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Workshops, Lectures & Performances  September, October, November and December 2007 How to register: First, make sure you can attend! Second, please send a 50% deposit to hold your reservation, balance due by pricing deadlines. You can register at either shala location 3249 SE Division or 3808 N. Williams. You may register by phone with a credit card,  or send a check/money order, or credit card information  to:   Yoga Shala of Portland 3808 North Williams Portland, Oregon 97227 503.963.yoga www.yogashalapdx.com Shala credits only if we can fill your reservation,  no refunds. For SE events, click here. N WILLIAMS LOCATION, YOGA SHALA NORTH, 3808 N WILLIAMS (2 blocks north of Fremont) • CLASSICAL ASANA STHITI AND SEQUENCES with MATT HUISH 3-week course on Wednesday evenings November 7 – November 28, 5:00 – 6:30pm • $60 Matt has opened up the asana portion of the advanced study course to allow experienced students (with at least one to three years recent experience with shala teachers) to deepen their understanding of some of the traditional sequences. Learn the classical asanas such as padmasana, siddhasana, svastikasana, simhasana, mayurasana, pascimottanasana, and others with their relevant cycles. Each month will be one or two asanas and their cycles. Attention will also be given regularly to learning the inversion cycles of viparita karani. A second course will be offered December 5, 12, 19. Focus of the month for November : Badrasana and Janu Sirsasana cycles Focus of the month for December : Reclining Cycles and Yoga Nidrasana • INTRODUCTION TO “OLD SCHOOL” VINYASA YOGA with Nandini 6-week course on Monday evenings November 12 – December 17, 5:30 – 7:00pm $60 (drop ins allowed, registration encouraged) Each week we will study a few different vinyasas, learning how to align the movement and the asanas carefully with the breath. We will learn a few standing sequences, an introductory seated sequence, a supine sequence as well as a backbending sequence. You will be given a short daily practice based on class and we will discuss how to use the vinyasas that you have learnt to carefully construct a personal practice. No previous experience is necessary. Just a willingness to practice. • Yoga for Women with Emma Balnaves Friday, November 30, 6:00 – 8:00PM FREE WORKSHOP The introductory lecture will be used for discussion about menstruation, pregnancy, menopause and irregularities occurring during these times in a woman's life. Practical information will be given on how to generate and increase the creative principle in women through the proper practice and use of yogasanas, bandhas, mudras and pranayamas. Emma Balnaves is a teacher of Shadow Yoga. Her background studies include: Ayurvedic and Siddha systems of medicine of which she holds diplomas in Siddha Medicine and Thanuology (marma shastra). Shadow Yoga has courses and workshops in Europe, Russia, Asia, the United States and Australia. Open to Women Only. • SINGING SATSANG & KIRTAN – with Gina Salá Saturday, December 1, 8:00pm • $15 Gina Salá Sacred syllables create a resonance that nourishes the soul. Repeating the Name of the Divine keeps our minds and hearts centered in Love. Come as you are and participate as you like, as we join in sharing the loving vibrations of sacred song and chant from multiple traditions. Om Hrim Namah Shivaya! • THE HEART OF GIVING VOICE with Gina Salá Sunday, December 2, 1:00-5:00pm •$60 Singing connects us in the heart, and brings about wellness and integration of our humanity and divinity. Opening into the heart through voice allows us to experience love, courage, and clarity with which everything is possible. In this fun, transformational afternoon, Gina leads participants in cross-cultural warm-ups, practical techniques, as well as songs, chants and “modes” from several traditions, for befriending, strengthening and opening the body and voice for speaking and singing with grace, power and ease. In this freedom, a natural, easy love and appreciation for the voices of the Voice arises. We awaken to the magnificence that is singing through us all. This is a juicy, rejuvenating joy. Gina Salá has been chanting mantra and cross-cultural devotional songs since she began living at a Hindu ashram at the age of 3. Ever deepening in her practice of sound and voice, with teachers from several continents and 30 languages, Gina Salá offers individual sessions, classes and voice workshops for youth and adults internationally. She also leads River of Sound tours to India every year focusing on mantra, nada yoga, and devotional north Indian singing. Her passion is helping us sing ourselves awake to Who we are! www.ginasala.com • WINTER SOLSTICE VINYASA CELEBRATION! with Jen Caruso Friday, December 21st 7:30-9:00pm • $14 or class card As the Earth leans slightly on its axis like a spinning top frozen in an off-kilter