| Date | Day | Time | Class | Cost | Teacher |
| Daily Classes Spring 2010 | Monday | 9:00-10:00am | Flow | Drop-in | Jennifer Durand |
| 5:30-6:45pm | Healing and Wellness Series | Monthly Series (check schedule) | Rotating Staff | ||
| 7:00-8:00pm | Community | Free/Donation | Rotating Staff | ||
| Tuesday | 5:30-6:45pm | Flow | Drop-in | Jennifer Durand | |
| 7:00-8:00pm | De-Stress Renew | Drop-in | Chase Bossart | ||
| 8:00-9:00pm | Series Class | Monthly Series (check schedule) | Chase Bossart | ||
| Wednesday | 9:00-10:00am | Flow | Drop-in | Jennifer Durand | |
| 10:00-11:00am | Chanting | Drop-in | Chase Bossart | ||
| 5:30-6:45pm | Healing and Wellness Series | Monthly Series (check schedule) | Rotating Staff | ||
| 7:00-8:00pm | Yoga for Wellness | Drop-in | Marcel Allbritton | ||
| Thursday | 5:30-6:45pm | Flow | Drop-in | Jennifer Durand | |
| 7:00-8:00pm | De-Stress Renew | Chase Bossart | |||
| Friday | 9:00-10:00am | Flow | Jennifer Durand | ||
Series Classes
| Date | Day | Time | Class | Cost | Teacher |
| 04/05 - 04/26 | Monday | 7:00-9:00pm | Yoga Sutras of Patanjali at CIIS | series (see details below) | Chase Bossart |
| 04/06 - 04/27 | Tuesday | 8:00-9:00pm | Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers | series (see details below) | Chase Bossart |
| 06/09 - 06/30 | Wednesday | 5:30-6:45pm | Pain Management | $100 | Chase Bossart |
| 07/14 - 09/01 | Wednesday | 5:30-6:45pm | Cancer Support Series | TBD | Norma Hoshide |
| 09/7 - 10/26 | Tuesday | 8:00-9:00pm | Pranayama Series | $160 | Chase Bossart |
| 10/6 - 11/24 | Wednesday | 5:30-6:45pm | Cancer Support Series | TBD | Norma Hoshide |
Workshops
| Date | Day | Time | Workshop | Cost | Teacher |
| 04/03 | Saturday | 1:00-5:00pm | Sanskrit for Yogis | Advanced Study Series - $90 | Chase Bossart |
| 07/10 | Saturday | 8:00am-4:00pm | Cancer Retreat | $175 | |
| 08/28 | Saturday | 8:00am-4:00pm | Cancer Retreat | $175 | |
| 8/6-8/8 | Fri-Sun | 1:00-5:00pm | Yoga Teacher Intensive | $170 | Chase Bossart, Kate Holcombe |
| 09/24 - 09/26 | Fri-Sun | 1:00-5:00pm | Vedic Chanting | $360 | Sonia Nelson |
| 10/29-10/31 | Fri-Sun | 1:00-5:00pm | Yoga Sutra Patanjali; Chapter 3 | $170 | Chase Bossart |
| 11/13 | Saturday | 8:00am-4:00pm | Cancer Retreat | $175 | |
DESCRIPTIONS:
Community ClassThis a gentle class taught by Teachers in training of HYF'S 500 hour Certificate program.
Morning Flow with Jennifer Durand
Yoga is most beneficial when adapted to the needs and capabilities of the student. Students will learn to match your breath to the movement of your body, making for a moderate, yet challenging, practice. Learn to extend your breath while you quiet the mind and gain strength and flexibility in this carefully guided class. A perfect way to start the day.
Flow with Jennifer Durand
Leave the workday behind as you flow through more challenging postures, such as Sun Salutations. A perfect class to take before the calming De-stress & Renew class which follows. (Ask about our reduced price packages.)
De Stress and Renew with Chase Bossart
Join Chase as he leads you through a sequence of yoga postures followed by a guided meditation. An excellent introduction to yoga in the tradition of T. Krishnmacharya. Come explore the healing potential of linking movement with breath, the clarity of pranayama, and the power of Chase's vedic chanting. Suitable for all levels
Vedic Chanting with Chase Bossart
Chanting from the Vedas is one of the most important spiritual practices in India and it continues today with great enthusiasm. Handed down from generation-to-generation through listening and recitation, chanting improves focus and concentration, reduces stress, and can bring about a state of inner silence as well as promote healing.
