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Adyashanti Gathering

We will cancel the normal meeting on the second Saturday in December for the holidays.

 

Yoga Class & Holiday Celebration!

One last class to round out the year followed by a special HOLIDAY CELEBRATION!

Yoga Class

• Saturday, December 31st
• 9:30am – 10:40am

Holiday Celebration

• Saturday, December 31st
• 9:30am – 10:40am

We will have drinks and vegetarian hor d’oeuvres celebrating the holidays, community and yoga. All are welcome!

 

Christmas Eve – Sat Morning

Tracy is feeling very festive this year. Class is on for Saturday morning, December 24 at 9:30am. You’ve been running around all month. Drop in and take in all the wonderful energy Yoga Balance has to offer!

 

Holiday Detox Yoga Flow and Ayurveda Class

Special Holiday Detox Yoga Flow and Ayurveda Class

• 4 warm flow classes with Tracy
• Introduction and discourse on Ayurveda “the science of life”
• Nov 27th , Dec. 4th , 11th and 18th
• Sundays 4-5:30pm
• $55 for all 4 class/workshops or $15 drop-in (Adult Drop-In on the Purchase Classes page)

Perfect for the Holiday Season! Join us for a warm flow class that will be both challenging and meditative. This Detox Yoga Flow series is designed to remove the body’s toxic impurities, leading to higher states of health and well being. Breathing, relaxation and guided meditation will bring this practice full circle.   A special discourse on Ayurveda “the science of life” often called the “mother of all healing” will be given with emphasis on  maintaining balance in one’s life with right thinking, diet and lifestyle.

 

Special Thanksgiving Day Practice

• Thanksgiving Morning
• November 24th
• 9:30-10:45am
• $15 Drop in

Start the holiday with yoga and gratitude for all that we already possess. Feel great moving through the poses, breathing and relaxation as we fill our thoughts with peaceful actions in daily life.

This practice is open to all; bring your friends and family to this special weekday morning practice.

 

30 Day Meditation Challenge

Please join us for a 30 Day Meditation Challenge

Meditation helps us experience peace, connection, strengthens our relationships and helps us face our difficulties. Meditation cultivates concentration, lowers blood pressure and helps reduce chronic pain. Meditation improves brain function and we can start simply by slowing down and taking a breath. We have 4 wonderful workshops to explore meditation techniques that will help you become more aware of both your inner workings and outer world so that we can live an intentional happy life.

We will have a calendar at the studio to track your home meditation practice for 30 days! Suggested five minute practice for week 1- ten minute practice for week 2- fifteen minute practice for week 3 and 20 minute practice for week 4.

• 4 Meditation Workshops Included
• Oct. 23rd, 30th and Nov. 6th, 13th
• Sundays 10-10:45am
• $40 for all 4 workshops or $15 drop-in (Adult Drop-In on the Purchase Classes page)

• October 23
Yoga Nidra Meditation with Kathy
Yoga Nidra is an ancient sacred yogic process of meditation that can be practiced to induce profound relaxation in your body and mind, eliminate stress, overcome insomnia, solve personal and interpersonal problems by accessing our innate wisdom, and neutralize distressing emotions. Participants will experience a full 7 stage Yoga Nidra Meditation.

• October 30th
Loving Kindness Meditation with Tracy
Cultivating Compassion and Joy

• November 6th
So Hum Mantra Meditation with Honey
This is the mantra of the breath and carries a contemplative meaning “I am that”. Here “that” refers to all of creation, the one breathing us all.

• November 13th
Meditation in Motion with Mary
This practice will include both seated and moving meditation. Let the ceaseless chatter of your mind stop with an expressive movement practice. Your body moves as it chooses and your heart will soar.

 

Adyashanti Gathering

• Adyashanti Gathering
• Friday, November 11th, 2011
• 7:00pm
• Contributions for space appreciated

Join us in spiritual fellowship to explore the teachings of Adyashanti. “Adyashanti dares all seekers of peace and freedom to take the possibility of liberation seriously. He began teaching in 1996, at the request of his Zen teacher with whom he had been studying” …(to find out more about Adyashanti’s teaching visit www.adyashanti.org)

 

FREE Yin Yoga

• FREE Yin Yoga Class
• Friday, November 11th
• 6:00-6:50pm

Join Ann for a free evening of Yin Yoga! Explore this introspective and passive yoga practice combined with meditation providing an opportunity to bring peace and harmony to busy lives.

 

Karma Yoga Happy Hour

Karma Yoga Happy Hour with Tracy Carruth at The Mat Yoga Studio in Richardson, TX

• Friday
• September 30, 2011
• 6:30pm
• FREE

The Mat Yoga Studio
670 N. Coit Road, Suite 2381
Richardson, TX 75080
972-497-YOGA (9642)

Please join us Friday evening, September 30th for our Karma Yoga Happy Hour! We’ll start with a free community yoga class, led this month Tracy Carruth! It will be a 60 minute Mat Open Flow class at 6:30pm and it is open to the community and completely free. After class, we’ll have drinks, snacks, and music on the patio as we get to know each other a little better. Bring your friends and join us for a great time and free yoga!

 

Kumbha Mela – An afternoon with Shelly Craigo

Join Shelly Craigo for an informal interactive afternoon on Kumbha Mela

• Saturday, September 24rd
• 1-3PM
• FREE
• Including practices from Living Tantra and an invitation to the Year-Long Group Meditation happening at the Himalayan Institute Headquarters located in Honesdale, PA

Kumbha Mela 2013
A spiritual pilgrimage led by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Spiritual Head

Every 12 years for millennia, the time returns when the planets, constellations, and other celestial bodies are perfectly aligned, creating a powerful vortex of spiritual energy at the confluence of three holy rivers in Allahabad, India. This energy is further intensified by the collective consciousness of saints and sages, and pilgrims, who gather here with a single shared intention: inner healing and lasting positive change.

While the interplay of the forces of light and darkness brings about change – both within and outside us – our intentions, when put into practice at the right time and in the right manner, are a powerful influence or antidote.

Hear more about how we can use Kumbha Mela as an opportunity to change the course of our destiny and the destiny of the planet – and how you can take part.

For more about Kumbha Mela:
www.KM2013.com
www.HimalayanInstitute.org/graceoftheganga
www.HimalayanInstitute.org/globalgathering

 

60 Day Yoga Challenge!

Congratulations to all that participated in the 60 Day Challenge, you did it!
Thank you for all the devotion, love and inspiration you shared during the past 2 months.

Walter attended 78 classes in 60 days, unbelievable! An amazing effort by Grace, Barbara, Janeese, Diane, Ellie, Andrea, Tiffany and Cindy along with so many others making this summer truly transformational. Yoga Balance is donating $1 for every class students attended – raising over $800 for Brandie’s medical fund!

Deep Love and Appreciation – Tracy

 

Strength and Grace

• Arm Balancing Clinic with Tracy
• Sunday August 28
• 4-5:30pm
• $20

This clinic will focus on technique and alignment in arm balancing poses. Students will also learn the spiritual intention and specific state of consciousness of the asanas. This class will provide the opportunity for students to work mindfully with time on the poses therefore making rapid progress your practice.

 

Kids Yoga Camp 2011

• Yoga for Kids Camp with Mary
• One Session left this Summer!
• July 25th-28th
• Monday-Thursday 1-4pm
• Grade School Age
• $140 per session/child
• $245 per session for 2 Siblings in same Session (25% Savings!)

Your kids will love this camp with Mrs. Mary and enjoy…

• A nurturing and supportive atmosphere.
• Stretching and energizing their bodies and minds.
• Learning to express themselves creatively.
• Working cooperatively in large and small groups.
• Participating in new activities they may not have tried before.
• Learning mindfulness, self-calming techniques and relaxation.
• Developing special friendships.
• Having loads of fun!

 

Yin Yoga and Chakra Meditation Workshop

• Sunday, July 17th
• 4:00pm-5:30pm
• Cost: $20

Yin Yoga will invite you to hold seated postures on the floor with relaxed muscles lending to the opening of the deep connective tissues of the hips, spine and shoulders. Yin is an introspective and passive yoga practice offering an opportunity to bring peace and harmony to busy lives and active yoga practices.
Chakras are subtle centers in the brain and spine that regulate the physical, emotional and psychic flows of energy through the body. The premise of Yoga is that these energies are brought into ones awareness then the mind is calmed and the authentic Self revealed. You will learn the Chakras physical location, organs they control, emotions they express, and mental characteristics they embody along with the how and whys of Chakra meditation.

 

Prenatal Yoga – Weekly Class!

• No longer a weekly class
• Purchase a $55, One class per week, per month
• NO LONGER ON SCHEDULE – Wednesdays 7:15 – 8:30pm

This class is provides great benefits for women in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters to experience a happy healthy pregnancy. Prenatal yoga helps soothes common aches and pains associated with pregnancy, reduces stress and creates overall well being. Prenatal yoga deepens the connection with your body, baby and other pregnant women in the community preparing you for childbirth and motherhood. Please get approval from your doctor/midwife before attending this yoga class. No previous yoga experience needed. All Props are provided by the studio.

Cortney Phillips, RYT 500, LMT
Cortney has been teaching prenatal yoga and Scaravelli inspired yoga since 2001. She is a licensed massage therapist focusing on therapeutic massage and is also certified in prenatal massage. In addition to those certifications she holds a Bachelors degree in psychology that she earned in 2000. Cortney has been MamasteYoga licensed since October 2003.
Click here to download a PDF that includes the ‘Health Care Provider Release Form’ you can have your physician fill out.

