"Round the Back"
Date: Saturday May 26th
Time 1:30-3:30pm
Studio: Aspinwall
Price: $25 preregister
$30 at the door
Come and spend a wonderful afternoon with Jesse Bueno. His emphasis will be on building an Asana/Posture from the ground up with proper alignment and explore various transitions to take you to the next level. You will have a wonderful time.
Although this is for all levels you should have some basic knowledge or experience.
Backward bending Asanas/Postures will energize, refresh and invigorate the body- opening the chest, encouraging inhalation and circulation to the heart and lungs. Inverting is said to benefit the cardiovascular, lymphatic, endocrine and nervous systems. These are often dynamic postures to counter gravity and therefore require and build energy and strength, especially in the wrists, arms, legs, buttocks and spine, while stretching the front of the abdomen, hips, thighs, shoulders and chest. Come and enjoy the benefits of such beneficial Asanas/Postures.
"Lift off and Fly"
Date: Saturday June 30th
Time 1:30-3:30pm
Studio: Aspinwall
Price: $25 preregister
$30 at the door
Instructor : Jesse Bueno
I know what you're thinking I'm "NOT STRONG and/or MUSCULAR" enough, You should know that some postures only require proper alignment and mental strength and maybe rely more on flexibility instead of a massive force to stay off the floor.
As most with Asanas/Postures, once you understand the true foundations of them, they will break down the barriers of any mental challenge, myths and "Impossibilities" and open new doors to a stronger and confident practice. This workshop will build up arm, shoulder, chest, abdomen and back strength – Be prepared to be challenged but by the time this work shop ends you will be able to spread your wings and fly away like eagle.
Belly Dancing with Donna John
Donna John has been belly dancing since she was young and has danced professionally for 30 years. Performing across the United States. She has danced for Egyptian Royalty earning her the title of a true master at her craft. Growing up with ethnic dancing, the natural next step was to perform and pass down her gift to the other women. Over the years, Donna has become an expert in this mystical art form. Yoga Flow has the perfect environment allowing even the shyest of creatures to feel comfortable stepping outside the box and exploring something new. Learning to move the hips helps opens and awakens energy stored deep within the body, leaving you refreshed. By connecting to the feminine energies in the body you will feel more confident, sexy and beautiful. Please come join Donna and learn to move your hips in a way you have never imagined.
Date: Sunday June 3rd
Time: 2-4pm
Donna John
Studio: Aspinwal
Price: $30 pre-register
$35 at door
Advancing Your Practice: Key Elements and The Bandhas
Level: All levels
Date: Saturday June 2nd
Time 1–3pm
or Saturday July 7th
Time 1-3pm
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
Cost: $30 preregister each
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
Several factors contribute to moving your yoga practice forward.
This workshop will start out with a 30 to 45 minute discussion of key elements to growing your yoga practice, and the importance of the Bandhas in taking you there.These key elements will include a discussion of both the mental and physical aspects that prevent or help us engage our Bandhas (Fear, Strength, Discipline, Daily Practice, Body Awareness, Patience, Breath, and Bandhas). The class will then focus largely on the practice of the Bandhas. Laura will help guide you to awareness of these mysterious "locks", teach you how to build "fire" in this area of the body, and take you through a practice with ongoing guidance on using your Bandhas with each posture in the practice. You will be amazed how challenging awareness of and engagement of this area can be when applied regularly in a full practice! This class is considered a foundation for further Advancing Your Yoga Practice workshop classes. Don't miss it!
Level: All levels
Date: Sunday June 10th
Time 1-3pm
or Saturday July 7th
Time 3:30-5:30pm
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
*Note July 7th there are 2 workshops
1:00pm Key Elements and Bandhas AND
3:30pm Art of Flight. These 2 workshops complement each other and are encouraged to be practiced back-to-back.
Cost: $30 preregister each
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
Have you ever seen a yogi glide forward from down dog to forward fold effortlessly, or jump back from standing without making a sound, as though he or she is weightless in flight? The Art of Flight is another foundational class for the Advancing Your Yoga Practice Workshop Series. This workshop will start out with a 30 to 45 minute discussion of flight in the yoga practice. This discussion will largely focus on 4 key elements to learning flight: Bandhas, Fear, Strength, and Practice. What is jumping forward? What is jumping back? How does one "jump through"? Why do these small vinyasa elements present such a challenge to us as students? After the discussion and some demonstration, Laura will then turn to guiding you into the beginning of controlled flight through practice. You will come away from this workshop with improved awareness of your own fears and how to overcome them, how to build strength, how to use the Bandhas to fly (don't miss the first workshop!!), and a burning motivation to practice, practice, practice!
