Workshops, Trainings and Retreats

Yoga Yard Presents: Sarah Powers November 21-25, 2008
	Level I: Three-day workshop on Introduction to Yin/Yang Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation & Level II: Two-day workshop on Moving Into Meditation: Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation
November 21-23 (Friday - Sunday) Level I: Introduction to Yin/Yang Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation This three-day workshop will focus on long held, passive Yin postures that prepare the body for sitting meditation. Yin Yoga is an essential complement to the more active styles of Yoga. The Yin style also keeps the body supple at its core, while encouraging stagnate chi (prana) to flow throughout the joints and meridians, restoring and revitalizing the organ system.   Sarah will present an explanation of this practice while we are in the poses. Drawing from Buddhist themes, Sarah will also describe ways to encourage emotional maturity and meditative awareness in our Yoga practices, as well as in our life. A Yang (flow) style asana practice will follow, geared toward strenghening the core while encouragaing ease and grace in movement. We will finish the practice period with Mindfulness meditation. Friday evening will be devoted solely to Yin and Mindfulness. One day participation allowed Friday night only. This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in taking their practice to an increased level of awareness and stillness, both inside and out. Times: Friday night: 18:00-20:00 Saturday & Sunday: 12:30-16:30 Price: All three days: 1600 RMB for all three days. Friday only: 360 RMB (only night open to drop-in) Location and Space: Space limited. Please register early. Location to be announced. Payment in full must be made before November 15, 2008 to guarantee space. After November 15, any remaining spaces may be allocated to waitlisted students.	November 24-25 (Monday - Tuesday) Level II: Moving Into Meditation: Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation This is a two-evening workshop for students who wish to go deeper into Mindfulness Meditation. It is open only to students who have completed the first training, Level I. We will focus on long held, passive Yin postures that prepare the body for sitting meditation. The Yin style also keeps the body supple at its core while encouraging stagnate chi (prana) to flow throughout the joints, making it a wonderful precursor to meditation. During the Yin session, Sarah will share how the YIn practice can develop our meditative awareness, helping us understand and practice Buddhist Mindfulness more skillfuly. A seated meditation session will follow the Yoga practice. This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in taking their practice to an increased level of awareness and stillness, both inside and out. Completion of Level I required for participation. Times: Monday and Tuesday evenings, 18:00-20:00 Price: 680 RMB Location and Space: Space limited. Please register early. Location to be announced. Payment in full must be made before November 15, 2008 to guarantee space. After November 15, any remaining spaces may be allocated to waitlisted students.   Special discount! Participation in all five days... Before September 30: All five days = 2000 RMB. After September 30, all five days = 2200 RMB.
About Sarah Powers: Sarah Powers began teaching in 1987. She interweaves the insights and practices of Yoga and Buddhism into an integral practice to enliven the body, heart and mind. Her Yoga style blends both a Yin sequence of long held poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems, combined with a flow or Yang practice, influenced by ViniYoga, Ashtanga, and Iyengar teachings. Sarah feels that enlivening the physical and pranic bodies, as well as learning to open to our emotional difficulties is paramount for preparing one to deepen and nourish insights into one's essential nature--a natural state of awareness. She draws from her studies in Transpersonal Psychology, as well as her in-depth training in the Vipassana, Tantric and Dzogchen practices of Buddhism. She is co-founder of Metta Journeys, a service oriented organization that offers Yoga retreats internationally to help women and children in developing countries. She also teaches trainings and silent retreats with her husband Ty. They live with their teen-age daughter Imani-Jade in Marin, California. She is author of the upcoming book Insight Yoga : Integrating Yin/Yang Yoga and Buddhist Meditation . For more information on her please see her DVDs: Yoga, Yin and Vinyasa and Insight Yoga , and go to www.sarahpowers.com.
Registration: To pre-register for Sarah Power's workshops, please provide the following contact information. PLEASE NOTE THAT SPACE CANNOT BE CONFIRMED UNTIL PAYMENT RECEIVED IN FULL. Space limited, early registration recommended. Special discount! Participation in all five days... Before September 30: All five days = 2000 RMB. After September 30, all five days = 2200 RMB. Name: Date of birth: Phone: Mobile: Email: Comments or questions:   Please select the date(s) for which you are registering: All Five Days, Sarah Powers Workshops (Nov 21-25) = 2000 RMB before September 30, 2008; 2200 after September 30, 2008. Level I, All Three Days, Introduction to Yin/Yang Yoga (November 21-23) =1600 RMB Level I, Friday only, Introduction to Yin/Yang Yoga (November 21) =360 RMB (only night open for drop-in) Level II: Mon & Tues evenings, Moving Into Meditation (November 24-25) = 680 RMB Payment must be received in full to ensure space. If payment NOT received BY November 15, space may be allocated to waitlisted students.   top