The Yoga Studio South

The Yoga Studio South Newsletter
"Empowering Your Best"
IN THIS ISSUE
New Fall Workshops and Classes
Margot Kitchen's fall and winter workshops
Great new classes and workshops
Happy Hanukkah
Yoga teacher training for anyone
Never too late to start yoga
My personal yoga journey
More yoga poses for the office
Join Us for an evening of music and chanting
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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

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CALGARY WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER
WOMEN'S SHELTER
Yoga Studio South is a proud supporter of the Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter.

Click Here to learn more

We are also collecting for the Calgary Food Bank. Please drop off a donation at either studio.

MORE  FALL
 AND WINTER   WORKSHOPS


Sherryn Rault
Sherryn Rault
Critical Alignment Therapy
with Sherryn Rault.

Ideal for anyone,  especially those suffering chronic pain from injury, stress or repetitive strain. For beginners and continuing students.
Wellington Square December 5, and JCC February 6, 1:00 - 4:00 PM $65.00 + GST
To register click here

MARGOT KITCHEN FALL & WINTER
WORKSHOPS
Margot head and shoulders
Margot Kitchen
Pranayama
Saturday Dec. 4th - 1 to 3 p.m. Wellington Square

 Senior Iyengar yoga teacher Margot Kitchen presents one more 2-hour class Pranayama (breath work) class. We recommend you have some experience of Pranayama.

To Register Click Here


Relax with Restorative Yoga
Saturday October 23rd - 1 to 4 pm Wellington Square
Learn postures to keep you balanced during the challenges of the Christmas season. Calm the mind, cool the brain, balance the intelligence of the head with the intelligence of the heart.

To register click here

Inversions- A Mini Workshop with Margot Kitchen: Saturday January 29 - 1:00-4:00pmWellington Square $68 + GST
Turn your world upside down and see it from a different perspective safely and without fear.

Backbending- A Mini Workshop with Margot Kitchen: Saturday February 5th - 1:00-4:00pm Wellington Square $68 + GST
Learn simple back bending asanas to improve your posture and energy.

Setting up a home practice- A Mini Workshop with Margot Kitchen Saturday May 14th- 1:00-4:00pm $68 +GST
Adapt your home practice to your own needs.  Remember what poses you need to do and in what order.
Wellington Square $68 + GST



SOME NEWER CLASSES TO CHECK OUT
Tracy Scott
Tracy Scott
Classes with Tracy Scott are packed to the walls most Friday mornings so we had to find another spot for you to experience her committed teaching! So come to her Level I class at 7.30 pm Wednesdays at Wellington Square, starting January. And when she is not there, the equally popular Sandy Martino will step in and teach.

Mom and Tween Yoga with Johanna Steinfeld
Johanna
Johanna Steinfeld
A chance for moms and their girls 11-13 to spend some nurturing time together doing yoga. No previous experience necessary.

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson is continuing to offer a registered-only one-hour Discover class at the Calgary JCC Wednesday mornings at 6.15 am. New  session starts in January. Click here to register
Issue: #29December 2010

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Dear
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Does your yoga practice fall off through the festive season?
Supta Baddha Konasana
De-stress with reclining bound angle pose

Ironically the festive season is far from festive for some, including parents stressing themselves out preparing the festivities and buying gifts on top of other demands. Then there are those who find themselves facing depression for a variety of reasons at this time of the year.
Happily yoga is a great tonic for stress and depression.
Iyengar Yoga has a whole range of restorative poses done with the support of props which calm the nerves and allow you to renew and heal and bring balance back to your life. These poses trigger the parasympathetic nervous system, build the immune system, lower the heart rate and blood pressure.

For a useful link to restorative yoga click here.
To find out more about yoga and depression click here.
To Register for Margot's workshop on restorative yoga click here

Sadly many of us let our yoga practice slide at this time of the year as our lives get out of balance and the demands of the festive season overtake us. I recommend you make our restorative yoga classes your priority now and keep coming to these and other classes at least twice a week.
I will be teaching a class each day from Dec 27 - 31 at the JCC, so you don't need to miss a day through that holiday week. See you then if not before!

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Yoga Studio South Director
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Great new classes and workshops at Yoga Studio South

Are you a complete beginner and feeling intimidated?


lynne swenson Is the idea of being in a yoga class terrifying? If you are looking for a more gradual in depth introduction to Iyengar Yoga with similar newcomers then our Intro to Iyengar Yoga with Lynne Swenson may be just what you need. This two-hour, registered event is perfect for people new to the practice of yoga. Topics include basic alignment, the use of props and why Iyengar Yoga is ideally suited to people of all ages and abilities. After taking this workshop you will be confident to take Discover Yoga and Gentle HathaYoga Classes. The workshop runs monthly at one of the south locations. And the bonus is that if you sign up for a 10 times pass at the end of the workshop you will get 25 per cent off - but only on that day. Click here to sign up.


