Please note that workshop fees are non-refundable due to
fees we are contractually obligated to pay to instructors
Introduction to Ayurveda and Ayur/Hatha™ Workshops with Virna Lisa
YogaBalance Master Instructor Series
Saturday, February 25, 1:30 – 5:30 pm. $60
Sunday, February 26, 1:30 – 4:30 pm. $50
Sign up for both workshops and pay just $90!
Sunday, February 26, 1:30 – 4:30 pm. $50
Sign up for both workshops and pay just $90!
On Saturday, February 25, join Virna Lisa for an Introduction to Ayurveda. Explore what elements are, and how they make up your constitution. Discover what your personal constitution is, and how to keep it in balance. Learn how the times of day and seasons affect your constitution, what the best food combination for your constitution is, and how to design a self care system and posture sequences to keep you in balance.
On Sunday, February 26, Virna Lisa will lead the second part of this workshop series: Ayur/Hatha™. If you have already taken Virna Lisa’s Introduction to Ayurveda workshop, or you have a basic understanding of Ayurveda and your constitution, this is the next step. Discover how the Asanas can help balance your constitution. Explore how to use breathing practices to enhance your well-being. Enjoy learning how to create a practice that is tailored to suit your personal constitution.
Both of these workshops are particularly beneficial for yoga teachers; continuing education credits will be available. If you sign up for both workshops, you can take advantage of the discounted rate of just $90 (a $20 discount).
Virna Lisa received her Yoga teacher certification through the Himalayan Institute Teachers Association. She is the owner of Eco Yoga Studio in Durham, CT, and is a Yoga Journal Conference presenter and senior Yoga instructor at Yale University. Virna Lisa instructs workshops throughout the northeast.
Prenatal Yoga Classes with Bethany
Wednesday Evenings 6:30 – 7:45 pm
Next session: March 7 – April 11
(Only one space left!)
Following session: May 2 – June 6
Six sessions: $90
This six-week workshop is designed especially for the pregnant practitioner. This class is also appropriate for post natal students.
You will learn breathing and focusing techniques that will help you to relax during pregnancy and childbirth. You will practice postures that will help to:
• Create more opening in the hips and abdominal region, which will help make space for your baby;
• Alleviate tension in the back, neck and shoulders;
• Create more openness in the chest; and
• Increase circulation to help prevent swelling in the feet and ankles.
As your body changes with pregnancy, so will your yoga practice. We will modify poses based on which trimester you are in and how your are feeling. Most importantly, this class will honor your mother’s intuition, reinforce your body awareness and improve your ability to practice self care during pregnancy and into motherhood.
Beginners’ Yoga Workshop with Gen
Saturday, March 10, 1:30 — 4:00 pm. $40
Includes 1 week of unlimited Yoga for first-time YogaBalance students
Makes a great gift!
Everybody can do Yoga! Our popular Beginners’ Yoga Workshop is specifically tailored for beginning Yoga students, and is a wonderful opportunity to get individualized attention and explore and understand the system of Yoga.
The workshop will include a 30-minute discussion about what Yoga is, what the Yoga Sutras are and the purpose of the postures, a 60-minute break down and exploration of poses with hands-on alignment and assistance, and a 60-minute class.
The $40 fee includes the workshop and a one-week introductory unlimited class pass for first-time YogaBalance students. Existing YogaBalance students may enroll in just the workshop for $20 by contacting Kate at Mail@YogaBalance.info or 625-4000.
We restrict Beginners’ Yoga classes to 20 students to ensure individual attention, so space is limited.
Open Your Hips with Natasha Rizopoulos
YogaBalance Master Instructor Series
Sunday, March 18, 12:30 – 3:30 pm. $60
Learn the basic anatomical principles that will transform your understanding of your hips, and translate into freedom in all of your postures. We’ll use standing, seated and supine postures to increase your range of motion in all directions, and you’ll both release your hips and leave class empowered to continue the opening in your regular practice.
As a former ballet dancer, Natasha knew she had come home when she discovered Yoga in her 20s. That moment of recognition and delight continues to inspire her teaching to this day. Now a Senior Teacher with YogaWorks and Down Under Yoga, and a writer, teacher, and DVD instructor for Yoga Journal, Natasha is known world-wide for her ability to communicate the essence of sophisticated postures and ideas in ways that have a transformative effect upon one’s understanding of Yoga. A dedicated Ashtanga practitioner for many years, she is equally captivated by the precision of the Iyengar system. These two traditions inform her teaching, creating a dynamic and rigorous blend of intelligently sequenced and aligned Vinyasa Flow. For more about Natasha and Align Your Flow (and to see clips of her teaching and read her articles and blogs) visit her website at www.natasharizopoulos.com.
Continuing Education Credit certificates for Registered Yoga Teachers with Yoga Alliance will be available for this workshop.
Restorative Yoga with Kate
Saturday, March 24, 1:30 – 3:30 pm. $25
Restorative Yoga is the perfect antidote to the stresses of modern life. As a result of the increasing pace and intensity of our lives, more and more people are suffering from chronic stress, which has been proven to have a significant negative impact on our bodies and minds.
