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“Remember: You are always responsible,
and change yourself. Drop those
qualities which create trouble.
Make love a self-transformation.”
–Osho, “The Book of Woman”
MARCH SUBSTITUTE SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March 23rd Vinyasa Flow 6:00pm-7:30pm Stacey–>Em
Tuesday, March 30th Sivananda 12:30-2:00pm Tomo—>Em
Tuesday, March 30th Vinyasa Flow 6:00pm-7:30pm Stacey–>Em
NEW WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL CLASSES
Discovering Your Fire: Pranayama Intensive
with Deni Bechard
Saturday May 15 4:30-7:00pm
Sunday May 16 6:30-9:00pm
Saturday May 22 4:30-7:00pm
Sunday May 23 6:30-9:00pm
15,000yen for all four sessions. Or drop-in of 4,000yen per session.
Attendance in all four sessions strongly recommended.
In the yoga tradition, intense pranayama has been taught to both novices and experienced yogis in order to bring them into deeper contact with their inner fire. This taste of intensity helps break practitioners from their patterns and preconceptions, and inspires them to reevaluate their paths as seekers. Working in the Kundalini Yoga tradition, we will move through a series of increasingly powerful pranayamas. Each exercise will be preceded by preparatory asana and will be followed by brief periods of restorative yoga. The energy generated throughout the workshop will culminate in a long pranayama meditation.
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
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Awaken Your Core: Inner Strength and Awareness for your Yoga Practice
with Deni Bechard
Saturday May 29 4:30-6:30pm
Sunday May 30 6:30-8:30pm
4,000yen per session, or 7,500yen for both
The core is essential for every aspect of yoga, from pranayama to strength postures to stabilizing muscles in deep stretches. It both grounds the body and energizes it. This workshop develops core awareness through a range of exercises, from the most subtle to the most physically demanding. Drawing on techniques in both the Kundalini
yoga and Ashtanga yoga traditions, we will work the core through alternating exercises involving breath work, stretching and powerful isolations. We will finish with an intense core workout that will give you a direct experience of the core’s power.
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
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SPECIAL CLASSES MAY 10-JUNE 4
Early Morning Ashtanga Mysore and Led classes with Deni Bechard
Monday & Wednesday Mysore-Style Ashtanga
7:00am-9:00am
Friday –Ashtanga Led Class
7:00am-9:00am
May 10-June 4 (NO CLASS May 26)
3,000 yen drop-in or use your class card. No reservations necessary. First-come, first served.
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LUCY ROBERTS & DENI BECHARD 2-Hour VINYASA CLASSES in MAY
All classes Level 2-5 (in English)
Tuesday May 11 2:30-4:30pm Vinyasa Flow w/Lucy Roberts
Thursday May 13 2:30-4:30pm Vinyasa Flow w/Lucy Roberts
Tuesday May 18 2:30-4:30pm Vinyasa/Pranayama w/Lucy Roberts & Deni Bechard
Thursday May 20 2:30-4:30pm Vinyasa/Pranayama w/Lucy Roberts & Deni Bechard
Tuesday June 1 2:30-4:30pm Vinyasa Flow and Pranayama w/Deni Bechard
Thursday June 3 2:30-4:30pm Vinyasa Flow and Pranayama w/Deni Bechard
3,000 yen drop-in or use your class cards. No reservations necessary. First-come, first served.
Newsletter
Download our March 2010 Newsletter (pdf) here.
NEW WORKSHOPS
May 2 & May 8 Daphne Tse and Ellen Watson Song and Dance
Sunday May 2 6:30-9:00pm
MovingSong: Your Body is a Musical Instrument
Cost: 4,000 yen
Join Ellen & Daphne to enter into the world of soulful connection through song, dance & poetry, tapping into the sources that help to nourish creativity, awareness and connection. This workshop is an especially sweet opportunity for those who are drawn to artistic, transformational and contemplative practices–to glean the jewels from these combined disciplines.
Ecstatic Dance practice, when united with Sacred Sound & Song, invites us to experience bliss, to move through our fear, anger, release sadness, and delivers us to the arms of our Creator, the Beloved. We’ll dance the dances and sing the songs that are ready to be lived in each of us. In small movements and huge leaps, we’ll unearth the full range of who we are and what we have to offer. Open to all!
(photo: James Bailey)
Saturday May 8 4:30-6:30pm
MovingSong: Sounding and Moving the Chakras
Cost: 4,000 yen
Join Ellen and Daphne for an exploration of using breath, sounds, song and dance to activate the energy of your chakras. Inspired by music from around the globe, your feet will dance, your bones will shake and your spirit will fly quieting your mind. With all circuits open, we’ll sound and sing from our feet , bellies and hearts leaving our chakras balanced and open to give and receive.
followed by
Saturday May 8 7:00-9:00pm
Sacred Song and Kirtan Concert with Daphne Tse & Friends!
Cost: 3,000 yen
Join musician Daphne Tse for an evening of chanting and singing to the Divine! We’ll sing sacred songs from many traditions honoring the Shakti that is within each of us, opening our hearts and connecting through our voices together. No singing or musical experience needed! If you can talk, you can sing… so come and join us, freeing your voice and opening your heart.
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
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Tibetan Heart Yoga (THY) “Full Practice” Series Course with masa
Sun and Moon Co-hosts THY “Full Practice” Series with masa from 5/17/10 to 8/30/10.
