Yoga

We are pleased to offer many different kinds of events: free weeks, concerts, couples massage, dance and seasonal celebrations. Have an idea for a Two Dog special event? Contact the studio with your suggestions. You can pay for special events by using PayPal, mailing a check or bringing a check or cash to the studio.

Check Yoga Workshops or Qigong Workshops for additional listings.

 

Late Summer Intensives

Mon. Aug 30 - Fri. Sept. 2

6:00 - 7:00am: Yoga with Annie

7:15 - 8:15am: Qigong with Martha

5:30 - 7:00pm: Yoga with Shannon


Dive deeper into your practice during the Two Dog late summer break. Two Dog instructors Annie, Shannon and Martha will each offer five consecutive days of class, encouraging you to practice more deeply, while supporting you through the rigors and riches of a daily routine. Late Summer Intensives are meant to be taken as an entire series, although it is possible to come as a drop-in. Punch cards can not be used. For both yoga and qigong, prior familiarity with the form is required (strong beginner for yoga, Level One training for qigong).

$50 for 5-class series | $90 any two combined series | $16 for drop-in | sorry, no punch cards

make-ups possible between AM & PM Yoga

AM Yoga 5-class series
 $50

PM Yoga 5-class series
 $50

AM Qigong 5-class series
$50

Any 2 combined (10-class series)
 $90

 

What Are You Hungry For? A Women's Workshop with special instructor Sarahjoy Marsh

Friday, October 1 - Sunday, October 3

There are hungers in the psyche that cannot be fed with food. There are hungers of the spirit that cannot be quelled through strategies of food management. When these hungers of the heart get confused with hunger for food or strategies for food management, we slowly dull our capacity to rest in the innate wisdom and love that is the center of a sacred life. This workshop offers relief. Through psycho-educational presentations on the cycle of addiction and the nature of shame, exercises to develop communication skills, non-violent communication and “breathe-able boundaries”, and with the support of yoga, meditation and pranayama, we will explore these complex disorders in the spirit of sisterhood. See flier; send questions

Women's Work

Fri. Oct. 1: 6:30 - 9:00pm

Sat. Oct 2: 11:00am - 1:00pm & 2:30 - 5:30pm

Sun. Oct 3: 8:00am - 11:00am

Women's Work: 20 student limit | no drop-ins
 $180

 

Therapy & General Workshops with special instructor Sarahjoy Marsh

Friday, October 1 & Saturday, October 2

Open to men and women, those who know yoga and those who don't. Sarahoy is ever popular in the northwest as a yoga instructor who guides us in our asana practice with her comprehensive understanding of the physical body and inspiring metaphors that move our hearts and souls.

Therapy Clinic

Fri. Oct. 1: 2:00 - 5:00pm

General Workshop

Sat. Oct 2: 8:00am - 10:00am

Therapy Clinic: 20 student limit
 $60

General Workshop: no limit | drop-ins okay
 $40

Combined Therapy & General Workshop
 $80

 

Swatantrya Teacher Training: Yoga as Therapy with special guest Doug Keller

Thursday, October 21 & Friday, October 22

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Doug trains yoga teachers world-wide, setting forth a new paradigm for training, particularly in the area of therapeutics and healing. This is an opportunity for teachers who wish to expand their horizons and to have their efforts and excellence recognized and supported. Doug is widely recognized for his unique and insightful contributions in the field of hatha yoga, yoga therapy and yoga philosophy. He offers solid teaching and insight into the anatomy and workings of the human body in relation to yoga, and into the possibilities for healing through yoga. Open to all styles of yoga teaching and teacher training. See flier; send questions.

Thursday: Sacral and Hip Issues In Depth

Assessment techniques for sacrum and 'hip' pain, issues of working with the pelvic floor, transverse abdominals and gluteals, and their role not just in the hips and low back, but their relationship to knee problems. And of course how to translate that into simple instructions and incorporate into teaching poses and series of poses.

Friday: Psoas Exploration
We'll go in depth into the anatomy, assessment and release techniques, as well as looking into the kinds of pain that come from not only the psoas, but also the quadratus and gluteals.

