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SPECIAL
SPRING OFFERINGS
MARCH 12
PETER RIZZO MASTER CLASS
COME AND LEARN FROM A SKILLED YOGA ARTISAN
OPEN INTO NEW HEART KNOWLEDGE THROUGH OPENING THE BODY.
Any and all welcome (some yoga experience advised).
$30 or by donation.
YOGA BASICS
4 WEEK SERIES WITH
Bethany Boulger
"If you can breathe, you can do yoga"
Starting a yoga practice, or invigorating an old one, Bethany's sweet energy will draw you safely forward.
Sat 3/19
11am
Sat 3/26 11am
Sun 4/3 1pm
Sat 4/9 11am
$60 for all 4 or
$20 drop in.
MARCH 20, 3-5PM
RESTORATIVE YOGA
"the perfect balance for life"
with
Bethany Boulger
Melt into soothing, well supported poses that bring the body, mind and spirit into greater balance.
Open to all levels
$20 in advance
$25 at door
SAT APRIL 23, 5PM
COMMUNITY POTLUCK AND KIRTAN WITH DEVI
The YogaPlace invites our extended community to come together and enjoy each other's off the yoga mat. Come and meet that person you're always seeing across the room but don't have time to talk to during class. Bring family, loved ones (yup no pets please), a covered dish of some sort, your voices for participating in Kirtan, drums, guitars.
More to come.
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More about events and workshops
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Monk bowls
community potluck in Myanmar
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Sat April 23, 5PM
Community Potluck
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Kirtan with Devi
Sat March 12, 1030am
RIZZO RETURNS
Master Class $30 or by donation We are hoping to make this a monthly addition to our regular offerings. Stay tuned and tune in. Sat Mar 19 Yoga Basics 
Bethany Boulger $60 Interested in starting a practice? Wondering what yoga is all about? Not sure how to get started? This 4 week series will introduce you to the basic concepts of yoga. Postures, breathing, meant to harmonize body mind and soul. SUN Mar 20, 3-5PM RESTORATIVE YOGA WORKSHOP Bethany Boulger $20 in advance Use pillows, bolsters and blankets to create total relaxation and restoration for body mind and spirit. Bethany adds some massage therapy to each pose.
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Issue: Spring
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March & April 2011
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Greetings!
Warrior II or Virabadrasana 2 (pictured above)is a powerful posture drawing often long forgotten energies into our bodies. Just by taking this posture, we begin to redefine who and what we are and open into subtle transformation. The Sanskrit word "asana" commonly translates in English as "yoga pose" or "yoga posture". "Yoga" is said to mean the "yoking" together of body, mind and spirit. Yoga pertains to coming into the present moment and simply realizing what is actually so for us, at all levels: physical, emotional, intellectual, energetic and spiritual. Asana in Sanskrit translates as "a" - awakening to, "sa" - moving towards and liberating, "na" - eternal cosmic vibration. So yoga asana literally means to join together and connect to our awakening, to a movement towards our liberation or our eternal cosmic vibration. In this way each asana or yoga posture invites us to be fully in all the postures we take in our lives, to be awake and to find the spirit within each precious moment that we are alive!
Thus the first sutra of Patanjali is simply "Now yoga".
Imagine if we step off the yoga mat and into our lives with this full awareness. It is a wonderful practice. We can begin it now.
As Donna Myers did recently when she sponsored a fundraiser for her dear friend Dana who is now receiving the chemotherapy she so desperately needs.
 A Yoga community giving back that which they have received
Well. To fortify your resolve we are offering a delicious variety of classes and workshops in the next few months. So please read on.
I have put the new and expanded schedule first and then some offerings about some of the new classes.
Be well, be kind, be delighted and spread this wealth to all you meet.
Bowing deeply to you all
Namaste
Jane and the teachers at the YogaPlace
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| SCHEDULE: FEB 28-APR 30, 2011 |  These days everything has a rating. We rate yoga with an "E" for everybody.