 

Fundamentals of Yoga – 5 Week Series

• Fundamentals of Yoga
• Starts June 20th – July 25th (No Class July 4th)
• 5 week Series
• Mondays 7:15-8:15pm
• Cost: $55 for 5 weeks
• Drop In: ONLY $15

This is a Fun class for the beginner or for students who would like to review the fundamentals of the yoga. This 6 week ‘Fundamentals of Yoga’ series, and all Yoga Balance yoga classes, emphasize practicing postures, breathing practices and meditation as well as developing positive qualities in order to obtain radiant health and well being.

 

Surrender and Forgiveness Practice Workshop with Kathy

• Saturday, June 18th
• 11:00am-12:30pm

This workshop will incorporate teachings, movement, and meditation to explore surrender and forgiveness. We will study teachings on surrender and forgiveness from a variety of texts. We will practice Baba Hari Dass’s Forgiveness Asana Series which offers us the opportunity to surrender that which keeps us from the experience of deeper levels of peace and contentment. This workshop is appropriate for all levels and no experience is necessary.

Kathy Oden, RYT 200, completed her Teacher Training in 2010 at Mount Madonna Center in Watsonville, California. Kathy studied with Baba Hari Dass and his senior level yoga students. Baba Hari Dass is a master yogi who has not spoken since 1952 and communicates by writing on a small chalkboard. The practice of silence gradually quiets the mind and allows access to deeper levels of awareness.

 

Fundamentals of Yoga – 6 Week Series

• Fundamentals of Yoga
• April 26th – May 31st
• 6 week Series
• Tuesdays 10:45-11:45am
• Cost: $60 for 6 weeks
• Drop In: ONLY $10

This is a Fun class for the beginner or for students who would like to review the fundamentals of the yoga. This 6 week ‘Fundamentals of Yoga’ series, and all Yoga Balance yoga classes, emphasize practicing postures, breathing practices and meditation as well as developing positive qualities in order to obtain radiant health and well being.

 

Three Gate Meditation

Meditation: It’s Not What you Think - A Workshop to benefit Brandie Sellers

Click here to download a PDF of this event to share with friends and family, or you can visit Brandie’s page to make a direct donation through paypal.

Three Gates Meditation

• with Tashi Nyima
• Saturday, April 30th
• 11am – 1:00pm
• $25 Suggested Donation
• Visit Brandie’s Page to make a donation!
• No previous experience necessary

100% of proceeds from the workshop will benefit Brandie Seller’s Healing Fund.

If you think you can’t meditate, and emptying your mind is difficult (or boring…) you just need a different approach! Join us for a guided approach that utilizes body, energy, and mind to cultivate deep peace and clarity.

 

Health Affirming Smoothies – CANCELED

Health Affirming Smoothies

• This workshop has been Canceled
• Saturday May 21st
• 11:00 – 1:00pm

Changing breakfast alone can change your life and aid in weight reduction, food cravings, obtaining a clearer mind, feeling lighter, and so much more. We will cover the basic concepts of adding more rich greens into your daily diet and why that is important…organics vs. conventional produce, nutritional content, changing habits that can change your life. We will get to taste all 8 smoothies and go over how to make these health affirming smoothies at home in a standard blender.

Visit Kirsten’s website at www.rawbloom.com for additional information about her delightful take on healthy foods and recipes perfect for your family!

 

Fundamentals of Yoga – Saturday’s

• Last class of this series!
• Saturday Morning – 10:45 – 11:45am – Series ends 4/9
• Drop In: ONLY $10
• scroll down for New Series on Tuesday Mornings starting 4/26

This is a Fun class for the beginner or for students who would like to review the fundamentals of the yoga. This 6 week ‘Fundamentals of Yoga’ series, and all Yoga Balance yoga classes, emphasize practicing postures, breathing practices and meditation as well as developing positive qualities in order to obtain radiant health and well being.

 

FREE Friday! Yin Yoga Class – April 8th – 6pm

• FREE Yin Yoga Class
• Friday, April 8th
• 6:00-7:pm

Yin Yoga offers an introspective and passive yoga practice combined with meditation providing an opportunity to bring peace and harmony to busy lives.

 

Trees for Tibet

• Friday, March 4th
• 6:30-8:30pm
• 1.5 hour all level hatha
• www.treesfortibet.org

Please join us for a special 1.5 hour all level hatha yoga class in support of Treefortibet.org.

One Tree per Tibetan Refugee – The Himalayan Institute is working to plant 100,000 trees in Tibetan refugee settlements. These trees will rejuvenate the soil and create jobs for Tibetan refugees. $5 plants one tree, and 1 tree is only the beginning. Plant as many as you can!
Help us reach our goal by December 2012.

 

Fundamentals of Yoga

• Drop In: $15
• Monday, February 21th
• 7:15-8:15pm
• Check out the series and sign up for  a new ‘Fundamentals of Yoga’ series, beginning March 5th!
• 8 week Series
• Cost: $100 for 8 weeks (only $12.50 per class!!) A great way to introduce yourself to yoga!

Drop-In are welcome to check out this fun class for the beginners or for students who would like to review the fundamentals of the yoga postures, breathing and meditation. If you enjoy the class as a drop-in, we have a new 8 week series beginning on March 5th. Register for the entire 8 week series here!

 

Yoga Rocks!

• Friday, February 18th
• 6:00-8:00pm
• $25

Start your weekend with an energetic practice set to Rock’in Tunes! This comprehensive practice that will include Spiritual Discourse on the Yogic Path to Happiness, Challenging Vinyasa Flow, Deep Relaxation, Pranayama and Meditation for radiant health, peaceful minds and joyful spirits. No worries, Tracy is adding to her library of music on her ipod as we speak.

 

Yoga for Kids

• Thursdays,  4:45-5:45pm
• Drop Ins Welcome $15
• 8 Week Series
• Begins Feb. 17-April 14th
• $95

This fun yoga class, led by Mary, will help kids develop strength, flexibility and balance as well as foster awareness, teamwork, compassion and creativity

 

Prenatal Yoga – 6 Weeks

• Wednesdays 7:15 – 8:30pm
• Cost: $90

This class is provides great benefits for women in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters to experience a happy healthy pregnancy. Prenatal yoga helps soothes common aches and pains associated with pregnancy, reduces stress and creates overall well being. Prenatal yoga deepens the connection with your body, baby and other pregnant women in the community preparing you for childbirth and motherhood. Please get approval from your doctor/midwife before attending this yoga class. No previous yoga experience needed. All Props are provided by the studio.

Cortney Phillips, RYT 500, LMT
Cortney has been teaching prenatal yoga and Scaravelli inspired yoga since 2001. She is a licensed massage therapist focusing on therapeutic massage and is also certified in prenatal massage. In addition to those certifications she holds a Bachelors degree in psychology that she earned in 2000. Cortney has been MamasteYoga licensed since October 2003.
Click here to download a PDF that includes the ‘Health Care Provider Release Form’ you can have your physician fill out.

 

The Essential Bhagavad Gita

• Bhagavad Gita Workshop
• with Blair Lewis
• Saturday, February 5th
• 3:00 – 5:00pm
• Cost: $25

Join us in a discussion on The Essential Bhagavad Gita. The ancient spiritual text it a tale of a great warrior prince, Arjuna, who is frozen on the battlefield and Krishna appears disguised as Arjuna’s chariot driver and begins advising him in his time of need.

Ajurna feels the immediacy of the confrontation upon him he asks Krishna, the perennial questions about life and death. Does he have a soul? If so, does it survive the death of the body? Is there a reality other than the one we perceive through the senses? If so, wonders the ever practical Arjuna, what effect does such knowledge have on everyday existence? The answers unfold in the dialogue that follows in the poem that is the Bhagavad Gita.

This workshop, led by Blair Lewis, begins to explore how this ancient text can teach us how to react to situations in our modern lives that we find challenging or confrontational.

 

Yoga for Stress & Anxiety – 6 Week Series

• With Karyn Force
• 6 week Series
• March 22nd – April 26th
• Tuesdays 7:15-8:15pm
• Cost: $90 for 6 weeks
• Drop In: $15

Build body and mind awareness, learn techniques to reduce stress and anxiety while embodying serenity. Classes within this 6 week series are based on the teachings of Kripalu (meaning compassion) yoga. This series is designed for students in Levels 1-3.

Karyn Force, R.N., CKYT, is a registered-nurse and has worked in the fields of neuroscience, preventive health and pediatrics. She is a 500hr advanced Kripalu yoga teacher through the Kripalu center in western Massachusetts. She has taught yoga for 15 years in the US, Costa Rica and Mexico. She is eager to share her love of yoga and passion for health and wellness with all the wonderful students at Yoga Balance.

 

Prenatal Yoga Training for Teachers

• with Cortney Phillips
• Saturday, February 5th
• 1:00 – 2:30pm
• Cost: $20

It is our intention as Yoga instructors to insure the safety of each pregnant woman who enters our class whether it is a prenatal Yoga class or a traditional Yoga class.

Calling all yoga teachers. Join Cortney as she instructs yoga teachers on the contraindictions and special modifications for expecting mothers practicing yoga. This workshop provides great insite and instruction on how to safely share the benefits for women in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters to experience a happy healthy pregnancy.

Cortney Phillips, RYT 500, LMT
Cortney has been teaching prenatal yoga and Scaravelli inspired yoga since 2001. She is a licensed massage therapist focusing on therapeutic massage and is also certified in prenatal massage. In addition to those certifications she holds a Bachelors degree in psychology that she earned in 2000. Cortney has been MamasteYoga licensed since October 2003.

 

Yoga Balance Anatomy Classes

The human body is one of the most adaptable and proficient systems in nature. What if it came with an owner’s manual? Well it does, you just need to look inside. Greater knowledge of the inner workings of your body combined with the science of yoga allows maximum form and function. Learn more about our workshop facilitator: Theresa Oswald, MD

Workshop 1: Anatomy of Stretching

• Sunday, December 5th
• 1:30-3:00pm
• Cost: $25

Anatomy of stretching; the skeletal, muscular, connective tissue and nervous systems and how they work in concert. Here is where you will learn the science of how your body stretches and the key points in the muscle tissue that can give you maximal lengthening.

