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onlYoga 2010 Challenge
January 11 - February 19

What:
Participate in the onlYoga 2010 New Year Challenge.  Can you complete 20 classes in 40 days at onlYoga? 

How:
1. Sign-up for a FREE account at dailyburn.com and start tracking your yoga classes at onlYoga. 

2. Join the onlYoga challenge: 20 Classes in 40 Days

3. Start the new year with health and well-being at the top of your list.

Win:
The first three students to complete 20 classes by February 19th win 12-, 8-, and 4-class packages respectively.

Questions? Email John Merideth

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Aerial Yoga Classes

We are now taking reservations for the January Aerial classes.  The Winter Series of Classes will begin the week of January 4th 2010.  Classes will be held on the following days/times:

Tuesday 5-6pm, Thursday 5-6pm, Saturday 12:45 - 1:45pm, Sunday 4:30 - 5:30pm


Register Below:

Tuesday 5-6pm
Thursday 5-6pm
Saturday 12:45 - 1:45pm
Sunday 4:30 - 5:30pm

Aerial onlYoga classes utilize a soft, fabric, inversion swing that is used to relieve compressed joints and to bring greater alignment to the spine. Every class will explore a series of postures meant to elicit a sense of weightlessness while forming new relationships with gravity. These classes are small, 4 - 6 students, and require preregistration.   Pre-scheduled classes will be offered in a series of 4 on Tuesday/Thursday from 5 - 6pm & Saturdays/Sundays afternoon between 1 - 3pm.  A minimum of 4 students per class is required.  Class will begin Tuesday January 5th.  The fee for pre-scheduled classes is:
  Drop-in - $15/class, $10 Unlimited Pre-pay for a full Series of 4 classes: $48, $32 Unlimited.
  Special Classes can be scheduled at alternate times for groups of 4 - 6 and require pre-payment and pre-registration.  Please Email John Merideth directly if you would like to schedule a special session.  Special sessions require a minimum of 4 students ($80/session) or 6 students ($120/session).
Aerial Privates can be scheduled at a rate of $100/session or $340 for 4 sessions.

AERIAL YOGA CLASSES ARE GREAT FOR:
opening the chest and hips
taking stress off the joints & decompressing the spine
practicing inversions & backbends without neck/back strain
building core strength
building upper body strength
learning to fly...

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Session 1 The 8 Limbs and Sun Salutations - Jan 10th, 2010
Session 2 The Standing Sequence - Jan 17th, 2010
Session 3 The Seated Sequence - Jan 31st, 2010
Session 4 Putting It All Together & Closing - Feb. 7th, 2010
Prepay for All 4 Sessions $65 • Price After October 25th $75 • Drop-Ins Welcome ($20) - Pre-Register ONLINE
A systematic approach to learning and understanding the Ashtanga Primary Series. Suitable for all levels, the onlYoga Ashtanga Foundations series offers new students a thorough and safe introduction to learning the Ashtanga Vinyasa method while building the strength and confidence necessary to move into more advanced classes in the studio.  For more experienced practitioners, the course provides a tool for reviewing and strengthening the fundamental concepts that make the Ashtanga form so dynamic.  We recommend new students start at the beginning of the 4 week series, however, since this is an ongoing course students can drop in for any of the 4 classes.
The 8 Limbs & Sun Salutations

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The Mala

A mala (Sanskrit for garland) is a meditation tool, used to count the number
of mantra repetitions completed per sitting. Mantra repetition using a mala
is an effective way of keeping your mind focused, and can make meditation
more relaxing and soothing by relieving physical tension.

Historically, malas have been used as a part of an integrated spiritual
practice that may also contain hatha yoga.

A mala contains 108 beads and a larger "meru" bead. The tassled "meru" bead
is symbolic of the transcended state, and indicates the beginning and end of
a cycle. The significance of "108" is because the Brahmand (universe) is
made up of 108 elements (and according to modern scientific chemistry, the
universe is made up of more than 108 elements). So 108 represents the
universe.

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The onlYoga Book Discussion Group will meet again on 1/10/09



The Evolution Of God
by Robert Wright
Sunday January 10th - 12:30 - 2:00pm • Bakeshop across from studio
Copies available on Amazon $17 (kindle edition available)
The Cost of the discussion is $15 ($10 unlimited)
Pre-Register ONLINE - Please Let John Know If You Want A Copy Ordered For You!

• Hardcover: 576 pages

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (June 8, 2009)
• Editorial Reviews

PRAISE FOR The Evolution of God:

"On any list of nonfiction authors that many people may not know but should, Robert Wright would rank high. . . . taken together, The Moral Animal, Nonzero, and The Evolution of God represent a powerful addition to modern thought. If biology, culture and faith all seek a better world, maybe there is hope." (Wall Street Journal Gregg Easterbrook )

"Can religions in the modern world reconcile themselves to one another, and can they reconcile themselves to science?" Robert Wright-journalist, philosophy professor, and author of the acclaimed books Nonzero, and The Moral Animal-ardently believes the answer is yes. In this meaty account, the result of 10 years of scholarly research, he attempts to do so, drawing on evolutionary psychology, archaeology, and game theory to trace a common pattern in the world's monotheistic faiths. It's a thoroughly materialist account of religion and yet is ultimately allied with one of religion's basic goals: to provide guidance and comfort in a chaotic world." (Seed Magazine )

"[The Evolution of God] gives me hope...The tone of the book is dry skepticism with a dash of humour; the content is supple, dense and layered...fresh and necessary."

Product Description
In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. He explains why spirituality has a role today, and why science, contrary to conventional wisdom, affirms the validity of the religious quest. And this previously unrecognized evolutionary logic points not toward continued religious extremism, but future harmony.

Nearly a decade in the making, The Evolution of God is a breathtaking re-examination of the past, and a visionary look forward.

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