 Preregistration required: no drop-ins

Single afternoon teacher training
 $80

Both afternoon teacher trainings
 $145

Early registration for both before September 21
$130

Both teacher training & yoga workshops
(see below) before Sept. 21
 $220

 

Hatha Yoga Workshop for All with special guest Doug Keller

Friday, October 22 & Saturday, October 23

Join these extraordinarily informative and hands-on sessions focussing on the safe and beneficial practice of asanas Doug is ERYT500 (Experienced Yoga Teacher) with Yoga Alliance and registered with the International Association of Yoga Therapists. He is well-known in the Yoga Community, both nationally and internationally, and has presented workshops at Two Dog for many years. These sessions promise to be filled with yoginis from all over Seattle. See flier; send questions.

Friday Evening All Levels Asana
6:30 - 8:30pm

Saturday Morning All Levels Asana: Principles of Freedom and Expansion'
9:00 - 11:30am

Saturday Afternoon All Levels Pranayama and Meditation: 'Path of Union'

Saturday 1:30-3:30pm


 Preregistration required: no drop-ins

Friday evening
 $35

Saturday morning
 $40

Saturday afternoon
 $40

All three yoga workshops
 $110

Early registration before Sep 21
 $90

 

Couples Massage with Annie Stocker, L.M.P.
Saturday, November 6
6:00pm - 9:30pm

Experience relaxation and well-being through caring, healing touch from your sweetie. Learn and practice simple massage techniques to help relieve aches and stress in your back, neck, shoulders, feet and face. Fun and relaxing while cultivating loving kindness. Bring a pillow; all other other supplies including snacks, massage tables and massage oil are provided. Annie's suggestion for best date night ever: eat at Toyoda Sushi, 3 blocks away in Lake City at 5pm, then walk over to Two Dog after dinner for the workshop.

$90 preregistration required


 

Wings and Water: Two Dog's 2011 Yoga and Qigong Retreat

with Annie Stocker and Martha Hurwitz

Wed. Mar. 16 - Sun. Mar. 20, 2011

(short option Fri. Mar 18 - Sun. Mar. 20)

Harmony Hill Retreat Center

The practices of both Yoga and Qigong gently bring health, balance and harmony to our physical, emotional and spiritual lives. Like the wings of a bird, these practices help us gracefully soar above the clamor in our lives. Like bodies of water, both practices bring movement, nourishment and beauty into our daily lives.

Two Dog is pleased to house both ancient forms, one from India, the other from China, to our community. We're also pleased to explore the riches and qualities of both forms, side by side, like inquisitive neighbors. Each year, the studio offers a retreat in which practitioners of either form--or both--can spend relaxing, enriching time together, deepening their own practice and learning about the other.

March 16 - 20, 2011, marks the 2nd of these retreats, and the first in the Northwest. Join studio owner and yoga teacher Annie Stocker, and Soaring Crane Qigong instructor Martha Hurwitz for five lovely days of instruction, contemplation and fun at the beautiful Harmony Hill Retreat Center on Hood Canal. Our rental of Harmony Hill supports their much-lauded wellness programs, offered free of charge for people with cancer.

The Wings and Water Retreat features:

With a focus on deepening our practices, this retreat is open to all those who have had prior experience in their form. For yoga, this means three months of regular practice, and the sense of being at least a strong beginner. For qigong, this means completion of the Level One training, either at Two Dog or elsewhere. There will be ample opportunity at Two Dog both in fall in winter to prepare for this retreat.

Specifics about cost, scholarship, and deadlines will be posted by September 1. A discount will be offered to those paying full tuition by November 1. Space is limited to 18 yoga students and 18 qigong students. Contact Annie or Martha if you have questions.

Two Dog Yoga studio surpassed my expectations. The method of teaching goes beyond the conscious; it goes to my cell memory without me having to remember what the teacher said last class. Yoga is my spiritual practice and the teachers' devotion and years of knowledge keep my yoga experience in the divine. It truly is a place to honor equally the triad of mind, body and spirit.
— Joyce Anderson, speaker, consultant, writer