Yoga Workshops Teacher Training Yoga Studio Northern Virginia

Women!

Encourage

the guys in

your life to

sign up... and

learn how yoga

can help them

thrive!

The only complaint

that most people who

start yoga at Dream

have is, "I just wish

i would have done

this sooner!"

MEN! Don't Wait Any Longer to Benefit from Yoga!

Brother + Yoga = BRO-GA

An Introductory Workshop for MEN

with Steve AuBuchon, E-RYT 500 First-Timers & All Welcome!

Save $10 $32 Early Bird; $42 After

Not sure yoga is for you? Flexibility-challenged? Out of shape? Yoga shy? Think yoga is more for women than men?

Many men today see yoga as inaccessible to them…when, in fact, the original poses and practices developed by men, for men. Yes, brother, real men do yoga!

This workshop is for men who want to learn more about yoga, yet aren’t yet comfortable or ready to step into an established class at Dream Yoga Studio. Join (or women, encourage the guys you care about to join!) Steve for this class that focuses on what men need to know about yoga, and how to start or restart a yoga practice.

You’ll learn:

Why men of all ages, body types and athletic ability should do yoga – one of the most practical workouts around that simultaneously strengthens and loosens the body.
What to expect when you come to class.
Basic studio etiquette and customs.
How yoga might fit into your life or compliment your current exercise routine.
What classes at Dream would best meet your health goals.

You’ll experience breathing techniques and practice some primary postures, including how to modify postures if needed. We’ll end with a sample guided relaxation.

Fee includes Handouts.

About Your Instructor:

Steve AuBuchon, BS, MBA, 500-RYT (December 2018), provides Group & Private Yoga Instruction and Specialized Yoga Workshops at Dream & elsewhere. Steve was first introduced to yoga through a university immersion program where he studied and practiced yoga 4 hours each day. Some years later, he began taking classes from Luann, back when Dream Yoga studio was in her basement. Steve returned to yoga in order to enhance strength, increase flexibility and to develop a more balanced perspective. He feels that yoga should be engaging, fulfilling and fun. His classes incorporate slow flows with a concentration on deep stretching. Steve uses poses to gently invigorate, stretch tight muscles and strengthen the entire body. When not spending time with his family, Steve enjoys water sports. Steve left the corporate world 4 years ago and is a High School Sailing Coach and is a relief Captain on a 65-foot commercial schooner. You can also Register for Steve's classes here.

Sunday

Dec 30

10:00 AM -

12 Noon

How do you want

to feel this year?

What do you want

to do?

Where do you

want to go?

Who do you want

to spend time with?

And how do you

want to show up

for your life?

Come,

explore & practice!

Flow Into the New Year with Intention!

Special Level 1-2 PRACTICE CLASS Plus…

With Lauren Fulbright, KYT 500 & RYT 500, E-RYT 200 All Levels

$24 Early Bird Discount Fee

$28 Regular Tuition

The practice of setting intentions -- or taking time to decide what you want for your day, your month, your year -- is a powerful change agent that can help you craft a life you love.

Come to this class to prepare for your New Year and get 2019 off to a magical start as yoga instructor and life coach Lauren Fulbright guides you through a yoga practice designed to help you connect with your deepest self and set powerful resolutions from a place of soulfulness.

Experience Kripalu Vinyasa - bringing intention to your practice as you stretch, breathe and move through a series of yoga poses that flow from one to another.

Learn how to set goals based on the feeling states you would like to experience, rather than external measures of what you think you should accomplish this year. Lauren will guide you through simple ways to make your dreams a reality -- making it easy to stick to resolutions without adding more stress to your life.

Tap into your heart's truest desire in a Yoga Nidra Guided Relaxation/Meditation designed to help you achieve deep states of relaxation as you connect with your core self.

Don't miss this inspiring practice designed to help you shine in 2019!

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Sunday

Dec 30

6:45 PM -

8:15 PM

ALL WELCOME

No yoga, Yoga Nidra

or Meditation experience needed.

BRING your

friends & family

(ages 15 & up).

Come see

what a

difference

one hour of

Yoga Nidra

can make!

Holiday NAP TIME Get-Ready-for-the New Year

Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation - Guided Relaxation

With Lauren Fulbright, KYT 500 & RYT 500, E-RYT 200 All Levels

$24 Early Bird Discount Fee

$28 Regular Tuition & Drop In

Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday, and collect yourself to embrace the New Year, with this grown-up version of "Nap Time."

Yoga Nidra, or 'Yogic Sleep," is a lying down meditation scientifically proven to induce a profound level of relaxation which leads to improved health and transformation on the physical, energetic, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.

A regular Yoga Nidra practice has been proven to have many health benefits, including helping to:

Alleviate stress, anxiety, insomnia and depression.
Calm the nervous system
Boost your immune system
Promote a positive outlook & lift your spirits.

By working with the subconscious mind, Yoga Nidra can also help you make real and lasting changes.

This special Holiday Practice Class is perfect for new and experienced practitioners alike! All you have to do is lie down and listen.

