to helping people of all ages, sizes and abilities discover the joys of yoga practice and conscious living. To learn more about Christina, please visit www.christinasell.com
For Registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com, or 520.322.6142
>>download Christina's It's Gonna Be Great! flyer
Anusara® Yoga Teacher Training; Entering the Heart of Yoga
with certified teachers Darren Rhodes and Christina Sell @ YogaOasis Central
Join Darren Rhodes and Christina Sell for 108-hours of Anusara Yoga Teacher Training designed to take your teaching and your asana practice to a new level. Darren Rhodes and Christina Sell, both known for their clarity, humor and passionate teaching styles, are joining together to present a unique training for Ansuara Yoga® practioners and teachers. Don't miss this rare opportunity to work with two masterful teachers in a dynamic, intensive and personal setting.
The 108-hour teacher training is based on the fundamental teaching skills for Anusara Yoga. This teacher training and will be focused on learning and refining the central elements necessary for teaching inspiring and effective public classes. Special topics include articulation skills, sequencing toward peak poses, creating authentic heart-based themes, introducing UPA's to beginners, making affective verbal and hands-on ajustments, develping creative solutions for mixed level and special populations, and understanding the basics for therapeutic applications of the Universal Principles of Alignment™. Special time will also be devoted to understanding the video preparation process for assessment in Anusara Yoga certification.
Level 1 Teacher Training: September 24-29
Level 2 Teacher Training: October 1-6, 2010
Level 3 Teacher Training: December 3-8, 2010
Daily schedule: 8:30am-noon and 1:30-4pm
Rate: $1550, or $600 per Level
Pre-requisites: Must have completed a minimum of 100 Immersion hours.
Required Text: The Anusara Yoga Teacher Training Manual
For Registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com, or 520.322.6142
>>download the Teacher Training Flyer
Pranayama; The Science of Yogic Breathing
with Scott Turpin
4 Wednesdays: Oct. 13, 20, 27 & Nov. 3
@ yo | downtown
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Rate: $75 (Must register for the full course.)
Breath is a fundamental and powerful aspect of life. In Sanskrit our life energy is known as Prana. Yogic breathing, or Pranayama, is the practice of cultivating our vital energy by controlling the breath. The manipulation of breath, at and beyond its normal limits; stretching it, speeding it up, slowing it down, allows us to experience the full range of respiration on both gross and subtle levels.
The breath is the door between our body and our mind, the portal between meditation and asana practice. This workshop is intended to develop a personal practice; to cultivate, sustain, and enhance prana towards the goal of experiential insight.
Come and experience the science of Pranayama, one of the most powerful tools for mental balance, health, and stress management.
“When you control the breath you control the mind; When you control the mind you control the body” – Lino Miele.
For Registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com, or 520.322.6142
>>download the pranayama with Scott flyer
Anusara® Yoga Therapeutic Alignment Training
with certified instructor and author, Bruce Bowditch
This will be an ongoing series @ YogaOasis Central
Sundays, 8:00 am – 11:00 & 12:30 pm - 3:30 (6 hours per session)
Save the upcoming dates:
Oct. 17, 2010
Jan. 16, 2010
Apr. 10, 2011
Jul. 10, 2011
Rate: $88 per 6-hour session.
Sunday, October 17th: The first in a 4 part continuing Anusara Yoga Therapy Training, this section will move deeper into therapeutic techniques for the feet, legs, hips and lower back. Participants will learn and refine manual and verbal adjustment techniques, for a number of different conditions and injuries.
“I consulted Bruce after having lived with chronic low back pain for 5 years. Fifteen minutes into our private, Bruce had me painlessly bending over to touch my toes without support for the first time in three years. After an hour I felt euphoric and hopeful, dancing through my day with grace and ease. Bruce possesses an in-depth knowledge of the human body, of proper alignment, and of the body’s potential limitations due to trauma or long-term abuse. He has excellent communication skills; as a teacher he is present, focused, light and has a great sense of humor. I have recommended him to many friends and will continue to do so.” -Leza– yoga student and therapy client
For Registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com, or 520.322.6142
To learn more about Bruce Bowditch, please visit:
>>download the Anusara Therapeutics with Bruce flyer
Thanksgiving Magic & Mexico Yoga Retreat
with Darren Rhodes and Bronwin
November 20-27, 2010
Xinalani, Mexico
Yoga & Kirtan
This retreat offers the perfect setting to nourish your body, mind, and heart. Do what you usually don’t: contemplate the more profound questions that you are usually too busy to ask.