Workshop 2: Your Legs and Body Stability

• Sunday, December 19th
• 1:30-3:00pm
• Cost: $25

The hip bone’s connected to the knee bone and other important relationships of lower extremity anatomy. The legs are the entry point for whole body stability. Your legs will determine how you stand, sit and move. This is a class for those seeking safe, swift and stable motion. Yoga therapists will learn key insights for athletes and dancers.

Workshop 3: Your Spine and the psoas

• Sunday, January 16th
• 1:30-3:00pm
• Cost: $25

The spine and the psoas; the seat of wisdom and the storehouse of emotion. The mind and body dominate the energy of your spinal column. Stress management, strength conditioning and meditation postures all require the knowledge taught in this class.

Workshop 4: Science of Breath

• Sunday, January 30th
• 1:30-3:00pm
• Cost: $25

Breathing and the secret life of the diaphragm, plus shoulder/arm anatomy. The science of breath involves anatomy, physiology and pranayama. Learn how to achieve profound states of relaxation, mental clarity and joy.

 

Himalayan Institute ‘Reflections’

• with Stephen Moulton
• Himalayan Institutes Self-Transformation Program
• Saturday Jan. 29th 2-3pm
• Free

Join us as Stephen shares his recent experience at the Himalayan Institute, located in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He attended the month long ‘Self-Transformation Program’ gaining insight on the proven techniques utilized for transforming habits and creating a healthy lifestyle. This powerful program, cultivated in a community of dedicated spiritual seekers, is designed to increase one’s self-reliance and self-confidence; with the individual experiencing personal growth at all levels.

Come listen to Stephen as he shares his experience in hatha yoga practice, breathing and relaxation practicums, guided meditation practice, and progressive study sessions on the body, mind, breath and soul.

 

Freedom and Flight

• Saturday, January 29th
• 11-1pm (2 hours)
• Cost: $25

The ability to stand on one’s head or hands teaches us how to stand on our own two feet.

This workshop will free your body, mind and soul as we take flight in arm balances and inversions. Free yourself as you move your body through space with grace and ease using bandhas and breath. Find your balance as you explore your edge while keeping the mind open, accepting and clear.

 

Laughter Yoga with Ashlie Rhey

• Laughter Yoga with Ashlie Rhey
• www.catchthegiggles.com
• Sat. Dec. 18th 1-1:45pm
• Cost: $10

Come experience laughter as an exercise. This is a refreshing and innovative practice that provides a whole new approach to stress-management as well as physical and mental well-being through laughter. Must be able to laugh and breathe – no previous yoga experience needed!

When we laugh our bodies release a cocktail of hormones & chemicals that have startling positive effects on our system • Blood and all major organs are fully oxygenated leaving us bursting with energy • Blood pressure and pulse rate drops, circulation improves • Depression is lifted • High endorphin levels put us in a great mood and reduce many aches and pains • Lymphatic system is massaged • Self-confidence, communication and creativity are boosted • Stress-levels reduce by 75% or more and we become more stress-resistant in our day-to-day lives.

 

Sanskrit 101

• Saturday, January 15th
• 1:00-3:00pm
• $20
• with Cody Dry

Join us in learning the language of yoga in this basic Sanskrit class. We will focus on reading and writing the alphabet, as well as proper pronunciation of common Sanskrit words used in yoga poses and mantras.

 

Thanksgiving Day Fun Run

Join Yoga Balance for our “Thanksgiving Day Fun Run” Additional information to follow including official registration and route info.

Many of us enjoy the traditional Thanksgiving day Turkey Trot in downtown Dallas. But, are you tired of driving downtown, spending $40-$50 and 4-5 hours of your holiday to participate in the event? Then this might be for you!

• November 25th
• Start: around 8am
• Distance: 6.7 miles
• Cost: FREE… Yes FREE!!

Yoga Balance will be providing the Warm-Up from 7:45-8:00am and contributing to the Free Event T-Shirt

Prediction Run: Determine your predicted time the day of the race and we will start each person according to prediction (fastest person last). Person closest to predicted time who is not wearing a watch will win bragging rights.

Cost: FREE (a free shirt will be given to the first 70 people to respond. After the first 70 people, if you want a shirt it will cost $10.00. But must order before November 1st.

Food and Beverages: This will be potluck, so if you like, bring something fun! (ex. Mimosas, screwdrivers, Bloody Mary’s, muffins, cookies, etc.)

 

Kirtan

• November 19th
• Friday, 7:00 – 8:30pm
• Cost: $15

Join us for call and response singing of the many names of the Divine where we can then tap into the Universal consciousness through this devotional practice.

 

Bhakti Yoga Class

• November 19th
• Friday 6:00 – 7:00pm
• Cost: $15

Come learn more about this major branch of yoga, representing the path of self-transcending love or complete devotion to the Divine.

 

108 Sun Salutations

• 108 Sun Salutations
• Sunday Sept. 26th
• 1-3:30pm
• $30 Suggested Contribution
• Funds will support local Dog Rescue Group
• FREE Yoga Balance T-Shirt

Feel free to do as much or as little you like. We will have several teachers on hand to give you wonderful adjustments throughout the class and for RELAXATION at the end. Come together as a group to welcome a new season (Fall Equinox) and cycling through 108 sun salutations provides the opportunity for a challenging practice as well as a focused, meditative experience. The number 108 has been considered sacred for thousands of years in India and symbolizes wholeness and completion. Mala or prayer beads come as a string of 108 beads – much like the Catholic rosary. Renowned mathematicians of Vedic culture viewed 108 as a number of the wholeness of existence. This number also connects the Sun, Moon, and Earth: The average distance of the Sun and the Moon to Earth is 108 times their respective diameters. Such phenomena have given rise to many examples of ritual significance. It is also the number of stitches on a baseball… smiles.

 

Yoga Balance Grand Opening for New Location

• Sunday Sep 26th 1-5:30pm
• 1-3:30 pm
  108 Sun Salutations (register below)
• 3:30-5:30pm
  Enjoy Delicious Food from Whole Foods, Chair Massage, Henna Tattoos, Great Prizes and much more!

Proceeds from Event will benefit local Dog Rescue Groups and Pet Adoptions. Special Thanks to Stonbriar Vet Center for their Sponsorship.

 

Yin & Yang Flow

• Yin & Yang Flow
• Yin Yoga with Jill Cummings
• Saturday Sept. 18th
• 3:00 – 5:00pm
• $30

Yin and Yang describe opposites in Chinese philosophy. This class is the perfect balance between the passive and introspective aspects of Yin Yoga where postures are held promoting relaxation and restoration and the energetic and lively aspects of a Yang Yoga class where the poses are dynamic and fluid.  We will explore how to deepen our yoga practice and postures by bringing balance to these opposite energies.

 

Yin Yoga

• Yin Yoga with Jill Cummings
• Friday Sept. 17th
• 6:30-8:30PM
• $30

Yin is an introspective and passive yoga practice. This class offers an opportunity to bring peace and harmony to busy lives and active yoga practices. Yin Yoga will invite you to hold seated postures on the floor with relaxed muscles lending to the opening of the deep connective tissues of the hips, spine and shoulders. Yin yoga will help prevent loss of mobility and bone density while reducing popping of the joints and provide hydration. The meridians are subtle energy channels running through our connective tissue that correlate with the promotion of healthy liver, gall bladder, kidney, bladder, intestine, lung and heart functioning. This practice is available to practitioners of all levels and can be safe and beneficial for folks with back, hip or shoulder pain or injuries.

 

Journey to Self Transformation

• Sundays 1-3 pm
• Four week classes- September 12th, 19th & 26th… and Octoer 3rd
• Anne Schanz Ph.D.
• Suggested Donation $400 per person(one 2 hr group session each week for 4wks)
• Please contact tracycarruth@sbcglobal.net to register

Using Yoga Psychology and the Philosophy of the Himalayan Sages, you will activate a process of awakening that will cause you to become more and more conscious in your experience of life. You will learn to use simple inquiry techniques to identify and challenge the thoughts and beliefs that are driving your negative reactions and feelings.

Stress and unhappiness are just warning signals telling you that your thoughts and beliefs are not in harmony with the world. When you feel distressed and unhappy your beliefs about who you are, your expectations of others and the world are in conflict with what is. Once you clarify the discrepancies between your thoughts and your actual experience, you will see how your own unconscious inner voice is creating your misery. YOU have the power to change your thoughts, beliefs, and expectations. You can be in harmony with what is – TODAY.

YOU CAN BE HAPPY NOW.

Stop criticizing yourself and enjoy the blessings in your life. Give yourself the gifts of gratitude and compassion. Come and join Anne Schanz, Ph.D. as she begins a four week crash course in self acceptance.

Understand where your negative beliefs come from and let them go. Begin your journey to compassion for yourself and others today.

Dr. Schanz’s Journey into Holistic Health

I came to the counseling profession after a fulfilling career in corporate America. Wanting to dedicate my life to diminishing the toll that stress was taking on my friends and neighbors, I went back to school. I received my Ph.D. in counseling from the University of North Texas and began my private practice in North Dallas in 1994. Initially I could only offer traditional psychotherapy in individual, couple and group therapy formats, because that was what I knew. Those years were an incredible learning laboratory that allowed me to deepen my understanding psychopathology from the modern western medical approach.

Having been born of military parents stationed in the Panama Canal Zone and traveled extensively around the world, I was culturally initiated into global perspectives on health, healing and family dynamics. Seeing both the strengths and weaknesses of western cognitive/behavioral methods and medications, I continued to search for better solutions.

