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Conference Schedule—Being Yoga Conference Retreat
6:00 p.m.–7:15 p.m. Friday, August 26, 2011
Dinner
7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m. Friday, August 26, 2011
The Path of Yoga
All are welcome
In this intimate conference opening, Being Yoga teachers Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Beryl Bender Birch, David Life, Seane Corn, and Rod Stryker share stories about their teachers, lineages, and individual paths as yoga students. Through each yoga story, we connect to the larger yoga community's shared knowledge and history, and our own unfolding journey on the yogic path.
4:00 a.m.–6:00 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Sadhana
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
Track: Other Practices
Level: General
Sadhana is a spiritual practice—with the goal of liberation and enlightenment—that often involves deep meditation, prayer, or yoga. Join us for sadhana during the hours known as the amrit vela, or the time of the nectar, when life around us is very still. It is a time of deep healing and inner contemplation.
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa is codirector of Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles and New York City. He studied and trained with Yogi Bhajan for many years and offers classes that are challenging, musical, and inspiring. Gurushabd Singh Khalsa and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa have been married for more than 25 years. goldenbridgeyoga.com 7:00 a.m.–8:45 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Breakfast
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
The Powerful Energy Medicine of Pranayama
Beryl Bender Birch
Lake Theater
Track: Being Yoga Seasoned
Level: Seasoned
B1A
As we link our mind to our breathing, the mind quiets down and we can tune into our subtle energy body and the channels (nadis) that carry our life force (prana). Chakras that are blocked are balanced and energized, and deeply rooted patterns (samskaras) can be liberated from subconscious levels of the mind. Guided by Beryl Bender Birch, we practice inhale and exhale retentions (rechaka and puraka kumbaka), alternate nostril breathing (nadi shodana), and bellows breath (bastrika) to help us identify and let go of tension, toxins, anxiety, and stress, and offer healing to our body and mind through the breath.
CE Level Advanced
Beryl Bender Birch, an avid student of yoga and the study of consciousness since 1971, is the best-selling author of Power Yoga, Beyond Power Yoga, and Boomer Yoga. She has been training yoga teachers as "spiritual revolutionaries" for nearly 30 years, and is the director-founder of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and founder of the Give Back Yoga Foundation. power-yoga.com Bollywood Dance
Dance, Breath & Love Life!
Hemalayaa
Movement Studio
Track: Other Practices
Level: Beginner
B1B
Come release your inhibitions and dance to the Bollywood beats! Bollywood Dance is inspired by the exuberant and expressive dance moves seen in Indian films. In this class, yoga and Indian dance teacher Hemalayaa guides us in the basic steps of Bollywood dances, incorporating classical Indian dance, hip-hop, belly dancing, and yoga. Through breathing exercises and the playful and powerful movements of the dance, we embark on a heart-centered journey of joyful self-discovery. It's impossible not to laugh and smile as we shimmy, hop, shake, bop, pulse, and play—Bollywood style.
No dance experience is necessary. Shoes are optional. Bring water.
Hemalayaa inspires people to make dance part of their lives through Indian dance. She is the creator and author of numerous fitness DVDs, including The Bollywood Dance Workout, Beautiful Belly, and Bollywood Booty. She teaches worldwide and has been seen shimmying with Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show and strutting with the staff of the Today Show. hemalayaa.com Awaken Your Dormant Human Consciousness
Make Your Mind Sensitive
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
Sanctuary
Track: Meditation
Level: Seasoned
B1C
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa leads us in the sodarshan kriya, revered for awakening dormant consciousness and making the mind sensitive. Rishi Daman experimented his whole life, spanning 120 years, to find the simple truth of this kriya—to totally shut off the mind to misbehavior. The kriya includes pranayama, which will be done seated, and movement.
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa is codirector of Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles and New York City. He studied and trained with Yogi Bhajan for many years and offers classes that are challenging, musical, and inspiring. Gurushabd Singh Khalsa and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa have been married for more than 25 years. goldenbridgeyoga.com Sanskrit: Architecture of Mantra
Manorama
OCSL
Track: Discussion & Philosophy
Level: General
B1D
Learn to pronounce select sounds of the Sanskrit alphabet and discover the invigorating effect they have on the body, mind, and spirit. Guided by Manorama, a recognized leader in the fields of Sanskrit, yoga, and mantra, we tap into the healing matrix of sound that lies in partnership with our own breath, and uncover the deeper meaning of Om and its cyclic quality.
Manorama tours internationally to train students in the Path of Luminous Shabda, which brings meditation, Sanskrit, and yoga philosophy together to bridge sacred teachings into everyday life. Her style is one of earthy charm supported by deep scholarship and humor. A graduate of Columbia University, she has released numerous CDs, including the acclaimed Learn to Pronounce Yoga Poses and Namo Namah Invoke Reverence. sanskritstudies.org Intro to Pranayama
Carrie Owerko
Cedar
Track: Being Yoga Beginner
Level: Beginner
B1E
B.K.S. Iyengar says that pranayama is to yoga what the heart is to the human body. Guided by Iyengar Yoga teacher Carrie Owerko, we practice some asana as well as beginning breath awareness practices to help us realize that the state of our breath is a reflection of the condition of our mind and heart. As we learn to observe our breath through pranayama, we begin the process of cultivating a more serene inner atmosphere.
Carrie Owerko is a core faculty member of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of New York and holds an Intermediate Senior One teaching credential. An assessor for the Iyengar National Association, she also travels to India regularly to study with the Iyengar family. carrieowerko.com Anusara® Yoga
Moving With the Breath
Ellen Saltonstall, MA, RYT
StillWater
Track: Asana
Level: General
B1F
Anusara® Yoga offers a sophisticated blend of vigorous asana, refined alignment, and celebration of the human spirit. In this class, certified Anusara® Yoga instructor Ellen Saltonstall guides us to move with the rhythm of our breath through a range of asana in the Anusara® style, designed to enliven our spine, hips, and shoulders. As we discover the joy of moving our body in time with our breath, we free our joyous and resilient spirit.
