Upcoming Andrey Lappa Workshop

We're getting very excited to host Andrey Lappa April 4-9th, 2008. Spots are going fast so make sure you get in soon. I wanted to remind everyone that Saturday April 5th is the Bridge Run, so please be sure to leave yourself extra time to arrive for those workshops. Many streets will be closed and parking will take time, so plan to carpool, bike, or walk if you live close enough.

I also wanted to provide some links to learn more about Andrey Lappa.

His web site is Universal Yoga. You could spend days reading through the information on there.

Here's a recent review of a workshop Andrey led in Chicago.

Here's a Yoga Journal article about his unusual arm and shoulder stretches.

If you know of any other links you'd like to post relating to him, leave us a comment!

Book Club Discussion Questions

Our Yoga Book Club is meeting Sunday, March 9th at 7:00PM. The book under discussion is Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope.

Discussion Questions:

1. On page 109 the author talks about "the relief of being ordinary." What does he mean by this? Have you experienced this feeling?

2. On page 149 the author introduces the concepts of "the community as a guru," "safe space v. regular society," and "people who lend us their center." Why are these things desirable or necessary for someone choosing the transformational path of yoga?

3. Chapter 14 is about listening to the voice of the body. Do you believe we hold trauma or other experiences in our physical bodies. Have you had a personal experience with a samskara?

4. On page 278 the author talks about optimal disillusionment. What do you think of this concept?

Flying Workshop Photos

Thanks to everyone who turned out for the Partner Yoga workshops over this past weekend. Clayton and I had a great time teaching. It was nice to see so many happy faces as people helped each other into good stretches and worked together on the mat.

Here are a couple of pictures from our Flying Yoga workshop...visit our gallery page to see all the photos we took of the brave yogis who lifted each other into the air!

Yoga Teachers class caught on video

The teachers at Serenity Now like to get together to practice together, inspire each other, and learn from each other. We heard that many people liked seeing video of us attempting challenging poses, sometimes with great success, sometimes falling, but always having fun, so we filmed some more! Keep reading to see 2 recent videos of Hannah, Jordan and Clayton playing around with handstands, backbends, arm balances, and partner flying.

This first video is a compilation of handstands and backbends, including dropping back to wheel. Clayton tries a one handed handstand away from the wall with a spot from Hannah. Hannah and Jordan experiment with a rocking tick-tock motion in their wheels as a preparation for standing up from wheel. Popping the hands off the ground in full wheel is harder than it looks.




This next video is a compilation of arm balances and partner flying balances. These poses required lots of focus to stay balanced!

KnitWits

Join us Sunday, January 20th at 7:00PM for our first ever knitting and crocheting circle at Serenity Now Yoga.

No experience necessary. Just show up!

Advanced Yoga Practice caught on video

Here are the videos we taped in 2007...many of you said you were inspired to watch some teachers attempt advanced poses...sometimes successfully and other times falling out or messing up. So here are the YouTube videos again.

Yoga Inversions


Yoga Montage


Partner Yoga - Learning to Fly


And of course: Jordan doing sun salutations with her broken foot (as of this posting, it's now completely healed!):

New Year, New Blog

Welcome to 2008! As you can see our blog is back online, but we lost some of our old posts. If you want to leave us a comment, just click below. Check back here when you can to see photos, videos, essays, events, schedule changes, yoga thoughts, or whatever strikes our fancy.

See you on the mat!