In 2003, my own health crisis changed my personal and professional life forever. Having been told that I had an incurable, degenerative kidney disease that would eventually destroy my kidneys, I went searching for alternative solutions. Through the unexpected serendipity that we all experience when in crisis, I found an energy treatment called BodyTalktm. Within three months of this therapy, my lab results had improved to almost normal ranges. Within six months my body was healed and my clinical studies verified the cure.

After this miraculous result, I began to study BodyTalktm and energy healing so that I could provide the same healing to my clients. During my studies of energy treatments, I discovered another invaluable tool called Thought Field Therapy. Astoundingly, this modality had been around for twenty years! It was “miraculously” effective for treating psychological problems (80% of the time), yet had I never heard of it! Of course, I added this to my specialties.
Next came my introduction to yoga science, Ayurveda and the science of breath. Here I found the scientific basis for all of the energy healing techniques that I had mastered. Just as the river merges into the ocean, all my therapies merged into the ocean of Ayurveda. No longer could I define my work by trademarked names, for as mighty and wonderful as they are in isolation, when they are combined in systematic order, their sum is much more powerful than any single part/therapy.

To me, Ayurveda is the mother of integrative medicine and my Combined Therapy Program is my personal culmination of all that I have learned. I am so grateful to all of my instructors and professors who greatly contributed key parts to my lifelong quest as a therapist and counselor.

 

Yoga For Kids

• 10 Week Series
• Drop-ins welcome through Nov. 11th
• Suggested Contribution: $12
• Thursday 4:30-5:30pm
• Ages 6-11

This fun yoga class, led by Mary, will help kids develop strength, flexibility and balance as well as foster awareness, teamwork, compassion and creativity

 

Kids Yoga and Art Camp

• August 9-12
• 4 Days (Mondays – Thursday)
• 1:30-4:30pm
• $150
• School Age

- Enjoy a nurturing, supportive, non-competitive atmosphere.
- Stretch and energize their bodies and minds.
- Learn to express themselves creatively.
- Practice working cooperatively in large and small groups.
- Be introduced to activities they may not have tried before.
- Learn mindfulness, self-calming techniques and relaxation.
- Develop special friendships.
- Have loads of fun!

A typical day at camp:

• Gathering activities
• Kids Yoga Class
• Main activity/project
• Snack (please provide your own because of food allergies etc.)
• Craft project and/or photo journals
• Yoga Games & Relaxation
• Closing activities

 

Partner Yoga – Acrobatic & Therapeutic Flying

Partner Yoga – Acrobatic & Therapeutic Flying
with Leanne and Leonardo

• Sunday July 25th
• 12-3:30pm
• $55 per person
• Come alone or bring a partner.
• Please make sure to pre-register for this event

This workshop is designed to introduce you to the wonderful world of basing & flying.  By working with a partner we will explore how to take our yoga practice off your mat and share it with someone else.  It involves trust, patience, communication, compassion, and most importantly LAUGHTER!  We will warm up with a partner to live Sitar Music, experience counter balances, basics of flight, therapeutic and acrobatic routines.

Workshop guided by Leanne Rogers, assisted by Leonardo Nieto Joly.

Leanne:
A Texas native, I have been living in Playa del Carmen, Mexico for the past 5 years.  I have been practicing yoga for over six years and have been teaching ever since my return from India in 2008.  Partner yoga found its way to my life and it was an instant match.  There is so much joy and laughter while practicing with a partner that teaching it became automatic.  The most enjoyable part of sharing this practice and style of playing with anybody – experienced yogi to complete beginner – is the complete joy and awe experienced by them as they find themselves upside down, sideways, or balancing someone on their feet!!

Leonardo:
Leonardo was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico to a French mother and Mexican dad.  At the young age of 14 he was drawn to go to India where he lived and studied Kundalini Yoga & Music.  His passion became the sitar and has given concerts and recitals throughout Mexico.  He is an amazing soul of peace and light.

 

Kids Yoga and Art Camp

• June 14-17
• 4 Days (Mondays – Thursday)
• 1:30-4:30pm
• $150
• School Age
• Register for this event

- Enjoy a nurturing, supportive, non-competitive atmosphere.
- Stretch and energize their bodies and minds.
- Learn to express themselves creatively.
- Practice working cooperatively in large and small groups.
- Be introduced to activities they may not have tried before.
- Learn mindfulness, self-calming techniques and relaxation.
- Develop special friendships.
- Have loads of fun!

A typical day at camp:

• Gathering activities
• Kids Yoga Class
• Main activity/project
• Snack (please provide your own because of food allergies etc.)
• Craft project and/or photo journals
• Yoga Games & Relaxation
• Closing activities

 

Radical Self-Esteem Makeover

• Mondays 11-1 pm
• Four week classes- May 3, 10, 17, 24
• Anne Schanz Ph.D.
• Suggested Donation $400 per person
  (one 2 hr group session each week for 4wks)
• Only 3 more spaces available (class limited to 8 students
  to insure the highest value and potential for students)

Using Yoga Psychology and the Philosophy of the Himalayan Sages, you will activate a process of awakening that will cause you to become more and more conscious in your experience of life. You will learn to use simple inquiry techniques to identify and challenge the thoughts and beliefs that are driving your negative reactions and feelings.

Stress and unhappiness are just warning signals telling you that your thoughts and beliefs are not in harmony with the world. When you feel distressed and unhappy your beliefs about who you are, your expectations of others and the world are in conflict with what is.  Once you clarify the discrepancies between your thoughts and your actual experience, you will see how your own unconscious inner voice is creating your misery. YOU have the power to change your thoughts, beliefs, and expectations. You can be in harmony with what is – TODAY.

YOU CAN BE HAPPY NOW.

Stop criticizing yourself and enjoy the blessings in your life. Give yourself the gifts of gratitude and compassion. Come and join Anne Schanz, Ph.D. as she begins a four week crash course in self acceptance.

Understand where your negative beliefs come from and let them go. Begin your journey to compassion for yourself and others today.

Dr. Schanz’s Journey into Holistic Health

I came to the counseling profession after a fulfilling career in corporate America. Wanting to dedicate my life to diminishing the toll that stress was taking on my friends and neighbors, I went back to school. I received my Ph.D. in counseling from the University of North Texas and began my private practice in North Dallas in 1994. Initially I could only offer traditional psychotherapy in individual, couple and group therapy formats, because that was what I knew. Those years were an incredible learning laboratory that allowed me to deepen my understanding psychopathology from the modern western medical approach.

Having been born of military parents stationed in the Panama Canal Zone and traveled extensively around the world, I was culturally initiated into global perspectives on health, healing and family dynamics. Seeing both the strengths and weaknesses of western cognitive/behavioral methods and medications, I continued to search for better solutions.

In 2003, my own health crisis changed my personal and professional life forever. Having been told that I had an incurable, degenerative kidney disease that would eventually destroy my kidneys, I went searching for alternative solutions. Through the unexpected serendipity that we all experience when in crisis, I found an energy treatment called BodyTalktm. Within three months of this therapy, my lab results had improved to almost normal ranges. Within six months my body was healed and my clinical studies verified the cure.

After this miraculous result, I began to study BodyTalktm and energy healing so that I could provide the same healing to my clients. During my studies of energy treatments, I discovered another invaluable tool called Thought Field Therapy. Astoundingly, this modality had been around for twenty years! It was “miraculously” effective for treating psychological problems (80% of the time), yet had I never heard of it! Of course, I added this to my specialties.
Next came my introduction to yoga science, Ayurveda and the science of breath. Here I found the scientific basis for all of the energy healing techniques that I had mastered. Just as the river merges into the ocean, all my therapies merged into the ocean of Ayurveda. No longer could I define my work by trademarked names, for as mighty and wonderful as they are in isolation, when they are combined in systematic order, their sum is much more powerful than any single part/therapy.

To me, Ayurveda is the mother of integrative medicine and my Combined Therapy Program is my personal culmination of all that I have learned. I am so grateful to all of my instructors and professors who greatly contributed key parts to my lifelong quest as a therapist and counselor.

 

Prenatal Yoga – 6 Week Series

• August 25th – September 29th
• Wednesdays 7:15 – 8:30pm
• Cost: $90

This class is provides great benefits for women in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters to experience a happy healthy pregnancy. Prenatal yoga helps soothes common aches and pains associated with pregnancy, reduces stress and creates overall well being. Prenatal yoga deepens the connection with your body, baby and other pregnant women in the community preparing you for childbirth and motherhood. Please get approval from your doctor/midwife before attending this yoga class. No previous yoga experience needed. All Props are provided by the studio.

Cortney Phillips, RYT 500, LMT
Cortney has been teaching prenatal yoga and Scaravelli inspired yoga since 2001. She is a licensed massage therapist focusing on therapeutic massage and is also certified in prenatal massage. In addition to those certifications she holds a Bachelors degree in psychology that she earned in 2000. Cortney has been MamasteYoga licensed since October 2003.
Click here to download a PDF that includes the ‘Health Care Provider Release Form’ you can have your physician fill out.

 

Yoga for Kids

• 6 Week Series Starts April 9
• Fridays 4:30-5:15pm
• $70
• Ages 7-11
• Register for this event

This fun yoga class, led by Mary, will help kids develop strength, flexibility and balance as well as foster awareness, teamwork, compassion and creativity.

 

Beginner Yoga

• with Tracy Carruth
• 4 Week Series Starts April 6th
• Tuesdays 7-8:00 pm
• $50
• Register for this event

This is a wonderful introduction to yoga where you will learn the fundamentals of the yoga postures, breathing and meditation.