position all variety of changes effect our climate. It is this tilt that creates all the drama and poetry of our seasons and it determines how many hours and minutes each hemisphere receives precious sunlight. Since the dawning of humanity cultures have celebrated the turning of the seasons – Winter Solstice being particularly special as it is a time to emerge from the darkness and step forth to embrace the Light. It is an opportunity to burn off old patterns so that we may usher in a renewed sense of vitality. All levels welcome to this celebration of Light and Rebirth. Please bring a candle for the altar. SE LOCATION, YOGA SHALA SOUTHEAST, 3249 SE DIVISION • EXPLORING THE BREATH with Nandini 6 week course on Friday evenings, , 5:45 – 7:00pm • $60 November 2 - December 14 (no class the day after thanksgiving) A portion of the course fee will go to the Oregon Food Bank (drop ins allowed, registration encouraged) First six week course: Learn to develop an awareness and appreciation of breath. Each week, we will start with an appropriate asana practice to prepare a particular component of the breath. Learn various pranayama techniques, and simple ratios, focusing on gradually improving the quality and the length of the breath. We will also discuss the importance and benefits of pranayama, referring to various classical texts. Second six week course: We begin to turn inward, using the breath as a preparation for meditation, learning to observe the quietness inside. Working with retentions and mantras, we begin to practice pranayama with an object of focus. Eventually, the breath itself will be a focus for meditation. The goal of these 6 weeks is to understand, through our practice, pranayama as described in the Yogasutras. A regular personal practice is essential for working with the breath. Students will be given a short pranayama course to practice daily, and suggestions for what asanas they may use to prepare for this practice. We will modify the asanas and pranayama based on the individual. • QI GONG MEDITATION with Colleen Gibson 4-Week Courses, Mondays, November 19 - December 10, 7:30 – 8:30pm • $32 (4-week course) QI GONG is the art of energy cultivation centered around the principle of opening the heart to balance the emotions. This class teaches an elegant form of seated QI GONG meditation and offers to help transform the emotional stresses of every day living. It may also be of special interest for mommies-to-be seeking to create a peaceful inner world and for those going through life transitions or relationship struggles seeking greater internal grounding. No previous experience is needed. • A PUBLIC SITTING with Emily Carson Last Sunday, November 25, 7:00 - 8:15pm • $15 For many years, Emily Carson has listened to and learned from an inner voice she has always called “guidance.” In early 2003, she began receiving longer dictations, teachings, essentially describing how honesty, tenderness, and surrender have the potential to free us completely. Public sittings begin with a meditative talk, followed by the opportunity for audience members to ask questions. Everyone is welcome, and no registration is required. •BIRTH PREPARATION FOR PARTNERS WORKSHOP with Shana Celnicker-Chong Sunday, December 9, 2:00 – 5:00pm • $60 per couple Pre-registration required and a minimum of 3 couples, maximum 6 couples Designed for you and your birth partner to better prepare yourselves for the life-changing event of labor and birth. We will facilitate the connection between both of you through meditation, massage, and breath work, bringing awareness and confidence to your birth. This workshop is for pregnant women in their last trimester and their partners. Individual Yoga Instruction and Private Yoga Therapy Sessions with teachers: Matt Huish, Jody Kurilla, Nandini Ranganathan, Timo Jimenez, and Maureen Clyne. Private Instruction is available for half hour to two hour sessions. Privates are a valuable way to increase your knowledge about specific and individualized practices as well as a good place to come for yoga therapeutics. Yoga Therapy uses many tools of yoga including asana, chanting, prananyama (breath), meditation and visualization. The careseeker may come for physical pain issues as well as help with a personal practice for stress, emotional components, or to help one through a difficult time in life. The greatest benefit of a private is that you get a practice designed by an experienced professional that is created specifically for YOU- your body, your personality, your problems, helping YOU to connect spiritually. Personalized practices often allow for more effective and more quickly achieved results. The rates for private sessions vary depending on the teacher and the length of the sessions. For more information about the teachers, their lineage and approach to Yoga Therapy, and price structures please visit the rest of our website.