Throughout the week we will do practices that will clarify and move us with momentum towards our highest aspirations. We will practice with intensity and rest rest rest utterly. If you show up to this retreat feeling burnt out know that you will leave feeling blissed out! This will be the 4th year in a roaring row that we’ve done this retreat, yet this year we will be exploring Xinalani as our tropical home-base retreat center for the first time. Each year it gets better and better. We look forward to seeing you there! Prices start at $1330 and include the 18% Mexico tax, 7 nights stay in peace-evoking open air palapas, all yoga/kirtan & 3 gourmet, vibrant, beautifully prepared vegetarian meals a day that are organic & local when possible.
For Registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com, or 520.322.6142
>>download the Mexico retreat flyer
yogahour™ Teacher Training
with Darren Rhodes
December 10-12 2010
Friday: 5:30-7:30pm @ yo |downtown
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00-noon, and 2-5pm @ YogaOasis Central
Rate: $210*
*tuition includes a yogahour™ Teacher Training Manual.
Pre-requisites: 108-hour Immersion and 100-hours of Teacher Training. To request special permission to attend this training please email Darren at darren@yogaoasis.com
Space is limited, please pre-register.
For registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com
Advanced Intensive with Noah Mazé, Christina Sell, and Darren Rhodes Radical Expansion; Tough as Nails, Soft as Ghee
@YogaOasis Central
Dec. 31 - Jan. 2
(2010 to 2011!)
Times: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 & 1:30 p.m. - 4:00
Rate: $300 before Dec. 11
($354 after Dec. 11)
Space is very limited, please pre-register!
Prerequisites: Must be able to kick into handstand at the wall with ease, push up into upward facing bow with straight arms unassisted, hold headstand in the middle of the room for 5 minutes, and hold shoulderstand for 7 minutes. This intensive is not appropriate for anyone with injuries or illness. All practitioners must be intent on honoring their boundaries while also embracing their full potential. This intensive is not appropriate for anyone with injuries or illness.
Noah Mazé is celebrated in the yoga community as one of the most advanced and proficient practitioners and teachers of Anusara® Yoga, and widely sought out as a teacher’s teacher. Noah lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Tracy, and their sweet toddler, Madeleine.
Christina Sell is a certified Anusara Yoga teacher and author of the book Yoga From The Inside Out: Making Peace with your Body Through Yoga. Known for her precise teaching style, her passionate presentation and her sense of humor, Christina’s classes are challenging fun and inspiring. Her second book, My Body is a Temple, My Heart is the Shrine will be released in Spring 2011. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, three cats and two retired greyhounds.
Darren Rhodes has been the director of YogaOasis studios in Tucson, Arizona for eleven years. He was named one of Yoga Journal’s “21 Talented Young Teachers Shaping the Future of Yoga.” Darren is featured demonstrating 350 yoga poses in the poster from Tadasana to Savasana.
For registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com
>>download advanced intensive flyer
100 Hour Anusara Yoga Immersion - 2011
with Darren Rhodes and Christina Sell
The purpose of the Immersion is to promote exponential progress in your practice and on your life path. Take the time to envision and manifest your deepest longings and highest aspirations. Take the leap!
Dates:
Immersion Part I: Jan 19-24*, 2011: 36 Hours *please note new dates for Part 1
Immersion Part II: Mar 16-21, 2011: 36 Hours
Immersion Part III: May 11-16, 2011: 36 Hours
Daily Schedule:
Wed–Mon: 8:30am-12 and 2-4pm
@ YogaOasis Central (2631 N. Campbell Ave.)
Rate: $1650* for full 100 Hours, or $600 per part.
(For full immersion discount, tuition balance must be paid in full prior to the start of the training.)
The Anusara Immersion takes you on a journey into the study of Anusara Yoga (Asana, Philosophy, Pranayama, Meditation). You will meet friends who share in the desire to live from the heart. The Immersion is perfect for those wishing to delve into the mysteries and profound practices of yoga. The Anusara Immersion program is designed for dedicated students of yoga to take their practice and understanding to the next level. This 108-hour program is typically taught in three “parts”. It follows Anusara Yoga founder John Friend’s curriculum and is for anyone who wishes to pursue a deeper experience of yoga as well as anyone who is interested in teaching. The immersion is a prerequisite for the Anusara Yoga Teach
- Detailed Exploration of the Universal Principles of Alignment™
- Tantric Yoga Philosophy & History of Yoga
- Anatomy Components for a Strong & Safe Practice
- Fundamental Pranayama, Meditation, Journaling & Sanskrit
- All Asana from the Anusara's Level 1 & 2 Syllabus
Required reading: Anusara Yoga® Immersion Manual and Anusara Teacher Training Manual
"When Christina and Darren teach together they have such shri and chemistry that they take each other to a whole new level of teaching"
For Registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com
CURRENT AND ONGOING EVENTS:
Embracing Wellness: A Workshop on Yoga and Food
with Rachael Laing
This course will meet once a month for four months at YogaOasis East.