Yoga for Anxiety
This class is for people with mild to moderate anxiety as well as for those seeking to reduce anxiety in their lives. This weekly drop-in class will offer tools to help manage stress and reduce anxiety. Teachers use movement, breath, meditation, and sound in a supportive group atmosphere. This class is appropriate for people who are new to yoga, as well as the more experienced.
Yoga for Wellness
This class focuses on breath, movement and awareness with an exprience of relaxation to support overall health.Yoga can be very useful in supporting health; improving sleep, energy, strength, balance and circulation as well as strengthening our immune and digestive systems.
Appropriate for all levels and those new to yoga.
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SERIES
Sutras on MeditationDay: Tuesdays
Dates: January 12-February 16th
Time: 8-9:00pm
This focus on the mind and the ability to concentrate fully is so prominent that one of the meanings of the word yoga given in Sanskrit dictionaries is simply "meditation". Patañjali's Yogasutra, which in many ways is a manual for meditation, presents a thorough description of what meditation is, what happens during meditation, and how to meditate.
Finding Relief from Chronic Pain: download pdf
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Yoga as a tool for managing your pain
Day: Wednesdays
Date: June 9th-June 30th
A series of classes to give people the experience of the various tools in Yoga.
Time: 5:30-6:45pm
Teacher: Chase Bossart
Finding Relief from Chronic pain: Yoga as a tool/means to managaing your pain. This program is meant to introduce people to the various tools of yoga (breath, movement, meditation and sound) as a means to specifically alleviate chronic pain. It is an appropriate class for people suffering from a broad range of symptoms form chronic back pain and scoliosis to more life threatening conditions such as cancer and diabetes.
Cancer Support Series with Norma Hoshide download pdf
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This program is meant to support individuals living with cancer to nourish, reenergize, sooth and support the system. Each class will have specific focus to give participants a specific experience of either relaxation, revitalization, etc. and at the same time giving them tools/resources to use in their daily lives.
Day: Wednesdays
Dates: July 14th - August 4th
and October 6th - October 27th
A series of classes to give people the experience of the various tools in Yoga.
Time: 5:30-6:45pm
Through the phases of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, living with cancer affects each person individually and on many levels. At every stage of cancer, a yoga practice can relieve the strain, stress, and soreness from treatment to provide a renewed sense of strength and energy. Yoga helps connect the natural resources of body, breath, mind, and spirit to live in greater harmony and with peace of mind.
This series offers an introduction to restorative healing yoga which includes gentle movement, breathing, sound, gesture, deep relaxation, and meditative practices. Classes will be adapted and modified to the needs of the participants so they can gently explore and experience the various techniques available. The goal of the series is to provide an experience of the benefits of the various techniques each week, and by the end of the series to empower each participant to begin using the tools of yoga on their own in support of their own healing.
- Class1: Movement and Breath: The basics of breathing with ease and smoothness.
- Class 2: Coordinating Movement and Breath: Learning to be relaxed and alert at the same time.
- Class 3: Enlivening Energy: Simple postures and breathing to help revitalize when feeling tired.
- Class 4: Soothing the System: Gentle movement and breathing for calming or preparing for sleep.
- Class 5: Sound and Movement: Using simple sounds with movement to deepen the benefits of extended breathing.
- Class 6: Gesture: Using simple gestures with movement and breathing to focus attention and intention.
- Class 7: Meditative Practices: Using breath, movement, sound, and gesture to feel more centered and still.
- Class 8: Reflection: Review and next steps. Feeling relaxed and easy about using the tools learned at home.
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Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers Workshop and Series with Chase Bossart
Workshop
Saturday, April 3
Time: 1:00 - 5:00pm
Cost: $90
Workshop (above) and Series
Day: Tuesdays
Dates: April 6th - April 27th
Time: 8:00 - 9:00pm
Cost: $140 (includes April 3 Workshop and Series)
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WORKSHOPS
CANCER SUPPORT RETREAT DAY download pdf(408k)
"Thank you for lovely, thoughtful program. The kindness, care, and pace were wonderful and nourishing. The leaders created a safe, relaxed, welcoming space immediately. Sensitive & respectful program."
