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Extended Sunday Practice withAnne O’Brien
One Sunday a month, 2:30-5:00pm
Jan 31st Backbends and Arm Balances (int-adv)
Feb 21st Twists, Side Bends, and Forward Bends (all levels)
Mar 21st Standing Poses and Classical Inversions (all levels)
$22 class or $60/series
Take time to explore, deepen and relish your yoga in this longer format, 2-1/2-hour led practice. Different from my regular weekly classes, we will be practicing together in community so an ongoing yoga practice and familiarity with poses is necessary. Each class will include meditation, pranayama and a focus on a particular asana group.
Instructor ANNE O’BRIEN is an inspiring teacher of hatha yoga. Her studies in the Krishnamacharya lineage, dance, and other somatic movement infuse her approach to living yoga. Deeply committed to the classical traditions of yoga and balancing her love of movement with precision and alignment, her classes are a beautiful balance of intensity, humor, and grace. She teaches all levels of classes and private lessons, offers workshops, intensives and international retreats. She is a core faculty member at two teacher training schools, Turtle Island Yoga in San Anselmo, CA and Solstice Yoga in Zipolite, Mexico, and she is a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance at the Advanced Level (E-RYT 500). Anne has studied with master teachers in Europe, India, Mexico and the US including TKV Desikachar, Dona Holleman, Rodney Yee, Edward Clark, Patricia Sullivan, and Brigitte Longueville. She recently completed a book with esteemed teacher, Kofi Busia, Iyengar, the Yoga Master (Shambhala). www.anneobrienyoga.com.
Valentine Yoga, Fun and Tender Mercies
Saturday February 14th, 1:00-4:00pm
$35 prepaid / $45 at door CANCELLED
Share your love and laughter with a favorite someone
An afternoon of Valentine fun, yoga and tender mercies
All levels and the yoga uninitiated encouraged
Must bring someone! Friend, daughter, son, sister, brother, mother, father, partner…well…just not your faithful dog today!
Light refreshments served
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly. ~Rose Franken
Love is what you've been through with somebody. ~James Thurber
Falling in love is so hard on the knees. ~Aerosmith
Love is the greatest refreshment in life. ~Pablo Picasso
Instructor DEBORAH REID
is a certified Dru Yoga and Yoga Alliance teacher and health educator. Class strategy is safe for all ages, body types and fitness levels. Classes are light hearted and well-rounded integrating all aspects of yoga while offering beneficial information about the workings of the body. Though dabbling with yoga since the 70’s, Deb began studying Iyengar seriously 14 years ago. Over the last 8 years while living and working as a Massage Therapist in Australia, she gained her teaching certification in Dru, graduating to teach public classes and honored to be supporting and teaching on the Dru Teacher Training Modules. In addition to her public classes Deb is developing her company YogaSpark. Taking yoga into the workplace www.yogaspark.com
A Day of Meditation and Yoga for Women with Janice Gates
Saturday February 20th, 1:00-4:30pm
$75
I went everywhere with longing
in my eyes, until here
in my own house
I felt truth filling my sight
~ Lalla
This retreat will be an opportunity to nourish your connection to your inner life, replenish your resources and gain insight into what is truly meaningful for you. In the sacred company of women, we will dive deep into the breath and the inner body, explore the nature of our minds and emotions and learn skillful ways to navigate this ever-changing experience of being human. The afternoon will include periods of yoga, meditation, loving-kindness practice and an exploration of working with difficult emotions. Suitable for both new and experienced practitioners.
Instructor JANICE GATES: Filled with wanderlust and a quest for truth and freedom, Janice set off for Asia in 1988 where she found her way to a ten-day Vipassana meditation retreat in Thailand. It was here that she discovered the power of meditation and was exposed to the practice of hatha yoga — she has been integrating the two ever since. For the past nineteen years, Janice has continued to explore both soma and psyche and how the body and mind reflect and affect each other. She currently teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, as well as at retreats around the world. Janice is founding director of the Yoga Garden, has served as President of The International Association of Yoga Therapists and author of Yogini, The Power of Women in Yoga.
Head to Toe Feldenkrais ® – Shoulders and Upper Back Workshop
Sunday, February 21st , 12:00-2:00pm
$25 pre-paid / $40 at the door; $90 series of four workshops
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Margot’s Head to Toe Feldenkrais® Workshop is a four-month series of monthly weekend workshops. Each workshop focuses on a different part of the body, beginning with the head, neck, and shoulders and progressing down through the body in the following workshops. Students can attend individual workshops where they’ll learn exercises for a specific area of the body or purchase a full series of workshops and receive a reduced price; a $25 coupon toward an individual Feldenkrais® lesson; and learn to prevent injury by integrating general movement principles.
