Iyengar Yoga for People Who Sit Too Much
If you work in a “cube farm”, you know it can be a pain in the neck. Research has linked sitting for long periods with a number of health concerns, including obesity, increased blood pressure, high blood sugar and abnormal cholesterol levels.Join Roberto Astorga on a class that addresses these issues common among people who work during the day behind the desk.
During this class, Roberto will address the following:
– Promote relaxation on your neck and shoulders.
– Strengthen and flex your back.
– Open and flex your hips.
– Stress reduction.
Taught by a certified Iyengar yoga teacher who also works on a cubicle during the day, this class will feature a simple, accessible yoga practice you can use at the end of the workweek.
Restorative Yoga
September 28th, October 26th, November 30th
Increasingly, our daily lives ask us to be more active, to multi-task, and to seek continual improvement. To find a more peaceful state, we can choose to slow down, quiet our thoughts, and find contentment in the way things are. In this series, we will explore restorative poses that allow the body, mind, and heart to rest in a state of quiet and peace. Poses will be held for several minutes with the support of props and with little to no muscular effort.
REGISTERTarget Class: Aim For a Challenging Pose
October 5, November 2, December 7
$60 for all 3 classes
Prepare yourself physically and mentally to learn more advanced asanas. We will explore, in depth, an advanced asana by looking at how the elements of familiar poses can take you beyond the outward appearance toward a challenging target. From this understanding, learn how to work toward unfamiliar poses with greater confidence.
Open to experienced Level 2 students and above.
REGISTERIyengar Yoga Studies
October 6, November 3, December 8
$120
This ongoing program is for serious students with an interest in developing a better understanding of Iyengar Yoga. Bring greater depth and breadth to your yoga practice by studying all eight limbs of yoga—not just asana. Meeting twice quarterly, we’ll discuss key concepts from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita with an emphasis on how these ideas are relevant to the practice of asana. Topics and readings will be assigned beforehand to help enrich our discussions.
Iyengar Yoga Studies is offered each quarter throughout the year. Students may join at the beginning of any quarter. For greater continuity and to enhance the learning process and community development, students are encouraged to participate on an ongoing basis.
REGISTERThanksgiving Day Class
On this traditional day of feasting with family and friends, start with a lively yoga practice. This stimulating asana practice will inspire gratitude for the bounty that yoga offers and a recognition of all we have to be grateful for in our lives. This all-levels class promise to be an invigorating start to the day.
Register in advance or just show up with your friends and family on Thanksgiving morning. Please be prompt, as the building will be locked.
The Art of Sequencing
Have you heard that Iyengar Yoga strongly recommends building a personal practice, but you do not know where to start?
The Art of Sequencing Workshop provides this fundamental guidance, allowing you to take your practice to new heights — and depths.
You will learn the ways in which Iyengar Yoga offers a framework for creating sequences that address your state of mind, physical stamina and limitations.
Students will have the opportunity to create their own sequence based on this formula and will go home with a deeper understanding of this fundamental practice.
Please remember that yoga has been around for thousands of years as a means to maintain the health of the body through the balancing of the systems and as a tool with which to deepen into self on one’s journey inward.
Candlelight Restorative Workshops
Take a break in the midst of your busy holiday season to experience deep rest and relaxation. At this time of the Winter Solstice, allow yourself to rediscover a state of calm vitality within.
Julie’s annual Candlelight Restorative Workshop offers you the opportunity to give back to yourself and in doing so, to reestablish an expansive and generous place from which to give to others.
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