Experience deep rest and joy this holiday season. You’ll feel renewed and connected to your most authentic self! Ready to be more present to life and the ones you love!

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Fridays

Next Baths

Jan 3

Feb 1

Mar 1

Apr 5

7:00 PM -

8:15 PM

Come to be

rejuvenated or

just captivated

by this unique

musical

performance!

PROCEEDS will

support the

Crystal Ashram

501(c)(3) non-profit

that supports &

sponsors sound

bath meditations

across the DC metropolitan area.

The more do this,

the greater the

transformation!

This Fall: Monthly on First Fridays

Sound Bath MEDITATION

by Crystal Ashram

with Robert Lee, E-RYT 500 First-Timers & All Welcome!

$25 Early Bird; $30 After

Experience the Rejuvenating Power

of Singing Bowls / 'Human Activation'

How can you be more clear and productive when you're awake, and be more restful when you sleep?

MODERN SCIENCE now agrees that deep meditation can give us all of this and then some including, reduced blood pressure, reduced anxiety, and increased overall wellness.

IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL of Health Promotion,Tibetan Singing Bowls were used compared to silent meditation. Scientists found the singing bowls produced greater decreases in blood pressure and heart rate than simply silence alone.

HUMAN ACTIVATION has been featured in a recent Washington Post article in the Wellness section as the leaders in modern mindful meditation with their "sound bath" offerings.

Sound bath, what's that?

Human Activation sound frequency specialist, Robert Lee, will be playing several of these rare Singing Bowls, some of which are over 200 years old. A magical alchemy of 7-12 different metals rings in the past, present, and future for our relaxing enchantment.

Experience these gifts from the past in this NON-religious practice of our present.

7:00 PM - Reception & Introduction to Sound Bath Meditation
7:15 PM - Meditation Begins Please refrain from entering after 7:15 PM to respect the meditation.**
8:00 PM - Meditation Ends, Followed by Community Reflection

About Your Instructor:

DC award-winning sound frequency specialist Robert Lee from the Human Activation School will be offering the ancient sounds of antique Tibetan singing bowls. Robert also serves as a one-on-one private facilitator for Human Activation's Pathway of Liberation. From meditation facilitation ranging from local community churches, to corporate consulting and facilitation for strategic planning and regular company re-alignment for consistent cohesion and growth, Robert has worked with companies such as CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and the Park Hyatt Washington D.C., as well as doing many volunteer efforts in the community such as working with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington. www.humanactivation.com

Saturday

Jan 5

2:00 PM -

4:15 PM

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Explore the Stress-Reducing, Life-Enhancing Benefits of Yoga!

$ Almost FREE INTRODUCTION to YOGA Workshop

Get Started ... or Start Anew!

With Dream Director & Yoga Therapist Luann Fulbright

MA, C-IAYT, 500 E-RYT, KYT & IYT, and YACEP

Fee: $12 Early Bird/ $22 Regular Tuition & Drop Ins

Fee covers Extensive Handouts

Every Body Can Do Yoga! Come to this class with Dream Yoga Director & Yoga Therapist Luann Fulbright to find out how yoga--a 5,000-year-old mind/body practice--can help you attain your greatest health and feel more fully alive. Just one class has been proven to reduce stress & promote a greater sense of well-being.

This workshop is for people OF ALL ABILITY LEVELS who are brand new to yoga or brand new to Dream Yoga Studio and want to learn more before coming to a regular class. You'll learn the fundamentals of some basic yoga warm-ups & poses that will help release chronic tension, boost energy & develop strength in the body. You’ll discover the therapeutic benefits of yogic breathing and relaxation/meditation practices.

If you're new to yoga, this is the perfect opportunity to have your questions answered by a skilled instructor & learn what to expect from regular class. Come learn how ANYONE can learn and receive the many benefits of yoga. Also get help in selecting a class in our Winter Session, which starts in January 2, 2019.

Space is limited, so advance registration is recommended. Drop-Ins welcome as space permits. Fee covers informational and practice handouts. Mats and all props supplied, or use your own.. Just come, wearing comfortable clothes!

Your Instructor: Luann, a meditation and yoga student since 1975, has been teaching yoga to students in group and private Yoga Therapy sessions for almost 20 years. Yoga has helped Luann overcome physical challenges and debilitating fear, which makes her passionate about introducing people to the profound effects of traditional yoga practice and Yoga Therapy. Read more about Luann and how yoga can help YOU on YELP.

Tuesdays

7:30 - 9:00 PM

6-Week

Mini-Course

Jan 8 - Feb 12
Register Now

Also

Register for

Jon's Next

Dec 2

11:00A - 3:00P

6-Week Mini-Course
Introduction to Mindfulness

Meditation & Stress Reduction

With Jon Waterman Beginners, All Levels

$120/6 Classes; $24 Drop In

Co-Sponsored with IMCW

Insight Meditation Community of Washington

This short course provides you a special opportunity to become familiar with, or continue to practice, the time-tested, focusing, relaxing and restorative qualities of Mindfulness Meditation. We'll explore how meditation helps us lower stress levels, and be more balanced and healthy. You'll learn useful tools for identifying and managing stress in skillful and gentle ways.

