Workshops

Photo copyright BYC, Lunge Reverse Prayer Variation, 2013

Photo copyright BYC, Lunge Reverse Prayer Variation, 2013

2013 BYC Workshops

Friday, May 3rd, 2013: Location- All Souls Interfaith Gathering Center in Shelburne, VT

5:00 -8:00 pm BYC Opening Ceremony
Fire Ceremony, Mantra, and JourneyDance with: Myra Lewin, Megha Nancy Buttenheim, Lisa Buell, and Joan White-Hansen

 

Saturday, May 4th, 2013: Location- UVM Davis Center in Burlington, VT

7:00 – All Day Registration
8:00 – 8:45 am Green Morning Session A – Hallelujah Earth: Gillian and Russell Comstock Wake up to the morning, the day, and this great opportunity to practice yoga in community, and celebrate with living, moving, breathing asanas, and play. Experience being in flow with the elements of Earth…fire, water, earth, wood, air, space, mud, wind, river, wave, storm, sun, moon, flight. With a lively infusion of music to inspire us and the fun of a game, let go into a guided, yet spontaneous yoga expression of nature. In mingling and mixing energize your interconnection with all life and feel how yoga helps us find a refreshed resonance with Earth.

Burlington Yoga Conference Kids Club

8:00 – 1:00 pm & 2:30 – 6:00 pm BYC Kids Club: A safe, nurturing space for kids to experience movement activities, games, art and more while their parents get their yoga on! Drop off your child aged 3-11 for a 90 minute block while you take one workshop, or sign up for one or more of the following time slots:
-Saturday morning from 8-12:30
-Saturday afternoon from 2:30-6
-Sunday morning 8-12:30
-Sunday afternoon from 2:30-6.
Each morning at 9:30 AM, included in our activities, we will have a 45 minute children’s yoga class hosted by Mountain Kids Yoga! Please send your child with: snacks, a water bottle, a change of clothes, a special toy to help ease the transition and a packed lunch if they are enrolled in the morning 8-12:30 session. Pre-registration is required, maximum 10 children per time slot.

Morning Workshops

9:00 – 10:30 Let Your Yoga Dance® – Grace in Motion: Megha Nancy Buttenheim
Join Megha for an Earth honoring, powerful, funky-fun-prayerful yoga dancing morning! Enjoy dancing your spirit through the chakras, moving your yoga, meditation in motion, dance prayer, all with fabulous world music. Move from the sensuous and the funny, from the heartful to the sacred, from the power to the grace. All levels welcome!
9:00 – 10:30 Come explore the Wild Child of Yoga – A Jivamukti Emersion: Sofi Dilof & Julia Howe Sullivan
Jivamukti: “Jiva” – individual soul; “Mukti” – liberation. The word Jivamukti is derived from the Sanskrit word Jivanmuktih (“liberation while living”). Through a physically and intellectually rigorous practice, the Jivamukti style helps to break down the layers of resistance that separate us from our essence of Truth and Love. This workshop incorporates the five tenets of Jivamukti Yoga: shastra (scripture), bhakti (devotion), ahimsa (non-harming), nada (music) and dhyana (meditation) and is presented in teachings relevant to one’s life on and off the mat and supported by chanting, breath awareness, flowing vinyasa sequences, alignment exploration, hands on assisting, and meditation.
9:00 – 10:30 Creating Sacred Space for Yoga: Vidhya Sherry Ryan
Create a sanctuary for Yoga anywhere! Using scents, sounds & objects from nature we will explore the ancient art of space clearing. The elements of fire, earth, air, water, metal & space will be explained & incorporated in a blessing ceremony. Please bring personal objects to be charged on the altar!
9:00 – 12:00 Maha Sadhna – the Eternal Practices of Sri Dharma Mittra: Lyn Sellars & Melissa Capezzuto
Please note this workshop is 3 hours and continues into the Mid-Morning Workshop session
The Great Divine Whole and Complete Eternal Practices of Sri Dharma Mittra. Recommended for intermediate through advanced practitioners, this amazing session begins with spiritual purification discourses explaining how the ancient teachings can find expression in our modern lives. It continues with an in-depth, long and challenging Dharma III-IV Shiva Namaskara practice, including healing deep relaxation and a reflective meditation practice. Included is a joyous Devotional Dharma Asana Satsang Jam. Personal attention and helpful hints are given throughout the session as well as direction toward the real true goal of Yoga.

