9/4/09
Dear Student,
I hope you are well and enjoying this late summer season.
As I begin another season and series of Yoga classes I hope to see you soon. As
always I invite any and suggestions about what you wish to see in classes and
workshops in the coming year..
The fall class schedule begins on Tuesday 9/8/09with the Yoga Basics class in
Guilford. The new schedule is attached;. More detailed description and
class info is available on my website:
www.creativeedgeyoga.com.
Ana and Ravi are back! By popular demand, Your Community Yoga Center, LLC
and I are again sponsoring another in a series of Kundalini Yoga Workshops
with master teachers, Ravi Singh and Ana Brett. This latest entry, entitled:
”Spiral
Fire!------Kundalini Yoga to Transform Your Body Mind and Life”, will be
held on
Saturday, October 17th 1:00—4:00 PM at: "Your Community Yoga Center, LLC" in
Hamden. Come and be part of this consistently inspiring and re-vitalizing
experience.
I invite you to experience the ongoing Kundalini Yoga Basics class at the
Shoreline Center for Wholistic Health on Wednesdays at its new time,
4:30-5:45pm. I hope you will take some time to try this unique and powerful
practice as a way to ignite and deepen your experience of many of the practices
Yoga has to offer..
The Branford Adult Education 8 week series entitled “Yoga
and Meditation for Stress Relief & Enhanced Living”, begins on
Thursday, 9/24/2009 and runs through 11/12/2009 Contact the Adult Ed
office at (203)488-5693 to register.
Also, I am offering a new Gentle Yoga Class at the Bethany Senior
Center, 40 Peck Rd in Bethany on Mondays in the afternoon from 4:00-5:00PM.
The class is ongoing. Call me at (203)488-1700 for more information or to
register.
Experience the powerfully beneficial impact of a therapeutic approach to
posture alignment and functional fitness. Enjoy this unique modality that
directly addresses individual postural imbalances to support reversing chronic
pain issues, enhancing athletic and life performance; as well as increasing day
to day comfort, energy and ease in your body. See below for details on an
introductory workshop presentation; “Posture
Alignment, Pain Relief and Enhanced Living: Yoga
and Postural Alignment Therapy for Healing and Pain Relief”
to be held at the Shoreline Center in Guilford on Saturday, October 3rd
from 1-3:30PM.
I invite you to enjoy the ongoing group class inspired and informed by the
classic wisdom and practices of Yoga and the powerful paradigm developed by Pete
Egoscue. The special Saturday class series:
Yoga and Functional Movement for Posture, Pain Relief and Stress Management
class continues at the Shoreline Center with the goal of supporting you
as you move from limits and pain and re-establish the fit and functional body
that is your birthright. The time is 10:00-11:30 am and you can
drop-in or join the series anytime!
Yoga Therapy:
Another summer is nearly passed and for many the change of season foreshadows a
myriad of other changes in life circumstances. Adjusting routines and activities
is often a challenge, and at the same time, an opportunity. This can be a great
time to mindfully re-commitment to the practices such as Yoga
and Meditation, that can form the foundation of a life well lived.
The
larger commitments in our lives such as our relationships, work and parenting
come with claims on our time and resources that can seem to overwhelm. Most of
these obligations are, or at least appear to be inevitable and non-negotiable.
When we are feeling well and at ease it is these very aspects that can provide
us with the joy and fulfillment we seek from these facets of life. However, when
we are depleted in energy, feeling stressed and overwhelmed these aspects of our
lives can generate resentment, frustration and other consequences that
can create ripples of negativity throughout our lives.
At
the crux of Yoga practice and philosophy is the realization that the events of
our lives are not the final determining factor in determining our experience of
happiness and peace of mind. Some Yogis have even defined stress as our
resistance to what is at any moment. Unhelpful habits and addictive
behaviors or other unskillful strategies of “coping” at times further resistance
and color our experience in ways that take us away from the moment. Our Yoga practice
can be the vehicle by which we may restore the sense of physical health
and balance, mental ease ease and wellness that again allows a sense of
fulfillment to overcome those negative feelings stress and dis-ease bring. Giving
regular and proper attention to our bodies, minds and supporting our growth and
evolution go a long way toward recovering and expanding upon our deeper
sense of well being. A mindful, balanced and responsible approach to
our own self care, therefore, is not selfish or indulgent as we sometimes may
feel, but instead the means by which we serve the self that serves. A
little time to return to balance and health can go a long way, allowing us to
return to life invigorated and able to expand upon our contributions to
family, work and community with greater joy and enthusiasm.
