Calendar of Yoga Events - Lighten Up Yoga

Calendar of Events 2008

January February March April May June July
August September October November December

Friday, January 18, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Kirtan is a traditional yogic expression of heartfelt love and devotion to the Divine through song.
Chaitanya is a group of musicians dedicated to sharing the joy, healing & blessings of Kirtan with everyone who is drawn to it. Harmonium, guitar, bass, tablas, mridunga & tamboura are the instruments which create the accompaniment for the chants. Members of Chaitanya have been hosting Kirtan in Asheville since 2001.

Love offering requested.

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Saturday, January 19, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Free Yoga Day and Fundraiser for Manna Food Bank

Join us for a fun day of yoga and meet the teachers at Lighten up.
Saturday classes begin at 9 am - last class starts at 2 pm.
Teachers change on the hour. For more information...

February

Friday, February 1 - 3, 2008

Part A: Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Program Begins

Topic: Fundamentals of Posture & Alignment

Part A: 4 Weekend Introduction to the Iyengar Method
Part B: Completion of your 200 hr Yoga Alliance Registration in Hatha Yoga

Open to all yoga lovers. Join us to benefit your personal practice and make yoga part of your daily life, or begin your journey to become a well informed yoga teacher.

200 Hour Teacher Training Program or contact our office at info@lightenupyoga.com

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Friday, February 15, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Love offering requested.

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Sunday, February 17, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Emotional Freedom Technique with Gary Schwartz Ph.D.
Cost: $ 35

EFT is easy to learn and remarkably effective for relieving and eliminating: Anxiety, Guilt, Cravings, Pain, Phobias and Self Defeating Patterns. It’s like Acu-Aspirin for what ails you. Based on balancing the energy meridians, EFT is fairly simple. It is easily self-applied and an amazingly effective self-help tool that offers you lasting change.

To register for this workshop, please email Gary at gary@garyawake.com.

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Friday, February 22, 7 - 9 pm

Kriya Yoga Meditation and Lifestyle Practices with Ryan Kurczak

You are invited to attend a special session on Kriya Yoga Meditation and Lifestyle Practices. Kriya Yoga, as described in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, involve mantra, pranayama meditation, self-enquiry and lifestyle adjustments to align one's life with its highest purpose; complete Self and God-realization. Kriya was brought to the West by Paramahansa Yogananda to encourage all sincere spiritual students to deepen their connection to the divine as it is real to them, through direct experience.

During this seminar, participants will learn meditation procedures and lifestyle recommendations that serve as a firm foundation for intensive spiritual practices. The presenter, Ryan Kurczak, is an ordained minister of Center for Spiritual Awareness in Lakemont, Georgia and a student of Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple in the lineage of Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar and Paramahansa Yogananda.

This seminar is on a donation basis.

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Thursday, February 28, 2008, 4 pm - 5:15 pm

Benefit yoga class to support National Eating Disorders Association Awareness Week

Come take a yoga class in support of NEDA. All proceeds go to THE Center.

www.thecenternc.org

www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

March

Saturday, March 1, 9 am - 11:30 am

Pranayama with Lillah Schwartz, ERYT

Pranayama: the art of breath control deeply purifies body and mind leading us to the stillness of meditation where we realign with the Source within, emerging as a greater embodiment of our true self. Some yoga and breath experience recommended.

Handout given. Cost $30 Please pre-register.

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Friday, March 14 - 16

Part A: Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Program

Topic: Sequencing Formulas: Actions of the Limbs; Yoga Philosophy & Meditation

This year's program is full. Please contact the studio at info@lightenupyoga.com for information on next year's training.

Continuing Ed.

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Friday, March 21, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Love offering requested.