Mid-Morning Workshops

11:00 – 12:30 Acro Yoga: Jill Campbell & Heidi Blais
The fundamentals of AcroYoga are presented here in a safe and nurturing enjoinment. Come experience the stillness of the moment in balance with another. The challenging and confidence building practice of Acro Yoga will connect you to your strength and inner calm in the company of like minded individuals. In this workshop we will explore:
. Partner Dynamics – using partner yoga to develop sensitivity & awareness of our partner
. Core body stabilization – strength building techniques to cultivate lightness
. The Essential” 3″ – base, flyer and spotter – looking at and understanding the role and importance of each individual!
. Spotting techniques to ensure safety and freedom
. Basic partner-acro balances and partner lying techniques, and more!
. This 2hr workshop will give the opportunity for ALL levels of students to take the next step in their Acro Yoga practice!
11:00 – 1:00 Core Yoga for Runners: Diana & Tim Whitney
Please note this workshop includes running
Vinyasa yoga is an ideal way to strengthen your core and other key muscles that support endurance running. Yoga also helps prevent injuries, loosens tight hips and hamstrings, and soothes sore muscles after a long workout. In this integrated workshop, we’ll start in the studio with yoga warm-ups and core conditioning, then head out for a short run. Expect to refine your running technique as we try some speed-training and breath-work out on the road. All levels of running experience are welcome. Back at the conference, we’ll wind down with an all-levels “Yoga for Runners” class. We’ll practice dynamic standing poses to strengthen and loosen up the legs, then take things down to the mat for more core work, hip openers, and deep relaxation. No yoga experience necessary.
11:00 – 12:30 Creating Postural Awareness & Restoration Discussion: Kreg Weiss
Part I of II
This yoga anatomy workshop will explore how common postural habits, like prolonged sitting in the workplace, can lead to a variety of musculoskeletal issues. We will look at how we can utilize yoga in an effective manner to restore balance to the body to counter the kinetic chain effects of these syndromes. This workshop will also address how practices should be designed in a relevant and functional manner to promote restoration instead of exacerbate these syndromes. Some of the major topics include: Upper/Lower Cross Syndrome,Forward Head Syndrome, Apical Breathing, Open Locked/Closed Locked syndromes, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, & More.
11:00 – 12:30 Are You In the Way of Your Teaching and Vibrant Living?: Myra Lewin
For teachers and advanced students
The play of the gunas in communication and teaching; for experienced students and teachers. Personal sadhana as daily living affects your ability to communicate and teach. Understand sattva, rajas, and tamas to bring balance in your life. Discover how yagna, daan, tapas, karma, swadyaya, and ishvara pranidhana are there to clear the way for you. Explore the “3 Cs” to enhance communication and teaching techniques from a place of clarity, connection, and consciousness.
9:00 – 12:00 Maha Sadhna – the Eternal Practices of Sri Dharma Mittra: Lyn Sellars & Melissa Capezzuto
Please note this is a continuation of the Morning Workshop
The Great Divine Whole and Complete Eternal Practices of Sri Dharma Mittra. Recommended for intermediate through advanced practitioners, this amazing session begins with spiritual purification discourses explaining how the ancient teachings can find expression in our modern lives. It continues with an in-depth, long and challenging Dharma III-IV Shiva Namaskara practice, including healing deep relaxation and a reflective meditation practice. Included is a joyous Devotional Dharma Asana Satsang Jam. Personal attention and helpful hints are given throughout the session as well as direction toward the real true goal of Yoga.

12:30 – 2:30 – Lunch Break

Afternoon Workshop

2:30 – 4:00 A Yoga Class of a Different Color: Devarshi Steven Hartman
Take your yoga practice or teaching out of the box of classical postures. Explore the methodology of how you can experience yoga differently each time you step on the mat. In this class we will explore the use of micro and macro-movements within poses, the use of different pranayama for transitions and sustaining poses, the ability to take a pose apart to create movement inquires that increase awareness, stability and flexibility, and tools for finding and exploring one’s edge with compassion and patience.
2:30 – 4:00 Restoring Postural Balance and Awareness Flow: Kreg Weiss
Part II of II
As a continuation from the yoga anatomy workshop, enjoy integrating therapeutic yoga elements in an energizing mixed-levels hatha flow. This practice will engage the entire body with an integrative, functional approach targeting key areas of chronic postural imbalance. This practice can be taken as part of the workshop or on its’ own.
2:30 – 4:00 iRest™ with Yoga: A Meditative Practice for Deep Relaxation and Healing Kalpana Reddy
Whether you are looking for deep relaxation, help with insomnia, stress and anxiety relief, or spiritual awakening and transformation, this ancient practice guides you to experience your constant underlying state of pure awareness. This allows you to tap into the wisdom and healing capacity of your body and mind, explore your feelings, emotions and beliefs(both positive and negative), which lets your essence of true nature shine forth. During I Rest® you are invited to step back into the aspect of yourself that is the witness or observer of all your experiences to welcome everything as it is and remember “that which we are willing to be with, we are set free from.”
Through the practice of I Rest® as taught by Yoga Master Richard Miller, you can enter a profound state of restful deep relaxation and pure awareness. At the end of the practice, yoga poses are used to facilitate synergy between the physical body and the mind.
2:30 – 4:00 Yoga for Better Sex: Lauren Ruddick
Please note this a women only class
This women-only workshop is geared toward female empowerment. Beginning with a talk about yoga and sex, brahmacharya we will discuss the interplay between sexuality and yoga in our lives as women today. Moving to the asana, a strong standing series will help to build confidence and strength. Winding down with restorative hip openers to help release any excess baggage, negative emotions and find comfort and solace within.