 

Satsang with Blair Lewis

• Friday, April 2nd
• 7:00 – 8:30pm
• Suggested Donation
  to Alive and Healthy – $20
• www.aliveandhealthy.com

The yogic science of how to develop a personal philosophy and world view. This foundational process is supported by lifestyle habits that you choose to awaken and nurture – including diet, breathing, sleeping and meditation patterns.

Whether your role model is Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, Lord Rama or Parasurama, this class will teach you how to light the lamp of love in your heart and without burning yourself, nor others.

Blair Lewis is a physician assistant and the spiritual director of Alive and Healthy Institute. He was initiated as a Pandit n the 5000 year old tradition of the Himalayan Sages by his teacher, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, in 1998. He began his study and practice of yoga and meditation in 1971. Today, he continues his studies with Pandit Rajmani and the teachers of the Himalayan Institute.

 

Satsang with Blair Lewis

• Friday, February 5th
• 7:00 – 8:30pm
• Suggested Donation
  to Alive and Healthy – $15
• www.aliveandhealthy.com

Bright and Shining Armor – the Yoga of Self-Esteem

The yogic science of how to develop a personal philosophy and world view. This foundational process is supported by lifestyle habits that you choose to awaken and nurture – including diet, breathing, sleeping and meditation patterns.

Whether your role model is Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, Lord Rama or Parasurama, this class will teach you how to light the lamp of love in your heart and without burning yourself, nor others.

 

Freedom and Flight

• with Tracy Carruth
• Sunday February 21st
• 1:30-3:30pm
• $25
• Register for this event

The ability to stand on one’s head or hands
teaches us how to stand on our own two feet.

This workshop is accessible to all as both the fundamentals and variations of arm balances, inversions, jump throughs and chakrasana (backward transition) will be taught. Excite your spirit as your move your body through space with grace and ease. Find your balance as you explore your edge while keeping the mind open, accepting and clear. We will work or core strength, bandhas, breath, drishti in a fun practice that will also help to regulate the nervous system.

 

Beginner Yoga

• with Tracy Carruth and Ann Macomber
• 6 Week Series Starts January 19th
• Tuesdays 7-8:00 pm
• $80
• Register for this event

This is a wonderful introduction to yoga where you will learn the fundamentals of the yoga postures, breathing and meditation.

 

Zen Yin Workshop

• with Tracy Carruth
• Sunday January 17th
• 2-3:30pm
• $20
• Register for this event

Zen translates to meditation and Yin is a quiet, passive yoga practice. This workshop offers an opportunity to bring peace and harmony to busy lives and active yoga practices. Yin Yoga will invite you to hold seated postures on the floor with relaxed muscles lending to the opening of the deep connective tissues of the hips, spine and shoulders. Yin yoga will help prevent loss of mobility and bone density while reducing popping of the joints and provide hydration. The meridians are subtle energy channels running through our connective tissue that correlate with the promotion of healthy liver, gall bladder, kidney, bladder, intestine, lung and heart functioning. This practice will also include information on the chakras and how they relate to a balanced mind, body and spirit.

 

Yoga for Kids

• 9 Week Series Starts January15th
• Fridays 4:30-5:15pm
• $99
• Ages 7-11
• Register for this event

This fun yoga class, led by Brandie, will help kids develop strength, flexibility and balance as well as foster awareness, teamwork, compassion and creativity.

 

Kirtan & Joyful Dance

• December 4, Friday
• 7:00 – 9:00pm
• Suggested Donation: $20
• Register for this event

Kirtan is the call and response singing of the many names of God/ Goddess/ and Teachers. It is a devotional practice, a limb of Yoga, and a lifestyle all rolled into one. In singing Kirtan or Bhajan’s we celebrate all the wonderful diversity in this life, and learn to see all aspects of existence as a direct reflection of the Divine. The kirtan calls upon sacred energies which serve to quiet the mind, remove obstacles, and bring us back to the center of our being.

Following the kirtan there will be the opportunity to move our bodies and express the feelings of our soul. In the dance we can feel, move praise and heal as we connect our spirit and open to grace.

Choose now, to come and sit with us in sacred space and open your heart to love! Give this experience to yourself, you deserve it!

 

Yoga for Athletes

• 6 Week Series
• September 20th – October 25th

Whether you are a novice to yoga or an experienced yogi, an elite athlete or lacing up your first pair of running shoes this workshop series will help you discover how yoga can enhance your performance and well being. We will use the foundations of yoga to bring awareness and balance to areas affected by the repetitive strain on muscles and joints used in running and sports. This workshop will help you improve flexibility, strength, balance and mental focus.

“Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that’s the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it’s unequaled.” -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

 

Joyful Living

• Saturday, Oct 24th

Co-facilitated with Silky Hart of Expressive Hart www.expressivehart.wordpress.com. We will combine the ancient art of yoga and expressive arts to inspire joyful authentic living. The workshop will include yoga postures, breath, philosophy and meditation along with art, writing, music and movement. Explore your potential, imagination, creativity and spirit while cultivating awareness that transforms us to live fully and joyfully.

 

A FREE Day of Yoga

• Monday September 7th
• All Day Long!

Yoga Balance Studio is again participating the ‘A Free Day of Yoga’ in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Various venues throughout the entire DFW Metroplex Area. Over 50 locations with 150+ yoga classes from Midlothian to Rockwall, Denton to Waxahachie & all points in between! Classes run from 5:30 A.M. to 8:45 P.M. Yoga classes of all styles for all ages kids to seniors & even prenatal classes! All levels welcome!

 

Yoga & Wine

• Friday June 26th
• 7-8:45pm

Wind down your week with this fun flow yoga class guided by Judy Moulton with great music to soothe your soul. This workshop is inspired by David Romanelli www.yeahdave.com and there will be funny excerpts read from his new book Yeah Dave’s Guide for Livin’ the Moment.

We will move toward present moment awareness with great yoga, music, laughter and fine wine from Landon Winery www.landonwinery.com, located in the heart of Downtown McKinney, TX. This class is appropriate for all levels and we look forward to sharing this experience and creating great memories with you all.

 

Urban Detox 2009: THE BREATH

• Sunday June 7th
• 1:30-4:30pm

Join us for an amazing master class taught by Kendall Inman, RYT and Blair Lewis, PA. This class is specifically designed to offer information, inspiration and insight to cleanse and rejuvenate the pranic system of the body, through selective esoteric pranayamas that offer immediate relief from contraction, tension and stress.

Utilizing the yogic science of breath blended with modern research on the power of subtle purification, you will learn how high pranic foods and exercises will drastically improve your metabolic functions and balance your endocrine system.

 

Awaken the Spine – A back bending workshop

• Saturday May 16th
• 2-4:00pm

This back-bending workshop will be led by Karyn Force, 500-hour Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Teacher & energy therapist, and is appropriate for all levels. Awaken your spine through eastern and western movement of forward bending and back bending as well as lateral and rotational movement. The spine is designed to move in these directions to stay supple, flexible and strong. Deepen your practice through understanding the anatomical, energetic and fluid connection of each pose. The last part of the class will be focused solely on back bending postures. Practice will include how to awaken the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine while incorporating the use of your core to provide a safe and revitalizing practice.

 

Yin Yoga Teacher Training

• Saturday & Sunday
• May 2-3 2009
• 2-4pm

For yoga teachers and students interested in learning more about the teaching methodology behind the yin yoga practice.

Yin yoga is a quiet, passive yoga practice that offers the opportunity to bring balance to our busy lifestyles and harmony to our active yoga practice. Come and basque in an evening candle lit Yin Yoga class which will invite you to hold seated postures on the floor with relaxed muscles lending to the opening of the deep connective tissues of the hips, spine and shoulders. Learn about or enhance your knowledge of how this practice may open up your meridians – the channels imbedded in our connective tissue that correlate with the promotion of healthy liver, gall bladder, kidney, bladder, intestine, lung and heart functioning. This practice is available to practitioners of all levels and can be safe and beneficial for folks with back, hip or shoulder pain or injuries. Continuing education credits will be offered for Yoga Alliance Registered teachers.

 

High Flying Inversion Workshop

• Sunday Sunday, April 19th
• 2 – 4:30pm

Rejuvenate the mind and body while learning the fundamentals of arm balances, headstands, forearm stands and handstands. Excite your spirit as your move your body through space with grace and ease. Find your balance as you explore your edge keeping the mind open, accepting and clear. Enjoy a fun workshop with Tracy Carruth – ERYT, as she shares her knowledge and joy of inversions. She has practiced with many of the World’s Master Teachers and offers her experience and passion for high flying and floating.

 

Beginner’s Workshop

• Sunday March 29th

This is a great class for the absolute beginner or someone who would like to review yoga basics. We will cover yoga postures, breath, meditation and relaxation to prepare you for any Level 1 class.

 

Yoga Therapy with Christy Burnette

Four Wonderful Workshop Opportunities

Christy Burnette is Director of Yoga Education at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, Certified E-RYT 500 Anusara Yoga instructor and owner of Arizona Yoga in Scottsdale, Arizona. Christy has been a student of yoga for almost two decades, and has trained with John Friend, founder of Anusara, since 1991. Her long experience gives her an unusually rich detailed palette of teachings.

Among the first to be certified in Anusara, Christy is one of the most beloved teachers from the thriving yoga community in the western U.S. She is known for her thorough, compassionate, and rigorous mentoring of other yoga teachers. Christy’s experience includes individual and group instruction, teacher training, and therapy training. Her background also includes sports rehabilitation and personalized training for people of all levels of mobility. As a certified Anusara Teacher, Christy travels nationwide offering in-depth Yoga therapy trainings, workshops, and retreats.

Yoga the way Back to Health
• Saturday Feb 7th • 11am-1:30pm
A class designed to demystify back pain. Class to include understanding the diaphragm and how breathing affects back tension. Also included: shoulders and their relationship to the back body.

