Everyone dreams of flying but fears the chance of a crash and burn. This workshop builds a strong foundation of strength in the mindset and physical body to break through preconceived notions of our abilities. We are gifted beyond our imagination, and this workshop will playfully support and encourage your untapped potential to dance on your hands and see the world from a different view. We will explore the foundation of arm balancing, the technicalities of leaving the ground on our hands and the playful mindset needed to maintain the balance. This is an empowering practice! Drop fear and step forward with a smile on your face and love in your heart and you'll already be lighter and ready to flip it around.

Cost: $45 each | $185 for all | $175 for all (before 5/4)
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Yogis are pros at finding comfort in the uncomfortable. They know that nothing is permanent and that flexibility of the mind and body frees us from fear and expectation. This workshop will nurture the hips back into a place of space and surrender so we can exorcise discomfort or anything blocking our way. From there, we can jump on the highway to open hamstrings—traffic free! we will gently nurture the legs into a place of warmth and space so we can feel free to open up and cruise. Lunges, standing splits, Hanumanasana and Vashistasana B will be addressed as well as the mindset needed to get there. Fill up your tank of hope and off we go!

Cost: $45 each | $185 for all | $175 for all (before 5/4)
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Love yoga but feel like you're in a bit of a slump? Freshen up your routine and add some spice to your mat! This dynamic workshop explores new and exciting Sun Salutation variations, fun transitions, vigorous vinyasa, and new exit strategies. Add life to your yoga practice through an energetic class that gets the pulse and laughter flowing. Come with an open mind, a hungry appetite for excitement, and a towel to mop it all down.

Cost: $45 each | $185 for all | $175 for all (before 5/4)
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Everything we do stems from a place of love and often all we need is a little reminder to get us back on that track. Backbends are the ultimate ticket to look fear in the face and react straight from our heart center. This love inducing flow will open your heart and shoulders preparing you for deeper backbends such as Urdhva Dhanurasana and Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana. Once the heart soars the possiblities are endless!

Cost: $45 each | $185 for all | $175 for all (before 5/4)
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Date: Sunday, May 20
Times: 4:30-5:30 pm

Cost: Donation $10 Exalted Warrior Foundation

Enjoying your Yoga practice? Ready to dive further into your practice of self-inquiry? Come experience authentic, deep relaxation through "yogic sleep with awareness."

iRest Yoga Nidra has been developed over the past twenty-six years by Richard Miller, PhD, a clinical psychologist, author, researcher and yogic scholar, and is uniquely suitable for a Western audience. iRest (Integrative Restoration) is integrative, in that it heals the various unresolved issues, traumas, and wounds that are present in the body and mind. It is restorative in that it aids its practitioners in recognizing their underlying peace of mind that is always present amidst all changing circumstances of life. By building a secure launching point for the body to come into a deep state of ease we are able to relax deeply into being with everything just as it is.

Extensive research has shown that iRest effectively supports the healing process across a broad range of populations. Currently, there are iRest programs in military hospitals across the U.S., as well as in correctional facilities, hospices, clinics, schools, and organizations supporting personal growth and well-being. In June of 2010, iRest was endorsed by the US Army Surgeon General and Defense Centers of Excellence as a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

During your practice of iRest, you will be supported in a reclined position by bolsters and blankets as the facilitator takes you through a meditation that involves body sensing, intention setting, emotional awareness and the practice of finding an inner resource. No physical asana (postures) will be practiced.

This practice is suitable for ALL levels of practitioners as it is a guided meditation. Become more grounded, focused and at peace. Embody serenity.


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Date: Monday, May 28

Hours: 10:00-12:00am

Cost: $20 in advance | $25 at the door

A centering & exhilarating heated flow experience, this class will warm your breath, body & spirit gradually preparing you to challenge your personal edges and move with more grace and ease. You may experience longer holds to allow the body to align more appropriately & engage more muscularly. A long savasana to allow your body, mind, spirit to integrate the practice. Join Thom Taylor for this special Memorial Day class -- a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Exalted Warrior Foundation.
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This first part of a 3 part series will specialize in varying aspects of the Art of Thai Yoga and will include focused instruction on: Alignment and body mechanics, Intention setting and meditation, Assisted asanas, Transitions through supine, prone, side-lying and seated positions, Contra-indications, variations and adaptations, and Dynamic use of elbows, knees, forearms and feet in a comfortable and efficient way. Upon completion participants will be able to offer an entire session of Thai bodywork.