Evening Workshops

4:30 – 6:00 Subtle Bandhas – A Yin Yoga Experience: Emily Garrett
In this Yin Yoga class we will explore the anatomy of the three Bandhas or energy seals, Moola Bandha, Udijana Bandha and Jalandhara Bandha. Often misunderstood, Bandhas contain and direct energy in the body. In the beginning Bandhas require effort yet with practice we learn to engage the Bandhas on an increasingly subtle level. This class will teach you to find Bandhas in a relaxed way, use bandhas in your yoga practice, and deepen your understanding of the subtle body. You will leave feeling energized and connected.
4:30 – 6:00 Divinely Restored: Sudha Carolyn Lundeen
This class offers a fantastic opportunity to integrate the weekend with a fusion of gentle asana and more classic restorative poses using props like blankets and bolsters.
4:30 – 6:00 Kirtan: John de Kadt & Brenda McMorrow
Come be transported by John De Kadt’s enlivening drums and inspired by worldwide chant artist Brenda McMorrow’s heart-opening kirtan. This workshop will explore the sacred, healing sounds of ancient mantra and the joyous singing of Kirtan (a practice of devotional or Bhakti Yoga). Designed for anyone who wants to learn more about the practice of Kirtan, as well as those looking to deepen their current chanting practice.
5:00- 6:30 Simple Ayurvedic Cooking – Optimal Health for the Whole Family with Myra Lewin at The Ayurvedic Center of Vermont
Learn how simple and fulfilling cooking can be. Explore spiritual approaches to transcend old attitudes around food and eating. Discussion and demonstration of how to use spices to eliminate persistent health problems and enhance taste. Drawing on more than three decades of experience, Myra will distill the healing knowledge of Ayurveda and Yoga into practical guidance for everyday living. Let the ancient magic of these practices bring joy and health back into your life!
Please note the increased cost for this workshop (limited capacity) during online registration. Please contact us in advance if you’d like to arrange transportation.
7-9 pm BYC Afterparty: Cosmic Love Party Kirtan with Yogi P. & The Funky Shanti: at Laughing River Yoga.
Laughing River Yoga is proud to host the BYC Afterparty: A Cosmic Love Kirtan with Yogi P. & The Funky Shanti. Open your heart and voice. Feel warmed by the playful and eclectic funky sound of this dynamic duo, that has been described as “Krishna Das meets Jerry Garcia on a balmy and easy tropical retrat.” Meet in this place for devotional song. Designed for anyone who wants to learn more about the practice of Kirtan, as well as those looking to deepen their current chanting practice.

Sunday, May 5th, 2013: Location- UVM Davis Center in Burlington, VT

7:00 – all day Registration
8:00 – 8:45 am Green Morning Session B – Rise Up for Earth:
Gillian and Russell Comstock
With the full and rising vitality of the yoga community, we begin the day with the power of breath practice, standing together to strengthen courage to meet the ecological challenges of our times. Sounding the call to take yoga’s wisdom into our relationship with Earth, we practice walking meditation in a guided contemplation of eco-yamas – the 5 traditional yamas revisioned with an ecological perspective. Take these ancient yoga ethics into the world with a stirring invitation to engage in caring for Earth. Check out follow up support: http://www.mettaearth.org/challenge.html

Burlington Yoga Conference Kids Club

8:00 – 1:00 pm & 2:30 – 6:00 pm BYC Kids Club: A safe, nurturing space for kids to experience movement activities, games, art and more while their parents get their yoga on! Drop off your child aged 3-11 for a 90 minute block while you take one workshop, or sign up for one or more of the following time slots:
-Saturday morning from 8-12:30
-Saturday afternoon from 2:30-6
-Sunday morning 8-12:30
-Sunday afternoon from 2:30-6.
Each morning at 9:30 AM, included in our activities, we will have a 45 minute children’s yoga class hosted by Mountain Kids Yoga! Please send your child with: snacks, a water bottle, a change of clothes, a special toy to help ease the transition and a packed lunch if they are enrolled in the morning 8-12:30 session. Pre-registration is required, maximum 10 children per time slot.

Morning Workshop

9:00 – 10:30 Introduction to Kriya Yoga- Action with Awareness: Durga Ahlund
Come take a Yoga class that promotes the development of awareness. Experience the joy that witnessing brings within asana, pranayama, meditation and within your life.
9:00 – 10:30 Prana Flow Yoga – Spring Cleaning: Coral Brown
The changing of seasons offers an opportunity to clear out patterns and habits and reconnect with our authentic self. We will flow in a creative, dynamic method based upon vinyasa krama (stages of evolution). Therefore, this practice is open to yogis of all levels. Within this class, multi-dimensional sequencing will allow us to integrate standing poses, backbends, forward bends, twists and hip openers to open our bodies and minds for the coming of spring.
9:00 – 10:30 Ashtanga Yoga, Primary Series: Kathy McNames & Scott York
Come enjoy a fabulous meditation while working the body in the manner of ancient warriors. Pranayama, asana, bandha and drishti combine for an experience of self discovery, self exploration and sustained focus. Kathy and Scott will lead through the practice so that anyone can participate to their ability or want.Please bring a yoga mat, hand towel and quiet mind.
9:00 – 10:30 Mythological Story Telling: John de Kadt
Join world percussionist, poet and storyteller John de Kadt for an enchanting time of rhythm and story that will stir the heart and ignite the imagination. John plays many instruments from around the globe and shares mythical tales from many cultures. He also performs unique drum poetry of his own work as well as those of the great mystics. Come, relax and be carried on the ancient wings of story while rooted in the rhythm of the drum….Enjoy

