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January
January 16 & 17, 2009
Free Yoga Day
Join us for a fun day of yoga and meet the teachers at Lighten up.
Friday classes begin at 5 pm. Saturday classes begin at 9 am - last class starts at 3 pm.
Teachers change on the hour. Click here for detailed info.
No more confusion and guesswork!
Kinesiology/Pendulum Workshop
Sunday January 18th, 9 am – 4 pm
At Lighten Up Yoga 60 Biltmore Ave, downtown Asheville
Developed and taught by Dr. Janet Orion
www.JanetOrion.org
Before I leave for my sabbatical!
This workshop is for everyone!
This 7-hour interactive group workshop teaches a powerful and highly accurate system for dowsing/kinesiological/energetic/muscle response testing that can be used by anyone to access data from the“bio-computer” (your inner knowing) about anything!
Please register by Friday January 16th and bring a bag lunch. Call 254.7756
Breathe: Pranayama and Meditation Series
Quiet your mind
Listen within
Find your Inner Light
Lillah Schwartz Instructor
Pranayama: the art and practice of breath control deeply purifies body and mind leading us inward to discover the subtle energies of our Being. Learn to move easily to a state of stillness, reflection and mental clarity. Beginning with deep relaxation Lillah skillfully guides students through the subtleties of breath and awarness. A certified Iyengar Instructor, Lillah has over 30 years experience in yoga and meditation.
Some yoga, meditation or breath experience recommended. Handouts and weekly practices will be given. Please pre-register.
Three Saturday mornings - 1/31, 2/14 and 2/28 from 9 am - 11 am
$30 each class or attend the series for $75. Please call studio to pre-register 828.254.7756.
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February
Six Wednesdays, Starting Feburary 18th 2009 - 7:15 to 9:15 pm
*February 18th - Learning the Emotional Freedom Technique
*February 25th - Learning Meditation
March 4th - Meditation, applying EFT to Personal Issues
March 11th - Meditation, applying EFT to Law of Attraction
March 18th - Meditation and Cultivating Awareness
March 25th - Meditation & More
*The first two classes may be attended separately for $25 each.
• balance emotions • release fear
• improve your relationships
• enhance performance • achieve your goals
EFT is easy to learn and remarkably effective for relieving and eliminating: Anxiety, Guilt, Cravings, Anger, Phobias and Self Defeating Patterns. It is based on balancing the energy meridians and is an amazingly effective self-help tool that offers you lasting change.
Meditation reduces stress, increases resilience and immune function and is a pathway to deeper awareness of the spiritual dimension.
Join us in applying EFT to your specific issues and for an exploration into discovering and cultivating who we are as spiritual beings. My intent is to go deeper than concepts, into a direct experience of the “Ground of Being” that is usually overlooked, but is always present.
Location: Lighten Up Yoga Center, 60 Biltmore Avenue
$25/$60 - Call 253-9451 to register
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March
March 13 - 15, 2009 Fundamentals of Posture & Alignment
Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance In Depth Studies Program Begins
New students are still welcome to join pending available space. Please contact the studio.
Part A: 4 Weekends. In depth study and practice. Learn the principles of alignment and boost your personal practice.
Part B: Completion of your 200 hr Yoga Alliance Registration in Hatha Yoga.
Open to all yoga lovers. Join us to benefit your personal practice and make yoga part of your daily life, or begin your journey to become a well informed yoga teacher.
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April
April 1 - 30, 2009
Spinal Rejuvenation Series with Lillah
Spinal Rejuvenation Series is customized for your particular needs and incorporates weightless and resistance moves with the aid of the Great Yoga Wall to efficiently and safely relieve excess tension from the deep muscles of the spine and restore tone, vitality and contentment. Utilize Lillah's experience and expertise, accessible to everyone with or without yoga skills. Sessions are scheduled one week apart and times are limited so call the studio today!
Save over 25% - Series of 3 Private Sessions, plus 2 DVD's
$225 for Series or $75 for one session.
828.254.7756
April 17 - 19, 2009
Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance In Depth Studies Program
Weekend #2 Sequencing Formulas: Actions of the limbs. Yoga Philosophy & Meditation.
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May
May 1 - 3, 2009
Re-visioning Yoga with Gabriel Halpern
Owner and master trainer at the Yoga Circle in Chicago.
The American dharma has taken not only Eastern teachings, but world culture as well, as its wisdom heritage. To make yoga your own, we have to re-vision everything about yoga so it becomes free from its ancient trappings and given our own spin. Ours is the generation to blend the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual components of yoga with today's much needed deep ecumenism. Yoga's prophetic vision is for a world of peace and teaches how to live to bring that into history.
Gabriel Halpern holds a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Health Psychology, and is a full-time, certified instructor trained at the Iyengar Yoga Institutes in San Francisco and Pune, India. Gabriel has practiced since 1970 and gives workshops nationally. He is the founder and director of the Yoga Circle in Chicago, IL since 1985.
