| IFY Honorary Yogis |
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Congratulations to the following Honorary Inner Fire Yogis who achieved a yoga milestone this month:
Mary Roseneck reached 800+ classes and received a purple bracelet!
Janet Pruett, Erinn Morris, Eric Lemke and Pat Barone reached 700+ classes and received a blue bracelet!
Esther Bach-y-Rita reached 600+ classes and received a green bracelet!
Mary Tierney reached 500+ classes and received a yellow bracelet!
Sandra Ashford, Keesia Hyzer and Tina Morschauser reached 400+ classes and received a orange
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Chris Vaughan, Todd Newell, Elizabeth Doering, Meghan Wanzek and Janet Quammee reached 300+ classes and received a red bracelet! |
| Saturday, April 25th Revised Schedule |
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| Due to our Abundance Celebration, classes at IFY will change as follows:
8:30-10:00am BIKRAM
9:00-10:00am POWER FLOW - BEGINNER
10:30-11:45am POWER FLOW - INTERMEDIATE
12:15-1:45pm BIKRAM
CANCELLED:
4:00-5:30pm BIKRAM COMMUNITY CLASS
5:00-6:00pm INNER FIRE FLOW COMMUNITY CLASS
6:30-7:30pm YIN COMMUNITY CLASS
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| Intro to Yoga Classes |
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Tell all your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues and foes!
Intro to Bikram Yoga
tomorrow!
Saturday · April 11 and May 9 12:30-2:00pm
Intro to Power Flow
Saturday · April 18 and May 23
12:30-2:00pm
BY DONATION!
100% of donations go to a local charity.
These classes are for students who are brand new to yoga or who have practiced yoga just a few times. The
instructor will start the class with a verbal introduction to yoga. Then class will follow, with time taken as necessary to explain the postures in detail, demonstrate, and answer questions.
Suggested donation for intro to yoga classes is $10-$15. Proceeds go to benefit local charity. No pre-registration is necessary. Students who sign up for the Introductory Offer of 2 weeks of unlimited yoga for $20 at the end of class will receive a $10 discount! Introductory offer is available to new students to IFY and local residents only.
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| Celebrate Earth Day! April 22 |
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How GREEN is Inner Fire Yoga?
*We use highly efficient radiant heating in the studios.
*We use two energy recover ventilators that recycle the heat in the yoga rooms.
*We use recylced paper for all of our printing needs.
*We use biodegradable cleaning products.
*We use cloth hand towels at the restroom sinks to minimize waste.
*Our Toilets and show heads are "low flow".*We used sustainable products and recycled building materials in the build-out of our new studio.
*We are a member of the Green Yoga Association.
 Green Yoga Assoc. website
To learn more about what you and your family can do to ceelbrate Earth Day in ways both big and small simply click here. |
| Moving Inward |
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"You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves."
~ Chief Seattle (c. 1786-1866), Suquamish Nation
"For enlightenment to happen the perceiver must turn right around and wake up to the fact that he is face to face with his own nature - that HE IS IT. The spiritual seeker ultimately finds that he was already at the destination, that he himself IS what he had been seeking and he was in fact already home."
~ Ramesh S. Balsekar (Born 1917), India |
Inner Fire Yoga is looking for a photographer to work on trade. A professional studio photographer or sports photographer is preferred or a talented amateur. Please contact IFY at info@innerfireyogacenter.com to inquire. |
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Dear Friends of Inner Fire Yoga,
Oh happy days! Spring has sprung! One of the reasons I happily moved back to the Midwest (from CA) was because I missed the change of seasons. Spring fever is unavoidably pleasant.
First and foremost: congratulations to the recent Personal Revolutionaries! It takes intense dedication for most of us to achieve our yoga practice goals. We commend you. And, of course, get ready for our next Personal Revolution beginning May 1: 31 classes in 31 days! As usual, sign up on the poster in the hallway. Go for it yogis! You CAN do it!
Every April we throw a big celebration: the Abundance Celebration. I hope you will join us on April 25th and 26th! We are sharing our abundance by donating all proceeds from the weekend to charity: The Family Centers of Madison, a charity that benefits local children and families in distress. So please plan to join us for a free (by donation) yoga class or two, making bids for items in the silent auction, and partying with us from 5-8 on Sat. You can read the list of auction items below (and see more details about the weekend's events). Thank you for donating (it's not too late if you'd like to make a donation to the silent auction).
Our neighbors at 4 Lakes Driving School have asked us to kindly alert our patrons to drive mindfully through our parking lot as the student drivers not only need safety but also need a good example by yogi-drivers. So, please drive slowly, refrain from using the cell phone while driving, and also walk mindfully (along the side of the lot rather than down the center) in our parking lot. Thank you very much for paying attention to this matter. There is much more news to share, and I trust you will peruse the newsletter to find out about EVERYTHING that is happening in our wonderful yoga community. May spring bring a feeling of blooming and opening to us all - with a smile on our faces.