Mid-Morning Workshops

11:00 – 12:30 Pranavayu Yoga- Blissful Hips: David Magone
This workshop will help you experience how the PranaVayu Accelerated method can be used to deepen range of motion and overcome blockages in hip and hamstring opening postures. This class will begin with a short 20 minute lecture designed to introduce you to fundamental principles of accelarated sequencing and will conclude with a flowing vinyasa practice that will help you experience deeper hip and hamstring opening postures, light-as-air arm balances, and a blissful guided meditation.
11:00 – 1:00 Principle-Based Partner Yoga™ presents Thai Yoga Massage & Partner Backbends: Elyzabeth Williamson & Lisa Cannazzaro
The first 30 minutes of this workshop provides the skills and tools needed to build bridges between individual and partner practice, demonstrating how both practices invaluably support the other. The remainder of this workshop prepares the body for deeply supported, nourishing back bends through easy to follow Thai Yoga Massage sequences for both front and back body. These flows can be experienced on their own or as excellent warm-up for Partner Back Bending. Experience stable, open and expansive Back Bends like never before through this step-by-step preparation! Take home hand-outs of Thai Yoga Massage Flows included.
11:00 – 12:30 Yoga Dance for Liberation: Jane Jarecki Lanza
At all times there is a great flow of energy within us and around us. Tap into this dynamic flow, enhance your range of motion, release physical and energetic blocks, increase your cardiovascular strength, and create a more positive relationship with body and mind through yoga dance. This is not a technical dance rather a meditation in motion. This practice begins with conscious breathing. Move into yoga warm-ups to awaken your energy, body, and mind. Flow from warm-ups fluidly into a standing position. Explore some guided movement inquiries using the rhythms of music and breath. You’ll find yourself in an experience a free-form prana-flow toward the end of the practice for a song or two. This is an intuitive movement exploration, a liberation of the creative life-force, followed by a long ambient savasana.
11:00 – 1:00 Equilibrium – An Exploration of Balance through Yoga and Biking: Jennie Date and Jenn Childress
Please note this workshop includes biking
Equilibrium invites participants to explore the link between yoga and biking by focusing on balance postures and examining how these interact with mental and physical aspects of biking. Through pranayama, asana, and visualization, practitioners find center and push boundaries in ways that are empowering and approachable. Specific strength and balance poses illuminate our link to the earth beneath our feet, allowing us to experience how this connection provides stability and a sense of flow. In the bike portion, participants have the opportunity to bring techniques from the mat to two wheels in a workshop format. Equanimity of mind, cultivated during the yoga practice, is especially key during mountain (or urban) biking when riders face obstacles that cause fear or anxiety. Riders practice breathing, centering, and body awareness skills before taking on challenges that require commitment and confidence. Obstacles are progressive, providing maximum freedom to “choose your challenge” in a safe and supportive environment.
Workshop Logistics:
Limit: 20 students
Time Slot: 2 hours, (1 hour in studio, 1 hour outside)
Please wear clothes close-fitting enough for biking yet comfortable for yoga.
Please bring:
• Your own mountain bike (hybrids accepted). If you need to rent one, please contact jenniedate@singletrackmindfulness.com in advance.
• A helmet
• Shoes you like to bike in
• Warm clothes for being outside for an hour, including a rain jacket
• A yoga mat
11:00 – 12:30 Modern Mindfulness: Lindsay Foreman
Mindfulness is the cultivation of certain forms of attention that result in greater peace, ease, and fulfillment. In our fast-paced society mindfulness practice needs to be practical and realistic. In a warm and welcoming environment, Lindsay will lead participants through simple techniques that can be weaved into your day. Lindsay is trained in Modern Mindfulness, a system that was created by Center for Mindful Learning founder, Soryu Forall, in collaboration with internationally renowned mindfulness teacher, Shinzen Young. If you have an established mindfulness practice, this workshop will be an opportunity to add to your tools. If you are a beginner or have never practiced mindfulness this will be a great place to check out what all the mindfulness buzz is about. All are welcome. Chairs and cushions will be provided. This workshop will also include some gentle mindful movement so please wear loose clothing.

12:30 – 2:30 – Lunch Break

1:15 – 1:45 Lunch Talk – Yoga & Music: Dominique Dodge
Join harper, singer, and Kripalu-trained yoga teacher Dominique Dodge for a half-hour discussion on tailoring a yoga class to support musicians and performing artists. Dominique will share insights from her own experience as a professional musician, yoga teacher, and practitioner. Themes will include modifications for those with repetitive strain injuries, the power of yogic breath-work, or pranayama, in cultivating calm and focus in performance, and building physical strength and flexibility in large muscle groups to support the highly-developed small muscle groups musicians create through their practice. This discussion is open to musicians, yoga teachers and practitioners, and anyone interested in the ways in which a yoga practice and performing arts practice can support each other’s growth and development.

Afternoon Workshop

2:30 – 4:00 Pranavayu Yoga- Unwind Your Spine! Yoga for a Bendy Back: David Magone
This flowing vinyasa class will introduce you to principles from the PranaVayu Core System of Alignment that can be used to instantaneously increase your range of motion in backbending and twisting postures. To accomplish this, we’ll explore how a combination of accelerated sequencing, subtle shifts in skeletal positioning, and a structured approach to asana practices can be used to cultivate a happy, healthy spinal column and an open state of mind.
2:30 – 4:00 Restorative Yoga To Inspire Breath: Martha Whitney
Restorative Yoga uses props to allow the body to comfortably sustain poses that both deeply relax and enliven you. This workshop is designed to enhance your breath, the gateway to greater connection to yourself and your life. You will leave this practice feeling rejuvenated and balanced. Whether an experienced practitioner or new to yoga, come enjoy the simple magic of restorative yoga.
2:30 – 4:00 Women and Yoga: Sudha Carolyn Lundeen
Please note this a women only class
This class offers a more intuitive and balanced approach to practice. Including asana, pranayama, Meditation and period of free flow.
2:30 – 4:00 Spanda Shakti – The Vibration of Creation: Coral Brown
Spanda is the vibrational energy that drives us to visualize and then manifest our dreams. Shakti is our original creative nature. In this Prana Flow immersion we will combine these two powers to tap the well of our deepest motivation. Through cultivating our physical core we will work toward fine tuning the vibration of our living Shakti.

Evening Workshop – Closing Ceremony Keynote

4:30 – 6:00 Closing Ceremony Keynote: The Yoga Revolution Devarshi Steven Hartman
Can yoga change the world? Does the world need changing? What part can yoga play in a consciousness and health revolution? What part can yoga play in YOUR consciousness and health? What is YOGA….really? Is yoga a fad? Is yoga an exercise? Is yoga for everyone? Is yoga a religion? Oh boy! Let’s join together in the heart of yoga to empower the Yoga Revolution/Evolution just right for YOU! Let’s uncover the joined intention for peace and well-being that brings like-minded yogis together.