Cost: $150 for 1 session | $350 for all (before May 1) | $375 for all
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Date: Sunday, June 3

Hours: 2:30-4:30pm

Cost:$35

This workshop is for yoga teachers who hold a minimum of a 200 hour teaching certification.

Adjusting and assisting in the classroom is a powerful teaching tool and when used correctly will allow your students to experience the postures fully. Borrowing from a multitude of resources and years of teaching experience Ashley and Eric will demonstrate and teach you how and when to use structural, somatic and supportive adjustments in the classroom and how to protect your body as you assist. Whether it is a private client or a large classroom when you give an adjustment to someone there is a moment when two bodies are joined.

As we learn to connect and teach others with our bodies we honor the sacred vessel of each person’s physical, emotional and mental edge. The nonverbal communication between each other in the classroom creates a dialogue that is separate and unique from the verbal dialogue. Come learn how to recognize each person’s unique obstacles and receive and give simple and satisfying adjustments in this new workshop.

Bios:
Ashley Halley began her yoga practice over 12 years ago. After years of various forms of movement, she focused her energy on yoga and building her practice. With a degree in psychology and a successful career as a life-stylist, Ashley was inspired to teach and share real life experiences on and off the mat.

Her enthusiasm demonstrates a willingness to guide others toward achieving the same sense of joy and dedication to their own practice. Ashley’s classes are a dynamic, colorful journey combining various elements of poetry, music genres, and human behavior while remaining true to the roots of yoga.

Her dynamic style and nurturing methods encourage students of all ages and abilities to embrace their practice. Forever an eager and adventuresome student, Ashley has traveled the world and trains with such masters as Shiva Rea, Mark Whitwell, Micheline Berry, and Annie Carpenter. Currently, Ashley teaches Prana Flow vinyasa at Yogani Studios in Tampa Florida.

Eric Wheeler believes that a yoga practice provides a path to make connections.“When our path is aligned with awareness our universal and unique patterns begin to meld.” Whether he is teaching a power yoga class, flow class, or a gentle class, the most important part of the class for him consists of focusing on the breath, moving between postures, staying calm, opening the body to energy (prana) and finding space to dive into stillness (Dhyana). Most recently, Eric completed his 200 hr. Prana FlowTM training that includes new and free ways of moving the body with rhythmic, body and pulsations vinyasas within the asana. Eric presents a dynamic form of teaching that includes combining themes, words, essence, solar/lunar cycles and music to design a specific mood (Bhava).Eric has also studied with some wonderful Ashtanga teachers including David Keil, David Swenson Manju Jois, Kino McGregor, and Tim Feldman, most of them studied directly with the late Pattabhi Jois andR. Sharath in Mysore, India.
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Dates: Sunday June 3

Time: 4:30-6:30pm

Cost: $25

This workshop is perfect for improving your performance as a runner, biker, triathlete, swimmer, fighter, sports team player or any other type of crazy athletic activity.

Focused. Driven. Busy, Schedule-packed. Adrenalized. These are words that characterized the typical mulitsport athlete. Balancing sport with the rest of life can be a challenge. Without recovery, overuse or stress related injuries occur. Learn to practice yoga that focuses on countering these sports injuries and imbalances. Come learn the science of stress and techniques for recovery and balance. Work includes visualization and meditations for improved performance.
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This second part of a 3 part series will specialize in varying aspects of the Art of Thai Yoga and will include focused instruction on: Alignment and body mechanics, Intention setting and meditation, Assisted asanas, Transitions through supine, prone, side-lying and seated positions, Contra-indications, variations and adaptations, and Dynamic use of elbows, knees, forearms and feet in a comfortable and efficient way. Upon completion participants will be able to offer an entire session of Thai bodywork.

Cost: $150 for 1 session | $350 for all (before May 1) | $375 for all
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Dates: Saturday June 16

Time: 2:00-4:00pm

Cost: $25

Through yoga we can embrace, explore, evolve. Each monthly workshop session offers different modalities and opportunities to experience whatever reality is necessary for one’s growth. There are no limits to the journey. There is unlimited space for freedom of any state you need or want for a personal, dynamic evolution.

