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New Classes
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We are excited to be offering a number of new classes, or classes with new teachers. Here are the details: Pilates with Ruth Martin 5.45 pm Thursdays Wellington Square starting in April.
Iyengar Flow Lunch-hour Workout with Ruth Martin Mondays and Wednesdays at Wellington Square 12.10 pm - 12.55 pm
Yoga for Women Only
A registered class at 6.30 pm Sundays JCC starting in April. Teacher TBA.
Early morning Iyengar Flow Workout with Tamara Bohach now also on Wednesdays at Wellington Square 6.15 am
Rob Walker is now teaching the 6 pm All Level class Thursdays at the JCC.
Tamara Bohach is now teaching the 9.15 am class Wednesdays at Wellington Square. This class will start at 9.30 am from now on.
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Upcoming mini-workshops
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Intro to Yoga with Lynne SwensonIf you are looking for a more gradual, in-depth introduction to Yoga with similar newcomers, then our Intro to Yoga workshop may be just what you need. This two-hour, registered event is perfect for people new to the practice of yoga
Sunday March 24 1pm to 3 pm Calgary JCC.
Click here for more details Inversions with Rob Walker - the third of a series of four workshops.
Master the King and Queen of Asanas in this how-to workshop. Learn the fundamentals, and for those already doing inversions, how to perfect the variations.
March 31 1pm - 4pm Wellington SquareBackbends with Rob Walker - the fourth of a series of four workshops.
Improve your posture and open your heart chakra with this workshop for everyone. Move from the easiest backbends to more complex poses in a safe and cautious way, with modifications for all levels. April 21 1pm - 4 pm Wellington Square
Click here for more detail and to register online Relax and Renew: A Restorative Workshop with Trish Robbins. Join one of the Yoga Studio's most experienced teachers for a workshop for all levels. Enjoy a series of restorative poses to calm the mind and ease the body into a state of total comfort . See tension melt away and muscles release! April 21 1pm - 4 pm JCC Click here for more detail and to register online |
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Is Yoga Enough Alone To Keep You Fit?
 | Eric Small, diagnosed with MS at 22, has been teaching Iyengar Yoga since the mid 1960s. Does he ever look fit!
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According to a well researched article in The Yoga Journal, the anwser is Yes - a committed yoga practice is all you need to stay fit. Click here to read the article.It quotes Senior Iyengar Yoga teacher John Schumacher, who does nothing but yoga to stay well. At age 52, he tested near the top of his age group for a variety of fitness tests, including maximum heart and exercise recovery rates at a physiological testing lab in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His doctor told him that he was in excellent physical condition and estimated that Schumacher had less than a one percent chance of suffering a cardiac event. "Now I have the evidence that regular yoga practice at a certain level of intensity will provide you with what you need." And Jack England, an 81-year-old yoga instructor at the Club Med in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, says more than 30 years of yoga have kept him versatile, wholesome, and sturdy. He has the exact same weight and height as he was in high school, and his outstanding wellness continues to amaze his doctor. An inspiration to individuals of all ages, he says." I do items that a 14-year-old can't do". Namaste,  Rob Walker
Director,
Yoga Studio South
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Two Major Upcoming Workshops
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Understanding Your Hips, Knees, Ankle and FeetThis workshop is filling quickly so register now to guarantee your spot!
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What an amazing combination of talents Julie Gudmestad brings to The Yoga Studio South for the latest annual Workshop For Yoga Teachers, Trainees and Students of any level of experience! She is a physiotherapist, a former columnist with The Yoga Journal for eight years and an internationally-renowned Iyengar Yoga teacher. This major all-level 10-hour workshop is on April 27-29 Click here to see the poster. This workshop is filling quickly so register soon to guarantee your spot. Registration is not available online. To register call 403 228 5808 or drop by in person.
Deepen Your Yoga Practice with inspired Iyengar Yoga Teacher Ty Chandler
Join Ty for a fabulous weekend workshop of Asana and Pranayama. Back for her second year in Calgary! Another chance to work with one of Victoria's most sought-after Iyengar Yoga teachers. Known for her strong, precise teaching and her warm, encouraging style, Ty blends physically demanding asana work with clear verbal instruction, and yet allows her students to stay connected to their own experience.  | Ty Chandler
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Click here to see the poster. Registration is not available online. To register call 403 228 5808 or drop by in person.
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Three new poses of the week
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"Yoga is a miracle to me" - Irene Buckland
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The kind of story we are pleased to hear every day at The Yoga Studio South . . . .
 | Yoga teacher trainee Irene Buckland:
"The miracle of Yoga" |
As a child and teenager my passion in life was gymnastics and dance. Like so many young woman who pursue these activities, I developed a hyper lordosis or swayback.
For the first 30 years it wasn't a problem. But when I turned fifty the "wheels fell off" so to speak. I began to suffer back pain and my back would "go out " on me far too regularly. I saw my family doctor and an orthopedic
specialist and was prescribed a variety of pain medications ranging from Advil to morphine. My diagnosis was chronic arthritic degeneration of the spine... hypertrophy of the facet joints.
This was made worse by my job in nursing management where I sat in meetings or at a computer for most of my day.
I quit my job after three years in search of a more balanced lifestyle that included yoga.
I soon realized as long as I practiced regularly, my back would be pretty good and I became more sensitive to early warning signs of a pending back attack and how to ward it off.
I enrolled in the yoga teacher training program so that I could learn more about yoga and know how to do the poses properly.
Slowly, I became less frightened of the potential and actual pain as I knew I had the skills to work through it and eventually be pain free.
Rob suggested that I read "Back Care Basics." It has been a fabulous resource for me as I have learned more about self assessment and engaged in a series of poses and breathing exercises that have left me pain free. What I know for certain now is that as long as I remain committed to the practice, yoga will be my miracle.
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