Backbending: Opening To Your Inner Sun with Lori Gaspar Friday, August 1st, 9:30-11:00pm, $15 Teacher Training Informational Meeting Following Practice
In this evening intensive, we will learn how to access our back body to support, the opening of the solar plexus and the heart center. We will use twists to unwind the muscles along the spine. After we release areas of holding, we comfortably extend into the radiance of back bends. All levels welcome.
Lori Gaspar, MA, 500 E-RYT, is the Director of Prairie Yoga Teacher Training, a 200 hour and 500 hour Yoga Alliance Registered School. Lori's teaching places a strong emphasis on alignment and cultivating inner wisdom. Her contemporary approach is deeply rooted in classical yoga philosophy. She is frequent contributor to YogaChicago. Lori will be leading a 200 hour Foundation Yoga Teacher Training Program this year at Prana Yoga Center.
To register print out the pre-registration form and mail with payment. Register Early. Space is limited.
Tantric Hatha Yoga Class Designed As Preparation for Sacred Gong Meditation Friday, August 1, 6:00-7:15pm Series pass or $15 drop in rate Tantric hatha yoga is a tradition that focuses on using asana and pranayama to awaken the energy body which resides in the spine and chakra system. The yogic chakra system, as explained by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, consists of seven chakras or energy centers which are depicted as a sort of "spinal column". These chakras or energy centers are considered to be important points for the channelling of consciousness and linking the physical with the spiritual with the aim of achieving greater clarity. This special class sequence is designed to prepare the student for the sacred gong bath meditation by using extension and twists poses to awaken the spine or levels of consciousness. This class will be taught by Lisa and is drop-in basis and appropriate for all levels.
Sacred Gong Bath Meditation with Kenny Kolter Friday August 1st, 7:30-8:30pm, $20 Join Kenny Kolter for a sacred gong bath or sound healing experience which will guide students on a powerful sonic meditative journey of meditation and healing. A gong bath is an opportunity to bathe in the healing resonant sound harmonics that a gong creates. Gongs embody the universal sound and basic chordal structure of the eternal Ohm. Participants can let go and just let the gong provide the Ohm mantra, freeing up the mind and the physical body to transcend. Kenny believes that all people have an innate ability to connect into spirit for self-guidance and self-healing. Sound, both complex and primordial, has a powerful affect on our physiology and allows one to transcend and center into an open, creative, therapeutic, flowing space. In the womb, the first music we heard was our Mother’s heart beat -- soothing, constant, nourishing and pulsing safety. These sessions are designed to offer individuals an opportunity to meditate/pray and self-heal utilizing sound as a backdrop to explore inward. This event is drop-in basis and is open to all students. There will be no yoga practice at this event. Please feel free to bring a pillow and blanet to lay on for comfort.
Kenny lives in Buffalo Grove, IL and has been practicing Transcendental Meditation since age 12. He graduated from MaharishiInternationalUniversity with a B.A. in Comparative Literature where I was steeped in Ayurvedic (health) and Gandharva Veda (music) learning. He has been playing drums and percussion since age 9 and have traveled and performed internationally as a professional musician. I have attended & staffed the New Warrior, Pathways, Actualizations, & Drieukers Global seminars and been a seeker/healer-sound practitioner my entire life. Because of his experience as a percussionist his approach to gong meditation with a subtle rhythmic quality, teasing out the vast array of tones, harmonics & shimmering nuances that reside within the instrument. The result is that these sonic, mystical characteristics provide a vehicle for deepening levels of clarity and consciousness. This event is drop-in basis and is open to all students. There will be no yoga practice at this event. Please feel free to bring a pillow and blanet to lay on for comfort.
Master Yoga Class with Gabriel Halpern Saturdays, 3-5pm, $35 per class or $120 for all four Sept 6, Oct 4, Nov 1, Dec 13th
This special series of master classes will be taken directly from sequences learned at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India, Master classes emphasize strong standing poses, backbends, twists, and inversions with variations. Gabriel’s 38 years of continuous practice and study makes him one of the clearest channels for the transmission of the intensive work done in the Iyengar lineage. Minimum of one year recent practice or permission of the instructor required. Pre-registration and pre-payment required.
Gabriel Halpern holds a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Health Psychology, and is a full-time, certified instructor trained at the Iyengar Yoga Institutes in San Francisco and Pune, India. Gabriel is the founder, and for the last 24 years, the director of the Yoga Circle in Chicago. For the past twenty years he has also been a core faculty member at De Paul University’s Theater Department. Owing to the direct influence of BKS Iyengar and 38years of personal practice, Gabriel transmits the ancient wisdom in contemporary forms that not only ignite our mat work, but fire our spiritual vision as well.His Master classes challenge the most ardent practitioner to sharpen their personal discipline.