CE Level Essential
Ellen Saltonstall, MA, RYT, serves on the certification and curriculum committees for Anusara® Yoga. She is known for her clarity, depth of knowledge, and enthusiasm in encouraging students of all levels to find their own inner joy and freedom through the study of yoga. Saltonstall is coauthor (with Loren Fishman) of Yoga for Arthritis and Yoga for Osteoporosis. mohiniyoga.com Cultivating Prana in Yoga Practice
Peter Sterios
Maple
Track: Asana
Level: Seasoned
B1G
Prana is the life force that both animates us and keeps the autonomic functions of our body alive. Hatha yoga practice works directly with prana to integrate and strengthen our body—muscles, connective tissue, bones, organs, and circulatory and respiratory systems. Guided by Peter Sterios, we observe the power our practice has to build prana by focusing our attention on the subtle qualities of our breathing and the physical and psychological resistance we often find in yoga poses. This class is especially helpful for those working with physical limitations or injuries, as well as yoga teachers wanting to deepen their understanding of yogic healing.
CE Level Essential
Peter Sterios is creator of the popular Gravity & Grace yoga DVD, one of the top 15 yoga DVDs of all time according to Yoga Journal. He is founder of Manduka, a leading eco-yoga products company, and a writer and former contributing editor for Yoga Journal. His yoga classes, workshops, and teacher trainings are offered worldwide and reflect more than three decades of practice and study. petersterios.com Advanced Yoga for Everyone
Developing a Personal Yoga Practice
Mark Whitwell
Cabin By The Field
Track: Asana
Level: General
B1H
While respecting the popular styles of yoga and each person's background, Mark Whitwell shows how the ancient yoga technology brought forth by T. Krishnamacharya can serve the practice you already know and love. We focus on principles of breath and bandha in asana and pranayama that can be incorporated into all styles of yoga, creating a more efficient, powerful, safe, nurturing, abundant, and regenerative practice.
CE Level Essential
Mark Whitwell has enjoyed a lifelong relationship with the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya through his studies with B.K.S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois, Srivatsa Ramaswami, Indra Devi, A.G. Mohan, and T.K.V. Desikachar. He is author of Yoga of Heart: The Healing Power of Intimate Connection and founder of The Heart of Yoga Association, a nonprofit that provides yoga education around the world. heartofyoga.com Guided by the Breath
Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee
Main Hall
Track: Asana
Level: Seasoned
B1J
Learn to let the breath guide your yoga practice. Through a balanced asana practice followed by seated meditation, we observe the way the breath is moving in our body and appropriately change our alignment to allow the breath to flow more freely. This focused practice quiets our mind, allowing us to see even finer and finer aspects of our breath, as well as the more subtle aspects of who we are.
Rodney Yee cofounded Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, California, and has created dozens of DVDs through Gaiam. He is author of Yoga: The Poetry of the Body and Moving Toward Balance (both with Nina Zolotow). yeeyoga.com
Colleen Saidman Yee graduated from Jivamukti Yoga®'s teacher training program in 1998 and has been teaching ever since. She is co-owner of Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor, New York. yogashanti.com 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tantra Yoga Vinyasa
Asana, Bandha & Mudra
Rod Stryker
Juniper
Track: Master Class
Level: Advanced
B11
Tantra yoga vinyasa recognizes the body as a sacred altar and teaches that "worship" means learning to gradually awaken shakti, the dormant force in the spine. Through lecture and practice, we follow a progression of Tantric hatha yoga principles and techniques to activate shakti, accessing ultimate freedom and exaltation. Our practice builds from a deepening approach to asana, to bandha, to mudras, and culminates with two key approaches to Tantric meditation.
This class begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 12:00 p.m. It includes a break. Choose this double session in place of individual classes in the 8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. session and 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. session.
Rod Stryker is the founder of ParaYoga and widely considered one of the country's leading yoga and meditation teachers. He has taught for more than 30 years and leads retreats, workshops, and trainings worldwide. parayoga.com 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Setting Foot on the Yoga Path
The Early Years of Practice
Beryl Bender Birch
Lake Theater
Track: Being Yoga Beginner
Level: Beginner
B2A
Developing a regular, progressive practice as you set out on the path of yoga helps you to enjoy the benefits of greater awareness that result from refined attention. Beryl Bender Birch leads a good sweaty practice for beginners and a short discussion on the choreography, philosophical foundation, and spiritual intention of the active asana practices like ashtanga, power, vinyasa, flow, boomer, and hot yoga, and why those new to yoga need to enter these practices slowly and safely.
CE Level Essential
Beryl Bender Birch, an avid student of yoga and the study of consciousness since 1971, is the best-selling author of Power Yoga, Beyond Power Yoga, and Boomer Yoga. She has been training yoga teachers as "spiritual revolutionaries" for nearly 30 years, and is the director-founder of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and founder of the Give Back Yoga Foundation. power-yoga.com Off The Mat, Into The World®
Yoga, Purpose & Action
Seane Corn
OCSL
Track: Discussion & Philosophy
Level: Seasoned
B2B
Join Seane Corn for an introduction to Off The Mat, Into The World®, an inspiring movement that uses the power of yoga to motivate conscious, sustainable activism and ignite grass roots social change. First, we practice a transformational vinyasa flow yoga sequence to uncover our deepest passion and motivation. Then, Corn offers practical ways for us to bring our own unique purpose into the world with the support of our community. We leave feeling inspired and engaged!