Keep yoga-ing! Marit Sathrum
Owner/Director Inner Fire Yoga Center for Wellness |
| Student Spotlight |
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"As I transition from my 35 years of teaching to searching for my new identity as a retiree, Inner Fire Yoga has become an integral part of my life. I've been attending yoga at Marit's studios for six years, but in the last few months I've been doing classes
with much more frequency, sometimes six or even seven times per week. As a result, I've lost weight and feel stronger in parts of my body that I've never even felt before (shoulders, wrists, hips, etc.). But most importantly, my increased yoga practice has helped to ease my mind and allow me to be in the moment rather than worry about what I should be doing to be productive.
I enjoy the diversity and challenge of all the classes at Inner Fire: pounding through the 10:30 intermediate flow on Sundays with as much grace as I can muster, relaxing and deepening into the asanas in yin, and disciplining myself to quiet my "monkey
mind" in the bikram series. Recently, I've discovered the tranquility of the Inner Fire Flow sessions. Because it's an integration of bikram yoga and flow, IFF strikes a balance combining the best elements of both. Like bikram, the IFF asanas are
sequential, but less rigidly or predictably so. I find that I'm not always anticipating the next sequence as I am in bikram. The flow between the asanas creates a sort of gentle, quiet dance and when the hour has expired, I feel as if I've had a solid workout, but with tranquility. I will continue to practice all the forms of yoga offered at Inner Fire, including the balancing act of Inner Fire Flow."
~ Keesia Hyzer
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| Spring Abundance Celebration |
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Silent auction to benefit The Family Centers of Madison. Do you have a good or service you are willing to donate for the silent auction? If so, please contact Carrie at retail@innerfireyogacenter.com. Items to be offered in the auction: 90 minute massage, 60 minute massage from IFY 6 months unlimited yoga, IFY 3 months unlimited yoga, IFY 1 month unlimited yoga, IFY Bikram Yoga book by Bikram Choudhury, IFY 2 sets of 1 water bottle plus one yoga mat, IFY One free yoga workshop at IFY 2 one hour private yoga therapy sessions with Joan, IFY IFY logo tee shirts and yoga tops (new ones!) Lululemon clothing - men's clothing items Lululemon clothing - women's clothing items 2 framed art photographs by student James Rhem Aveda Himalayan Glow Candle from Studio 924 Massage Formula and perfume from Studio 924 3 Caribbean Therapy sets from Studio 924 Ameripure skin care products from American Laser Center Microdermabrasion session from American Laser Center Children's portrait painted by artist Lizzie Wortham Jewelry by Kathleen Kay American Girl Bitty Baby from Sue Vraga American Girl Samantha doll from Kim Brilowski Books 4 School from Amy Fields Radio controlled SeaDoo toy from Sandy Merrman 1 hour private aerial sightseeing tour in a single engine airplane by Mark Melin Yoga Girl Flower Vase hand crafted by Kasia of Play In The Mud Studio Nutritional analysis and metabolic testing by Matt D'Amour Personal Shopping introductory package by Bonnie Raimy Darz Famous Meat-a-ball sauce dinner for two by Darlene Vanderhoop Cooking class by Bean Sprouts Cafe 3 personal coaching sessions with Eric Plantenburg of Freedom Personal Development Partners Fundamentals of Freedom course from Freedom Personal Development Partners Gift Certificates to Hybrid Salon Spiritual Coaching by Melissa Simonson of Ignite Your Voice
Please note that due to the Abundance Celebration our Saturday, April 25th class schedule has been changed. Click here for a revised schedule. |
| Meet New IFY Instructor... |
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| Lisa Stephenson
I became interested in yoga in a round about way. While a student at UW-Madison I dove into a daily meditation practice and took a few yoga classes, both of which piqued my interest in the religions and cultural traditions of India. In the summer of 2003 I studied abroad in Kerala, South India, and this is where I first started practicing yoga on a regular basis. I continued to take yoga classes through the rest of my time in college and tried practicing some on my own, but it wasn't until after graduating- when I was introduced to vinyasa yoga- that I really began to experience the transformational side of yoga asana. My understanding of the power of yoga only deepened when I had the good fortune to practice with Ana Forrest in Madison in the spring of 2005. I had never worked so hard in a yoga class before and I knew I had found a style of yoga that would help me to go deep into the physical, mental, and spiritual realms of my practice. When it became clear to me that my post-college corporate job wasn't really my passion, I decided to make the leap to become a yoga teacher. I see teaching yoga as the perfect way to combine my life-long goal of working as an educator with my love of the yoga practice. So, in October 2006 I attended the demanding- but very rewarding!- Forrest Yoga Teacher Training in Seattle, Washington. I have been teaching yoga classes in Madison ever since, and am very excited to be joining the Inner Fire Community!
