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Queen Street Yoga Newsletter
Hello! We have so much to share with you in this email, please peruse the table of contents and check out what is of interest to you! We are broadening our horizons this spring to include workshops on breath and creative movement to augment our yoga practices, and we are especially excited to announce our Summer Retreat in July. We also want to get to know you more, and have found a day to host a free class and community potluck. All the details are below. See you soon!
A couple of notes:
If you are on Facebook, please join us there! It is a great way to connect with the community, and you will receive reminders of upcoming workshops and events! It also helps others in your world find out about Yoga and Meditation!
To help us with the process of getting this newsletter to you monthly, please join our Google Group.
The Schedule has some minor changes to it starting May:
The last Level 1-2 with Anna-Marie will be Thursday April 30th (please check out the 5 Elements Yoga!)
Friday Yoga and Meditation is on pause for the spring/summer.
Leena will be taking over the Thursday 5:30pm Level 1.
All other classes will continue through the spring and early summer.
In this Newsletter:
1) Intro to Yoga Courses
2) Free Flow Class followed by Community Potluck, May 24th
3) Restorative for May and June
4) Yoga and the 5 Elements 6 week course
5) Breathe Well Buteyko Breathing Workshop
6) Your Body; Your Truth Movement Workshop
7) Yoga for Runners
8) Summer Retreat with Meaghan and Nancy
9) Some reminders of cool classes to check out
10) Other cool teachers and events happening in our fine city!
1) Intro to Yoga Courses
Please Pass on to friends or family who may be interesting in starting a yoga practice, they will thank you for it!
Mondays 7:45pm with Lindsay Intro May 4th-June 22nd
Wednesdays 9:15am Anna-Marie Intro May 13th-July 1st
Wednesdays 5:30pm Anna-Marie June 3rd - July 29th.
Also, if you are injured, returning to yoga after a time away, or just want a class at a slower pace, please try the drop-in Beginner's class with Meaghan on Tuesdays at 5:45pm. This is also a great place to bring a friend who wants to try yoga for the first time. First time class is $5.
2) Free Flow Class and Community Potluck
Sunday May 24th, 4:00pm Class, 5:30 Potluck
We are so excited to host this community event for all of our students (past and present!). Brad and Meaghan will be joining forces to bring you a rockin' fun Flow class that is open to all levels (go at your own pace.) The class will be free that day. We will follow it with a vegetarian potluck! So please bring your favourite salad, casserole, dessert, or food like item to share! Please write out the ingredients of your dish, so those with allergies can make educated choices of what to eat. We would love it if you made your dish, but of course, picking something up at the store is allowed! We hope to make this a seasonal event, and we hope to see you at this first one!
3) Restorative Yoga with Brad
Come and take a body holiday. These monthly restorative classes are a place and time to deeply relax your body and mind. The last Sunday of the month. Please note that the June Restorative is 3 hours instead of two, and is the last one until the fall.
May 31st, 5:30-7:30 - Anxiety
Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create an unpleasant feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, perceived fear, or worry. Join Brad for 2 full hours as we restore your body, lighten your mood, gratify your senses, and abolish tension. Creating a mind-scape in which deep healing can thrive.
Cost: $25
June 28th, 5:30-8:30 - Equanimity and Introspection
Do you hold onto old ideas and perceptions? Project old feelings that color and distort you're experience of daily living and relationships? Perhaps you feel like a broken pendulum unbound to its mount swinging wildly this way and that. Join Brad for this special 3 hour explorative/restorative experience. We will explore our personal tendencies corresponding to preference and prejudice in a special meditation followed by a long and deeply introspective restorative practice.
Cost: $30
4) Yoga and the 5 Elements with Brad
6 weeks, Thursdays 7:30-9:00pm, $95, May 14th-June 18th
This work, inspired by various sources which include the 5 elements of Chinese gong fu, Donna Farhi's methodology and of course Brad's teacher and mentor Hart Lazar. In this 6 week experience, we will explore a set sequence of postures. First learning the attributes of each element, and second, how to infuse our bodies with their properties and utilize them. This creates a practice experience that is quite exciting and unique. Watch as your experience in the postures shifts and the elements coalesce to bring expansiveness (Air), structure and stability (Earth), fluidity (Water), fire (Clarity and Heat) and finally the mysterious void. What is void you ask? You'll have to sign up to find out. Open to Level 1 students with at least 3 months experience.