While these weekly classes are shorter than those in a traditional MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) course at Dream Yoga Studio, instructions will be given in all of the various meditation postures including sitting, kneeling, standing, walking and gentle flowing movements that release tension and stress to prepare for meditation.

Each class also includes a session of restorative, deep relaxation in the reclining posture. Many find this reclining practice an important pre-requisite prior to establishing and sustaining an individualized daily meditation practice.

Jon blends a secular approach to teaching meditation with traditional language from the dharma. His short talks explore how meditation not only lowers stress levels, but also restores a sense of balance in our busy lives. From the outset of the course, he invites each of us to answer the question, “Over the next eight weeks, how can we learn to genuinely enjoy a meditation practice, both on and off the cushion?”

Chairs, sitting cushions, blankets, eye masks and other necessary props will be provided. We suggest that, whenever possible, you wear or bring comfortable, loose fitting clothing.

This series is primarily for those new to meditation and/or want to reduce stress.

Your Instructor: Jon Waterman, an original member of the Board of Directors of the IMCW (Insight Meditation Community of Washington) Teacher’s Council, began practicing yoga and meditation while teaching the martial arts in the early 1970’s, with a concentration, since 1994, on Buddhist Insight Meditation. His workshops and retreats focus on strengthening continuity of present moment awareness by combining mindful movement, insight dialogue and various meditation techniques.

Email Jon@DreamYogaStudio.com with any questions about the course.

3 Sundays

Jan 13, 20 & 27

1:00 - 2:30 PM

All Levels

NO Yoga

Experience

Needed!

Winter & the

New Year is the

perfect time to embrace a more contemplative practice!

Please bring

a journal

and pen.

3-Week ALL-LEVELS Short Course

Yoga & Journaling:

21 Days to Develop a Contemplative Practice & Life!

Start the New Year Right!

With Lauren Fulbright, MA, 500-KYT & 200 E-RYT

Beginners, All Levels

$108 for 3 Classes & Handouts

Yoga and Journaling have a lot of wonderful things in common! They both can help us focus, reflect, get in touch with our true feelings, come more present and open to life in each moment, tap into our most creative self, de-stress, get healthier, grow and thrive.

Join Dream Yoga Teacher, Journalist, Singer-Songwriter, Life Coach and life-long journal keeper Lauren Fulbright for a three-week journey that will free your creative energy and help you tap into your personal wisdom.

In an atmosphere of non-judgmental curiosity and acceptance, you'll:

Be inspired to capture the inner messages or revelations that come to you on your yoga mat and off.

Discover how your yoga journal can be a place to work out your thoughts, desires, fears and discoveries.

Find out how journaling can deepen (and inspire) your yoga practice and your life.

Each class will include an all-levels yoga practice, guided meditation and/or Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra, and liberating writing exercises designed to connect you to your truest self.

You'll also receive a heart-opening home yoga practice and daily writing prompts to keep you feeling inspired throughout the 21 days.

In class one, Connecting with the Heart and Mind, we'll start with practices that will help you tap into your own memory and heart for inspiration.
In week two, we'll be Diving Deep, as you explore poses and practices designed to deepen your sense of introspection.
During our final week, you'll be Coming Home to your most authentic self through gentle restorative practice, yoga nidra and a writing exercise that will allow you to access your deepest truth.

For beginners and experienced writers alike! Appropriate for ages 16 & up!

No previous yoga experience required.

Your Instructor: Lauren is a yoga instructor, life coach, singer-songwriter, journalist and life-long journal keeper in the Washington DC area. In addition to being a Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Teacher, she is a certified instructor in Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra, Five Element Yoga, and the national Kripalu Yoga in the Schools Program for Teens. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and a M.A. in Journalism. Lauren is passionate about helping others experience for themselves how a regular practice of yoga can help you make lasting changes, find balance and peace, pursue your calling and build a full and beautiful life.

Visit her at: www.facebook.com/laurenfulbrightmusic

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Once a Month

on Saturday

Jan 19

Feb 16

Mar 16

Apr 13

2:00 PM -

4:00 PM

Drop-ins are welcome

as space permits.

Come, take a break

from the busy-ness

of Fall & the Holidays.

Treat yourself

to this beautiful

experience!

You’ll leave feeling

noticeably looser

physically, mentally

calm … and a little

more enLightened too!

All Levels.

No prior yoga

experience needed.

3 More Mini-Retreats with Luann this Fall

Stretch Deeply. Relax Fully & Renew with

Yin & Restorative Yoga

With Luann Fulbright, MA, I-IAYT, 500 E-RYT, KYT & IYT, YACEP All Levels

Professional-Level Yoga Teacher & Therapist $24/person Early Bird; $28

Join Dream Yoga Studio Director & Yoga Therapist Luann for a special practice people adore – a perfect class for the fall -- to help you slow down, ground, let go...and keep calm and balanced as you embrace the winds of change and the busy holiday season.

