Teacher Training Recommended for Beginners

Thursday
October 2, 2008

9:00am – 12:00pm & 2:30pm – 5:00pm
Eddie Modestini & Nicki Doane
Vinyasa Fusion: A Creative Blend of Vinyasa and Alignment
CODE: TTEM

Vinyasa Fusion was engendered on Maui, born of personal practice in the Krishnamacharya lineage.  Maya Yoga classes are open to all levels, creating a classroom environment where the work is accessible to Every Body in the room, from beginners to advance.

Vinyasa Fusion fuses the breath and flow of vinyasa style yoga with alignment principles, which support safety, postural integrity, and personal awareness in the practice.  Classes are challenging yet spiritually uplifting, incorporating asana, philosophy, and poetry.  Morning practice will be a strong vinyasa class with inversions and the afternoon session will include hip-openers and arm balances.  We invite you to explore Eddie and Nicki’s approach to vinyasa yoga that strengthens all aspects of your being!   

Full Day Intensives Recommended for Beginners

Thursday
October 23, 2008

9:00am – 12:00pm & 2:30pm – 5:00pm
Chris Kilham
Yoga To The Core
CODE: INCK

Yoga practice promotes core strength, energy and awareness. Through methods derived from diverse systems of yoga, we’ll work on the edge of body, mind and spirit to develop these core attributes. Yoga is first and foremost an expansive, delusion-shattering path to spiritual freedom. In this intensive workshop we’ll dive into the deep end of the yogic pool. Tune in, turn on and power up with Yoga to the Core.  

Main Conference Workshops Recommended for Beginners

Friday
October 24, 2008

8:00am – 10:00am
Lilias Folan
Yoga is for Every B-O-D-Y
CODE: 11LF

Explore key postures, breathing practices and inner smile relaxation, as well as the three R’s of stretching from her highly acclaimed book Lilias! Yoga Gets Better with Age. Enjoyably paced classes that will improve your health, inspire your heart, create and restore flexibility and strength. All sizes and shapes welcome!

10:30am – 12:30pm
Jonny Kest
Vinyasa Uprising
CODE: 12JK

There is a secret growing underground movement of living a more healthy and happy life filled with gratitude. Where the flow of ujayii pranayama breath and asana  becomes a radical expression of what is beautiful inside and out. Come and discover a new edge where you learn to be true to yourself, even if it means disappointing someone else. In this two hour Vinyasa Workshop you will experience backbends to open your heart and build strength, forward bends to open your hips and surrender to grace, twists to wring out the old and open up to what’s new, and breath to ignite the spirit of gratitude within. Open to all levels.

2:30pm – 4:30pm
Gary Kraftsow
Meditation
CODE: 13GK

Joy – purpose – connection:  uncover and activate what’s inside you through meditation.  It is possible for you to experience deep self-awareness and realize your highest potential in spite of the stress and fast pace of modern life.  Join Gary Kraftsow and be guided through an integrated meditation practice to discover elegance and grace in daily living.  

Saturday
October 25, 2008

8:00am – 10:00am
Mark Uridel
Yoga for a Healthy Neck: Asana, Bandha, Pranayama and Mantra
CODE: 21MU

The latest Medical Research reports that most people with neck pain respond positively to specifically designed exercises. A Yoga practice designed for the health of your neck.

5 ways Yoga helps to keep your neck healthy:

1. Relaxes your muscle tension.
2. Improves your posture and body awareness.
3. Strengthens the muscles that support your neck.
4. Reduces stress and mental tension.
5. Engages your whole body, mind and breath.

10:30am – 12:30pm
Alan Finger
Chakra Yoga
CODE:  22AF

Based on his recent book Chakra Yoga, this workshop topic is one of Alan Finger's specialties and will leave you feeling rebalanced, invigorated and perhaps even amazed! The world of the chakras brings together the physical, emotional, mental and energetic bodies into a comprehensive system of the self. Using asana, meditation, visualization, mantra, yantra and philosophy, discover your strengths and weaknesses, open your "closed doors" and experience true balance and expanded consciousness. Travel through the energetic body to transcend your blocks and arrive at bliss consciousness.

2:30pm – 4:30pm
Mika
Agni Yoga – The Fire at the Foundation of All Yogas
CODE: 23MM

Awaken the life force through meditation in movement. A more physical class, you’ll feel the heartbeat and the fire within. Also includes relaxation with the didgeridoo for mythical sounds of the earth that takes away the thinking.

Sunday
October 26, 2008

8:00am – 10:00am
Sharon Gannon
The Diet of Enlightenment (Lecture)
CODE:  31SG

An insightful, optimistic and non-judgmental exploration into Patanjali’s five Yamas and how they relate to the food we eat, and how that in turn affects personal issues: of violence, self-esteem, wealth/poverty, and physical health as well as identity issues arising from our perception of our past, present and future or who we were, who we are and who we will become. Drawn from the book Yoga and Vegetarianism. Please bring something to sit on. Feel free to tape record or take notes. All levels. Everyone who eats food is welcome: carnivores, vegetarians and vegans!

10:30am – 12:30pm
Vinnie Marino
Twists
CODE: 32VM

Wring out the old and breathe in the new! Twists are a great way to detoxify the body, massage the internal organs and release the lower back. This series of progressively deeper twists will help you understand the benefits and mechanics of these potent postures in ways that will enrich your entire practice.

2:30pm – 4:30pm
Priyanka Shanbag
Awaken The Healer Within
CODE: 33PS

Life is full of challenges physical and emotional; this is a fact of life. Inside us lies great strength, endurance and the natural hormones to help fight and deal with these concerns. In this class we pay emphasis on our breath and asanas, we tap into these resources, our residual energy to awaken the healing vibrations and ignite the fire inside us and thus help rediscover our full potential to strengthen and heal our body and mind and enable us to lead a healthier lifestyle.