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Restorative Stretches for the Soul Workshop
2 hour workshop all levels
Saturday 10:00am -12:00pm
January 28, 2017
Cost $35
Finishing our work in January (Focus: deep stretches for more flexibility and wellbeing) where we learned how to effectively stretch and loosen tight areas in our physical bodies from a postural and anatomical standpoint, this weekend we will explore the deeper emotional and mental layers which influence the way we perceive and feel our physical body.
Thinking that just physically stretching alone will get you to more well-being is a myth. So why not dig a little deeper and identify patterns to counteract the pain so many of us feel in our body.
You will learn:
- yoga breathing techniques to help identify tension in the body
- how to stretch and move your body without tightening those areas up even more
- why your attitude towards stretching matters more than you think
- how to use accessories like swiss balls, belts and bolsters effectively at home to counter some of our misaligned movement patters in daily life.
This workshop is an ideal start for yoga newbies on their yoga journey as well as experienced yoginis to balance their home practice.
Join us and learn to identify and change emotional and mental patterns to help feel more wellbeing in our physical bodies.
90 minute practice with 30 minute deep relaxation. Please bring a warm blanket. To register please visit our scheduling tab on our website.
SUPER STRETCHES with 60 minute Q & A with Emme
2 hour workshop all levels
Saturday 10:00am -12:00pm
January 21, 2017
Cost $30 prepaid (no refunds), $35 at the door
From this year on we are offering a monthly teaching focus for all classes, which means every month the content for all the yoga offerings (regular weekly classes as well as specialty workshops) will be announced at the beginning of each month and you can get a deeper experience with this part of yoga for the entire month.
Our January Focus
Super Stretches : How to incorporate safely deep stretches for the hip and shoulder girdle to enhance our Asana practice by creating more ease in movement during our practice.
Super Stretches : How to incorporate safely deep stretches for the hip and shoulder girdle to enhance our Asana practice by creating more ease in movement during our practice.
One of the main reasons why people get curious about Yoga is, that they feel stiff and movement has become cumbersome and sometimes painful. As a result we feel old and get tired quickly and vitality and joyful energy is lost for every day movement.
This month I have taught new techniques using a wide variety of yoga accessories to enhance your stretching experience in our posture focus and flow classes.
However, stretching is an art that needs first and foremost understanding of your own body and “feeling” the right or wrong way of stretching. My experience is, that most people use a wrong stretching regiment, so no longterm change is achieved and most likely you will get hurt along the way – sooner or later -, even and especially in yoga class.
We cannot learn this from reading articles about it online or copying a video at home with a teacher, who cannot connect with you.
So this Saturday I am offering a specialty workshop
SUPER STRETCHES with 60 minute Q & A with Emme
for practicing and reviewing the techniques I have taught the past 3 weeks and an hour long Q & A for all your burning questions that must have arisen in all of you while practicing your stretches.
Take the opportunity to ask those personal questions that concern your own practice and experience and get the answers which will enlighten your pathway to your very own individual yoga practice.
Examples:
- I do not feel a stretch here, why?
- How do I know if I am stretching wrong?
- This stretch I cannot attempt at all, what do I need to prepare in my body to even get there?
- Why can’t I reach with my arms behind my back?
- I have been stretching at home, but see very little results, what am I doing wrong?
- How does my own personal anatomy play into my stretching experience…
Normally I only offer this work in my private sessions, which is the reason, why the private work is so much more efficient.
60min with Emme – up close and personal – let’s get into the nitty gritty of your own yoga practice.
I thought this would also be a beautiful experience for all my serious Yoginis, who want to get a more personal take on the teachings they receive in group class. And additionally you will learn from the questions of others.
Certainly all of our newbies are invited too, you will learn tons of new things about stretching, that you never knew…
I will be looking forward to this specialty workshop all around super stretches and their techniques, practice and all the lightbulbs which will go off in each and every one of you.
Last weekend we almost had too many participants for the yoga and essential oils workshop. But we are a specialty studio and my main focus is on furthering each one of my students to his/her full potential.
Therefore, I would like to have the time to be able to offer a more personalized experience to each one of my students and I can only do this, if I am trying to keep the class size small.
So since space is limited, please register on our website with our new scheduling and registering software fitli to reserve a spot.
From this year on we are offering a monthly teaching focus for all classes, which means every month the content for all the yoga offerings (regular weekly classes as well as specialty workshops) will be announced at the beginning of each month and you can get a deeper experience with this part of yoga for the entire month.