Seane Corn is an inspired communicator, spirited yoga teacher, impassioned public speaker, and global servant. Named the National Yoga Ambassador for YouthAIDS, she also trains leaders of activism through her cofounded organization Off the Mat, Into the World®. Corn has three DVDs, Vinyasa Flow Yoga I, Vinyasa Flow Yoga II, and Yoga From the Heart, and an audiobook, Detox Flow Yoga. seanecorn.com The Sacred Dance of Thai Massage
Open Your Heart & Free Your Shoulders & Neck
Kaline Alayna Kelly
Birch
Track: Other Practices
Level: General
B2C
Deepen your yoga practice, rebalance your body, and allow the free flow of prana with this hands-on exploration of the ancient healing art of Thai massage. Combining passive yoga stretches, compression, acupressure, and rhythmic rocking, we are guided compassionately and playfully to both give and receive a Thai massage session focused on opening the heart and freeing the shoulders and neck.
CE Level Essential
Kaline Alayna Kelly is a senior teacher and holds a master certification in Asokananda's Sunshine Network of Thai Massage and Ayruvedic Bodywork in Thailand and New Zealand. She has lived and taught in Thailand for 12 years and studied extensively with several Thai massage masters. Building Intuition
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
Sanctuary
Track: Meditation
Level: Advanced
B2D
By subjecting our ego to our intuition, we free ourself to create a life that satisfies us, and the greater good. Gurushabd Singh Khalsa guides us in a practice of Kundalini Yoga, including movement and seated pranayama, designed to make our mind sensitive, build our intuition, and tap into universal higher conscious wisdom.
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa is codirector of Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles and New York City. He studied and trained with Yogi Bhajan for many years and offers classes that are challenging, musical, and inspiring. Gurushabd Singh Khalsa and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa have been married for more than 25 years. goldenbridgeyoga.com Yin Yoga
Finding Peace in Our Practice
Biff Mithoefer
Cedar
Track: Asana
Level: Beginner
B2E
The search for peace begins with the practice of acceptance, both in ourself and in the world around us. In this Yin Yoga class led by Biff Mithoefer, we focus on the natural patterns, or Li, that make up our physical, emotional, and energetic selves. With this understanding, we can let go of the stories of how we should be, and instead embrace who we really are.
Biff Mithoefer teaches Yin Yoga internationally. He is author of The Yin Yoga Kit and coauthor of The Therapeutic Yoga Kit. Mithoefer is a founder and director of the Jamtse Sponsorship Project, which supports Tibetan refugee children. biffmithoeferyoga.com Iyengar Yoga & the Dance of Dynamic Space
Carrie Owerko
Maple
Track: Asana
Level: Seasoned
B2F
Space can be an all encompassing support both within and around us. In this workshop guided by Iyengar Yoga teacher Carrie Owerko, we play with ways to come into greater harmony with the space that pervades and surrounds us. We explore the uses and benefits of fluid lyrical movement as well as stillness, dynamic spatial attention, and variations in rhythm. These elements can help sustain us in a dynamic yet harmonious relationship with our inner and outer environments.
This class is for seasoned practitioners without serious injuries.
Carrie Owerko is a core faculty member of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of New York and holds an Intermediate Senior One teaching credential. An assessor for the Iyengar National Association, she also travels to India regularly to study with the Iyengar family. carrieowerko.com Insight Yoga
Sarah Powers
StillWater
Track: Asana
Level: Beginner
B2G
Insight Yoga is a unique blend of yoga, Buddhism, and psychology. It encourages a relaxed and vibrant integration between the body, heart, and mind. Join Sarah Powers, founder of Insight Yoga, for an introductory class that weaves together yin sequences of floor poses, alignment-based yang practice, and mindfulness meditation to help develop a calm, vibrant internal center of gravity, a precondition for being able to meet the moments of our everyday life skillfully and wholeheartedly.
CE Level Essential
Sarah Powers, founder of Insight Yoga, began teaching yoga in 1987. Together with her husband, Ty Powers, she is cofounder of the Insight Yoga Institute. She is also cofounder of Metta Journeys, a service-oriented organization that offers yoga retreats internationally to help women and children in developing countries. Powers is author of Insight Yoga. sarahpowers.com Experiencing the Power of Kundalini
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD
Cabin By The Field
Track: Being Yoga Seasoned
Level: Seasoned
B2H
Learn select asanas, bandhas, mudras, pranayama, and visualizations used for centuries by yogis in the Himalayan tradition to awaken kundalini shakti at the root chakra, and channel it to the navel center, and beyond. Pandit Rajmani Tigunait has specifically designed this class to create space for a new reality to manifest at our navel center, infusing us with the stamina, vitality, and virility necessary for achieving both our worldly and spiritual goals.
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD, is the spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute. As a young man, he lived and studied with renowned adepts before meeting his spiritual master, Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas. Tigunait is a regular contributor to Yoga International (formerly Yoga + Joyful Living magazine) and author of 14 books, including his autobiography Touched by Fire: The Ongoing Journey of a Spiritual Seeker, and the best-selling At the Eleventh Hour: The Biography of Swami Rama. himalayaninstitute.org From Twists to Backbends
Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee
Main Hall
Track: Asana
Level: Advanced
B2J
Why are twists good preparation for backbends? Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee guide us in a sequence that answers this question. As we loosen up the spine and broaden the muscles of the back through the twist, it lays a perfect foundation for using the muscles without binding them to the spine for the backbend. Oscillating back and forth from open to closed twists, we feel the strong broad strength of our back with a deeply seated spine that is perfect for backbending.