With time, gravity, sitting and our various activities, our joints become compressed and the connective tissue that surrounds the joints can become hard and immobile. Yin Yoga comes to the rescue, using gentle pressure and longer holds of postures to safely stimulate the joints and ligaments in our bodies to improve strength, mobility and hydration to the joints. It’s an excellent practice to counter the effects of arthritis, and develop the “Witness Mind” (the mind that’s able to be present with “what is” without wanting to change it to be happy).

In Restorative Yoga, we’ll use blankets and other supportive props to get into nurturing and deeply restful postures that help:

Release chronically-held musculature tension
Turn off the fight-or-flight response, and
Turn on the relaxation response to lower blood pressure, combat fatigue & promote healing.

Gravity does a lot of the work while you are guided in breathing and relaxation techniques that quiet the mind and soothe the nervous system.

Tip: Comfort and ease in the body/mind/spirit develops best with regular practice, so registering for all of Luann's fall Yin & Restorative Yoga Practice Classes is recommended.

Your Instructor: Luann has been teaching yoga to students in group and private Yoga Therapy sessions for almost 20 years. Yoga has helped Luann overcome physical challenges and debilitating fear, which makes her passionate about introducing people to the profound effects of traditional yoga practice and Yoga Therapy. Read more about Luann and how yoga can help YOU on YELP.

Saturday

Jan 26

1:00 PM -

4:30 PM

This workshop is

open to all students,

no prior experience

needed.

Please dress

comfortably & bring

a pen and notebook

if you would like to

write down your experiences.

Yoga SPA DAY: Mini-Retreat to Foster Well-Being In the New Year!

With Lauren Fulbright & Mary Kearns All Welcome

$50 Early Bird $65 Regular Tuition

Fee includes snacks, handouts & lots of knowledge to help you thrive!

Start your New Year with an afternoon of relaxing self-care! In this unique experiential workshop, we will practice:

Mindful Movement
Guided Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation
Tennis Ball Massage
Reiki Hand Positions for Healing
Aromatherapy for Well-Being
Abhyanga Massage and an Introduction to Caring for the Five Senses (Ayurveda)
Journaling to connect to and tap your deepest wisdom.

We will also share some fun, healthy snacks with a seasonal focus.

You will leave feeling refreshed and equipped with multiple tools for creating ease and vitality, and staying healthy and happy this year!

YOUR FACILITATORS:
LAUREN FULBRIGHT, E-RYT & 500 KYT & RYT, is a Dream Yoga Instructor, Life Coach, Singer-Songwriter and life-long Journal Keeper. In addition to being a Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Teacher, she is a certified instructor in Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra, Five Element Yoga, Dynamic Gentle Yoga and Radiant Child Yoga. She holds a B.A. in Psychology, a M.A. in Journalism, and Advanced Level Reiki Certification in Usui System of Natural Healing. Lauren is passionate about helping others experience for themselves how a regular practice of yoga can help you make lasting changes, find balance and peace, pursue your calling, and build a full and beautiful life. Visit her at: www.facebook.com/laurenfulbrightmusic.

MARY KEARNS, Ph.D, RYT, purpose in life to help people discover and nourish their Inner Light, and to teach them how to heal themselves. She holds a PhD in developmental psychology, with a focus on Behavioral Health. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher, Certified Life Coach, Usui Reiki Master, and has studied herbalism, aromatherapy, shamanism, past life regression, and mandalas for healing. Mary has been offering wellness workshops on various mind-body-spirit topics since 2003. She teaches yoga classes at Dream, and also provides private Reiki healing sessions. Email Info@DreamYogaStudio.com to schedule a session.

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Sunday

Feb 3

2:00 - 4:15 PM

in Winter Session

This workshop qualifies

for Yoga Alliance CEU's

in the category of Techniques, Training

& Practice

No previous

experience with pranayama, yoga

or meditation

needed.

Yoga Teachers

earn 2.5 CE's

with Yoga Alliance

LEAVE FEELING

GREAT – calm,

energized, and

more confident

on how to breathe

and how to use

your breath to

maximize your

health and your

yoga practice.

Come B-R-E-A-T-H-E with Me:

A Pranayama Practice Class

With Luann Fulbright, 500 KYT, IYT & E-RYT All Levels

$35 Early / $45

Luann’s students keep asking for help with their breathing. The fact is: If you’re not aware of your breath, and you’re not working with your breath in class (pranayama), you’re not doing yoga. You’re just exercising, and you’re missing many benefits of yoga practice that could be yours on the mat and throughout your day.

OUR BREATH is our teacher and our guide, on the mat and off. It has lots to tell us about what we’re thinking, how we’re feeling, and how we’re approaching life. And…our breath is also our friend: It helps us focus our mind and increase clarity and good decision making. It can calm our nervous system and help us sleep and lose weight. It can raise energy, promote lightness of heart and connect us with spirit consciousness. It helps us live in the present, heal and transform. Western doctors confirm that disease cannot live in a well-oxygenated body.

