WORKSHOPS at TURTLE ISLAND
Elise Miller offers Scoliosis Workshop at Turtle Island - Saturday, June 9 - see complete information below - pre-registration strongly suggested.
Summer Weekend Retreat with Tony Briggs
at Spirit House Retreat , Woodacre , California
Flyer.YogaRetreat Tony.2012.pdf
Summer Workshops with Susy Stewart
Deepen Your Practice - Sunday, June 10 and Learn the Ropes - Sunday, June 24 - see below for details.
Yoga X 3 - History, Philosophy, Practice with Eric Shaw - Saturday, August 18 - see below for details and to register.
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, theYoga 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.
Please send your $75 check payable to Turtle Island Yoga, PO Box 216, Woodacre, CA 94973 or register online through PayPal.
Scoliosis Workshop with Elise Miller $75
Summer Weekend Retreat
Spirit House Retreat, Woodacre, CA
with Tony Briggs
Friday, June 29 - Sunday, July 1
$495 or $450 before June 15
All meals prepared by Beth Baker
ONE FINE WEEKEND IN WEST MARINJoin us for three days of yoga, good company and good food at Spirit House. Located atop a sunny ridge above Woodacre in the San Geronimo Valley, Spirit House offers access to virtually unlimited hiking trails along ridge-tops and the rolling hills of west Marin, expansive vistas, a hot-tub and garden, and healthful, delicious meals. It’s a quiet place for contemplation and to deepen your yoga practice. Leave feeling refreshed and revived. For more info: Spirit House For more photos: Spirit House Photo Gallery
The Particulars
• Four asana classes • Two pranayama classes
• Tasty vegetarian meals
• Shared accommodations
• Retreat begins at 4:00pm on Friday and ends after lunch on Sunday.
To Register: Mail your check payable to Turtle Island Yoga, PO Box 216, Woodacre, CA 94973 or register online through PayPal.
TWO SUMMER WORKSHOPS WITHSUSY STEWART
Deepen Your Practice WorkshopSunday, June 10, 12:30-2:30pm$25 prepay, $30 at the door
This workshop will cover the basics of standing poses, forward extensions, back extensions, inversions and restoratives. It is for students who are ready to deepen their practice and explore the incredible benefits of this ancient transformational practice.
Learn the Ropes WorkshopSunday, June 24, 12:30-2:30pm$25 prepay, $30 at the door
BKS Iyengar pioneered the use of wall ropes to assist in developing the body to do poses independently. These tools provide traction and support for stiff and flexible people alike, and allow those with neck or shoulder limitations to safely practice variations of headstand. Wall ropes make students more aware of their alignment, and help open areas of the body that might be difficult to reach without the ropes. The ropes were used extensively at the last workshop I attended in India.
This workshop will show you how to do standing poses, inversions, forward bends and backbends with the ropes. And . . . IT’S FUN!
Please send your check to Turtle Island Yoga, PO Box 216, Woodacre, CA 94973 or pay today through PayPal.
ONE FINE WEEKEND IN WEST MARIN
Join us for three days of yoga, good company and good food at Spirit House. Located atop a sunny ridge above Woodacre in the San Geronimo Valley, Spirit House offers access to virtually unlimited hiking trails along ridge-tops and the rolling hills of west Marin, expansive vistas, a hot-tub and garden, and healthful, delicious meals. It’s a quiet place for contemplation and to deepen your yoga practice. Leave feeling refreshed and revived. For more info: Spirit House For more photos: Spirit House Photo Gallery
The Particulars
• Four asana classes
• Two pranayama classes
• Tasty vegetarian meals
• Shared accommodations
• Retreat begins at 4:00pm on Friday and ends after lunch on Sunday.
To Register: Mail your check payable to Turtle Island Yoga, PO Box 216, Woodacre, CA 94973 or register online through PayPal.
TWO SUMMER WORKSHOPS WITH
SUSY STEWART
Deepen Your Practice Workshop
Sunday, June 10, 12:30-2:30pm
$25 prepay, $30 at the door
This workshop will cover the basics of standing poses, forward extensions, back extensions, inversions and restoratives. It is for students who are ready to deepen their practice and explore the incredible benefits of this ancient transformational practice.
Learn the Ropes Workshop
Sunday, June 24, 12:30-2:30pm
$25 prepay, $30 at the door
BKS Iyengar pioneered the use of wall ropes to assist in developing the body to do poses independently. These tools provide traction and support for stiff and flexible people alike, and allow those with neck or shoulder limitations to safely practice variations of headstand. Wall ropes make students more aware of their alignment, and help open areas of the body that might be difficult to reach without the ropes. The ropes were used extensively at the last workshop I attended in India.
This workshop will show you how to do standing poses, inversions, forward bends and backbends with the ropes. And . . . IT’S FUN!
Please send your check to Turtle Island Yoga, PO Box 216, Woodacre, CA 94973 or pay today through PayPal.