Avenues Yoga week of March 22, 2010

Avenues Yoga 68 K Street www.avenuesyoga.com

Week of March 22, 2010

In This Issue

Events at a Glance

March Schedule

ACS CAN Fundraiser

Sifu Matthew Cohen

Emily Hope Price

Event Hosting

Improve the Way you Run

Student Special

Save the Date

Events with Sifu Matthew Cohen:

3/25 Adjustment & Alignment workshop

3/26 Benefit class for ACS CAN 2-3:30

3/26 7-9 pm Foundations of Sacred Energy Arts

3/27 1-3:30 Chi Gong

3/27 5-7:30 Foundations of Yoga Poses

3/28 11:30-1:30 Developing Core

3/28 3-5 Intro to Taoist Yoga

4/3 & 4/4 Emily Hope Price in Concert!

4/10 Feldenkrais Runners workshop

4/17 Kirtan with Leraine 7 pm

Check our events page for more details!

March Schedule

Monday
9-10:20 am
All Levels Flow~ Sammy

Noon-1
Express~ Sammy

5:30-7 pm
SPECIAL PROGRAM*
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7:15-8:30
Restorative~ Charlotte

Tuesday
10-11:20 am
Restore~ Reina

5:45-7 pm
Yoga for Strength~ Erin

7:15-8:30 pm
Yin Yoga ~ Reina

Wednesday
6:30-7:30 am
Express Anusara Style~Jen

10-11:20 am
Vinyasa Love~ Jami

Noon-1
Express~ Demi

4:30-5:15
Kid's Class
~ Mandi

5:30-7 pm
Gentle Yoga ~ Roz

7:15-8:30
Restore ~ Erin

Thursday
7-8:20 am
All Levels Flow, Anusara Style ~Jen

8:45-9:45
Pilates ~ Shannon

10-11:20
Restore ~ Jami

5:45-7
Power 1 & 2 ~ Sammy

7:15-8:30
Moving Meditation ~ Pati

8:40-9:55
Yoga for Climbers ~ Sammy

Friday
9-10:20 am
Power I ~ Demi

4:15-5:30
Yogalates ~ Mandi

5:45-7 pm
Vinyasa Love ~ Erin

Saturday
8:40-9:50 am
Good Morning!~ Erin

10-11:20
All Levels Flow ~ Alaina

11:30-12:45
Free Intro ~ Staff

Sunday
8:30-9:50 am
Power 1 & 2 ~ Garrick

10:00-11:30 am
Moving Meditation ~ Pati

12:30-1:45 pm Prenatal ~ Chloe ~ March 7 & 21

5:30-6:30 pm
Power Hour ~ Sammy

6:45-8:15
Deep Flow ~ Garrick

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Feldenkrais
Avenues Yoga is the place to be on Monday nights with Erin Geesaman Rabke and Carl Rabke! 5:30-7 pm $15 drop in "The Art of Moving Well" Mar. 22 Reversibility Mar. 29 Putting it All Together


Have a great week everyone! Namaste, Erin

Living Joyfully

Even after all this time flame

The Sun never says to the Earth, "You owe me."

Look what happens with a love like that
It lights up the whole sky
-Hafiz

This weekend I had the honor and the pleasure of attending a celebration for a friend of mine who is expecting her first child. As part of the festivities, we did a ritual: we all wrote down the fears we had for her, fears that we wanted to banish, and anything we wanted to shed in that moment that might prevent us from being fully present. I carefully wrote my burdens and fears on the colored slip of paper. One by one we approached the tiny fire where incense was burning and watched as our troubled thoughts crinkled up in flame and curled away in the fragrant smoke.

I think that sometimes we're not aware of the burden we carry until we are asked to let it go. What a relief it was to take part in that simple yet profound act. This week in our Yoga practice, let's consciously do the same thing: Becoming aware of what interferes with our wholeheartedness, our generous impulses, our intention to be the best self we can be -- then letting that go.

