Please bring a digital or disposable camera
to the workshops. This will help immensely as you
take notes.
Renee DeTar, RYT 500 Anatomy - NEW Perspectives
of Alignment Plus Vocal Skills: Becoming an Exceptional
Teacher/Student of Yoga
Friday and Sat., June 20 and 21, 2008 With
Renee founded of our sister school in Wichita, Kansas.
A 22-year practitioner, she is certified at many levels
of energy therapies and holds her M.A. in Liberal Studies
and B.A. in Education from Wichita State University.
Renee reviews yoga teacher trainer applications across
the United States and Europe for Yoga Alliance. Her
primary yoga teacher is Aadil Palkhivala, and for the
last 17 years has continued her study with him and
assists in teacher trainings in the U.S. and London.
She is an endearing friend, a wonderful mother, and
one of our personal favorite yoga teachers.
The weekend allows us to absorb
form and function of the muscles & skeleton and
major joints in asana, while combining both lecture
and practice of postures, we move to deeper work:
Friday, June 20, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Principles of Alignment.
Understanding the bio mechanical principles of alignment
set the skilled teacher apart from the rest. Optimal
alignment attunes us to the deep order of the organic
body, in turn expanding awareness injury prevention.
As BKS Iyengar says, the body is the most important
vehicle for ultimate feedback to our physical, mental,
and emotional body and ultimately to our souls. We
practice asana in standing, twisting, forward bending,
backward bending, and inversion.
Friday, June 20, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Bio mechanics of Movement in Asana.
The skilled teacher of yoga knows more than how to
take a pose but knows the subtle “Movements” which
create space, alignment, energy and balance. For
example, many new teachers fail to teach the movement
of the coccyx in Trikonasana. Renee will take us
through the key movements in fundamental postures
that students need to be strong and stable.
Sat., June 21, 9:30 to Noon
Principles of Safe Adjustments for healthy or hurting
student.
The exceptional teacher of yoga trust the knowledge:
Speak, Show, Touch. When touch is proper and safe
and honored with integrity to do no harm , we lift
our students to new levels of integration and awareness.
Renee shows us how to help common injuries to the
a. knees b. hamstrings. c. complaints of sciatica
and back pain and d. shoulder injury or soreness.
What is going on that you need to know from the anatomical
bone and muscle and nerve perspective? Renee’s
clear instruction in helping these challenges give
you knowledge you will use for life.
Sat., June 21, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Principles of Voice and Pacing.
Yes our voice has a lot to do with anatomy. Once
the new teacher of yoga understands how to use the
Bio mechanics of speech, the voice projects with
authority and clarity. In this session, you will
be asked to demonstrate a standing posture such as
Tadasana or Virabhadrasana II and practice teaching
to become more skilled and confident.
Attendance at all sessions required for teacher’s
training. Fee of $255 paid by May 25 DOES
NOT INCLUDE the book. Pre-order from Amazon or direct
from publisher: The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga; Scientific
Keys Volume I, by Ray Long MD; 2006 3rd edition; www.bandhayoga.com.
Individual classes are $80
Each for those wishing to attend only part of this
workshop. Cost after May 25 or at the door is $270,
no exceptions. Fee includes final take-home
examination, grading and feedback on the exam.
Doug Keller
Awaken Your Yoga to More Health & Freedom
July 24, 25, 26, 2008
The body has its own natural design and intelligence, and
we need only to bring the body to a place where it can 'remember'
and re-establish its own wisdom, even as it continues to
face its own structural, genetic or trauma-induced challenges.
This perspective upon health and healing is the larger understanding
of yoga.
‘Realization’ is the profound recognition of
the divine wisdom at the core of our being. Yoga is the process
of this unfolding. We focus on structural therapeutic issues
having to do with muscles and joints. We expand our horizons
to look into the therapeutic value of pranayama (breath work)
and meditation.
Doug has long been a favorite guest of The Yoga Studio,
and always offers a rich and bountiful experience of yoga.
See his bio below.
Teacher’s Training Day Thursday
July 24 Learn to Sequence Successful Classes 9:30 a.m. to
Noon
Philosophy: Ayurveda Principles – Elements, Doshas & Gunas
2:00 to 4:30 pm
In morning Teacher’s Training we rely upon Doug’s
insights to formulate new and powerful sequencing targeting
the spine, hips and shoulders. The body has a few basic postural
patterns that are showing up with greater frequency in our
contemporary world. These are easily recognizable, as well
as the imbalances they typically create, and there are well-defined
sets of exercises and asanas that directly address these
imbalances. Plus, we will work hands on adjustments on one
another, learning to spot misalignment with our eyes and
senses.