5) Breathe Well Be Well, Buteyko Breathing with Chris Bauman
Friday, June 5th, 7-9pm. Please register in advance, the cost is $30.00
A workshop for those interested in fun and playful ways to improve your general breathing health, deal with stressful situations on the spot and reduce the impact of allergens. Focus is on breath/emotion connection, breathing exercises, body awareness, posture and vocalizations. Come ready to jump in, learn and enjoy yourself.
We are happy to welcome back Chris for the third year of teaching workshop here at QSY. Her energy, enthusiasm, wit and caring make her workshop totally enjoyable and accessible. Her extensive training and teachings in the Buteyko Breathing method make this workshop invaluable for anyone looking for better health and vitality. Please see her website at buteykocan.com to learn more.
6) Your Body, Your Truth: Exploring the wisdom of the body through awareness and movement
With Lauren Clarke, MSW. June 20th, 2009 2-5pm, Cost: $35
During this afternoon workshop, you will move your body, share with others your truth in the moment, and gain more clarity on what your body has to teach you. We will experiment together using a variety of verbal and non-verbal exercises to feel our full range of aliveness. You are invited to come ready to move with and without music, through body and words.
Lauren Clarke, MSW, lives and works in Toronto and provides psychotherapy for groups and individuals seeking healing and growth. Lauren is a registered 5Rhythms Movement Therapy facilitator, who has been practicing Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms movement practice for over eight years across North America. Lauren draws upon her love of movement, self-reflection, and joy to create a vibrant, dynamic, grounded space for healing and play.
7) Yoga for Runners with Tyandra Bulmer
Mondays 6:15-7:30pm, 8 weeks starting May 4th, $120
Whether your goal is to be faster, run longer or simply be able to enjoy your sport without pain, yoga is for you. Yoga is the perfect complement to your training program as it relaxes and focuses the mind and balances the physical demands of your sport. Tyandra Bulmer is a certified Personal Trainer and Health Coach with over 15 years of experience in the fitness industry.
8) Weekend Yoga and Mindfulness Retreat with Meaghan Johnson and Nancy Shaeffer
QSY's very first weekend retreat! Mark your calendars, this weekend getaway will be held July 10th to 12th, at the Soul Garden Retreat Centre in Fergus. http://www.yogaoffthewall.ca/ Come and enjoy a weekend of yoga, meditation, mindful walking, swimming in the gorge, soaking in the hot tub, bonfires and best of all, a group of great people! The Yoga studio is a fully equipped Iyengar based studio with lots of fun props to play with! We can take 12 residential participants and 5 non residential.
Cost:
Residential (room two nights, breakfast and lunch Sat. and Sun.) $350 plus GST
Non-Residential (breakfast and lunch included Sat. and Sun.) $280 plus GST
The retreat centre is only 40min drive from Kitchener. On Saturday night we will go to a wonderful Indian restaurant in downtown Fergus, please budget $20-30 for the meal. Please email us to reserve your space. The schedule for the weekend will be available soon!
9) Cool Classes to remember!
Nancy Schaeffer (author of the Body Means Well) is teaching the Meditation Drop-in Class on Tuesdays at 5:30. The cost is by donation and it is open new and seasoned mediators.
Community Yoga is now twice a week! Sundays at 1pm with Leena and Thursdays at 7:30pm with Lindsay. These fun and lively classes are always by donation and open to all levels! Please spread the word!
10) Community Happenings
You may of hear Brad and Meaghan praising the teachings or their Tai Chi teacher, Steve Higgins. If you are interested in trying out Tai Chi or Chi Gong, please see his website at http://stevehiggins.ca/ He is a wonderful teacher!
The Healing Path Centre for Natural Healing is starting a 100 Mile Challenge group. If you are interested in taking the challenge of eating all local this summer, and have a group of like minded individuals to do it with, please see their website at: http://www.healingpathcentre.com/100mile.html
That's the news here at QSY. We hope this email finds you happy and well.
