Breathe Deeply at Lighten Up Yoga
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"The
aim of Yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses"
-B.K.S.
Iyengar
Upcoming Seminars, Topics, and Sponsors
with
Founder & Director Lillah Schwartz
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here.
Topic 1: Yoga as a Spiritual Practice
Using the Iyengar Method we will explore how alignment,
self-awareness, kindness, non-grasping and passion can broaden the scope
of our yoga practice. Reflection on the yamas and niyamas, mindfulness,
and pranayama will be included.
Who should attend?
- All yoga enthusiasts
- Students looking to inspire their practice
- Yoga Teachers
Friday
7:00 - 9:00pm Freedom Within Alignment: Back, Shoulders and Neck Relief
Saturday
9:00 - 12:00pm Strenghten Your Legs, and Feed Your Heart: The Physiology of Standing Poses and Back Bends
2:30 - 5:00pm Developing/Improving Inversions Both Active and Supported
Sunday
*9:00am - 12:00pm The Art of Adjusting: The Iyengar Perspective for Yoga Teachers
*3 hours toward Yoga Alliance contact hour requirement
Topic 2: Yoga for a Healthy Back
The seminar will include sequences for the low back, neck and shoulders, and sacroiliac joints.
You will learn how:
- To take care of your back when experiencing pain
- Safe ways to improve flexibility in the hips and shoulders
- Fundamental poses to improve posture
- Ways to build strength
Guidance
will be given on how to relax and use the breath as a healing tool. The
content of each session will vary and include a combination of lecture,
breathing practice, dynamic stretching and restoration. Techniques presented
are from the Iyengar method.
Who should attend?
- Beginning yoga students
- Students with long-standing back challenges
- Persons interested in a safe simple approach to yoga
- Yoga
teachers
Topic 3: Yoga for Special Needs
A seminar for yoga teachers and health care providers to learn how to apply the Iyengar Method of yoga to serve special populations. Primarily focused on yoga for MS based on the National Yoga for MS Program designed by Eric Small.
Topic 4: The Art of Living: Yoga for aging gracefully.
The practice of yoga, asanas (postures) and pranayama (breath control) with a focus on maintaining flexibility, stimulating organ function, altering the course of authritis, and accepting and renewing the wonder of life.
* All seminars are available for two days, Friday and Saturday, or for three days.
Hours for sessions individually priced or discounted for full participation at $165
Friday 7:00 - 9:00pm: $35
Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm: $50
Saturday 2:00 - 5:00pm: $50
Sunday 9:00am - 12:00pm: $50
Topic 5: Lighten Up Yoga Teacher Training Institute 2005
Course begins April 29, 2005
Level 1 - 230 hour R.Y.A. Certification program consisting of nine weekend intensives and home study within one year.
Register before March 15, 2005 and save $100
or save $100 each when you register with a friend at any time!
Late enrollments will be accepted until June 3, 2005. Pay plan of 6 equal payments due the first 6 weekends.
Click here for more info.
Sponsors in 2005
February
25 - 26, 2005
Yoga for a Healthy Back
Sunrise Yoga Studio
Valerie Kiser
6000 Meadowbrook Mall Court
Clemmons, NC 27012
336-778-1233
sunriseyoga.net
April 8 - 10 , 2005
Yoga as a Spiritual Practice
The Yoga Haus
1622 E. North St.
Greenville, SC
864-232-9642
April 15 - 16,
2005
Living With Vitality
Rippling Waters Yoga
Joan Pope
180 Wild Blackberry Hill
Boone, NC
828-268-2881
May 13 -
15, 2005
Yoga for Special Needs
MS Society (more info TBA)
St Louis, MO
TBA
The Yoga Room
Terri McBride
3015 7th Street N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33704
727-898-2012 (studio) 727-822-2631 (home)
theyogaroom@gbronline.com
Lillah Schwartz is available for teaching and speaking opportunities at your studio. Please call our office at (828) 254-7756 to inquire. Lillah Schwartz is one of the Southeast's gifted teachers.
For more information about Lillah click here.
Lighten
Up Yoga
60 Biltmore Ave. (above Blue
Moon Bakery)
Asheville,
NC. 28801
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00
pm
(828)
254-7756 or (888) 884-6028
Fax:
(828) 254-3797
ecoastyoga@aol.com
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