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yoga for depression and anxiety, with orly, $35

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sunday may 4
130 – 4 p

are we in control of our own happiness? why do depression and anxiety arise? What does yoga, a tradition thousands of years old, have to say about these conditions that affect a growing proportion of the u.s. population each year?

This practical hands-on workshop will arm you with the following tools for your quest in understanding and combatting depression and anxiety in the short and long term:

– physical postures for working on the level of the physical body
– breathing techniques for working on the level of the breath
– meditations for working on the level of the mind/heart
– yogic philosophy to put these tools into context

$30 pre-register online/ $35 same day in-person

2008-2009 teacher training program info session, free

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saturday july 19
2 -3 p

if you are interested in the boundless yoga teacher training program come attend one of our free info sessions! some of our teacher trainees and the boundless teacher training faculty will be there to answer your questions!

2008-2009 teacher training program info session, free

kim on 10:31 am April 10th, 2008 / 3 Comments »

saturday june 21
2 -3 p

if you are interested in the boundless yoga teacher training program come attend one of our free info sessions! some of our teacher trainees and the boundless teacher training faculty will be there to answer your questions!

energy series with kim weeks, $200, 8-930 am

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may 22 – july 10
thursdays 8 – 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.

energy series with kim weeks, $200

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july 24 – sept 11
thursdays 8 – 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.

Intro to Yoga Series, $120

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april 6-may 11
Sundays, 530-630

think “downward dog” is a command for your labrador? can’t tell your asana from your elbow? this six-week session teaches the basic poses, breath patterns, and orientations encountered in a standard yoga class. it’s an essential building block for those interested in starting or re-learning the fundamentals of yoga.

yoga and the spine

kim on 11:20 am April 3rd, 2008 / 1 Comment »

yesterday, after a restorative class i’d taught her, a client of mine said,

huh, that’s interesting. so restorative yoga is mostly about bending the spine this way and that way, in order to release it.

she was sitting when she said this. when she said “this way” she bent forward; when she said “that way,” she bent backward.

it was a simple moment after a simple practice. What struck me, though, was not that her observation is mostly correct–restorative yoga requires the practitioner to hold poses for long periods of time in order release through the spine in several directions. what struck me was the point my client was making about all yoga poses. the point of yoga is always to release energy through the spine. that’s what makes an asana (pose) different from just about any other practice you could engage in.

one of the markers of the west is its emphasis on the superficial. yoga, by definition, is intended to take us away from that superficiality into deeper levels of consciousness–through the unwinding of the spine. each pose has been designed over thousands of years to enable us to examine the steadiness and ease in each posture–so that we can examine the stillness, or lack thereof, in our own minds.

and thus, we engage in practice. even one of the most demanding poses you could imagine:

is meant to release energy through the spine for the same purpose as the most relaxed you could imagine:

this is what we are learning in a yoga class– how to be steady and easy no matter what the “pose.”

controlling the letting go of control

kim on 6:08 pm March 20th, 2008 / Be the first to comment! »

sometimes that’s what it takes. to peel yourself off the wall of your own patterns, to go inside and let the breath take you.

an asana (pose) actually takes a lot of control — that’s why we refine them over time and attempt more difficult ones as our practice deepens.

the more we control the body’s response to the shape, which exists outside us in nature (triangle, mountain, tree), the more we free the breath, which exists inside, to enliven us exquisitely.

this, the paradox of practice.

money’s change

kim on 2:22 pm March 3rd, 2008 / 3 Comments »

i was standing in line today at citibank, and i noticed that without irony, cyndi lauper’s money changes everything had been chosen to play through the speakers for customers waiting in line.

the bandhas in asana, with doug keller, $85

kim on 1:40 pm March 3rd, 2008 / Be the first to comment! »

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.