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–Osho, “The Book of Woman”
Newsletter and Class schedule
Download our July 2010 Newsletter (pdf) here. NOTE THAT THE UPDATED SUBSTITUTE SCHEDULE IS HERE ON OUR TOP PAGE.
Download our July/August 2010 Class schedule (pdf) here.
*Please note that PDF schedule is not updated. “Class pages” schedule is the current, updated schedule.
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JULY SUBSTITUTE SCHEDULE
Friday July 30th 10:30-12:00 Vinyasa Flow Level Em –> Miles
Friday July 30th 5:30-7:00pm Vinyasa Flow Em –> Miles
AUGUST Substitute Schedule
Sunday August 1st 8:00-9:30am-Ashtanga Yoga Half Primary Em –> Miles
Sunday August 1st 10:30am-12:00 Vinyasa Flow Em –> Miles
Sunday August 1st 2:30-4:00pm Beginning Yoga Em –> Miles
Sunday August 1st 4.30pm-6.00pm Ashtanga Basics Em –> Miles
Tuesday August 3rd Vinyasa Flow 6-7:30pm Stacey–>Em
Tuesday August 10th Vinyasa Flow 6-7:30pm Stacey—>Em
Wednesday August 11 5:30-7:00pm Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–> Em
Wednesday August 11 7:30-9:00pm Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–> Em
Thursday August 12 10:30-12:00 Beginning Yoga ACO–>Hatsumi*
Thursday August 12 12:30-2:00 Vinyasa ACO–>Asht. Basics w/Hatsumi*
Friday August 13 7:30-9:00pm Restorative Yoga w/Leza–> Em
Saturday August 14 10:30-12:00 Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–>Em
Saturday August 14 12:30-2:00 Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–>Em
Tuesday August 17th Vinyasa Flow 6-7:30pm Stacey—>Em
Wednesday August 18 5:30-7:00pm Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–> Em
Wednesday August 18 7:30-9:00pm Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–> Em
Friday August 20 7:30-9:00pm Restorative Yoga w/Leza–> Em
Saturday August 21 10:30-12:00 Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–>Em
Saturday August 21 12:30-2:00 Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–>Em
Wednesday August 25 5:30-7:00pm Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–> Em
Wednesday August 25 7:30-9:00pm Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–> Em
Friday August 27 7:30-9:00pm Restorative Yoga w/Leza–> Em
Saturday August 28 10:30-12:00 Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–>Em
Saturday August 28 12:30-2:00 Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–>Em
SEPTEMBER Substitute Schedule
Thursday Sep 2nd 10:30-12:00 Beginning Yoga ACO–>Clara
Thursday Sep 2nd 12:30-2:00 Vinyasa Flow ACO–>Clara
Saturday September 18 14:30-16:00 Kripalu w/Akiko–> Em
Wednesday September 22 14:00-16:00 Tibetan Heart Yoga w/Masa–>Leza
Thursday September 23 17:30-19:00 Tibetan Heart Yoga w/Masa–>Leza
Thursday September 23 19:30-21:00 Tibetan Heart Yoga w/Masa–>Leza
Saturday September 25 10:30-12:00 Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–>Em
Saturday September 25 12:30-2:00 Vinyasa Flow w/Leza–>Em
Saturday September 25 14:30-16:00 Kripalu w/Akiko–>Em
NEW WORKSHOPS
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Seva Park Yoga Class for “Quilts for Kids Nepal” with Em
Saturday 4th September in Yoyogi Park
This is an open yoga class inviting one and all to come join Em for a two- hour community sharing yoga class for a wonderful cause. Let us share yoga and give in the spirit of Seva - no donation is too small.
100% of your donation to Quilts for Kids Nepal goes to fund women’s salaries as well as school tuition, school uniforms, shoes, pencils, books and backpacks for the kids.
Quilts for Kids Nepal is a microfinance project based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Its mission is to provide work for economically challenged women and to finance education for underprivileged children.
For more information about the organization, please check out:
“http://www.quiltsnepal.org” http://www.quiltsnepal.org/
When: Saturday 4th September
Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm
Where: Yoyogi Park
Please bring your yoga mat, or towel and invite friends and family. Look forward to seeing you there.
Suggested Donation: 500-1000 yen per person
Please contact Em for more information: breathe@em-yoga.com
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Tibetan Heart Yoga August Study Group
Sat, August 14th
4:30-6:00pm
Fees: Free
Facilitators: Masaaki Nakajima and Tomoko Kawahara
All are welcome. NO RSVP necessary -please just drop in!