SIGN UP for this experiential workshop to assess how well you breathe--if you have a “stress breath” and why. LEARN or REVIEW:

Why healthy, full, non-stressed breathing is so important.
How to breathe well.
How to use your breath therapeutically -- to create calm, help you sleep, focus better, pull yourself out of a depressed state of energy, or cool your body or agitated emotions.
The basic breathing practices we engage in in classes at Dream Yoga Studio.
How to use breathing practices to enhance your yoga and meditation experience.

ALSO, get your questions answered, and receive handouts on basic pranayamas.

CAN'T ATTEND? Schedule a PRIVATE Yoga Yoga session with Luann. Email her at Luann@DreamYogaStudio.com

"Pranayama is the art and science of yogic breathing techniques, and these techniques will reliably produce the benefits listed above. Things that sound too good to be true - the latest fad diet, get-rich-quick schemes - usually are. But yogic breathing exercises actually deliver the benefits they promise..."

--Kripalu's Patton Sarley (Dinabandhu)

Your Instructor: Luann, a professional-level experienced yoga instructor and therapist, has been practicing yoga for more than 30 years and teaching for 17. She is looking forward to helping you cultivate a deeper understanding and experience of your breath...bringing your yoga and meditation to life!

Feb 9

1:00 - 3:15 PM

REGISTER TODAY!

POSTURE PERFECT: Yoga Practices to Reduce Neck & Back Pain, Improve Balance & Help You Look and Feel Younger!

With Catha Pavloff, 500 KYT & RYT All Levels

$35 Early Bird $45 Thereafter

Technology and our increasingly sedentary lifestyles are wreaking havoc on our posture, regardless of our age. In fact, it is not uncommon to see teenagers with over rounded backs, hunched shoulders, and forward heads. Ultimately, poor posture can lead to fatigue, headaches, back and neck pain, increased anxiety, depression and loss of balance.

The good news is that yoga can come to the rescue! A yoga practice that integrates proper breathing

with core stabilization and back strengthening, and that emphasizes proper alignment, can make a significant difference in the way you look, feel and move.

In this Workshop, we will:

Assess your postural habits to see what might be improved.
Learn a sequence of yoga poses and breathing techniques that will improve your posture by strengthening and stabilizing your core and back … while simultaneously increasing more mindfulness in the way you stand, sit and walk.

You’ll also receive a Handout for a supportive Home Practice.

This practice is for all ages and all levels of experience, no yoga experience is necessary. However, this is not a therapeutic session for people with pre-existing conditions that would inhibit active participation.

Your Instructor: Catha Pavloff is passionate about active, healthy aging. She is dismayed that our increasingly sedentary lifestyles are interfering with our ability to do so. Catha is on a personal crusade to introduce others to the transformative power of yoga and its ability to help us age healthfully in many aspects of our being: physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Among her classes at Dream Yoga Studio, Catha instructs Yoga for Bellies, Backs & Balance; and Yoga for Bone Health & Balance at lunch time on Tuesdays & Thursdays.

3-Week Mini-Course

Sundays

Feb 10 - 24

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

In Winter Session

This training qualifies

for 4 5 hours

Continuing

Education Credits

for Yoga Teachers

in the category of Techniques,

Training & Practice

Benefit from the

Masters! The Five

Tibetans is an ancient practice developed by

Tibetan monks to

live longer, more

vibrant, healthy lives.

21-Day Challenge!

Meet your goals for greater health and well-being!

Learn & Practice THE FIVE TIBETANS

With Luann Fulbright, 500-KYT, IYT & E-RYT All Levels

$108 / 3 classes; $41 Drop In

It takes 21 days to create a new habit! This Mini-Course will get you into the habit of practicing the life-enhancing Tibetans (aka, ancient "Rites of Rejuvenation").

The "5 Tibetans" is a basic—yet often little-known—yoga practice. This powerful ancient yoga rite gives you a quick physical workout, leading to physical, emotional, mental and spiritual transformation. The Tibetans can be practiced in small spaces with little time. All you need is a few minutes, and enough space to swing your arms around or to do a push up. The 5 Tibetans can also be used as a warm-up for other exercises.

In less than 20 minutes a day, the Tibetans strengthen your muscular, glandular and nervous systems, energize & balance you. They aim to normalize the speed of our chakras—the spinning energy centers along our spine—that affect every aspect of who we are and how we experience life. They balance our endocrine—the system that produces the harmones which regulate our organs and affect tissues within the body as well as the aging process. They can enhance bone mass, eliminate double chins, boost memory & immunity, improve eyesight, posture/spinal health, more. Done in the morning before breakfast, the practice can "energize you like a double expresso without any of the negative side effects." You'll feel healthier, more alive!

The Tibetans can be strenuous, but modifications are shown & practiced in this intro class open to students brand-new to yoga, to the Tibetans & to those wanting a refresher course.. Detailed HANDOUTS for home practice included.

Sign up for this series to:

Learn how to perform each Tibetan with proper alignment and breathing in order to reap the most benefits from the practice and avoid injury/ramifications.

