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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

September 9-11, 2011

Hours: Friday 6:00-8:00pm
Saturday 11:30am-2:00pm & 3:00pm-5:30pm
Sunday 11:30am-2:00pm & 3:00pm-5:30pm

Dr. Ray Long MD FRCSC is a board certified orthopedic surgeon and the founder of Bandha Yoga. Ray graduated from The University of Michigan Medical School with post-graduate training at Cornell University, McGill University, The University of Montreal and Florida Orthopedic Institute. He has studied hatha yoga for over twenty years, training extensively with B.K.S. Iyengar and other leading yoga masters. Dr. Long is the author of 3 user friendly anatomy books designed for yoga teachers and practitioners. Dr. Long is a board certified orthopedic surgeon. He has studied Hatha Yoga for over 20 years , training extensively with B.K.S. Iyengar and other of the world’s leading yoga masters

Friday evening — 2 hours

Fundamentals:
1. Introduction to muscle awakening and body clairvoyance
2. Form and function of the skeleton
3. Form and function of the major joints
4. Ligaments in yoga
5. Muscles and tendons
6. Stretching physiology
7. Stretching biomechanics

Saturday — 5 hours

Application of the fundamentals in asana (the lower chakras)
1. Standing poses (awkening the psoas)
2. Forward bends
3. Hip openers

Pranyama
1. Anatomy and physiology of the breath
2. Opening the thorax
3. Fundamental pranayama

Sunday — 3 hours

Application of the fundamentals in asana (the mid and upper chakras)
1. Twists
2. Back bends
3. Arm balances
4. Inversions
5. Restorative poses

Cost Information:
$50 Non-Refundable Deposit Required (if not paying in full)

Friday Only:

Saturday or Sunday Only:

REGISTER NOW!!! SPACE IS LIMITED

with Chicago yoga teacher Remi Gonzalez
Saturday, April 9, 1-3 p.m.

Learn the basics of Forrest Yoga, and start to heal your body, relationships and life with a stronger connection to your body and spirit.

Find your Breath.

Feel your Strength.

Live your Integrity.

Nourish your Spirit.

These are the four pillars of Forrest Yoga. Take them with you off the mat, and they can transform your life. Forrest Yoga honors ancient yoga practices, and addresses the physical and emotional challenges unique to life today. Injuries, relationships, work and life transitions can be healed with the connection to your body and spirit that Forrest Yoga creates.

Learn the basics of Forrest Yoga and apply them immediately during a 90-minute class. Afterward, we’ll address your questions and discuss how to continue your journey.

www.forrestyoga.com

Remi Gonzalez is a certified yoga teacher based in Chicago, and has studied with Ana Forrest since 2005.

Cost is $30/pp.

March 26/27

Emotional and spiritual transformation evolve within a place of safety & security. We spark this transformation by fulfilling our moral obligation to provide our students and ourselves with a physically safe practice.

Optimal alignment enables us to create simple modifications for individual physical conditions, thereby providing the security needed to change and heal. This will be an interactive, hands-on workshop from which you will glean practical information to support your teaching and/or enrich your personal time on the mat.

Accessible Modifications and Adjustments
March 26, 1:30pm – 6:30pm
Exploring the postural template: applying and adapting it to your body as well as seeing it and guiding others to do the same. With this awareness, exploring pose modifications for oneself and others keeping body type, injuries and sensitivities in mind. The use of props and best adjustment techniques will be reviewed.

The Ethics of Yoga
March 27, 1pm – 4pm
A discussion of ethics as it applies to the seat of the yoga teacher with interactive group work and practical applications.

Saturday, March 19 · 2:00pm – 4:00pm

This class is for you if you want:
*Rapid, lasting weight loss
*Elimination or marked decrease of cellulite
*Firming and tightening of the facial skin
*Increased circulation to create a healthy glow
*An awesome increase in energy throughout the day
*Reduction of wrinkles and under-eye circles

Workshop is half juicy nutrition and lifestyle detox tips; half yoga practice awesomeness. Wear something comfy. Start living the life you’ve always imagined for yourself. Space is limited. Register now to save your place.

Saturday, March 19 · 5:00pm – 7:00pm
We have done it before, we can do it again!

Yogis near and far,

108 is considered a sacred number in Hinduism and Yoga. Traditionally, malas, or garlands of prayer beads, come as a string of 108 beads. Mathematicians of Vedic culture viewed 108 as a number of the wholeness of existence. 108 also connects the Sun, Moon, and Earth: The average distance of the Sun and the Moon to Earth is 108 times their respective diameters. According to yogic tradition, there are 108 pithas, or sacred sites, throughout India. And there are also 108 Upanishads and 108 marma points, or sacred places of the body.
And one can enjoy a Yoga mala of 108 Sun Salutations as an offering to Peace and Unity.

Join Michele on Saturday to celebrate the vernal equinox with 108 sun salutations!

$20 Day of event space permitting.

March 5 & 6

Principles of Ashtanga Yoga
Sat, March 5, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Ashtanga is the root of modern vinyasa. It is a powerful practice designed to bring about total balance of body, mind and spirit. Through this workshop you will learn and practice the foundational principles of Ashtanga Yoga. Through breath (ujjayi pranayama), energy guides (bandhas), and flow (vinyasa), Ashtanga heats the body to purify it of all toxins. A good understanding of the Ashtanga sequence is a must for serious yoga practitioners and teachers.

Ashtanga Primary Series
Yoga Chikitsa
Sun, March 6, 1:00 – 3:00pm
Yoga Chikitsa (yoga therapy) is a beautiful foundational practice that offers a deeper understanding of the art of flow. This Ashtanga sequence consists of a specific set of postures systematically designed to open and purify the body. In this workshop you’ll put to use the Principles of Ashtanga Yoga.
This high-energy flow is all about journeying the river within.

one year yoga experience recommended.

$30 per session at the door

Friday, February 4 6-9pm
Saturday, February 5 1:30-6:30pm
Sunday, February 6 1:30-6:30pm

Flowing through a yoga practice or walking through life is often done without awareness. Yet, with some basic knowledge and simple consciousness, the journey becomes one of grace and eased.

Join Lynn Medow ERYT500 of Yoga by Design for a fun-filled and practical guide to understanding your anatomy from the feet up. Bring colored pencils, an open mind and loving heart – it’s sure to be an enjoyable expedition.

Saturday, January 22nd, 1:30-6:30 pm

Discover your shakti in this workshop designed to bring you greater awareness of your energetic anatomy. Chakras, energy centers, whirl within us, supporting our life energy and defining our consciousness. When too open or blocked, physical, emotional and spiritual imbalances occur, challenging us to grow.

Although there are numerous chakras within the body, 7 are of major importance. Located along the spinal axis, they’re associated with specific life functions. In this workshop, you’ll not only learn about these energy centers, you’ll experience them. Lecture, meditation, visualization, mantra, asana and group discussion will synergize to open us to the spectrum of light within.

The workshop includes a 90-minute chakra vinyasa class (3:30 pm – 5:00 pm) in which you’ ll experience familiar asanas from the perspective of the chakras, deepening your awareness of your energetic anatomy.

Note: the vinyasa class can be taken separately.

Cost: $60/entire workshop
$20/chakra vinyasa class

Nancy McCaochan, MA, E-RYT is a former writing professor and a published author who left the college classroom to devote her life to helping people feel better in their bodies. She’s been teaching hatha yoga since 1995 and chakra yoga workshops and teacher trainings since 2004.