Friday: 5-7:15 Neck, Shoulders, Low-Back therapeutics; 7:20-9:30 Dharma Discourse & Axis Mundi ceremony
Saturday: 9-10:30 am Hips & Knees; 11-1:30 Standing Poses; 2:30-4:30 Pranayama & Restorative Poses (suggest bringing snacks &/or bag lunch)
Sunday: 10-2 Backbends & Inversions
Weekend fee: $200 before April 15th & $220 after.
Yoga Alliance Continuing Education 13 hours.
Co-sponsored with Asheville Yoga Sangha & One Center Yoga.
Location: One Center Yoga, 120 Coxe Ave Asheville.
Call 828.225.1904 to register.
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May 29 - 31, 2009
Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance In Depth Studies Program
Weekend # 3 Primary Pose Actions: Foundations and Safety.
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May 25, 2009
Studio Closed for Memorial Day
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June
June 12 - 14, 2009
Lighten Up Continuing Education In Depth Studies
500-hr Yoga Alliance Weekend
Topics for June 12-14, 2009 Weekend
The importance of developing safe / progressive back bending sequences. Yoga for MS and other disabilities (in co-operation with the Southeast chapter of the National MS Society). Intermediate Practice, Pranayama, peer teaching. The Yamas and Niyamas in our teaching practice.
Please enroll by May 25, 2009 in order to receive your homework assignments.
Visit our 500 hr web page or Contact Lillah at info@lightenupyoga.com for more information.
June , 2009
Free Yoga Day
Join us for a fun day of yoga and meet the teachers at Lighten up.
Saturday classes begin at 9 am - last class starts at 2 pm.
Teachers change on the hour. Free Yoga Day
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July
July 10 - 12, 2009
Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance In Depth Studies Program
Weekend #4 Building Poses: Progress with Confidence.
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August
August 21 - 23, 2009
Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance In Depth Studies Program
Weekend #5 Language of Teaching : Group Practice.
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September
September 18 - 20, 2009
Yoga and the Organic Body - 22nd Annual Fall Equinox Retreat
with Lillah Schwartz
Location:
Contact:
Friday 2:00 pm to Sunday 1:00 pm
Open to all levels of Yoga Practitioners • Yoga Alliance Instructional hours
Make Up Weekend & Pre -requisite for 500 hr course
Equinox Retreat open to general students for a fee of $265
Discount for teacher training students: $185
Using the Iyengar Method, we will study how the organ systems are released, nourished and stimulated through pose alignment and the effective use of the organs of action.
Join us this Fall for a closer look and application of the 5 koshas to your yoga practice. Using the Iyengar Method we will explore how we can integrate alignment with the 5 elements and the 5 sheaths in order to broaden the scope of our yoga practice.Your weekend will include 5 classes in asana, pranayama, and meditation, two evening sessions including re-visioning exercises to harmonize with the Fall Equinox,organic vegetarian meals, dormitory rooms which sleep 4-7 and a few double occupancy rooms in a beautiful building at Prama Institute in Marshall, NC. Enjoy forest lands and hiking trails on a mountain top retreat in a facility that provides beauty & comfort in a peaceful, rural setting. Only 20 minutes from downtown Asheville and about 40 minutes from the Asheville/Hendersonville Regional Airport.
Who should attend?
• All yoga enthusiasts
• Students looking to inspire their practice.
• Yoga Teachers
Classes and poses will be modified according to students ability.
What to bring: Yoga mat, 3 blankets, strap, 2 blocks, or you may purchase your own gear and books at the retreat.
Cost: $265 Airport shuttle: $25 Pre-Register by September 5th and save $15 ( Only $250)
Parking is limited at the retreat and the gravel road is one lane up a mountain, please carpool to the center if possible to help cut down on mountain traffic.
From Asheville, North Carolina
Take 19/23 North towards Weaverville (approx. 10 miles).
At Weaverville, take 25/70 North towards Marshall/Hot Springs.
Go approximately 7 miles, after a long down hill and crossing a bridge, proceed up the hill and turn left onto Ivy River Rd (25/70 Business to Marshall) and alongside the Ivy River towards Marshall.
Go one mile to the T intersection of Ivy River Rd. and 251, take a left onto a four lane bridge on 251. Heading south along the French Broad River towards Asheville, a garage and a church will be on your left.
Continue along the river for approximately 1 mile to Panhandle Rd. and take a left. Go ¼ of a mile to mailbox 310 on your left (among a bank of 5 mailboxes); just past these mail boxes take a right up the hill through an open metal gate onto Ananda Girisuta Drive.
Proceed up the hill past a white house on your right. About 100 yards up the hill, there will be a gravel parking lot on your right. If going to the dome, take a right into the parking lot, park and walk up to the dome on the knoll entering the door covered by a porch on the right side of the dome.
