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Time for Reflection of the Health Bout Fifteen Years Ago I Went on Including Weekends on a Project That Had Advantage Yoga a a Two Week Rafting Trip out West The mission Time for Reflection of The Health bout fifteen years ago I went on including weekends on a project that had Advantage Yoga A a two week rafting trip out west. very little chance of succeeding. I had lost The trip had been organized by a group my life outside of work entirely. Center is to a few years before and when one person When the project ended six months later I enhance the dropped out, I was invited to join them at left the company and became a consultant the last minute. At the time I had been so I would have more control over my health, well-being working long hours for months and had hours as I tried to figure out what to do not taken any time off. Though it would next. After a while I realized how much I and unity of body, not have been convenient for anyone on enjoyed my weekly yoga classes, and over a our programming team to take a vacation period of seven years, left programming to mind, heart, and for the next five months, I was going to become a yoga teacher. have to start taking days off anyway and my Most of us do not have the luxury or desire spirit through boss and I decided it was better to take leave then than a few months later. to just sit for days on end without any diversions. I would not have done anything Yoga and related The trip was wonderful and within a few of the sort if I had not slipped on the rock days the worries and concerns of the last disciplines. and I probably would have continued at the several months melted away. A week into same frantic pace for years. I doubt I would the trip we hiked to a waterfall. A large have slowed down on my own and my life section of the trail was a boulder field with would have taken an entirely different rocks of all different sizes and shapes. course. SPRING 2008 I stopped in the middle to take a picture With telephones and com- HIGHLIGHTS of a mountain and while trying to find the optimal shot, I stepped on a loose rock. puters we are accessible twenty-four hours a day and Jamie Allison The rock shifted and I fell, breaking a fin- Weekend ger on one hand and jamming several on there is television to fill our Workshop . .10 the other hand. down time. It feels wasteful not to be busy doing some- WORKSHOPS: The guides were paramedics and though thing every minute of the day. Weight Loss, they bandaged and splinted my hands well, It is no longer part of our Breast Cancer, I was useless for the rest of the trip. I could culture to sit on the front Move From Your Core, not paddle, carry anything, or even cut my porch and watch the world Meditation, own food. Body Rolling . .4 go by. We do not give our- In the days that followed as we floated selves the gift of time. Sample classes . .12 down the river, it slowly dawned on me Registration that I was extremely unhappy and it had nothing to do with my hands or the Begins trip. As I thought about it, I realized March 3 my job had taken over my life. I was reg- ularly working twelve or more hours a day Without time to relax with no distractions, we often do not truly see what is Susan Van Nuys (E-RYT happening in our lives. The thoughts and feelings that are below the surface 500) is the director of The are stifled by our constant activity. Health Advantage Yoga Center. An important part of Hatha Yoga, the physical form of yoga, is relaxation. She has been a yoga practitioner Restoratives are postures where the body is supported and they are usually since 1989 and began teaching in held longer than other categories of poses. Though some restora- 1997. A former Anusara® certified tive poses are active, many are restful so we can relax into them and instructor, Susan has studied with just be. Final relaxation or Savasana, done at the end of every class, many world-class Anusara and allows us to integrate the active practice we just completed. Our bod- Iyengar teachers. She received a ies are quiet though our minds are aware. BS degree in computer science Over the years, I have seen many students in restorative poses and and linguistics from the College Savasana come to realizations about their lives. Some insights have of William and Mary and she par- prompted changes, others acceptance. ticularly enjoys applying the logic she learned while programming How long has it been since you have had a few minutes of stillness? to the progressive teaching of Can you find five or ten minutes a few times yoga poses. Susan’s approach is a week to relax