CE Level Advanced
Rodney Yee cofounded Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, California, and has created dozens of DVDs through Gaiam. He is author of Yoga: The Poetry of the Body and Moving Toward Balance (both with Nina Zolotow). yeeyoga.com
Colleen Saidman Yee graduated from Jivamukti Yoga®'s teacher training program in 1998 and has been teaching ever since. She is co-owner of Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor, New York. yogashanti.com 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Lunch With Green Yoga Association
Representatives from the Green Yoga Association are available to answer questions about bringing environmental education and action to the yoga community, and yoga education and practice to the environmental community.
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tour of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL)
The Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) is an environmental education center and natural water reclamation facility built to meet the highest standards currently available in sustainable architecture: LEED® Platinum and Living Building Challenge™ certification. At the OCSL, you can observe the Eco Machine™ treating wastewater without chemicals and get a close-up look at the solar and geothermal systems that provide energy, heating, and cooling for the building.
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Successful & Satisfying Meditation
Sandra Anderson
Sanctuary
Track: Being Yoga Beginner
Level: Beginner
B3A
Come and learn five simple steps to successful and satisfying meditation! Sandra Anderson helps us cultivate the natural inclination of the body and mind to meditate, freeing us to enjoy the deeply healing and rewarding process of inner growth that unveils our intrinsic happiness. We explore our sitting posture, learn breathing and relaxation techniques to train the body and breath, and develop inner focus. We also enjoy a guided practice, discuss mantra meditation, learn how to set up a home practice, and make a plan for progress.
Sandra Anderson is a resident and senior teacher at the Himalayan Institute in Pennsylvania. She teaches yoga and meditation, and has a special interest in working with prana and the subtle body. Anderson writes for Yoga International magazine, and is coauthor of Yoga: Mastering the Basics. adventuresinyoga.wordpress.com Empower Flow
Seane Corn
Main Hall
Track: Asana
Level: Seasoned
B3B
Take a stand! This physically invigorating and moderately paced vinyasa flow yoga class raises the heat and initiates strength, flexibility, and stability in your practice. Seane Corn takes you through a creative and challenging sequence of sun salutes A and B, standing poses, backbends, and forward bends with grace, agility, and ease, while inspiring inner power and purpose. You leave feeling cleansed, strengthened, motivated, and standing firmly in your power.
CE Level Advanced
Seane Corn is an inspired communicator, spirited yoga teacher, impassioned public speaker, and global servant. Named the National Yoga Ambassador for YouthAIDS, she also trains leaders of activism through her cofounded organization Off the Mat, Into the World®. Corn has three DVDs, Vinyasa Flow Yoga I, Vinyasa Flow Yoga II, and Yoga From the Heart, and an audiobook, Detox Flow Yoga. seanecorn.com Insight Meditation
Breathing With Life
Matthew Daniell
Birch
Track: Meditation
Level: Beginner
B3C
Yoga practitioners often develop a wonderful sensitivity to energy and sensation in the body. By adding meditation to your practice, you can also develop a heightened sensitivity to the mind. Guided by Matthew Daniell, you learn the Buddha's meditation instructions on breath awareness—"breathing with life"— to systematically develop a present moment attention that looks into the mind-body process. As the practice of clear seeing unfolds, you learn to let go of suffering, and enter into your life more fully, with an open heart, freshness, and ease.
Matthew Daniell is the guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and a member of the religious services department at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he leads meditation groups for students and faculty. He also studied yoga in the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar and is certified to teach in several traditions. imcnewburyport.com Bollywood Vinyasa Yoga
Hemalayaa
Movement Studio
Track: Other Practices
Level: General
B3D
You've never practiced yoga quite like this before! Bollywood Vinyasa Yoga is inspired by the exuberant, erotic, and expressive dance moves seen in Indian films. Join Hemalayaa and learn this invigorating new twist on traditional vinyasa flow yoga. Familiar yoga postures and mantra chanting are linked together with belly dancing and classical and folk Indian dances for an invigorating practice designed to help connect your inner self with your outer body and awaken your spiritual power.
Intermediate fitness required. No dance experience is necessary. Shoes are optional. Bring water.
Hemalayaa inspires people to make dance part of their lives through Indian dance. She is the creator and author of numerous fitness DVDs, including The Bollywood Dance Workout, Beautiful Belly, and Bollywood Booty. She teaches worldwide and has been seen shimmying with Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show and strutting with the staff of the Today Show. hemalayaa.com Yoga for Addiction Recovery
Sue Jones
OCSL
Track: Discussion & Philosophy
Level: General
B3E
Are you interested in a holistic approach to addiction recovery? Join Sue Jones, founder of yogaHOPE, and learn how breath, asana, and guided meditation can be an essential tool in the recovery of people with addictions or addicted behaviors. Through a combination of lecture and asana, we discover how mindfulness practices can have a direct and positive effect on the neurological and physiological systems, and how continued use can aid in successful long-term addiction recovery.
CE credit available.
Sue Jones is founder and executive director of yogaHOPE, which establishes rehabilitative yoga programs in residential facilities for underserved women, including substance abuse rehabilitation centers, domestic abuse safe houses, and homeless shelters. A trained associate Baptiste yoga instructor, she combines her knowledge of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga with her keen sense of intuition to craft classes that are cleansing, playful, and inspirational, and help her students to access a deeper understanding of themselves. The Awakening Call
The Wanting of Nothing
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Juniper
Track: Asana
Level: General
B3F
A Kundalini experience can reveal possibility, destiny, and an inner knowingness faster than perhaps anything else. Similar to a near-death experience, a Kundalini Yoga class can slip off the cause and effect of karma so that we might come to realize "the wanting of nothing." Through a practice that includes Kundalini Yoga, chanting, meditating, dancing, breath walking, sweating, laughing, and the ethereal sounds of the gong, we safely cultivate our own Kundalini experience and find a deep acceptance of our life exactly as it is.
