News from YogaOasis

YogaOasis Newsletter

April - May - June 2012

Message from Darren Rhodes:

Dear Yogis,
Dagda!

This D is now Dad! Bronwin is now Mother! We are the proud parents of our son, Dagda. From the moment of his birth, it was immediately clear that Dagda is our Dharma (sacred duty). We are so happy to seva serve him, and so grateful to be connected to this large and wonderful community. Bronwin and I both thank you for your support and celebration. Dagda looks forward to meeting you all soon!

Dagda!

Dagda Tinariwen Rhodes
Born April 19th, 2012
8lbs 1 oz

The following workshops and events are sure to stoke your summer and your sadhana (practice). Also check out the studio news section too!

With love,

Darren

Studio Director
YogaOasis

YO Happenings

Be a Magnet for Magnificence

June 13 - 17 with Amy Ippoliti, Christina Sell, and Darren Rhodes! The 2nd Annual 'Magnet for Magnificence' is a 5-day intensive designed specifically for serious students and teachers to evolve together. This will be a time to retreat, reflect, and connect and stay magnetized to what matters most to us as life twists and turns unexpectedly. Our magnificence is not some grandiose consideration, but is instead the extra-ordinary means through we which we live the truth of our hearts on a daily basis.
Amy Ippoliti travels the globe extensively helping thousands bridge the gap between ancient yoga wisdom and modern day life. Christina Sell is the author of the books Yoga From The Inside Out: Making Peace with your Body Through Yoga and My Body is a Temple: Yoga as a Path to Wholeness. Darren Rhodes is featured in Yoga Resource, with photographs of 400 yoga poses, and was named one of Yoga Journal's '21 Talented Young Teachers Shaping the Future of Yoga.' More information and online registration right here: Magnet

Yoga 4 Youth; 4-Week series & SUMMER CAMP!

Yoga 4 Youth with Nancy and Lori. 4-week series starts today! Wednesdays 4:15 - 5:15 pm at YogaOasis Central. Parents can take a yogahour class at the same time! $45 for all 4 weeks, or drop-in for $15. Ages 6-12. More info and online registration right here: Yoga 4 Youth

The Namaste Project: Yoga 4 Youth SUMMER CAMP! Monday - Friday June 18 - 22, 2:00 - 4:00 pm at YogaOasis Central. Namasté means 'the light in me respects and honors the light in you.' The theme of this week is 'The Namaste Project.' Kids will use yoga to develop ways to put the spirit of namasté into action. One way we will do this is by creating pieces of pottery for the local Ben's Bells Organization. Each day students will practice a variety of yoga poses, play games, learn breathing techniques and meditation. For ages 5-11. More info and online registration right here: SUMMER CAMP

Nancy & Lori Headshots

Lori Huggins and Nancy Gutierrez are Yoga Alliance registered yoga instructors. Both have a background teaching elementary school, and share a passion for teaching yoga. They feel strongly that yoga benefits people of all ages, not just adults. Their fun teaching style will challenge students to try new poses in a safe and positive environment. Check out their blog with more info here: yoga 4 youth blog.

Urban Angel - The Culmination with Mira Shani

This weekend! Sunday - Monday, April 29 - 30 at yo| downtown. Join the amazing Mira Shani for two evenings of explorations of the heart. This is the final segment of our four-part Urban Angel series. Are we living to the fullest of our potential? Are we directing our energy in the most potent way? We will continue to reflect on what we want and who we want to be, and we will consult with the ancient yogis to determine how to realize our wildest dreams. These classes are open to everyone. No problem if you didn't make it last time. Sunday 5:15 - 7:15 pm - Yoga and kirtan. Monday 6:30 - 9:00 pm - Philosophy, meditation, and kirtan. Online registration and more information here: Urban Angel