In the afternoon, we bring back Doug’s delightful
presentation on Ayurvedic knowledge of the how Earth, Water,
Air and Fire inter-relate to the doshas of Kapha, Pitta,
and Vata. He leads us to understand how emotions, diet, movement,
prana, asana and life style work together to add ever increasing
quality of life. Doug’s presentation of this complex
philosophy will make it clear as a bell and easy to interpret
for every day living and help you to pass it on to your students
with greater understanding and clarity. $140 day
fee
“In meditation, 98% of the transformation
you create you are not aware of.”
--Doug Keller,
2007 KC Workshop
ALL LEVEL YOGA WORKSHOP
Friday July 25, 2008
Agni – The Transformative Power of Prana, 9:30-12:00
pm
Deeper actions of the hips and shoulders direct the awakened
energy toward the central channel allowing deeper forward
and back-bending.
Ajna Chakra: The Passport Office $70
All levels inversions, and how to go farther to
fulfill your spiritual potential
Ayurveda Tradition of Prana
Friday, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
All levels practice focuses on Soma, the moonlike aspect
of prana, cultivating the energy in the pelvis. Learn specific
practices of pranayama and the supporting bandhas, both explained
as helpful lead-ins to meditation. We will cover a range
of techniques drawn from the tantras. This will be especially
helpful as a basis for visualizations that speak to you personally
as the best way to take you deeper into your meditation practice.
Powerful techniques of chakra meditation will be included. $65
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Intention and Awakening: the Chakras 9:30 to Noon
At the core of our being, yoga touches the deepest level
of our physical, emotional and spiritual vitality, awakening
new vitality, perception that takes us forward in the unfolding
of our lives. Through the doorway of work with the psoas
as well as the feet, we establish a new sense of grounding,
clarity and inner freedom. We explore the path of emotions
in yoga practice, and the power of intention in asana for
unfolding the power of the chakras, particularly the heart
chakra. $70
teaches yoga classes and trainings in the Washington, D.C.
area at the Health Advantage Yoga Center in Herndon, Virginia
and at Willow Street Yoga in Takoma Park, Maryland, as well
as at other locations in the U.S. and Europe.
Doug's asana sessions present a steady flow that has a
lively yet meditative quality in the true spirit of yoga.
His clear, jargon-free instruction allows you to obtain greater
integrity, opening, freedom and expansion in the postures
and you will be challenged but not exhausted. Whether you
practice Ashtanga, Hatha or Iyengar or Anusara yoga, you
will enjoy and appreciate Doug's classes.
Doug has a degree in philosophy from at Georgetown University,
a Master's Degree in Philosophy from Fordham University.
He was teaching college-level philosophy courses at Fordham
when he met the renowned meditation master, Swami Muktananda.
Doug says, "Through his example and teaching I saw that
any pursuit of wisdom cannot be purely intellectual, but
must be grounded in practice and experience. I began with
the practice of meditation, and was introduced to Hatha yoga
in 1985. In 1986 I traveled to India to spend the next seven
years there studying yoga in all its aspects in Gurudev Siddha
Peeth, the ashram and international retreat center for learning
yoga and meditation established by Swami Muktananda in the
countryside outside of Bombay."
Judith Lasater
Thurs., Fri., Sat., October 23 -25
USING YOGA TO HELP WITH ANXIETY, ANGER
AND DEPRESSION: Theory And Practice
Judith H. Lasater, Ph.D., Physical Therapist and internationally
known yoga teacher, has taught yoga since 1971. She is the
founder of the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco as
well as Yoga Journal magazine. Ms. Lasater frequently trains
teachers in virtually every state and is often an invited
guest at international yoga conventions. She is president
of the California Yoga Teachers’ Association as well
as the author of numerous books and articles on yoga and
health. She is the author of Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga
for Stressful Times, Living Your Yoga: finding the spiritual
in everyday life, Yoga For Pregnancy, Yoga Abs, 30 Essential
Yoga Poses, and A Year of Living Your Yoga.