Our January Focus
Super Stretches : How to incorporate safely deep stretches for the hip and shoulder girdle to enhance our Asana practice by creating more ease in movement during our practice.
Super Stretches : How to incorporate safely deep stretches for the hip and shoulder girdle to enhance our Asana practice by creating more ease in movement during our practice.
One of the main reasons why people get curious about Yoga is, that they feel stiff and movement has become cumbersome and sometimes painful. As a result we feel old and get tired quickly and vitality and joyful energy is lost for every day movement.
This month I have taught new techniques using a wide variety of yoga accessories to enhance your stretching experience in our posture focus and flow classes.
However, stretching is an art that needs first and foremost understanding of your own body and “feeling” the right or wrong way of stretching. My experience is, that most people use a wrong stretching regiment, so no longterm change is achieved and most likely you will get hurt along the way – sooner or later -, even and especially in yoga class.
We cannot learn this from reading articles about it online or copying a video at home with a teacher, who cannot connect with you.
So this Saturday I am offering a specialty workshop
SUPER STRETCHES with 60 minute Q & A with Emme
for practicing and reviewing the techniques I have taught the past 3 weeks and an hour long Q & A for all your burning questions that must have arisen in all of you while practicing your stretches.
Take the opportunity to ask those personal questions that concern your own practice and experience and get the answers which will enlighten your pathway to your very own individual yoga practice.
Examples:
- I do not feel a stretch here, why?
- How do I know if I am stretching wrong?
- This stretch I cannot attempt at all, what do I need to prepare in my body to even get there?
- Why can’t I reach with my arms behind my back?
- I have been stretching at home, but see very little results, what am I doing wrong?
- How does my own personal anatomy play into my stretching experience…
Normally I only offer this work in my private sessions, which is the reason, why the private work is so much more efficient.
60min with Emme – up close and personal – let’s get into the nitty gritty of your own yoga practice.
I thought this would also be a beautiful experience for all my serious Yoginis, who want to get a more personal take on the teachings they receive in group class. And additionally you will learn from the questions of others.
Certainly all of our newbies are invited too, you will learn tons of new things about stretching, that you never knew…
I will be looking forward to this specialty workshop all around super stretches and their techniques, practice and all the lightbulbs which will go off in each and every one of you.
Last weekend we almost had too many participants for the yoga and essential oils workshop. But we are a specialty studio and my main focus is on furthering each one of my students to his/her full potential.
Therefore, I would like to have the time to be able to offer a more personalized experience to each one of my students and I can only do this, if I am trying to keep the class size small.
So since space is limited, please register on our website with our new scheduling and registering software fitli to reserve a spot.
Yoga and Essential Oils 2 hour workshop all levels with Emme
Saturday 10:00am -12:00pm
January 14, 2017
Cost $30 prepaid (no refunds), $35 at the door
Capture the energy of Nature with our January workshop Yoga with Essential Oils.
Essential Oils are nature’s most powerful and balanced plant medicine. Adding them into our yoga practice enhances our ability to tune into our body.
Make room for new creative energy and mindfully nourish your body, mind and spirit in this 2 hour workshop. You will feel rejuvenated from the inside out as the oils assist us to let go and create anew for this month.
Our focus in January will be VISION
How to align your life with your goals? What is your vision? This workshop invites one to practice with curiosity, while seeking more clarity about where they are and where they want to be.
It will consist of 3 core elements:
- a very brief introduction into the world of essential oils for everybody who has not been introduced to the power of essential oils yet
- a simple yoga sequence for all levels introducing how to use essential oils during our yoga practice focusing on active twists and gentle inversions
- a guided mindfulness meditation at the end of our workshop by Emme whose focus is to help her students find their greatest potential and invite peacefulness and balance into our busy lives.
Yoga newbies are very welcome in this all levels yoga workshop and we are looking forward to having you feel rejuvenated, energized, uplifted and balanced after this special experience.
We will be using essential oils aromatically to enhance our meditative practice as well as diluted on our hands, feet and other parts of our bodies during asana practice.
Space is limited, please register to reserve a spot.
Movement and Meditation Open Practice Class all levels with Susan
Saturday 10-11:30am
March 26
Cost $20 prepaid online, $25 at the door
A gentle yoga class of soothing movements to balance stress and calm the hectic demands of our busy lifestyles. Light yoga stretches and restorative postures combined with deep breathing techniques restore tension in our body, mind and spirit and leave you feeling rejuvenated and calm after class.
We will be alternating the movement part with parts of guided meditation to learn to detach from the “constant racing thoughts” in our minds. This will offer a space to learn how to find a meditative calm state of peace within yourself…and have a deeply relaxing effect on body and mind.