*Schedule is subject to change

2012 BYCspring Workshops

Friday, May 4th, 2012

6:30 -8:00 pm
Moderate
BYCspring Kick Off Party Fundraiser Jane Jarecki Lanza & Coby Kozlowski: BYCspring Kick Off Party at South End Studio (Pine Street) Details Here

 

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

7:30 – 8:30am Registration
8:15 – 8:45am
Gentle
Opening Ceremony: Jane Jarecki Lanza

9:00 – 10:30 – Morning Workshop

Moderate Anusara-Inspired Yoga: Spread Your Wings and Fly  Anjali Budreski
Arm Balancing class with Anjali Budreski
In this playful, accessible and upLIFTing class, open to all levels, we’ll explore the two powerful wings of effort and surrender.  When these two guiding principles are exquisitely balanced, we can source our inner well of grace and power, enabling us to soar with ease and delight.  Using Anusara’s potent alignment principles, we will playfully explore a very fun and uplifting series of arm balances while keeping our wrists, arms and shoulders happy and safe!  Those less experienced with arm balances are most welcome, however some yoga experience is recommended.  Enjoy a very well rounded practice & let your body and spirit soar to new levels of freedom & joy.
Gentle Yoga of Living: Leadership, Love & Freedom™: Coby Kozlowski
Transform yourself. Transform the world. Our deepest calling is to grow more and more into our authentic self—this is the work of a yogi/ni and leader—leadership redefined. We are all called to leadership—agents of inspiration, purpose, and change. Moreover, living yoga and living leadership is an inward journey into the depths of what it means to be human. The Yoga of Living is about being fully expressed, about being called to your greatness and about having the courage to act in ways that are in alignment with your highest and awakened self.
Through this highly experiential workshop you will begin to:
• Embody the Yoga of Living Model
• Understand a radically new and powerful model, based in yoga philosophy that can be used both personally and professionally
• Dive into yoga both on the mat and off
• Connect to a personal calling and have the tools to act on it
• Discover what it means to live an authentic life and be responsible for the impact
• Begin to see life clearly; without the story and reveal your life’s purpose
• Take the courageous inward journey and discover the leader within
Moderate Let Your Yoga Dance®: Megha Buttenheim
Let Your Yoga Dance® is a fusion of chakra-yoga and joyful breath-based power movements; combining yoga and classic dance steps and rhythms with music from many cultures. It is a dance of the multi-dimensional self, bringing levity and healing to the seven energy centers (the chakras) and the body in its entirety. This inspirational dance of yoga is for every body, for all ages.
Gentle A look into Patanjalis Yoga Sutras: Kalpana Reddy
Have you ever asked yourself why you keep coming back to yoga class after class?? Is it just to feel good in your body, release stress? or are you being drawn to the inner experience of Grace that is present through your yoga practice? or are you committed to the purpose of yoga to this inner discovery and for living in Grace??
Using yoga to create personal transformation is a life changing and powerful practice. Yet yoga offers you more, way more of transcending your idea of who you are. In this work shop, Kalpana helps you to reflect on your own personal journey as a yogi, with the guidance of Patanjali Yoga sutras.

11:00 – 12:30 – Mid-Morning Workshops

Gentle Applied Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers and Advanced Students: Myra Lewin
The practices of Yoga and Ayurveda provide tools for extensive transformation when combined. Managing the vayus, doshas and gunas as a holistic system leads us to balance and a deeper sense of well-being. You can only transmit, or teach, what you have integrated yourself.
Moderate Chakra Namaskar: Coral Brown
Accessing the chakras through our yoga practice can provide us with a deeper connection to our energetic centers. Chakra Namaskar, a Prana Flow® sequence allows us to steep in specific movement patterns correlating to each chakra. Through awareness combined with movement we will balance the energy body, as well as the physical and mental bodies.
Gentle Yoga Sleep Therapy®: Nick Atlas
Interweaving the wisdom of Hatha Yoga, Qigong, Yin Yoga, Restorative practices and creative dream work, Yoga Sleep Therapy® is at the cutting-edge of holistic health science yet remains accessible to a complete beginner. At it’s core is iRest Yoga Nidra, a profound meditative practice that leads to lasting psychological, physical and spiritual well-being and supports you being at ease in every life circumstance. This experiential and informative workshop will introduce practical morning and bedtime routines to promote optimum relaxation and self-healing while inviting sleep naturally, as well as practices to release tension, calm the nerves and alleviate pain. We will address lifestyle choices that support sleep, techniques that can be employed in the middle of the night, and we’ll engage in stimulating discussion, question & answer and journaling exercises. Beginners to advanced yogis and yoga teachers are strongly encouraged to attend. For more info, visit nickatlas.com
Gentle Kirtan: History, Practicum, and Experience: Patrick McAndrew & members of The Move It Move It
I will share with you a little bit about the history of Kirtan, how to lead your own Kirtan, and we will have an experience of Kirtan together. Kirtan is a call-and-response Sanskrit sing-a-long with the spiritual intent of connecting to higher consciousness. An inquiry into the vibrations of music and mantra that can help you center your mind, find your voice, sing from your heart, and dance if you like! Welcoming first-timers and experienced chanters.

