may 22 - july 10
thursdays 730 - 930 a
this experimental class forms the building blocks of the 2009 boundless yoga healing energy program, which kim weeks, boundless founder and energy healer, is currently building. the class, led by kim, will teach hands-on healing work in a safe learning environment formed by a sacred circle.
july 24 - sept 11
thursdays 730 - 930 a
this experimental class forms the building blocks of the 2009 boundless yoga healing energy program, which kim weeks, boundless founder and energy healer, is currently building. the class, led by kim, will teach hands-on healing work in a safe learning environment formed by a sacred circle.
saturday, april 5, 2-6 pm
Join area master yogi Doug Keller for a strong asana class directed toward developing more awareness of the bandhas in your body as you move from pose to pose. The focus of the workshop is to develop the use of the bandhas as keys to strength and alignment as you move from pose to pose.
Doug will first describe the actions and effects of each of the bandhas physically and energetically. The bandhas are simple yet powerful muscular actions in the area of the pelvic floor (mula), lower abdominals (uddiyana), head, neck and shoulders (jalandhara) — which align these key areas, providing optimal strength, support, protection to the joints, as well as freedom in both the supple physical movement of vinyasa and the subtleties of the breath. In the case of pranayama and meditation, the bandhas support greater and more extended periods of stillness and concentration. Some simple exercises will be introduced to support your practice of the bandhas as part of this introduction.
Then he’ll lead a vinyasa-based asana class that will incorporate the bandhas into the weave of breath and movement. The basic exercises for the bandhas will be incorporated into the flow. The original texts of hatha yoga cite the bandhas as being crucial to having a fruitful asana practice.
This workshop will help you examine the powerfully supportive qualities of these bandhas in your own body. The extended length of the workshop will allow time to end with a period of guided (seated) pranayama techniques and meditation which incorporate the actions of the bandhas. advanced beginners to intermediate students.
yoga is the practice of moving from the gross to the subtle. we first learn asana, and how the breath fills the physical structure that we change, pose to pose, moment to moment. once we arrive at the subtler aspects of the practice, what, then, does the practice become?
learn tonight from kim about a brief history of yoga, its basic philosophic tenets, and how the details of the inner world unfold the quieter we become. kim will discuss the value of asana, contemplation, breath, and meditation as part of the yoga ashtanga system, and she welcomes questions about the myriad ways we deepen a yoga practice, both on the yoga mat and out in the world.
12:30- 3 p
fear, trust, and grounding will be the focus of this workshop in the body’s energy center. get out of your head and into the experience of the body, learning stabilizing poses, and how to “live” in the legs. topics of discussion will also focus on early childhood influences on chakra one and an exploration of standing poses (from triangle to other powerful standing poses and standing twists) and breath practices. take this workshop and begin to feel more at home in the world.
the first in a seven week series designed to teach you about the entire chakra energy system, this dynamic workshop will introduce you to the practice of discovering — and harnessing– the body’s subtle energy centers. in their third year, these popular workshops introduce the seven chakras and their physical/emotional corollaries. kim has developed sequences of yoga poses into the workshop, allowing for movement and discussion — and the two ways for the body to learn which chakra needs the most attention at any given time.this introduction workshop will give you both a theoretical base and yoga practice suggestions to enliven the physical/energetic connection. we highly recommend taking as many chakra workshops as you can — and start with this intro to find out which specific chakra draws you in! pre-register before september 30 and save $5.