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As without, So Within. An off the wall Chakra Workshop

Suitable for ALL Levels…

Sunday June 10th, 2-4pm
cost: $30 in advance $35 day of the event.

Doing asanas at the wall increases our proprioception–an internal awareness of where our bodies are in space.

Doing asanas with an internal awareness of our mental and emotional barriers helps us grow beyond those walls.

This workshop uses our experience of posture and employs the 5 kosha model of the human energy system to explore and release imbalances in our chakras.

We will learn how our walls support us, dettermine what and to whom we are aligned and offer the needed resistance to open up bodies, minds and hearts.

Nany McCaochan, MA. E-RYT 500, has been teaching yoga since 1995. She brings a serious kind oof playfulness intto her sessions. Committed to the understanding that the most profound learning takes place in a congenial and relaxed atmosphere. Nancy teaches from the pleasure of practice, helping her students open to their inherent comfort, strength and bliss. She is the author of Yoga at the Wall, (2008) and conducts workshops throughout the Metro-Detroit area.

Nothing makes for a strong yoga practice like a daily yoga practice. However, you can’t always get to the studio. All too often other parts of your life get in the way of you taking care of yourself. Or maybe the best time for you to practice is two in the afternoon when there are no classes at the studio. Maybe you need a gentle class to soothe your lower back but the only class you can get to is the power vinyasa?
Okay… Take me to Eastside Yoga Online
Note – You can only sign up for online yoga classes at Eastside Yoga Online.com. Sorry you cannot sign up in the studio
Now you can have any type of class you want, at anytime of the day or night, without leaving your own home. Become a part of our Online Yoga Studio and enjoy streaming Yoga Classes at your convenience.

Okay… Take me to Eastside Yoga Online
Note – You can only sign up for online yoga classes at Eastside Yoga Online.com. Sorry you cannot sign up in the studio

There are about 20 hours worth of classes online now and new classes are added every Monday and Wednesday. A new healthy vegetarian recipe is added every Friday and a new BlogPost every Sunday!

A lot of time, effort and love went into creating this Online Yoga Studio and we really hope you become a member.

Sign up before March 19th and you will never pay more than $9/month for as long as you are a member. You can save even more by signin up for the full year with a one time payment of $87. On March 19th the price will increase to $12 a month or $117/year.

A great way to maintain your practice and a great value!

Eastside Yoga Studio is pleased to present Lynn Medow for three exhilarating workshops.

Friday, April 13, 2012 – Setting the Stage
6pm -8:30 pm

Saturday, April 14, 2012 – Optimal Alignment
12 pm – 2 pm

Saturday, April 14, 2012 – Introduction of Yoga Therapeutics.
3-5:30 pm

Workshops are $35 each, or all three for $90

All yoga is therapy in one way or another. How it is presented by a teacher, interpreted by the student and applied by each, determines the efficacy of the offering. These workshops will address how the science of yoga enhances health and wellness of an individual and how both teacher and student can most effectively apply yoga as both a healing and life-enhancing practice.

Friday, April 13, 2012 – Setting the Stage
6pm -8:30 pm
Beginning with a moderate yoga practice, experience how Lynn transforms a basic yoga class into a healing, therapeutic journey.

Discussion will then cover general group, specific condition and private yoga therapy sessions. Intake, Assessment and Treatment Plans will be introduced.

Saturday, April 14, 2012 – Optimal Alignment
12 pm – 2 pm
Overview of most optimal alignment within self with experiential practice.

Saturday, April 14, 2012 – Introduction of Yoga Therapeutics.
3-5:30 pm Yoga Therapeutics for the most common of injuries and conditions including foot, back, hip, shoulder and neck issues as well as Adaptive Yoga for movement challenges and dementia.
Any Single Workshop  $35+HST
All Three Workshops with Lynn Medow $90 + HST

Lynn Medow ERYT 500 is known as a
compassionate teacher who supports
individuals on their journeys to healing and
wholeness. As the owner of Yoga by Design,
her pioneering approach to individualized
teaching and therapeutics has earned her a
reputation for being the “go-to” person when it
comes to questions of healing.
Ms. Medow has produced the DVD,
Yoga for Graceful Aging, available through
Amazon.com. She appears as the model in
Like Stanzas in a Poem/Yoga at the Wall
and is the creator of the Yoga by Design
Foundation providing funds for yoga
programs for under served populations. She
teaches group classes, offers therapeutic yoga
sessions and assists high school and university
sports teams with their strength and flexibility
training programs. www.yogabydesign.us

Whether an experienced yogi, yoga novice,
seasoned athlete or couch potato there are
simple shifts one can make to produce more
ease and comfort moving through life.
With uncomplicated direction and gentle
guidance, Lynn Medow ERYT 500 enables
each person to discover and assimilate their
optimal alignment. Applied to all movement,
whether on a long car journey, running a
marathon or practicing hatha yoga, this
increased understanding of one’s own body
empowers the individual to move with
increased ease and fluidity.

Join us the third Sunday of every month at 7pm for the viewing of a Yoga Inspired movie. Admission is free but donations to local charities will be accepted.

Movies we have watched so far include, Enlighten Up, The Buddha and Yoga Unveiled. Join us April 15th at 7pm. Movie Forks Over Knives

Throughout our lives the heart-mind (citta) accumulates memories.  These memories are fodder for the stories the mind can spin.  On a whim our “monkey mind” can lead us to believe that we are worthy or unworthy, lovable or unlovable.   The purpose of yoga is to quiet the heart-mind so that we can connect with the divine light of awareness (purusa) that resides within us.

The physical practice of yoga (asana) is only a partial view of an eight limbed process toward liberation within the heart-mind.  This Mindful Meditation class will lead yogis through the last three limbs of yoga namely:  choosing a focus (Dharana), continuous meditation/concentration (Dhyana), and complete attention/integration (Samadhi).

Supplies needed:  The studio does have chairs, bolsters and blankets available free of charge for students, however it is recommended that meditators invest in a Zabuton mat, and a Zafu Cushion or Seiza Bench.  Zafu cushions are available at ESY for purchase or online at:   www.snowlioncanada.com or www.dharma.net/monstore

Gisèle Harrison, MSW, RSW is a social worker in private practice that specializes in helping people to work through painful memories; anxiety; depression; and stress.  She came to the practice of yoga and meditation in an effort to know freedom from monkey-mind and in the process provide a valuable practice to her clients who were seeking the same thing.  Gisèle has studied meditation with Michael Stone, Molly Swan, Norman Feldman, Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli.  Gisèle also takes her practice off the mat and into the community through her feminist social justice work which includes regular guest columns in the Windsor Star addressing various forms of oppression.

Learn the Art of Yin Yoga.

Great for students wanting to delve deeper into the Yin practice. A must for teachers to learn how to teach Yin Yoga effectively. Yin Yoga has the same goals and objectives as any other school of yoga; however, it directs the stimulation normally created in the asana portion of the practice deeper than the superficial or muscular tissues (which we are calling the yang tissues).

Yin Yoga targets the connective tissues, such as the ligaments, bones, and even the joints of the body that normally are not exercised very much in a more active style of asana practice.