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Saturday, March 29, 9 am - 11:30 am & 2 pm - 4:30 pm

Find Relief Today! Yoga Secrets for Healing Back Pain

A One day seminar giving you all the tools and understanding you will need to begin managing and reducing your back pain. Lillah will teach you the anatomy of each yoga pose and help you understand how to best apply them for daily improvement. A series of basic poses will be introduced and each person will leave with an understanding of their particular needs and what poses are most important for their healing journey. Handouts will be given.

Cost: $ 60 Please pre-register.

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Sunday March 30th, 1:30 pm to 5 pm

Basic Emotional Freedom Technique Training with Gary Schwartz, PhD

To register for this workshop, send a check for $35 per person made out to "Light Works" to 16 Finalee Avenue, Asheville, NC 28803.

April

Friday, April 4 - 6, 2008

Weekend Workshop with Lillah Schwartz, E-RYT

At the Cliffs in South Carolina. Contact Joan Heberger for more information at jheberger@cliffscommunities.com

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Sunday, April 13th, 1:30 pm - 5 pm

Getting Results with EFT with Gary Schwartz, PhD

***This class is for EFT graduates only, those who have already learned the basic technique.

Cost $35.00

We will spend part of the afternoon fine tuning our EFT skills to remove inner resistance for such things as developing better habits, achieving goals, finishing projects and becoming more successful. Then we will install the energetic match for the results you choose. We will also do some deep inner focusing and some Qi Gong exercises to raise our energy.

You can use EFT to remove procrastination, change habits, cultivate a prosperous state of mind and to simply deepen your enjoyment of each day.

The recent movie The Secret, emphasizes that we are all creating our own personal reality in response to our thoughts and emotions. It is my experience that the "law of attraction" is working all of the time in manifesting what we are sending out energetically. EFT is the perfect tool to bring your energetic vibration into synch with your stated goals. Working, as a group will amp up our results. Bring a list of goals that you would like to achieve and we'll readjust our energy to match them.

This afternoon workshop is only open to those who have had the basic EFT training. To register, send a check for $35 per person made out to "Light Works" to 16 Finalee Avenue, Asheville, NC 28803.

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Monday, April 14 - 17

Special Free Novice Classes for all New students!

Warm Up To Spring!
Join us - Monday thru Thursday, April 14 - 17
Enjoy One Free Class

Then attend our 5 Week Novice Sampler. Let us help you feel fabulous and stay healthy.
No matter what shape you are in, you can do yoga and benefit from it. Allow the talented teachers at Lighten Up introduce you to the beauty and benefits of yoga in our personalized classes.

Free! Monday April 14 - 7:15 pm with Danielle Goldstein
Free! Tuesday April 15 - 9:30 am with Lillah Schwartz
Free! Wednesday April 16 - 4:00 pm with Adam Laufer
Free! Thursday April 17 - 5:30 pm with Mili Perez

***Special First time student rate: $44 when you enroll in the 5 consecutive week
Novice Sampler Series at your Free class or register over the phone.

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Friday, April 18, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Love offering requested.

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Friday, April 25 - 27

Part A: Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Program

Topic: Primary Pose Actions: Foundations and Safety

Weekend number 3 of our introduction to the Iyengar method.

Continuing Ed. or contact our studio at info@lightenupyoga.com.

May

Friday, May 16, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Love offering requested.

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Saturday, May 24, , 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Emotional Freedom Technique with Gary Schwartz Ph.D.
Cost: $ 50

To register for this workshop, please email Gary at gary@garyawake.com.

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Monday, May 26

Studio closed for Memorial Day

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May 30 - June 1, 2008 - A Weekend with Aadil Palkhivala, Instructor

Co-sponsored by Lighten Up Yoga and One Center Yoga

Purna Yoga, founded by Aadil Palkhivala and his wife Mirra. Purna Yoga distills and integrates the vast aspects of Yoga into an invaluable set of tools for transformation and healing. Offering wisdom and techniques for the union of the body and the mind with the spirit, Purna Yoga teaches alignment-based asana, meditation and pranayama, along with nutrition and yogic living. Purna Yoga is the art of loving yourself by living from the heart. For more information on Purna yoga, visit www.purnayoga.com. Read more about Aadil Palkhivala .