Learn and practice appropriate warm-ups to prepare the body for the Tibetans.

Practice Alternative Poses for each Tibetan, to use when one or more of the Tibetans is too challenging for you.

Focus on the impact the Tibetans have on the Chakra energy centers, glands and organs.

Receive important tips and cautions on how and when to practice these powerful Rites.

Get your questions answered about your practice, if you already practice these Rites.

"I just love being able to do Tibetans in the a.m.!

It really sets the tone for the rest of my day

and I have this incredible abundance

of energy throughout the day." -Alicia R..

Your Instructor: Luann, Dream Yoga Director and professional-level yoga instructor and therapist, has been teaching students The Five Tibetans since 2003.

Sunday

Mar 3

11:00 AM -

3:00 PM

You won't be

sitting all day!

Come share this

special time together… learning and

practicing the

many ways of mindfulness.

See how it

helps you

reduce stress!

Mindfulness Meditation Mini-Retreat from Stress

With Jon Waterman All Levels

$45/person Early Bird Discount

$60/person After

Co-sponsored with IMCW (Insight Meditation Community of Washington)

Understanding how to cultivate and sustain appropriate attention, both on and off the meditation cushion, is essential in recognizing not only the origins of stress in our busy and demanding lives, but also skillful ways to reduce that stress. However, many of us here in the West come to the cushion with great expectations and quickly discover that we first need to remember how to relax.

Scientists have proven that meditation not only reduces stress. It also helps you in these ways:

Strengthen the immune system.

Increase heart health.

Reduce high blood pressure.

Slow biological aging.

Strengthen coping skills.

Sleep better.
Better manage pain.

Heal more quickly.

Help you create positive behavior changes.

Achieve a greater sense of overall well-being.

This workshop is open to all—from beginners to long-time meditators—and is an opportunity for you to extend your practice over a few hours. The theme will be “Connecting the Moments.” That is, intentionally cultivating and sustaining a focused attention on sensations in the body as we mindfully transition from one posture to another; sitting/kneeling; standing; walking; reclining and gentle stretching. This four-hour workshop is crafted to be deeply relaxing, not to push our limits in one posture or another.

Please join us in this 48th “Mini-Retreat” at Dream Yoga Studio. Come to share meditation practice and get your questions answered. Explore new mindfulness techniques that will help you experience greater calm and healing.

Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing. Chairs, cushions, blankets, kneeling benches and props are available, but feel free to bring your personal sitting cushion.

Past participants are amazed at how peaceful they feel after this Retreat…and how fast the day flies.

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4 Tuesdays

March 5 - 25

7;30 PM -

9:00 PM

Meditation Is Not

a ‘Quick Fix’

But These 2

Empowering

Practices Can

Work Wonders!

Come to this

Short Course to Learn

& Practice two

techniques that

will help you

release whatever

is getting in your

way of living the

life you want.

Learn to Let Go…

and BE more

Focused… Calm… Energized… Free…

and Open to the full experience of

each moment

and all its possibilities!

4-Week Short Course
Mindfulness Meditation Strategies --R.A.I.N & E.F.T. (Tapping) to Release Stress

With Jon Waterman No Meditation Experience Needed

$100 / 4 Classes; $24 Drop In

So much of the stress that we experience in this moment is echoes from the past. This deeply embedded conditioning influences not only how we deal with our present circumstances, but often generates unnecessary fear of how things will work out in the future.

This Short Course will combine the wisdom of the now popular mindfulness meditation strategy, known via the acronym -- R.A.I.N. with the techniques of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). It will consist of some guided meditations and relaxation, as well as time to explore the potency of EFT.

R.A.I.N is a mindfulness strategy that invites the meditator to Recognize, Accept, Investigate & Not-Identify – steps that empower us to “know” and “let go.”

Emotional Freedom Technique is a powerful, yet surprisingly simple method which can help us let go in a way that, after we practice, we know that there has been a healing shift. Clinical trials, including those done at the Harvard Medical School, have shown that EFT tapping is able to rapidly reduce the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger emotional distress. It can produce real, lasting breakthroughs and can significantly improve—or even eliminate—conditions that hospital treatments, medication and years of psychotherapy often fail to adequately deal with.

Each class will included discussions and guided meditation/relaxation.

Come see for yourself!

Your Instructor: Jon Waterman, an original member of the Board of Directors of the IMCW (Insight Meditation Community of Washington) Teacher’s Council, began practicing yoga and meditation while teaching the martial arts in the early 1970’s, with a concentration, since 1994, on Buddhist Insight Meditation. His workshops and retreats focus on strengthening continuity of present moment awareness by combining mindful movement, insight dialogue and various meditation techniques.

Friday - Sunday

Mar 8 - 10, 2019

Attend 1 or All 6

Master Classes

Dynamic Gentle Yoga Teacher Certification

Learn from the

'Master of Mellow'!

and a MELT Method

Lead Instructor

Students of

ALL LEVELS

are welcome to

attend all

workshops.

