Intro series
Learn more about yoga with other beginning students. This series is designed to safely and comfortably introduce you to the benefits of yoga. We begin with explanations and discussion then take time to introduce postures (asana), breathing (pranayama), and meditation techniques to help quiet and focus the mind. Once you finish a series, you may choose to attend another Intro series or move into an ongoing class.
Schedule: Wednesdays from 7:00-8:30 PM
4 week series July 8th - July 29th.
4 week series Sept. 9th - Sept. 30th.
Cost: $60 for 4 week series. You can buy a pass for a 4 week series on-line or purchase 2 Intro Series passes for $100.
Classes can be made up at an ongoing class during the week or another class in the next Intro Series. No drop-in students please.
balance your summer Series
Boost your yoga practice this summer. Do you want to commit to a yoga practice two mornings a week? Complement and help balance your other summer activities with a regular yoga practice. Included is an optional private session to create a personal practice to do outside of class. No drop-in students please.
Schedule: Tuesday and Thursdays, 7:00-8:00 AM
10 week series June 23 to August 27th
Cost: $200 for 10 week series. You can buy a pass online.
OR $265 for 10 weeks series and additional private session. You can buy a pass online.
Instructor: Alison Eliason
semi private series
Topic determined by the students signed up. Previous series have focused on transitioning from Level 1 to Level II and in-depth instruction on Level 1 topics.
Class size limited to 4 individuals due to one-on-one attention and hands-on instruction
Schedule:
Wednesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
4 week series August dates TBD
Cost: $100 for 4 class series. You can buy a pass for this series online.
Instructor: Melissa Valentine
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Yoga for Parents: Infant & Me
Learn soothing, energizing, bond-building moves you can do alone or with your baby. Includes strengthening the core and abdominal muscles, increasing energy, reducing stress, and relaxing neck and shoulders. Gain increased physical strength while enjoying the support of other new parents and their babies, newborn through "crawling". Pre-register. Minimum of 4 and maximum 10 of students per series.
Schedule: Thursdays, 11:00 - 12:00 PM To be confirmed.
4 week series August TBD
Cost: $50 for 4 weeks series. You can buy a pass online. No drop-in students please.
Instructor: Melissa Valentine
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Yoga for PreSchoolers and Parents
Partner with your preschooler (ages 3-6 years old) for a fun series of classes that include yoga postures, breathing, relaxation, sound and visualization. Yoga benefits the body, mind and breath to build strength, flexibility and awareness. Our yoga practice will focus on the preschoolers. The parents will assist and partner the preschoolers. Come and have fun with your loved ones in a peaceful setting. .
Pre-register. Call 425-861-1318 or email with questions.
Schedule: Thursdays, 10:30-11:15 AM
4 week series begins when we have 6 families pre-registered.
Cost: $45 for series.
Instructor: Alison Eliason
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Yoga 4 Kids!
Yoga 4 Kids! offers ages 6-10 years old an introduction to yoga ideas and benefits through traditional postures, fun and creative play. The postures mimic plants, animals and objects that the children have seen before.
The children experience short meditations and visualizations. Each class is different and builds on the children's abilities and interests. Through yoga, the children gain a better awareness of their body, mind and breath. Pre-register with payment. Call 425-861-1318 or email with questions.
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
3 week series, July 14 - 30, 2009
Cost: $60 for series. You can buy a pass online.
Instructor: Alison Eliason
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Yoga 4 Older Kids!
Yoga 4 Older Kids! offers ages 11-14 years old a way learn yoga. Yoga for Older Kids develops awareness through yoga postures, breathing techniques and visualization. We will play and practice yoga to develop calm, confidence, and balance. Pre-register with payment. Call 425-861-1318 or email with questions.
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30-11:30 AM
3 week series, June 23rd - July 9th, 2009
Cost:$60 for series. You can buy a pass online.
Instructor: Alison Eliason
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Yoga for Teens
Yoga for teens offers ages 12-18 year olds an introduction to yoga ideas and benefits through traditional postures.
Come try these fun classes and experience the benefits that yoga can give you! Explore movement, deepening the breath and quieting the mind. Pre-register with payment. Call 425-861-1318 or email with questions.
Schedule: Thursdays, 3:00-4:00 PM
5 week series Feb. 26th - Mar. 26th
5 week series April
30th - May 28th
Cost: $50 for 5 week series. No drop-in students please.
Instructor: Patti Chalker
yoga and the chakras
Learn about the 7 energy centers of the body and the experiential combination of yoga with energy work.
This series will help you to understand chakra theory, how the energy centers work, experience the chakra through yoga postures, breathing techniques (pranayama), meditation, and natural elements, such, as color, aromatherapy and gemstones.
Led by Alison, Yoga Instructor, and Barbara, Intuitive Counselor. Class open to students with yoga experience.
Schedule: TBD
4 week series: Fall 2010
Cost: $70 for 4 week series. No drop-ins. You can buy a pass for this series online.
Instructor: Alison Eliason and Barbara Schmitz-Orendi
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Free Private Drawing Rules
Purchase a 5, 10, 20 or unlimited class pass and be entered in a drawing for a private session with the instructor of your choice. (A 5 class purchase is entered once, the 10 class and unlimited pass purchase are entered twice and the 20 class pass purchase is entered four times.) Winners will be notified on the 1st or 2nd of the following month.
During a private session with an instructor you can ask questions and the instructor will help you to develop a personal practice. In addition, the instructor will offer individual guidance in deepening your yoga experience.
deeper into meditation series
"Meditation is the most valuable activity that you can do to change your health and well-being" - as documented research from the NIH affirms. It has been proven that meditation relieves pain and stress, lowers blood pressure, improves circulation, improves memory and brings a sense of inner peace and tranquility to the ups and downs of everyday life.
Meditation is one of the eight limbs of yoga. Whether you are new to yoga, or practicing for many years; join us in this ongoing 4 week experiential series. We will start with yoga poses and pranayama to warm up the body for a longer sitting meditation. Through discussion and practice of various techniques, you will gain understanding of the depth of this ancient practice. Join us and give yourself the gift of serenity!
Schedule: Mondays, 7:00-8:30 PM in small studio.
4 week series April 13 - May 4th
4 week series June 1- 29th
4 week series July 6 - 27th
Cost: $60 for 4 week series classes. Register with your payment. Click here to buy the series pass on-line.
Instructor: Susan Park
Refresh your mind - meditation article
Yes, you know that meditation can reduce stress, which research shows can damage brain cells and your ability to retain information over time. But the ancient practice can do more than just soothe your soul: It may also sharpen your memory. According to a University of Kentucky study, subjects who took a late-afternoon test after meditating for 40 minutes had significantly better scores than those who napped for the same period.
Even more surprising, when the subjects were retested after being deprived of a full night's sleep, those who meditated still scored better than their study counterparts. How could that be? Meditation, like sleep, reduces sensory input, and this quiet state may provide a time for neurons to process and solidify new information and memories.
Brain scans have revealed that meditation produces a state somewhat similar to non-REM sleep (which many specialists believe is the more mentally restorative sleep phase), in that many neurons of the cortex fire in sync, says Bruce O'Hara, PhD, a coauthor of the study. "However, unlike when you sleep, consciousness is fully maintained in meditation, so there is no grogginess upon 'awakening.'"
For regular, highly experienced meditators, the benefits to memory can be substantial. A 2004 University of Wisconsin-Madison study discovered that the brains of long-term Buddhist practitioners who have meditated every day for many years generated the highest levels of gamma waves a pattern of brain activity that's associated with attention, working memory, and learning ever reported in other studies.