Friday 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm- Yama, Niyama, and the Ashtanga Path in Purna Yoga™
Lecture, Discussion and Asana Practice. The building blocks of a yoga practice are the Yamas and Niyamas. They form the foundation of Patanjali’s Ashtanga system (which arose from the Sankhya philosophy). We will discuss the Sankhya version of God and compare it to the understanding of the Divinity explained by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Friday 2:00-5:00pm - Structuring a Yoga Class – Connection & Flow in Purna Yoga™
For students to feel a good class’ effects, sequences are critical. You will learn how to build classes towards a certain theme or posture (including how to use poses as preparations and releases for other poses) so that students feel complete and fulfilled by the end. The beautiful forms of asana when connected create a powerful flowing sequence which rejuvenates the body and focuses the mind. Learn how to practice and teach such flowing forms safely and effectively so that students not only avoid injuries in the shoulders and sacrum, but are able to practice for the rest of their lives.

Saturday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm • The Five Vayus in Purna Yoga™ Standing Poses
The Five Vayus are the five winds in the body which govern our movement and progress. Energetic grounding, so essential to the standing poses, comes from the apana vayu; simultaneously, the sense of lifting comes from the samana vayu. In this class, you will learn the role of all five vayus in standing poses. The basics of alignment will be assumed so that we may concentrate more fully on accessing the vayus, the understanding of which will make the standing poses deeply fulfilling.

Saturday 2:30-5:30 pm • The Yoga Nidra of Purna Yoga™
In Purna Yoga™, the mind, body and emotions are most effectively brought to rest in the still depths of consciousness when Shavasana is done progressively and systematically. We will incorporate the elements of earth, fire, water, air and ether as they are represented in the body to move towards the state of pure consciousness.

Sunday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm • The Sacred Sacrum in Purna Yoga™
The sacrum bears the burden of the spine; it is its root and contains its essence. When the sacrum is worked correctly, the rest of the spine almost magically falls into alignment. We will explore how to access and how to work the sacrum in front bends and backbends to bring freedom into our nervous systems and our lives.

Cost: $350 All Wknd

Day Rate: $150

Individual Class Rate: $75

Deposit: $150 deposit holds your space (balance due 4 weeks prior to the event)

Refund Policies

Register: Contact Lighten Up Yoga • 828.254.7756 • info@lightenupyoga.com
Location: Seminar will be held at One Center Yoga • 120 Coxe Ave • Downtown Asheville

Get directions to One Center Yoga

June

Friday, June 6 - 8, 2008

Part B: Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Program

Topic: Language of Teaching: Group Practice

Weekend number 5 of our in Depth studies program.

Please view our Continuing Ed. page for more information.

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June 14, 2008

FREE YOGA DAY and Fundraiser

For more information....

June 27 - 29, 2008
Lighten Up Continuing Education In Depth Studies
500-hr Yoga Alliance Weekend

Topics: The importance of developing safe / progressive back bending sequences. Yoga for MS and other disabilities (in co-operation with the Southeast chapter of the National MS Society). Intermediate Practice, Pranayama, peer teaching. The Yamas and Niyamas in our teaching practice.

Please enroll by May 27, 2008 in order to receive your homework assignments.

500 hr program or contact our office at info@lightenupyoga.com for more information.

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Friday, June 20, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Love offering requested.

July

Friday, July 11 - 13, 2008

Part B: Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Program

Topic: Self Adjusting and Adapting Poses

Weekend number 6 of our In Depth Studies Program.

Please view our Continuing Ed. page for more information.

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Friday, July 18, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Love offering requested.

August

Friday, August 8-10, 2008

Cool Yoga Tricks Workshop

with Lillah Schwartz

at Wake Forest Yoga - 103 S. White St - 919. 623.5410

www.wakeforestyoga.com

The seminar will include:

Fun, creative ways to practice and adjust poses for personal evolution.

