[  Introduction to Hatha Yoga with staff

Thursday, August 28  6:00 - 7:15 pm    Free

What can yoga do for me?    

 Just curious?

Overview of origins of Yoga

Description of the therapeutic benefits of Hatha yoga instruction and practice

Sampling of a typical class in the classical style of Hatha yoga

Meet the teachers and ask any questions you may have

Overworked, over weight, stressed muscles cause pain.
A teacher can identify improper muscle load on joints and share current bio mechanic techniques which will improve overall health and quality of life.

Read about this in the testimonials
Hatha yoga is a time-honored approach to correcting imbalances.
(Bring mat if you have one.)

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[ Free Introduction to Pilates

Sunday           August 31           9:45 am     Free

Learn the fundamentals of Pilates through a wide variety of mat exercises that challenges the body and mind. Improve your core muscle strength, flexibility, balance and posture focusing on alignment and efficiency of movement.

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[  Low Back Pain Workshop   with Nan Palmer        

Saturday       September 20      1:00 to 4:00 pm     $40

In this workshop, we'll explore ways to use the breath and yoga postures to safely stretch and strengthen the low back.  Nan has just returned from studying with her teacher, the well-known Yoga Therapist Robin Rothenberg, who co-developed and taught the yoga for a study conducted for the National Institute of Health on yoga and low back pain.

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[  Pranayama (Breath Workshop) with Ann Waring
Saturday         October 25      1:00 to 3:00 pm       $25
 

Benefits of a breathing practice include focusing the mind, increasing breath capacity, releases toxins in the deep lungs, strengthens lungs, calms the mind and promotes clear thinking.

[  Explore the anatomy of breathing
[  How breathing is linked to our emotional and physical well-being
[  Learn simple breathing techniques and exercises to increase your lung capacity

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Other Workshops that are offered Occasionally

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[ The Four Essentials of Life

Thursday, May 29                7:00 pm        Free

Dr. Jennifer Loose from Life Force Chiropractic will present “The Four Essentials of Life”. Dr. Jen is a Palmer college of Chiropractic graduate with over 7 years experience in massage and bodywork. Many of the students of Yoga Seva have benefited from Dr. Jen’s competent and intuitive spinal adjustment and care program.
A yoga practice supports these manipulations to provide you with a complete health and wellness opportunity. www.lifeforcespine.com  for Dr. Jen info
 

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[Eightfold Path of Yoga with Ann Waring

 Sunday, April 13              10:00 am to 4:00 pm             $60 (bring sack lunch)

Yoga, as delineated in Pantajali’s Yoga Sutras, is an eightfold path which provides an all-encompassing yogic approach to the inner searchings which makes us whole.

We will start the morning with ‘Asanas for Emotional Stability’

Next we move on to a Breath Techniques Workshop (Pranayama)

Break for lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 (sack lunch)

Our afternoon session will be from 1:00 to 4:00 where we will ‘Explore Ethics as Philosophy in Action’:

Five Yamas, living with True Ethics, the first limb of yoga

Five Niyamas, Purifying Ourselves, the second limb of yoga.

Our discussion, and practice, of Concentration, Meditation, and Philosophy will enable us to learn about the following:
 

1. Elevating the body’s intelligence to the level of the mind
2. How our past is dictating the choices, and experiences, we are creating now
3. The subtle energy body and field of opportunity to influence our health
4. Be with like-minded people in a supportive atmosphere (No ideas imposed on anyone, just seeds for thought)
5. Experience Meditation after investigating reasons to meditate and preparing the body

As your Hatha yoga practice deepens, there are more questions than answers about our relationship to the world within and the world around us.

It is my pleasure to bring 18 years of Metaphysics and 10 years of teaching yoga to this experiential workshop.
 

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[ Meditation Techniques Workshop with Ann Waring

   Sunday March 9                        4:00 to 5:30 pm                       $25

If you want to meditate but don’t know where to start, this class will help to prepare your mind and shift your focus inward.

Based on Kriyananda’s (Preceptor Of Temple of Kriya Yoga) teachings, we will explore the following:

[ The challenges of meditation

[ Techniques to help promote a calm mind

[ Learn when, how and where to start a meditation practice

[ Change thought patterns to create positive outcomes

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[ Back Care Workshop with Ann Waring

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[Partner Yoga

Saturday, February 23        7:00 pm to 9:00 pm                     $35 (partner pair)

Join Nan & Dave Palmer for a class with a focus on "partnered" yoga poses. The class will include mutually beneficial poses & conscious breathing to develop trust, communication, and a sense of joy and playfulness. Have fun doing yoga with a partner—a spouse, special friend, or relative.

Nan has been studying and teaching yoga for many years and is certified by the American Viniyoga Institute. Dave brings his engineer's mind, as well as a refreshing masculine perspective. They have been married for 35 years, and have taught this class together in Michigan and in California over the past six years.

PREVIOUS YOGA EXPERIENCE HELPFUL, BUT NOT NECESSARY.

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If you have questions you can call Ann Waring at (815) 355-0010