Series courses are great for new beginners and experienced beginners entering into a more tradition-specific practice. However, it is important to understand that a practice is something that is built by consistent repetition over a period of time. We have found that practicing three days a week is the minimum for building and maintaining a solid practice. To this end, we have spaced our series courses so that you can take level-appropriate drop-in classes as well. Private instruction can also be very helpful in the beginning stages of developing a practice as well as for established practitioners. This is the way yoga was traditionally transmitted! Please contact us if you are interested in private instruction or if you have specific therapeutic needs.
Each series runs for six consecutive weeks and the fee for each series is $96. Registration is done by e-mail. Please be sure and include the title, day and time of the series you wish to register for or use the specific links on our schedule page.
Anusara-Inspired Yoga for Beginners
With Phil Davis—Beginning Monday, February 29th at 6:15 p.m.
Our Anusara-Inspired Yoga for Beginners series is an ideal starting point for anyone either new to yoga or looking to revisit and reinforce the foundations. Each student will be encouraged to work within their own capacity.The series will address:
• Alignment principles to help heal injuries and to balance the body
• Increasing the flexibility of the spine
• Increasing strength balance and focus
• The physical, mental, and emotional benefits of a regular practice
Registration is done by e-mail. Contact us to register or with questions.
Please be sure to let us know which series you would like to attend.
Sarah Faircloth returns to Atlanta Yoga!
It's that time again! Sarah returns to Atlanta Yoga April 6-8 for a weekend of heart-connecting practices. With fun and challenging garlands of poses, we will weave ourselves into spring and renew our zest for life through yoga. You will hear stories of Nataraja as artist, teacher and family-man along with stories of his celestial family: Parvati, Skanda and Ganesha. We will contemplate how we can weave these artist-teacher-family myths into our lives.Christine Sell at Atlanta Yoga!
Christina is one of today's most vibrand, down-to-earth and inspiring teachers. We ar ethrilled to have her join us for an intensive session and a group practice:Standing Poses, Twists and Arm Balances
Sunday, April 15th, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Explore hwo fundamental posutres inform the sometimes challenging arm balancing postures. Learn step-by-step techniques to safely and effectively work toward a wide variety of standing poses, twists and arm balances. Expect strong work, lost of laughter and plenty of inspiration. All-LevelsClass fee: $45
Intermediate/Advanced Group Practice
Monday, April 16th, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Enjoy a dynamic and challenging group practice with ann emphasis onback bending postures to strengthen your back, open your heart and focus your mind. Perfect for experienced yogis who want an uplifting educational practice to help them go deeper into new and familiar poses. Intermediate/Advanced.Class fee: $45
About Christine:
Christine Sell has been practicing yoga since 1991. She is the author of Yoga From the Inside Out: Making Peace with Your Body Through Yoga and My Body is a Temple: Yoga as a Path to Wholeness. Chirstina is the 2012 Art of Asana columnist for Yoga International Magazine. For more information about Christina, please visist her on online at her website or her blog.
SATURDAY SERIES AT ATLANTA YOGA
Monthly Saturday offerings for deepening study and practice
We are excited to offer three special Saturday Series in 2012 with three of Atlanta's best teachers: an Anusara Yoga Saturday series with Gina Minyard, an Iyengar Saturday workshop series with Scott Schroeder, and an Ashtanga Saturday series with Elizabeth Rogers.SATURDAY SERIES: Anusara Yoga with Gina Minyard
Upcoming Saturday Series Dates for 2012 include:
January 7th, February 18th and March 24th
This once monthly offering is a great opportunity to enter into the re-emerging teachings of Tantric yoga philosophy and to go deeper into the innovative and transformational approach to hatha yoga that is Anusara.This once monthly offering is a great opportunity to enter into the re-emerging teachings of Tantric yoga philosophy and to go deeper into the innovative and transformational approach to hatha yoga that is Anusara. Gina is a teacher to sit close with - her bright and steady presence and her sensitive and penetrating guidance consistently invite her students into self-discovery and profound breakthroughs. With an emphasis on philosophical exploration embodied through practice, you will gain both theoretical and experiential knowledge that is mind-blowing, heart-melting, and also practically applicable, meant to open up the yoga of your life. This series is great for teachers wishing to deepen their knowledge base and for all sincere students.
Each Saturday Series begins with the Anusara Advanced Group Practice. The evening workshop will incorporate yoga practice with intensive work on technique to ground the philosophy into experience. Specific topics to be announced.
The format is as follows:
Anusara Advanced Group Practice from 12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Class Fee: $20 *This class is for experienced students of yoga
Workshop from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Class Fee: $35
Saturday Series Full Day Class Fee: $55
Anusara Advanced Group Practice
January 7th, 2012 from 12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
This class is for experienced students of yoga.Also join us for AAGP on Saturday January 14th.
Class Fee: $20
Full Saturday Series Fee: $50
Contact us to register for the Saturday Series.
