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The yogaloft is thrilled to host the exciting return of Ron Reid & Marla Meenakshi Joy, 2 of Canada’s leading yoga teachers. Ron is co-owner and director of Downward Dog Yoga Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Ron & Meenakshi’s musical group, SWAHA, release their long-awaited brand new cd, ‘Yoga Lounge-Vishnu’s Dream’ at the workshop.
RON REID BIOGRAPHIE:
Ron Reid is one of Canada’s top teachers. He has been practicing yoga for over 25 years, and ashtanga vinyasa since 1995; teaching since 1988. His approach is inspired, informed and non-dogmatic, blending tradition with innovation, and precision with grace. Ron seeks to make the practice of yoga a fascinating and enjoyable journey, and considers it integral to a state of well-being. Students will find his classes, both challenging and highly rewarding. Ron is also a talented musician and composer, performing in the group SWAHA together with Meenakshi.
MARLA MEENAKSHI JOY BIOGRAPHIE:
Marla Meenakshi Joy began her yogic journey in 1988, in India, the birthplace of the ancient tradition. She has a rich background in modern dance, meditation and the studies of yogic philosophy and the Vedas. She has been teaching for over 10 years and incorporates philosophy, meditation and chanting, along with her positive, uplifting energy in her classes. Meenakshi is a certified meditation and yoga philosophy teacher from the International Meditation Institute in the Himalayas.
‘Meenakshi’s open-hearted chanting soothes the heart and frees the soul’. –Krishna Das
Ron and Meenakshi are currently travelling internationally sharing their love of music & the art of Yoga. They enjoy the opportunity to dive into the depths of a complete practice filled with Bhakti, laughter, the beauty of the physicality of asana as well as the deep philosophical basis for it’s existence.
WORKSHOP INHALT
Freitag, 23. Februar 2007
18:30-21:00 Uhr
Yoga Lounge with SWAHA (Ron & Meenakshi)
Ron & Meenakshi combine their love of yoga and music into one fabulous adventure entitled, ‘Yoga Lounge’. This is a vinyasa style class like no other, flowing with earthy rhythms and healing chants to uplift, balance and restore our energy. This class flows with the groove of exquisitely blended music for a profound yogic experience. We will be guided through asana flow, pranayama, chanting, restoratives, and meditation for a grounding, energizing and amazing transcendental experience!!!
Samstag, 24. Februar 2007
10:00-13:00 Uhr
Freeing the Energy Body (Ron)
This class focuses on improving skills to "bend without breaking" to balance and liberate the energetic body. Finding core strength in backbends as we balance strength and flexibility, and steadiness with freedom. By using principles of leverage, energy in backbends can shift from a broken flow to a continuous flow. We will learn how to ‘support’ backbends in our bodies to create balance and control.
Samstag, 24. Februar 2007
19:00-20:30 Uhr
Yoga Dance (Meenakshi)
Yoga dance is a class designed to give freedom of expression, synergizing yoga asanas, free dance and trance dance with soothing sounds and funky primal world beat rhythms. This class allows us to transcend the traditional boundaries of yoga incorporating flowing movements to take the body, mind and spirit to a life-changing experience as we step out of old energetic patterns and open and create new ones!
Sonntag, 25. Februar 2007
17:30-19:30 Uhr
Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra (Meenakshi)
Unwind and Unmind!! Finding stillness in the mind while having a restless physical body is very difficult! Restorative Yoga supports the practitioner in various Yoga poses where deep ‘unwinding and quieting of the brain’ can take place. This class supports an effortless way to deeply let go of stress, tension and stiffness that everyday challenges of life bring. When the body ‘unwinds’ and the brain ‘unminds’ meditation unfolds naturally and easily. (blankets, bolsters, straps and blocks required)
Yoga Nidra, which literally means ‘sleep of the yogis’, is an ancient universal practice used originally by the ancient ‘rishi’s’ or ‘seers’ to prepare both mentally and physically prior to seeking deeper levels of consciousness and awareness through meditation. This practice has been known to the sages of the Himalayas for a very long time.
It is said that 30 minutes of Yoga Nidra can replace up to three hours of sleep, This energy is thought to be beyond space and time, allowing the Yogi to possibly see the past, the present and the future. Through Yoga Nidra the Yogi can work through Karmas, as this clarity penetrates levels of the subconscious, to states of clear-seeing & well-being. |
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