Nameste,
Meaghan and the QSY teachers
Hello! We have so much to share with you in this email, please peruse the table of contents and check out what is of interest to you! We are broadening our horizons this spring to include workshops on breath and creative movement to augment our yoga practices, and we are especially excited to announce our Summer Retreat in July. We also want to get to know you more, and have found a day to host a free class and community potluck. All the details are below. See you soon!
A couple of notes:
If you are on Facebook, please join us there! It is a great way to connect with the community, and you will receive reminders of upcoming workshops and events! It also helps others in your world find out about Yoga and Meditation!
To help us with the process of getting this newsletter to you monthly, please join our Google Group.
The Schedule has some minor changes to it starting May:
The last Level 1-2 with Anna-Marie will be Thursday April 30th (please check out the 5 Elements Yoga!)
Friday Yoga and Meditation is on pause for the spring/summer.
Leena will be taking over the Thursday 5:30pm Level 1.
All other classes will continue through the spring and early summer.
In this Newsletter:
1) Intro to Yoga Courses
2) Free Flow Class followed by Community Potluck, May 24th
3) Restorative for May and June
4) Yoga and the 5 Elements 6 week course
5) Breathe Well Buteyko Breathing Workshop
6) Your Body; Your Truth Movement Workshop
7) Yoga for Runners
8) Summer Retreat with Meaghan and Nancy
9) Some reminders of cool classes to check out
10) Other cool teachers and events happening in our fine city!
1) Intro to Yoga Courses
Please Pass on to friends or family who may be interesting in starting a yoga practice, they will thank you for it!
Mondays 7:45pm with Lindsay Intro May 4th-June 22nd
Wednesdays 9:15am Anna-Marie Intro May 13th-July 1st
Wednesdays 5:30pm Anna-Marie June 3rd - July 29th.
Also, if you are injured, returning to yoga after a time away, or just want a class at a slower pace, please try the drop-in Beginner's class with Meaghan on Tuesdays at 5:45pm. This is also a great place to bring a friend who wants to try yoga for the first time. First time class is $5.
2) Free Flow Class and Community Potluck
Sunday May 24th, 4:00pm Class, 5:30 Potluck
We are so excited to host this community event for all of our students (past and present!). Brad and Meaghan will be joining forces to bring you a rockin' fun Flow class that is open to all levels (go at your own pace.) The class will be free that day. We will follow it with a vegetarian potluck! So please bring your favourite salad, casserole, dessert, or food like item to share! Please write out the ingredients of your dish, so those with allergies can make educated choices of what to eat. We would love it if you made your dish, but of course, picking something up at the store is allowed! We hope to make this a seasonal event, and we hope to see you at this first one!
3) Restorative Yoga with Brad
Come and take a body holiday. These monthly restorative classes are a place and time to deeply relax your body and mind. The last Sunday of the month. Please note that the June Restorative is 3 hours instead of two, and is the last one until the fall.
May 31st, 5:30-7:30 - Anxiety
Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create an unpleasant feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, perceived fear, or worry. Join Brad for 2 full hours as we restore your body, lighten your mood, gratify your senses, and abolish tension. Creating a mind-scape in which deep healing can thrive.
Cost: $25
June 28th, 5:30-8:30 - Equanimity and Introspection
Do you hold onto old ideas and perceptions? Project old feelings that color and distort you're experience of daily living and relationships? Perhaps you feel like a broken pendulum unbound to its mount swinging wildly this way and that. Join Brad for this special 3 hour explorative/restorative experience. We will explore our personal tendencies corresponding to preference and prejudice in a special meditation followed by a long and deeply introspective restorative practice.
Cost: $30
4) Yoga and the 5 Elements with Brad
6 weeks, Thursdays 7:30-9:00pm, $95, May 14th-June 18th
This work, inspired by various sources which include the 5 elements of Chinese gong fu, Donna Farhi's methodology and of course Brad's teacher and mentor Hart Lazar. In this 6 week experience, we will explore a set sequence of postures. First learning the attributes of each element, and second, how to infuse our bodies with their properties and utilize them. This creates a practice experience that is quite exciting and unique. Watch as your experience in the postures shifts and the elements coalesce to bring expansiveness (Air), structure and stability (Earth), fluidity (Water), fire (Clarity and Heat) and finally the mysterious void. What is void you ask? You'll have to sign up to find out. Open to Level 1 students with at least 3 months experience.
