• • • September 2011 • • •

• • • July 2011 • • •

Pelvic Floor Flow™

“Integrity • Strength • Stability” “From the Inside Out™”
Learn to create strength, flexibility and integrity to your pelvic floor with inquiry and meaningful direct experiences. This workshop is facilitated through experiential learning and action based discovery. Each individual student is actively involved in the process of creating “PELVIC FLOOR” awareness.
This Workshop Includes:

• • • This WORKSHOP is for Level 2 practitioners and UP • • •
Saturday July 30, 2011
12:30pm – 3:00pm
$30.00 Pre-Registration $35.00 at the door

• • • June 2011 • • •

Refining the Flow™

Discover the building blocks of Asana & delve deeper into the refining actions that create “Mindful Vinyasa Flow™”
Learn the proper “foundations” and proper alignment for your individual body in each asana to create strength and integrity to your muscles and joints, as well as equanimity to the “whole” body. We’ll look at the major building blocks of each asana, break them down, and RE-DEFINE them in each individual body.

In this workshop we’ll review through inquiry, reflection and action each asana (posture) and the elements that create Mind-FULL Vinyasa Flow™. We’ll further explore transitions unique to Vinyasa Flow and refine the elements of breath, bandha (gentle lifts & holds in the body) and movement between them. Move past the shell of the pose and cultivate “Depth of the pose”.

• • • This WORKSHOP is for Level 2 practitioners and UP • • •

Sunday June 26, 2011
12:30pm – 3:00pm
$30.00 Pre-Registration $35.00 at the door

• • • May 2011 • • •

Mother-Daughter Yoga
Our ***FREE*** Yoga & Mothers day Brunch

This is a FREE Event for ALL Moms & Daughters Ages 6-14 Years
No relationship is quite as primal as the one between a mother and her daughter. Nourish and celebrate your sacred mother-daughter bond this coming Mother’s Day. Practicing yoga with your daughter can build trust, sensitivity to one another’s needs and encourage an intimacy between one another. It’s quality time together and WILL be a whole lotta fun!!

Yoga is about union: the connection between mind, body and spirit. Yoga nourishes our bodies, deepens our connection to spirit and develops inner peace; it can be a beautiful language of love and spirit between you and your daughter.

Join us and practice with your daughter as we explore a heart opening practice, partner poses to connect with each other, embrace each other, and play with mother-daughter Thai massage… And after that a lil’ mini mother-daughter brunch!

Sunday May 8, 2011
12:30pm – 3:00pm
FREE!!!

Pelvic Floor Flow™

“Integrity • Strength • Stability” “From the Inside Out™”
Learn to create strength, flexibility and integrity to your pelvic floor with inquiry and meaningful direct experiences. This workshop is facilitated through experiential learning and action based discovery. Each individual student is actively involved in the process of creating “PELVIC FLOOR” awareness.

This Workshop Includes:

• • • This WORKSHOP is for Level 2 practitioners and UP • • •

Sunday May 29, 2011
12:30pm – 3:00pm
$30.00 Pre-Registration $35.00 at the door

• • • April 2011 • • •

Intro to YOGA with Ashley Holm

This workshop takes the intimidation out of starting your yoga practice if you’re brand new to yoga. You will receive a brief introduction to the heart of the practice as well as guidance in breathing & proper body alignment of the basic poses. You will leave this workshop with the confidence to begin our regular classes and experience the joy that is yoga.

Sunday April 17, 2011
12:30pm – 3:00pm
$20.00 Pre-Registration $25.00 at the door

Harmonious Hips with Elinore Cohen

Out with the old… In with the NEW Hips!

“Slowly and mindfully release old tensions and holding patterns in the hips to bring more freedom to our movement and rediscover our emotions and creative energies.”

When our hips aren’t working properly… When they’re stiff, tight, injured or out of balance-it’s as if they’re clogged. When this area is blocked, things get stuck, emotional and physical messes piles up, and we face a myriad of issues surrounding intimacy, and change.
To cleanse this part of the body, we first have to open it up. In this workshop, we’ll do just that, delving deep into the entire pelvic region through some of the most generous hip openers-gomukhasana (cow face pose), eka pada rajakapotasana (pigeon pose), frog, and a whole host of others. We’ll also use deep breath work and meditation to rebalance the nervous system and calm our emotions, bringing us back into equilibrium.

