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A Day of Mindfulness and Yoga Practice: Saturday, February 25
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 9:30 to 4:00
This is a day of practice dedicated to grounding attention in the body, through the practice of yoga and mindfulness. The day will weave together the Buddha's views on the body with yoga movement, and end with loving kindness practice. In the morning, we'll explore active yoga poses; in the afternoon, we'll move into restorative poses. All bodies, shapes and sizes, stiffness and flexibility are welcome. No previous experience needed, just a willingness to deepen into practice.
Please bring a yoga mat and your lunch.
There's no registration required.
Donation/dana is accepted (as is the case with all the offerings at the Vipassana Center.)
Location: Vipassana Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA. 95060
2012 Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program
starting January 10
Free Intro Session January 10 3:00 to 5:00 or 7:00 to 9:00
8 Tuesdays January 24 to March 13 3:00 to 5:30 or 7:00 to 9:30
All Day Session Saturday March 3 9:30 to 4:30
All classes are offered at the Dominican Hospital Education Building, located directly behind Dominican Hospital.
This is the basic Mindfulness program for all new students interested in exploring how to live more fully and deeply amidst all the stresses of everyday life. It is for anyone living with the stresses of illness, injury or pain, anyone working with anxiety or depression, and anyone who basically wants to explore their relationship with the daily challenges of stress. (and for everyone else too!) (seriously, this class is good for everyone to deepen and broaden life's possibilities.)
I teach the afternoon sessions, and my colleague, Bob Stahl, teaches the evening sessions.
Sign up with PEP @ Dominican 462-7709
$300 for 8 week series and all day session
$35 materials fee
Daylong of Mindfulness and Yoga Practice- for Depression
(and anxiety): Saturday, January 21
This is a day dedicated to working with Depression (and anxiety), through the practices of mindfulness and yoga. Both yoga and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy have been empirically shown to be effective ongoing approaches to working with depression and anxiety.
I am teaming up with Richard Aryeh Nanas, LCSW to offer a combination of talk, movement and meditation practices, including loving-kindness practice--all intended to support, encourage, and offer insight to anyone who is working with depression (or anxiety) on any kind of regular basis.
Please bring a yoga mat and your lunch.
When: Saturday, Jan 21(9:30 am - 3:00 pm)
Teachers: Karen Zelin and Richard Aryeh Nanas.
Registration: No registration required.
Cost: There is no charge, dana accepted. The center is run by the generosity of those who attend programs. Whatever fits your budget is appreciated.
Location: Insight Meditation Center (Vipasana Center) 1010 Fair Avenue, Santa Cruz
2011 to 2012 Monthly Last Friday Restorative Classes
Friday January 27 8:30 AM Body & Soul Studio
Friday February 24 8:30 AM Body & Soul Studio
Friday March 30 8:30 AM Body & Soul Studio
During these dark days of winter, come relax, renew, be spacious, and meditate during this class. It's good for any level of yoga. We'll start with some poses and then move into longer restorative postures. Restorative poses do exactly what the name says: restore a sense of balance to our whole being. Safe, sacred, supported, silent and still. There are too few moments like these in our lives-- agitation and nervous system stimulation are more the norms of how we live our lives.
$13 drop or series rate
Weekly Yoga Schedule
Monday 11:30 AM at Body & Soul Studio
Tuesday 8:30 AM at Yoga Center Santa Cruz
Wednesday 11:30 AM at Body & Soul Studio
Friday 8:30 AM at Body & Soul Studio
All classes: $13 drop in, or series rate
The Tuesday morning class is the teeniest class--if you know anyone who is interested in yoga, this is a great class to attend!
Geek News: What is YOGA?
There are so many names for different lineages in yoga—you’ve probably heard some of them, as yoga ahs become more and more popular. I am trained in the Iyengar lineage of yoga. The poses are often exactly the same, but how they are approached and how meaning is derived varies a fair amount.
My training has lead me to understand and explore the yoga as it relates to strength, flexibility, therapeutics, and mental well-being. Mindfulness and presence is a big part of the exploration, because from here we can grow in compassion and wisdom.
Here’s a quote from Mr. Iyengar, who is still alive today, teaching in his 90’s in Pune, India: Yoga is defined as restraint of fluctuations in consciousness. It is the art of studying the behavior of consciousness, which has three functions: cognition, conation or volition, and motion. Yoga shows ways of understanding the functionings of the mind, and helps to quieten their movements, leaning one towards the undisturbed state of silence, which dwells in the very seat of consciousness. Yoga is thus the art and science of mental discipline through which the mind becomes cultured and matured.
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