…to breath
…to let go
…to just BE
COMPLETED
Saturday 10:00am-12:00pm
March 19
Cost $30 prepaid online, $40 at the door
What is Spring Equinox?Spring Equinox is celebrated as the first day of Spring when day and night are equal in both Hemispheres. In Yoga we often refer to this special energetic time as the “festival of balance and potential”.
All of nature is now stirring and awakening from the winter sleep through its first signs of activity. Buds are bursting on the trees, Spring flowers are blooming and seeds are germinating./p>
The power of the sun is increasing daily, the days are getting longer, the nights are getting shorter. We begin to feel this energy and be empowered to reach out for what we want, take risks, stride out on our own, spend time outdoors and connect to the Earth again.
We can use the potential and fertility of this time to create opportunities for positive change in our lives and in the world. At this point we are poised between opposite forces, light and dark, receptive and active, unconscious and conscious, inner and outer. These can be united within us so that we are whole and balanced individuals. This gives birth to actions that come from the heart.
In the past the fertile Earth goddess Eostre was honored at this time in celebration of new life and gestation. Dragon processions celebrated the emerging active energy of the earth and eggs were used as a potent symbol of new life and rebirth.
(Adapted from: “Earth Wisdom” by Glennie Kindred)
What is special about Yoga on Spring Equinox?
Our yoga practice is deeply connected to nature’s energy and if we align ourselves consciously to the “rhythm of nature’s song”, we align our life to more ease, balance and grace.
This is a celebration of balance and union between the Light and Dark cycles of the year, between the Sun and the Moon, between Yang and Yin, Fire and Water. From this dynamic joining of opposites comes new life, transformation and manifestation.
Join me for this special 2hour yoga workshop and celebrate the beautiful union and balance of body, mind and spirit with an inspiring and empowering yoga practice.
This workshop requires some yoga experience, but is designed with all current students of SSY in mind with the opportunity to practice what we have learned since the beginning of the new year
We will be alternating the movement part with parts of guided meditation to learn to detach from the “constant racing thoughts” in our minds. This will offer a space to learn how to find a meditative calm state of peace within yourself…and have a deeply relaxing effect on body and mind.
…to breath
…to let go
…to just BE
COMPLETED
Saturday 10:00-11:30am
1/23/16
$21 prepaid with credit card
$25 at the door
A perfect yoga practice class designed to help boost your immunity in a time where our immune system has to work hard to defend our physical and emotional body. We will raise the energy level to create heat in the body and then balance with a restorative practice to further healing energy for body, mind and spirit. Fun and effective…
This is an all levels PRACTICE class, beginners are welcome. ‘Open practice classes’ are classes designed to encourage students to come practice the principles and methods which are taught in the yoga group series.
COMPLETED
FREE Yoga for Newbies – introductory session
Saturday 9:00-9:45am
1/23/16
FREE
Join us for a 45min FREE introductory session about the Best that EMME YOGA @ SSY has to offer. I will share:
- my teaching philosophy and mission
- content of our group series and special events
- what to expect when you join us
- the path to help you reach your goals
- safety, modifications, therapeutic concerns
- introduction to individual sessions
This is a great time to get to know us, and see what we are offering.
COMPLETED
Yoga from the Heart – a spiritual evening with special guest Julie Christine with Emme
Wednesday 6:00-7:30pm
1/13/16
Donation Based
Be invited to join me for a inspirational talk with my first special guest of this New Year Julie Christine and get inspired to take a look “beyond our yoga mats” and at what a dedicated spiritual practice for a Yogi could look like.
A evening of sharing the wisdom of yoga and exploring the body, mind and spirit connection that yoga has to offer. Julie is going to share her own spiritual journey and we will together introduce you to a purification meditation technique to further benefit our intentions for the New Year.
donation based / light refreshments & teas will be available
COMPLETED
Donation Based
This event is part of SSY’s “karma yoga” and is donation based, so please bring your friends and family.
About Julie Christine:
Julie Christine, MOT, C.T.E. is a practicing Occupational Therapist, Certified Tantric Educator, and a spiritual political blogger for Peace. She is a passionate activist for personal power, potential, and wisdom found deep inside our human hearts just waiting to bloom.
Julie believes that Love is at the root of all spiritual practice and was specifically drawn to Tibetan Buddhism in 2006 where she has the great fortune to study directly with Lama Gyaltsen at the Maui Dharma Center in Maui, HI she calls home for 13 years.