In addition, this area is the home of the svadisthana chakra, our pelvic floor… An emotional region, and is closely tied to the spleen and our digestive system. When the second chakra is out of balance, we suffer low back and hip pain, in addition to issues in our relationships with others and ourselves, but when unobstructed, we are free to be playful, present, and receptive. We are unstuck!

The activities and stresses of our daily lives can often lead to tightness & discomfort in our hips. But, in this workshop our specifically focused practice on easing that tension and cultivating hip flexibility and strength will bring you to joy and bliss. If you are interested in exploring ways to improve hip mobility or simply deepen your yoga practice then this workshop is for you. There will be modifications and progressions of poses suitable for anyone with a level 1/2, level 2, or level 2/3 practice.

Saturday April 23, 2011
12:30pm – 3:00pm
$35.00 Pre-Registration $40.00 at the door

A Reawakened Core through Pelvic Floor:

Arm Balancing & Inversions with Elinore Cohen

The pelvic floor is the foundation for every movement of the body. Contrary to popular belief, it takes more than doing Kegel exercises and squats to maintain a healthy pelvis-both female and male. The pelvic floor in general, including the inner and outer thighs tend to be weak or gripped leading to lumbar sacroiliac instability, hip and sciatic pain, bladder weakness, menstrual and sexual challenges. Learn specific poses and exercises to isolate, soften, and strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor, as well as inner and outer thighs: increasing their flexibility, strength, and coordination.

Once the foundation of pelvic floor awareness is created including: flexibility, strength and coordination we will move onto the INTEGRATION of Pelvic Floor and CORE in ARM BALANCES & INVERSIONS. As we playfully explore the gross and subtle actions of each arm balance and inversion, breaking down component parts and infusing pelvic floor awareness and core strength we will find lightness and lift-off. Making arm balancing and inverting accessible and fun for all!

Find out the real reasons why BALANCING in handstand and jumping into CROW are achieved through Pelvic Floor work! And why a strong pelvic floor and core are the most essential pieces along with breath in creating equanimity, balance and flight in a strong yogic practice.

This workshop is recommended for Men & Women… Especially women!
All level 2 and Level 2/3 yoga students are welcome.

Saturday April 30, 2011
12:30pm – 3:30pm
$35.00 Pre-Registration $40.00 at the door

• • • March 2011 • • •

The Union of Yoga and Nutrition with Amanda Breen

Join Amanda for a comprehensive look at the building blocks of nutrition, movement and yoga. This workshop will start with a yoga sequence that emphasizes the importance of foundation, alignment and safe transitions, followed by a nutrition overview covering the basic science and psychology behind nourishing our bodies. We will wrap up with an open discussion about the mind-body connection cultivated through the practice of yoga and healthy eating habits. You will leave with a firm understanding of how food and yoga impact our well being and with an insight about the small changes we can make to help us throughout our journey.

All Levels Welcome & Encouraged to Attend

Saturday March 12, 2011
1:30pm – 3:30pm
$25.00 Pre-Registration $30.00 at the door

Intro to YOGA with Samantha Demer

This workshop takes the intimidation out of starting your yoga practice if you’re brand new to yoga. You will receive a brief introduction to the heart of the practice as well as guidance in breathing & proper body alignment of the basic poses. You will leave this workshop with the confidence to begin our regular classes and experience the joy that is yoga.

Sunday March 13, 2011
12:30pm – 2:30pm
$20.00 Pre-Registration $25.00 at the door

Spring Cleansing with Sarah Girard

Workshop & Clothing Exchange

In this two hour Vinyasa Flow class we will take our time to get into the nitty-gritty of those hips and shoulders. We’ll get rid of any stagnant tension you’ve carried with you through the New Year. And we’ll fly into the new birth of spring with lightness and freedom!!

After class, everyone is welcome to participate in a Clothing Exchange. Bring your goodies and see if someone’s trash will become your treasure. Any treasures that haven’t found a home will be donated to the American Cancer Society Discovery Thrift Shop. 4454 Van Nuys Blvd Ste 101 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (818) 905-9141

Saturday March 19, 2011
1:30pm – 3:30pm
$30.00 Pre-Registration $35.00 at the door

Spring Equinox with Elinore Cohen

A Celebration of Cleansing & New Beginnings

The Vernal Equinox which happens each spring, is an auspicious time for beginnings, and a time for renewal, both in nature and in home. More than just a physical activity, “spring cleaning” removes any negative energy accumulated over the dark winter months and prepares the body for the positive growing energy of spring and summer.

