Brentwood Yoga Center

Saturday

September 18, 2010

or

October 30, 2010

11am-noon

$20 for 2, $5 for each additional (Pre-Registration) or $25/$7 day of workshop

Why not make yoga a family practice?  This workshop is for children and adults.  Together you will learn safe, easy poses and yoga games to practice at home.  The teacher will tell some yoga stories, introduce simple breathing and relaxation techniques.      

with Sandy Carmellini & Kate Coughlin

Saturday – September 25, 2010 (Sandy)

Sunday – September 26, 2010 (Kate)

2:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. both days

Yoga for Ailments, Prenatal & Special Needs 

Learn the proper approach to dealing with injuries or special needs.  General yoga practices are sometimes not appropriate for all students – especially those involved in any type of physical recovery or ailment.  However, utilizing proper yoga techniques can ease pain and speed recovery.  

This workshop is suitable for all levels of yoga students.

Brentwood Yoga Center presents a guided Moon Rise Hike (during a full October moon) and yoga practice at Round Valley

October 22, 2010 (Friday)

3-7pm

$45 pre-registration required

We will meet at Round Valley Park, practice a bit of yoga from 3-4pm.

Then we’ll hike up to the ridge (it’s about an hour and a half hike) with a professional guide from East Bay Regional Parks, and watch the moon rise and the sun set from the ridge. Then we’ll hike back down the ridge in twilight, view the full moon again from the parking lot, perhaps practice a bit more yoga (time and light permitting). Bring a flashlight, water and snack. Wear layers of clothing as you never know what the temperature is like. It is usually cool and breezy at the top of the ridge.

Michael Moran, our hiking guide:

A Naturalist/Docent Coordinator with 16 years at Black Diamond., BA Recreation and Leisure Studies, San Francisco State, BA Geography and Human Environmental Studies San Fransisco State, MS Wildlland Resource Science, UC Berkeley, 25 years as a naturalist, in Alaska, British Columbia, New England, Hudson Bay, California, on land and on the ocean. Michael loves eastern Contra Costa County and the Delta - his areas of emphasis.

 Sandy Blaine Inversions--Saturday   Jim Coughlin Sunday-Arm Balances

Saturday – October 23, 2010

Sunday – October 24, 2010

2:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. both days

Arm balancing poses require the yoga practitioner to be patient, diligent, and aware of his or her center of being.  Additionally, arm balancing poses build confidence, strength and a sense of “lightness” as you appear to defy gravity.

Also, the practice of yoga is distinguished from many other body-mind disciplines by its emphasis on upside-down poses. The benefits of inverted poses are so phenomenal that BKS Iyengar writes several pages about the rewards of Headstand (Father of the asanas) and Shoulderstand (Mother of the asanas) in Light on Yoga. These poses and their variations improve circulation, concentration, glandular functioning, organic functioning, immunity, sleep and much, much more.

Cost - $98 in advance for the weekend - $50 per day at the door.

This workshop is suitable for all levels of yoga students.

November 13, 2010

1-3pm

$45 pre-registration $55 at the door

Wednesday, November 24

8am-12noon

Hiking (weather permitting) and Yoga

Thursday, November 25 Thanksgiving!!!

8-10am

Yoga Flow and Backbends

Friday, November 26

8am-12noon

Hiking and Yoga

$50 for all 3 days

or $20 daily Please pre-register!

All regularly scheduled classes are canceled Weds-Fri

Saturday, December 11, 2010

2-5pm

$45

Details coming....