Activities may include experiential modalities such as: yoga poses and/or practice, open discussion, journaling, free form movement, ritual, chant/sound, and music. The beauty of this group is that anything is possible; be open to “ah ha’s” as energy flows forth.

Please bring journal or something to write with, yoga mat (also available at studio), water, and an open mind.

Bio:
Ashley Halley grew up in the fitness world. A childhood spent dancing led Ashley to yoga in 1998. After completing a 200 hour teacher training with Shiva Rea in 2007, Ashley joined Shiva for three trance dance trainings including one in Greece. Currently Ashley is living bicoastal; enhancing her knowledge base in L.A. and bringing that variety to the emerging Tampa Bay Yoga community. She attributes her teaching style to studies with Annie Carpenter, Duncan Wong, Mark Whitwell, Sean Corne, Julian Walker and Micheline Berry. Ashley currently teaches at Yogani Studios, where she is also assisting Micheline Berry for the second year with a 200 hour Prana Flow Teacher Training. Ashley’s passion for ecstatic movement and dance coupled with her love for the body and energetic teaching style helps every student find the fiery bhava within.
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Dates: Saturday June 17

Time: 2:00-5:00pm

Cost: $40 (before June 1) | $45

A complete yoga series designed for the Warrior in you!From the lineage of Bishnu Ghosh and Bikram Choudhury, this fun and energetic practice is for the intermediate to advanced student who is ready to dive into the depths of their mind, body and spirit!

In this workshop we will first learn the unique warm up series which will safely prepare the body for transitioning into new and more advanced postures. Once the body is warm we glide through the entire series each posture preparing for the next. Specific instructions will be given to help break down the more difficult asanas, so no matter what style of yoga you currently practice I encourage you to come and explore with us on your yoga mat.

Are you curious? Do you want to expand and deepen your practice? Open up to the possibilities and join us. This class is taught in a heated room and we move to the rhythm of a fine blend of cool tunes!
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Detoxification is practiced in cultures around the world to purify, support optimal health and transform mental and emotional stresses into heightened states of creativity. Join Micheline Berry for a dynamic Core Detox practice designed to ignite Manipura Chakra, the center of our digestive fire and Anahata Chakra, the center of fearless compassion and unconditional love. You will come away creatively inspired, deeply relaxed and physically, emotionally and mentally purified from the inside out. Come prepared to sweat and let go.

Our heated Core Detox practice includes:
Transformational Core work & Bandha work, Dancing Surya Namaskars, Heated Vinyasa Kramas & Deep Twisting, Peak Back Bends & Inversions, Sesame-oil Marma Self Massage, Deep Hip Openers and Forward Bends, Pranayama and Sonic Savasana

What you'll need: Bring a yoga mat, 2 towels (one will be used for oil self-massage), large bottle of water, and a dry change of clothes. Please do not eat 2 hours prior to class. Open to all levels.

Master Class Fee:
$30 for 1 | $55 for 2 | $75 for 3 | $90 for 4 | $100 for 5
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Aside from the rejuvenating, stress-relieving benefits long associated with Restorative Yoga, recent studies have shown that states of deep relaxation activate the creative cortex of the brain, the source of some of our deepest inspirations. Come chill with the Tampa yogis for a deep practice of radical relaxation as we use props---bolsters, blocks, blankets, & wall---to support the body and encourage a deep relaxation response that allows the breath to truly sink into forward bends, backbends, twists and even inverted postures, and reverse the effects of gravity and urban stress.

Restorative yoga is a gentle form of yoga that uses props to encourage a deep state of relaxation. By supporting various parts of your body with bolsters, blocks or blankets, you can fully surrender to the pose and relax every part of your body. Restorative yoga helps relieve the effects of chronic stress and move the spine in all directions to promote greater well-being. Poses used in restorative yoga include and return fluids to the upper body.