Celebrate the joy of the Spring Equinox with a flowing journey filled with cleansing and rejuvenation. We’ll detox body & mind with twists, inversions, and backbends to stimulate digestion and release mucus and the general congestion of winter.

Treat yourself to a much needed break as we end our cleansing with restorative yoga. Enjoy the pure relaxation your mind and body will receive through the prop supported release as we facilitate and promote the relaxation response in the body. Research has shown that the relaxation response is highly effective at relieving symptoms of stress, anxiety, and insomnia; positively effecting hypertension, mild to moderate forms of depression, and various forms of pain; promoting healthy digestion, fertility and immunity–facilitating relaxation and restful sleep.

Leave feeling rested, rejuvenated, lighter and calmer… Renewed and ready to take advantage of the longer days.

Join Elinore for an afternoon of internal cleansing and BLISS!
This workshop is recommended for EVERYONE with a level 1/2, 2 & 2/3 yoga practice

Sunday March 20, 2011
12:30pm – 3:30pm
$30.00 Pre-Registration $35.00 at the door

Backbending with Grace

The Art of Joyful Backbends – Setting your Spine Free with Elinore Cohen

Journey towards the full expression of dancing with your spine, opening your body and unleashing your emotions with freedom and control.

Experience the bliss of a healthy backbend. Backbends are rejuvenating, provide energy, courage, and combat depression. They open the chest, upper back and shoulder girdle while creating integrity and flexibility in the spine. In addition, backbends strengthen the upper outer arms and shoulders, while opening the inner arm-pit chest. The key to developing a healthy backbend is learning how to take pressure off the spine. Through a creative sequence leading up to simple and challenging backbends, we’ll explore the principles of alignment, and the preparatory poses that allow the spine to move freely.

“Metaphorically, backbends move us from the past into the future, as our back body opens – our front body, it propels us forward. Backbends help us cultivate better posture and can help us feel optimistic and joyous! Fear, pain and misunderstanding often hold us back from the true healing nature of these most energizing postures. In this workshop we will explore and learn the full range of “safe” techniques and alignment in backbending and explore how to free parts of the body that may be holding us back from more
challenging ones.” ~Elinore Cohen

Enjoy an afternoon of opening your heart and upper back! “Experience the GRACE & JOY of Backbending”
This workshop is recommended for EVERYONE with a level 2 & 2/3 yoga practice

Sunday March 27, 2011
1:30pm – 3:30pm
$30.00 Pre-Registration $35.00 at the door

• • • February 2011 • • •

Celebrate the honor with us by taking complimentary yoga classes at Lululemon Athletica Sherman Oaks! Classes are offered each Saturday morning in February from 9:00am-10:00am featuring our lovely yoginis Suzanne Dunn, Maya Gill-Cantu, Ashley Holm & Sarah Girard! We’ll be hosting FREE workshops for the community as well!

INTRO to YOGA with Ashley Holm

This workshop takes the intimidation out of starting your yoga practice if you’re brand new to yoga. You will receive a brief introduction to the heart of the practice as well as guidance in breathing & proper body alignment of the basic poses. You will leave this workshop with the confidence to begin our regular classes and experience the joy that is yoga.

Saturday February 12, 2011
1:30pm – 3:30pm
$20.00 Pre-Registration $25.00 at the door

Opening Deeply to Grace, Bliss & Love

A Valentine’s Weekend Event with Elinore Cohen

This workshop will explore how you can say “YES” to loving your body, your breath, your relationships and your life! The practice of yoga is about diving deeply into the self to then re-emerge and flower as the beautiful lotus or “lily”. The focus here will be on joyfully embracing the present moment, as we move from pose to pose, from breath to breath. We will weave together Yin yoga with slow flow vinyasa, conscious breath and meditation.

Opening the heart will be at the core of this special afternoon. Yoga can be so profoundly transformative of the emotional self, why not tap into the delicious joy to be had! Our physical bodies are indeed designed NOT for suffering and hate, but to truly experience the purest of love and bliss. This is indeed our true nature and the state in which the body actually thrives.