This is our schedule. Fees are at the bottom of this block.
new classes hilighted in red
MONDAY
830-930AM PILATES w. Donna Menneto
1030-1145AM YOGA - Mixed Level - Jane Schaeffer
500-600PM VERY BEGINNER YOGA - Jane
615-655PM COMMUNITY MEDITATION - FREE (call regarding a meditation retreat/workshop Feb 27th)
TUESDAY
830-1000AM YOGA FLOW - Tracey Forest 545-715PM YOGA-MIXED LEVEL - Donna Myers
WEDNESDAY
830-930AM PILATES - Donna Menneto
1030-1145AM YOGA - MIXED LEVEL - Jane 400-515PM YOGA - MIXED LEVEL - Bethany Boulger 600-715PM YOGA - MIXED LEVEL - Ali Wassick
THURSDAY
600-700PM BEGINNER YOGA - Donna Myers
FRIDAY
830-930AM PILATES - Donna Menneto
1030-1145PM YOGA - MIXED LEVEL - Carol Steinmetz 500-630PM YOGA - MIXED LEVEL - Bethany 645-730PM RESTORATIVE YOGA - Bethany SATURDAY
900-1000AM PILATES - Donna Menneto 1030 AM - MARCH 12 - PETER RIZZO returns 11AM - MARCH 19 - YOGA BASICS begins with Bethany 500PM - APRIL 23 - COMMUNITY POTLUCK & KIRTAN SUNDAY
1030-1145AM YOGA FLOW - Tracey Forest 330PM - March 20 - RESTORATIVE YOGA WORKSHOP w. Bethany fees: We hope to pay our yoga teachers a living wage, honoring their extensive training, their ongoing teacher development as well as their wisdom and desire to give back that which they have received. AND we definitely want you to be able to afford yoga. So if you need assistance, ask - scholarships available.
policy: Passes only good within the 2 month period. Exception: the 4 class pass may be used as needed. Passes void on Apr. 30, 2011.
fee structure: * One class drop-in rate: $15 Passes: Passes are good for any and all classes Regular * $99/9 Class Pass ($36 saving) * $180/18 Class Pass ($90 saving) Beginner Only: * $90/9 classes and * $165/18 classes SPECIAL: 4 class pass: $55 Meditation: FREE |
Notes about Alice
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Many many of you have asked after Alice McGovern, a senior yoga teacher and mentor to us. Alice is recuperating well and hopes to be home by the end of the week. She was able to receive a full hip replacement and is already walking up and down the halls!
Alice has been a dedicated yogini for over 30 years, opening her heart and her practice, bringing yoga to any and all through programs at the hospital, at the Bikram studio, at her house and elsewhere. Yoga with Alice definitely saved my life. I had taken yoga as a young mom but lost touch with it over the years. I found myself in a full time doctoral program, working two jobs with a daughter about to graduate from high school. I was literally sleeping 2-4 hours/night and actually reading while I drove to work. In short I was "losing the plot" entirely.
I happened to fall into a yoga class that Alice was teaching at the hospital. I got it. For the first time in years, I relaxed. I began to make it a priority to get to that yoga class and slowly my self and my life began to unwind and move in a more healthy direction. Eventually Alice and I began to teach together and, with Mimi Francis, successfully brought the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Class to this area.
I know I am not the only one who feels gratitude and love for Alice.
Thank you Alice and we all wish you a strong, speedy and joyful recovery.
We bow deeply to you.
Namaste.
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Winter Warming Soup
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This sweet, clean soup is lovely, refreshing and healing
From The Yoga Cookbook: Vegetarian Food for the Body and Mind (I added the ginger, turmeric and garlic/onions) 3 T. oil
some fresh ginger, peeled,chopped
fresh turmeric, chopped (if you have it)
some garlic and onion, peel and chopped
4 stick celery, finely chopped
4 carrot, chopped into bite size cubes
1 small rutabaga, bite size cubes
2 Qts boiling water (can use vegetable broth also)
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup hulled barley ( I cooked this separately)
1 t. ground cumin
1 t. ground coriander
Salt and pepper to taste
1 T. chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
Heat oil in large pan. Add garlic, ginger, onion and celery and saute for 2 minutes. Add carrots and rutabaga and continue cooking for 5 minutes longer.
Add water and bay leaves, barley, and ground cumin and coriander. Simmer for 30 minutes, until vegetables and barley are soft.
Remove half the soup (if you wish - i loved it just simple) and puree it in a food processor or blender until smooth. Return to pan and season with salt and pepper. Reheat and serve with cilantro or parsley garnish.
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As always, thank you for practicing yoga and or meditation and thank you for your interest in our studio and this newsletter. We are here to serve you so if you have ideas or things you want to share, please email them to me at: jane.schaeffer@gmail.com or call 802.447-0393.
The Yoga Place strives to create a warm welcoming community atmosphere where anyone can feel at ease practicing yoga, meditation or pilates. We are always ready to offer variations and supports for people needing them and to challenge those who need challenge!
We make a sincere effort to practice love in all our doings.
May we all remain blessed in good health and mental state, may we all experience prosperity at all levels.
Namaste,
Jane and the YogaPlace teachers
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