BEYOND THE EDGE:
a Depth Defying 2 hour All Levels Class
Date:Saturday June 16th
Levels: All Levels
Time 6:45-8:45pm
Instructor:Marko Galjasevic
Studio: Shadyside
Cost: $25 pre-register
$30 at door
Marko is pushing us up against our edge is where we learn the most. What are we doing on the yoga mat if we're not learning? This two hour laboratory jumps, flies, floats, levitates, balances and teeters on that edge. Elevate the physical body through dynamic asana and raise an awareness of the spiritual body through mantra and pranayama. Deepen your time, intention, and focus on the mat and step beyond your edge! Marko is jumping, flying and floating in from his home in New York to share his knowledge with the Yoga Flow family join him in a 2 hour all levels class.
Marko Galjasevic took his first Yoga class, in 2000, with his mother. Offering a dynamic blend between a fierce, physical practice and a reverence for spirit, his classroom is infused with energy. Marko is a student of Raghunath Cappo, the harmonium, and The Bhagavad Gita.
yogawithmarko.com
Marko Galjasevic
Vinyasa Yoga tutorial Beginners Basics
Teaching you how to do the "whispery" sound with your breath and why. Teaching all the basic asanas by breaking each down individually. For example stepping the dreaded stepping the foot all the way in-between your hands or the fun loving chaturanga high to low push up. Learning to pace and move into smooth transitions to help you understand Vinyasa yoga more skillfully. Designed for the beginner or anyone looking for more knowledge on the everyday postures. At the end there will be a short flow putting into practice all that was learned.
Date: Saturday July 21st
Time: 1-3pm
Studio: Aspinwall
Cost: $25 pre-register
$30 at door
Finding Your Hips
Level: All levels
Date: Sunday July 29th
Time: 1-3pm
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
Cost: $30 pre-register
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
Why are we open in one area of the hips but tight in another? Hips, where are you, anyway? This is a fabulous workshop designed to help you the student learn more about yourself through your hips. Through discussion and exploration, we will learn where we are tight or loose in our hips (everyone is different!), how aware or unaware we are of our hips in space, and what emotions we dredge up as we begin to develop increased awareness in this area of our body. This class will start with a discussion and exploration, followed by a practice that is geared toward increasing awareness of our hips in space and opening up those "tight spots" we learned about ourselves at the beginning of the session. Remember, your legs are attached to your hips: what you can or cannot do with your hips will largely influence what you can or cannot do with your legs!!
The Art of Balance: On Your Hands Level 1
Level: Level 1 (please read description)
Date: Saturday August 4th
Time: 1-3pm
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
*Note August 4th there are 2 workshops
1:00pm the Art of Balance: On Your Hands Level 1 AND
3:30pm Backbending Level 1. These 2 workshops complement each other and are encouraged to be practiced back-to-back.
Cost: $30 preregister each
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
This workshop is designed for those who long to but yet have not yet found Crow in their practice.
We will explore the basic concepts to arm balancing: Strengh, Bandhas, and Fear. The first 30 to 45 minutes will be spent exploring these basic concepts with the students and the teacher. The remainder of the session will be spent on building the basic foundation to bring students into Crow: How to build shoulder strength, overcoming fear of falling, and the crucial key element of Bandhas in arm balances. Whether students come out of this workshop independently practicing Crow or not, everyone will have the chance to feel themselves balancing on their arms during this workshop!
The Art of Balance: On Your Hands Level 2
Level: Level 2 (please read description)
Date: Sunday August 12th Time 1-3pm
*Note August 12th there are 2 workshops
1:00pm The Art of Balance: On Your Hands Level 2
and 3:30pm Backbending Get Deeper Level 2. These 2 workshops complement each other and are encouraged to be practiced back-to-back.
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
Cost: $30 preregister each
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
This workshop is designed for those who have a proficient Crow practice.
We will briefly explore the basic concepts behind arm balancing: Strength, Bandhas, and Fear. The first 30 to 45 minutes will be spent exploring the basic concepts and demonstration. The remainder of the session will be spent on exploring and building your strength, taking your Crow "deeper", jumping out of Crow, jumping INTO Crow (what??!!), and applying the basics of this arm balance to other arm balances. This workshop is not just about learning new arm balances (which is always fun!), it is truly about exploring the strength in your Bandhas and shoulder girdle to lead you into a path of practicing regularly on your hands and arms. Even if you are proficient in many types of arm balances, there will still be much for you to learn during this exciting session that you can apply to your daily practice.