Book Signing and Special Class with Bruce Bowditch

Sunday May 13 at YogaOasis Central. Join us in celebrating the release of Bruce Bowditch's new beautiful book, The PRACTICE GUIDE 2; Sequencing and Pranayama for Energy Balancing. It's finally here!! (Check out the video promo for Bruce's popular first book here: The Practice Guide video.) There will be a special yoga class followed by a book signing party. The Power of Practice! 1:00 - 2:30 pm - A special one and a half hour class revealing the internal energy system of yoga. Register for the yoga class and receive a 20% discount on Bruce's new book! The Book Signing will immediately follow the class. Yoga Class: $14. Book Signing Party: free! (Even if you cannot make the class, please come all!) As space is limited for the yoga class, please reserve yours right here: Yoga with Bruce

Love is the Path; Yoga with Christina Sell

Saturday, May 19 at YogaOasis East. Enjoy this two hour, mixed-level yoga class of heart-opening postures with expert teacher, Christina Sell. Expect strong work, detailed alignment, and informative demonstrations with an emphasis on backbend postures. It's gonna be great! Christina Sell is known for her precise teaching style, her passionate presentation and her sense of humor. Christina's classes are challenging, fun and inspiring. Space is very limited for this event, save your spot soon! 5:30 - 7:30 pm. Online registration and info here: Love is the Path

Live the Light of Yoga, Part 3

May 16 - 21 at YogaOasis Central. Join Christina Sell and Darren Rhodes for the Path of Practice Part 3! Dive into traditional teachings of yoga and learn how to live your life fully and authentically with this Shravana School of Yoga intensive. We have a few spaces in the upcoming final week! This intensive is suitable for anyone who wishes to pursue a deeper experience of yoga as well as anyone interested in continuing on with teaching. Those who have completed Parts 1 and 2 of a School of Yoga program or an Anusara Immersion are eligible for registration! More info here: Path of Practice

(Mini) Dharma Lounge: The Metta-Sutra with Frank Jude

3 Wednesdays, starts June 27 @ yo | downtown. The Metta-Sutra; The Buddha's Teachings on True, Unconditional Love, with Poep Sa Frank Jude Boccio. This mini-series will be a great way to get a taste for how awesome studying with Frank Jude is! How would you like to be unconditionally loved and accepted, just as you are, without having to be or do anything special? What would it be like to feel truly, completely, radically accepted, without feeling that you had to hide or deny or apologize for any aspect of yourself? We all crave this kind of love and acceptance, but fewer of us can honestly say we offer ourselves such unconditional regard. Unconditional love becomes possible when we practice cultivating the four states of mind known as the brahmaviharas, which we will study! Join Poep Sa Frank Jude for an experiential discovery and learn how to cultivate an unbounded heart of "true love." More information and online registration right here: Mini Dharma Lounge

yogahour Teacher Training Part 3 with Darren Rhodes

July 13 - 15

@ YogaOasis Central. Join Darren Rhodes and learn new technology to transform your teaching! We will look at innovative ways to masterfully weave clear, detailed alignment instructions into your flow yoga sequences with grace and ease. Using Darren Rhodes' popular yogahour flow sequence as the focus of this training, we will explore techniques which can be applied to any yoga class. Learn how to make your yoga classes maha more accessible, surya safer, and ferociously fun! Contact us for an application via email or phone: 520-322-6142.

The Art of Teaching - 100-Hour Yoga Teacher Training

2012 program with Christina Sell and Darren Rhodes!

August 22 - 27
October 17 - 22
December 5 - 10

Join Darren Rhodes and Christina Sell for 100 hours of Yoga Teacher Training designed to take your teaching and your asana practice to a new level. Darren Rhodes and Christina Sell, both known for their clarity, humor, and passionate teaching styles, are joining together to present a unique training for yoga practitioners and teachers. Don't miss this rare opportunity to work with two masterful teachers in a dynamic, intensive, and personal setting. The 100-hour Teacher Training Program is based on fundamental teaching skills that will enhance any style of yoga. This teacher training will be focused on learning and refining the central elements necessary for teaching inspiring and effective public classes. Students who complete this program are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance at the 200-RYT level. More information here: 100-Hour TT