5) Breathe Well Be Well, Buteyko Breathing with Chris Bauman
Friday, June 5th, 7-9pm. Please register in advance, the cost is $30.00
A workshop for those interested in fun and playful ways to improve your general breathing health, deal with stressful situations on the spot and reduce the impact of allergens. Focus is on breath/emotion connection, breathing exercises, body awareness, posture and vocalizations. Come ready to jump in, learn and enjoy yourself.
We are happy to welcome back Chris for the third year of teaching workshop here at QSY. Her energy, enthusiasm, wit and caring make her workshop totally enjoyable and accessible. Her extensive training and teachings in the Buteyko Breathing method make this workshop invaluable for anyone looking for better health and vitality. Please see her website at buteykocan.com to learn more.
6) Your Body, Your Truth: Exploring the wisdom of the body through awareness and movement
With Lauren Clarke, MSW. June 20th, 2009 2-5pm, Cost: $35
During this afternoon workshop, you will move your body, share with others your truth in the moment, and gain more clarity on what your body has to teach you. We will experiment together using a variety of verbal and non-verbal exercises to feel our full range of aliveness. You are invited to come ready to move with and without music, through body and words.
Lauren Clarke, MSW, lives and works in Toronto and provides psychotherapy for groups and individuals seeking healing and growth. Lauren is a registered 5Rhythms Movement Therapy facilitator, who has been practicing Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms movement practice for over eight years across North America. Lauren draws upon her love of movement, self-reflection, and joy to create a vibrant, dynamic, grounded space for healing and play.
7) Yoga for Runners with Tyandra Bulmer
Mondays 6:15-7:30pm, 8 weeks starting May 4th, $120
Whether your goal is to be faster, run longer or simply be able to enjoy your sport without pain, yoga is for you. Yoga is the perfect complement to your training program as it relaxes and focuses the mind and balances the physical demands of your sport. Tyandra Bulmer is a certified Personal Trainer and Health Coach with over 15 years of experience in the fitness industry.
8) Weekend Yoga and Mindfulness Retreat with Meaghan Johnson and Nancy Shaeffer
QSY's very first weekend retreat! Mark your calendars, this weekend getaway will be held July 10th to 12th, at the Soul Garden Retreat Centre in Fergus. http://www.yogaoffthewall.ca/ Come and enjoy a weekend of yoga, meditation, mindful walking, swimming in the gorge, soaking in the hot tub, bonfires and best of all, a group of great people! The Yoga studio is a fully equipped Iyengar based studio with lots of fun props to play with! We can take 12 residential participants and 5 non residential.
Cost:
Residential (room two nights, breakfast and lunch Sat. and Sun.) $350 plus GST
Non-Residential (breakfast and lunch included Sat. and Sun.) $280 plus GST
The retreat centre is only 40min drive from Kitchener. On Saturday night we will go to a wonderful Indian restaurant in downtown Fergus, please budget $20-30 for the meal. Please email us to reserve your space. The schedule for the weekend will be available soon!
9) Cool Classes to remember!
Nancy Schaeffer (author of the Body Means Well) is teaching the Meditation Drop-in Class on Tuesdays at 5:30. The cost is by donation and it is open new and seasoned mediators.
Community Yoga is now twice a week! Sundays at 1pm with Leena and Thursdays at 7:30pm with Lindsay. These fun and lively classes are always by donation and open to all levels! Please spread the word!
10) Community Happenings
You may of hear Brad and Meaghan praising the teachings or their Tai Chi teacher, Steve Higgins. If you are interested in trying out Tai Chi or Chi Gong, please see his website at http://stevehiggins.ca/ He is a wonderful teacher!
The Healing Path Centre for Natural Healing is starting a 100 Mile Challenge group. If you are interested in taking the challenge of eating all local this summer, and have a group of like minded individuals to do it with, please see their website at: http://www.healingpathcentre.com/100mile.html
That's the news here at QSY. We hope this email finds you happy and well.
Nameste,
Meaghan and the QSY teachers
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