TODAY'S YOGA STUDIES
5:30pm / Mixed Levels / 1-2 / Laura
7pm / Yoga Basics / 1-2 / Teachers in Training (free)
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184 Brooks Street SE, Bldg #2
Downtown Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
(850) 244-0184 Map
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Clear Heart, Steady Mind, Vibrant Being
An Asana, Breath and Therapeutics
Workshop with Doug Keller
November 6-8 2009
Friday Evening 7:00pm - 9:00pm $30
Hip on Hips All-Levels Asana Practice
Saturday Morning 9:00am - 12:00pm $45
Firmness and Freedom the Sacrum
Saturday Afternoon 2:00pm - 5pm $45
Recognizing the Self Exploring the Upayas
Sunday Morning 10:00am - 1:00pm $45
Atlas Unburdened the Health of the Upper Body
Full Weekend: $140
Early registration special $120 by October 15th, 2009
Friday Evening: Spanda: Opening the Space of the Hips An All-Levels Asana Practice. An accessible practice with practical insights into overcoming tight hamstrings and hips, understanding, preventing and overcoming types of hip pain, and generally finding inner space! Standing poses will never feel the same, hips will open, and backs will bend! The session will be a well-rounded practice of all classes of poses (no inversions) appropriate to all levels of practitioners with some foundational experience in hatha yoga. 2 hours
Saturday morning: Firmness and Freedom Our Foundation in the Sacred The sacrum is literally the 'sacred' foundation for all of our actions. In this asana practice we'll be exploring the actions that provide both firmness and freedom, guarding the health of the sacrum and low back while enhancing our freedom of movement. Special emphasis on the support of the pelvic floor, and upon assessment of problems, as well as insights from Marma therapy of Ayurveda. All levels asana. 3 hours
Saturday afternoon: Exploring the 'Upayas' Pranayama, Meditation and the 'Space Between' Tantric philosophy offers an approach to pranayama, meditation and spiritual progress that can closely complement and enhance contemporary life, and draw upon our emotional life to deepen our experience. It is quite popular these days to emphasize how tantra is 'life-affirming' and 'embraces life.' But how exactly do you practice this understanding? We'll be exploring the 'Upayas' of Kashmir Shaivism and how they directly address the 'Malas' at the root of our condition, with emphasis on the specifics of how these Upayas are to be put into practice, with special emphasis on the doctrine of Spanda as a key to meditative awareness. The session will include plenty of guided practice. 3 hours.
Sunday morning: Atlas Unburdened the Upper Body An asana practice that will explore the relationship between the support of core actions in the lower body and the freedom of the shoulders in the upper body. The exploration will include focus upon muscles that play a key role in the stability of the shoulders, and how to develop them through asana. The practice will include back bending, some inversions and preparations for inversions, and will focus on 'news you can use' for your own practice or teaching! 3 hours
To Register email: laura@dragonflyyoga.com
contact: 850-244-0184
Send your full Payment to:
Dragonfly Yoga Studies
Po Box 2322
Ft Walton Beach, FL 32549
Doug Keller , RYT 500
Doug Keller is widely recognized for his unique and insightful contributions in the field of hatha yoga, yoga therapy and yoga philosophy. He is the author of several widely read books on these topics, and writes the 'Asana Solutions' column for Yoga+ magazine. For more information on Doug and his teaching, visit his web site at www.DoYoga.com Doug is ERYT500 with Yoga Alliance and registered with the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Often times when things get tough, or tougher, we can fall into a pattern of doubt...this leads to feeling like every arising thing, even the good ones, are more obligation and obstacle, than opportunity. This is the time to reframe your thoughts...opportunity, opportunity, opportunity...even if you don't believe it at first. Soon your thoughts will lighten, and the pattern of doubt will transform into a pattern of faith and optimism.
~LK Tyree