See you in class,
Erin

American Cancer Society Fundraiser

During the week of March 21-28, Avenues Yoga is teaming up with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) to raise money for the fight to end cancer. Please consider coming to class prepared to make a small donation to this worthy cause. A banner will be on hand for us to sign as a testimony to our loved ones and to the ways cancer has touched our lives.

As part of the week's events, visiting master teacher Matthew Cohen has generously agreed to donate his time in teaching a class emphasizing the Healing aspects of Yoga. This class is free for cancer survivors and open to anyone else willing to make a donation to ACS CAN. Suggested donation $20.

Donation Class with Master Teacher Matthew Cohen Friday, Mar 26, 2:00-3:30, (free for survivors)

If you plan to attend this class, contact Erin by clicking here. Drop ins are welcoms, space permitting.

Workshops with visiting teacher Matthew Cohen

Don't miss this opportunity to practice with a true master teacher!

Matthew Raymond Cohen's Sacred Energy Arts is a method of health and self-development: a multi-disciplinary approach draw Matthew Cohen n from Hatha and Taoist yoga, martial and healing arts. While each stands alone as great health systems with complete transformative methods, together they become stronger, more effective and more interesting.

Discover the grace and power of the ancient martial arts practices; the balance, flexibility and peace of Hatha yoga and the increased energy and awareness of the beautiful chi Kung exercises.

Matthew's teaching is warm and accessible.

All Levels are Welcome. Come learn how to apply this beautiful & healing fusion of energy work to your own practice (scroll down for details & pricing):

Thursday March 25, 5-7 pm Adjustments workshop $45

Friday-Sunday Individual sessions $55 each or the whole enchilada for $275. Student pricing $35 per session or $150 for all five.

Friday 7-9 pm ~ Foundations of Sacred Energy Arts

Saturday 1-3:30 ~ Sacred Energy Arts: Chi Gong

Saturday 5-7:30 pm ~ Foundations of Yoga Poses

Sunday 11:30-1:30 ~ Developing Core

Sunday 3-5 pm ~ Introduction to Taoist Yoga

For a full description of each session, visit our Events page by clicking here.

Emily Hope Price in Concert

She's back!

Emily's last show was amazing, and our turn-out was much higher than expected. So this time, we're limiting the number of tickets and making sure that there is chair seating for all. Ahh! We can listen in comfort to this mesmerizing performer.

Two nights, April 2 & 3. Emily will offer a different show each night, so don't be shy about coming twice.

You can order your ticket in advance through PayPal by clicking here.

Event Hosting
Are you looking for a venue for your friendly gathering? Our studio & garden space is available to host receptions, reunions and other peaceful gatherings in keeping with our spirit of place. For more information, contact Erin by clicking here or call 801-410-4639.

Improve the Way you Run

Improve the Way You Run!

Saturday April 10th, 1-6pm (the complete version) $75 prepaid, $80 drop in

For many of us the way we develop our running style is by starting to run - we just "run the way we run." Rarely is there a context where we can return to exploring our running to see if it is as economical, as powerful or as enjoyable as it could be. We might attempt to follow instructions from the experts on the "best" foot strikes or arm swings or vary the shoes we wear - but is there a way we could we find an internal compass which could reliably lead us to strong, efficient, and graceful running, directed from the inside by our own experience and awareness?

In this workshop we will do several Awareness Through Movement® lessons which can both clarify our experience of the mechanics of running as well as awaken our capacity to attend to many details of ourselves as we run.

This workshop is open to those who compete in races, those who have never run, those who used to run but it hurt too much, and those who think that running is impossible.

The short running parts of the workshop are optional for those with injuries, or who do not run, and the learning and discoveries in the floor lessons (like most things Feldenkrais) can be applied to myriad aspects of life beyond running.

If you'd like to repeat this workshop, ask us about a discount for repeat students. To register for either or both workshops, click here

Student Special
We now offer a Student Pass: 10 classes for $70 Happy Spring Semester!