Excellent insights for individual practitioners and yoga teachers.All categories of asana will be covered over the weekend including; standing poses, twists, seated poses, back bends, inversions and pranayama

Friday 6:30 pm, Saturday 9am-12 and 2:30 pm -5:00pm, Sunday 8:30 - 11:30 am, Sunday: Special session for Yoga teachers 1:00 - 4 pm

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Friday, August 15 - 17, 2008

Part B: Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Program

Topic: Building Poses for General Classes, The Ethics of Teaching
Weekend number 7 of our In Depth Studies Program.

Please view our Continuing Ed. page for more information.

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Friday, August 15 - 17, 2008

Namaste Sacred Events presents Asheville Sacred Music & Yoga Festival

Located at Prama Institute in Marshall, NC (20 minutes from Asheville)

In the spirit of community and service this first annual festival will feature Asheville's favorite yoga teachers including Stephanie Keach (Asheville Yoga Center), Lillah Schwartz (Lighten Up), Derek Rinaldo (Namaste Yoga Sanctuary) Cindy Dollar (One Center Yoga), Shala Worsely (Asheville Yoga & Massage School), Kaoverii Weber (Subtle Yoga), Cat Matlock (West Asheville Yoga), Sierra Hollister (Kundalini), andBarbara Schauer (Anahata Yoga).

Enjoy a world class line up of sacred music including K. Sridhar (master Sarod player and tablas), Wynne Paris (worldbeat kirtan), Free Planet Radio (world music super group), Sangita Devi (local kirtan), Japa (world infused kirtan) and Kali Das. More to be announced soon!

TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!

For this first year the festival is limited to 200 participants. Get your tickets early as this special weekend will sell out fast! Festival Cost: $108 includes camping; For an Eco dorm room there is an additional fee. For more information and/or to purchase your ticket please call Namaste Sacred Events at 828.252.8149 or visit www.namasteasheville.com

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September

EFT, Meditation and Spiritual Awarness

Seven Wednesdays Starting September 10, 2008

7:15 to 9:15pm at Lighten Up Yoga

Join Gary Schwartz, Ph.D. in this exploration into disovering and cultivating who we are as spiritual beings. The intent is to go deeper than concepts, into a direct experience of the "Ground of Being" that is usually overlooked, but is always present. Apply EFT to secific issues, meditation for peace and well being, discover and cultivate spiritual awareness.

$60 for seven weeks - For more info and registation email Gary at gary@garyawake.com

or call 253-9451

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Saturday, September 13 , 2008

FREE YOGA DAY and Fundraiser Join us for a fun filled day of yoga, sample our teachers, door prizes and special class offers.

For more information....

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Friday, September 19 - 21, 2008

21st Annual Equinox Retreat with Lillah Schwartz Instructor

Theme: Yoga and the Organic Body

Friday 4:00 pm to Sunday 1:00 pm
Open to all levels of Yoga Practitioners • 15 Yoga Alliance Instructional hours

Using the Iyengar Method, we will study how the organ systems are released, nourished and stimulated through pose alignment and the effective use of the five organs of action. We will draw on the five elements to deepen our understanding.

Your weekend will include 5 classes in asana, pranayama, and meditation, two evening sessions including re-visioning exercises to harmonize with the Fall Equinox, organic vegetarian meals, dormitory rooms which sleep 4-7 and a few double occupancy rooms in a beautiful building at Prama Institute in Marshall, NC. Enjoy forest lands and hiking trails on a mountain top retreat in a facility that provides beauty & comfort in a peaceful, rural setting. Only 20 minutes from downtown Asheville and about 40 minutes from the Asheville/Hendersonville Regional Airport.

