The Yoga Studio South
The Yoga Studio South Newsletter
IN THIS ISSUE
GREAT NEW WORKSHOPS
FAREWELL ANDIE
YOGA HIKE ETC
ANNUAL SURVEY COMING SOON
YOGA PHOTO COMPETITION
TEACHER OF THE MONTH
ADVANCED TEACHER TRAINING
POSE OF THE MONTH
STUDENT OF THE MONT
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AYURVEDA AND OTHER GREAT NEW WORKSHOPS!
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Yoga & Ayurveda Series with Skjei Sharma

$15+GST at Wellington Square

Part I: Yoga & Ayurveda: An Introduction to Yoga & Ayurveda
Friday October 2 at 7 - 9 PM
New to Yoga and Ayurveda? Ayurveda is an ancient Indian system of medicine
that looks at your individual genetic make up from an Eastern perspective. Will cover simple changes to your
daily routine to gain optimal health including a series of Yoga postures to help balance.
Part II: Yoga & Ayurveda: Understanding the Dosha's $15+gst
Friday 7 - 9 PM (Date to be announced)
Take Yoga and Ayurveda to the next level. Learn more about your individual constitution
and the characteristics of each dosha.

Developing a Home Practice
with Trish Robbins


An interactive workshop to develop your home practice.
 
Location: South - Jewish Community Centre, October 17, 2009:1:00-4:00pm
$55.00 + GST

Yoga and Writing
with Michele Gunderson

Ph.D., C.Y.T $75+gst
Saturday October 24 1 - 5 PM
Want to write? Looking for ways to take your writing further? Join Mich�le for a four-hour workshop
combining Yoga with Writing and take both to a new level. No Yoga or writing experience necessary.

All these classes and more are featured in the Fall Brochure and posted on our website.
Click here to register.
FAREWELL ANDIE
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Andie with her daughter Margarita.
Long-time Yoga Studio South student Andie Lorenz passed away September 21 after living with cancer for four years. When selected as Student of the Month as recently as July Andie said: "Cancer sent me hurtling on a journey full of peaks and valleys, but one thing has remained consistent in my life: yoga"
"Even if I can do only a few poses on a given day, the practice always increases my feeling of wellbeing. Increasingly, oncologists are encouraging yoga and meditation."
You can read her obituary online by clicking here.
 As her yoga teacher I will deeply miss the wonderful energy and courage Andie brought to the studio - Rob
YOGA HIKE AND OTHER BITS AND PIECES
Big Elbow Trail
A view from Big Elbow Trail
Our first yoga hike to Prairie Creek was such a success a number of you have requested another trip. You are invited to do Big Elbow Trail, starting at Forgetmenot Campground at the end of Highway 66 west of Bragg Creek Sunday October 11. The cost of this Thanksgiving Weekend hike is $15, which goes to Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter. I chose the hike because it is flat and has fabulous views. sign up at the front desk and leave your email address. I will contact you nearer the time. The commitment would be about 1.3 hrs driving and three to four hours walking and eating lunch.

Calgary Wellspring Yogathon
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YSS's Michele teaching at the Yogathon

The 1st Annual Yogathon for Wellspring Centre, supporting people living with cancer, was a great success. "We did our first session in the rain, but the drizzle did not dampen spirits" said organizer Kathleen Crowley. "The weather got better and better as the day progressed. We had 85 participants overall -- five yoga sessions, tai chi, drumming and an informal chat on healthful and healing nutrition. The location was perfect."
"Thanks again to The Yoga Studio - North and South for your help and support. Your instructor Michele Gunderson started and ended the day for us and did an amazing job," said Kathleen. Thanks Michele.
Click her for the link to Wellspring

ANNUAL SURVEY COMING UP
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A heads up that you will be receiving our second annual survey in the middle of October.
It would be helpful to providing you with the best possible service if you would spend five minutes filling out the online questionaire. Thank you in advance
 
Issue: #15 October 2009
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Thanksgiving Issue
Greetings!

More Scientific Support for Iyengar Yoga!

