WORKSHOPS and RETREATS at TWO DOG YOGA
Open Heart, Open Voice: Vocal Freedom/Raga with Gina Salá
Tuesday nights
7:15pm - 8:45pm
Aug 11, 18, 25; Sept 1, 8, 15, 22
All are welcome – come experience how this music places us right in the center of the delightful Now. Please check Gina's website for more details and to register: www.ginasala.com.
$20 each class; $70 for 4 classes
Annual Grass Yoga Class with Jane Hitti FREE!
Sunday August 23
6:00pm - 7:00pm
All levels are welcome. Come play outside for a lovely evening of yoga in the local community, with the Two Dog community. No props or mats necessary; come barefoot. We'll meet at Albert Davis Park, behind the Lake City Library, two doors south of Big Dog studio (27th Ave. NE, just north of NE 125th St. In case of rain, meet at the studio.
more info available (PDF)
Summer Eve Yoga Classes with Shannon McCall
Tuesday or Thursday eves
5:30ppm - 7:00pm
August 25 & 27; Sept 1 & 3; Sept 8 & 10
Come: meditate, move, breathe, relax. All levels are welcome.
6 eves $66; any 4 classes $50; punch card okay
Annual Not-So-Early Morning Yoga Immersion Week with Jane Hitti
Monday, August 24 – Friday, August 28
7:00am - 8:00am
Awaken your heart, body and mind with a daily yoga practice, including pranayama (breath work) and meditation. Explore and refine your understanding of the Anusara Universal Principles of Alignment. Strong beginners through advanced students welcome. Wake up with a smile and have fun!
more info available (PDF)
$50 for 5 classes; preregistration required by 8/21/09
Curtain Light Yoga: Restorative Yoga Practice with Jane Hitti
Friday August 28
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Twilight is a beautiful time of day to renew and reflect. Restorative yoga practice starts with a gentle series of movements designed to help you connect with your body, encouraging a progressively deeper state of physical and mental relaxation. A short period of breath awareness and meditation completes the restorative practice and eases the transition to the outside world.
more info available (PDF)
$20; preregistration requested
Yin Yoga and Meditation with Shannon McCall
Friday nights
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Sept 18; Oct 2; Nov 6
Yin yoga highlights meditative awareness in asana using long held postures, guided relaxation and reclining and seated meditation. This quiet class allows you to deeply
enter your body, feeling and releasing tension while connecting more deeply with yourself and the earth. Leave feeling refreshed and restored. Soothing music will
accompany some of the long holds. This class is suitable for all levels.
$20 each class; preregistration requested
Nurturing Mother Postnatal Yoga with Leslie Mouton
Wednesdays
11:00am - 12:15pm
2 4-week sessions:
Sept 23 - Oct 14
Nov 4 - 25
Mothers are welcome to bring their pre-crawling babies into this special yoga class. While infants and babies nap, nurse, or roll around on blankets, moms nurture themselves by practicing time-tested asanas (poses) designed to restore energy and tone the body. Specific yoga focus will include shoulders, abdomen and pelvic floor, while discussions focus on breastfeeding, caring for a new baby, nurturing oneself and exploring the spiritual dimension of motherhood. A great way to connect with yourself and other moms.
$60; 4-class series
Call studio (206-367-9608) for location
Introduction To Yoga with Irene Alexander
Thursday evenings
6:30pm - 8:00pm
September 24 - November 5
Take the first step into the exploration of Hatha Yoga in a safe and supportive environment. This course introduces asana (poses) and prepares a student to join a Level I class with confidence. Small classes allow personal attention.
$108 6-class series; preregistration required
The Well Balanced Meal with Cynthia Lair
Friday, September 25th
7:00pm - 8:30pm
If the USDA charts don’t give us the right clues, what’s a meal-planner to do? Left on our own, we tend to sway with the latest research or fad which can result in shunning whole nutrient groups. We either try to fashion a meal avoiding as many fearsome choices as possible (no fat, no carbs, no animal protein – what’s left?) or just say to heck with it all and drive-through picking up a bag or bucket. Let’s look at how traditional cultures fashion meals and apply it to the American household. Everybody will feel more joyful about eating. Tastes of yummy food prepared during the eve will be available, but please eat dinner before you come.
$20; preregistration requested
A Cancer In Three Stories: Prevention wisdom and insights from research and personal experience
A presentation written by Martha Hurwitz
Friday, October 6
6:00pm - 8:30pm
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the 6th mammaversary of Martha's breast cancer diagnosis, Two Dog will host a screening of a presentation she wrote and delivered a number of times around town. Packed with information about the environmental, physiological and emotional causes—and antidotes—of disease, Martha structured the presentation in a personal narrative, hoping her story of finding health would help others realize their own. The evening features the 2-hour screening of the presentation, updates to the original material and a special focus on qigong. Information handouts, resource materials and lots of time for questions round out the evening. Proceeds support the Qigong Scholarship Fund at Two Dog.