Dates: Saturdays, July 17, Aug. 21, Sep. 25, & Oct. 23
@ YogaOasis East
Times: 1:00-3:00pm
Rate: $30 per session
Embracing Wellness is a workshop series that delves into many aspects of wellness, both individually and collectively, and the healing power of yoga and food. Learn to embrace your health and wellbeing at a deeper level. Each class will include an asana practice (yoga postures), an in-depth discussion of the topic to be covered, plus easy ways to include whole foods and wellness practices into your daily life.
Session 1, July 17: From Fatigued to Fantastic
If you often feel stressed, anxious or fatigued, have restless sleep and/or need sugar and caffeine to make it through the day, then this class is for you. Learn how nutrition and yoga can help to strengthen the adrenals, to relieve stress and anxiety, to foster sound sleep, and to create a more vibrant and balanced body, mind and spirit.
Session 2, August 21*: Hormones and Bones – Finding Balance and Strength
*please note Session 2 is Full! Please email us to get on the wait list
Our lifestyle and the foods we eat have a great influence on our hormone balance and our bone density. Learn drug free ways to balance hormones and strengthen bones using various foods and herbs. Experience a range of yoga poses that will leave you feeling centered and strong.
Session 3, September 25: Vibrant Living, Vibrant Being
Discover the many ways that fresh, whole, plant based foods and various wellness practices can help to increase immunity and reduce and even reverse the incidence of disease. This class will address various methods of detoxification and discuss some of the best foods to eat (and ones to avoid) for optimal digestion and health.
Session 4, October 23: Treading Lightly, Treading Mindfully
When we eat consciously we are able to move with less effort toward the weight we are naturally meant to be. And in so doing, we nurture not just ourselves, but the entire planet. In this session we will discuss the impact our dietary choices make on our own health and the health of the planet, and learn about ways to make the change with relative ease. The yoga practice will be focused and rejuvenating.
Rachael Laing is a 500-hour certified and registered Yoga Instructor, and has recently completed a certificate in Clinical Nutrition through The California College of Natural Medicine. In 2009 she completed the Conscious Eating Intensive at The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, Arizona. She brings to her teachings great enthusiasm, clarity and joy.
For Registration and additional information, contact: registration@yogaoasis.com, or 520.322.6142
>>download embracing wellness flyer
YogaHour 2: Double the Play, Double the Power with Rachelle Robin
February through December in 2010
Monthly, Saturdays (see schedule below)
1:30-3:30pm @ yo | Downtown Studio!
All Levels Welcome!
Rate: only $8
Come join Rachelle Robin for a fun, playful, and uplifting practice. This is an opportunity to explore postures not typically seen in YogaHour and time to explore progressively challenging variations of more common poses. These two hours will be powerful and instrumental in deepening your yoga practice.
2010 Schedule:
August 21
September 25
October 16
November 13
December 18
November 21, 2009 was the ten-year teaching anniversary of Rachelle Robin at YogaOasis. In order to celebrate the 2010 yoga year with everyone, Rachelle will be offering a 2 hour Yogahour on the third Saturday of each month.
Prerequisite: A Desire to Rock Out!!!
>>download the yogahour 2 flyer
Kirtan Chanting with Bronwin & Friends
Devotional chanting with Bronwin, Namoli, Charles, Susan, Satya, and friends.
Sunday, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Meets seasonally once a month (see schedule below)
Rate: $8 at the door. Kids free!
@ YogaOasis Central
Kirtan is on break for the summer! Please stay tuned for fall dates!
Be sure to check our full events schedule for other visiting kirtan artists.
MindLab: Experiments in Mindfulness
Now a weekly class with Will Duncan
A lively once-a-week discussion and practice-based meditation class. Each week we explore different traditions and topics related to mindfulness practice. With an emphasis on practicality we look at ways to make the teachings relevant to our lives. A 45-minute boost to keep you going for the week. (Class will end in time to make it to the 8 pm YogaHour class)
Tuesdays, 7:15-8:00 pm @ Central
Rate: $4 or more.
Will Duncan has lived and studied in Trappist, Zen, Franciscan, and Tibetan Buddhist monasteries throughout the U.S. and the Himalayas, for over 20 years. His honest and humorous approach to the joys and trials of sitting are inspiring for new and old meditators alike.
Every 2nd Saturday of the month @ YogaOasis Central
7:00 pm
Rate: Donation.
The Dances of Universal Peace are simple, meditative and uplifting group dances. They represent and integrate many of the world’s spiritual traditions, and help to create peace and unity within and without. Some of the traditions represented are Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Sufi, American Indian, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Goddess, Celtic, and Universalist.
For more information, contact: Joanie, (520) 820-8180
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