WINTER/SPRING WORKSHOPS at TURTLE ISLAND
Yoga for Strength and Alignment with Destry Turner - Saturday, February 18 - see complete information below.
Introduction to Iyengar Yoga - Learn the Foundations with Stefanie Renard - February 25, March 3, 10, 17 - see details below
All Day Workshop with Kofi Busia - Saturday, April 21, 2012 - more details to come.
Elise Miller offers Scoliosis Workshop at Turtle Island - Saturday, June 9 - see complete information below - pre-registration strongly suggested.
Yoga for Strength & Alignment
Workshop with Destry Turner, RYT-200
Saturday February 18, 2012, 11am-1pm
Cost: $20, pre-registration preferred
Learn to strengthen and engage specific muscles to transition in and out of poses safely.
This challenging class is focused on teaching the body to move as a whole -working to prevent injury and support a life-long practice. Please expect strong abdominal and back work, as well as arm balances.
This class is open to all levels; the instructor will meet you wherever you are in your practice. For more information: 707-478-0350
Destry Turner has been a student of yoga since she was very young---though she didn't necessarily know she was "doing" yoga until later. It started with a yoga book for kids, with an old man in a turban. She became fascinated by the funny shapes you could make with your body. As a teenager, she stumbled upon another book teaching more about the sacredness of movement/asana. Her first yoga class experience, at age 18, was taught in the Iyengar tradition. Destry feels she has been blessed with many amazing teachers! Her practice evolved from something private and personal to realizing yoga was a gift to share. After a very serious accident at 22, Destry took her first Ashtanga class and felt a combination of being run over by a bus mixed with the true strength of yoga's healing power. A year later she took her first teacher training with Ashtanga teacher Tim Miller. Since 2004, Destry is honored to have taught all over the world with classes ranging from one to fifty students.
Register by mailing your $20 check payable to Turtle Island Yoga, PO Box 216, Woodacre, CA 94973 or register now through PayPal.
Introduction
to Iyengar Yoga – Learn the Foundations
with Stefanie Renard
Saturdays, February 25; March 3, 10, 17
1:00 – 2:30 PM - $65/Series
This four week course is meant for students completely new to yoga or
who want to refine their poses to deepen and revitalize their practice. These
classes will be taught in the Iyengar tradition which applies a specific
methodology to introducing students to asana. The poses are taught in a logical
progression so that actions can be learned and practiced repeatedly in a
variety of poses. Students progress safely and gain and understanding of
how to apply basic alignment principles in their practice.
These 4 sessions will cover the basic standing, seated, and supine
poses. Stefanie will also teach
introductory inversions and restorative asanas. This course will be challenging
and thoughtful and will provide tools students can apply to regular classes.
Stefanie Renard is a dedicated student of yoga
and is fortunate to study with Manouso Manos. She is completing a 500-hour
Iyengar teacher training under Gloria Goldberg
and Manouso Manos and is pursuing certification in the Iyengar system. She
brings enthusiasm and precise teaching to the classroom.
Please pre-register by mailing a check payable to Tree of Life Yoga, PO Box 993, Woodacre,
CA 94973
or you can drop a check off at the Turtle
Island studio.
Yoga for Scoliosis Workshop with Elise Miller
Saturday, June 9, 1:00-5:00pm
$75 by May 26; $90 at the door – pre-registration advised
Elise presents her internationally acclaimed workshop on
working with scoliosis. This 4-hour class is designed to present information and
experience in the ways Iyengar Yoga can be used to meet the challenges of
scoliosis. We will include anatomical background on scoliosis, identify each
participant’s scoliosis, and discuss cause and effect as well as psychological
consequences of scoliosis. Participants will learn optimal yoga postures for
scoliosis as well as how to adapt specific yoga postures to their scoliosis. By
combining the yoga postures with breathing awareness, one can develop more
structural alignment of the body and become more symmetrical and balanced.
Through yoga, one can find the balance point that allows the scoliosis curve to
coexist with gravity and activates the body’s natural
line.
This workshop is appropriate for anyone with scoliosis
whether he/she is currently a yoga student or not. Teachers are urged to attend
in order to be more skillful when assisting their students with scoliosis.
Elise Miller, M.A. in Therapeutic Recreation from the University
of North Carolina, is a Senior Certified Iyengar Yoga <http://www.iynaus.org/certification/>
teacher from Palo Alto who has been teaching yoga throughout the United States
and internationally since 1976. As a founding director of the California Yoga
Center <http://www.californiayoga.com/>
in Mountain View and Palo Alto, CA, Elise teaches classes and workshops
specializing in back and sports-related injuries and is a faculty member at the
Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Elise has successfully used yoga to
minimize the effects of her own scoliosis and sees clients privately with
scoliosis and other back related problems. She has published numerous articles
on scoliosis and other yoga related subjects in Yoga Journal and other
national magazines. Elise has studied on numerous occasions with B.K.S. Iyengar
and Geeta Iyengar in India. She has recently produced the Yoga for
Scoliosis DVD and booklet, the Yoga for Backcare booklet,
Intermediate Yoga in Fiji DVD, and a new edition of her book, Yoga,
Anytime, Anywhere. Elise's joyous personality and ease of communication
endear her to students with a teaching style that is down-to-earth, precise, and
nurturing.
Send your $75 check payable to Turtle Island Yoga, PO Box 216, Woodacre CA 94973 or register through PayPal.
