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a reservation for workshops and special events at the
Body Mind Awareness Yoga Studio by calling us at
303-674-6047. To assure your registration, please send a
check to 29452 Dorothy Road, Evergreen, CO, 80439.
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Heart
Centered Meditation |
Wednesdays, 11:45 am -
1:15 pm
May 16 - June 27, 2018
July 11 - August 22, 2018
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$70
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Athena |
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Workshop and Special Classes Descriptions
Following are descriptions of workshops and special
classes held at the Body Mind Awareness Yoga Studio over
the last 20 years.
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Athletes Sustaining a Healthy Body
Through Yoga
This workshop is for people with any
amount of yoga experience, beginners to advanced, who
want to sharpen their athletic skills. You will learn
how to incorporate yoga into your workouts to move in
alignment, build strength, and prevent injuries. You
will practice mindfulness to improve how to move and
focus attention. And you will learn specific poses for
people who practice running, swimming, skiing,
volleyball, tennis, and golf. |
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From Chaos to
Calm
The outer world can seem very
intense and chaotic. Nevertheless, out of chaos comes
great change. Let's harness this chaotic energy to
create a new way of being. In this workshop we will
learn:
- Tools for being more grounded and centered
- How to create ceremony
- How to transform and transmute the energy behind
thoughts and emotions
- How to create peace and tranquility
- How to improve our relationships
- How to meet a power animal, spirit guide,
teacher or nature being
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Teacher: Mary Luyet |
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Children's
Yoga (ages 8 and Up)
Children are natural
yogis. This workshop introduces children ages 8 and up to
yoga poses and breathing practices, developing awareness
within themselves and for others. In this workshop, we
will tap into the inherent creativity that children
possess by incorporating yoga games into our practice.
We will learn focused breathing techniques that give
children tools for self-calming strategies. Skills
learned in this class will encourage and develop
flexibility, strength, confidence, and awareness. |
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Couples Yoga
Share yoga and explore poses together
with a partner or a friend.
In this workshop, you
and your partner will support each other to stretch
further, hold
poses longer, and concentrate more deeply while feeling
a stronger connection with each other.
Beginners are welcome.
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Crystal
Healing Workshop
Crystals have been
helping human kind throughout history. Learn about their
power and gifts in this workshop where you will explore using crystals for healing
the body, mind and spirit. A
crystal healing allows life-force to move freely through
the body, bringing with it a sense of peace, balance and
alignment with one's True Self. |
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Dru Yoga
Dru Yoga is a gentle, meditative practice which connects
to the heart and helps release energy blockages created
by anger, fear, and grief. Drawing inspiration from
nature,
Dru Yoga's flowing movements, mudras (hand
positions), affirmations, and visualizations promote
serenity, compassion, joy, and healing. Beginners are
welcome! |
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Vinyasa (Flow)
Yoga
Vinyasa (flow) yoga can be an
invigorating, exhilarating, and fun way of doing yoga.
In this workshop we will start with a floor warming up
sequence and end with some seated poses, followed by a
restful savasana. The standing sequences will allow us
to focus on moving through postures
with grace, slowly flowing from one to another,
without holding any given posture for any length of
time. It is a
great class for level-2 level-3 students.
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Exploring the
Chakras
From a yogic perspective, life
is energy. Chakras are energy centers of vital life
force (prana). Come learn more about yourself from the
incredible viewpoint of your energy body.
We
will visit each of the 7 major chakras through imagery,
physical postures, and breathing practices, and learn
how to bring them into balance |
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Good Bye My
Aching Back
This two-hour workshop will help
you rehabilitate your lower back by focusing on increased
stability and core strength as well as increased
flexibility and mobility so that you can move without
pain. Our emphasis will be on a safe and effective yoga
practice with particular attention given to
understanding proper alignment and posture. We will also
include traditional yoga poses that are modified to be
back friendly. People suffering from sciatica; bulging,
herniated or degenerated discs; scoliosis or other low
back problems will benefit from this workshop.
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Heart-Centered Meditation (HCM)
Heart
Centered Meditation is a very simple approach to sensing
the energy of our heart and helping us move from the
intellect of the mind to the wisdom of the heart.
Through our practice, our connection to ourselves
strengthens. It then becomes easier to stay connected to
ourselves while interacting with other people and the
challenges in our everyday life. We become more adept at
living in the present moment.
Drop ins
welcome.
Athena Flegas has been practicing HCM
with her teacher Mary White since 1998 and teaching HCM
since 2005.