ANXIETY, ANGER AND DEPRESSION
YOGA SESSION
Two Sessions: Thursday & Friday
Many people in our culture suffer from anxiety, anger and/or
depression. This workshop will combine the Western theories
about these conditions with a brief introduction to what
Ayurveda (the Indian science of medicine) teaches as well.
We will practice the asanas and pranayamas that can be helpful.
How much yoga do you need to be free of anger, anxiety,
and depression? We'll explore this question by combining
a philosophical discussion and asana practice, with the aim
of bringing sweetness, humor, and clarity into our lives.
Background: Ayurveda is one of the oldest
systems of natural health care, originating in the ancient
traditions of India over 5,000 years ago. Now considered
one of the leading forms of holistic medicine available in
the ‘West, it addresses all factors that influence
the quality of our lives. The term Ayurveda combines two
Sanskrit words—ayur, which means life, and veda, which
means science of knowledge. The principles of Ayurveda state
that nothing exists in isolation, so that everything you
interact with, your diet, family, work or relationships,
has an effect on your health and wellbeing. One guiding principle
of Ayurveda is that mind and body are connected and that
the mind has a profound influence over our health and well-being.
While conventional Western medicine is still grounded in
the paradigm of mind-body separation, Ayurveda holds that
health is more than the absence of disease; it is a dynamic
state of balance and integration of body, mind, and spirit.
Thursday, Oct.
23. Teacher’s Training (Open to all serious
yoga students as well) 10 a.m. to l2:30 and 3 to 5:30 p.m. $l60
Friday, Oct. 24. l0 a.m. to l2:30 p.m. Active practice of standing,
backbends, standing, twisting or other asana known to shift
the brain’s chemistry to lift anxiety and depression. $80
Friday, Oct 24. 3 to 5:30 p.m. Restorative practice reviewed Relax & Renew
principles to counter fatigue. $80
Saturday, Oct 25. 10 to 2:30 p.m. Advanced Work in Restorative Yoga.
This invaluable session will include inversions as used
in restorative yoga, including shoulder balance and Halasana.
We will sequence the session to open the heart more to
our true self and true nature of balance between mind,
body, and emotion. $ll0
*Whole Weekend Fee Paid before Sept. 20: $325 or
$375 at the door or priced as marked for individual classes.
**Bring your props: blankets, bolsters, strap,
eye pillow and sticky mat.
***This Workshop Fulfills the Requirement of philosophy
needed for teacher’s certification and Yoga Alliance.
We
are honored to present 2009’s New Year Intensive:
Purna Yoga with Aadil Palkhivala
February 5, 6, 7, 2009
Thursday, February 5 Teacher’s Training 12-4pm
Noon- 1:00pm
Opening Lecture Expanding Exponential Success as a Yoga Instructor
in the 21st Century
During this opening lecture Aadil will set the tone for
the weekend and share his incredible insights about abundance
and prosperity for those who are on the spiritual journey
of yoga. Highly gifted, yet humble, Aadil will inspire us
to create stronger and clearer choices for our success. In
one of his keynote addresses at a Yoga Journal conference,
he left a new legacy for all sincere teachers to follow when
he talked about the importance of both spiritual and material
prosperity. Welcome to an extraordinary gathering that promises
to bring light and knowledge that will help to change our
lives for the greater good and for our purpose here on Earth.
1:l5 - 4:00p.m.
Feeling the Heart in Standing Poses
“ Yoga is to be lived,” says Purna yoga co-founder
Aadil. Our wonderful teacher shares from his heart and will
inspire and remind us of the true meaning of yoga. Aadil
and his wife, Mirra, started the College of Purna Yoga, in
Bellevue, WA, to address the bigger picture of yoga. Rather
than practice asana for the sake of perfecting asana, he
encourages us to find our dharma, our life’s purpose,
through the study of asana, philosophy, meditation and lifestyle.
While asana is important, its true purpose is to help the
body become a better vehicle for our spirit. “Why do
we practice?” Aadil asks. “We practice for the
exploration, discovery, and fulfillment of our dharma.” Our
dharma is to embody our soul.
In this session, enjoy the non-ending camaraderie of our
beloved teacher as he guides us. He will teach how healing
our self helps us to have better relationships with others,
our family, the earth, and our food. He will talk about life
being our greatest mirror and how throughout our lives we
are given opportunities for success and healing. He will
show us how to open the ribs and chest to expand the feeling
of love in the Heart Center, as well as help us open to the
life force energy of the heart.