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa is cofounder and director of Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles and New York City. For almost four decades, students around the world have sought her classes in Kundalini Yoga and meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan, whom she met 38 years ago. She is author of The Eight Human Talents and Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful. goldenbridgeyoga.com Yin Yoga
Returning to a Place of Balance
Biff Mithoefer
Cedar
Track: Asana
Level: General
B3G
At the center of the spinning circle of yin and yang is a place of balance. In this class, we look at how yin and yang relate, and how the understanding of their relationship can help us to embrace the truth of transformation and impermanence. Biff Mithoefer leads us in a quiet Yin Yoga practice, where we can experience these truths through the deep wisdom of our own bodies.
Biff Mithoefer teaches Yin Yoga internationally. He is author of The Yin Yoga Kit and coauthor of The Therapeutic Yoga Kit. Mithoefer is a founder and director of the Jamtse Sponsorship Project, which supports Tibetan refugee children. biffmithoeferyoga.com Insight Yoga
Bringing Mindfulness Meditation Into Daily Practice
Sarah Powers
Cabin By The Field
Track: Being Yoga Seasoned
Level: Seasoned
B3H
Insight Yoga founder, Sarah Powers, guides us in the potent experience of combining mindfulness and yoga practice. Mindfulness meditation helps us to let go of all motivations to manipulate the moment. With practice, it allows us to realize we did inherit the human potential to relate to all of life intimately, and can fully inhabit our bodies and minds throughout life's changing circumstances. Through both instruction and practice, we learn to incorporate mindfulness meditation into our yoga practice and are inspired to commit to mindfulness meditation on a daily basis.
CE credit available.
Sarah Powers, founder of Insight Yoga, began teaching yoga in 1987. Together with her husband, Ty Powers, she is cofounder of the Insight Yoga Institute. She is also cofounder of Metta Journeys, a service-oriented organization that offers yoga retreats internationally to help women and children in developing countries. Powers is author of Insight Yoga. sarahpowers.com Dancing the Standing Poses
Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee
StillWater
Track: Asana
Level: Seasoned
B3J
Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee teach that we are always arriving, yet never arrive, in the ‘full' pose. Join them for a practice that encourages us to move mindfully and gracefully from one standing pose to the next. As we uncover the relationships between poses, we learn that the movement of our bodies, no matter how subtle, is constant.
Rodney Yee cofounded Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, California, and has created dozens of DVDs through Gaiam. He is author of Yoga: The Poetry of the Body and Moving Toward Balance (both with Nina Zolotow). yeeyoga.com
Colleen Saidman Yee graduated from Jivamukti Yoga®'s teacher training program in 1998 and has been teaching ever since. She is co-owner of Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor, New York. yogashanti.com 2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Viniyoga Therapy for Stress Management
Gary Kraftsow
Maple
Track: Master Class
Level: General
B31
Yoga has tremendous potential for reducing stress and the effects of stress-related diseases. In this master class, yoga therapist Gary Kraftsow introduces techniques from a highly-effective stress management program he recently developed for Aetna Insurance Company staff. Through lecture and practice, we learn how to relieve musculoskeletal tension and headaches, improve sleep, increase feelings of well-being, and improve coping strategies for dealing with stressful events and the subsequent negative symptoms of stress.
CE Level Essential
This class begins at 2:00 p.m. and concludes at 6:00 p.m. It includes a break. Choose this double session in place of individual classes in the 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. session and 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. session.
Gary Kraftsow began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Desikachar in 1974 and founded the American Viniyoga Institute in 1999. He is author of Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation and has produced the DVDs Yoga Therapy for Low Back, Sacrum, and Hips and Yoga Therapy for Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders. As one of the foremost yoga therapists in the United States, Kraftsow has consulted on many research and collaborative projects, notably a National Institutes of Health study on yoga for back pain and a Harvard Medical School study for generalized anxiety. viniyoga.com 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Who Am I?
The Search for the True Self
Beryl Bender Birch
OCSL
Track: Discussion & Philosophy
Level: General
B4A
Ever since Swami Vivekananda came to the United States in 1893 to speak at the World Parliament of Religions, Indian spirituality has been influencing the way American seekers search for truth. Some of America's best-known writers, artists, musicians, religious leaders, and intellectuals have all been enthusiastic students of the wisdom traditions of the East in their quest to realize the Self. Join Beryl Bender Birch and learn how the universal principles of Vedanta and the methodology of classical yoga encourage our journey and offer a map to freedom while promoting interfaith tolerance.
Beryl Bender Birch, an avid student of yoga and the study of consciousness since 1971, is the best-selling author of Power Yoga, Beyond Power Yoga, and Boomer Yoga. She has been training yoga teachers as "spiritual revolutionaries" for nearly 30 years, and is the director-founder of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and founder of the Give Back Yoga Foundation. power-yoga.com Yin Yoga & Meditation
Jenn Brown
Cedar
Track: Asana
Level: General
B4B
Yin Yoga is a quiet, inward focused practice that affects the flow of energy through the body. Most postures are held for up to five minutes, which puts gentle pressure on the ligaments and joints, gently moving and stretching them. While we remain still in each posture, we cultivate a receptive awareness that allows us time to practice one of the most basic skills of meditation: paying attention. As we learn to direct our attention, we gain an additional tool for managing the movement of energy. This relaxing but challenging practice is a great complement to more active styles of yoga.