Yoga practice:
Back to Basics:
Yogis understand that
Breathing is basic to life and our rhythm and placing of the breath in our
reflects our state of mind and emotions. The struggle of a busy and stressed mind in beginning Yoga and
meditation practices to let go of struggle. Changing the breath with
these simple techniques is the beginning of gaining the most out of Yoga
practice.
1: Belly Breathing
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Begin by
slowly taking slow deep breaths, relaxing your body. Repeat the whole
process for five to six times |
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Now
inhale a lot of air in slowly to fill your belly up. Your belly should rise
up like a balloon. Hold this position for a few seconds and exhale drawing
the belly inwards ensure there is no air left. |
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In the
second step, inhale deeply to fill up the belly. Inhale a bit more to fill
up air in your rib cage. When you exhale, exhale air from your rib cage and
then from your belly. |
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In the third step, inhale deeply
to fill up your belly and rib cage with air. Inhale a bit more to fill up
your heart center (area around the heart) with air. When you exhale, exhale
air from the heart center, then the rib cage and then the belly.
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The benefits are for many quite immediate and apparent. If they aren't, don’t be discouraged as you begin practice. Settling down to try to calm your
mind and relax your body can reveal the effects of stresses you have ignored.
Change takes time and often support and clarification are needed so seek out
teachers and other practitioners as you need and desire.
Practiced as directed these
techniques are safe and effective for most people. If you have any physical or
mental health issues or vulnerabilities or experience any negative effects
please consult with your healthcare provider and seek some individual
instruction.
Workshops:
With Ana Brett and Ravi Singh! PDf
file to download
Spiral Fire!
------Kundalini Yoga to Transform Your Body Mind and Life
On: Saturday, October
17th 1:00—4:00 PM
At: "Your Community Yoga Center, LLC" **
39 Putnam Ave,
Hamden, CT
$50 pre-registered, $55 at the door
It's time to regenerate! Shine like the sun with Kundalini Yoga's dynamic blend
of breathing, movement, stretching, meditation, and more. Kundalini was
considered by the ancients to be the "jewel in the crown," of yoga systems. Now
Ana & Ravi present the best of both the ancient and new: spiritual depth and the
science of energy flow, with aligment principles, core strengthening, heart
opening, and fun!
In this exciting workshop
you’ll experience special techniques to let your inner energy fuel your
greatness! Kundalini energy is the common denominator for every form of healing,
inspiration, self-growth, and spiritual awakening. It's the energy of life
itself. In this workshop your experience Kundalini Yoga kriyas and meditation to
help you access the energy of energies in you and blossom. Also included will be
a sonic healing to the transcendent sounds of live gong music. 80% physical 20%
meditative. ALL LEVELS.
With
Alan Franzi
“Posture Alignment, Pain Relief and Enhanced Living;
----Yoga and Postural Alignment Therapy for Healing and Pain
Relief”
At:
The shoreline Center for Wholistic Health
Date: Saturday, October 3rd , 1:00-3:30pm
35 Boston ST
Guilford, CT
Fee: $30.00 if pre-registered,
$35.00 at the door.
Fee: $25.00 if pre-registered, $30.00 at the door.
Take time to take back your life!
The epidemic of chronic pain threatens health, ruins careers and the limitations
it creates can destroy any semblance of a well-lived life. Discover how
syndromes such as Repetitive Stress injury, Back pain, Tennis elbow, Bursitis,
arthritis, low energy, dizziness and a full array of other chronic conditions
can all have muscular skeletal misalignment their root cause and postural
alignment as the core solution.
In this workshop we will:
v Explore the ways
postural misalignment is at the cause of so much muscular-skeletal pain and
dysfunction.
v Perform specific tests to discover the missing causal link to the
symptoms of pain or limitation in your body.
v Learn and practice simple, pleasant functional exercises and Yoga to
restore muscle balance, and eliminate dysfunction at the root of so much chronic
pain.
v Enhance overall strength and flexibility as the pain in your body
resolves
v Understand once and for the possibility all that pain is not inevitable
and that an active meaningful life is possible throughout the lifespan.
. This experience
provides an extraordinary opportunity to explore principles and practices of a
tried and true non-medical intervention that empowers ourselves to restore the
body to its design posture and function. Finally take control over your body
and mind for once and for all to transform what it means to be well and grow
older!
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Additional Services
Private, semi private and
small group Yoga Sessions
Over the past several
years I have worked with several students in private sessions in both brief and
longer term scenarios. The sessions have served different purposes for each
individual depending on specific needs and intentions. Students have utilized
this time to: