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Dear Friends, Join us for an open house on Wednesday, August 10, for our September 2011 teacher training program (see below for details). At our last open house, several people brought their friends or spouses. Feel free to do the same! In late July, we will head off for the retreat portion of our 500-hour training program. The retreat is a testimony to the value of relaxation. When we put aside our agendas and are permitted to park the car for a few days to discover countryside, the body becomes softer, receptive, and undeniably grateful for a chance to respond to the rhythms of nature. As a result, our practice becomes richer, satisfying, and surprisingly "sukha" or "sweet." We are not a just part of nature --we are nature. We'll be sure to take plenty of pictures! Sincerely, Theresa & Kathryn Co-Directors, Pacific Yoga Teacher Training info@pacificyoga.com |
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Open House in August
Pacific Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training
Open House: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 5:30pm - 7:00pm at Taj Yoga Join us for an open house where you can meet our instructors and find out what makes our 200-hour program different from the rest. This course begins September 30, 2011.
Pacific Yoga's 200-hour training is open to anyone who wishes to deepen his or her understanding of yoga. Not everyone takes this course to become a teacher. For those who want to learn the skills to teach, this course prepares you to conduct beginning yoga classes with skill and inspiration. Enrollment is limited to 24 participants.
Click for details about our schedule, curriculum, and tuition for this 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training.
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Staff Events
Romancing Your Spine with Theresa Elliott and Lara McIntosh
Friday evening, July 8, 2011
6:00pm - 8:00pm at Taj Yoga
Sixth Annual Yoga Dance Intensive with Theresa Elliott Monday - Friday, July 11 - 15, 2011
10:00am - 11:30am at Taj Yoga
Summer Works in Progress Dance Performances
with Theresa Elliott & Taj Yoga Teatro
Friday, July 15, 2011
7:00pm - 8:00pm at Taj Yoga
See Pacific Yoga Events for details.
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Eye for Alignment
Sequencing is often thought of as the ordering of postures. However, in the master classes, Skill In Asana, we have been discussing sequencing as it applies to a single pose and how you come into it. In what order do body parts move? The choices made in sequencing through the body dramatically effect the process and the outcome. Random physical organization in postures can never reach their potential in beauty and intelligence.
Accurate sequencing through the body creates postures with ease and potentially allows the practitioner to come more deeply into a pose while maintaining safety.
The difference between the two photos below demonstrates how this kind of sequencing works.
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In the photo above, Dylan has a nice start on "the leanings." However, a fuller extension of his legs to parallel is yet to be realized because he is relying too heavily on his quadriceps.
In the photo below, after learning a specific sequence that emphasizes the transverse abdominals, Dylan is able to lower and straighten his legs more nearly to parallel as he is now extending efficiently through his torso. Not bad for a 10 minute lesson!
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Summer Sneak Peek
Photo Yoga Shop Two-part Series and Photo Shoot
with Theresa Elliott & Dennis Lussier, Photographer
Three Saturdays
August 6 and 13, 2:00pm - 4:00pm (class meets at Taj Yoga)
Photo shoot: August 27, 28, or Sept. 10 (location and times TBA)
Classical Yoga Day, "Mastery in Practice" with Kathryn Payne
Saturday, August 20, 2011
10:00am - 4:00pm (includes a lunch break)
Island Yoga Center on Vashon Island
See Pacific Yoga Events for details.
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Pacific Yoga Teacher Training & Advanced Studies Program
www.pacificyoga.com
info@pacificyoga.com
206.612.1654
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