I am always excited to hear of new evidence to support the powerful therapeutic benefits of Iyengar Yoga that I feel in my own body and hear about every day.
So I was happy to be referred last week by my sister Heather to a major new $400,000 study of 90 people that showed people with low back pain and depression do better with Iyengar Yoga than those who received standard medical therapy.
The news from West Virginia University was reported in the academic journal, Spine. Those who did Iyengar Yoga had lifted mood, less pain, improved function and used less drug.
"Proponents of yoga have long described its benefits in reducing back pain, but not everybody was convinced. This is a much bigger, much more rigorous evaluation than had been done before," said Kimberly Williams, PhD, research assistant professor in the WVU Department of Community Medicine. Click here for a link to the study.
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Yoga Photo Competition
Teacher Photo
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Natalie Monson at Ptarmigan Cirque
Student Photo

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Lily Chow at Peyto Lake
Winners of the holiday yoga photo competition were Natalie Monson in the teacher category and Lily Chow in the student section. They get to pick a book of their choice from the studio shelves.
Well done Natalie and Lily and thank you to the others who contributed.
The contest was judged by Yoga Studio South bookkeeper Gerald Mathews.
Congratulations Natalie and Lily
Teacher of the Month
Janet MacAllan

Several people suggested to me that I select Janet MacAllan as teacher of the month for October. Since Annette Romuld left in August Janet has slipped very seamlessly into Annette's role as restorative yoga teacher at Wellington Square.
AnJanetd she is proving very popular already. Annette, who came to take Janet's class as a student   recently commented: "Instruction is clear and she is very helpful at ensuring everyone is properly set up."
Janet herself says she loves the entire process of teaching, from the research and creative aspects of planning a class to the interaction with each unique student. "As someone with 'body challenges' myself, I love helping students move beyond the statement,  'I can't do that' to explore asanas that are safe and transformational."
She says that, as a teacher, she strives to create programs that meet the needs of each student, as well as the class as a whole.
She is currently working on a series of yoga workshops related to common challenges such as insomnia, menopause, and weight loss.


FOR YOGA TEACHERS ONLY
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So You Want to Be a Better Yoga Teacher?

Price reduction to $750 to make the program more accessible!

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
To Register, phone 403-228 5808 or Click Here
Pose of the Month
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Tractioning the spine feels great!
October's Pose of the Month is called Rope Headstand or Rope Sirsasana. It is an important pose with great therapeutic benefits. First, either hang a strong rope like a swing from the ceiling or use one of the five ropes at our Wellington Square studio (under the supervision of a teacher). Stand in front of the rope, holding it on both sides at the low waist. Lean back and swing the legs up and around each rope, bringing the soles of the feet together. Release the grip on the rope and rope for rope sirsasanahold the opposite elbows over the head as Kelly is doing in the picture. Hold the pose for as long as you like. Use a blanket around the hips for more comfort or if you bruise easily. The pose tractions the spine and gives many of the benefits of inversions and is beneficial for some back issues and respiratory problems. Kelly is offering a ropes workshop at Yoga Studio North October 24.
The rope for Sirsasana
Student of the Month
Janice
Janice Fraser

Her enthusiasm and commitment to yoga is behind this month's choice of student of the month: Janice Fraser!

"I began Yoga initially at the JCC about three years ago when Kristel Schnellback offered an intro course to home school mothers," Janice recalls. "It was very rewarding and novel to me. I experienced a quietude and gentle joy immediately. Before yoga I was under tremendous stress in my life which expressed itself through serious lower back problems. At one point I was hospitalized and completely debilitated by pain. The doctor suggested physiotherapy, I chose yoga instead."
 
Janice continues: "I determined to participate to the degree my body allowed for and I have not looked back. My lower back is sometimes vulnerable, but through proper alignment and excellent teaching from my instructors I am able to fully engage and improve my yoga practice.
 
"I commit to at least three classes per week and yearn for more. I feel balanced physically, emotionally and mentally because of my yoga practice. It is always a joy, even when my body feels old some days, or my balance reflects a wind storm in the room. Many of the people at the studio have become very good friends. These relationships define themselves by a sense of real integrity. My advice to others is to quote from the artist Bernini: work hard, accept good criticism, and always look for the beautiful."

Congratulations Janice!

 
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
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