No yoga or

MELT experience

needed.

Teachers

encouraged

to attend all

sessions to

receive 15 CEUs*

with Yoga Alliance

& towards Rudy's

DGY Teacher

Certification.

Learn to Teach

All Levels

of Students!

Gentle Yoga meets
you where you are.
Dynamic Gentle
Yoga takes you
where you want
to go!

Says Rudy:

“My passion is

mastering accessible, empowering yoga;

to help people

discover joy and

inner-peace

through a

self-nurturing

practice of yoga.

This style is called Dynamic Gentle

Yoga, a particularly encouraging, deep

and

transformational approach to yoga practice.”

What a Student Says:

Thank you so much.

Last evening, I

once again felt

the power of this

Gentle Yoga practice

and remembered

what attracted me

to yoga all those

years ago. Thank

you so much!

I hope to take more

of your trainings.

~ D Le Fever

MELT® and Ayurvedic Yoga

A Dynamic Gentle Yoga Weekend with Rudy & Joyce Peirce

Yoga teachers can earn up to 15 Hours CEs & 15 toward Rudy's

Fee: $275 / $250 EB / $225 Early EB for Full Extended Weekend (6 Master Classes))

Best Value! Register EARLY Early Bird by Jan 25 to SAVE $110 off of Regular Tuition

See Individual Workshop Fees Below

YOU ARE TRULY UNIQUE! Every individual human body has its own elemental make-up. Each of the five elements --earth, fire, water, air and space (ether)-- has its own particular grouping of qualities. The three doshas (constitutional types), vata, pitta and kapha, are the unique combinations of the five elements. The concept of these doshas stems from India’s ancient healing science, Ayurveda, which is believed to be the oldest continually practiced form of medicine in the world.

Ayurveda means “life knowledge.” Everyone is composed of all five elements, and everyone has all three doshas, just in different proportions. When you're feeling “off” physically, emotionally or mentally, it can be traced to imbalances in the doshas.

THIS WEEKEND is a unique exploration of three practices that offer profound impacts on your constitutional (dosha) balance: MELT, Yog, and Ayurvedic Self-Care. You will:

Experience the innovative MELT Method® and its profound benefits for balancing Vata, the most vulnerable of the doshas.
Find out how an Ayurvedic approach to balancing the doshas through asana, pranayama and meditation can help you stay resilient, vital and fulfilled.
Develop your personal self-care plan with an understanding of Ayurveda’s Three Pillars of Health and an initial assessment of your constitutional type, or dosha.

Ayurveda encourages small incremental changes, avoiding extremes. Return home with a plan to incorporate a few easy-to-integrate self-care practices, employing the mantra for Ayurveda, “Little by Little, Over and Over.” Begin living and working with sustainable energy, a positive outlook, and an uplifted spirit by exploring the powerful self-care practices of Ayurveda, Yoga and MELT.

After the weekend, you will have the option of informal support through participation in a Facebook group created for participants of this weekend’s workshops.

Friday Afternoon

Mar 8, 3:00 – 4:45P Master Class 1

Introduction to the Amazing MELT Method

Learn techniques to improve your alignment, flexibility and balance by enhancing the functioning of your neuro-fascial (nervous system plus connective tissue) system. MELT is an ideal companion to movement practices such as yoga, providing natural pain-relief and support for your body’s own healing capacity. You will feel like you treated yourself to an excellent therapeutic massage. Joyce trained with Sue Hitzmann, the creator of this simple, powerful method, and regularly assists teacher trainings in New York City. She enjoys teaching others to MELT their stress and is grateful that MELTing prevents chronic pain from creeping back into her life. $40 / $30 All Levels Register Now

Friday Night, Mar 8, 6:00 – 8:30P Master Class 2
Vata-Soothing Gentle Yoga

Vata dosha is associated with the air and ether elements. Think butterflies, hummingbirds, balloons, thoughts floating, constant movement, never landing, resisting steadiness. Without grounding or river banks, vata imbalances can lead to nervousness, anxiety and confusion. We all have a certain amount of vata, and it is the aspect of our constitution most easily thrown out of imbalance. Generally, we all need vata soothing…especially when we’re leading busy lives and on the move. Move from anxious to unctuous in this slow, grounded practice to soothe vata.

