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Thought for the Day
We are the mirror as well as the face in it.
We are tasting the taste this minute
of eternity. We are pain
and what cures pain, both. We are
the sweet cold water and the jar that pours.
~ from the Essential Rumi
translation by Coleman Barks, et al
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Message from Karen
Dear Friends,
I hope that you are taking time to slow down this summer to enjoy peaceful moments. It's so easy to get caught up in the daily "to do" and to push off self-care. For those of us living in the north, the summer months hold such promise and then once here, disappear quite quickly into fall. So don't let the moments slip by unnoticed.
I will be taking some time off this summer, in fact most of the month of August. I will be visiting my daughter in Pensacola for nearly 2 weeks and taking some R&R. Then off to Kripalu for 2 weeks of yoga therapy training in the Integrative Yoga Therapy Program.
The fall class and workshop schedule will be posted online in August. My first CD, Gentle Yoga for Every Body, is being re-released this summer as well, updated with Marina Raye's soulful native flute melodies, improved sound quality and artwork.
"May the rains sweep gentle across your fields,
May the sun warm the land,
May every good seed you have planted bear fruit,
And late summer find you standing in fields of plenty."
~ Irish blessing
Namaste, Karen
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Summer Yoga Schedule
During July and August, the only evening classes will be held on Tuesdays at:
St. James Church, 95 Route 2A, Preston, CT 06365
* 5 - 6:15 p.m. Gentle Yoga
* 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Mixed Levels (this is a summer only class)
** 7/1 - 8/12/08 (no classes 8/5)
Late enrollment and single class available.
The Monday and Wednesday evening classes will resume in September.
Click here for class information
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Workshop for Yoga Teachers * Sunday, August 3, 2008
Adaptive Asana Techniques for Yoga Teachers
Hosted by
Breathe Yoga Studio in Pensacola, Florida
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- Location:
- Breathe Yoga Studio, Historic Downtown Seville Square, 503 Adams Street, Pensacola, FL 32502
- www.breathepcola.com
- Fee:
- $95 (+ $5 for CEUs if applicable) payable to “Breathe Yoga Studio”
- Mail to: 503 Adams Street, Pensacola, FL 32502
- Bring:
- Your lunch, your questions and challenges, your yoga gear (the studio will have some extras as well.)
- CEUs:
- 6 hours
- This workshop meets the Yoga Alliance standard for Continuing Education. Request a certificate of attendance at registration and add $5 to the registration fee.
- Contact:
- Presenter:
- Karen O'Donnell Clarke, ERYT500 has been teaching adaptive asana for more than 12 years for students ages 5 - 93 in mainstream and adaptive classes. Karen has presented "Teaching Adaptive Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis" nationally since 2003. She received her primary training from Kripalu and Integrative Yoga Therapy.
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Teaching Adaptive Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis at Yogaville
It is my very great honor to present Teaching Adaptive Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis at the Integral Yoga Academy, Yogaville, in Buckingham, Virginia.
September 11 - 14, 2008
Click here for more information
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The Kripalu Approach to Posture Assisting
Yoga Journal's My Yoga Mentor featured an article by Carol Krucoff on The Philosophy of Touch: Exploring the Benefits and Risks of Hands-on Assistance.
From the article, this quote on the Kripalu approach:
Kripalu Yoga has specific guidelines for use of touch, according to Shobhan Richard Faulds, a senior Kripalu Yoga teacher in Greenville, Virginia. "We do not do any kind of chiropractic adjustment or apply any outside force to the body," he says. "The touch considered most helpful is light touch that encourages the student to press into certain parts of the body." An example would be placing a hand on the crown of the student’s head and asking her to press into the teacher’s hand.
"The movement comes from the student’s body, not the teacher’s," Faulds stresses. "The touch brings awareness to a body part and suggests a movement, but there’s a deep respect for the wisdom of the body in how to access this movement."
Touch is usually done with the hand, although occasionally the feet are used, he says, for example to ground the outside of a student’s foot. "This must be done carefully, since I’ve had students tell me that in another yoga tradition the teacher kicked them, and it felt like a violation," Faulds says. "When we come into a student’s space, we do so with great respect and always under the student’s control."
While Faulds considers touch helpful and "sometimes essential" in teaching asanas, he says he doesn’t touch very much in his classes. "Doing asanas is only the beginning of yoga and is a doorway to pratyahara (sensory withdrawal)," he says. "I try to guide people to a deeper yoga that gets them into an introverted state." Touching students who have gone "very deep inside" can be counterproductive, he says, "because it brings them back to an externalized state of awareness."
Click here to read the full article
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Inspirational Poetry
Check out this free downloadable anthology of inspiring poetry. Beautiful idea.
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Invitation to Group Discount at Kripalu
Save 20% on your dorm stay or standard room when you join the “Yoga Heals Us” group for program dates between August 17-30, 2008. Anyone who wishes to join the group can do so by calling Kripalu Registration at 800-741-7353.
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Click here for complete details in Blossom into Spring newsletter
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Recovery Yoga Fundraiser * July 12, 2008
Support Recovery Yoga by engaging in a powerful afternoon of yoga.
At the Dragon's Egg
401 Shewville Road, Ledyard, CT
This exciting day's schedule:
1:30-3:15 Baptiste Vinyasa Yoga led by Philip Urso into:
3:15-3:40 Gong Bath Sound Savasana with Stephanie Marisca Straight
3:40-4:00 Break
4:00-4:30 Warm Up Vinyasa with Elizabeth Johnstone
4:30-5:00 Restorative Yoga with Priscilla Humphrey
This class will be followed by an after party with the the Duke Robillard Band at The Wadawanuck Club.
Suggested Donation: $100 per person for both; $50 for yoga only
Questions: elizjohnstone@sbcglobal.net
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Click here for more information
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Wellness Fair at Meiklem Kiln Works Saturday August, 9, 2008
10am-5pm
(rain date
August 10th)
Wheel Thrown Pottery Demos,
Wood turning Demos,
Lampwork Beadmaking Demos,
Chair Massage,
Healing Touch,
Reflexology,
Yoga,
Kids Activities
and much more!!!!
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