Who should attend? ENROLL NOW!
• All yoga enthusiasts
• Students looking to inspire their practice.
• Yoga Teachers
Classes and poses will be modified according to students ability.

What to bring: Yoga mat, 3 blankets, strap, 2 blocks, or you may purchase your own gear and books at the retreat. Cost: $265 Airport shuttle: $25 Pre-Register by September 5th and save $15 ( Only $250)
Parking is limited at the retreat and the gravel road is one lane up a mountain, please carpool to the center if possible to help cut down on mountain traffic.

Directions from Asheville, North Carolina
Take 19/23 North towards Weaverville (approx. 10 miles).
At Weaverville, take exit 19A 25/70 North towards Marshall/Hot Springs.

Go approximately 7 miles, after a long down hill and crossing a bridge, proceed up the hill and turn left onto Ivy River Rd (25/70 Business to Marshall) and alongside the Ivy River towards Marshall.

Go one mile to the T intersection of Ivy River Rd. and 251, take a left onto a four lane bridge on 251. Heading south along the French Broad River towards Asheville, a garage and a church will be on your left.

Continue along the river for approximately 1 mile to Panhandle Rd. and take a left. Go ¼ of a mile to mailbox 310 on your left (among a bank of 5 mailboxes); just past these mail boxes take a right up the hill through an open metal gate onto Ananda Girisuta Drive.

Proceed up the hill past a white house on your right. About 100 yards up the hill, there will be a gravel parking lot on your right. If going to the dome, take a right into the parking lot, park and walk up to the dome on the knoll entering the door covered by a porch on the right side of the dome.

***If you are meeting someone to carpool up to the retreat center you can park in the parking lot next to Rose's Department Store in Weaverville. To get to Rose's, from Asheville, take exit 19B 25/70 and turn right off exit, then left at first traffic light into shopping center. Park in the lot in front of Rose's Dept. store. Get back on 25/70 and you will be headed north. Follow directions above.

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Friday, September 19, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Love offering requested.

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Saturday, September 27, 9 am - 11:30 am & 2 pm - 4:30 pm

Find Relief Today! Yoga Secrets for Healing Back Pain

Lillah Schwartz Instructor

Nationally Recognized

Therapeutic Yoga and Back Care Specialist

Who should attend?

Beginning yoga students
Students with recurring back challenges - Poses are chosen to provide maximun benefit and minimum stress.

You will learn yoga moves:

To take care of your back when experiencing pain
Safe ways to improve flexibility and strength
Fundamental poses to improve posture

Wear comfortable clothing - tights or leggings, loose thigh length or bike shorts.

Please NO long baggie pants.

Cost: $75 Please pre-register by calling the studio at 828-254-7756

October

Friday, October 10 - 12, 2008

Lighten Up Continuing Education In Depth Studies
500-hr Yoga Alliance Weekend

Topics: The importance of progressive sequences for head stands and shoulder stands. Yoga for carpel tunnel and post computer dysfunctions, pranayama, peer teaching. The 5 koshas in asana practice and teaching. Please enroll by September 15, 2008 in order to receive your homework assignments.

500 Hour Continuing Education Program or contact our studio at info@lightenupyoga.com.

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Friday, October 17, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Love offering requested.

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Friday, October 31 - November 2, 2008

Lighten Up 200 hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Program

Topic: The Art of Teaching

Weekend number 8 of our In Depth Studies Program.

Please view our Continuing Ed. page for more information.

November

Friday, November 21 - 23, 2008

Weekend with Roger Cole Ph.D.

Final weekend of 200 hr Teacher Training 2008

Topic: Anatomy and Physiology of Asana

This event is co-sponsored by One Center Yoga - 120 Coxe Ave, Asheville

Open to general students for a fee of $285.00

Back by popular demand! Join Yoga Journal's anatomy expert to learn first hand from this highly respected instructor. An excellent workshop for current and aspiring yoga teachers! Roger is an internationally recognized yoga teacher trained at the Iyengar Institutes in San Francisco and in Pune, India. He is known for his deep understanding of yoga, thorough knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and a clear, gentle teaching style. He is also an accomplished anatomist and research scientist, specializing in the physiology of relaxation, sleep, and biological rhythms. Open to all levels - 18 Yoga Alliance Instructional hours.