Hip, Hip Hurray!
• Saturday Feb 7th • 2:30-5pm
Learn how healthy balanced hips releases the back, creates mobility and offers ease to our walk. A full practice session of hips.

Put your Best Foot Forward!
• Saturday Feb 7th • 5-7pm
A class to address all of the foot challenges – from heel spurs to bunions! Also included: how the leg muscles and knees work in unison with the feet.

Core Connections
• Sunday Feb 8th • 11am-1:30pm
Explore the body from the inside out. Digestion, Headaches, Insomnia. Learn to balance the body from a strong and integrated core.

 

Urban Detox 2009: THE BODY

• Friday, January 16th, 2009

Join us for an amazing master class taught by Kendall Inman, RYT and Blair Lewis, PA. This class is specifically designed to offer information, inspiration and insight to cleanse the body, ignite the fire of digestion and remove old stagnant energy. Utilizing the yogic secrets of healthy living, Blair and Kendall will show you how to detoxify through diet and nutrition and offer a Vinyasa Flow Yoga class masterfully sequenced to stimulate and purify the internal organs, increase respiration, circulation and improve digestion.

 

Restorative Yoga with Brandie

• Sunday, December 14th 2008

Before the holiday, step away from the busyness of your life and explore the deep relaxation and joy of restorative yoga! Learn how to use props and stillness to find contentment and peace.

 

Yoga for Tots – With Brandie Werner

• 8 Weeks
• Octover 20th – Dec 15th 2008

Mom and child can spend time together enjoying a playful yoga class. We will explore breathing games, kid-friendly asanas, singing and relaxation. Moms, don’t underestimate how much exercise you can get doing frog hops and other children’s asanas! Give your child a foundation to become a life-long yogi and reap the benefits of good health and a joyful spirit.

 

Rhythmic Yoga with Mary Hellen

• December 5th 2008
• 7-8:00 pm
• LIVE DRUMMER will be on hand!

“It is like a long prayer that gets me in touch with my body, emotions and spirit. I breathe. I sink in. I realize where I am holding or resisting. Full natural expression comes forth. The experience is so loving, safe where the community within oneself and with others is shared.” – Mary Hellen

 

FREE YOGA with Kaitlin

• Saturday, November 29th 2008

Join us for a FREE after Thankgiving Day class! We so appreciate your support and hope to offer you an additional opportunity to practice after enjoying all those wonderful holiday meals. Kaitlin Parker is in town visiting for the holidays and is generously offering her time to teach.

 

Restorative Yoga with Brandie

• Sunday, November 16th 2008

Before the holiday, step away from the busyness of your life and explore the deep relaxation and joy of restorative yoga! Learn how to use props and stillness to find contentment and peace.

 

Kids Classes with Brandie

• Fridays, Sept 5th – Nov 14th 2008

Yoga for Kids will be taught by Brandie Werner, RYT. This will be an ten week class for children 5-10 years old. In this class children will improve their motor skills and overall fitness, develop sense awareness, foster teamwork, compassion and creativity. Brandie will lead the kids in yoga postures and games to give them an introduction to yoga at their level.

 

Kirtan with Bhakti Rudra Da

• Friday, Nov 14 2008

Kirtan is a group gathering where sacred mantras are sung together in a call and response style. It is a unique concert setting where music and singing are treated as meditation and the audience is as much a part of the band as the band members themselves.

 

Ayurvedic Healing Meditation – Cultivating Clarity

• Friday Oct 17th & Saturday Oct 18th 2008
• With Dr. Nimai Nitaidas presented by Dr. Kevin Gregg s Natural Health Matters

This two day training explores Ayurvedic Healing Meditation, placing emphasis on developing mental clarity and cultivating prana (life force) to foster emotional and physical wellness. The workshop is designed for beginners as well as experienced meditators who will discover new and different approaches to their practice. Dr. Nimai Nitaidas is the Dean and Principal Preceptor of the Dharma Institute of Yoga & Ayurveda, and has studied and practice within the Suddha and Nimananda traditions for over 35 years.

 

Meditation Workshop

• Sunday October 19th 2008

Come explore 3 styles of yoga. Rhythmic Meditation in Motion (Mary Hellen), Yoga Nidra (Tracy), Seated Meditation (Lea), and leave with a peacful mind & cheerful heart

 

FREE Day of Yoga!

FREE Day of Yoga!

• Monday September 1st 2008

Yoga Balance Studio is again participating the ‘A Free Day of Yoga’ in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Our free class times are listed above, but if you would like a full list of participating studio, click here – www.freewebs.com/dallasfreedayofyoga

The entire Dallas Fort Worth community is welcome to enjoy free yoga classes conducted by local yoga teachers on Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2008. This is a great opportunity to try yoga for the first time, try a different instructor or experience a different style of yoga. Classes will be held beginning early morning and continue into the evening – convenient for all schedules. As a grand finale to the Free Day of Yoga there will be one giant community class at One Arts Plaza in downtown Dallas. The FDOY Teachers will lead a Surya Namaskar Sun Salutation followed by a community chant. Please come enjoy yoga freely this Labor Day, take a class or two then join us for our special community event!

 

Restorative Yoga with Brandie

• Sunday, August 10th 2008

Step away from the busyness of your life and explore the deep relaxation and joy of restorative yoga! Learn how to use props and stillness to find contentment and peace.

 

Beginner Yoga Series with Lea – 6 weeks

• June 15, 22, 29
• July 13, 20, 27 2008

This is a wonderful introduction to yoga flow, the benefits and joy of the practice. We will connect breath and movement as we explore the fundamental postures for any yoga practice. This series is perfect for anyone who has never experienced yoga and even those who have but want to focus on individual poses to supplement their regular practice.

 

Ecstatic Dance with Mary Hellen

• Sunday July 12th 2008
• 7:00 – 8:00pm 2008
• LIVE DRUMMER will be on hand!
• donations welcome

“It is like a long prayer that gets me in touch with my body, emotions and spirit. I breathe. I sink in. I realize where I am holding or resisting. Full natural expression comes forth. The experience is so loving, safe where the community within oneself and with others is shared.” – Mary Hellen

 

Hips and Hamstring Workshop

• Saturday June 14th 2008
• 1-2:30 pm 2008

This workshop is designed for anyone who would like to be more open through the hips and hamstrings. Great for athletes and dancers or people who do a lot of sitting. Explore stretches and postures that aid in increasing mobility of the pelvis, helping to loosen hamstrings and open hips. This workshop will include various yoga tie stretches, specific poses which target pelvic release and partner yoga. We will end with restorative yoga and an extended relaxation. Open to all levels. Please bring a yoga strap.

Karyn Force has taught yoga exclusively for over a decade, is a 500-hour Professional-Level Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher, Ashtanga Yoga Teacher and Energy Therapist. She holds her B.A. in Psychology, and is currently pursing registered nurse certification.

 

Yoga, Art and Jazz Fest 2008

• Friday June 6th 2008
• 7-9 pm – Yoga & Art w/ Anne Royer
• 9-10 pm – Music w/ Beth Wood

We will experience a flow yoga class (Tracy Carruth & Brandie Werner) to open up our creative energy and then the talented Anne Royer (www.mckinneyartanddesign.com) will guide us into a wonderful art experience where we can translate our creativity onto paper. The class will end with restorative yoga poses lead by Brandie Werner, leaving you inspired to tap into your creativity. Immediately following the yoga and art, join us for the beautiful sounds of Beth Wood (www.bethwoodmusic.com) as she uses folk as a springboard into soul, blues and whatever else strikes her fancy!

 

Beth Wood

• website: www.bethwoodmusic.com
• email: bethwoodmusic@hotmail.com

Beth grew up in Lubbock, TX, where she was classically trained in piano, violin, harp and voice. After spending two years studying voice and piano at Brevard College in North Carolina, Beth moved on to The University of Texas, where she picked up a degree in Literature and her first guitar. While teaching herself guitar, she joined a band and became part of the Austin music scene. After a few years of playing around Austin in her band, and then in a duo, Beth kissed her day-job goodbye and returned to the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina to pursue music full-time. The natural beauty of her surroundings provided inspiration while the supportive community helped Beth to become a standout in the Asheville songwriters’ community. Now an established singer/ songwriter, she resides in Arlington, Texas while continuously touring to support her six independent releases.

 

Secrets to Flying & Floating

• May 31st 2008
• 3-5pm at the Studio
• with Tracy Carruth & Ricky Tran

Explore the secrets of inversions with Tracy Carruth – ERYT and Ricky Tran as they share their knowledge, experience and joy of inversions passed down form great master teachers. This practice is recommend for students with at least one year of practice and a desire to fly and float. CLICK HERE to visit youtube for a video clip of some of the inversions we will be working on.

 

DOGA – Yoga with your furry four-legged dog!

• May 24th 2008
• 12pm at the Studio

Dogs are the quintessential yogis having the innate ability to live in the present moment and love unconditionally. It has been proven that dogs lower anxiety and stress levels in humans which makes them the perfect partner for a practice that proves to do the same. Doga is a partner class for you and your dog guaranteed to put a smile on your face and warmth in your heart. It is a fun and relaxing way to bond with your pet and get a workout at the same time. You will learn:

• Techniques to transport your dog to a deeper level of calm through breathing, massage and gentle stretching
• Ways to include your dog and gently use him/her like a yoga prop as you move through your practice

This class is recommended for all dog lovers who love any excuse to spend time with their favorite four-legged friend. No previous yoga experience required.

 

Yoga Kid’s Class

• April 4th – May 23rd 2008
• AGES 5-7 4:00-4:40 pm
• AGES 8+ 4:45-5:30 pm

Yoga for Kids will be taught by Brandie Werner, RYT. This will be an eight week class for children 5-10 years old. In this class children will improve their motor skills and overall fitness, develop sense awareness, foster teamwork, compassion and creativity. Brandie will lead the kids in yoga postures and games to give them an introduction to yoga at their level.