This workshop is recommended for EVERYONE with a level 1/2 yoga practice.

Sunday February 13, 2011
12:00pm – 2:30pm
$30.00 Pre-Registration $35.00 at the door

Advanced Arm Balances with Elinore Cohen

Beyond Crow & Into Creative Transitions!

Where do you go from CROW……………..? Join Elinore for a fun, challenging exploration of advanced arm balances! This workshop also includes transitions between multiple arm balances, as well as into and out of advanced arm balances by way of inversions and MORE!
Covering the Following:

Move with ease and grace through challenging arm balances and take flight in this joyous, empowering flow experience!

This workshop is intended for Level 2/3 Yoga Practitioners with a strong arm balance “Foundation.”

Saturday February 26, 2011
12:30pm – 3:30pm
$35.00 Pre-Registration $40.00 at the door

• • • January 2011 • • •

Flow Into New Beginnings with Elinore Cohen

Twist, Detox & Set Intentions for the New Year

Celebrate and start anew your practice of self-healing and presence.

Get a fresh start to the new year with a deep de-toxifying yoga practice that includes deep twists for purification, pranayama for mental clarity, and wisdom from ganesha, the Remover of Obstacles on creating positive, meaningful intentions for the new year.

We’ll use yogic wisdom to lead us “with Intention” INTO our new year:
- Satya (Truth): Turning inward to practice Satya. Telling ourselves the truth about where we really stand.
- Santosha (contentment): Say Good-Bye to Yesterday. Let that final assessment of the previous year be an exercise of letting it go.
- Aparigraha (non-grasping): Pack light for the new year. Recognize when “enough is enough”. Know when you have enough, and what knowing when “enough” is to positively guide intention setting.

Join Elinore for a journey into NOW!
This workshop is recommended for EVERYONE with a level 1/2, 2 & 2/3 yoga practice

Saturday January 8, 2011
12:00pm – 3:30pm
$25.00 Pre-Registration $30.00 at the door

Awakening the Divine Feminine with Ashley Quaine

Belly Dance Workshop
Beauty, Grace & Empowerment

Connect with the timeless, sensual, circular movements of belly dance.
Learn the Taxim, Maya, Figure Eights, Hip Drops and Circles, Undulations, Shimmys and traveling steps. Receive a piece of choreography to practice at home.

This workshop is for For women only.

Saturday January 15, 2011
5:15pm – 7:45pm
$25.00 Pre-Registration $30.00 at the door

INTRO to YOGA with Denise Woods

This workshop takes the intimidation out of starting your yoga practice if you’re brand new to yoga. You will receive a brief introduction to the heart of the practice as well as guidance in breathing & proper body alignment of the basic poses. You will leave this workshop with the confidence to begin our regular classes and experience the joy that is yoga.

Sunday January 16, 2011
12:30pm – 2:30pm
$20.00 Pre-Registration $25.00 at the door

A Reawakened Core through Pelvic Floor:

Arm Balancing & Inversions with Elinore Cohen

The pelvic floor is the foundation for every movement of the body. Contrary to popular belief, it takes more than doing Kegel exercises and squats to maintain a healthy pelvis-both female and male. The pelvic floor in general, including the inner and outer thighs tend to be weak or gripped leading to lumbar sacroiliac instability, hip and sciatic pain, bladder weakness, menstrual and sexual challenges. Learn specific poses and exercises to isolate, soften, and strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor, as well as inner and outer thighs: increasing their flexibility, strength, and coordination.

Once the foundation of pelvic floor awareness is created including: flexibility, strength and coordination we will move onto the INTEGRATION of Pelvic Floor and CORE in ARM BALANCES & INVERSIONS. As we playfully explore the gross and subtle actions of each arm balance and inversion, breaking down component parts and infusing pelvic floor awareness and core strength we will find lightness and lift-off. Making arm balancing and inverting accessible and fun for all!

Find out the real reasons why BALANCING in handstand and jumping into CROW are achieved through Pelvic Floor work! And why a strong pelvic floor and core are the most essential pieces along with breath in creating equanimity, balance and flight in a strong yogic practice.

This workshop is recommended for Men & Women… Especially women!
All level 2 and Level 2/3 yoga students are welcome

Sunday January 23, 2011
12:30pm – 3:30pm
$30.00 Pre-Registration $35.00 at the door