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2007 onlYoga Retreat

The annual onlYoga retreat is an opportunity to pause, re-invigorate and transform your life over the course of one several amazing days. Imagine entire days nestled in the warm waters of the Gulf Of Mexico in the lush tropical Florida Keys. Each day opens with meditation and pranayama to loosen the barnacles of mental habit. In the evening enjoy breath taking sunsets as you experience a powerful Vinyasa Yoga practice designed to reshape your inner vision and strengthen your spiritual foundation. Take part in a week long adventure that will integrate your mind and body and fortify you on every level. We hope you join us in cultivating the solitude and companionship that this retreat offers.More Info.

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108 Sun Salutations
Wednesday June 6th, 2007 6-8pm

$15 Drop-in & $5 Unlimited

Join us for an onlYoga Tradition. Part endurance...part meditation...completely empowering. Utilizing the magic of Vinyasa we will continually move through many Sun Salutations...followed by Kirtan. Stay after for healthy nibbles and conversation. I hope you can attend. All levels welcome! Knowledge of Surya Namaskara A is helpful but not required.

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Flying & Floating Seminar
April 22, 2007
10am - 12pm
$20
$10 Unlimited

The energy to float. Flying and flowing through a practice. What are the elements we use to make the body light and lifted. How do we develop internal awareness for flight. Ashtanga yoga, when practiced properly, is a low impact activity meant to build the pranic or energy stores within us. Often we find ourselves exhausted after a practice and sometimes injured. Until we learn the secrets of intelligent movement through sustained internal awareness we are simply throwing bone and muscle across our mat. In this seminar we will look at the components responsible for accessing the dynamic lift of the jump-back, headstands, etc. We will also talk about this aspect of the practice in terms of its metaphorical significance for dealing with our own weight - both physical and emotional.

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Myths Of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal by Joseph Campbell

Sunday May 6th
12:30 - 2:30pm
$25

Book Description

Following such volumes as Baksheesh and Brahman, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space, and Thou Art That, this previously unpublished title is Volume six in the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series. It shows Campbell's remarkable mind engaged with a favorite topic, the myths and metaphors of Asian religions. Myths of Light collects seven lectures and articles on subjects ranging from the ancient Hindu Vedas to Zen koans, Tantric yoga, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. A worthy companion to Campbell's Asian journals, this volume conveys complex insights through warm, accessible storytelling, revealing the intricacies and secrets of his subjects with his typical enthusiasm.

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onlYoga
Foundations Series
with John Merideth

A safe comprehensive approach to the Ashtanga Primary Series
Sundays In September 9/9 - 9/30/07
12:30 - 2:45pm
Min 8 - Max 20

Session 1 The 8 Limbs and Sun Salutations - 9/9
Session 2 The Standing Sequence - 9/16
Session 3 The Seated Sequence - 9/23
Session 4 Putting It All Together & Closing - 9/30

Prepay for All 4 Sessions $60 • Drop-Ins Welcome ($17) - 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.

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Adjustment Seminar
Refresh and practice your adjusting skills. This 3 hour seminar will focus on the power of touch to guide soothe and heal. Teachers and students alike will have amble opportunity to practice adjustments and ask questions. This seminar is designed as a refresher for 200-hour RYT’s, however everyone is welcome.

***Recommended reading: Scientific Keys Volume 1: The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga by Ray Long MD FRCSC

Principles of Hands-On Adjustment - Sparsha 
For teachers, teachers-in-training from all yoga traditions, and regular practitioners.
Hands-on adjustments are a traditional means of passing knowledge from teacher to student; called sparsha, it was the way a teacher's touch transmitted infinite knowledge. Sparsha takes students deeper and creates a long-lasting teacher-student bond.
Techniques of Hands-On Adjustment
Sparsha is a Sanskrit word for touch. It is an art and powerful teaching skill. This workshop will introduce techniques and adjustments for standing, seated and supine poses. It will also provide an opportunity to practice on a variety of body types, build confidence and develop your sense of touch.
This comprehensive workshop will explore:
• standing, seated, and supine poses (including surya namaskar);
• adjustments appropriate for different class levels: beginner to advanced;
• assessing students' needs/different body types;
• identifying common release valves in poses;
• breath-movement principle;
• body mechanics to protect yourself and keep you adjusting for years to come.

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