 

Yin Yoga – with Jill Cummings

• Friday May 9th 2008 • 7-9pm
• Saturday May 10th • 4-6pm

Yin yoga is a quiet, passive yoga practice that offers the opportunity to bring balance to our busy lifestyles and harmony to our active yoga practice. Come and basque in an evening candle lit Yin Yoga class which will invite you to hold seated postures on the floor with relaxed muscles lending to the opening of the deep connective tissues of the hips, spine and shoulders. Learn about or enhance your knowledge of how this practice may open up your meridians – the channels imbedded in our connective tissue that correlate with the promotion of healthy liver, gall bladder, kidney, bladder, intestine, lung and heart functioning. This practice is available to practitioners of all levels and can be safe and beneficial for folks with back, hip or shoulder pain or injuries. Continuing education credits will be offered for Yoga Alliance Registered teachers.

About Jill Cummings
Jill, E-RYT/LCSW has been a student of yoga for almost ten years. After completing a 250 vinyasa teacher training as well as trainings in kids, prenatal and post-partum yoga, Jill found her passion in the practice and teaching of Yin Yoga. Living a very busy, active life in Philadelphia, after playing soccer and other rigorous sports her whole life(with chronic knee injuries), she found this practice to have profound effects on her mental, emotional, physical and spiritual self. She credits her practice of Yin Yoga with healing her chronic knee injuries and bringing her more in touch with her meditation practice and ultimately her SELF.

 

Mother & Child Yoga Class

Come connect with your child and celebrate the honor of motherhood during this mother and child yoga class. We will practice partner yoga and play fun yoga games that will bring you and your child closer physically and emotionally. The class is appropriate for elementary-aged children of both genders. No prior yoga experience is necessary.

 

World Laughter Day

• Sunday May 4th 2008
• 3-4:30pm

Come experience laughter as an exercise. This is a refreshing and innovative practice that provides a whole new approach to stress-management as well as physical and mental well-being through laughter. Must be able to laugh and breathe – no previous yoga experience needed!

When we laugh our bodies release a cocktail of hormones & chemicals that have startling positive effects on our system • Blood and all major organs are fully oxygenated leaving us bursting with energy • Blood pressure and pulse rate drops, circulation improves • Depression is lifted • High endorphin levels put us in a great mood and reduce many aches and pains • Lymphatic system is massaged • Self-confidence, communication and creativity are boosted • Stress-levels reduce by 75% or more and we become more stress-resistant in our day-to-day lives.

 

Yoga Classes for Teens

• April 26th 2008 • Yoga and the Ajna Chakra
• February 23rd 2008 • Yoga and Meditation
• January 26th 2008 • Yoga and Confidence

Yoga for Teens Workshops offered by Joanne Osborn, RYT 500. Yoga mats, a healthy snack and all supplies are included.

 

Intro to Ayurvedic Constitutional Singularity with Dr. Nimai Nitaidas

• Wednesday April 16th 2008
• 8:15-9:15pm

Dr. Nimai Nitaidas is the Dean and Principal Preceptor of the Dharma Institue of Yoga & Ayurveda, and has studied and practiced whihin the Suddha and Nimananda traditions for over 35 years. Nimai Nitaidas has been formally ordained and empowered to represent these lineages, and has taught during the past two decades in North, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. Later this year he will begin instructing a group of Ayurvedic practitioners in the Ruzizi valley of Eastern Congo, in partnership with Working Villages Internaitional, an NGO promoting the development of sustainable communities in Africa. Dr. Nitaidas was formerly a member of the faculties of Tufts University School of Medicine and Boston University School of Public Health until retiring to undertake a three-year intensive yoga and meditation retreat, completed in 2007.

About the worshop

Discover your mental, emotional, and physical tendencies and characteristics, in the context of your environment, and how this vital information can be used to avoid harm and maximize the quality of your life. The determination of Ayurvedic Singularity goes well beyound the usual dosha questionnaires, focused on disease tendaency exclusively, and includes an evaluation of your primary mental qualities, physiological factors, and physical attributes, in the context of your occupation and stage in life.

 

Beginners – 4 Week Series

• Saturdays April 5th – 26th 2008
• 11:15-12:15pm

This is a great class for students new to yoga. We will explore the basics of yoga postures, breath and meditation.

 

High Flying & Floating

• Sunday March 30th 2008
• 4-6:30pm

Rejuvenate the mind and body while learning the fundamentals of arm balances, headstands, forearm stands and handstands. Excite your spirit as your move your body through space with grace and ease. Find your balance as you explore your edge keeping the mind open, accepting and clear.

Enjoy a fun workshop with Tracy Carruth – ERYT, as she shares her knowledge and joy of inversions. She has practiced with many of the World’s Master Teachers and offers her experience and passion for high flying and floating.

 

Yoga for Lower Back Pain with Donnette

• Saturday March 8th 2008
• 7:30pm

Donations went to Outreach Through Music Scholarship Fund

Come experience and learn alignment principles to protect and strengthen the lower bank on and off the mat. Learn and experience breathing techniques to relax, release tension and manage pain. We will also explore yoga poses to improve flexibility, reducing chances for future pain or injury.

 

John Wynn and String Fever

• Saturday March 8th 2008
• 2-4:30pm

The evening featured John Wynn and String Fever www.johnwynn.com with special guest guitarist / vocalist Beth Wood www.bethwoodmusic.com

 

Beginner Yoga Flow Series 2008

• 3 Saturday’s
• January 19th & 26th / February 2nd
• 11:00-12:00

This is a wonderful introduction to yoga flow, the benefits and joy of the practice. We will connect breath and movement as we explore the fundamental postures for any yoga practice.

 

Valentine’s Yoga Class

• Sunday Feb. 10th 2008
• 4-6:30pm

We will celebrate the message of love and connection with a deep stretch yoga class including a few partner stretches and meditation. Wine and chocolate will complete the evening as we experience the joy of yoga and one another. John Wynn will also be on hand with his beautiful guitar arrangements.

 

Ecstatic Dance with Mary Hellen

• Sunday Feb. 17th 2008
• 2-4:00pm

“It is like a long prayer that gets me in touch with my body, emotions and spirit. I breathe. I sink in. I realize where I am holding or resisting. Full natural expression comes forth. The experience is so loving, safe where the community within oneself and with others is shared.” – Mary Hellen

 

FREE Holiday Yoga Classes

• Friday Dec. 14th 2007
• 9:30am class & 5:45pm class

Please join us at either 9:30am and 5:45pm yoga class as our teachers share a holiday gift of free yoga with refreshments to follow. We will be co-teaching both classes to offer you the best gifts from our teachers.

 

What is Enlightenment?

• Saturday, Nov 3rd
• 1-3 pm

The workshop will be led by Jordan Shafer

This will be a workshop on what enlightenment is from a Vedanta point of view. It will cover how enlightenment is knowledge, not emotion, along with the three stages of enlightmentment. The practical use of enlightment in everyday life will be included. Questions and group participation will be invited. A guided meditation designed to experience your whole and complete limitless awareness will be included in the workshop.

Vedanta is a profound body of knowledge on the nature of reality based in the Upanishads, which are Sanskrit text and part of the Hindu scriptures. As such, it is a proven method of Self realization and a means of Self knowledge, the purpose of which is to erase ignorance of one’s true nature, the Self. It is the desire of all people to be free of limitation and only by understanding that one is the Self can this desire be realized.

Jordan Shafer

Jordan Shafer is a licensed professional counselor with a masters degree in Counseling and Development who helps people unite Western psychology with ancient traditions to enhance results. In his private practice, Jordan has created a unique combination of three counseling approaches, Nondual Wisdom, Focusing and EMDR, that are collectively very different from traditional mental health counseling. This approach to emotional well-being is one which people are finding very beneficial.

Jordan has been a serious student of spirituality for the past six years having done an in-depth study of the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now, and Michael Brown, The Presence Process. He has also attended workshops and intensives with Eckhart Tolle, Pamela Wilson, Adyashanti and Francis Lucille (Western “Direct Path” teachers) to experience their presence and learn from them directly. Currently, he is delving into the teachings of Vedanta, an Eastern “means of knowledge”, under the guidance of James Swartz www.shiningworld.com. He is finding Vedanta to be the foundation from which all the other teachings arise and the clearest most direct path to freedom and liberation from the limited self.

 

Gifts and Gratitude from Italy

• Sunday Oct. 28th
• 4-6:30pm

Straight from my Yoga and Wine Retreat in Italy I will be offering gifts for the body, mind and spirit as we connect with gratitude for our lives. I will be sharing my new appreciation for Italy and extending this beautiful experience with you through a yoga flow practice with live music that will soothe your soul. Then enjoy a guided meditation to relax your mind followed with Italian wine, cheese, bread and olive oil to rejuvenate the body uniting all to One with deep appreciation for the gifts and gratitude of Life.

Gifts and Gratitude was inspired by Dave Romanelli www.yeahdaveyoga.com and Angela Gargano www.blissflowyoga.com Please visit their websites if you would like more information about additional exciting workshops & events.

 

High Flying & Floating Workshop

• September 23rd
• 2 – 4 pm
• $25 when you register before Sept 23rd / $30 on day of workshop

Rejuvenate the mind and body while learning the fundamentals of arm balances, headstands, forearm stands and handstands.
Excite your spirit as your move your body through space with grace and ease. Find your balance as you explore your edge keeping the mind open, accepting and clear.

Enjoy a fun workshop with Tracy Carruth as she shares her knowledge and joy of inversions. She has practiced with many of the World s Master Teachers and offers her experience and passion for high flying and floating.

