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November
11/20 Kid's Workshop, 1-2:30
11/25 Thanksgiving Gratitude Practice, 9-10:30
11/27 Let Go the Weight of the World, 2:30-5:30pm
December
12/4 Holiday Stress Relief
12/4 Ecstatic Dance, 7 pm
12/12 Yoga Workshop for X-Country Skiers, 2-5pm
Check our events page for more details
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November Schedule
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9-10:20 am All Levels Flow~ Demi
10:40-11:45 Mommy & Baby Yoga ~ Demi
12-12:50 Express~ Erin
1:00-2:00 ~ Feldenkrais (drop in only; no cards) ~ Carl
2:30-3:30 Community Yoga Class ~ Savannah
5:45-7:00 pm Power 1 ~ Erin
7:15-8:30 pm Restorative~ Erin
Tuesday
6:15-7:30 Vinyasa Flow ~ Alaina
8:30-9:45 am Anusara Inspired ~ Jen Hecht
10:10-11:30 am Restore~ Reina
Noon-12:50 Yogalates Express ~ Shanna
4:00-5:00 pm Kid's Class ~ Mandi
5:45-7 pm Yoga for Strength~ Erin
7:15-8:30 Yin Yoga Reina
8:40-9:40 pm ~ Sacred Dance Fusion ~ Rebecca
Wednesday
8:00-8:50 Mat Pilates
10-11:20 am All Levels Flow ~ Jami
Noon-12:50 ~ Express ~ Reina
1:00-2:00 Feldenkrais (drop in only; no cards) ~ Erin Rabke
4-5:15 Forrest Yoga ~ Brande
5:30-7 pm Gentle Yoga~ Roz
7:15-8:30pm Deep Relaxation/ Yoga Nidra ~ Erin
Thursday
6:30-7:20 ~ Express ~ Dawn
8:30-9:45 Hatha ~ Dawn
10-11:20 Restore ~ Erin
4-5:15 pm All Levels Flow ~ Natalie
5:45-6:50 Yoga Basics~ Jen F
7:15-8:30 Moving Meditation ~ Pati
8:40-9:50 pm Yoga for Athletes ~ Alaina
Friday
9-10:20 Power 1 & 2~ Lisa
Noon- 12:50 ~ Booty Camp ~ Rebecca
4:15-5:30 Yogalates ~ Shanna
5:45-7 pm ~ Alaina
7:15-8:30pm Expressive Yoga ~ Rebecca
Saturday
8:40-9:50 am Good Morning Yoga!~ Erin
10-11:20 Power 1 ~ Garrick
11:30-12:45 ~Emily/ Terra
Sunday
8:30-9:50 am Sunday Morning Flow~ Garrick
10:00-11:30 am Anusara Inspired~ Jen H
4:00-5:15 Restorative ~ Dina
5:30-6:30 pm Power Hour ~ Erin
6:45-8:15 Deep Flow Garrick
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Mommy & Baby Yoga
| |  A time to connect with body, baby, and other new mommies. Bring baby and/ or pregnant bellies, carriers, slings, and goodies. This class is as flexible as new motherhood: late arrivals welcome, breast feeding breaks honored, and all aspects of maternity celebrated.
Class meets Mondays 10:40-11:45 am
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Community Yoga Class
| |  We are pleased to offer a pay-what-you-can Community Yoga Class taught by Savannah Boutin, a teacher in training. Savannah is working toward her Yoga teaching certification at Salt Lake Community College. This is a donation based class, Mondays from 2:30-3:30.
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| Ecstatic Dance December 4 | | |
Dance the Way your Body wants to December 4, 7-8:30pm, $10
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| Living Joyfully |
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Hi Everyone,
Ayurveda teaches us that Fall is the time of year when the element of air is predominate. As an "element" air is cool, dry, and rough. For those of us with Vata constitutions, already tending toward being scattered and ungrounded, this time of year poses a special challenge. In our Yoga practice, we may want to spend more time with our pranayama, evening out the breath and getting our own "air" mo ving in the right direction. Reflecting on the nature of the element can also be helpful, as we cope with the various stressors of the season. Even though air is basically invisible, it is a powerful element. We can see its work through its effects this time of year: the wind gathers leaves together and scatters them apart. Symbolically, air is connected to thought and communication. Also invisible, thoughts have very powerful effects, as they silently express our feelings about ourselves and others, and they drive the messages we send ourselves and others based on those feelings. As Do Ju Nim used to say, "one thought can create, one thought can destroy." We can gain a lot of ground in our practice - and in our personal lives - when we begin to regulate our internal communications, our thoughts, and our breath.  Yoga provides a way to quiet the mind, enabling us to connect with our inner truth; a very grounding practice indeed. When we are in touch with our inner truth, our communications with ourselves and others become clear and therefore easier, even when the truth is painful. Remember that our communications, like air, can gather things (or people) together or scatter them apart. As we move through the week, let's consider how we can use this power wisely and well. Have a wonderful week everyone! Namaste,
Erin
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Yoga for Holiday Relaxation
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Yoga for Holiday Relaxation:
A Workshop with Erin Menut
Saturday, December 4, 2-4 pm
If the words "holiday" and "relaxation" do not typically come together in your world, this workshop is fo r you.
Come learn some simple things you can do at home to find peace in the middle of a busy day.
This soothing practice will combine gentle breathing techniques to balance the mind, gentle movement and restorative postures to balance the body, creative imagery and visualization, soft music, and a guided meditation for deep relaxation.
Soothe your senses with two delicious hours of mmmmm and aaahhhhhh.