CE Level Essential
Jenn Brown is an editor, gardener, and yoga teacher with a passion for growing food and sharing it with friends. She is the managing editor at Omega, where she also teaches Yin Yoga to the staff. Her classes combine the focused attention of awareness practice with the embodied experience of yoga. Everyday Miracles
Seane Corn
Main Hall
Track: Asana
Level: General
B4C
As seekers on the path, we are often looking for signs, symbols, and intuitive guidance to point us toward a more definitive direction, often failing to recognize the possibilities within the practical and the inherent mystery in all moments. Through vinyasa practice and discussion guided by Seane Corn, we illuminate the miracles that exist in each moment of our life and explore how spirit conspires to give us exactly what we need. We awaken our ability to live with gratitude in our daily life and remember that the answers to our prayers are often right in front of us.
Seane Corn is an inspired communicator, spirited yoga teacher, impassioned public speaker, and global servant. Named the National Yoga Ambassador for YouthAIDS, she also trains leaders of activism through her cofounded organization Off the Mat, Into the World®. Corn has three DVDs, Vinyasa Flow Yoga I, Vinyasa Flow Yoga II, and Yoga From the Heart, and an audiobook, Detox Flow Yoga. seanecorn.com The Sacred Dance of Thai Massage
Opening the Hips, Pelvis & Lower Back
Kaline Alayna Kelly
Birch
Track: Other Practices
Level: Beginner
B4D
Deepen your yoga practice, rebalance your body, and allow the free flow of prana with this hands-on exploration of the ancient healing art of Thai massage. Combining passive yoga stretches, compression, acupressure, and rhythmic rocking, we are guided compassionately and playfully to both give and receive a Thai massage session focused on opening the hips, pelvis, and lower back.
CE Level Essential
Kaline Alayna Kelly is a senior teacher and holds a master certification in Asokananda's Sunshine Network of Thai Massage and Ayruvedic Bodywork in Thailand and New Zealand. She has lived and taught in Thailand for 12 years and studied extensively with several Thai massage masters. Becoming Strong as Steel
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Juniper
Track: Asana
Level: General
B4E
Build inner and outer strength, energy, commitment, and self-discipline by creating muscular balance, strengthening the nervous system, and building a strong magnetic field. Through Kundalini Yoga, pranayama, meditation, and the sacred gong, we awaken and experience the vitality and strength inherent within us.
CE Level Essential
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa is cofounder and director of Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles and New York City. For almost four decades, students around the world have sought her classes in Kundalini Yoga and meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan, whom she met 38 years ago. She is author of The Eight Human Talents and Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful. goldenbridgeyoga.com The Wild Child of Yoga
David Life and Sharon Gannon
StillWater
Track: Asana
Level: General
B4F
Most of us live in the domesticated world of the tamed, yet the yogi is a child of the wild. The wild is always in balance and moves in harmony with itself and its source. The wild is never chaotic, and is never, ever bored. In this physically challenging Jivamukti Yoga® practice, we embrace the wild side of our own nature in asanas that resonate with expressions of nature—mountains, trees, snakes, and more. We experience wild meditation, wild breathing, wild music, and wild ideas. Together, we shake off our cultural conditioning, and discover our own wild possibilities.
Sharon Gannon and David Life, founders of Jivamukti Yoga®, have been teaching yoga around the world for more than 20 years. They are recognized as "innovators in yoga" by Yoga Journal and are sought after by thousands of yoga students. Gannon and Life are authors of Jivamukti Yoga and The Art of Yoga, and articles in Yoga Journal and other publications, as well as videos and music. They have been featured on the Today Show and in Time magazine, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and many other publications. jivamuktiyoga.com Yoga & Ayurveda
The Three Vital Essences
Rod Stryker
Lake Theater
Track: Being Yoga Seasoned
Level: Seasoned
B4G
In this lecture class with Rod Stryker, we explore the three vital essences—prana, tejas, and ojas—the key yogic philosophical teachings of Ayurveda. These guiding principles to approaching yoga as alchemy serve as a basis for healing and transforming the body and mind. As we investigate the essences, we learn how to create a personal practice by examining the yogic practices that increase and balance each of them.
Rod Stryker is the founder of ParaYoga and widely considered one of the country's leading yoga and meditation teachers. He has taught for more than 30 years and leads retreats, workshops, and trainings worldwide. parayoga.com What Makes Yoga, Yoga?
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD
Movement Studio
Track: Being Yoga Beginner
Level: Beginner
B4H
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait presents yoga as originally envisioned in its homeland of India, Tibet, and the Himalayan Kingdoms, with a focus on theories and practices relevant to our modern times. Ultimately, we come to the single, conclusive point that yoga is yoga only when it connects us with the infinite healing power within, removing not only the pains and discomforts in our body, but also the deep anguish caused by fear, anger, and grief. Tigunait also demonstrates how we can begin a fruitful practice and maximize the benefits of any style of yoga.
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD, is the spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute. As a young man, he lived and studied with renowned adepts before meeting his spiritual master, Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas. Tigunait is a regular contributor to Yoga International (formerly Yoga + Joyful Living magazine) and author of 14 books, including his autobiography Touched by Fire: The Ongoing Journey of a Spiritual Seeker, and the best-selling At the Eleventh Hour: The Biography of Swami Rama. himalayaninstitute.org Meditation & Yoga
Mark Whitwell
Sanctuary
Track: Meditation
Level: Beginner
B4J
What is meditation? How does yoga define meditation? Mark Whitwell offers a meditation practice designed appropriately for each person and placed in the context of yoga, its natural home.
