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Events this Week

26 Saturday

Pranayama Workshop with Kyle Roberts at MBody Yoga, 12-3 pm, $45


27 Sunday

Power Yoga with Sharla Cole at Lululemon Store (St. Johns Town Center), 9:30-10:30 am, FREE


29 Tuesday

"Full Buck Moon" heated yoga class at Bliss Yoga, 5:30-7 pm, regular drop-in rate

40 Day Revolution Program Hits MBody

Running August 25 through October 3 at MBody Yoga, this is a 40-day commitment to the power yoga method. The main components of the program are development of a power yoga practice, twice daily meditations, and following a diet as prescribed by yogi and power yoga pioneer Baron Baptiste in his book 40 Days to Personal Revolution.



To see a larger version of MBody's flier on the program, click on the image below.

Yin Yoga

Yin Yoga Workshop with Joan Ryan, E-RYT 500

Joan is a Kripalu-trained instructor who is also a certified Integrative Yoga Therapist. She often does workshops relating to physical limitations and conditions, so this is an interesting subject matter to be offered.


Sat 8.16.08, 1PM - 4 PM
Tuition: Before 8/8 = $40 / After 8/8 = $45

"Come enjoy the magic of Yin Yoga your body will feel like it never has before!"
-from the Yoga Ananda website

Kundalini in Jax, TT Too

Kundalini Yoga is amazing, unlike any other yoga you are probably familiar with. It invigorates me like nothing else and leaves me feeling strong and powerful, like I could conquer anything with just a lift of my little finger. The class is broken up into sets known as kriyas, often with quick and repetitive movements that will push you to the edge and show you the light!

I took a quick look at Gurudass Kaur's website, and it looks like she will be joining us in Jax between stops in Colombia and Italy. What a pitstop. Good for us, as it gives us a rare chance to practice Kundalini. Her specialty training for teachers and parents, Childplay Yoga, will also be featured during the weekend. All events take place at Yoga Ananda in Avondale.

Friday, September 19, 5:30-6:45 pm, Kundalini Yoga open class, $14.
and following at 7-8:15 pm, Mantras in Motion Kirtan, $15.

WEAR WHITE! I recently attended a workshop with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, and I was sticking out quite prominently in my black and green outfit.

Mantras with mudras is the healing science of today and tomorrow. This practice uses choreographed hand and body movements to express the essence of the mantras that are being chanted. Mantras in Motion invites viewers to experience the transformative effects of healing mantras coupled with powerful mudras.

Childplay Yoga Teacher Training
Saturday & Sunday, September 20 & 21, 9 am-7 pm both days, $275 before 8/15 and $300 after 8/15.

This 16 hr. in-depth training program is geared to anyone interested in offering creative, fun and empowering yoga oriented classes for children aged 3-12, teens and groups of adults. With the Childplay Yoga Program children play at yoga to become more balanced physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. It provides the opportunity to enhance their coordination, balance, flexibility, group skills, sense of humor, self-esteem, concentration and to work out excess energy in a positive uplifting environment.

Relax, it's Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra with Lisa Long
Mindful Motion Yoga
Sunday, August 17 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. $20

Yoga Nidra is a state of complete physical, mental, and emotional relaxation. It has been touted as the most powerful relaxation technique known to man. Yoga Nidra effectively works on mental resolve, will power, and resolutions. Many people - from new practitioners to world-class athletes, testify to the unbelievable power and effectiveness of the personal resolution, called a Sankalpa, made during the practice.

Please register early. Space is limited. Registration forms available in the studio or click here to download.


Instructor Lisa Long has this to say on her website:

Give yourself a wonderful gift! Yoga Nidra is a state of complete physical, mental, and emotional relaxation. It has been touted as the most powerful relaxation technique known to man. Yoga Nidra effectively works on mental resolve, will power, and resolutions. Many people - from new practitioners to world-class athletes, testify to the unbelievable power and effectiveness of the personal resolution, called a Sankalpa, made during the practice.

The first 30-minutes of the Yoga Nidra experience will include a very gentle physical practice with stretches that prepare the body to lay still for the following 40-minutes. While lying on the back, participants are then cued to levels of awareness, going deep inside until reaching a state between sleeping and waking. You are profoundly relaxed, but retain a trace of awareness. Yoga Nidra itself is not sleep. It can best be described as “Sleep of Awareness”

The power of this therapeutic technique, if practiced regularly, can help manage stress, insomnia, and mental/physical pain, clearing away old patterns of thinking and behaving that are no longer a benefit to well-being.

If you are interested, please register early. Yoga Nidra usually fills 2 weeks prior to the experience.

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