Dear Shalites,

Hello Shalites, we are playing in the yoga rooms with the sweet summer vibes & heat opening us to the core of awareness. It is so delightful to be in the flow of warm winds and changing days. I commend your yoga class attendance, whilst we still fit in our swimming and pic-nics, bikerides and festivals.

Namaste & Sat Nam

Jenni

NEWS AND UPDATES:

KATHY COOPER IS COMING IN AUGUST!

 

Omg this woman is amazing. She learned learned the primary, intermediate, and advanced a & b series from David Williams more than 30 years ago. She met Pattahabi Jois in 1980, who imediately introduced half-hour headstands into her practice. Jois returned to Maui frequently in the 80s and early 90s, where Kathy always studied with him, forging a deep bond with him as one of his early students when the Ashtanga yoga movement was still small.

 

Kathy has informed her Ashtanga practice by studying with senior Ashtanga teachers over the years, and more recently with teachers grounded in Iyengar yoga, completing a three-month Anusara training in 2006. She also practices meditation, attendeds retreats, and for the past 12 years worked with awakened teachers. Adyashanti is her primary teacher for the past six years.

 

Kathy looks forward to supporting students in unlocking and deepening their practice to experience the purification, healing and opening to the truth of being inherent in Ashtanga yoga.

Kathy Cooper has been practicing and teaching Ashtanga yoga for thirty some years.  She has completed all the postures in the K. P. Jois tradition and would be considered a PHD in this field.  If you are a sincere and devoted student, you would be lucky to study with her.
Rick Heiman
28 year student of K.P. Jois
Maui, Hawaii

Kathy is very qualified to teach Ashtanga Yoga.  Through years of practice, Kathy has shown her love and understanding of the Ashtanga method taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.  She is excellent at taking beginning  students safely into the practice, as well as teaching the more advanced practitioners.  I have no hesitation in recommending her.
Nancy Gilgoff

"Kathy Cooper is the Grand Madam of Ashtanga Yoga."
-Tim Miller

What an amazing teacher!  Kathy is one of the few “old” students of Pattabhi Jois who continues to practice daily for over three decades. Her grace, compassion and knowledge continue to inspire students of all  ages and levels.
-John Smith-certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher

Kathy Cooper August 14, 15, 16 at The Yoga Shala
Saturday and Sunday:
Mysore 9:30-11:30 a.m
Breath, Bandhas, and Posture Lab 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Monday:
Mysore 6:45-9:00am

$120 for all three days
$100 for Saturday & Sunday
Otherwise $55 per day.(Monday $20)

Space is limited. This workshop is likely to sell out. Reserve your spot with a $50 deposit by August 6th.

Authorized teacher Christopher Conn from Scotland will be teaching at the Shala starting in September.

In 2001 Christopher discovered the dynamic system of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga via the Primary series DVD by Richard Freeman and began practicing 3 or 4 times per week at home along to the DVD. The series was challenging and appeared, then as now, to be a lifetimes study and practice.

In 2004 Christopher first visited India to practice with Lino Miele, an old time, certified student of Sri K. Patthabi Jois of Mysore in the South of India. Christopher has returned to India every year since to practice at the KPJAYI in Mysore, the source of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga and the home town of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, the father of yoga in the modern age. Christopher's experiences in India and with this powerful system of yoga are, for him, the beginnings of a substantially different emerging world view. Christopher teaches from his practice and encourages practitioners to listen to their body. He believes that: "It is only logical that we should adopt a structured, progressive, and personalized approach, not just in asana practice but in any form of exercise or therapy." -A.G. Mohan.

Christopher hopes to establish a consistent morning practice for those interested, and we are so happy to have him teaching at the Shala.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

July 29th - August 2nd, 2010
SALTSPRING CENTRE OF YOGA Annual Family Summer Retreat
Organic foods, fun kids camp, amazing varied yoga classes 4-6 sessions per day (acro-yoga play & Ashtanga with Jenni-Suchi), learn pranayama and traditional yoga theory, all inspired by Yogi monk Baba Hari Dass, kirtan, outdoor open stage show at Latte Da!

It doesn`t get better than this for August long weekend, see you there, Jenni

www.saltspringcentre.com

 

 

 

NEW 2-Week Mysore Immersion for Beginners!

Want to come to Mysore but don't know what to do?