January 30-Wellington Square; March 13-The JCC; April 9- Wellington Square; May 29 - The JCC  1:00-3:00 PM

Partner Yoga with Gwen Ritch

Welcome to Partner Yoga with Gwen Rich. Work with another to move deeper into the postures. Achieve a deeper release than working on your Gwen Ritch own. This event involves asanas (postures), conscious breathing, touch, trust, communication and play. Allow yourself the opportunity to really connect with another person and to be fully supported - and supportive. Bring a partner and explore a deeper experience of the true meaning of the word yoga, "union."  Click here to sign up.

Partner Yoga with Gwen Ritch: Saturday, February 12th, 1:00-4:00pm. Wellington Square - $75/couple or $40/single


Enhance Your Immune System with Yoga with Trish Robbins!

Want to boost your internal security system to protect against harmful invaders? Yoga:
immunity�        helps lower stress hormones that compromise immunity.
�         conditions the lungs and respiratory tract and stimulates the lymphatic system to rid the body of toxins.
�         brings oxygenated blood to the organs to ensure optimal function.
Attend this workshop to learn poses and breath techniques to pump your immune system. Click here to sign up.

Handout provided.
Enhancing Your Immune System With Yoga with Trish Robbins: January 22, 1:00-4:00pm. The JCC - $55 + gst
Happy Chanukkah
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Happy Hanukkah to all our friends at the Calgary Jewish Community Centre!

Teacher Training - act now!
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Rob doing Parivrtta Trikonasana
College Co-Director Rob Walker

 
There are still a couple of spots in the teacher training program that begins January2011. Remember you don't need to be a pretzel and you don't evenneed to want to be a yoga teacher.If you have questions email Rob Walker at this link.
Check out the full program details
by clicking here.

Yoga Teacher Refresher Weekends

For existing teachers we are offering five refresher weekend courses from January to May. Find more details by clicking here.
Never too late to start yoga!

Vic Lakusta enthusiastic starter at 73!
Vic Lakusta
Vic Lakusta in Supta Virasana, Reclining Hero

 Vic Lakusta, whose main recreation is hunting and fishing, was encouraged to come to yoga by his yoga enthusiast daughter Katherine Lakusta Good. Although he is 73, Vic took to private Iyengar yoga classes with enthusiasm, and embraces every pose with concentration and enthusiasm.
He has recruited his rancher
buddy, Marshall Copithorne, now also hooked on the benefits of yoga to his body and state of mind.
MY PERSONAL YOGA JOURNEY. . .
Jo Ann  Telfer . . .
Jo Anne Telfer
Jo Ann Telfer

"For a long time yoga was just an exercise class to me, a pleasant alternat

ive to my repetitive gym and walking routine.  Last year I attended a weekend workshop, and after 3 continuous days of Iyengar Yoga, I had

a quiet knowing that it was about to become an important part of my life. Curiosity led me to attend more Iyengar yoga classes, to read about yoga and to start a doing asanas at home. Now after a year of a regular and continuous practice (that is the important part) I am beginning to understand, not just physically, but energetically, mentally, intellectually, spiritually... through all the sheaths of being....  that  yoga is a way to integrate my life. Yoga is no longer something I do - it is something I am."


Jo Ann Telfer teaches psychology at St. Mary's University College and conducts workshops to help people manage anxiety and depression.
She says: "After many years of lecturing to students and clients that yoga is an effective way to manage depression and anxiety I now advocate it from the heart."


MORE YOGA POSES AT OFFICE AND HOME
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Hero Pose
Simple poses for every day at home and work
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Half Forward Bend

You don't have to be on your yoga mat to reap the marvelous energizing benefits of yoga!

Here are three Iyengar Yoga poses you can do at your desk any time to wake you up, improve your posture, and loosen the tension in your neck, shoulders, back and wrists. Ahhh! Here are a couple of useful links to office yoga and an easy home practice.
Urdhva Hastasana
Urdhva Hastasana, Raised Arms Pose

Kirtan: An Evening of Music and Chanting
Kirtan

Shakti Deva


Back by popular demand!

Join Yoga Studio South Yoga Teacher Vic Mehta and his group, Shakti Deva for a Kirtan: an evening of Indian devotional music and (participatory) chanting.
Wellington Square, Dec 11 7.30 pm

Bring a first-time friend to yoga and get a free 1x pass at Yoga Studio South for yourself and the friend!
Bring this coupon in to get a free class for yourself and a friend if it is their first visit. May not be combined with other offers.
Offer Expires: December 15 2010