Master Classes:
$30 for 1 | $55 for 2 | $75 for 3 | $90 for 4 | $100 for 5
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Detoxification is practiced in cultures around the world to purify, support optimal health and transform mental and emotional stresses into heightened states of creativity. Join Micheline Berry for a dynamic Core Detox practice designed to ignite Manipura Chakra, the center of our digestive fire and Anahata Chakra, the center of fearless compassion and unconditional love. You will come away creatively inspired, deeply relaxed and physically, emotionally and mentally purified from the inside out. Come prepared to sweat and let go.

Our heated Core Detox practice includes:
Transformational Core work & Bandha work, Dancing Surya Namaskars, Heated Vinyasa Kramas & Deep Twisting, Peak Back Bends & Inversions, Sesame-oil Marma Self Massage, Deep Hip Openers and Forward Bends, Pranayama and Sonic Savasana

What you'll need: Bring a yoga mat, 2 towels (one will be used for oil self-massage), large bottle of water, and a dry change of clothes. Please do not eat 2 hours prior to class. Open to all levels.

Master Class Fee:
$30 for 1 | $55 for 2 | $75 for 3 | $90 for 4 | $100 for 5
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Mountain with Wing is an inversion exploration for all levels… When we turn our world upside down, we develop new ways of navigating the flow that allow us to surf the waves of change with greater grace & adventure, often in the face of fear. 'Giving No Fear' has its roots in the Buddhist Heart Sutra teaching of boundlessness, a state of being that cuts through hindrances and transforms "fear" into a powerful and direct experience of NOW. When we connect to the stability of Tadasana, the embodied center, we touch into that boundlessness and we can fly. Join us for the flight through a practice of stabilizing core work, vinyasa krama of blueprint poses leading to peak exhilarating inversions!

Master Class Fee:
$30 for 1 | $55 for 2 | $75 for 3 | $90 for 4 | $100 for 5
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Detoxification is practiced in cultures around the world to purify, support optimal health and transform mental and emotional stresses into heightened states of creativity. Join Micheline Berry for a dynamic Core Detox practice designed to ignite Manipura Chakra, the center of our digestive fire and Anahata Chakra, the center of fearless compassion and unconditional love. You will come away creatively inspired, deeply relaxed and physically, emotionally and mentally purified from the inside out. Come prepared to sweat and let go.

Our heated Core Detox practice includes:
Transformational Core work & Bandha work, Dancing Surya Namaskars, Heated Vinyasa Kramas & Deep Twisting, Peak Back Bends & Inversions, Sesame-oil Marma Self Massage, Deep Hip Openers and Forward Bends, Pranayama and Sonic Savasana

What you'll need: Bring a yoga mat, 2 towels (one will be used for oil self-massage), large bottle of water, and a dry change of clothes. Please do not eat 2 hours prior to class. Open to all levels.

Master Class Fee:
$30 for 1 | $55 for 2 | $75 for 3 | $90 for 4 | $100 for 5
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Opening the pathways of compassion often begin with releasing physical tension around the heart center, Anahata Chakra. Join the Tampa tribe of yogis for a deeply personal journey towards remembering who we really are and returning home to the wild, life-affirming rhythms of the heart. Come empower your heart of yoga...

Workshop Fee:
1 for $35 | 2 for $65 | 3 for $85
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For thousands of years, women have gathered in ritual space to support, educate and empower one another through the sharing of our stories, innate wisdom, songs and dance. As modern yoginis, such meetings initiate and celebrate life’s rites of passage as well as help us navigate the liminal phases of change and loss.

Join Micheline Berry and a gathering of extraordinary women for one such journey of empowerment and celebration of the feminine in all her forms. Whether you are a yogini on the path for 30 years or new to yoga, you will find a belonging here and necessary time out from the urban stresses that pressure us all.

Our ritual gathering will include a sensual Liquid Asana yoga practice including asanas and movement unique to the feminine experience, massage, and meditation. You will come away from this ritual practice feeling deeply empowered, nurtured and connected to your authentic being as well as to a beautiful community of yoginis.

