Managing Your Mood With Yoga
at the Charlottesville Municipal Arts Center

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 10:00am-12:30pm + 2:00-4:30pm
A growing body of research indicates practicing yoga is useful in altering mood. In this workshop we will discuss aspects of depressed mood and asana that can ease and lift this emotional state. We will incorporate some Ayurveda teachings as well. Practice will include Active and Restorative poses with guidance in how to sequence them for personal use as well as teaching.
$115 by 8/25; $125 thereafter

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 10:00am-12:30pm + 2:00-4:30pm
One cannot be physiologically anxious and relaxed at the same time; but what are the best ways to use our yoga practice to relax when we are too wound up to practice Savasana? In this workshop, we will discuss some of the reasons we experience anxiety, how it affects our sleep and waking life, and which poses work the best to ameliorate these problems. A brief section on applicable Ayurvedic aspects will be included. Active and Restorative poses will be practiced. The focus will be on your personal practice as well as how to use this series when teaching.
$115 by 8/25; $125 thereafter

Entire Weekend: $200 by 8/25; $240 thereafter

To register contact Evalyn: evalynbishop@comcast.net; 434-882-2631
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Yoga for Teens
(ages 10-16)
Tuesdays
4:00-5:00pm
with Nora

Class runs in two six-week sessions:
September 14 - October 19
October 26 -  November 30

By September 7:
$75 for one six-week session; $125 for both sessions

After September 7:
$90 for six weeks; $160 for both sessions.

$15 drop-in fee.
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108 Sun Salutations to Welcome the Harvest Season
at AYC Belmont

A BENEFIT FOR THE PAKISTANI FLOOD VICTIMS
5:30pm
Donations
lead by Ty + Katie
with Loren Oppenheimer on tablas

While we celebrate the abundance in our lives, it is important to remember those who have lost so much in the recent floods in Pakistan.

All class proceeds will be made to  MercyCorps
Mercy Corps helps people in the world’s toughest places turn the crises of natural disaster, poverty and conflict into opportunities for progress. Driven by local needs and market conditions, our programs provide communities with the tools and support they need to transform their own lives. Our worldwide team of 3,700 professionals is improving the lives of 16.7 million people in more than 40 countries.

Please give generously!




October 8-10
At the Barn at Split Rock Farm.

In Partnership with Charlottesville Yoga School, Tias Little presents a 14 hour in-depth workshop on Anatomy for Yoga.

$250 for entire workshop by Sept. 15; $350 thereafter
$50 each segment by Sept. 15; $75 thereafter

Weekend Syllabus as follows:

Friday, 6:00-9:00pm: “Earth: Ishcia/Ilia”
This class explores the foundation of the spine at the pelvis and pelvic floor. Our aim is to create flexibility in the lateral hip rotatores and elasticity and support around the pelvic floor.

Saturday, 9:00-11:00am: “Water: Sacrum”
This class explores the fluidity and equilibrium of the sacrum and sacral-iliac joints, using movement and asana to access the lower psoas and abdomen and to begin to gain support from uddiyana bandha.

Saturday, 12:00-3:00pm: “Fire: Solar Plexus”
The kidney/adrenal area is typically a place where people grip and tighten, due to stress and emotional holding. This class includes movements to release the lumbar spine and upper psoas region. We emphasize twists and supported backbends in the asana practice and pranayama with focus on inhalation.

Saturday, 3:30-6:30pm: “Air: Chest Cavity”
This class emphasizes opening in the  upper ribs and sternal region. We emphasize release techniques for the shoulder joint, the clavicle and the first two ribs. We will also practice breath retention techniques in pranayama.

Sunday, 12:00-3:00pm: “Space: Neck/Palate/Ear”
In order to release pressure around the sensory organs, this class focuses on release around the tongue, jaw and throat. We will explore the practice of sensory withdrawal (pratyahara), including the uses of khechari mudra and “bumble bee breath” (bhramari pranayama).

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Govinda Kai will be coming to AYC to teach a week of mysore classes with time on the weekends for deeper exploration of the practice of Ashtanga yoga.

Govinda’s teaching has been influenced by many great masters of various spiritual traditions, including Morihei Ueshiba (the founder of Aikido), Swami Muktananda (the founder of the Siddha Yoga movement and a self-realized master of yoga), Sogyal Rinpoche (author of the Tibetan Book of The Dead, and a highly recognized master of Tibetan Buddhism), and Sri K Pattabhi Jois (student of Krishnamacharya and the recognized master of Ashtanga Yoga) who he met at age 35 and has studied with every year for 2-4 months in Mysore, India from 1995 until Jois’ death last year.