EAST Meets EAST: Yoga & Buddhism

with master yoga educator, Christopher Baxter         
Saturday  August 28th    
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fusing the Core Power of Yoga with The Deep Wisdom of Buddhism

$40.00 pre-registration online here
$45.00 at the door

When we harmonize key elements from these two complementary traditions we rest in meditative awareness, access intuitive insight, build healthy core strength and delight in an aligned, energized, joyful and peaceful body of experience.

Learn to Integrate Selected Core Yoga Keys: Mulabandha, 7 Motions of the Spine, Core Body Breathing, Mobile Pelvic Stability, Spacious Core Strength, Original Movement, Intuitive Inner Alignment, Simple Sequences for Complete Joint Mobilization, & Deep Relaxation With Essential Elements of Buddhist Practice: Physical Foundations for Sitting, Awareness Sequences for Meditation, Calm Abiding Techniques, Recognizing Natural Awareness, Relaxing Into Emotions, Being with Busy Mind, Meditations on Sensation, Mind Training Tips

**Qualifies for Yoga Alliance CEU’s**

Christopher Baxter, ERYT500, is both an architect and master yoga educator with more than 40 years experience. The author of "Kripalu Hatha Yoga", and a founding member of Kripalu Center, he was instrumental in the development of Kripalu Yoga, Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Alliance. He is a student of Buddhist meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.

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Male Yogaphobia?!

A funny thing happened while practicing Saucha

I've done my socks in the sink. I've soaked work shirts in the tub.  I've borrowed a neighbor's machine.  I've walked through a jungle of damp clothes dangling from doorways in my apartment.  I've waited a month to do laundry at the launderette, many a time.

I very, very, very much DISLIKE the washing of clothes.  Not sure what part of it I have the aversion to, but my incompatibility with it is well known. Though I do fancy clean duds.   I realized today though, that laundry isn’t SO bad.  I found a place for it in my heart; small space that it is, still, it is space.  So laundry, yeah, I hate it!  I know, strong word.

I now have a new house that came with a new yard and in the new yard is a clothesline.  Seemed it was a romantic thing, to have a clothes line.  My mind immediately, went to the movies, Sense and Sensibility, Little Woman, Bright Star, Emma, you get the picture.  I even bought an old-fashioned clothes pins.

Sweating, I lugged the basket to the line, clothes pins in a cute little bag over my shoulder, a forced smile on my face.  Beauty in the act of hanging wet clothes on a rope with old-fashioned clothes pins is what I want to find.  I breathe and listen and start guiding myself through pranayama and imagery.   I quickly get there and I am listening to goats, kids playing and I'm smelling bread.  I have a bonnet on, the sun is shining, open fields, white apron.  Can you see it?   I am gently winding myself through this relaxing guided meditation, following my breath through each newly imagined moment. It was wonderful.  I fell into my clothes line world, enjoying myself.  

The AC kicked on and startled me back to reality.  Damn AC!  I started to get mad, but then I looked down at my basket and there was nothing in it.  I looked up at the line and it was full of clothes.  I was done!!!  I smiled, flashing my pearly whites, a real one this time.   Remembering Svadhyaya, the fourth of the five niyamas (observances towards ourselves) Sva means “self” and adhyaya means “investigation, inquiry, or education.  I naturally fell in line with what I was destined to do…Educate myself.  I am learning everyday, all the time, big and small. So Laundry, yeah I was done, well, I still have to fold them.  One thing at a time.

We now have a washer and a dryer and are blessed to have a back yard with a clothes line. Luckily I have the tools yoga has provided me.  One thing at a time. self-education, breathing, energy, love, patience, oh gosh, I could go on for a very long time.  Basically.... I think I'm ready to do another load of laundry.

OM Shanti

Written by our very own, Iderah Roeck.  She teaches our Kids Yoga classes, Vinyasa at noon on Thursdays and offers privates and workshops in Restorative Yoga.

Relax & Renew

Relax & Renew: An Essential Yoga Practice For Well Being
with Cecelia Rice  Saturday July 10th  11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

$30.00
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO 10

We live in a world of activity both physically and mentally, chronic stress has been proven to be one of the largest contributors to various forms of disease . Stress is stored deep within our physical body and mind; it than rises to the surface-by than it has become compounded and can lead to chronic stress and various forms of discomfort and illness.

Why Restorative Yoga? This practice is credited to B. K. S. Iyengar . Using props: bolsters, blankets and blocks you are supported in moments of stillness while experiencing familiar yoga poses as well as those unique to the Restorative practice. The benefits are numerous-Total relaxation- a state of no movement, no effort , a quiet brain-the antidote to stress. Balance depleted and over extended energies, nurture the spine, and learn to live more fully in the moment.

To stay healthy it is essential to set aside time to nourish our bodies, mind and spirit. Join Cecelia as she guides you through a slow mindful moving practice , breath techniques, and the fully supported Restorative poses including Waterfall, Bridge, Mountain Brook and Cradled Savasana.

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