Mark Whitwell has enjoyed a lifelong relationship with the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya through his studies with B.K.S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois, Srivatsa Ramaswami, Indra Devi, A.G. Mohan, and T.K.V. Desikachar. He is author of Yoga of Heart: The Healing Power of Intimate Connection and founder of The Heart of Yoga Association, a nonprofit that provides yoga education around the world. heartofyoga.com 6:00 p.m.–7:15 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
Dinner
7:00 p.m.– 8:30 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
All are welcome
Join Being Yoga teachers Gary Kraftsow, Sandra Anderson, Sarah Powers, and Mark Whitwell for a panel discussion about what we as yoga practitioners and teachers can do to advance our personal practice.
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 2011
All are welcome
Shyamdas's kirtans use sacred chant, stories, and teachings to explore our soulful relationship with the Beloved. On this kirtan journey, we explore loving devotion as the foundation for our experience of yoga.
Shyamdas has lived in India for nearly 40 years, where he explores the arts of puja and celebration. A well-known devotional bhakti teacher, he is a prolific translator and writer on the subjects of devotion, sacred chant, divine service, puja, and Vedanta. shyamdas.com
4:00 a.m.–6:00 a.m. Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sadhana
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
Track: Other Practices
Level: General
Sadhana is a spiritual practice—with the goal of liberation and enlightenment—that often involves deep meditation, prayer, or yoga. Join us for sadhana during the hours known as the amrit vela, or the time of the nectar, when life around us is very still. It is a time of deep healing and inner contemplation.
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa is codirector of Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles and New York City. He studied and trained with Yogi Bhajan for many years and offers classes that are challenging, musical, and inspiring. Gurushabd Singh Khalsa and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa have been married for more than 25 years. goldenbridgeyoga.com 7:00 a.m.–8:45 a.m. Sunday, August 28, 2011
Breakfast
8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Sunday, August 28, 2011
Asana as Yantra
Cultivating Prana for Healing & Empowerment
Sandra Anderson
Maple
Track: Being Yoga Seasoned
Level: Seasoned
C5A
Join Sandra Anderson for a practice of asana as yantra, powerful forms that activate and transform the energy patterns that sustain and regulate our body as well as mental and emotional states. Through asana, we explore the five aspects of prana vayu (the fundamental energizing force), which link and integrate body and mind. We focus on subtle practices of bandhas and kriyas to direct the flow of specific pranas, and further develop pranic awareness with pranayama, inner focus, and relaxation. The concentration and intensification of prana we cultivate in our practice together helps to heal and empower us at every level.
Sandra Anderson is a resident and senior teacher at the Himalayan Institute in Pennsylvania. She teaches yoga and meditation, and has a special interest in working with prana and the subtle body. Anderson writes for Yoga International magazine, and is coauthor of Yoga: Mastering the Basics. adventuresinyoga.wordpress.com Yin Yoga & Meditation
Jenn Brown
Cedar
Track: Being Yoga Beginner
Level: Beginner
C5B
Yin Yoga is a quiet, inward focused practice that affects the flow of energy through the body. Most postures are held for up to five minutes, which puts gentle pressure on the ligaments and joints, gently moving and stretching them. While we remain still in each posture, we cultivate a receptive awareness that allows us time to practice one of the most basic skills of meditation: paying attention. As we learn to direct our attention, we gain an additional tool for managing the movement of energy. This relaxing but challenging practice is a great complement to more active styles of yoga.
CE Level Essential
Jenn Brown is an editor, gardener, and yoga teacher with a passion for growing food and sharing it with friends. She is the managing editor at Omega, where she also teaches Yin Yoga to the staff. Her classes combine the focused attention of awareness practice with the embodied experience of yoga. Yogini: Yoga for Women
Seane Corn
Main Hall
Track: Asana
Level: General
C5C
This women's only class explores the feminine aspect of spirituality, self-responsibility as a key to transcendence, and the role of women today as seekers, householders, workers, and activists. Seane Corn guides us in a vinyasa flow yoga practice to cultivate an inner journey toward healing, acceptance, and empowerment in this uplifting and thought-provoking class.
Seane Corn is an inspired communicator, spirited yoga teacher, impassioned public speaker, and global servant. Named the National Yoga Ambassador for YouthAIDS, she also trains leaders of activism through her cofounded organization Off the Mat, Into the World®. Corn has three DVDs, Vinyasa Flow Yoga I, Vinyasa Flow Yoga II, and Yoga From the Heart, and an audiobook, Detox Flow Yoga. seanecorn.com Sacred Dance of Thai Massage
Temple
Kaline Alayna Kelly
Birch
Track: Other Practices
Level: General
C5D
Kaline Alayna Kelly creates a sacred temple space as she guides us in both giving and receiving a Thai massage session. Through the heartfelt inspiration, water-like movements, and deep invitation to presence offered by Thai massage, we learn to practice this ancient practice as a path to awakening.
Kaline Alayna Kelly is a senior teacher and holds a master certification in Asokananda's Sunshine Network of Thai Massage and Ayruvedic Bodywork in Thailand and New Zealand. She has lived and taught in Thailand for 12 years and studied extensively with several Thai massage masters. Ushering in 2012
Developing Courage
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Juniper
Track: Asana
Level: General
C5E
We have been told by many teachers and guides that times will get rough as we head toward 2012 and the dawning of the Aquarian Age. Now is the time to develop the courage and wisdom to sail over any chaos. This is the time to live for each other so that we can live in peace globally. Join Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa in the practice of Kundalini Yoga and meditation kriyas that broaden our perspective and reveal how much we can ultimately heal and uplift each other. We chant, laugh, dance, and then relax to the sounds of the sacred gong.