Saturday 12/4, 2-4 pm, $20 |
Thanksgiving Gratitude Practice
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| Teacher Training |
| We are deeply honored to announce our first ever Avenues Yoga Teacher Training, starting January 2011. This will be a six month 200 hour teacher training in partnership with Peter Francyk. This is a tremendous opportunity for those looking to receive certification in Yoga instruction, or for teachers and serious students wishing to take their studies deeper.
While Erin will provide the b asics of a structured teacher training program, Peter will take us deeper into the mysteries of Yoga technique, philosophy and conceptualization.
Peter brings a depth of knowledge and breadth of experience that you will not find anywhere else. If you are looking for a truly unique teacher training program, this is it.
This is going to be an amazing, provocative, life-changing experience. To express interest in the program, or if you have questions, send an email to Erin by clicking here. More details coming soon!
About Peter Francyk Peter has been a student of movement and meditation including dance, Yoga, vipassana and many others for over 20 years. He has danced professionally both with Repertory Dance Theatre of Salt Lake City and with Pilobolus of New York City. His unique teaching style is a fusion of classical eastern yogic and meditation principles and western anatomy and kinesiology, as well as his own personal experience with injury and understanding misalignments of the body. Peter has studied with TKV Desikachar, John Friend, Richard Freeman, Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty, David Swenson, Rod Stryker, Sri K. Patabhi Jois, SN Goenka, Eiko & Koma, Diego Piņon, Cristina Mendoza Vidal, and many others. He is very grateful to his teachers and brings elements of their teachings to his students through the filter of his own daily practice. Peter is known for his grace, enthusiasm, kindness and ability to elucidate and penetrate deeply into yogic concepts and weave them throughout the practice.
About Erin Menut Erin has studied extensively in the arts of mindful movement, both as a practitioner of yoga and of the martial arts for over 15 years. A Certified Yoga Instructor, she also holds a certificate in Yoga Therapy granted by master teacher Nischala Devi. Erin is a black belt and senior instructor in the art of Moo Gong Do, and holds a Masters degree from the University of Vermont, where she studied English, Classics, Eastern and Western Philosophy, and Comparative Literature. She has taught in the Integrated Humanities Program and English department at the University of Vermont, and the English department and Gender Studies Program at the University of Utah. However, her true passion is Yoga, and she has taught Yoga at Centered City, Avenues Yoga, the University of Utah's Lifelong Learning Program, Sego Lily Spa, and Salt Lake Community College, where she also teaches in the Yoga Teacher Training program. |
Special Kid's Workshop November 20!
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Mandi Jensen is holding a special gratitude workshop in anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday. The class will help children (ages 8-12) focus on feelings of gratitude through yoga, imaginative activities, and journaling. The workshop will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 20. The class costs $9, plus a $3 materials fee, for a $12 total charge. If you are interested in your child attending, please RSVP to Mandi Jensen at mandi_jensen@hotmail.com by Wednesday, November 17. Payment will be at the door, but advanced notice will allow Mandi to purchase sufficient materials for the workshop.
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| Let Go the Weight of the World | | Let Go the Weight of the World:
A Yoga workshop with Garrick Peters
Our bodies are recording devices for all we have gone through; they absorb, store, and express the entire content of our experience. The hips and shoulders in particular are hubs of movement and body memory. A typical yoga class leaves little time to thoroughly address the hips or the shoulders, let alone both. In this workshop, we will gradually warm the body and heat the joints, making our way into a balanced progression of deep openers of the pelvic and shoulder girdles.
This workshop is about healing, opening and making space for the breath to sweep in, wash through, and release the ongoing build up of tension. Come prepared to participate in a supportive group practice where each of us invests in and receives a deeply personal positive outcome. Let Go the Weight of the World
Saturday November 27th, 2:30-5:30 PM, $20
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| Yoga for Cross Country Skiers: A Workshop | | Date and time TBA
Make 2010 the best ski season ever with greater flexibility and strength, and fewer aches and pains. Yoga has many benefits for skiers. Yoga improves core stability and strength, builds flexibility and balance, strengthens bone, enhances muscle flexibility and tone, and boosts lung capacity. Learn Yoga techniques you can use at home to improve your skiing, and how to get the most out of your Yoga practices when you do attend class.
"After about a week of practicing yoga, my skate glide improved about 25%. I really noticed a difference in the quality of my glide. I wasn't struggling any longer to step to and maintain a flat ski. Keep in mind that I had been skating skiing for over ten years before I first practiced yoga. With continued yoga practice, I began to understand the mechanics about rotating your hips under and lifting through the sternum, mechanics that improve the glide even further. That lift is also important in classic ski technique. And maybe most important, cross-country skiing is an exercise in awareness. Yoga is awesome in that regard as learning to pay attention to the little things, that mindfulness alone will take your cross -country skiing a long ways." - Chuck
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Second Cup Special
| |  This month, enjoy your second class of the day for the low drop-in price of $5.
Try these delicious combos:
Monday night: Power 1 at 5:45 followed by Restorative Yoga at 7:15pm
Tuesday night: Yoga for Strength at 5:45 followed by Yin Yoga at 7:15pm.
Wednesday night: Gentle Yoga at 5:30 followed by Deep Relaxation at 7:15 pm.
Thursday night: Yoga Basics at 5:45 followed by Moving Meditation at 7:15
Sunday afternoon: Off the Mat at 2:00 followed by Restorative at 4:00 OR Power Hour at 5:30 followed by Deep Flow at 6:45.
Make up your own favorite second helping! Mmmm.
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