November 24th 6pm – 7:30pm
“Ahimsa is the highest dharma. Ahimsa is the best tapas. Ahimsa is the greatest gift. Ahimsa is the highest self-control. Ahimsa is the highest sacrifice. Ahimsa is the highest power. Ahimsa is the highest friend. Ahimsa is the highest truth. Ahimsa is the highest teaching.“–Mahabharata XVIII:116.37-41.
Explore Deliberate practice, and how this has the ability to spark transformation at the speed of light.
Lets start a Conversation of how World Peace begins locally in our minds.
Share your personality with like minds as we flow to some Positive Vibrations all in the name of Non-Violence.
$20pp
** If you would like to book a private session or a Thai Yoga Massage with Yoga Dan he will be taking appointments for Nov 24 between 12 and 4pm. Please email for more info…
Thursday 10/7 – 6pm class.
Join us in the Thursday Vinyasa class for this fantastic opportunity to practice to the music of Girish! Cost will be the normal class rate plus $10.
Namaste, fellow beautiful creatures!
We’ve just celebrated Independence Day. Naturally, this got me thinking “What is independence?”. As I pondered the meaning of the word and examined it’s personal relevence, I was struck by an idea. I thought how rarely, if ever, I used the term for myself. I mean not really embraced or applied the notion to my own life. Now, I’ve used terms like “liberate”, “free” and “allow”, but “independence? Not so much.
I thought about how my life could be different if I actualized the word- really owned it. What might my life look like, feel like, sound like, if only I gave myself independence?
This is such an important thought to me, especially when I consider how multiple meanings can suit multiple situations. I know, by now you’re thinking “Huh? what’s he talking about?” Let me explain:
If I grant myself true independence, I free myself from layers of self-judgement. I become less uncomfortable in my own skin, muscle and bone. I allow myself the gifts of time, stillness and breath.
Independence from worrying what anyone else in yoga class thinks when I go to the wall, because I just need it.
Independence from thinking the endless litany of “shoulda, woulda, coulda”. I am a perfectionist, especially at work. What if I instead breathed in independence, and focused mindfully at the tasks at hand, not doubting my professional skills.
What if, in each yoga class, I just went to the wall each time I needed to?, What if I give myself independence from fearing I will be a disruption or distraction? What if allowance of my own need for independence gives someone else the idea that they, too, can free themself?
As I ponder these thoughts and ready my life to receive the blessings of learning, I know this helps in my daily yoga. Not just the time spent on my yoga mat, but every-minute-of-every-day yoga. Mindful living, mindful being.
I wish joy and safety to all my fellow creatures, and true independence for us all.
Om, Shantih,
Raven
Discover your chakras in this vinyasa class designed to awaken your shakti. Chakras, literally, wheels, are energy centers within our bodies. The 7 major centers are located along the spinal axis, and each is associated with specific psycho-physical functions. (more…)
I love taking students to a new place on the mat, a new space in your life and on travels around the world.
In January 2011 join me for the opening celebration of Stay Human, a beautiful Yoga and retreat center dedicated to bringing people together to practice Yoga. Meditation, Art and Music. (more…)
The Seva Yoga 200 hour Teacher Training program has been designed to provide you with the training, practice and teaching experience to gain the skills and confidence necessary to become an effective Yoga teacher.
This Yoga teacher training course exceeds the curriculum requirements specified by Yoga Alliance in:Techniques, Teaching Methodology, Anatomy & Physiology, Philosophy, Ethics, Lifestyle, and Practicum.
Also included in this program are additional workshops with Lynn Medow presenting a sessions on Modifications, Ethics & Philosophy, as well as an entire Anatomy Weekend. Natalie Donnellon will be presenting an Intro course to Ayurveda.
Join me for the transformation, it all begins this Fall!
On August 14th 2010 East Grand Rapids will play host to an event unlike any other in West Michigan. ALL4ONE will highlight yoga, healthy living, local retailers/artists/crafters, and non-profit organizations, all in an effort to celebrate and raise awareness of our connectedness to one another. Proceeds from this year’s ALL4ONE festival will be donated to the Humane Society of Kent County.
In addition to the numerous vendors, artists, and non-profit organization booths, participants at ALL4ONE will enjoy free yoga sessions throughout the afternoon courtesy of some of the leading yoga studios in Michigan. There will also be exciting Capoeira and Belly Dance performances. The evening will culminate with a Kirtan performance by Rahasya from Athens GA! All participants will be encouraged to raise their voices in unity.
We’re hoping for hundreds of patrons to attend this event, and enjoy the vendor booths, merchandise, yoga, and performances on offer at ALL4ONE 2010.
Admission is only $5.00. 12 years of age and under FREE!!
No dogs allowed at this event.
Tuesday, June 15th
Special Guest Instructor, I Love Yoga Clothing Company Founder, Moses, will be stopping at Seva Yoga, Tuesday June 15th to display his unique merchandise at the Trunk Show and offer an incredible workshops to the East Grand Rapids community. (more…)
Kishan Shah is a teacher of Yoga and Meditation, practitioner of Ayurvedic Holistic Medicine, and Yoga Therapist based in Los Angeles. When not at home in Southern California you can find Kishan leading workshops, trainings, and retreats Internationally. He has trained in the Himalayas with Swami Govindananda, in Mysore with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Rangaswamy, and in Los Angeles, California with Shiva Rea. His primary influences on the method of practice are within the lineages of Sri T. Krishnamacharya and Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati Maharaj. Kishan serves as an adjunct Professor at the University of California Los Angeles in the department of World Arts and Cultures lecturing on Yoga Philosophy, Meditation, and the practice of Vinyasa Yoga. Born to an Indian father and an American mother, Kishan blends both ancient Eastern and modern Western cultural and philosophical ideas of spiritual evolution into his practice. (more…)
On August 14th 2010 East Grand Rapids will play host to an event unlike any other in West Michigan. ALL4ONE will highlight yoga, healthy living, local retailers/artists/crafters, and non-profit organizations, all in an effort to celebrate and raise awareness of our connectedness to one another. Proceeds from this year’s ALL4ONE festival will be donated to the 