and let go? Try it, who warm and clear with an apprecia- knows what you may discover. tion of individual differences. YOGA 1/BEGINNER is symptoms such as muscle/ YOGA 1-2 is a continua- YOGA 2/ADVANCED the introductory class for joint pain, stiffness, weak- tion class for Yoga 1. The BEGINNER focuses on students who are new to ness, or fatigue. emphasis of this course is refining the standing poses Yoga. This class focuses on refining and building and learning basic sitting GENTLE YOGA 2 is a on poses to stretch and endurance in Yoga 1 and postures, simple back continuation of Gentle strengthen the legs, back, Yoga 2 standing poses. bending poses, and the Yoga 1, emphasizing the and shoulders. Emphasis The basic Anusara Yoga shoulder stand using the refinement of Gentle Yoga is given to the basic align- principles of alignment are Anusara Yoga principles 1 poses and introducing ment of the standing presented. This class is of alignment. It is recom- the basic Anusara Yoga poses. suitable for students who mended that students principles. This class will have practiced other styles complete both Yoga 1 GENTLE YOGA 1 is focus on strengthening the of yoga, but it is not suit- and Yoga 1-2 before designed for those who body and adapting poses able for those who have taking Yoga 2. prefer a class less vigorous to protect injured or weak never studied yoga before. than Yoga 1. It includes joints. New breathing and gentle stretches and relaxation techniques will breathing as well as simple be introduced as well. This movements designed to class is more strenuous systematically increase the than Gentle Yoga 1 and Please do not attend class if you have a range of motion of every students must complete at contagious condition. HAYC has a flexible major joint and increase least two sessions of Gentle make-up policy and we will welcome you energy. This class is ideal Yoga 1 before taking back when you have recovered. for students with chronic Gentle Yoga 2. 2 healthadvantageyoga.com We regret there is NO CHILDCARE available at the Yoga Center. Classes (cont.) YOGA 2-3 is a combina- VINYASA YOGA 1 Come YIN YANG YOGA is a YOGA FOR KIDS (ages 6- tion class. It begins with join us and step in to the combination of quiet sta- 11) is designed to help chil- Yoga 2 poses and moves flow! Vinyasa flow yoga is tionary poses and flowing dren build strength and gradually into Yoga 3 a series of movements and sequences of poses. The flexibility, concentration poses, particularly poses sequenced and coor- Yin practice is designed to and focus, compassion and strengthening poses for the dinated with the breath. work our connective tissues self-esteem through the upper body in preparation Each movement connects and to protect the health playful practice of yoga pos- for the headstand and with the next, gradually of our joints. The Yin tures. Kids will have fun as handstand. The headstand warming, stretching and practice is a perfect com- they improve their posture, is the major pose learned strengthening the entire plement to the more mus- motor coordination and in this course. Students body. Since Vinyasa is a cular, movement-oriented balance. Yoga poses will should complete at least more strenuous format, Yang practices of yoga help children cope with the three sessions of Yoga 2 this class is open only to which include Sun Salutes, conflicts and stress of a very before taking Yoga 2-3. those students who have Vinyasas, and Paul Grilley’s hectic world. A child who YOGA 3/INTERMEDIATE completed at least two Tai-chi/Yoga Flows. This learns yoga will develop continues with refinements sessions of Yoga 2 or who class is suitable for students skills that will last a lifetime. to poses studied in Yoga 1 have a strong Vinyasa who have completed at and 2 and introduces the based practice (Ashtanga least one session of Yoga 2. TEENS YOGA (ages 12- headstand, forearm bal- or power based flows). 17) Life can be very busy ance, and full arm balance PRENATAL YOGA is for and stressful for teens these (handstand). Additional VINYASA YOGA 2 The pregnant women. This days. This class gives teens back bend poses are also flow moves forward! This class is designed to help the opportunity to partici- included. Regular yoga class builds on Vinyasa you stay relaxed and pate in a nurturing activity practice outside of class is Yoga 1 and moves toward healthy throughout preg- that provides exercise for strongly encouraged. It is full backbends as well as nancy and to prepare you the total body as well as recommended that students arm balancings such as for delivery.
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