The Yoga Studio South
The Yoga Studio South Newsletter
IN THIS ISSUE
FLOW YOGA A HUGE SUCCESS!
GET A DEAL ON A NEW PASS
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
YOGA WEDDING BELLS?
ADVANCED TEACHER TRAINING
SORE NECK HELP
QUICK LINKS
 Check Out Wellington Square Schedule of Registered and Drop-In Classes

Check out Calgary JCC Glenmore Landing Schedule of Registered and Drop-In Classes

Check out our wide selection of fascinating workshops

Take A Private Class with Studio Director Rob Walker

Bring Yoga to Your Workplace

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FLOW YOGA AND OTHER GREAT NEW CLASSES
Danielle's Demonstration Class
Demo Class With New Teacher Danielle Lepage: A Huge Success with 25 Interested Students attending
  • Multi-Level Flow Class
    with Danielle Lepage, drop-in on Thursdays at 7.30 pm at Wellington Square and Tuesdays at 6 pm at the JCC. Her own teacher trained in the popular Jivamukti Yoga style in New York.
  • Meditation with Pandit Dabral and Sarah Wilson registered at Wellington Square on Tuesday evenings from 8 pm to 9 pm. Register by clicking here.

  • Prenatal Classes with Deborah Bobrow registered on Thursdays at the JCC. Deborah is unquestionably the most experienced prenatal yoga teacher in Alberta, with more than 25 years experience in Labor and Delivery, a British midwifery certification and a teaches at the U of C. Register by Clicking Here
  • Yoga for Pregnancy with Kristel Schnellback and Post Natal Yoga with Carolyn Connors registered on Mondays at Wellington Square. Register by Clicking Here.

  • Ritu Birchard and Kathryn Schnitzler will team teach the drop-in 1 pm All Level Class on Tuesdays at Wellington Square.

  • Karma Class drop-in at 6 pm to 7.30 pm Fridays, taught by teacher trainees. The class fee is $5, which goes to the Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter.
All these classes and more are featured in the Fall Brochure and posted on our website.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Get A Deal On Renewed Passes
  • Isabel 2nd picReminder: When your Summer Sizzler pass expires, remember you get additional time or visits on the new pass - if you buy on or before September  6. No exceptions will be made!

  • Margot Kitchen, Alberta's senior yoga teacher, teaches a two-hour class at 5.45 pm Tuesday nights on these dates in the fall and winter: Sept 8, 15, 33, Nov 10, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb 2. Recommended experience: Six months' in intermediate classes, and comfort with inversions and backbends.

  • Reminder: There will be no Friday 9.15 am Class at Wellington Square September 11.
 
Issue: #14 September 2009

Back To School Issue
Greetings!

Multi-tasking less effective!

I am one of the worst people for multi-tasking, trying to keep up with the thousand jobs that keep two yoga studios thriving. Now I've just heard news about a fascinating study at Stanford University which confirms what I have always thought. It shows that multi-tasking actually leads to lower achievement and that the minds of multi-taskers are not working as well as they could. Faced with information coming from all directions multi-taskers weren't able to filter out irrelevant information as well, and were slowed down compared with single-taskers.  Click here to see the study report.multi tasking

Patanjali, the 'father' of yoga, defined yoga 2,000 years ago as quieting the fluctuations of the mind.
That intuitive wisdom is apparently as relevant today as it was then.
And maybe the Stanford study gives us a clue as to why you feel peaceful and relaxed when you leave a yoga class after being asked to be present and focused on the here and now!
We - and that includes me - are hopefully all learning to do better by learning to do less.
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Student of the Month
Klara Luker

You could'nt go to yoga classes at the JCC Yoga Studio for long without meeting Klara Luker. This determined lady has been coming to yoga three times a week pretty much since the Yoga Studio moved to the JCC three years ago. Like many others, Student of the Month Klara, started yoga with Yoga Studio South because of back pain. Iyengar Yoga has helped relieve the back pain a great deal, but Klara is hooked and still comes Klara - student of the monththree times a week. "I like it a lot," she says. "It's fun, and it builds strength and boosts the immune system."
She tells all her friends to take up yoga to share the benefits she has reaped. "But to see results you have to be dedicated," she explains.
Congratulations Klara on being selected as student of the month. . . for showing commitment and persistence with your yoga practice.
A Yoga Studio Engagement!
Rob Nicholls and Henna Viertio
two heartsFor all his fans at the JCC on Monday mornings I am sad to tell you that Rob Nichols is finally taken! Seriously, I am delighted that Rob is engaged to be married to the beautiful Henna Viertio.
"I first met Henna about five years ago as my yoga student at Heavens Fitness. I asked her to marry me in her native country of Finland in early Rob and HennaJuly. Now we hope to be married in Canmore in June next year and live happily and yogically ever after," Rob laughs.
Henna's interest in two heartsthe science of yoga led her to be certified as an Ashtanga Instructor at The Yoga Passage. "She is currently a very
popular instructor there," Rob says. 
FOR YOGA TEACHERS ONLY
Rob in Parivrtta Trikonasana
So You Want to Be a Better Yoga Teacher?

Enhance your Skills and confidence with an Advanced Yoga Teacher Five-Day Intensive With Yoga Studio College of Canada Co-Director Rob Walker
  • �         Do you want to continue growing and developing as a yoga teacher in a professional setting with personalized feedback?
  • �           Do you want to enhance your skills in observing the 'story' each student's body reveals?
  • �         Do you want to revitalize your skills as an experienced yoga teacher?
  • �         You have completed your first certification program. Do you want to deepen your knowledge in an advanced program, studying with other teachers?
Monday-Friday 11 am to 5 pm November 2-6 2009
Yoga Studio South, Wellington Square, #110 1330 15 Ave SW., Calgary, Alberta. 403-228 5808
Cost: $1,000 plus GST. ($900 prior to September 15, 2009)
To Register, phone 403-228 5808 or Click Here
Pose of the Month
neck help with strap
Help for the Neck
Few of us have avoided neck pain at some time, as tension draws the shoulders up around the ears. Iyengar Yoga offers welcome relief for that type of neck pain with the help of a couple of yoga straps.
Tie two straps together in a large loop. Step into the loop like a hula hoop and hold one end across your back. Pass the other end over your head so it falls down the back, hanging close to the feet. Adjust the length of the loop if necessary so it hangs about two inches from the ground. Holding the two sides of the strap on your shoulders, hook one heel in the bottom of the loop and press down with the heel. Balance with a hand on the wall if necessary. The pressure on the top of the shoulders feels great as it stretches the shoulders away from the neck. An option if you want the strap to pull down on the shoulders closer to the neck, is to tie a third strap
around the big loop near the shoulder blades - as in the picture.
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU - EMPOWER YOUR BEST

At Yoga Studio South we are working hard to Empower Your Best in Yoga. Our warm, friendly studios are staffed by encouraging, supportive teachers who will safely guide you through small classes designed for every level and expectation -- gently empowering you to become the best possible version of yourself. This is the true gift of yoga -- and when you experience it, you'll feel better and shine more brightly than you ever have.
Sincerely,
 

Rob Walker
The Yoga Studio South
Save 15% When you purchase any five items at Yoga Studio South.
Use this coupon to buy the props you need to maintain a home practice. May not be combined with other offers.
Offer Expires: September 15 2009