Please email jane@empvt.com tonight if you’d like to particiapte in the Bikram event tomorrow (6:30-8 pm for $15).  This class is nearly full. 100% of proceeds benefit Vermont Foodbank. With 33 students (capacity) at $15- this is $495 or about 3,000 meals.

Thank you Kelley Lyons and Bikram Yoga Burlington for co-hosting this special candlit karma class with a DJ.  We’re looking forward to tomorrow! Namaste

Burlington Yoga Conference Winter grants 3 full scholarships.

This scholarship program is intended for yoga teachers and students, with limited income, who share yoga with under-served populations in the community. Scholarships are intended to support the participation of low-income yoga teachers and students who actively contribute their unique teaching abilities to the truly under-served. What is your plan to pay the knowledge forward?

These under-served populations include (but are not limited to):

Children/teens
Homeless Shelters
Senior Centers
Immigrants
People of low-socio economic backgrounds
Disabled people
Incarcerated populations

How to Apply: Email application to BYC
Deadline is April 1st, 2012
We ask for the following information:

Essay: 150 words or less. Essay topics are not limited, but you may wish to reflect how yoga has impacted your life, and the lives of others, and why you are applying for the scholarship.

References: Please include 1 reference from your yoga instructor, teacher/professor, employer or any other person who will provide us with an additional sense of why you should be considered.
Ideally, the reference should be someone who has seen you teach to people who may not otherwise experience yoga.

Join us on Friday night, January 06th 2012, at Bikram Yoga Burlington as Kelley Lyons leads us through a fun and inspired hot yoga flow to benefit our neighbors in need. 6:30-8 pm.

Class Cost $15.  100% of proceeds donated to Vermont Foodbank.

Prem Prakash has been practicing yoga and related arts and sciences since 1979. In 1990, his yoga guru, Baba Hari Dass, gave him permission to teach others.
He’s written books like The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion : A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras, Three Paths of Devotion : Goddess, God, and Guru, Yoga American Style, and Universal Yoga: The Bhagavad Gita for Modern Times. Prem Prakash has taught yoga throughout North America, and his writings have appeared in Yoga Journal, Yoga International, Light of Consciousness, Himalayan Path, and Yoga Aktuel (German).

In 2007, Prem Prakash was honored by the Institute of the Himalayan Tradition with their Annual Service Award. In 2008, the Institute recognized him as a Yogiraj, “an accomplished yogi who lives in the world.” In his free time, Prem Prakash builds new yoga spaces at the ashram while being in nature, passes annual days of silence, translates ancient yogic texts, watches football, and does other things yogis and Vermonters do .

Here is a small portion from a keynote by Prem Prakash from the 1st BYC in 2009- Follow the links and enjoy! AUDIO: Listen to a portion of the keynote by Yogiraj Prem Prakash at BYC 2009 | Contact Green Mountain School of Yoga

Thank you to Sacred Sound Series (created by VT Yoga Festival‘s founder, Jen Cherkasov), for bringing Dave Stringer to BYC!!! The Sacred Sound Series is presenting a special workshop with kirtan star Dave Stringer at BYC and an intimate evening of Bhakti Yoga with Dave Stringer at BYC.  Read More details about how you can join the music, meditation, and fun!  Stay tuned to hear what Sacred Sound Series has planned for Liberate Music & Yoga Festival!

Visit the BYC Registration Page for infomation on ticketing.  BYC Weekend Passers receive half-off ticket price for this special performance.

Single Day
Mindful Marketplace Table:
$200 – (1) 6′ table
Includes listing of Table on BYC website and in BYC social media. Also includes listing in Mindful Marketplace email advance to attendees prior to conference.

Weekend Pass
Mindful Marketplace Table:
$400 – (1) 6′ Table w/ prefererred placement.
Includes listing of Table on BYC website and in BYC social media. Also includes listing in Mindful Marketplace email advance to attendees prior to conference.

Single Day
Mindful Marketplace Booth:
$500 – (3) 6′ tables form this premier booth location.
Includes listing of Booth on BYC website and in BYC social media. Also includes feature in Mindful Marketplace email advance including specifics about your companies products and what your customers can plan to purchase from you at BYC.

Weekend Pass
Mindful Marketplace Booth:
$1000 – (3) 6′ tables form this premier booth location.
Includes listing of Booth on BYC website and in BYC social media. Also includes feature in Mindful Marketplace email advance including specifics about your companies products and what your customers can plan to purchase from you at BYC.

Please contact ben@empvt.com for more information.