***If you are meeting someone to carpool up to the retreat center you can park in the parking lot next to Rose's Department Store in Weaverville. To get to Rose's, from Asheville, take 25/70 South and turn right off exit. Park in the lot in front of Rose's Dept. store. Get back on 25/70 and you will be headed north. Follow directions above.
September , 2009
Free Yoga Day
Join us for a fun day of yoga and meet the teachers at Lighten up.
Saturday classes begin at 9 am - last class starts at 2 pm.
Teachers change on the hour.
Free Yoga Day
Yoga for Bodyworkers
with Lillah Schwartz
Weekend 1: September 25-27th, 2009 - Body Mapping, Hip & Spine Series
20 hours
Better body mechanics through alignment based Iyengar yoga. A practical study of applied anatomy and physiology to relieve muscle tension and build neuromuscular balance in the massage practitioner. Course includes elements of corrective exercise for the massage therapist to relieve and prevent hip, back, shoulder, and arm dysfunction.
Learn to offer the blessing of fundamental yoga poses based in the science of anatomy and physiology to yourself and your clients, to build your confidence to heal and theirs.
Description/Review of weekend objectives:
1) Hip series, seven non-weight bearing poses
2) Twisting series, six poses
3) Shoulder stand progressions, six poses
4) Basic restorative poses, five poses
5) Twenty minute sun series for tone and stamina
6) Core strength sequence
7) Pranayama, for breath and mental clarity
Tuition: $ 265.00 or Early Registration on or before September 4th, 2009 = $250.00 ~Plus 4 CE credits in Ethics FREE, a $25 dollar value.
Approved provider # 336538-00, Massage Pro Ce
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October
October 9 - 11, 2009
Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance In Depth Studies Program
Weekend # 6 Language of Teaching 2: Group Practice.
October 23 - 25, 2009
Lighten Up Continuing Education In Depth Studies
500-hr Yoga Alliance Weekend
Topics for October 23-25, 2009 Weekend
The importance of progressive sequences for head stands and shoulder stands. Yoga for carpel tunnel and post computer dysfunctions, pranayama, peer teaching. The 5 koshas in asana practice and teaching. Please enroll by September 15, 2009 in order to receive your homework assignments.Visit our 500 hr web page or Contact Lillah at info@lightenupyoga.com for more information.
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November
Yoga for Bodyworkers
with Lillah Schwartz
Weekend 2: November 13th-15th, 2009 - Sequencing formulas and Anatomy of Movement
20 hours
Description/Review of weekend objectives:
1) Poses to improve posture, six poses
2) Shoulder flexibility series, seven non weight-bearing poses
3) Meditation guidelines
4) How to guide deep relaxation
5) Anatomical actions for 45 yoga poses
6) Breath practices to balance depression or hyperactivity
7) How to build an effective yoga sequence based on anatomical movements
Tuition: $ 265.00 or Early Registration on or before October 23rd, 2009 = $250.00 ~Plus 4 CE credits in Ethics FREE, a $25 dollar value.
Approved provider # 336538-00, Massage Pro Ce
November 20 - 22, 2009
Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance In Depth Studies Program - Weekend #7
Open to general students for a fee of $285
All New Asana Weekend with Yoga Journal's Anatomy Expert
Roger Cole, Ph.D., Instructor.
Co-sponsored by One Center Yoga and Lighten Up Yoga
Back by popular demand! Join Yoga Journal's anatomy expert to learn first hand from this highly respected instructor. An excellent workshop for current and aspiring yoga teachers! Roger is an internationally recognized yoga teacher trained at the Iyengar Institutes in San Francisco and in Pune, India. He is known for his deep understanding of yoga, thorough knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and a clear, gentle teaching style. He is also an accomplished anatomist and research scientist, specializing in the physiology of relaxation, sleep, and biological rhythms.
Open to all levels - Yoga Alliance Instructional hours.
Friday • November 20
2 pm - 5 pm:
6:30 pm - 9 pm:
Saturday • November 21
9 am - 12 pm:
2 pm - 5 pm:
Sunday • November 22
8:30 am - 11:30 am:
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm:
Cost
$285 for whole weekend
$110 day rate
$60 individual class
Location: One Center Yoga
To Register: Please contact Lighten Up Yoga at 828.254.7756 or info@lightenupyoga.com
Check out this new EFT video!
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December
Saturday, December 2009, 9 - 11:30 am
Pranayama and Meditation for Winter Solstice with Lillah Schwartz
Cost: $30 Please pre-register.
Pranayama and Meditation for Winter Solstice with Lillah Schwartz
Learn the art of Prananyama: Breath Control and enjoy the subtleties of the Iyengar Method. Lillah skillfully guides students into deep relaxation, a sense of well being and a renewed connection to their "Source". Deeply center yourself and find your personal bliss just in time for the holidays.
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