When the shoulders and upper back move naturally, they support the movements of the hands and wrists, providing power for physical labor and stress free computer use. This workshop will benefit people with shoulder and upper back pain, rotator cuff damage, range of motion issues, and spinal compression. Students will learn to stand comfortably, work effectively, and reduce upper body tension and pain.
The next workshop is "Lower Back and Hips" in March.
Margot Schaal is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®, , has a Bachelor in Fine Arts, is a Reiki Master, and a Qigong teacher. She studied with students of Dr. Feldenkrais throughout her four years of training. Margot has practiced Feldenkrais® in the US and Rwanda, teaching children, adults, elders, athletes, musicians, artists, office workers and trades people, as well as the physically and mentally disabled. Her clients have learned to retrain their movements to address stroke, accidents, chronic pain, and to increase flexibility, balance and physical performance. Margot offers weekly classes, workshops and private instruction tailored to the individual at her offices in Petaluma and Fairfax. At Bodyworks, she teaches a weekly Head to Toes Feldenkrais® class and a monthly Head to Toes Feldenkrais® workshop. (707) 292-1147 www.margotschaal.com
Embodied Relationship
6 Saturday Afternoons, 1:30-4:30pm
March 13th, 20th, 27th and April 10th, 17th and 24th
$55 individuals / $100 couples per class (must sign up for series);10% discount if paid by February 7th
Using practices for embodied learning, we will learn how to sustain satisfying relationships, break through stuck patterns and deepen intimacy.
When we identify what is important and move toward what we want in relationship, opportunities as well as limitations naturally present themselves. When we open to the truth of who we are within the context of a conscious relationship, we create increased possibility for contacting others. As we develop increased contact, we feel more trust and more trust leads to more generosity. We can then celebrate our relationships in ways that increase self-understanding, trust, generosity, etc., and offers the satisfaction of competence, connection and communion.
Each of these classes will facilitate the embodiment of an essential capacity necessary for the creation andmaintenance of satisfying, long-term relationships. We will begin with the capacity for self-reflection (mindfulness). And will then focus on truth, contact, trust, celebration and generosity. Each session will build on the last so that participants create an embodied template for loving relationship.
Information on relationship dynamics and the structures for transformation will be presented in each class. Mindfulness-based verbal and movement practices will be used to increase awareness and understanding, as well as to try out new ways of being.
For additional information go to the "Petaluma Workshops and Groups" section here: www.afterthehoneymoon.org/ (CEUs are pending for MFT’s and LCSWs). To enroll call 762-1670
Instructor JIM MATTO-SHEPARD, Ph.D. (psy15031) is a licensed psychologist. He has created this class by bringing together his training in Generative Somatics ( www.somaticsandtrauma.org/approach.html), Transformative Dance ( www.transformativedance.com/), attachment-based couples therapy ( www.iceeft.com/home.htm), differentiation theory ( www.couplesinstitute.com/), and many other embodied approaches to transformation. Jim has over 700 hours of post graduate training in the above-listed modalities alone.
Jim has thousands of hours of experience working with couples and groups. In addition to working with individuals and couples in his psychotherapy practice, he has a weekly ongoing Men & Women’s group, Men’s group and Couple’s group and works with his wife Felicia facilitating weekend retreats for couples working on their erotic relationships (www.afterthehoneymoon.org). He has facilitated groups for many kinds of populations, as faculty for the Institute of Imaginal Studies, in community and other venues.
Head to Toe Feldenkrais ® – Lower Back and Hips Workshop
Sunday, March 21st , 12:00-2:00pm
$25 pre-paid / $40 at the door; $90 series of four workshops
-OR-
Margot’s Head to Toes Feldenkrais Workshop is a four-month series of monthly weekend workshops. Each workshop focuses on a different part of the body, beginning with the head, neck, and shoulders and progressing down through the body in the following workshops. Students can attend individual workshops where they’ll learn exercises for a specific area of the body or purchase a full series of workshops and receive a reduced price; a $25 coupon toward an individual Feldenkrais lesson; and learn to prevent injury by integrating general movement principles.
When the pelvis moves naturally, the movements of the upper and lower body are coordinated to produce powerful, precise, and graceful movements. This workshop will benefit people with stiff hips, low back pain, sciatica, and spinal compression. Students will learn to sit comfortably, move gracefully, and reduce lower back tension and pain.
The next workshop is "Knees and Toes" in April 18th.