“ Going on around us is a magnificent cosmic evolution
of which we are all a part, maybe pulled into it kicking
and screaming,” he has said. “But if we choose
to participate the suffering will end.”
Welcome to one of our most outstanding teacher trainings
of this decade. Open to advanced students, teachers and teachers
in training. Teacher Training Intensive: $l70
6:30 – 8:30pm
Earth and Aspiration in Purna Yoga
Purna Yoga is a living and breathing creation. Each time
we practice yoga we have an opportunity for our spirit to
merge with our physical body. Each moment of being is a new
moment. As practitioners of yoga, each time we come to the
mat we should start our practice as if we have never practiced
before. When the yoga practice becomes the same, a numbness
enters our being and we become robotic. Yoga is intended
to reveal to us our weaknesses and our strengths. Yoga is
intended to help us unfold and grow. Most importantly, yoga
is intended to cultivate awareness and sensitivity.
In this workshop Aadil will Purna Yoga touch three important
aspects of Purna Yoga:
Aspiration for the Divine
Surrender of the ego to the soul
Rejection of all obstructions to the path of total transformation
“ Purna” means “complete,” and
Purna Yoga distills and integrates the vastness of yoga into
an invaluable set of tools for transformation and healing.
Reminding us that yoga is far more than a system of exercise,
Purna Yoga offers wisdom and techniques for the union of
the body and the mind with the spirit. Using awareness, precision,
and concentration, Purna Yoga inspires the evolution from
our lower nature to our Divine Self. Purna Yoga is the art
of loving yourself by living from the heart.
The lineage of Purna Yoga is based on the teachings of Sri
Aurobindo and The Mother, the Vedas, Patanjali, B.K.S. Iyengar,
and the systems of Ayurvedic, Chinese and Western nutrition,
synthesized by the personal experience of Aadil Palkhivala
and Mirra, the founders of Purna Yoga. With its roots in
the past and its reach into the future, Purna Yoga is here
to help create the world which we have all dreamed of.
This class contains lecture, asana, and meditation. $80 All
levels welcome.
Friday, February 6
10:00am – 12:00pm
The Beauty of the Purna Power Yoga Series
The Purna Power Yoga Series comprises smooth, flowing movements
coordinated with the breath with a thoughtfully arranged
set of poses. This series will help remove blockages and
cultivate external strength and internal power. Prepare to
work deeply and rest deeply afterward. For students with
six months' experience. Bring a mat, strap, and block. Mostly
asana. $80
2:00 - 4:00pm
Restoratives in Purna Yoga™
“ The magic of Purna Yoga becomes apparent when you
realize it has moved out from the yoga studio to touch and
enrich your whole life,” writes Aadil. “You begin
to notice changes in the way you react to events at work
and situations at home. With aches and pains no longer nagging
you, with your nervous system in the state of calmness, and
with your mind free of congested or frantic thoughts, you
find you are able to respond to life quite differently from
the way you once did.”
Welcome to this most extraordinary restorative series.
Allow it to change you! $80
6:00 - 7:30pm
The Masculine and Feminine Nature of Pranayama in Purna Yoga™
What is yin (feminine)? What is yang (masculine)? In the
breath, what is up and what is down? How does the prana release
fully into all body systems, the mind and heart? Allow this
gifted teacher to enlighten your breathing practice. Allow
the magic to unfold. All are welcome. All levels including
students who may be auto-immune challenged or weak. $65
Saturday, February 7
l0:00am – 1:00pm
From the Root & Up: Hip Openers, Twists and Forward bends
in Purna Yoga™
The body loves to move. Unfortunately, we often get stuck
in our hips, legs and feet. Aadil will help us align and
find new space in these over-used, dull or weak areas. He
will prepare us first with stretching and then with strengthening.
You will make your spine and legs stronger, giving you more
freedom of movement. You will explore your connection to
the Earth and learn to connect you’re your hips, legs
and feet with loving kindness. Even as we work in asana,
this is a playful workshop to make our bodies feel happier.
When the body is happy, our whole mind and spirit becomes
happier too! Walk in dragging….leave skipping and singing. $90
Entire Workshop Paid in Advance by Jan 8: $350 (No exceptions
on deadline.)
