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For all retreat and event information, or to register, please email julie. ************************************** SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS 2008 ************************************ ANUSARA ON NANTUCKET RETURNS AGAIN THIS SUMMER August 1st - 3rd at THE YOGA ROOM FULL SCHEDULE COMING SOON *************************************** AND SAVE THE DATES FOR A SEPTEMBER RETREAT in the CATSKILLS September 11-14th at HEATHEN HILL. www.heathenhill.com *************************************** ANUSARA YOG IMMERSIONS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN AGAIN at VIRAYOGA! Space is still available PART ONE: AWAKENING THE HEART SUMMER '08 with JULIE DOHRMAN and VANESSA SPINA May 31/June 1 June 7/8 June 21/22 June 28/29 Saturdays: 1pm-4pm and 6pm-9pm Sundays: 12:45-3:30pm Cost: $700 The journey into the heart of your yoga practice begins with the profound affirmation that life is a gift! Our task as yogins is to simply awaken to this gift and live more fully from it. In Part One, the first level of discovery will cover in detail all the basic elements of Anusara Yoga's philosophy, vision, and asana alignment technique. The Part One Immersion is designed to provide a good foundation of practical understanding for the enthusiastic student looking to deepen their Anusara Yoga practice, or continue on to a Teacher Training. Join Julie and Vanessa, two of Virayoga's finest Certified Anusara Yoga teachers for this chance to open into your practice more fully, and meet other great beings who share in the desire to live more fully from the heart. Our 4 weekends together will include: - An in-depth exploration of the Universal Principles of Alignment, the Spirals, and the Loops. - Basic Anusara Yoga philosophy overview, including Ethical precepts, Studentship, and an overview of the history of yoga. - Basic elements of pranayama, anatomy of the breath, meditation, journaling, contemplation, and conversation. - An introduction to Anusara's Level 1 syllabus. - A deeper experience of Kula - the community of the heart! PART TWO: REFINING YOUR INNER VISION FALL '08, WEEKENDS with Julie and Vanessa FALL '08, WEEKDAYS with Zhenja and Lisa *************************************** ANUSARA YOGA TEACHERS' IMMERSION AT VIRAYOGA June and July, 2008 Virayoga is pleased to announce that it will be offering an Anusara Yoga Teachers' Immersion this summer to help support the growth of the teaching community in and around New York City. The Teachers' Immersion will consist of a series of targeted workshops on specific teaching skills, as well as several workshops that follow the oral tradition of satsang, where we can immerse ourselves in the core Tantric teachings, texts and myths that inform Anusara Yoga. The Immersion welcomes all levels of teachers to participate, including new teachers who want to reinforce new skills, more experienced teachers who are working toward Anusara Certification, teachers of other styles of yoga who want to learn from the Anusara Yoga methodology, and Certified Anusara teachers who just want to refine, refine, refine and share in these conversations. SCHEDULE: TEACHING SKILLS: Mondays at Virayoga, 2-5 PM June 2: Strategies for Teaching the Universal Principles of Alignment(Lower Body) - Zhenja June 9: Strategies for Teaching the Universal Principles of Alignment(Upper Body) - Zhenja June 16: Hands-on Adjusting (Lower Body) – Zhenja/Susanna June 23: Hands-on Adjusting (Upper Body) – Julie/Susanna July 7: Therapeutics (Lower Body) - Zhenja July 14: Therapeutics (Upper Body) - Zhenja July 21: Teaching Beginners – Julie/Vanessa July 28: Teaching Advanced Asana - Elena PHILOSOPHY SATSANG: Wednesdays at Virayoga, 2-5 PM June 4: Ganesha - Lois June 11: Mantra Yoga - Manorama June 18: Rasas - Julie/Zhenja June 25: Nataraja - Julie July 9: Spanda Karikas - Zhenja/Vanessa July 16: 3 Goddesses (Kali, Lakshmi, Saraswati) - Julie July 23: Hanuman and the Ramayana - Julie and Zhenja July 30: Making Your Certification Video - Vanessa/Zhenja COST: $50 per workshop $90 for both sessions per week $425 for 10 sessions teachers on staff of Virayoga receive 50% off (please note: $10 admin fee applies for registering day-of) For further information and to register, contact Virayoga at: www.virayoga.com ****************************** YOGA TALA MONDAYS 10AM at Virayoga. TALA means 'rhythm' or 'meter' in sanskrit, and refers to the beauty of moving with the rhythm of your breath. In this 90 minute weekly class, we are accompanied by a live musician inspiring the dynamic combination of Anusara's alignment principles in a vinyasa-style class. Designed for the seasoned practitioner, this class is a great way to put the Universal Principles of Alignment into action as we explore the level 2/3 syllabus. LIVE MUSIC WITH DALIEN, MAY 12TH ************************************