In my classes I enjoy focusing on strengthening the body through energetic sun salutations and also time spent in long pose holds. I encourage students to build a feeling connection with their body and an awareness of mind so that they can practice yoga intelligently and in a way that is personal. I believe that the way we experience poses and the yoga practice in general can be very reflective of how we are in our life off the mat. Learning tools that enable us to breathe deeply, create space in the body, and calm the mind are some of the greatest gifts I hope students will take from my class.
~ Lisa Stephenson |
| Yoga Therapy Now Available at IFY! |
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Now available for private yoga sessions --Yoga Therapy is a melding of yogic and Ayurvedic tools for healing and well being.
Yoga and Ayurveda are sister sciences in the Indian Vedic tradition of health in the tradition known as Sanatana Dharma, or path to the Eternal Truth. Although Yoga has been known in the West for over a hundred years, Ayurveda has only been studied in the past few decades. In the Indian tradition, the two are one. The yogic tradition is based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the eight limbs of Ashtanga leading toward the path of spiritual liberation. The tradition of Ayurveda, or "the science of life", focuses on creating a balanced, vibrant state of healthy body, mind, and spirit. The knowledge and use of both can help towards living fully with vitality, expanded awareness, in harmony with the laws of nature, the cosmos and our fellow beings.
An Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist is able to use methods from both sciences for healing of the body, mind, and spirit. The methods are individually tailored for maximum benefit according to the individual constitution, or 'prakruti'. The diagnosis of the individual's unique
constitution is imperative in helping the individual restore balance and health to their life.
Using patient intake and assessment forms, the therapist prescribes various methods to managing a variety of conditions which may include injury, muscular and skeletal disorders, stress related illnesses, digestive disorders, cancer, depression, anxiety, emotional disorders, addiction, grief/loss, diabetes, MS, high blood pressure, eating disorders, chronic fatigue, nausea, low back pain, sciatica, carpal tunnel, knee and hip injury, and pain management. Full postural and movement assessments from the therapist can help identify the source of physical problems. Yoga asanas are prescribed that are appropriate for the novice yogi or advanced.
A diagnosis can incorporate any of the tools appropriate from the Yogic and Ayurvedic tradition including:
~Asana
~Pranayama
~Meditation
~IRest Therapy or Yoga Nidra
~Restorative yoga
~Guided Visualization
~ Cleansing practices
~Yogic and Ayurvedic diets
IFY Yoga Instructor Joan Bliefernicht recently completing an additional 3oo hour training in Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy at Ananda Seva in Santa Rosa, California. She is now a Yoga Therapist registered at the 500 hour level with Yoga Alliance, and she is a member of the International
Association of Yoga Therapists. As a teacher, she has seen healing and experienced healing in the yoga studio. She is committed to work with both the student in class and the individual in private yoga therapy to help them find health and balance in their life in a safe manner. She believes in our society that we all struggle with health and balance and that no one can live a perfect life but that we can always benefit from a deeper understanding or our health at all levels.
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| Weekend Yoga Workshop with Talya and Steve ~ May 15-17 |
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| "Forrest Yoga under the teaching and guidance of Steve and Talya has freed me and allowed me to connect to my Spirit in a way I never thought possible." ~Laurel
Don't miss this opportunity to study with Steve and Talya, the most senior Forrest Yoga teachers in the Midwest. They use Forrest Yoga, Toltec, Shamanic and other spiritual teachings to awaken their students to their true selves. WEEKEND SCHEDULE: Friday, May 15: 6pm-9pm
OUR INTERNAL WORLD
2-hours of yoga and 1-hour of guided meditation
Use a hot and sweaty asana practice and a guided meditation session to dive with curiosity into the universe that exists inside you - what places are you comfortable with? What places do you never acknowledge? Make space by deeply connecting to that which lives beneath your skin.
Saturday, May 16: 2pm-5pm
TRANSLATE STRENGTH INTO POWER
2-hours of yoga and 1-hour of guided meditation
Unlock 1st and 2nd chakras and use their specific energies to connect to your power. A deep strength building practice.
Sunday Morning, May 17: 9am-Noon
OPEN YOUR HEART
Deepen your backbends without pain through the wisdom of Forrest Yoga sequencing.
Sunday, May 17: 2pm-5pm
HANDS-ON ASSISTS WORKSHOP
Learning how to give assists helps teachers and also students: Teachers - learn to heal using a loving touch. Students - gain an understanding of how to move your own body deeper into poses by practicing assists on others.
Fees:
$45, 1 Session
$80, 2 Sessions
$115, 3 Sessions
$150, 4 Sessions
Purchase online at InnerFireYogaCenter.com or at studio.
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