Dates: MONDAYS 5/17, 24, 31, 6/7, 14, 21, 28, 7/5, 12, 26, 8/2, 9, 23, 30
Time: 12:30-16:30
Cost: 98,000 yen for total series
PLACE: Sun and Moon Yoga
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
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Professional Adjustment Intensive
A Hands-on Adjustment Workshop with Ted Lafferty
Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers & Advancing Students
Session 1: Monday 25th January 5:30-7:00pm
Session 2: Thursday February 4, 6:30-8:30pm
Session 3: Thursday February 11, 6:00-8:30pm
Session 4: Thursday February 18, 6:30-8:30pm
What makes a good teacher? What makes a good teacher a *great* teacher? Touch is a powerful thing, and a good yoga adjustment is a key way for a teacher to aid students in going much deeper into a their practice than they could do on their own. A good adjustment will build trust for the teacher and for the practice as a whole.
A good in-class adjustment and the personal attention it provides brings a greater level of awareness, safety and opening of the physical and subtle body. Adjustments are a powerful way to deepen both the outer and inner practice of yoga.
In this in-depth workshop we will look at the “full adjustment” from observation to touch. Students will not only learn important adjustments for any class, but also the principles behind offering a powerful, professional adjustment in any pose.
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
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ANNUAL ABUNDANCE FLOW WORKSHOP
Creating Abundance-Money as Flow
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! A One-Day CRASH COURSE in Energy Flow and Manifesting with Leza Lowitz
THURSDAY, April 29, 2010, 10AM-5PM (HOLIDAY)
SET GOALS FOR THE YEAR AND CHART A NEW COURSE FOR YOUR LIFE!
Do you love what you do?
Does something always seem to stop you from pursuing your dreams?
Do you feel guilty having plenty? How do you approach giving and receiving?
Do you want to share more of what you have, and have more to share?
Money and abundance, like everything else in the universe, are forms of
energy. They have certain spiritual laws of flow. What is your attitude
towards money and abundance? Where did it come from? Do you give
yourself permission to have abundance?
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
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Self-Defense & Energy Skills Workshop: Harnessing the Power of Ki
with Shogo Oketani, Karate Buff and Gentleman
Saturday June 12, 5:00pm-8:00pm at Sun and Moon Yoga
Using The Power of Ki
Ki (氣) is the life-force energy of the cosmos that also exists within each of us. We have a power source or life center in the body called the “dantien” (Japanese: tanden) located at the hara, three finger-widths beneath the belly button. In Japan there is an _expression, “Put your power in the Sokka Tanden (under the belly button).” This means to gain equanimity and composure by focusing your energy on this point. When we integrate the energy of the dantien using special breathing, we can manifest our potential power. This power is called ki. The power of ki is the cornerstone of martial arts, and will be the focus of this course on energy awareness, energy building, energy use, and self-defense.
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
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Exploring our Feminine Nature through Yoga~ Goddess Lifeshop with Sara-Shivani
Tao and Tantra Yoga for Women at Sun and Moon Yoga April 24/25
April 24 Lifeshop. (Saturday) 4:30-9:30pm Exploring Session One
April 25 Lifeshop Exploring Session Two (Sunday) 18:45-22:15
Deepen your current yoga practice with some tools, techniques and rituals that awaken the “goddess“ within you. Learn how to feel happier, sexier and stronger as a woman on and off the yoga mat. Sara-Shivani`s lifeshop is a unique synthesis of hatha and tantra yoga, qigong, healing massage, dynamic meditation and dance. You will have the opportunity to explore how wonderful it is to be a woman and enrich your life with the healing power of feminine group support. Come and explore and express yourself and find the radiant woman within. BILINGUAL.
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
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The Yoga Studies Institute and Sun & Moon Yoga Presents
Tibetan Heart Yoga Series Two: 20-Hour Yoga Studies Institute (YSI) Teacher Training
with Yvonne Jacques
July 16-19, 2010
Friday July 16, 7:30pm-10:30pm
Saturday July 17, 4:30pm-9:30pm
Sunday July 18, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Monday July 19 (National Holiday) 8:00am-5:00pm
THY 2, “Mahamudra Meet Your Mind,” features a unique Tibetan and classical Indian style of asana, inner body anatomy, an exploration of how karma and emptiness work together in your yoga practice and your life, and the ultimate purpose and goal of yoga.
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
20-Hour Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Certification Course
with Leza Lowitz at Sun and Moon Yoga
October 2, 9, 11,16, 2010.
Saturday October 2, 4:30pm-9:30pm (5 hours)
Saturday October 9 4:30pm-9:30pm (5 hours)
Monday October 11 11:00am-5:00pm (National Holiday- 5 hours, includes lunch/breaks)
Saturday October 16 4:30pm-9:30pm (5 hours)
We are pleased to offer another session of this popular, comprehensive and life-changing teacher training!
Course Translation by Tomoko Kawahara. Japanese and/or English training manual provided upon completion. Certificate awarded upon successful completion of course.
Cost: 65,000yen
Limit: 24 students. Course fills up quickly, so register soon to ensure a spot.
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
Sun and Moon in the News
Get in Balance (Prague)
http://www.getinbalance.cz/clanek-skrabanice-z-duse
(The article is in Czech. Please download the translated pdf here.)
Leza Lowitz is interviewed for Hello, Yoga/Tokyo by Dylan Robertson here:
Leza talks about her journey from rebellious teenager to yoga student to teacher to studio owner in the ”Lohas Way” column of Bravo Music Japan, October 2009:
http://www.yogamusic.jp/lohas_way/17.html
Weekender Magazine: Eco-Yoga. Recycling yoga mats:
http://weekenderjapan.com/?cat=31
Living a Balanced Life in Tokyo:
http://weekenderjapan.com/?p=4010
Please see PRESS page for these new articles and more!
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