Workshop Fee:
1 for $35 | 2 for $65 | 3 for $85
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Music and Rhythm have been used for millennia to induce healing states of being. Join Micheline Berry & RED MUSETTE, Joey Lugassy, DJ Drez & Domonic Dean Breaux for an ecstatic yoga journey that will ignite a deep flow of shakti prana... the vital creative juice of your being. Your entire journey will be accompanied by live world music, song and percussion to guide you deeper into the creative flow as you explore vinyasa kramas (flowing yoga sequences), core work, pranayama & ecstatic movement leading to fun and exhilarating peak asanas, landing into deep and meditative hip openers, forward bends and spinal twists. You journey ends with our signature Sound Garden Savasana that will transport you beyond.

Workshop Fee:
1 for $35 | 2 for $65 | 3 for $85
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This third part of a 3 part series will specialize in varying aspects of the Art of Thai Yoga and will include focused instruction on: Alignment and body mechanics, Intention setting and meditation, Assisted asanas, Transitions through supine, prone, side-lying and seated positions, Contra-indications, variations and adaptations, and Dynamic use of elbows, knees, forearms and feet in a comfortable and efficient way. Upon completion participants will be able to offer an entire session of Thai bodywork.

Cost: $150 for 1 session | $350 for all (before May 1) | $375 for all
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Dates: August 17-19

Times:
Friday 5:00-8:00pm
Saturday 9:00-11:00am | 12:00-3:30pm | 4:30-7:30pm
Sunday 8:00-12:00pm

Cost: $275 (does not include required reading materials)

This event is a 500hr RYA Teacher Training module offered at Yogani through the Asheville Yoga Center. It is open to all, though you will get the most out of it if you have some yoga experience. We consider these advanced yoga studies. You do not need to be working on 500 hour certification to take this course.

Description:
Come unwind and dig deep into your connective tissue with incredible guided meditations by Shala. There will be three YIN classes, (Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning) followed by lecture and student teaching. Open to all levels of students or teachers.

During this training and workshop, you will immerse yourself in the world of yin yoga, including:
physical postures
energetics of Qi (prana) and meridians
emotional aspects
meditations for yin
visualizations for yin
how to blend a flowing asana practice with yin

Required reading, before class begins is:
Yin Yoga, by Paul Grilley

Recommended Reading/Viewing:
The Yoga Handbook, by Stephanie Keach
Essential Rumi
I Heard God Laughing, by Hafiz
Yin Yoga DVD, by Paul Grilley
Insight Yoga DVD, by Sarah Powers

Yin Yoga Teaching Certificate will be granted upon graduation, as well as YA 500 hr credits.Upon registration you will receive confirmation, lodging, directions and detailed syllabus.No Prerequisites Required.
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An initial exploration of the neurobiological processes underlying meditation, deep breathing andasanapractice and how they affect our emotional lives and our sense of wellbeing. We will connect these insights to our understanding of how the body stores trauma as memory and how yoga practice can help dissolve traumatic residues and enhance feelings of safety and comfort in the bodymind. We will end the session with a 40 minute guided yoga nidra meditation in which you will experience yourself as radiant sensation and undivided equanimity and presence.

No prior experience with the science is necessary. The talk will be highly accessible and a handout will be provided.

Fee: $35 per session | $130 for all
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Practicing asana feels good because deep breathing changes your biochemistry and stimulates the flow of bliss molecules throughout your nervous system. Your body becomes a field of radiant sensation. Expect a dynamic vinyasa sequence guided by the breath, with an emphasis ontwists and backbends.

Fee: $35 per session | $130 for all
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Advaita Vedanta (non-dualism) says that to know the divine, we must taste the divine, concepts and names are not enough. So it is with our own nature; who we are is unbounded, beyond form. We will inquire into our essence using guided contemplation, pranayama, yin-style asana, and yoga nidra.

*Please bring a pen and paper*

Fee: $35 per session | $130 per all
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Drop into the body of bliss! Going deeper into Friday night’s teachings we will take as our starting point the euphoric experiences common to us as yogis, and look at how they can also be understood in terms of neurophysiological changes which affect youremotions. Topics covered will include how yoga practices can alter your biochemistry and your sense of open-hearted connectedness. We will then move into with a backbend flow practice to open your heart and integrate the insights of the body of bliss. Prepare to leave feeling energized and euphoric.

Fee: $35 per session | $130 per all
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Total Yoga Immersion: 3 week - 230 hour Intensive Yoga Teacher Training Certification Through Yoga Alliance and the Asheville Yoga Center.