Then come to the Shala

August 15th-27th
or
Septemeber 12-24th

For an invigorating and energizing 6-day-a-week practice and get up to speed with the Mysore style of Ashtanga. Each week, you get 4 instructed sessions 2 self-directed sessions (with the cheat sheet!)

.Mysore Immersion Schedule:
Sunday: Led Primary Series (9:00-10:30)
Monday & Wednesday Instructors in the room will do a led Primary or 1/2 Primary just for you! (7:15-8:15 am)
Tuesday and Thursday Mysore style self paced, with instructor in the room (7:15- 8:15 am)
Friday: Led Primary Series (7:00-8:30a.m.) Get started with early mornings while summer is here. The mysore room faces east so we bathe in the sun daily!

 

Septmeber 11th
Devotional Practices Workshop with Jenni
12:30-3pm

Learn chants, prayers and hand mudras from India to bring energy and serenity into your life.

All Saturday workshops $20 pre-registered /$25 day of
Bring a friend and each save $5
Karma Yogis $15

 

Saturday Sept 25^th
Workshop: Upside-down safe and fun with Jenni
12:30-3pm

Strength and grace: learn correct placement & get comfortable with inversions

 

FALL YTT 2010 STARTS IN OCTOBER
with Jenni, Chris, Radhika and Deane

YTT Fall Program October 1st-December 22nd, the program is designed to fit with a full time job-holders & students.

If you register and leave a deposit to secure your spot before AUGUST 20th receive $200 off the full tuition. Payment plan available, four post dated cheques September thru December.

The schedule for YTT is weekends and one weekday evening.

SATURDAY SCHEDULE 12:00-5:15pm (three Saturdays per month):

• 12:00 check in visit
• 12:30-2:50pm Posture/Theory lab
• 3:00-3:45pm Pranayama & meditation
• 4:00-5:15pm Yin Yoga (invite a guest to attend with you)

SUNDAY SCHEDULE 9:00am-3:00pm (all Sundays except October 10 for Thanksgiving, OCTOBER 31st for Halloween - possible only morning portion):

• 9:00-10:30am Primary series
• 10:30-11:00am chanting
• 11:00-12:15pm Break
• 12:15-3:00pm Theory/Posture Lab

The YTT anatomy course is either Sundays 3:30-5:00pm, or a weekday evening 7:15-8:45pm. TBA.

Interested? Apply here

Register by August 20th and save $200

 

October 16th 2010

Acro-Yoga Play and Savasana Massage

12:30-3:00p.m.

 

 

$20 pre-reg., $25 day-of (karma yogi’s $15)

 

ONGOING EVENTS:

 

Each Sunday: following Jenni's primary series
Kirtan Easy Sing-along w/ Jenni
10:30- 12:00, drop in, free of charge

 

 Kirtan Chanting
Opening the voice and heart through shared songs in a group, the Kirtan method is a yogic practice of healing with sacred sounds.  The body and its subtle energy centres of the are soothed and brought to stillness through chanting.  Where singing meets meditation!

 

Tuesdays starting September 14th

Learn traditional chants:

Guru Strotam, Hanuman Chalisa chanting with songsheets

followed by casual Kirtan call and response.

Mondays ongoing
Exploring the Upanishads:  Wisdom for Daily Living and Bliss with Radhika
6:30-8p.m.

Join us as we explore a different lens of this classic text each week. For more info, contact:  Radhika at 250-867-9535

Every Saturday Yoga in the Park (Until the end of August)

10:30- 11:45 a.m. (weather permitting)

All levels safe and fun flow yoga (vinyasa)

By donation, rotating instructors

Kids and all ages welcome

Meet up at: the big playground, practice in the field just east of.

 

SPECIALS:

Summer Pass sales- 2 Months Unlimited $100 - 2 months of unlimted ashtanga, power flow, and yin for $100!

25% off 6 month passes - Offers expire August 31st

Yoga Teacher Training Early Bird Discounts - Register by August 20th and save $200

Newcomers - $20 for One Week Unlimited - Bring your friends!

No Mysore on Moon Days:

Monday, August 9th New Moon

Tuesday, August 24th Full Moon

Wednesday, September 8th, New Moon

Thursday, September 23rd, Full Moon

Please share your feedback and requests email or call us. info@theyogashala.ca or jenniyogini@hotmail.com.

Please share your feedback and requests email or call us. info@theyogashala.ca or jenniyogini@hotmail.com.