Margot Schaal is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®, , has a Bachelor in Fine Arts, is a Reiki Master, and a Qigong teacher. She studied with students of Dr. Feldenkrais throughout her four years of training. Margot has practiced Feldenkrais® in the US and Rwanda, teaching children, adults, elders, athletes, musicians, artists, office workers and trades people, as well as the physically and mentally disabled. Her clients have learned to retrain their movements to address stroke, accidents, chronic pain, and to increase flexibility, balance and physical performance. Margot offers weekly classes, workshops and private instruction tailored to the individual at her offices in Petaluma and Fairfax. At Bodyworks, she teaches a weekly Head to Toes Feldenkrais® class and a monthly Head to Toes Feldenkrais® workshop. (707) 292-1147 www.margotschaal.com
Head to Toe Feldenkrais ® – Knees and Toes Workshop
Sunday, April 18th, 12:00-2:00pm
$25 pre-paid / $40 at the door; $90 series of four workshops
-OR-
Margot’s Head to Toes Feldenkrais Workshop is a four-month series of monthly weekend workshops. Each workshop focuses on a different part of the body, beginning with the head, neck, and shoulders and progressing down through the body in the following workshops. Students can attend individual workshops where they’ll learn exercises for a specific area of the body or purchase a full series of workshops and receive a reduced price; a $25 coupon toward an individual Feldenkrais lesson; and learn to prevent injury by integrating general movement principles.
When the knees, ankles and feet move naturally, they support the rest of the body with equilibrium, flexibility and the ability to change directions as desired. This workshop will benefit people with stiffness, instability, fatigue and pain in the knees or feet. Students will learn to increase vitality and function with simultaneous stability and mobility. “After many years of Korean martial arts practice with other women, I had knee problems that also affected my lower back. After one session with Margot I danced for the first time in years.” -AK
Next workshop is "Head, Neck and Jaw" in May.
Margot Schaal is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®, , has a Bachelor in Fine Arts, is a Reiki Master, and a Qigong teacher. She studied with students of Dr. Feldenkrais throughout her four years of training. Margot has practiced Feldenkrais® in the US and Rwanda, teaching children, adults, elders, athletes, musicians, artists, office workers and trades people, as well as the physically and mentally disabled. Her clients have learned to retrain their movements to address stroke, accidents, chronic pain, and to increase flexibility, balance and physical performance. Margot offers weekly classes, workshops and private instruction tailored to the individual at her offices in Petaluma and Fairfax. At Bodyworks, she teaches a weekly Head to Toes Feldenkrais® class and a monthly Head to Toes Feldenkrais® workshop. (707) 292-1147 www.margotschaal.com
WORKSHOPS With Evlaheah
Nix Your Neck, Shoulder & Upper Back Nuisances Now!
$60 EACH OR 2/$95
Part 1
April 11
1:30 - 4:30 pm
Part II
April 25
1:30 - 4:30 pm
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and a follow up series...
YOGA PT SPINE/ORTHOPEDIC & SPECIAL NEEDS CLINIC
$145/$21 drop-in
Wednesdays: 4/28/-5/5, 19, 26, 6/2, 9
7pm - 8:45pm
Who are helped by these workshops?
Those with painful conditions caused by trauma or injury, strain, or postural/positional wear and tear, nonspecific pain or congenital problems who are tired of chronic, stiff, weak, sore and inflamed muscle/nerve spasm and/or radiating pains and prolonged disjointedness.
LEARN HOW TO RESOLVE:
• chronic inflammatory conditions of the neck, shoulders & upper/lower back & pelvis
• closed chest/rounded back
• lost rotation/neck & shoulders
• muscle spasm or radiating arm pain
• disk bulge/herniation
• referred low back problems
Instuctor –Evlaleah was healed of her own severe back injury by working and studying with BKS Iyengar. She brings 30 years experience and expertise to teach her spine clinics. She works with those with chronic, mild to moderate spinal and orthopedic conditions.
A special session of Yoga Nidra/Integrative Restoration will be offered once a month starting in April:
Come experience the benefits of Yoga Nidra/Integrative Restoration - a transformative meditative practice.
Rhonda Gerhard, yoga teacher and psychotherapist, will be guiding this practice at Bodyworks Yoga and Stress Management Center.
The third Thursday of the month from 4-5pm.
Drop in and enjoy!
April 15, May 20, June 17, July 15
Sliding scale: $20-$10
"iRest (Integrative Restoration/Yoga Nidra) is an evidence based practice of deep relaxation and meditative inquiry that releases negative emotions and thought patterns, calms the nervous system, and develops an inner sanctuary of well-being and equanimity that underlies all circumstance you may encounter in your life." - Richard Miller, Director of Integrative Restoration Institute.
Research has shown iRest effectively reduces PTSD, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and other causes of suffering.
Find out more from Rhonda Gerhard at 763-4679 or through her website at www.rhondagerhard.com.