DETAILS:
We have three more retreats coming up in 2010
Saturday, July 10th
Saturday, August 28th
Saturday, November 13th
Time: 8:30am-4:30pm
Cost: $170.00
Location: Healing Yoga Foundation
DESCRIPTION:
Retreat Details:
A day-long retreat for people with cancer. The retreat's aim is to provide, resources, support, and tools for living with a cancer diagnosis in a safe and supportive environment. (Open to spouses and loved ones as well.)The day long retreat will include the following:
- Yoga and meditation
- A group support session led by a psychotherapist
- A lecture on nutrition and a gourmet vegetarian lunch
- Integrative approaches to one's care when dealing with cancer lecture and question and answer session
To register: Call us at
415-931-9642 or e-mail us
admin@healingyoga.org
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Pranayama Series with Chase Bossart
Day: Tuesdays
Dates: September 7th- October 26th
Time: 8:00 - 9:00pm
Cost: $160
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YOGA TEACHER INTENSIVE download pdf
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Introduction To the Teachings of T. Krishnamacharya
August 6th -8th
Friday 6:00-9:00pm
Saturday 8:00- 5:00pm
Sunday 8:00-4:00pm
Cost: $175
A weekend intensive designed to introduce students to the foundations of the teachings of T .Krishnamacharya as taught by TKV Desikachar. The guiding principles of the teachings are the approach to healing as holistic, treating the mind, body and spirit as a whole, and each person as an individual; where yoga is uncompromisingly adapted to the student, and not just the student to yoga.
Who:
It is appropriate to those who teach already but wish to broaden the range of their yoga skills and own learning. It also applies to those simply seeking to deepen their knowledge of yoga for their own personal practice and evolution. In addition, if you are interested in The HYF's 500 Certificate program, it is a great introduction to the training.
In this intensive we will cover the following topics
Introduction to the History of Yoga:
- Context of Yoga's Evolution in India
- Introduction to Vedas and Darsanas
- Definitions of Yoga
- Role of Yoga in Ancient Society
- Role of Yoga in Different Stages of Life
- Introduction of the Yoga Sutras through chanting and discussion. The emphasis of these teaching are to realize the practical applications intended by Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
- Foundational Principles and Qualities of Asana
- Principles of Breathing
- Yoga Anatomies
- Pañcamaya Model
- Subtle Anatomy Model
- Asana Classifications
- How to Plan, Sequence, and Structure an Asana practice; Setting Goal, Determining Needs; Concept of Preparation and Counter Postures; Concept of Rest; and Sequencing Exercises
- Observation Skills How to Observe Students; Observing Commons Conditions; Assessing Mobility and Asymmetry; Selecting Asanas to Assess
- Practice Definitions and Qualities of Pranayama; Breathing Methods-
- Introsuction to Ratios in Pranayama Practice
- Effects of Pranayama; Use of Bandha, Mantra, and Krama in Pranayama
- Individually Centered apporach
- Teacher-Student Relationship
- Nature of the Relationship; Ethics
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Transformative Chanting – Creating Change Through Sound With Sonia Nelson download pdf
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Dates: September 24th-26th
Times
Friday
6:00-8:00pm
Saturday/Sunday
9:30-12:30 and 3:00-5:00pm
Chanting is a powerful tool for discovering, expressing and influencing all dimensions of the human system. As a practice and study on its own chanting can help us to:
- improve our focus, memory and mental discipline
- build self confidence and awareness
- bring balance to our energy
- reduce mental and emotional agitation
- find and refine our own voices
- improve listening and communication skills
- increase our usual breathing and digestive functioning
- strengthen the link to our own spiritual connections
- support an overall sense of well being
Taught step-by-step through listening and response, pure sound and simple chants from the Vedic and other traditions will be taught and then applied to asana, pranayama, and meditation. This integrated practice will encourage a new depth of experience helping to sustain our direction toward yoga as a process of transformation.
No prior experience with chanting is required.
Sonia Nelson, Director of the Vedic Chant Center, has been a student and teacher of Yoga and Vedic Chant for over twenty five years. As a student of T.K.V. Desikachar since 1975, Sonia is a Certified Teacher Trainer in association with the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation (KHYF)
In addition to integrating the use of chant into yoga practice, Sonia has developed a unique approach for teaching Vedic Chant to Western students and gives seminars and workshops nationwide and at the center in Santa Fe. She has released a number of CDs including tutorials for learning Vedic Chant and the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali
In Santa Fe Sonia focuses her teaching on continuing education and personal practice development for yoga teachers through individualized instruction in private classes.
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San Francisco, Ca 94123
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