Friday • November 21

2 pm - 5 pm: Building inversions from the ground up

You may be surprised to learn how much you can improve your practice of inverted poses by improving their foundation. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced yoga practitioner, this class will make your inversions better by teaching you to properly mobilize, strengthen and place your hands, wrists, shoulders, neck and head, then work your way up the body to align your whole pose. Poses will include preparation and/or practice of shoulderstand, headstand, handstand, forearm balance, and variations, with modifications for students who have less experience or special needs.

6:30 pm - 9 pm: Stretching: Physiology and Practice

Learn how to use stretch reflexes and other principles of physiology to safely and efficiently increase muscle length and strength. The class alternates between physiological explanation and active practice, progressing from the molecular structure of muscles to complex control of movement by the brain. No prior knowledge of physiology needed.

Saturday • November 22

9 am - 12 pm: General Asana including standing poses

Come enjoy an invigorating, well-rounded asana practice. You'll get expert instruction, with special emphasis on the art of standing poses, and how their alignment and spirit carries over into every pose.

2 pm - 5 pm: Breathing: Anatomy and Practice

There are many breathing techniques, but all use the same anatomical structures to move air in and out of the body. This class will help you get the most out of any breathing system by teaching you what these structures are and how to use them to get the effects you want. You will literally get “hands on” practice of the mechanics of the lungs, airways, diaphragm, ribcage, the muscles that move the ribcage, abdominal movements, and related topics. Beginners will get a great, safe introduction to breath work, and experienced students will learn to practice in more sophisticated ways.

Sunday • November 23

9:00 am - 11:30 am: Backbends: Anatomy and Practice

Improve and deepen your backbends by understanding the anatomy of the hips, spine, trunk and shoulders, and applying it to a thorough backbends practice.

12:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Relaxation: Physiology and Practice
The ancient yogis developed ingenious ways to produce profound relaxation. Science is only now beginning to understand how these techniques work. Learn the physiology that makes restorative yoga practice so effective, then put it to use in a long, deep relaxation practice. Props are provided, but if possible, please bring extra yoga blankets and a small towel or other item to cover the eyes.

Cost
$285 for whole weekend
$110 day rate
$60 individual class

Location: One Center Yoga, 120 Coxe Ave Asheville
To Register: Please contact Lighten Up Yoga at 828.254.7756 or info@lightenupyoga.com

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Friday, November 21, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kirtan with Chaitanya

Love offering requested.

December

Saturday, December 13, 9 - 11:30 am - Pranayama Workshop - The Art of Self Renewal

with Lillah Schwartz

Learn the art of Pranayama: Breath Control and enjoy the subtleties of the Iyengar Method. Lillah skillfully guides students into deep relaxation, a sense of well being and a renewed connection to their "Source". Deeply center yourself and find your personal bliss just in time for the holidays.

Cost: $30 Please pre-register by calling the studio at 828.254-7756

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New Years Day Class, with Kay Harrold

January 1, 2009 - 10 am - Noon

Welcome in the New Year.

Begin the New Year with two hours of yoga. One hour of Core Strength practice to tone the abdominals and upper body followed by one hour of Restorative Practice to open our bodies and minds in a supported way. What could be a better way to start the new year?

$15 walk-in or swipe with class card and bring a can of food for donation to local food bank.

Please call the studio for sign-up 828.254.7756.

Lighten Up Yoga and Healing Arts Center ... 60 Biltmore Avenue ... Asheville, NC. 28801
phone: (828) 254-7756 ... toll free: (888) 884-6028 ... fax: (828) 251-0045