Special Events/Workshops

Oct 7

Sunday

Developing a Home Practice - Mindful Yoga Studio 10-noon am
After learning the basic postures most people realize the importance of daily practice and want to develop a routine that meets their needs.  Obstacles arise almost immediately.  In spite of good intentions, great ideas, and ambitious plans, most of us can't seem to follow through.  This workshop will explore the basic principles in developing and sustaining a home practice.

Nov 3

Saturday

SPECIAL

WORKSHOP

Nov 10

Saturday

Breathing Easier and Better - Mindful Yoga Studio 9-11:00am
Breathing through the nose filters and conditions the incoming air. This workshop will help you understand the function of the nose in order to breathe better leading to a clearer state of mind, better sleep, and improved posture.   Pranayama, breathing exercises will be taught along with understanding how to use the neti pot.  The neti pot is considered one of the 6 shat kriyas or cleansing practices in yoga.

Dec 9

Sunday

Create a Yogic Holiday Season - Mindful Yoga Studio 10-noon am
We will look at how to see opportunity during this holiday season.   What do the holidays mean to you?   How can you better handle the stress of the season and maintain your yoga practice?   Honor yourself, your relationships and stay out of the rat race often found at this time.

Jan 13

Sunday

CANCELLED

Winter Sports and Yoga - Mindful Yoga Studio 10-noon am
Try yoga to release the tensions after a day of skiing, snow shoeing, sledding, or ice-skating.   One of the biggest benefits of yoga is injury prevention.   Learn to observe your body's imbalances brought on by a particular movement and to stretch muscles before and after you tackle your favorite winter activity.   Look forward to winter and the fun you can have without all the aches and pains!

Feb 10

Sunday

Developing Strength through Yoga - Mindful Yoga Studio 10-noon am
Yoga works parts of our body we don’t use in everyday living developing a strong upper body, as well as, leg muscles and body awareness.  Learn what poses strengthen your core including abdomen, back, and arms. Tired of the same old stomach crunches? Healthy abdominal muscles are strong, not hard.  In addition to toning the abs, these exercises improve your breathing and posture, aide in digestion, and strengthen your lower back.

March 8

Saturday

Hips Too Tight? - Mindful Yoga Studio 9-11:00am
Weak and tight hips can throw your spine out of alignment. Balance the muscles that flex and extend your hips. If your 're having difficulty with forward bends, don't assume it's your hamstrings. Inflexible rotator muscles may be to blame. We will go inward to find what and where release and/or tightness is found. Explore how opening your hips promotes a healthy spine that helps you feel good in all the right places.

April 12

Saturday

Yoga for Runners - Mindful Yoga Studio 9-11:00am

Although yoga and running lie on opposite ends of the exercise spectrum the two need not be mutually exclusive.  It is not surprising to find runners complain of bad backs, knees, tight hamstrings, and sore feet.  Yoga helps you bring your body into balance.  Pounding, tightness and shortening of muscles occurs from running.  This workshop will explore how to balance out the compression of running into elongation and stretching of the key areas of the body.

April 18th

Friday pm

Special

Workshop

May 4

Sunday

June 22

Sun

Special

Workshop

The Great Healing Mantra- Mindful Yoga Studio 6-8pm

Special Presenter: Sandra Anderson (co-author of the award winning Yoga : Mastering the Basics and DVD's, co-director of the Himalayan Institutes's teachers association, and the senior editor and contributor to Yoga+Joyful Living magazine.

Learn the healing mantra renowned for its power to effect personal transformation as well as changes in the collective consciousness, and make a profound and long lasting transformation in every aspect of your being.  Strengthen the powers of will knowledge, and action, and unblock the flow of enthusiasm, courage, and determination with mantra meditation.  During this workshop you will learn how mantra meditation works, how to use it, practice the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra and relax.

Fee: $35

Yoga for Gardeners - Mindful Yoga Studio 10-noon
As the weather gets warmer and days get longer, the outdoors beckons many of us to come outside and plant anything from vegetables to flowers. Often that much bending forward and squatting results in hurt backs. Yoga stretches can complement the continuous bending over by gardeners’ digging, planting, and weeding and can become an important aspect to relieve the pain and to balance the body. One is sure to feel great as a result of the benefits of gardening and of practicing yoga.

Yoga for Your Emotional Health - Mindful Yoga Studio 9:30-noon

Special Presenter: Terri Kading-Wheeler MSW,LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Psychotherapist in private practice in Racine.  She has been practicing yoga for 13 yrs., student teaching for 3 and will complete her yoga certification in July form the Himalayan Institute)

This workshop is for those with anxiety and/or depression to gain power over emotional reactions to life events, to learn techniques to strengthen your ability to be calm and centered in the midst of outward challenges, and to learn and practice postures and breathing exercises for calmness and centeredness.