 

1st ever Global Mala Project

• September 23rd
• Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
• Following the Texas Rangers baseball game which takes place at 2:05

Join in for the 1st ever Global Mala Project www.globalmala.org being held here in Dallas at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on September 23rd!!! Joanna Waller of lululemon athletica, Dallas Yogini Leanne Hall, Flower Mound Yogini Adri Kyser and The Texas Rangers are joining efforts, with the hopes that you will join together with us, to create this transformational event for the good of each other, our community, our global community and our planet. Our powerful and positive event will be held at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington following the Texas Rangers baseball game which takes place at 2:05 pm that afternoon against Baltimore.
If you are unfamiliar with the Global Mala the reason is because this is the first one to ever take place – how exciting! Global Mala is being spearheaded by Shvia Rea www.shivarea.com who is rallying studios and practitioners of all styles of Yoga from all around the world to participate in this amazing event.

 

Introduction to Buddism

• September 9th
• 1 – 2:30 pm

Main focus of this discussion event will be teachings of Buddha. So if you are interested in philosophy, Eastern cultures, or just some interesting stories, come and join us at this relaxed, informal event.

 

A Free Day of Yoga!

• Labor Day
• September 3rd
• Both Evening Classes are FREE!

Classes of all styles will be offered at Yoga Studios, Fitness Facilities, Wellness and Retirement Centers throughout the entire Dallas Metroplex. Fun from sunrise to sunset, from south Dallas to McKinney, Grapevine to Denton!

There is a class for everyone from kids to seniors – all levels are welcome to participate in the Free Day of Yoga classes. At the end of the day, join us at 6pm for a Yoga Demonstration and Community Class Finale at the new One Arts Plaza in Dowtown Dallas! The free day of classes will be held at more than 35 locations. For a complete listing of classes, times, and locations, click here www.freedayofyoga.com Special drawings and discount coupons will be available at all locations for all participants on September 3rd!

 

Yoga Balance Studio’s One Year Anniversary in New Location!

• Friday, July 27th , 2007
• 5:45 PM – 9 PM

Come join in the fun with friends as we celebrate Yoga Balance Studio’s one-year anniversary in its Downtown McKinney location. Pizza, wine & live music John Wynn! If you would like to bring something to share with the pizza wonderful, if not please just bring yourself enjoy the evening!
There is a class for everyone from kids to seniors – all levels are welcome to participate in the Free Day of Yoga classes. At the end of the day, join us at 6pm for a Yoga Demonstration and Community Class Finale at the new One Arts Plaza in Dowtown Dallas!

There will be 5:45 Fun Flow class follow by the anniversary celebration. Live music will be on hand… we’ll be announce that in the near future!

 

Intention and Desire

• Saturday, June 9, 2007
• 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
• $35.00

Sometimes it seems that despite our best intentions we find ourselves responding in reactionary ways that frustrate us and make us wonder if we are really making any progress  on our journey towards enlightenment. Perhaps there may even be times when we experience bouts with anger, sadness or depression that make us wonder whether the practices are working or not. In this workshop, we will investigate some practices that will help us to stay aligned with our most elevated intentions and help us begin to discover the ultimate reality that happiness is found within and not as a result of external situations and things. In addition to mudra meditation, Sanskrit chanting and scriptural study, prepare for a challenging and uplifting vinyasa asana practice.

 

Let the World’s Fastest Reader Unlock the Secrets of Creation for You

• Saturday, April , 2007
• 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
• Donations Appreciated
• led by Howard Berg

Imagine your most important questions about God, creation, and existence answered in a single evening! Reading an astounding 80 pages per minute, Howard Stephen Berg has brought together from over 5,000 books and a lifetime of personal research the information that answers these questions and more:

• What is the purpose of life
• Who and What is God
• How can we identify and achieve our personal purpose
• We use them to become all we are capable of becoming
• What tools are available for controlling our thoughts and emotions
• What was the purpose of Atlantis, Lemuria, and other ancient civilizations
• What is the soul and how can we contact it
• What is the basis for psychic healing and powers and how can we develop these abilities

This is the course you’ve been waiting for that provides solid down to earth answers to your questions that you can put to immediate and practical use.

 

Spring into Health and Wellness with Arbonne & Yoga Balance

• Saturday, March 31, 2007
• 11 AM – 1 PM
• Hosted by Arbonne Independent Consultants
• Tracy Carruth & Angie Burke

With the warm weather comes a renewing of the earth and spirit… NOW is the time for you to discover Arbonne’s revolutionary products. They are botanically-based, hypoallergenic, dermatologist-tested, and pH correct. They contain NO mineral oil, animal products or by-products, artificial dyes or fragrances and they are NEVER tested on animals!

There is something for everyone

Anti-aging skin care and sunscreen, hair products, aromatherapy, nutrition and weight management and even a pediatrician-tested baby care line. Also, the Vegan-certified cosmetics will be available for you to select your beautiful, custom color palette! Please stop by the studio to see all that Arbonne has to offer you! Bring a friend and receive a FREE product! Prize drawings and giveaways!

 

Budakon Workshop with Cameron Shayne

• Saturday, January 20, 2007
• 6:30 – 8:30 PM

The Physical Practice

The Budokon physical practice draws upon ancient and modern yogic and martial arts styles. The foundation of the budokon physical practice is precision, alignment and zen mind. All Budokon techniques are designed to explore the bodies full range of motion. The practice dances between agility, control, speed, power, balance & flow. The physical practice is divided into two themes: The Budokon Yogic Series, and the Budo Series. Both themes constantly draw from and depend on each other. The Budokon Yogic series was heavily influenced by Iyangar and Ashtanga yogic techniques and alignment. The focus is on control, calm, power and precision. These techniques are uniquely different from traditional hatha in the sense that they not only work to improve range of motion and strength, but they also explore the bodies ability to sustain another persons body weight as well. The Budokon Budo series is a combination of standing and ground techniques drawn primarily from Okinawan Karate, Gracie jiu-jitsu, and Olympic style Taekwondo. The objective of this series is to teach agility, power, focus and flow in the body and mind.

The Zen Practice

The Budokon Zen practice is seated meditation. Zen is about single minded living. Zen is about freedom from our own ideas. This practice is the foundation of Budokon and weaves its way through everything we do.

 

Celebrate Yoga Day USA

• January 27, 2007
• 2:00 PM
• Allen Civic Auditorium

Tracy Carruth will teach a yoga class and provide the history, benefits and how to find the right yoga teacher for you. Thank you, Amanda Lunn for all your work on this workshop.

 

Parents Night Out

• Saturday, December 9, 2006

Just in time for holiday shopping, parties, or dinner out. Parents night out includes yoga, games, crafts, and pizza! $20 (siblings $10)

 

The Five Tibetan Workshop

• Sunday, December 10, 2006
• 2:30 – 3:45 PM

Just in time for the holidays and New Year, the Five Tibetans are yoga postures that will provide you with vitality, strength, and suppleness with minimum time and effort. The Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth by Peter Kelder speaks about these postures originating from the Himalayas and their ability to regulate the energy centers of the body and endocrine system to produce health and slow the process of aging. Suggested donation $10

 

Meditation Workshop

• Sunday, November 5, 2006
• 2 – 3:30 PM

We will explore a 45 minute Yoga Nidra-an ancient and life-changing approach to complete relaxation. Unlike other sitting meditation techniques, you rest on your back. There you are guided into various techniques that allow you to reach the state of complete effortlessness and awaken your potential for greatness. We will also explore other meditation techniques that will give us tools to move into the holidays with more peace and joy. Suggested donation $10

 

Christianity and Yoga

• Sunday, October 22, 2006
• 1:30 – 3:30 PM

Please join Joanne Osborn for a discussion on everything you have ever wanted to ask about yoga and Christianity. Donations appreciated.

 

State Bar of Texas 2006 Bench Bar Conference

• September 29, 2006

Thanks for allowing me to share the yoga practice at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Marble Falls, Texas.

 

Yoga Kids Night Out

• Saturday, April 29, 2006
• 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM.

Kids will enjoy yoga, pizza, fun, and games while parents enjoy an evening out. Cost is $20 per child and $15 for siblings. Ages K – 5th grade. Must register by April 26, 2006.

 

Partner Yoga

• September 29, 2006

Bring a friend, spouse, or partner and deepen your connection between body, mind, and spirit. Partner yoga releases stress and tension, increases flexibility, awakens compassion and loving kindness.
Thanks for allowing me to share the yoga practice at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Marble Falls, Texas.

 

Free Restorative Yoga Class

• Friday, December 30, 2005

Please join us in this deeply relaxing class that is sure to melt away the tension of the holidays and restore, renew, and revive you for the New Year!

 

Restorative Yoga Class

• December 13, Sunday
• 1:30-3:00pm
• Donations Welcome
• Register for this event
• With Brandie Werner
• Space is limited, please reserve your spot

For the holidays give yourself the gift of rest, relaxation and rejuvenation. Restorative Yoga is soothing to the soul as well supported poses offer us the opportunity to rest mindfully for a few moments and savor the beauty of life. These poses leave us nourished and well rested… the perfect practice to balance the business of the holiday season. These postures are usually deeply supported by blankets, blocks, or other props and are held for several minutes at a time. Please bring any extra blankets or props to use for your practice.

 

Yoga for Athletes

• September 20th – October 25th
• 6 Week Series
• Cost: $120

Whether you are a novice to yoga or an experienced yogi, an elite athlete or lacing up your first pair of running shoes this workshop series will help you discover how yoga can enhance your performance and well being. We will use the foundations of yoga to bring awareness and balance to areas affected by the repetitive strain on muscles and joints used in running and sports. This workshop will help you improve flexibility, strength, balance and mental focus.

 
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