Winter 2008 Workshops at IYISF

New Year's Day Class
w/ Nora Burnett
January 1, 2008
12:00 - 2:00pm | Studio I
$35 members | $40 nonmembers

Celebrate the New Year with a grounding asana practice. Join Nora in her annual class which balances a vigorous first hour with restorative poses in the second. Open to all levels.

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Yoga Intensive
w/ Joe Naudzunas
January 12 - 13, 2008
1:00 - 5:30pm | Studio I
$165 members | $180 nonmembers

Begin your New Year with this two-day yoga intensive. As January is a month of atonement and restoration, this intensive is a wonderful opportunity to get back on track and re-focus your practice. Joe will explore poses in-depth,while sharing what he has learned from his many trips to India.

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Viparita Sthiti: Steadiness Upside Down
w/ Victoria Austin
January 19, 2008
12:30 - 4:00pm | Studio I
$60 members | $65 nonmembers

Geeta Iyengar teaches, “While attempting the inversions, the fear of reversing the body position eclipses the freedom of the mind.” In this afternoon workshop, participants will practice a full series of classical inverted poses, with an emphasis on creating a sense of freedom by supporting, extending and opening the chest. Students will practice a full range of inversions, including safe variations for
different levels of ability:

- Standing poses with head down
- Adhomukha Vrksasana (Handstand)
- Pincha Mayurasana (Peacock Feather Pose)
- Salamba Sirsasana I (Headstand) and variations
- Salamba Sarvangasana I (Shoulder Stand) and variations
- Setubandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose)
- Salamba Purvottanasana (Supported Front Extension)

Prerequisites: An established home practice; no acute major physical or psychological issues, not menstruating on the day of the workshop.

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CANCELED
Practice for Coordination and Consolidation
w/ Ben Thomas
January 27, 2008
1:30 - 4:30pm | Studio I
$55 members | $60 nonmembers

With yoga there is the reality of coordination and consolidation.

The concepts of coordination and consolidation are being applied ‘within the systems of the body’, ‘within the processes of the breath’, and within the functionings of the mind’. When we go deeper, we realize that ‘coordination and consolidation’ is happening not only ‘within’ but also ‘between’ the mind, the body and the breath.

In this workshop, we will focus on the importance of coordination and coordination while conducting asana, pranayama, and meditation.

We have been taught and realize that, “where we direct the consciousness, energy follows, and intelligence follows”. As we focus on the concepts and various parts of our selves, clarity occurs. We enhance the effects and efficiency of coordination and coordination as we maintain focus during repeated practice.

As Patanjali has stated, and as we have confirmed with our personal experience, “We practice with detachment; we apply effort, will power and perseverance to the practice. A result of this repeated and fervent practice, the practice becomes effortless, without will power and with a sense of well-being.

This workshop is a continuation of the workshop themes in this series of “The Splendor Within”.  You are invited and encouraged to attend and participate as I continue to guide and educate you and your practice.
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Developing a Personal Practice
w/ Janet MacLeod
February 9 , 2008
2:00 - 5:30pm | Studio I
$60 members | $65 nonmembers

The aim of this session is to inspire you to do yoga at home.

Many students go to class regularly for a long time, but are unable to develop the discipline to practice on their own. In a home practice, you are able to tailor the sequence to your own needs at any particular time; in this way, the study of
yoga becomes more meaningful.

Janet will give insight into how to set up a home practice allowing you to taste the nectar of yoga.

Open to students who would like to begin doing yoga at
home or those who would like to refine an existing practice.

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Junior Intermediate Workshop
w/ Chris Saudek
February 16 - 17, 2008
1:00 - 5:30pm | Studio I
$195 members | $215 nonmembers

Advanced Studies students can obtain nine hours of credit by attending all sessions and writing a paper.

This workshop will focus on the Junior Intermediate I through III syllabi. Through the teaching of poses from the Teacher in Training through the Junior Intermediate III syllabi, Chris will help students see and experience the relationships, refinements and evolution of the poses.

Chris Saudek is the principle teacher and director of The Yoga Place in La Crosse, Wisconsin and certified at the Senior Intermediate III level. She has been a devoted student of the Iyengars since her first trip to Pune in 1980. Since that time she has studied extensively at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute. Chris is also trained as a physical therapist which has given her valuable background for the study of Iyengar yoga. She has been an assessor since 1990 and involved with training and mentoring teachers for more than 20 years. She is particularly interested in teaching students and teachers how to question and learn on their own which gives them the tools to continue to improve and grow in their practice and
teaching of Iyengar yoga. Chris is a precise and disciplined, caring and innovative teacher.

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RESCHEDULED!!!
Please join us in September for
Sutras Applied to Life and Asanas
w/ Ramanand Patel
September 27-28, 2008
1:00 - 6:00pm | Studio I
$195 members | $215 nonmembers

In Sanskrit language a sutra has these qualities:

alpaksharama, asandigdham, saravata, vishwatomukham, akshobhyama, anavadyama ca sutram sutraviduhu.

A sutra must be concise, without exuberant adjectives, without vagueness, and expressed in logical grammar without contradiction; it must have harmony of syntax without redundancy; it can have more than one meaning but there must be neither self contradiction nor contradiction with other sutras, and it must deal with the subject matter with minimum number of sutras. Above all it must be recognised as sutra by those who are known authorities.

This definition will be examined along with the meaning of some important sutras. Ramanand will help the students see how to apply this understanding to the asana practice as well as to yogic life.

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Anatomy of the Shoulder Complex
w/ Jaki Nett
March 14-16 , 2008 | Studio I
Friday: 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Saturday: 1:00 - 4:30pm
Sunday: 1:00 - 4:30pm
$165 members | $180 nonmembers

Advanced Studies students can obtain nine hours of credit by attending all sessions and writing a paper.

In this workshop we will look at the anatomy of the shoulder complex.

Through the practice of asana we will explore the different ranges of movements of the shoulder girdle and arm. We will experience how the movements and muscles that relate to this complex affect and effect postures.

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The Splendor Within: Practice for the Mind, the Body, and the Breath
w/ Ben Thomas
March 29 , 2008
1:30 - 4:30pm | Studio I
$55 members | $60 nonmembers

The Self is composed of at least the “Trinity of the Self” – the Mind, Body, and Breath. The three coordinate, are interdependent, inter-facilitate, and are beneficiaries of each other. The sadhaka refines the practice, by moving from the gross to the subtle, to the even more subtle, continually stilling the fluctuations of consciousness (citta). Then the practitioner begins discovering the “Splendor Within”. This is the wonderful world of fluid and constant motion, interactions, and self-balancing energy flows. In this workshop, we will focus on the effects of practicing for the Body, for the Breath, and for the Mind while conducting asana, pranayama,  and meditation.

We come to understand and utilize how to practice using these inter-working relationships of these aspects.  This skill is important in refining our practice and gaining greater understanding, effects and insights. As a result, we discover and recognize the “Splendor Within”. We begin identifying and enumerating some of these manifested “Splendors”. We interact with and enumerate these Splendors as we continue to refine our practice.

The concepts of coordination and consolidation are being applied ‘within the systems of the body’, ‘within the processes of the breath’, and ‘within the functionings of the mind’. When we go deeper, we realize that ‘coordination and consolidation’ is happening not only ‘within’ but also ‘between’ the mind, the body, and the breath.

We have been taught and realize that, “where we direct the consciousness, energy follows, and intelligence follows”. As we focus on the concepts and various parts of our selves, clarity occurs. We enhance the effects and efficiency of coordination and coordination as we maintain focus during repeated practice.