Tibetan Heart Yoga Teacher’s Training graduates have been getting together once a month to deepen our practice and studies. We’d like to open this gathering up to the public. You are more than welcome to join us if you are interested in this compassionate and powerful style of yoga. We’ll have a discussion and practice some meditations together. The session will be bilingual. -Tomoko
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Sun & Moon Yoga August Singing Group
Sat, August 14th
6:30-8:00pm
Fees: Donation (500-1,000 yen)
*All the money will be donated to YCIP (Yoga Classics Input Project).
All are welcome. NO RSVP necessary -please just drop in!
Come and join our joyful and friendly kirtan gathering! “Kirtan”, which literally means ‘to repeat’ in Sanskrit, is a call-and-response style of chanting that anyone can enjoy. Repeating simple mantras over and over provides us with an easy way to experience some freedom from the daily chatter of our minds. It creates an uplifting energy within us because of the intrinsic power of the sacred Sanskrit lyrics. It’s simple, fun and extremely liberating!
Thanks to everyone who joined our July gathering. The money we raised (19,000 yen) has been donated to YCIP. The pure karma we created together has infinite possibilities! Thanks again for your love and support. -Tomoko
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Detox Yoga Workshop for the mind, body and soul
With Miles Maeda
Saturday, September 11th at Sun and Moon
Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm
Cost: 4,500 yen
When we begin our journey with yoga, it’s like preparing the soil for a garden to produce an abundance of fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices. As we deepen our practice, we plant the seeds that we choose to cultivate. And if we want the best possible result with our garden, we create the best possible environment to nurture these seedlings. So similarly in our yoga practice, it is an important step to cleanse the body and mind to properly cultivate the ’seed’ or light of our true nature which yoga reveals.
For more information or to register, please see workshop page.
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Come Sing Your Heart Out
Sat, July 3rd
7:00-8:30pm
Fees: Donation (500-1,000 yen)
We’re happy to announce that Sun & Moon Yoga will host a monthly singing group from June. Let’s practice kirtan, bhakti
yoga together to sing our hearts out!
Singing opens the heart and frees the mind. Singing in a community creates a beautiful chorus of voices joining in peace and harmony in sangha. If you have been wanting to free your voice, open your heart, join a community gathering, and
come together with others in an artistic pursuit–even if you can’t hold a note or sing off-tune, then please join this casual gathering.
All the fees will be donated to a charity (Yoga Classics Input Project). We can protect someone’s life and pass down the sacred yogic wisdom to the next generations by joining our hearts and voices together. All are welcome!
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Introduction to Tibetan Heart Yoga Discussion Group w/Leza Lowitz, July 3
Introduction to Tibetan Heart Yoga — Free, Casual Discussion Group
Saturday, July 3rd 4:30-6:30pm
Are you interested in Tibetan Heart yoga, but would like to learn more about it? Please come to our open study group to learn more about this powerful practice. Leza Lowitz and Tomoko Kawahara will facilitate this free, two-hour bilingual session. All are welcome.
NO RSVP necessary –please just drop in.
For more about Tibetan Heart Yoga, See our website and www.asianclassics.org
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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.
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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!
STILL A FEW SPACES LEFT!
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.
Yoga Aid Challenge 2010
WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT WE RAISED APPROXIMATELY 12,000$ FOR CHARITY! THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED AND DONATED!
Park Yoga with Leza Lowitz at Roppongi Midtown
April 27 and May 1, 9:30-11:00am
Join Leza Lowitz and 11 other leaders in the Challenge for Charity!
YOGA AID CHALLENGE May 1st Roppongi MIDTOWN. Please come join Leza Lowitz and 11 other leaders and support your favorite charities! 9:00-11:30am. See http://www.yogaaid.jp for more information and to register. We have pledged our full participation so come out and live your yoga, practicing Generosity and Lovingkindness to all!
Yoga in the Park Midtown, Roppongi
Midtown is hosting Park Yoga whereby each of 12 leaders of the Yoga Aid Challenge will hold a 90 minute-long session on the lawn from 9:30am-11:00am during April 23 through May 5.
Join Leza Lowitz and 11 other teachers for a special community yoga practice outside! Leza will teach Tuesday April 27.
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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