SATURDAY SERIES: Iyengar Yoga with Scott Schroeder
Upcoming Saturday Series Dates for 2012 include:
February 11th and March 17th from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
We are excited to announce a Saturday Series workshop in the tradition of Sri BKS Iyengar. Ashtanga yoga and Iyengar yoga are the traditions developed by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and BKS Iyengar, respectively, both of whom were students of Sri T. Krishnamacharya. These two practices share historical and philosophical roots but each draws out and highlights different aspects of asana practice. Thus, they can be used to compliment one another. Both of these traditions have influenced the development of the Anusara Yoga practice. We hope that you will join us in an exploration of this beautiful practice.Class Fee: $35.
We strongly recommend 3-6 months of prior yoga experience.
Seated Poses
March 17th from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
The third workshop in the series is devoted to seated forward bends (upavistha sthiti) and twists (parivrtta sthiti). Seated forward bends have a very quieting, grounding effect on the body and mind. We will explore the proper techniques to achieve maximum benefit from forward folds and the ways in which they may be made accessible to everyone.Twists (parivrtta sthiti) work on the organic body, and when done properly, create a tremendous amount of space internally, unraveling knots and blockages and reorganizing the body from the central channel/spine/central nervous system. Emphasis will be placed on the mechanics of the spine and its response to the placement or alignment of the skull and sacrum.
For best results, don't eat for 4-6 hours before this class.
Class Fee: $35
Contact us to register for the workshop.
Advanced Group Practice
Friday 6-8:30 p.m.
Saturday 10-12:30 p.m. Standing Poses and Backbends, InversionsSaturday 2:30-5:00 p.m. Hip Openers, Forward Bends, Pranayama and Meditation
Sunday 11-1:30 p.m. Up-Tempo Class of Back Bends and Hand Balances
Single session registration: $45
Satruday and Sunday (save $15): $120
Entire Weekend (save $20):$160
Contact us to register.
Sarah, certified Anusara Yoga Instructor since 2003, delights in infusing the asana practice with teh wisdom and stories of Tantric philosophy. Sarah teachers workshops, immersions, teacher trainings and retreats. She is especially interested in deepening the yoga of the heart, mind, and body through yoga scriptural study and contemplation.
Learn more about Sarah on her website.
Save the Date!
Christina Sell will be at Atlanta Yoga Sunday April 15th, 5-8:00 p.m. workshop format and Monday April 16th, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Group Practice format. More information soon!Christina Christina Sell has been practicing yoga since 1991 and teaching yoga since 1998. Known for her passion, clarity and creativity, Christina's teaching style is a dynamic and challenging blend of inspiration and perspiration. Dedicated to helping people of all ages experience the joys of yoga practice and conscious living, Christina is the author of Yoga From the Inside Out: Making Peace with Your Body Through Yoga and My Body is a Temple: Yoga as a Path to Wholeness. Christina is the 2012 Art of Asana columnist for Yoga International Magazine and a regular contributor to Origin Magazine. She is a faculty member on Yogaglo, which provides online global access to yogic wisdom.
Christina has as BA in Counseling and Education and an MA in Integrative Education and Curriculum Design. She was certified in Anusara Yoga in 2003 and served the local and national Anusara community as a teacher, a teacher trainer and a member of the Ethics Committee, the Curriculum Design Committee and the Certification Assessment Committee. In 2011, Christina Sell and Darren Rhodes founded the School of Yoga where she now serves as the Director. She is the founder and director of School of Yoga-San Marcos which offers classes, workshops and trainings in Central Texas.
Learn more about Christina on her website.
2011 Anusara® Immersion with Gina Minyard
Part 3:
January 21-22February 4-5
February 25-26
Part 1:
August 11-12August 25-26
September 8-9
Part 2:
October 20-21November 10-11
December 1-2
Contact us to register.
Anusara Immersion is intended for dedicated students who wish to go deeper into every aspect of their practice. Immersion presents the methodology of Anusara yoga in a systematic way in the fully developed context of the Shiva-Shakti Tantric yoga philosophy that supports the practice. It is a transformational opportunity to "immerse" not only into Anusara yoga as a powerful spiritual practice, but through this innovative and elegant method, into the very depths of one's own Heart.
The complete Immersion is 108 hours in 3 parts, with a curriculum created by John Friend, Anusara yoga's founder, and refined by his most experienced teachers. Immersion is meant to be a course all of its own for personal transformation through Anusara yoga. It is also the stepping stone prerequisite for Anusara yoga Teacher Training. You will need the full course of Immersion, at least 100 hours, to attend a Teacher Training with John Friend or another certified Anusara yoga teacher.
Each part of the Immersion includes philosophy and technique/anatomy lecture as well as asana practice, pranayama, meditation, contemplation, and group sharing. Every level of the Immersion expands upon the previous one and so must be taken sequentially. Anusara Immersion follows a curriculum so the parts may be taken separately with any certified Anusara yoga teacher.
For detailed information please visit yoga5.com.