Magical Mexico Retreat with Darren Rhodes & Bronwin

November 3 - 10 in Haramara, Mexico. Practice is the Path to Serenity! Join us for the annual Magical Mexico Retreat with Darren Rhodes and enchantress Bronwin. Embrace and embody your practice in this magical setting. This your chance to step back from your day to day work and into your dharma to dharma work...This retreat is an invitation into balance & serenity in stunning natural beauty! Includes breathtaking cabana accommodations and three gourmet vegetarian meals a day. More info here: Magical Mexico Retreat

Studio News

Yo-Give! with Darren Rhodes, featuring live music!

Bhatti Mines School Every Saturday, 3:45 - 4:45 pm at YogaOasis Central. As of this month, we have raised $3,019 with Yogive! Thanks to all who have donated so generously. Yogive is an ongoing class with Darren Rhodes, featuring live music with Bronwin and special guests. 100% of the play and power proceeds of this class (taught in the yogahour style) goes directly to the Bhatti Mines school. Only $6! more info

Yoga 4 Sobriety - 11th Step Yoga

yo | downtown

Every Friday night at yo | downtown, 6:45 - 8:15 pm. Rejoice in Recovery with 11th Step Yoga! This class provides a weekly sanctuary to celebrate recovery. Class begins with meditation and an open share, followed by a yoga class. Offered by donation, all are welcome!

108 Sun Salutations: Yoga for Social Justice & Freedom

108 Sun Salutations

Saturday May 12, 6:00 am - 8:00 am @ Himmel Park. This year's 108 Sun Salutation event, hosted by Ahimsa for America, will be benefiting 2 organizations: the Southwest Buddhafield Endowment Fund, and Tucson's Save Ethnic Studies Fund. More information and sponsor sheets on the event's facebook page: 108 Sun Salutations

Work trade Program - Calling for yo Cleaners!

Prop Shelf

We have a few cleaning shifts open at all three locations. Clean the studio for yoga classes! Please contact us for more information: info@yogaosis.com or via telephone, 520.322.6142.

Important Parking Update - Downtown and Central

Parking at yo | downtown: Construction on Congress Street is well underway for Tucson's Modern Streetcar. Plenty of parking can be found on our surrounding blocks as well as the parking garage in our same block (entrance is on the west side of 5th Ave. between Congress and Toole).

Parking at YogaOasis Central: Construction at Sparkle Cleaners will begin in May, so we encourage students to park offsite in the case that our parking lot is full (please honor our commercial neighbor's "no parking" signs.) Park off-site 10 times (i.e. on Copper or Mitchell St.) and get a free class! Ask for a parking-pass punch card.

Tired of Parking? Ride a Bike! We have bike passes available - if you travel to class by bike, foot, or bus ten times, then you get a free class! Ask for our bi-pass punch card next time you are at yo. Important reminder to all bikers: Please only use u-locks to secure your bicycle.

New Products in the yo-House!

yogahour 2 by Darren Rhodes
Audio CD (with fold-out pose poster)

Second in the series, yogahour 2 is a 60-minute flow yoga class for all levels designed to develop fitness and flexibility while reducing stress.
Available at all YogaOasis Studios, or online here: >>yogahour2

Watch the yogahour2 promo video, click the image below:

Adoreje by Bronwin

If you are out of town, or do not make it in to the studio often, you can sample and download Bronwin's beautiful new yoga-inspired album online. Check it out here: >>Adoreje by Bronwin

Support Local Businesses! Vote in the Weekly's "2012 Best Of"

Voting for the Tucson Weekly's 'Best Of Tucson' awards is now open! This poll is a fun way to support all your favorite Tucson places! Tucson residents: Be sure to fill in at least 20 categories and give valid contact info for your vote to count! >>vote Best Of Tucson

Thank you for reading!

Love and Light,

YogaOasis Staff
YogaOasis

email: info@yogaoasis.com
web: http://www.yogaoasis.com

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