The Art of Backbending: Opening Up Level 1
Level: Level 1 (please read description)
Date: Saturday August 4th
Time: 3:30pm
*Note August 4th there are 2 workshops
1:00pm the Art of Balance: On Your Hands Level 1 AND
3:30pm Backbending Level 1. These 2 workshops complement each other and are encouraged to be practiced back-to-back
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
Cost: $30 preregister
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
This workshop is designed for those students who are working toward building Wheel into their daily yoga practice.
Why are backbends so challenging? Are you not even close? Are you almost there? What other backbends are there? Backbends awaken and stimulate our nervous system. Come learn about what is truly involved in Backbending, or, rather, Front Opening! Learn how both alone and with friends or partners you can open up into the world of deep backbends, and gain a better understanding of the spiritual or mental growth that backbends nourish. We will discuss and explore the many backbends in our daily yoga practice, then get physical and wake up the front and back of our bodies as we all get one step closer or deeper into Wheel.
The Art of Backbending: Get Deeper Level2
Level: Level 2 (please read description)
Date: Sunday August 12th
Time: 3:30-5:30pm
*Note August 12th there are 2 workshops
1:00pm The Art of Balance: On Your Hands Level 2 AND
3:30pm Backbending Get Deeper Level 2. These 2 workshops complement each other and are encouraged to be practiced back-to-back.
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
Cost: $30 preregister
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
This workshop is designed for those students with a proficient Wheel in their daily yoga practice. Why are backbends so challenging? What is preventing your backbends from deepening? What other backbends are there besides Wheel? Backbends awaken and stimulate our nervous system. Come learn about what is truly involved in Backbending, or, rather, Front Opening! This workshop will help the student explore and deepen his/her Wheel practice. This workshop will also explore standing up from Wheel, entering Wheel from a standing position, Wheel variations, and an introduction to some other deeper backbends and how to approach them. Get physical and wake up the front and back of our bodies as we deepen our understanding of our own backbend practice.
Upside Down: Learning the Foundation
Level: Level 1 (please read description)
Date: To be announced
Time: 1-3pm
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
Cost: $30 preregister
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
This workshop is designed for those students who are learning to do headstand in the middle of the room.
Don't be afraid to fall! In this workshop, we will spend the first 30 to 45 minutes discussing the basics of going Upside Down: What is required? What do we fear? How do we learn this without daily help from the wall or a teacher? The remainder of the workshop we will flow through a practice that emphasizes building strength for and overcoming fear of flipping upside down on the head! Through this practice, you will take home many key practice elements and a new found courage to begin to work toward or regularly practice this posture independently!
Upside Down: Progress the Foundation
Level: Level 2 (please read description)
Date: To be announced
Time: 1-3pm
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
Cost: $30 preregister
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
This workshop is designed for those students who have a proficient and regular headstand (wall free) in their daily practice. Don't be afraid to fall! In this workshop, we will spend the first 30 to 40 minutes exploring the foundation of the first 2 headstands we as yogis typically learn and how to continue to develop and strengthen these postures. We will then discuss application of these skills to other more challenging inversions, such as headstand variations, forearm balance and handstand. We will then in the last 75 minutes of the workshop do a vinyasa practice that emphasizes new techniques for building strength to move into more challenging inversions. Through this practice, you will learn key elements to take home and practice safely on your own to work toward advancing your inversion practice!
The Art of Balance: On Your Feet
Level: All levels
Date: To be announced
Time: 1-3pm
Instructor:Laura Gorham
Studio: Aspinwall
Cost: $30 preregister
$35 at door
~Package of any 4 workshops your choice $100 savings of $20~
Why does standing on one leg seem so impossible to some and so graceful to others? Why do your feet cramp or your legs shake when you balance? Why are we tempted to hold our breath when balancing? How does our day influence our balancing practice? This workshop will explore elements of balancing on our feet. We will, through a guided self-analysis, learn where we fly and where we crash when we try to grow roots through our feet. The first 30 to 45 minutes of this class will discuss and explore the elements of balancing on our feet: Grounding, Body Awareness, Strengh, Imbalance (in our lives!), and Bandhas. The last 2/3 of the class will be spent in practice with a heavy focus on grounding ourselves through our feet! You will come away from this workshop with a stronger sense of your balance and imbalance and how daily life carries over into this area of your yoga practice. Through increased awareness you can grow stronger and deeper roots!