seva journal

March 3/4, 12-5pm each day

Through the Chakras: March 3

Chakras, wheels of light, spin within us, supporting our life energy and defining our perceptions and our experiences.


Located along the spinal axis, the 7 major chakras are associated with specific life functions. In this workshop, you’ll both learn about and experience these energy centers. Lecture, meditation, visualization, mantra, mudra and asana combine to open you to the spectrum of light within.

At the Wall: March 4

Walls outside; walls inside: yoga teaches us to address our barriers and use them to deepen our experience of life.

The workshop uses the studio walls to explore core integration, lines of energy and muscular actions within key asanas. It playfully makes use of external feedback to activate our inner eye so that we may open ourselves more fully to the movements of prana, to spirit, and to our own innate wisdom and beauty.

Cost:

add $5 at the door




Nancy McCaochan, M.A., RYT 500, has been teaching yoga for 16 years. She recently spent 5 weeks at Kripalu studying mudras, pranayama, kinesthetics and body systems in Joseph and Lilian LePage’s Integrative Yoga Therapy Program. A former college writing professor, she dedicates her life to helping others become more comfortable in their bodies. Her workshops combine clear, concise instruction, playfulness, and attention to inner sensation. She began studying the chakras in 1992 and has been leading workshops and teaching teachers since 2005. In 2008 she published Yoga at the Wall (www.yogaatthewall.com)

Saturday, February 11, 2012, 6-7:30pm

Make a date for friends or lovers to strengthen your connection while sharing trust and support.

$45 per couple includes post practice sparkling wine!

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Brought to you by Grand Rapid’s Original Hoop Company, Audacious Hoops!

Saturday, Dec 10, 2pm – 3:30

Learn the art of hoop dance from professional hooper, Audria Larsen. She has performed across the country and has brought hoop dance to the forefront in Grand Rapids. Audria’s energetic instruction will ensure that even first time hoopers “Get in the Whirl,” while keeping advanced students on their toes with new moves and fun tricks. This workshop introduces hoop dance and hoop fitness basics, complete with a stretching warm up and wind down.

Hoop Dance is a modern take on the classic fun of the Hula Hoop.

Discover the art with your own adult size, professional Audacious Hoop. Hoop Dance incorporates creative movement that goes beyond waist hooping. Bring the hoop up, down and off the body all while moving to music.

Geared toward fitness, you will burn calories, tone your body, increase rhythm and even learn a few tricks! Hoop Dance offers an excellent core workout and targets every area of the body, providing an aerobic experience.

Hoop Dance is the newest revolution in movement!

*Audacious Hoops custom Fitness Hoops available for purchase on site.

$25 per person

With Natelie Donnellon
Decemeber 3, 12 – 5pm

Ayurveda, “the Science of Life” is a natural, holistic approach to living that facilitates the body’s own natural healing process.

This workshop will include lecture, discussion and hands on experiences that will attune us to Nature
and our own optimal rhythms for the season.

Our program will cover:

• Introduction to Ayurvedic Principals
• Tips for Creating a Vedic Kitchen for health and healing at home
• Practices to deepen our connection to winter’s rhythms
• Awakening to the elements and our own doshas (individual constitutions)

Together we will awaken our senses and attune to the natural rhythm of health and wholeness that is our
essence. We will discover how this ancient healing system can very simply support our vision for holistic
living for our loved ones and ourselves. You will leave with skills and practices to begin applying the same
day!

Taught by Ayurvedic Inner Medicine Guide and Certi ed Anusara Yoga Teacher, Natalie Donnellon Piet,
this inspiring workshop will reveal easy- to- implement Ayurvedic choices that balance body, mind and
spirit. Whether new to Ayurveda or familiar with the concepts, this workshop will provide invaluable tools.

$45 Pre-registration Rate
$55 Day of, Space Permitting

Deepen your Offerings
Expand your Perception
Empower your Practice
with Lynn Medow ERYT 500

Friday, October 21 6-8:30pm
Saturday, October 22 12-5pm
Sunday, October 23 12-5pm

Friday – The Ethics of Teaching Yoga
Emotional and spiritual transformation evolve within a place of safety and security. We spark this transformation by fulfilling our moral obligation to provide our students and ourselves with a physically safe practice. Applying a code of ethics and interacting with students from a place of respect and awareness enhances our offerings.

Saturday – Optimal Alignment and Practical Modifications
Optimal alignment enables us to create simple modifications for individual physical conditions, thereby providing the security needed to change and heal. This alignment also expands the ability to deepen the experience of the practice on many levels.

Sunday – Yoga Therapy Fundamentals
Structuring a private session, effectively gathering appropriate information, maintaining objective case notes, networking, following-up are all aspects of providing yoga therapy. Both teacher/therapist and student are empowered to maximize the session and thus, that which is experienced off of the mat.

This will be an interactive, hands-on workshop from which you will glean viable information to support your teaching and/or enrich your personal practice.

Register online:

Lynn Medow, E-RYT 500, is a compassionate teacher who supports people on their journey to healing and wholeness. Lynn is the owner of Yoga by Design and the create of the Yoga by Design foundation, where her pioneering approach to individualized teaching and therapeutics has earned her a reputation for being the “go-to” person for healing through yoga. http://www.yogabydesign.us