$10 suggested donation; proceeds go toward Two Dog scholarship fund; registration requested
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Fascia, Fluids and Bones with Judith Marcus, M.A., L.M.P.
Sunday nights
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Oct 11; Nov 8; Dec 6
Do you feel out of step with exercise groups? Do you have a disability that you feel limits you? Learn to enjoy your body in any activity! Have fun moving your body with ease. Learn to relax and develop more body awareness. You will be surprised how little can do so much for whatever activity you want to improve including yoga, golf, singing, standing, walking, any activity. Awareness Through Movement (The Feldenkrais Method) is known for its ability to transform ALL types of bodies. Learn to move gently with tiny movements, refine your body awareness and enjoy the psychological and neurological benefits from these classes.
$25 each class; $70 series; preregistration requested
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Qi-Inspired Expression: Finding your source with Martha Hurwitz
Friday evenings
6:30pm - 9:00pm
Oct 23, Oct 30, Nov 13, Nov 20
Qi is considered both the source of creativity within us and a tool for accessing that source. This four-part workshop in flow uses movements, meditations and other qigong forms to get our qi flowing. Then we'll allow that flow to influence creative or reflective endeavors of your choosing--journaling, sketching, painting, dancing, meditation, to name a few. Participants will learn ways to connect with their own inspirational source and methods of diminishing blockages of all kinds--the key to abundant qi flow. Appropriate for creative and reflective people of all pursuits, persuasions and abilities. Experience with either qi or creative pursuits welcome but not necessary.
$100 for 4-class series; $30 drop-in; preregistration requested
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Parent/Child Yoga with Annie Stocker and special guests
Saturdays
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oct 24, Nov 21, Dec 12
A yoga class for parents and children, ages 8 and up. Playful, strengthening and stretching exercises support and celebrate your precious relationship and love for each other.
$20/pair; preregistration requested
The Edge of Intimacy: A playful exploration of relationship
with Annie Stocker and Laurie Riepe
Saturday, October 24
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Join us in this couples' workshop for a playful exploration of relationship. Intimacy is the work of staying open while connecting with another human being, having a strong sense of self while being fully vulnerable. This workshop is an opportunity to take your practice -- yoga, qigong, or life, into the realm of relationship with your beloved. We will start on our own yoga mats and begin by using the concept of mindfulness to develop our awareness of self. From there we will open into an evening of creative play using partner yoga and spoken word, featuring poems for two voices to explore notions of deep dialogue.
$50/couple; preregistration requested
Couples Massage with Annie Stocker, L.M.P.
Saturday, November 7
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 only, all other other supplies including snacks, massage tables and massage oil are provided. Annie's suggestion: 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
Soaring Crane Level I Weekend Workshop with Martha Hurwitz
Sat Nov 7 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Sun Nov 8 9:00am - 5:00pm
Soaring Crane Qigong is a movement-based meditation form, well-suited for those seeking prevention or recovery, from injury, illness or the tolls of daily life. Partnered with the long-standing wisdom of Chinese Medicine, qigong restores physical, emotional and spiritual balance. Focused mind-work is a requirement of the form. All abilities are welcome to this 12-hour workshop. See the Qigong page for more details.
$130; preregistration requested
Out of Town Yoga Guests
Donald Moyer
November 13 - 15
Author of 'Awakening the Inner Body'
* A full refund less the $25 deposit will be allowed if notification of withdrawal is given before October 15th.
After that date, refunds will be given only if space reserved can be filled by a wait-listed individual. |
Retreats
Yoga & Qigong Retreat
Yelapa, Mexico
February 5-13, 2010
Two Dog Yoga presents a special Yoga and Qigong retreat in
Yelapa, Mexico. Each day, participants will deepen their
practice - Anusara-Inspired Yoga with Annie Stocker
or Soaring Crane Qigong with Martha Hurwitz - while exploring
the riches and commonalities of each other's forms. All levels of experience are welcome.
Special global voice and chant sessions with guest
instructor Gina Sala complement the foundation work. The
retreat features morning practices, group events, optional
private sessions and ample time to explore nearby,
waterfalls, beaches and seascapes.
The trip fee includes all instruction and lodging, and most meals and transportation in Mexico. Register with a non-refundable $100 deposit; this will hold your space. A $100 discount is offered for full payments before October 15.
NOTE: PayPal payments of full tuition incur a $60 processing fee. You can also pay by mailing a check to the studio (12549 28th Ave. NE, Seattle WA, 98125).
early registration $100 off
before October 15, 2009
| Non refundable deposit to reserve your space |
$100 |
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| 3-4 person room before 10/15 |
$1290 + $60 |
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| 2 person room before 10/15 |
$1350 + $60 |
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| 3-4 person room after 10/15 |
$1390 + $60 |
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| 2 person room after 10/15 |
$1450 + $60 |
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See Yelapa 2010 Retreat Flier for more details.
Video from Yelapa 2005 Two Dog Yoga & Music retreat: Windows | Mac
Questions to annie@twodogyoga.com.
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