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MARCH- "In like a Lion out like a Lamb"
"tasting each mouthful, feeling each breath, listening to each song, being awake for each moment as it unfolds"
There are many varieties of yoga. If you're new to yoga, you may have to try a few classes first to find a style and instructor that suits you.
Popular types of yoga include:
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Ashtanga: Try Ashtanga yoga for a challenging physical practice
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Anusara: This style of hatha yoga integrates heart-opening poses with principles of bodily alignment
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Bikrams: Named after its founder, Bikram Choudury, and practiced in a heated studio
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Hot: A series of poses practiced in a heated studio. Be prepared to sweat!
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Hatha: A physical yoga that pays close attention to the breath and moves more slower between poses than Ashtanga or Power yoga.
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Iyengar: A style of Hatha yoga that emphasizes precise alignment of poses, sometimes using yoga props like straps or blocks
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Kundalini: Kundalini yoga can include chanting, hand positions, breathing techniques, combined with a sometimes vigorous aerobic type workout
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Power/Flow/Vinyasa: These forms are derived from Ashtanga yoga, and are flowing, dynamic and physically challenging styles of yoga
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Pre- and Post-Natal: Gentle Hatha yoga is ideal for pregnant women to help lower stress, and reduces swelling and back and leg pain
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Yin: Streeeeeeeeeeetch it out in pigeon pose in this slower style of yoga that targets the connective tissue of the hips, pelvis and lower spine
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HEALING POWER YOGA SPRING NEWSLETTER
Namaste`
Spring is a busy time of year for all of us so I will try to consolidate all of our happenings into one newsletter. Please keep this email as a reference, since we are trying to cut down on everyone's inbox clutter! Here are the updates for the coming weeks and month;
SCHEDULE CHANGES
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Please make note that the Vernal Equinox is this coming Sunday March 14th, don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour the night before!
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We will be running on a skeleton schedule for Spring Break from March 26th-April 4th. Please check the website that week to ensure you know what classes will be taught.
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HPY is still offering private instruction at the rate of $125 for 75 minutes. You can call the studio (847) 432-YOGA(9642) to set up a session with the instructor of your choice.
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Marcy Caron is returning to HPY (yeah!) and will be teaching starting in April. Her class is Vinyasa Flow, and will be Sundays 2:15 to 3:15. Welcome back Marcy!
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All HPY classes will continue to be 75 minutes long with the exception of the 2 Master Flow classes on Thursday and Friday mornings, and, the weekend classes(Saturday 8am, and Sunday 9am). These classes will be 1.5 hours long. At the request of the students, who feel a longer class on the weekends is better when people are not so rushed.
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The Monday and Wednesday Sunrise Yoga classes will be moved from 6am to 5:45 AM, beginning April 5th.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
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Iyengar specialist-Gabriel Halpern will be taking a hiatus from his workshop series in the month of March, but will return on Monday, April 19th , 6-8:30 PM. Please sign up early, as this workshop uses props and space is limited. Cost: $50.00
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Nancy Perlson will be starting her second program: Bereavement Support Program, Connecting with Yoga . This amazing workshop is offered to anyone who has suffered a loss, and will run Wednesday evenings April 14th-May 26th. Space is very limited for this special series; please contact Nancy at 847-445-3388 or nbperl@aol.com for questions or to register. Cost: $180.00
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Gayl Walder will be offering her second Sunday workshop in April, from 3:30-5pm. Look for this April date and a sign- up sheet at the studio. Cost: $25.00 or two class points.
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HPY will be offering an Intro to Basics series starting April 5th. It will run for six weeks on Mondays at 9:30, the cost is $120, and will be taught by Joan Giangiorgi and Deb Wineman.
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Gina Evangelista will be starting a Running Clinic in April on Friday Mornings. This clinic will include a 1 hour run from 7-8am, followed by yoga with Kathy Yale at 8am, at HPY. This workshop will be for six weeks. Look for a sign up sheet in the studio soon with more info on this new workshop! Cost:$120.00
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HPY will be hosting a Benefit: Friday, April 9th at 7pm to raise money for the Piel Morena Contemporary Dance Company. This benefit will consist of a 75 minute class featuring a new fusion of ballet and yoga, taught by the dance company members. The cost of the benefit is $20, and all proceeds go towards Piel Moreno Dance company. Light refreshments will be served in studio B afterwards. This new ballet/yoga fusion may become a permanent class on our schedule, so please come and see what it's all about! More details to follow the week of the benefit.
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We are pleased to announce that Jim Bennitt will be returning to HPY in May for a 1 day workshop. Date and time will be announced in the coming weeks. Cost: $50.00
Thank you so much to all of our students for your warmth, generous spirit and continuing loyalty to HPY. Om Shanti, Deep peace.
Gina & Staff@HPY
| Iyengar Yoga Master
Gabriel Halpern
Master Level 2-3 Iyengar Class
Join us for a master yoga class in the Iyengar tradition with Chicago's one and only, Gabriel Halpern. Gabriel has been a mentor for many of us at HPY. Among other things, he has taught us how to love, laugh and still stay in the pose! This master class will include inspiring dharma talk, story telling, laughter as well as intermediate level asana. For experienced students only .
Gabriel Halpern holds a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Health Psychology, and is a full-time instructor trained at the Iyengar Yoga Institutes in San Francisco and Pune, India. Gabriel has practiced since 1970 and gives workshops nationally. He is the founder and director of the Yoga Circle in Chicago, IL since 1985. For the past twenty years he has also been a core performance faculty member at De Paul University's Theater Department. His teaching is all that is yoga: zeal in practice, science, art form, lifestyle, and mystical mentoring.
Gabriel will be returning this year for the Master Class workshops, for 2010. On the third Monday of each month, at HPY, from 6-8:30pm.( note: because of Spring Break, HPY will skip the Month of March) The cost for the workshop is $50 ; sign up in the studio, or call to reserve your spot, as space and props are limited.(15 students) The Second of this series, for 2010, will be Monday, April 19th .
847~432~9642
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Bereavement Support Group
Connecting through Yoga
Group Facilitator: Nancy B. Perlson
The next session: April 14th through May 26th
Please note there will be NO class on
Wednesday, May 12th
When: 6 Consecutive Wednesday Evenings
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Where: Healing Power Yoga
459 Central Ave. 2nd Floor
Highland Park
Cost: $180.00 for the complete series
(Cash or Check due before first meeting.)
Grief can have a profound effect on the body, mind, and spirit causing us to feel fragmented and isolated. Using gentle asana(physical poses, pranyama(breath), and meditation, begin to heal the body-mind connection in a supportive and nurturing group environment.
For more information or to register for this special group, please contact Nancy Perlson at 847~445~3388 or e-mail: nbperl@aol.com
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Please join us
See you on the Mat
Peace and Gratitude,
Gina and Staff,
At Healing Power Yoga
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