12:30 – 2:30 – Lunch Break

2:30 – 4:00 – Afternoon Workshop

Moderate Collective Flow: Coral Brown
We will flow in a creative, dynamic method based upon vinyasa krama (stages of evolution). Therefore, this practice is open to yogis of all levels. Within this class,multi-dimensional sequencing will allow us to integrate standing poses, backbends, forward bends, twists and hip openers. Using the movements of Prana to provide the experience of energetic alignment within the flow will lead to the cultivation of the fluid body. Please join in the collective journey along the river of prana that flows within us, and all around us.
Gentle to Moderate The Five Pranas and Yoga: Devarshi Steven Hartman
In this fun and playful workshop you will discover what the five Pranas are, how they affect you, and how your can increase your awareness of Prana (lifeforce) for greater health and well being. Your new awareness of the Pranas will enliven your yoga practice or teaching in creative and energizing ways that take your yoga “out of the box”. Yogis of old described in detail the Five Universal Unseen Forces, called Pranas. These Five Pranas are at the foundation of our health and well being. When we are out of balance with Prana we are swimming upstream, which eventually causes stress, poor health, and disease. The foundation of Ayurveda, the oldest medical science on the planet, is based in being in-tune and in balance with the Five Pranas. Asana practice done with Prana awareness can cultivate Prana and keep it flowing. Come explore the movement of the Five Pranas to 1.) relax and rejuvenate 2.) energize and enliven 3.) digest and integrate..4.) express and manifest, and 5.) connect to Source.
Gentle Balanced Eating & Living with Ayurveda: Myra Lewin
Ayurveda offers good living and longevity with a balance of lifestyle and appropriate foods. In this workshop you will learn how your everyday choices affect how you feel and explore how to put together simple, balanced meals for optimal well-being
Moderate Sivananda Series and the Energetic Body: Lorrie Conglose & Lal Maharajh
Lorrie and Lal teach a traditional, classical and organic yoga class. Each student will get individual attention as they are lead through the Sivananda Rishikesh series of asana, breath work and relaxation. Here is what some students have to say about their class: “The very essence and origin of yoga is present through every moment.” ” Together they form the beautiful union of masculine and feminine energy offering a gentle push into a deeper experience of the asana practice as well as bringing the beautiful Hindu rituals allowing a the sacredness to this whole process.” ” My practice deepened and opened the path for more, strengthening my commitment to yoga.” “By their authenticity, integrity and commitment to the purity of the lineage, you feel that your grounds in yoga are well established.” This class is open to all levels, and is appropriate for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. You can read more about them on their website Globalvastuyoga.com.

4:30 – 6:00 – Evening Workshops

Gentle to Moderate Yoga of the Koshas: Devarshi Steven Hartman
What are the Koshas? Although the koshas are the foundation of Yoga and the Eight-Limbed Path, very few people in the west know what the koshas are. What do the koshas have to do with Yoga? During our time together you will have enlightening experiences with the koshas – a simple and ancient anatomical map describing the Self from gross to subtle layers. You will be guided through a gentle yoga practice designed to increase awareness of the koshas. Real alignment in poses, has little to do with physical anatomy, and everything to do with yoga anatomy; the koshas. Come explore your multidimensional yoga self and get a new view on life! Don’t let the heady, boring description fool you. This workshop will be fun, eye-opening, and experiential.
Gentle iRest™: Kalpana Reddy
iRest™… Do you? Ancient Practices for the modern times. Integrative Restoration, iRest™ yoga nidra as taught by Richard Miller. This ancient practice of yoga nidra is used to help with …
• True State of Self-Awareness
• Self-Exploration
• Health, Healing & Overall Well-being
• Deep Relaxation
• Better Sleep and Helps with Insomnia
• Relieves Stress and Anxiety
Moderate Yoga Hoop Play: Shakti Sunfire
Bhagawan Nityananda said: “The heart is the hub of all sacred places. Go there and roam.” Join Shakti for this fun and energetic dance of yogic dance movement, breath work, meditation and hoop discovery. We will step into the flow of grace in our bodies and spirits; an inward bow and affirmation of our deepest self, to participate outwardly with more potency, skill and efficacy. Come prepared to move out of the box and into the circle where anything is possible. No experience necessary.
Gentle Circle Songs: Nick Atlas
“Singing is like running energy right through your body.” These are the words of internationally-reknown vocalist Bobby McFerrin, the creator of Circlesongs, an experience in improvisational movement, breath, rhythm and melody where the only rule is that you’re having fun. This enlightening workshop will feature a variety of group experiments in music-making and will culminate in a giant chanting circle that is sure to open your heart and assuage your soul. Voices large and small are welcome and no prior musical, yogic or singing experience is necessary, though an open mind, keen ear and love of sound will take you a long way.

6:00 – 7:00 – Dinner Break

7:00 – 9:00 – Evening Activity

Liberate Spring Gathering Liberate Yourself through Hoop & Dance: Shakti Sunfire and Eccodek, Details Here

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

7:30 – all day Registration
8:15 – 8:45 am
Gentle
Opening Ceremony: Cultivating Human Quality: Sherry Ryan
Celebrate your Human Nature with mudras & meditation to activate the awareness of what it means to be truly human. The use of scent, sound & objects from the natural world will be used in ceremony during meditation to balance your internal elements & cultivate devotion.