$50 / $40 All Levels Register Now

Saturday Morning, Mar 9, 9:30A – 12:30P Master Class 3

Kapha-Stimulating Gentle Yoga

Kapha dosha is associated with the water and earth elements. This quality likes chilling out, relaxing activities at home and on the couch, munching comfort foods and taking it easy. “Don’t worry, be happy” is a kapha organizing principle. Kapha-dominate people tend to be calm, loyal, affable, steady, slow and sure. For this dosha to come into balance, movement is medicine. You can start out slow, then gradually nudge it, ramp it up, deepen the breath, begin to churn, keep it moving, flow in, flow out, get the juices flowing, the heart pumping, stoke the fire. This can be the perfect morning practice. Rest assured, you will be encouraged to churn at your own chosen speed. $60 / $50 Register Now

Saturday Afternoon, Mar 9, 2:00 – 5:00P Master Class 4

MELT and Yoga: Balance with Hands-Off Bodywork

Rudy & Joyce team up to offer you a unique combination of Dynamic Gentle Yoga & MELT, also known as Hands-Off Bodywork®. As we age, keeping our tissues moist & supple becomes challenging, making us more prone to muscle strain, injury, chronic pain, inflammation, depression, anxiety, etc. Essentially, the Vata dosha becomes more vulnerable. New science shows that what we attribute to “aging” is related to the hydration and functioning of the neuro-fascial system (nervous system & connective tissue). When you combine the gentle techniques of MELT & Dynamic Gentle Yoga, you improve your breathing, enhance your alignment and balance, decrease the risk of injury and muscle strain, and soothe the nervous system so it can down-shift into the rest & repair mode to support the body’s ability to relax and heal. Learn to soothe the Vata dosha to increase steadiness and resilience and to deepen relaxation. $60 / $50 Register Now

Sunday Morning, Mar 10, 9:30A – 12:30P Master Class 5

The Pillars of Health, Your Dosha & Yoru Sustaining Plan

Learn why Ayurveda’s three pillars of health are the true ground from which your life springs. Discover your dosha and craft a plan to sustain your vitality and spirit through an understanding of how the doshas present their qualities in a prescribed time of day, govern their own season of the year, and manifest themselves in the changing seasons of life. $65 / $55 Register Now

Sunday Afternoon, Mar 10, 2:00 – 5:00P Master Class 6

Pitta-Balancing Gentle Yoga

Pitta, associated with the elements of fire and water, governs how we digest food and experience. Excess pitta manifests as heat in the body, the mind and the tongue. Pitta imbalances are characterized by a quality of burning, by digestive acids, hyper-critical thinking, crankiness, aggravation, a sharp tongue, intolerance, blowing a fuse! Pitta often needs a low-intensity practice, to be calmed, so it can be a steady simmer, a soothing campfire, reassured so it can fuel steady focus, restraint, discerning mind and graceful interaction. This practice will be cooling and calming, slow, fluid movements; relaxing and steadying pranayama and meditation. Experience the best asanas for pitta balance.

$60/$50 Register Now

Your Instructors:

Joyce Peirce, MA, KYT. After first experiencing the powerful benefits of the MELT Method in 2012, Joyce knew immediately she wanted to learn to teach others. She began training in New York City with Sue Hitzmann, the creator of MELT in 2013 and has been regularly assisting MELT instructor trainings since 2015. Joyce is also a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher, and a Kripalu Yoga Dance/Shake Your Soul movement facilitator (Leven Institute for Expressive Movement). She loves to see the amazing changes her students experience through MELT and is convinced that hydration (a key focus of the MELT Method) is critical to physical and emotional wellness. Joyce has studied Ayurveda independently and is excited to help people discover how simple it can be to ground the body-mind and soothe the Vata dosha through the techniques of MELT.

Rudy Peirce, MA, ERYT-500, YACEP, AYT, has studied and practiced yoga for over 35 years. His passion is guiding self-empowering, mindful, deep-release yoga that is accessible to beginners and inspiring to experienced practitioners. Rudy’s style is inviting, wonderfully slow, and deeply relaxing. He skillfully breaks postures into developmental progressions that make it possible for students to explore postures with greater ease and depth. Rudy presents with care, humor and sensitivity in a warm, compassionate atmosphere. Certified since 1983, he has been a faculty member, teacher trainer, and mentor with the Kripalu School of Yoga, Stockbridge, MA. He is a certified Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher from the Kripalu School of Ayurveda. He regularly teaches yoga classes for the Ayurveda Trainings at Kripalu. He offers a 60hr advanced yoga teacher certification in Dynamic Gentle Yoga Teaching, which enables teachers to up-level skills and credentials for leading refined, effective Dynamic Gentle Yoga. He teaches regularly on the east coast and annually in Tuscany, next in 2020. His popular 4CD set, The Gentle Series, and 2 CD set The Invigoration Series are legendary for supporting a vibrant regular personal practice. You can contact Rudy at rudy@gentleyogi.com or visit his website www.gentleyogi.com

Save

Sunday

Mar 24

1:00 PM -

3:00 PM

Release Anxiety, Come to Peace:

An Afternoon of Qi Gong

with Shakta Kaur Khalsa, E-RYT 500 Beginners, All Levels

Save $10 $32 Early Bird; $42 After

Take some time out of your busy life to learn how to self-calm and empower yourself with Qi Gong, an ancient system of movement and breath that is doable for everyone.

The grace and calm that comes with these slow movements is how you know it is working. Leave the workshop with some Qi Gong flows to use in your everyday life.

No Qi Gong experience necessary.

About Your Instructor:

Shakta Kaur Khalsa has been in the natural health and yoga field for over 40 years. She is a Level 2 Qi Gong instructor, trained by Qi Gong master, Lee Holden.