There are some amazing yoga masters coming to our area soon. Here are the workshops I would like to attend in the next month:
Roger Cole at One Center Yoga, Asheville, NC Nov. 16-18th
I've been to one of Roger Cole's workshops at One Center before, and I highly recommend this extremely knowledgeable teacher. Roger is a scientist who shows us that using science to explain and understand our yogic practices could never take away the mystery, that in fact the practice only becomes more mysterious as we delve into the practice. Roger specializes in the science of sleep, circadian rhythms and relaxation. I learned a great deal in his workshop about the physiology of inversions and another workshop on sacral stabilization.
Check out the flyer for this years topics:
I would love to take the Friday classes especially, as I've recently begun to teach a restorative class and I would love to hear his input.
Judith Lasater at Moving Mantra Studio, Raleigh NC
Nov. 2-4
Judith has a doctorate in East-West philosophy and a physical therapist. She's been teaching since 1971 and has studied with BKS Iyengar in the US and India. I'm deeply interested in exploring a deeper practice at the organ and energetic level the description of her workshop suggests. I feel ready to explore this idea she mentions of "stabilizing and balancing from the inside"
Information about workshop from host studio's website:
Moving From the Organs
with Judith Hanson Lasater
November 2-4, 2012
12-5pm Friday & Saturday; 10-1 on Sunday
We often focus on practicing our poses from the spine, arms and legs. But the ancient teachings of yoga also dealt with the opening and quieting the organs of the body, like the heart, kidneys and liver that are found in the “kunda” or vessel holding these organs. As our practice matures, it becomes increasingly apparent that our real health comes from the health of our organs. When we practice backbends, for example, we open the front kidneys, and in forward bends we close the front kidneys. How do we balance this effect on the kidneys? Can we explore the effects of "moving from the organs" in other organs like the liver, uterus, prostate, and bladder?
During this 13 hour workshop we will focus on specific poses that create a healthy balance for the organs in the chest & abdomen, as well as explore the theories of why they work. All types of poses will be studied, including backbends, inversions, forward bends & twists. We will also spend some time on specific therapeutic applications that will be immediately applicable to ourselves & to our students. We will begin each day with a focus intention & then go directly to practicing active poses. In the second session of the day, we will focus on a quiet practice – Restorative yoga, meditation & pranayama. Throughout the workshop we will return our awareness to stabilizing & balancing from the inside, as well as focusing on how to teach others to do so. For experienced students & teachers.
Moving Mantra Yoga Studio 200-101 Sawmill Road Raleigh, NC 27615 919.449.0530 www.movingmantrayoga.com info@movingmantrayoga.com
Greensboro NC
Nov. 2-4
I've been wanting to study with Aadil for many years at this point. My teacher, Lillah Schwartz, has studied with him many times. Fellow yoga colleagues/friends Ryan Conrad and Jason Scholder (creator of Three Minute Eggs) have also recommended him as a teacher to me. Aadil began studying with Iyengar at the age of seven and is the founder of Purna yoga, "a holistic synthesis of yogic traditions based on the works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother"
Information about the workshop from the host's website:
TYI is honored to have Aadil return to present his "A Purna Yoga Workshop Friday, November 2nd through Sunday, November 4th.
For nearly thirty years, Aadil has had a reputation as a "teacher of teachers." He has a unique teaching style, mixing melodious instructions with recitations of poetry and philosophical insights with in-the-moment humor.
The workshop schedule is:
Friday - 12:30PM - 3:30PM - Teaching Inspirational Yoga Classes
Friday - 5:00PM - 8:00PM - Yoga Nidra
Saturday - 10:00AM - 1:00PM - Active Practice for Healing, Restoring, and Rejuvenating the Spine
Saturday - 2:30PM - 5:30PM - Make Your Spine Young Again
Sunday - 10:00AM - 1:00PM - Yoga for Digestion
Sunday - 2:30P - 5:30PM - Understanding Forward Bends in Purna Yoga
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