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Mala Making
Come together to learn how to make a mala (Sanscrit for
garland) used in meditation. We will explore how to
make, hold, and chant with the mala. Join teacher Cara
York for two fun-filled afternoons. Please purchase the
following supplies and bring them to the workshop. (Desert
Gems on Wadsworth in Lakewood is a
knowledgeable source; call 303-426-4411.)
- 8mm round beads - 108
- Silk thread size FF - 1
- Guru bead - 1
- Embroidery thread for tassel - 1
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Power of
Essential Oils
Learn about the power of
essential oils and how they can be used in every aspect
of healing on the physical, emotional and spiritual
levels. Come with your questions and testimonials, and
be ready to experience a variety of oils. |
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Prenatal
and Postpartum Yoga
Maintain physical
and mental well being during pregnancy with the gentle
practice of yoga. Simple stretching and breathing
designed to keep the expectant and new mother healthy.
Relieve pregnancy discomforts, prepare for delivery, and
regain physical and mental balance after your baby is
born. Mothers can bring their newborns. Beginners
welcome. Start at any time during your pregnancy. |
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Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga is a great practice to help you stay
healthy through the winter and centered as you deal with
daily stress. In this workshop you will learn gentle
yoga stretches, passive restorative yoga poses, and
breathing practices to energize and calm your body,
mind, and spirit. This is also an excellent workshop for
those recovering from illness, injury, or surgery
because these poses will help to boost your immune
system. So come and restore your physical, mental and
emotional health. No experience necessary, and all ages
are welcome.
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Women's Yoga for our Changing Bodies - Midlife
and Beyond
Support for osteoporosis, insomnia,
joint pain, power surges, brain function, balance,
weight gain, and heart issues. Come join Athena Flegas
who has experienced all of these midlife challenges and
has found great support from her yoga practice as she
moves gracefully through her 60s. She will gently guide
you through yoga poses and help you find the best way to
do them for your body. This is a great workshop for peri-menopause,
menopause, and post-menopause ages 30–90. Some yoga
experience is necessary. |
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Yin
Meditation-Dance
Let your body move to the rhythms of the music. Let your
soul sing its inner song. This class will inspire fun,
creativity and imagination as you move in ways you have
never imagined and connect with your Yin essence - your
deep feminine nature. Each dance will begin with a Heart
Centered meditation that will help us connect to our
heart and from our heart connection WE DANCE!. Join us
to experience how connecting to your heart in meditation
and your personal dance expression of that connection
can empower you to live more fully through the sacred
feminine. No dance or meditation experience necessary! |
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Yoga for Gardeners
Has all that mulching, planting, weeding, and trimming
left you with a sore back, tight hamstrings, and tired
shoulders and hands? Join us for a therapeutic
yoga session that will focus on bringing flexibility and
strength to the back, legs, arms, and hands. Learn how
to use yoga to prepare for and recover from you time
working in your garden. |
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Yoga for
Kids: Ages 6–10
Breathe like bunnies, roar like lions, stretch like
dogs, and be still as a tree. Learn yoga in clear,
simple, safe and fun ways. We play games and explore
nature through the yoga poses. We take guided adventures
during the quiet time
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Yoga for Stiffs: Ease Arthritic Joint Pain
This two-hour
workshop will help reduce your pain, stiffness and
discomfort from arthritis and other joint problems by
focusing on yoga poses to increase flexibility and
mobility so that you can move without pain. The emphasis
will be on a safe and effective yoga practice which
incorporates traditional yoga poses with modifications
to help you prevent flare-ups. Breathing practices,
guided imagery, and some restorative poses will be
included as well as simple warm-ups and gentle flows
which can easily be done at home. People suffering from
arthritis, lupus, and other joint problems resulting
from injuries or illness may benefit from this workshop.
Beginners are welcome!
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Yoga for Teens
(Ages 12 and up)
The Yoga for Teens workshop
is designed to address the unique lives of teenagers; a
time heaped in change. Yoga offers stable ground that
enables teens to navigate this time in their lives with
strength and flexibility. The workshop will help
students build strength and flexibility in the body
while practicing yoga concepts that they can use in
daily life. Relaxation techniques, awareness, and
breathing practices will help teens navigate this
exciting time of growth. |
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Yoga for Winter
Blues
Do you find yourself struggling a
little with your emotions especially during the winter?
Yoga is such a great way to balance you emotions when
you are feeling anxious, depressed or suffering from
cabin fever. Come and learn poses to calm your emotions
and lift your spirit.
This workshop is sure to put you
in a great frame of mind to enjoy your life to the
fullest no matter what the weather is doing!
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