9:00 – 10:30 – Morning Workshop

Gentle Gentle Yoga, Mudra, & Meditation: Megha Nancy Buttenheim
Are you feeling over-stimulated or imbalanced? Come relax body, mind, and spirit in Megha’s gentle immersion into yoga, pranayama and mudra meditation. Mudras are a way to attain deeper states of pratyahara, a drawing inward from all the sense doors. Experience an assortment of mudras interwoven into yoga asanas, as well as in seated meditation. This peace-filled session combines gentle yoga and meditation practice with the yogic seals of energy, the mudras, to bring more healing to body, mind, and spirit. Expect to receive rejuvenation, deep peace, clarity of mind.
Gentle Learn about the Five-fold path of Babaji’s Kriya Kundalini Yoga – the Yoga of Awareness: Lecture and Guided Meditation: Sherry Vidhya Ryan
Babaji’s Kriya Yoga: The goal of life is happiness, peace, love and enlightenment. The desire for perfection comes from the Self, the image of God, which seeks to express itself through all humanity. Babaji’s Kriya Yoga is a scientific art of God, Truth union and Self-Realization. It was revived by a great master of India, Babaji Nagaraj, as a synthesis of ancient teachings of the 18 Siddha tradition. Paramahamsa Yogananda taught that practice of Kriya Kundalini Pranayama can accelerate the natural progression of Divine Consciousness in human beings. It includes a series of techniques or ‘kriyas’ grouped into five phases or branches:
1. Kriya Hatha Yoga: “asanas,” physical postures, “bandahs,” muscular locks, and “mudras,” psycho-physical gestures.
2. Kriya Kundalini Pranayama: powerful breathing techniques.
3. Kriya Dhyana Yoga: a progressive series of meditation techniques.
4. Kriya Mantra Yoga: the silent mental repetition of subtle sounds.
5. Kriya Bhakti Yoga: the cultivation of the soul’s aspiration for the Divine.
The Origin of Kriya Yoga: This tradition flows directly from the Yoga Siddhas, the perfected masters of Siva Yoga. Kriya Babaji Nagaraj synthesized his Kriya Yoga from techniques taught by the Siddhas, Agastyar and Boganathar. Babaji initiated a great yogi, S.A.A. Ramaiah into these techniques in 1954 and 1955, near Badrinath in the Himalayas. In 1983, Yogi Ramaiah gave to Marshall Govindan a set of stringent conditions to fulfill as a condition to teach the 144 Kriyas or techniques of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga.
Moderate Soul Movement Sanctuary: Jovinna Chan
Soul Movement Sanctuary Workshop Dance is an intimate union of body, mind, heart, and soul. Each of us has a unique way of expressing the body’s beauty and creative energy. The expression of dance is the result of being present and absorbed in each moment. Soul Movement Sanctuary creates the space for the dancers to practice the art of paying attention as they navigate the inner landscape and the outer landscape. This is an awareness practice in motion. Cultivate your presence as you move through solo, duet and community dance. This body of work is inspired by Vinn Marti’s Soul Motion and Kripalu Meditation-in-motion. There will be no choreography; this is an improvisational workshop all about you expressing your own authentic movement and flow. No dance experience needed. Come ready to move!
Gentle Pranayama, Dhyana, and Spiritual Discourse (This workshop is Part 1 of 2 parts- this lecture ends at 10 am): Lyn Sellars & Melissa Capezzuto
Prana means energy and yama means control. The practice of panayama is learning how to control our life energy. The respiratory system is a bridge between the conscience and subconscience minds. The state of mind and the breath are closely linked. When one is able to control the breath, he/she is able to control his or her mind and state-of-being at all times. Dhyana is meditation. Students begin by developing concentration without break for (about 12 seconds). Concentration(Dharana) becomes meditation (Dhyana) when it is sustained, without break for 12 sessions of concentration, (about 2-3 minutes). During this session, students will be taught ancient pranayama and dhyana techniques taught by Sir Dharma Mittra. The session will conclude with a brief discussion on the yamas and niyamas, the ethical rules and observances. All are welcome, no experience is needed.

11:00 – 12:30 – Mid-Morning Workshops

Gentle Yoga Temple – Creating Ceremony in Your Daily Practice: Jovinna Chan
Ancient cultures knew the transformative power of reverence and ceremony. Transform your practice into a sacred ritual and energize your life into a celebration of communion with the divine. Inspired by the sacred temples and forests surrounding her childhood home in Singapore, Jovinna brings a sense of awe and reverence for daily living. In this experiential practice, you will move the body, breath and prana with love, compassion, and kindness towards yourself using the tools Kripalu Yoga. Refocus your lense and come home to yourself with a sense of beauty and awe that arises when your step into the flow of grace that awaits.
Moderate to Vigorous Master Class – Shiva Namaskara Flow
(This 2 hour workshop is Part 2 of 2. Class time is 10:30 am- 12:30 pm):
Lyn Sellars & Melissa Capezzuto
This practice integrates the 8-limbs of yoga. Rare asana variations from Sri Dharma Mittra will be shared as well as his knowledge from his fifty plus years of practice and teaching in the classical traditions. Students will flow through the Shiva Namaskara Vinyasa and then move into the main asanas which will be approached in a meditative manner. This class is extremely graceful yet challenging. The practice finishes with deep relaxation, breathing, and meditation exercises certain to bring a deep calm, sense of balance, peace, and invigorated energy to all students. It is recommended that students have at least one year of experience.
Moderate Learn the 18 Postures of Babaji’s Kriya Hatha Yoga: Stephano Sukha Pandavas
Learn the 18 Postures of Kriya Kundalini Yoga. Any person who wishes to gain any real results from Yoga must practice in a way that never overrides the wisdom of the body, but instead works with it, consciously and deliberately.
In this session learn how to work with the body by integrating the breath, bandhas, mudras, awareness and meditation with the asana to make your Yoga practice truly healing and transformative.
Gentle Love That’s Real Does Not Fade Away: Yogiraj Prem Prakash
Yoga is the art and science of transforming consciousness from fear, loneliness and confusion into peace, intimacy, and wisdom. Like the wave celebrating it’s existence and then resting back into the ocean, yoga helps us enjoy creation and then return to our divine source. The teachings of yoga have no origin or marketplace, they are free gifts which have been shared generously since before time began. Truly, since before time began. Techniques and practices are upayas, skillful means, of which there are many. We will discuss how the different practices all lead to the one goal of divine love, harmony, and beauty. We will also discuss how culture influences the presentation of yoga, for better and worse, and how we can avoid the superficial pitfalls of the path. In this way, we can steer clear of confusing the path for the goal, sidestep the traps of self-conceit and self-deprecation, and approach communion with the One Self through realizing the essential equality of all beings. Most importantly, we will discuss how to make yoga applicable in our daily lives. Not in some imaginary future or on a distant mountaintop surrounded by saints but, now, in the midst of the hurry, worry, fear, and self-doubt of modern life. The goal is not to strain for an imaginary perfection of yogic superstardom, rather, it is to fully embrace the exquisite imperfection of one’s own human experience. In this embrace, beyond grandiose fantasies and co-dependent dysfunctions, the soul snuggles into her divine source, into a love that is real and everlasting.

