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Dear Kathleen,
Lay your mat beside one of our 21-Day Sunrise
Adventure yogis and vicariously experience
the effects of their consistent daily practice! Wow!
These folks are focused! In sanskrit the term is
ekagrata or "one-pointed". Simply practicing
beside them, you will benefit from their
powerful "presence".
For some, getting to class each day by 6am was a
challenge... for others it was a joy to walk, bike,
drive or run(!) to the studio by the light of
the moon. But everyone who came experienced the
extraordinary power of practicing with the same
group of people at the same time
every day. And everyone who came will be
integrating the benefits of the practice in the weeks
and months to come!
Jai sunrise yogis! What an honor it's been to engage
in these ancient practices with you!
Jai Bhagwan,
Ken & Kathleen, studio directors
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New this fall: Sunrise Yoga continues with
two 6-7:15am classes! Join Ken on Monday and
Friday mornings and find out why all those early-birds
are glowing!
New: Tuesdays 12:15-12:45 Open
Meditation. Drop by and enjoy 30 minutes of peace
of mind and still have time to eat lunch!
 New: Lisa Groshing is joining the alleyCat
teaching staff offering Kripalu Yoga classes
Wednesdays from 7:30-9pm beginning October 4.
Lisa will assist Ken during the Wednesday Yoga 101
class in September.
17 weekly classes plus monthly workshops in our
Yoga Saturdays! series. Download the
schedule or pick one up at the studio for all the
details.
Upcoming
workshops:
Sept 23 Yoga Nidra. An ancient Tantric
practice for experiencing complete physical, mental
and emotional relaxation while remaining totally alert
and aware.
Sept 30 Inversions. Receive hands-on
attention while you learn to practice a series of
upside-down yoga poses.
Oct 7 Healing Your Chakras. Heal the
shadow aspects of your chakra system.
Oct 14 Healing with the Five Elements.
Yin/yang, Five-Element theory, and the Chinese
Clock will assist you in taking care of yourself with
simple and inexpensive tools.
Oct 28 Creating Your Home Yoga
Practice. Everyone leaves with an individualized
plan for a 30-minute home yoga practice.
Five more terrific workshops will be offered
in
November and December. Read all workshop descriptions.
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101 / Beginner Yoga starts Wednesday Sept. 6 and Saturday Sept.
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Know someone who might be interested in trying
yoga? How about suggesting Yoga 101?
This fall we will offer two beginner classes
led by Ken, beginning Wednesday, September 6
at 7:30pm and Saturday, September 9 at
9:15am.
Yoga 101 is a 4-session
introduction to the practices
of yoga during which students are taught a
repertoire of basic postures and a simple
pranayama
(breathing technique) An overview of the philosophy
of yoga is interwoven into the classes. $36 for 4
classes. Advance registration requested.
Please forward this email to a friend! Look
for
the blue link at the bottom of this page.
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Experiment suggests slow breathing helps break
down the salt we eat.
WASHINGTON-Take a slow deep breath, then exhale
just as slowly. Can you take fewer than 10 breaths a
minute? Research suggests breathing that slowly for
a few minutes a day is enough to help some people
nudge down bad blood pressure.
Why would that brief interlude of calm really work? A
scientist at the National Institutes of Health thinks
how we breathe may hold a key to how the body
regulates blood pressure and that it has less to do
with relaxation than with breaking down all that salt
most of us eat. Read more.
Visit
the website of "Breathe" painter Melanie Weidner.
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alleyCat Yoga passholders: Register by November
6
and save $150 off an unforgettable yoga
vacation in
sunny Costa Rica!!
Join Ken & Kathleen for their 8th annual
Awakening: A Kripalu Yoga
Retreat from
January 6-
13, 2007 at Pura Vida Spa, an exquisite, private yoga
and retreat center.
The trip package includes: 2 daily yoga
classes plus
additional workshops, 3 gourmet vegetarian meals
daily (chicken and fish available), 7 nights' double
accommodation and an easy 20 minute shuttle
to/from the airport.
 Lounge by the pool, nap in a hammock,
soak in the hot tub under the stars, take in the
spectacular views, walk in the coffee fields, make
new friends in the dining room, and enjoy the many
optional eco-adventure tours available at Pura Vida.
You will return home feeling truly refreshed and
recharged.
Heart-opening -- joyful -- the perfect
combination of Costa Rica's unique beauty and yoga's
profound effects. Ken & Kathleen build the week to a
wonderful balance of relaxation and adventure. Well
worth a repeat visit.
Joyce, Charlottesville,
VA.
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Are you tired of being tired?
Restorative yoga is a specialized practice for those
who are tired, in poor health, recovering from injuries
or for anyone who wants to learn a deeply nurturing
and restorative yoga practice.
Please register early. Class size is limited to 9 people.
Previous sessions have had waiting lists.
Offered in 4-week sessions: First session: September
17, 24 and October 1, 8. Second session: November
5, 12, 19 and 26
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At alleyCat Yoga, our intention is to create safe
and sacred space so that the benefits of the
practices of yoga can be fully enjoyed by all. Please
join us.
Find out more....
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