Restorative Yoga is the art of active relaxation. It is a refuge from our busy lives; a time to relax, heal and restore. In Restorative Yoga, we practice supported postures using blocks, blankets, bolsters and other props so that the body can passively stretch and return to a natural state of balance, healing, rest and renewal. This style of yoga give us an opportunity to slow down, be still and to start to gently open physically and emotionally. Even those with an active, dynamic practice will benefit greatly from the inner peace and deep release of this restorative class.
2012 NYC Yoga Journal Conference
April 12-16, New York
Join Ann and Ron when they speak at the annual NYC Yoga Journal Conference, which draws yoga enthusiasts from around the world who enjoy 100+ classes taught by 45+ internationally acclaimed yogis. The 2012 NYC Yoga Journal Conference will feature lots of classes, panel discussions, meditations, kirtan and the always amazing Yoga Marketplace for retail therapy. We look forward to sharing this wonderful event with our YogaBalance community.
Empower Yourself Workshop with Coral Brown
YogaBalance Master Instructor Series
Coral Brown is a Senior Instructor and Trainer for Shiva Rea
Saturday, April 28, 1:30 – 4:00 pm. $50
Choose challenge and delight over shame and blame. This practice reminds us that we are the cause of our lives, that we manifest our reality. Through a fortifying, fire-based Prana Flow practice (Agni Namaskar), we will honor, accept and transcend the fears that limit us from being the change we wish to see in ourselves and in the world. This session will serve as a catalyst to bring you from winter to spring.
Coral Brown, MA, 500-eRYT, is a senior teacher and teacher trainer for Shiva Rea’s Prana Flow® Yoga. She leads retreats, workshops, and teacher trainings worldwide, and recently presented at the Bali Spirit Festival. Coral is honored to be a Yoga Journal presenter. Coral’s teaching style fuses the energetic, creative energy of the Prana Flow yoga method with her experience as a Holistic Counselor. Her integrative yet lighthearted approach invites students to unite mind, body, and spirit to transcend physical asana and create space for conscious evolution. By honoring the breath, students are drawn into the “river of prana,” connecting with the universal life force and increasing their own capacity for compassion and self-revelation. Visit her website at www.coralbrown.net.
Continuing Education Credit certificates for Registered Yoga Teachers with Yoga Alliance will be available for this workshop.
Posture Clinic: Shoulderstand (Salamba Sarvangasana)
Sunday, May 6, 1:00 – 3:00 pm. $20
Shoulderstand (Salamba Sarvangasana), traditionally known as the “Queen” of Yoga poses, is a very rewarding inversion that cools the body after a vigorous practice. Along with Plow pose (Halasana), Shoulderstand can create strain in the neck if practiced incorrectly. In this posture clinic, we will explore both poses in a safe way and learn modifications to experience the calming effects of the poses.
$20 per person. YogaBalance Posture Clinics are not appropriate for Beginners.
Mechanics of Meditation™ with Virna Lisa
YogaBalance Master Instructor Series
Saturday, June 2, 1:30 – 4:30 pm. $45
For those who have taken Virna Lisa’s Introduction to Meditation workshop and want to enhance your practice, this workshop is a must! Learn postures that increase strength and flexibility for muscles in the neck, torso and hips. Explore the best Asanas to help you refine your sitting posture. Expand your knowledge of how yoga views the mind and how to manage your thoughts during meditation practice. Learn breathing patterns to increase lung capacity, restore mental stability and prepare for meditation practice. Develop personal relaxation practices that will restore your nervous system and reduce stress.
$45 per person. Continuing Education Credit certificates for Registered Yoga Teachers with Yoga Alliance will be available for this workshop.
Virna Lisa received her yoga teacher certification through the Himalayan Institute Teachers Association. She is the owner of Eco Yoga Studio in Durham, CT, and is a Yoga Journal Conference presenter and senior yoga instructor at Yale University. Virna Lisa instructs workshops throughout the northeast.
Free YogaWorks® Class and Yoga Teacher Training Info Session with Jocelyn
Saturday, June 9, 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Free!
Join Jocelyn for a free YogaWorks Level 2 class, followed by a YogaWorks yoga teacher training (”YTT”) information and Q&A session. Spaces are limited, so enroll in advance.
YogaBalance is New Hampshire’s exclusive provider of YTT by YogaWorks, the world’s leading program. YogaWorks has graduated and guided the world’s most respected yoga instructors, including Seane Corn, Shiva Rea, Ana Forrest, Baron Baptiste, Natasha Rizopoulos and many others.
YogaWorks has been providing YTT around the world for over 22 years. Your YogaWorks RYT 200-hour YTT certificate will be recognized and respected worldwide.
Our next 200-hour, 5-month/10-weekend program begins September 15, 2012, and runs until February 3, 2013.
Wanderlust Vermont with Mara
June 21 – 24, Stratton Mountain Ski Resort
Join Mara when she teaches at Wanderlust Vermont, a unique festival offering the world’s best yoga teachers and musicians amidst the natural beauty of Stratton Mountain Ski Resort. With the assistance of our equally wonderful Taryn, Mara will teach her popular Vinyasa Beat Flow™ class on Sunday, June 24, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. in the Wild Things VT room.
YogaBalance is a proud partner of Wanderlust. We will host a very special YogaBalance table during this four-day event. We invite you to join us.