TO REGISTER PLEASE VISIT http://www.youryoga.com/ayc/teacher-training/200-hour/Total-Yoga-Immersion-Tampa.html

Dates: October 9 - 27 , 2012
Times: 9:00am-6:00pm Tuesday - Sunday
Cost: $2900 | $600 deposit required to hold your spot | payment in full due by the first day of the training or pay $767 each week during the immersion

This program is a comprehensive training, which runs over three weeks. This type of learning works best for those that like to immerse themselves deeply into their studies. This also works for folks that can dedicate a three week stretch to their studies more easily than stretching it out over 9-weekends and 7 months.

Our 230 hour program is an intensive-study course for those wanting to deepen their understanding of Yoga, as well as prepare students to teach and practice safely, successfully, and compassionately. We will cover all the physical, philosophical and scientific aspects of Yoga, by introducing you to some of the best Yoga specialists here in the Southeast. Because of our incredible curriculum, many schools are mimicking our program. What a testimony to excellence!

We aim to break free of any dogma, ritual or sectarian approach by introducing many styles of Yoga: Iyengar, Anusara, and Flow are the major styles covered, while we also explore Ashtanga, Kundalini, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Desikachar, Restorative, Partner, Bikram, Therapeutic, Psychological and more, in the most compassionate, humorous and thorough of ways. Creativity and personal inspiration will be encouraged as you develop your “own” teaching style.

However, you don’t have to be a teacher, nor even desire to become a teacher to attend these courses. Your Yoga practice will reach new heights as you become more grounded and peaceful through this ancient practice. The certificate you receive will be another step on your path to greater self-awareness and understanding, enabling you to Live your Truth that is Your Yoga.

Our 230 hour program is the first step, open to any serious student of Yoga who has been studying with a teacher for a minimum of six months. Even if you have been teaching Yoga for 20 years, this is an important first step as we start from the beginning for everyone, so we can all safely teach a beginning level Yoga class. Our average student body ranges from ages 22 - 65 years.

TO REGISTER PLEASE VISIT http://www.youryoga.com/ayc/teacher-training/200-hour/Total-Yoga-Immersion-Tampa.html


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Date: Sunday August 26

Hours: 12:00-3:00 pm

Cost: $50

In this Vinyasa flow workshop, we will explore the Three Realms of Consciousness—the physical/mental, the energetic/emotional and the psychic/symbolic. These three realms create a holistic pathway for Self-investigation: the key for personal transcendence. In these three realms, we use asana, chakra mapping, meditation, reflection and prayer to create a ritualistic journey initiating the mystical into to the practical, bonding body, mind and Spirit. Learn how Self- confidence is the necessary tool for intuitive work, how to use your body to create a sacred relationship with Spirit, and how, through prayer, we can become of service to Spirit and to the world around us. The intention of this workshop is to reconnect to our bodies, gain emotional insight, explore our individual Soul’s purpose and cultivate skills—both physically and psychically- to Spiritually assist each other and the planet we inhabit. All levels welcome! Knowledge of the sun salutations is helpful.

Bio: Seane Corn is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher known for her impassioned activism and inspirational style of teaching. A strong and articulate voice for social change, she started her activism work by creating the yoga program for L.A. shelter “Children of the Night”. Since 2006, her work has been focused on training leaders of activism through her co-founded organization Off the Mat, Into the World and bringing awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Over the last 20 years of her career, Seane has been featured on Oprah.com, numerous magazines and media programs such as NPR and the Today Show; as well she has authored four dvd programs including Detox Flow Yoga. In 2005, Seane was named the National Yoga Ambassador for YouthAIDS. She sits on the board of both the Cambodian Children’s Fund and the Engage Network.
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Set every practice, day and breath with the power of your intention. Tap into what it means for us to ‘aim true’ in our lives on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. The yogi will find their inner archer and physically manifest through asana what it means to be strong, aware and compassionate. Creative sequencing will create discipline with the perfect blend of humor and thoughtfulness. Come join the hunt for our authentic selves. Please bring a strap, block and blanket for practice and paper and something to write with. 1 hour talk followed by asana.

Cost: $45 each | $185 for all | $175 for all (before 5/4)
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