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa is cofounder and director of Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles and New York City. For almost four decades, students around the world have sought her classes in Kundalini Yoga and meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan, whom she met 38 years ago. She is author of The Eight Human Talents and Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful. goldenbridgeyoga.com Yoga & the Heart-Mind
Living in the Inner City
Gary Kraftsow
Sanctuary
Track: Meditation
Level: General
C5F
The ancient etymology of "purusa," the Sankhya and yoga term for our true or essential self, is the "city dweller." Much of yoga therapy works on the "suburbs," structural and physiological conditions and their symptoms. Yet, the deeper sources of suffering are often rooted in the "inner city" of our thoughts, moods, and behavioral patterns. We discuss the theory and practice of journeying through the suburbs in order to heal our inner city, followed by a practice that integrates asana, pranayama, chanting, mantra, and meditation.
CE credit available.
Gary Kraftsow began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Desikachar in 1974 and founded the American Viniyoga Institute in 1999. He is author of Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation and has produced the DVDs Yoga Therapy for Low Back, Sacrum, and Hips and Yoga Therapy for Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders. As one of the foremost yoga therapists in the United States, Kraftsow has consulted on many research and collaborative projects, notably a National Institutes of Health study on yoga for back pain and a Harvard Medical School study for generalized anxiety. viniyoga.com Chanting & the Journey of the Heart
Manorama
OCSL
Track: Discussion & Philosophy
Level: General
C5G
Sacred chanting is like a window into the heart. Join Manorama, a recognized leader in the fields of Sanskrit, yoga, and mantra, in singing ancient Sanskrit syllables that whisper from past millennia and resonate into the eternal present. Through feeling, meditation, chanting, and perception, we practice being with the inner beloved and beckon the soul to see its many facets. Manorama also leads a discussion on the vast meaning of yoga, love, and light.
Manorama tours internationally to train students in the Path of Luminous Shabda, which brings meditation, Sanskrit, and yoga philosophy together to bridge sacred teachings into everyday life. Her style is one of earthy charm supported by deep scholarship and humor. A graduate of Columbia University, she has released numerous CDs, including the acclaimed Learn to Pronounce Yoga Poses and Namo Namah Invoke Reverence. sanskritstudies.org Anusara® Yoga Therapeutics
Free Your Shoulders & Neck
Ellen Saltonstall, MA, RYT
StillWater
Track: Asana
Level: General
C5H
Many of us carry stress and tension in the shoulders and neck, causing discomfort in both our daily life and yoga practice. In this class, we look at the biomechanics of the shoulders and neck, and practice Anusara® Yoga therapeutic techniques to relieve tension and misalignments causing discomfort. We learn practical tools to use as warm-ups and guidelines during any type of yoga practice.
CE Level Essential
Ellen Saltonstall, MA, RYT, serves on the certification and curriculum committees for Anusara® Yoga. She is known for her clarity, depth of knowledge, and enthusiasm in encouraging students of all levels to find their own inner joy and freedom through the study of yoga. Saltonstall is coauthor (with Loren Fishman) of Yoga for Arthritis and Yoga for Osteoporosis. mohiniyoga.com Gravity & Grace
Cultivating a Truly Personal Practice
Peter Sterios
Lake Theater
Track: Asana & Master Class
Level: Advanced
C5J
Join Peter Sterios, creator of the popular Gravity & Grace yoga DVD, and learn to harness the subtle external force of gravity for movement appropriate for each of us individually, and awaken the subtle internal force of grace, which appears when guidance comes from an inspired source much greater than ourself. We practice educating our body and sharpening our attention toward the internal call for surrender when meeting physical resistance, and "tone" intuition and build trust in the feeling centers of our heart and gut. Ultimately, we begin to develop and trust our "inner teacher" as we cultivate a truly personal practice.
This class includes a vigorous practice sequence of poses and is for those with a minimum of six months of experience.
Peter Sterios is creator of the popular Gravity & Grace yoga DVD, one of the top 15 yoga DVDs of all time according to Yoga Journal. He is founder of Manduka, a leading eco-yoga products company, and a writer and former contributing editor for Yoga Journal. His yoga classes, workshops, and teacher trainings are offered worldwide and reflect more than three decades of practice and study. petersterios.com The Yoga of Fulfillment
Rod Stryker
Cabin By The Field
Track: Asana
Level: Seasoned
C5K
The yoga tradition encourages and provides teachings for seekers to achieve both spiritual and worldly fulfillment––"mukti" and "bhukti." There is a science to both. In this lecture given by ParaYoga founder Rod Stryker, we outline the yogic keys that empower us to accomplish whatever goal we hold dear, fulfill our worldly as well as spiritual potential, and achieve our ultimate destiny. Our discussion covers the theory of "sankalpa," how we bring thought into form; the theory and practice of "yoga nidra," yogic sleep; and the concept of both individual and collective "dharma," life purpose.
Rod Stryker is the founder of ParaYoga and widely considered one of the country's leading yoga and meditation teachers. He has taught for more than 30 years and leads retreats, workshops, and trainings worldwide. parayoga.com 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Sunday, August 28, 2011
Yoga for Lifelong Development
Closing Event
All are welcome
Yoga, the art of living and being, is the ground for personal healing and empowerment. Rooted in a thousand-year-old tradition, yoga offers tools and means for lifelong development and helps us build a society that is infused with love and compassion, mutual respect, and cooperation. Pandit Rajmani Tigunait talks with us about how to embrace yoga at this critical moment when the forces of darkness are challenging the forces of light both in our inner and outer worlds.
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD, is the spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute. As a young man, he lived and studied with renowned adepts before meeting his spiritual master, Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas. Tigunait is a regular contributor to Yoga International (formerly Yoga + Joyful Living magazine) and author of 14 books including his autobiography Touched by Fire: The Ongoing Journey of a Spiritual Seeker, and the best-selling At the Eleventh Hour: The Biography of Swami Rama. himalayaninstitute.org 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 28, 2011
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