Aadil's
experience of holistic healing was originally prenatal, his
mother having practiced yoga with B.K.S. Iyengar throughout
her pregnancy. Aadil began observing Iyengar's classes at
the age of three, formal study at the age of seven, and was
awarded his Advanced Yoga Teacher's Certificate at the age
of 22. Integrating his insights as well as the work of Sri
Aurobindo and the Mother of Pondicherry, India into his teaching
of yoga, Aadil is recognized as one of the world's top yoga
teachers.
In addition, Aadil holds degrees in law, physics,
mathematics, is a certified Shiatsu and Swedish bodywork
therapist, a clinical hypnotherapist, a prominent public
educator and powerful speaker. He is a federally licensed
Naturopath and an Ayurvedic Health Science Practitioner recognized
as a professional specialist by The American Ayurvedic Association.
Aadil has won awards in painting, operatic singing, elocution,
and Japanese flower arrangement. He continues to study yoga,
nutritional cooking, carpentry, music, photography, and a
multitude of healing arts. His all-inclusive style of teaching
yoga is named after Sri Aurobindo's "Purna Yoga."
Aadil and his wife, Mirra, are the founders
of Purna Yoga™, a holistic synthesis of yogic traditions
based on the work of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
Aadil and Mirra also founded Yoga Centers
in Bellevue, Washington, and The College of Purna Yoga, a
200-hour, 500-hour and Certificate-Level teacher training
program licensed by the State of Washington and Yoga Alliance
Certified. Aadil teaches classes, teacher trainings, and
workshops at Yoga Centers and throughout the United States,
Canada, Mexico, Europe, India, and other parts of Asia.
Aadil is the author of Fire of Love: For Students
of Life and Teachers of Yoga. Aadil has written extensively
for Yoga Journal, having been the Asana Columnist in 2003
and author of the Teacher’s Column for the website,
as well as the “Asana Expert” for both the magazine
and the website. He is frequently a keynote speaker at national
events.
Aadil is the president and founder of the
Eastern Essence Corporation™, an organic, Ayurvedic
food line. He works diligently with people who desire a better
quality of life through a humanistic approach to wealth and
health. He lives with Mirra and their teenage daughter, Zenia,
in Bellevue, Washington.
“Moving
from the Organs”
Judith Lasater Intensive
October 29, 30, and 31 2009
We often focus on practicing our poses from
the spine, arms and legs. But the ancient teachings of yoga
also dealt with the opening and quieting the organs of the
body, like the heart, kidneys and liver that are found in
the “kunda” or vessel holding these organs.
During this workshop we will focus on specific
poses that create a healthy balance of the organs in the
chest and abdomen, as well as explore the theories of why
they work. All types of poses will be studied, including
backbends, inversions, forward bends and twists. We will
also spend some time on specific therapeutic applications
that will be immediately applicable to ourselves and to our
students. We will begin each day with a focus intention and
then go directly to practicing Active poses. In the afternoon
we will practice Quiet poses, meditation and pranayama. Throughout
the workshop we will return our awareness to stabilizing
and balancing from the inside as well as how to teach others
to do so.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Students with Six Months Experience or Teacher’s Training
10 a.m. to l2:30 and 3 to 5:30 p.m. $l70
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
l0 a.m. to l2:30 p.m. Active practice for the organs in the
chest and abdomen and other asana known to create vital
flow of energy, blood, Prana and health to the body’s
organs. $80
Friday, Oct 30, 2009
3 to 5:30 p.m. Restorative practice adhering to Relax & Renew
principles. $80
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009
9:30 to l2:30 p.m. “Advancing” Work in Restorative
Yoga. This invaluable session will include inversions as
used in restorative yoga, including shoulder balance and
Halasana. $ll0
*Whole Weekend Fee Paid before September
l5, 2009: $340 (No exceptions on pre-pay deadline) or priced
as marked for individual classes.
**Bring your props: blankets, bolsters,
strap, eye pillow and sticky mat.
Doug Keller
Doug
Keller 
Aadil's
experience of holistic healing was originally prenatal, his
mother having practiced yoga with B.K.S. Iyengar throughout
her pregnancy. Aadil began observing Iyengar's classes at
the age of three, formal study at the age of seven, and was
awarded his Advanced Yoga Teacher's Certificate at the age
of 22. Integrating his insights as well as the work of Sri
Aurobindo and the Mother of Pondicherry, India into his teaching
of yoga, Aadil is recognized as one of the world's top yoga
teachers. 