Master Class for Yoga Instructors or Advanced Students with Gabriel Halpern Mondays 1-3pm, $35 per class or $120 for all four Sept 22, Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 15th
Learn the details from the Meiste! This special series of master classes are designed to educate and integrate the essentials of alignment into the teaching and personal practice of instructors and advanced yoga practitioners. Gabriel will share his knowledge and training from the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India. These classes will emphasize alignment and adjustments of the fundamental standing poses, backbends, twists, and inversions with variations. Gabriel’s 38 years of continuous practice and study makes him one of the clearest channels for the transmission of the intensive work done in the Iyengar lineage. Minimum of one year recent practice or permission of the instructor. Pre-registration and pre-payment required.
Gabriel Halpern holds a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Health Psychology, and is a full-time, certified instructor trained at the Iyengar Yoga Institutes in San Francisco and Pune, India. Gabriel is the founder, and for the last 24 years, the director of the Yoga Circle in Chicago. For the past twenty years he has also been a core faculty member at De Paul University’s Theater Department. Owing to the direct influence of BKS Iyengar and 38 years of personal practice, Gabriel transmits the ancient wisdom in contemporary forms that not only ignite our mat work, but fire our spiritual vision as well.His Master classes challenge the most ardent practitioner to sharpen their personal discipline.
This progressive 10 week introductory course is designed to help you explore the deeper dimensions of yoga and develop strength, balance, flexibility and peace of mind.Through this course you will become familiar with conscious yogic breathing, fundamental yoga poses, meditation and some yoga philosophy and dietary concepts. You will develop a solid a foundation of practice based upon the principles of alignment and the energy body (or chakra system). Upon completion of this course you will be ready to take any level yoga class or develop a safe personal practice tailored to your current age, health and lifestyle. People of every fitness level, from the tri-athlete to the sedentary individual can participate in this course. Each student is accepted and encouraged exactly as they are and will be given individual hands on adjustments. Learn ‘the basics' in a non-intimidating, fun and relaxed atmosphere. The Fundamentals of Yoga series will be taught by Louise Hague and Lisa Bertke.Space is limited in each class.
Whether you are seeking fitness or enlightenment, whether you are a beginner or want to explore the deeper dimensions of yoga..this course is one of a kind! Be sure to bring a notebook. Call for more information @630-262-9642.
To register print out the pre-registration form and mail with payment. Register today as space is limited.
Restorative Yoga
Friday Nights, 7:30-9:00pm
Sept 19, Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec 12th
$15, Registration Required By Noon Day of Event
This monthly restorative yoga class is for those times when you feel weak, fatigued, or stressed from your daily activities. Restorative yoga classes are especially beneficial for the times before, during, and after major life events: death of a loved one, change of job or residence, marriage, divorce, major holidays, and vacations. In addition, you can practice the poses when ill, or recovering from illness or injury.
Restorative yoga poses are "active relaxation." By supporting the body with props, we alternately stimulate and relax the body to move toward balance. Some poses have an overall benefit. Others target an individual part, such as the lungs, heart, kidney, or liver, etc. All create specific physiological responses which are beneficial to health and can reduce the effects of stress-related disease. This class will be taught by Lisa and is appropriate for all levels of students.
with Prairie Yoga teachers Lori Gaspar, Rich Logan, and Tias Little
Informational Meeting
Friday, August 1
11:30-12:30pm
Practice and Training
(27) Fridays
Sept 5, 2008- April 10, 2009
11:30 am - 4:00 pm TT classes break for holidays
no class on 11/28, 12/19-1/2 ad 4/3
Fundamentals of Yoga Anatomy with Rich Logan Sat. 1:30 - 5:00 pm Part 1: October 25, 2008
Part 2: November 8, 2008
Yoga Anatomy Teacher Training with Tias Little Fri- Sun, March 20-22, 2009
9:30 am - 5:00 pm (Dates are tentative)
Prairie Yoga 200 hour Teacher Training will deepen your own personal practice and prepare you to intelligently teach beginning and intermediate yoga classes from your own heart-felt path. Providing a firm foundation for future growth, our philosophy is non-dogmatic and based upon classical yoga principles. Our intention is to help you explore and enrich your own yogic path and then provide you with the tools and techniques to develop wisdom and clarity as a teacher.
For more information, including complete schedule, course description, tuition, and registration information, visit Prairie Yoga Teacher Training. Or call Prana Yoga Center at 630-262-YOGA or Lori Gaspar at 630-702-8908.