12:30 – 2:30 – Lunch Break

2:30 – 4:00 – Afternoon Workshop

Moderate Magic in the Mandala, an intermediate Hoop Dance Experience: Shakti Sunfire
Dance and art invite us to viscerally tune in to the great flow of life-force energy that moves in a surprisingly organized and intelligent way. In this second part of her hoopdance workshop series, Shakti will introduce more complex linking and transition techniques that stress the importance of sensitivity in expression. We will attune to the subtleties in our breath, our bodies, and our inner landscape to unveil the mandala – the patterns of our unique imprint in playful yoga and hoopdance.
Gentle Tools for Yoga Teachers and Aspiring Teachers: Myra Lewin
Develop conscious ways to manage your energy for enhanced teaching and personal growth. Understand how the kleshas affect your teaching and practice. Apply the yamas and niyamas to move beyond them. Become a beacon of light in your community.
Gentle Burning Karma through Panchakarma; Guidance through an Ayurvedic Home Cleanse: Allison Morse
During this workshop you will learn valuable techniques that will enhance your yoga practice, increase your immunity, balance digestive issues and nourish your body. Burning karma, of course, is not the intention here but may happen when one goes through a deep spiritual experience. We will go step by step through a gentle, yet profound Ayurvedic home cleanse that is safe and effective for most people. By mobilizing metabolic wastes in order to remove toxins, the detox will have you practicing gentle yoga, following a clean simple diet of kitchari, doing self massages and taking herbs, if indicated. By releasing toxins and deep seated emotions, you may break the unhealthy patterns we create around diet, lifestyle, sleep and intimacy with ourselves. Over time, Ayurvedic cleansing will inspire and motivate you to find clarity, so you can see into your soul and connect with your dharma. Trained by Dr. Vasant Lad, Allison Morse has been guiding clients from around the country through the Panchakarma process in a clinic setting for nearly 12 years.
Moderate AcroYoga: Jill Campbell
The fundamentals of AcroYoga are presented here in a safe and nurturing enjoinment. Come experience the stillness of the moment in balance with another. The challenging and confidence building practice of Acro Yoga will connect you to your strength and inner calm in the company of like minded individuals. In this workshop we will explore:
. Partner Dynamics – using partner yoga to develop sensitivity & awareness of our partner
. Core body stabilization – strength building techniques to cultivate lightness
. The Essential” 3″ – base, flyer and spotter – looking at and understanding the role and importance of each individual!
. Spotting techniques to ensure safety and freedom
. Basic partner-acro balances and partner lying techniques

4:30 – 6:00 – Evening Workshops

Moderate Knowledge of Spirit: Will Duprey
Knowledge of Spirit starts as a satsang and open discussion on Spirit. Will references particular texts (specific Upanishads, Samhitas, etc.) and this leads to light discussion on the way we place our practices (asana, breathing, etc) to cause and Spiritual experience. In other words, the instructor will lead the participants through a series of postures in a very classical way, treating them as mudras, then a series of breathing techniques, visual kriyas and repetition of mantra. This workshop is exciting in a lot of ways because the practitioner feels full and happy while doing a minimal amount of physical activity and a stronger love for breathing and dharana/dhyana practices while feeling completely alive!
Moderate Community Yoga with the Founders of BYC, Open to the public by donation only: Ben Lanza & Jane Jarecki Lanza
This workshop is a unique way of connecting with yourself and another. Connect and play as a community while we create partner yoga poses in a circle with the whole group. You will practice a series of doubles-poses that explore balance and counter-balance. Learn partner-assisted stretches that may safely guide you deeper into a posture than you could reach on your own. Develop strength and flexibility through movement, games, and touch- while most importantly, nurturing yourself. You’ll learn some simple and restorative Thai Yoga at the end to relax.

Moderate Anusara Yoga- Perfect Freedom (A Hip Opening Class): Margaret Pitkin
In this slow, delicious class we will bathe in the life-giving nectar of the Full Moon (soma) and cultivate remembrance of our own perfection through a series of hip openers, twists and supine poses.
Gentle Kirtan: Yogiraj Prem Prakash & Kailash Jungle Band
Kirtan is the yoga practice of using music as a means of transforming consciousness. It is a tribal experience of cultivating bhava samadhi, communion through emotions. It creates a shamanic doorway between worlds, invoking beings of higher consciousness and evoking our own divinity. In kirtan there is a circle of connection with no authoritarian leader. Without performer or audience, we are free to join in samadhi and realize our shared divine identity. Bring your musical instruments, every soul is welcome to play and sing in the Kailash Jungle Band.

*Schedule is subject to change

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