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Level III Workshop with Christine Holt

These 2.5 hour classes will include pranayama, easing into practice with slow, juicy warm-ups, and plenty of time for extended quieting/cooling postures and relaxation.  With courage and a lighthearted attitude, we will approach advanced asana variations, working towards the full poses with support along the way from props, friends, and faith (I think I can, I think I CAN!…).
Join us for this once-a-month hearty exertion of playful energy, seeing how - with careful attention and ease of breath - you can go farther than you may have imagined. 


Prerequisites:  Bakasana (crow)
Urdhva Dhanurasana (full wheel)
Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulderstand)
Strong inversions practice including the following poses (may still be working at the wall):
Sirsasana (headstand)
Adho Muhka Vrksasana (handstand)
Pincha Mayurasana (forearm stand)
4th Saturdays: February 25, March 24, April 28
12:30-3pm
$25 (or two classes from your class card)
Pre-registration is strongly recommended, as class size is limited. Register Online or call 864-9642.


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Belly After Baby with Andrea Trombley PT

Fundamentals of Finding your Core

In this interactive educational workshop, Andrea will help you discover how to re-engage core muscles that have been lost during pregnancy. This workshop will include education regarding anatomy of the pelvic floor and core muscles, influences of postural stresses that inhibit engagement of your core, strategies to prevent common post-partum issues such as incontinence, back, pelvic an hip pain. You will learn simple exercises you can use on a daily basis and as a part of your yoga practice to return to optimal strength.

Next Date TBD
$40 *adults only, maximum 8 students*

Register Online or call 864-9642.

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Couple's Yoga for Labor and Birth, with Susan Cline Lucey

This one-time workshop is a great way for you to bond as a couple in preparation for sharing the birth experience together. We will cover yoga poses, breath work, relaxation and meditation techniques helpful in labor and birth. A strong focus will be placed on labor support techniques and ways to build confidence in your ability to birth without intervention. This workshop is a must for first time parents, as well as for those second/third time parents who are not planning on taking a birth class but would like a class to connect around the baby and a refresher on labor support techniques.
 February 3, March 2, April 6
$55 per couple, 6-8 pm
Register Online or call 864-9642.
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Living Yoga Restorative Series with Martha Whitney

Join Martha for a rejuvinating practice of restorative yoga. This relaxing class allow you to draw into a deeper place inside yourself as you are guided into supported restful yoga poses. Come relax, restore and recharge on Valentines Day. Please pre-register; this popular class will fill up.

Restorative Yoga for Open Hearts
Sunday, February 12, 6:15-8:15 pm $20

 

 

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Yoga 4 Classrooms - Tools for Learning. Lessons for Life. with ChildLight Yoga

Are you interested in promoting whole child health and positive, peaceful learning environments though yoga and mindfulness education? This one day workshop is open to all classroom teachers, administrators, school counselors, phys ed teachers, therapists and others seeking to bring simple yoga and mindfulness techniques into the classroom or similar setting for a more peaceful, productive class day.

The 230pg, fully-illustrated Yoga 4 Classrooms™ Teacher's Guide is utilized in this workshop ensuring the program is both easy to use and sustainable for long-term use. Absolutely no yoga experience is required.

This 1 day workshop includes:
*6 hour interactive workshop (inc. 1 hr. lunch break).
*Fully illustrated 230 page Yoga 4 Classrooms Teacher's Guide.
*CEU's and possible reimbursement from your school.
*Certificate of completion.  

Saturday, March 10, 2012
12:30-6 pm at evolution yoga
pre-register by 3/2:  www.yoga4classrooms.com
603-781-3323

 

 

CAPPA Postpartum Doula Certification Training with Hip 2 Heart

The 2 day training course is the first step to becoming a CAPPA Certified Postpartum Doula. 

This training will cover:
* The Postpartum Doula Scope of Practice
*Caring for new mothers
* Education and Support for family members
* Breastfeeding Support/Breast care
* How to teach baby soothing and calming techniques
* How to instruct mom/family members on baby care techniques
* Recognizing postpartum mood disorders
* Creating a list of local resources specific to needs of client
* Marketing your Doula business
* Creating contracts and documents for clients
* Scheduling
*and SO MUCH MORE!

Fri. & Sat., March 2nd and 3rd, 2012
Fri. 10am-6pm and Sat. 9am-5pm
$400 - Register Online

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CircusYoga® Ring One Immersion with our own, Christine Holt and Circus Yoga co-founder, Erin Maile-O'Keefe

Ignite the CircusYoga fire in you. Begin your path to becoming a CircusYoga teacher. Or simply get infused with the principles of connection, community and play during this experiential weekend. 

We will experience:

The weekend will kick off with a Community Workshop. Included in tuition is the CircusYoga® Ring One Manual. This is also the prerequisite for the CircusYoga® Ring Two Teacher Training.

Please join us for an unforgettable weekend of multigenerational play and learning with expert facilitator, teacher, co-creator of CircusYoga Erin Maile O’Keefe and Burlington’s own CircusYoga teacher extraordinaire Christine Holt. While this weekend is part of the CircusYoga Teacher Training journey and it also stands alone as a program for those wishing to explore their creativity, leadership skills, communication, play, and more. Whether you are a yogi, school teacher, facilitator, manager, dancer, parent, or human being... come steep in the benefits of CircusYoga and infuse your practice with the principles of connection, community & play, during this can't-be-missed fun-filled weekend.

For more details, go to http://www.circusyoga.com/site/4.20-22.2012_CYTT1_Burlington.html

Friday, April 20 - Sunday, April 22  
Fri. 6pm-9pm
Sat. 12:30-6:30pm
Sun. 2pm-5:30pm

Tuition: $275 ($250 Early Registration until April 1st)

*The Community Workshop is included in the tuition for Ring One
(limited to 16 participants, so register early)

Register Online or call 864-9642.

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Erin Maile O'Keefe is an international educator and trainer who has developed kinesthetic, multigenerational curriculums focusing on group inclusion, connection, empathy and co-authorship. She has worked with diverse cultural groups and communities from India to the Middle East, bringing them together through skillfully facilitated play. In 1997, Erin co-created the practices of CircusYoga and Flying Partner Yoga with her husband Kevin O'Keefe out of their love for the unique synthesis of yoga, circus, connection, and play. Since then, she has led CircusYoga Teacher Trainings and mentored a community of teachers teaching worldwide. Erin's lifelong passion for exploring embodied movement led her to in depth studies in Yoga, Embodied Anatomy & Developmental Movement, Thai Massage, Dance and Meditation. She honors her teachers, including Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Beth Biegler, TKV Desikachar, Reggie Ray and Mabel Hefty. The first in a series of parent-kid activity books Flying Kids! will be released very soon. 

 

 

CircusYoga® Community Workshop with our own, Christine Holt and Circus Yoga co-founder, Erin Maile-O'Keefe

for adults & kids ages 7 to 107

CircusYoga celebrates the whole community, the whole family, the whole person. We foster a spirit of play and provide a level playing field for people of all ages and abilities. We create an environment that is relaxed and playful, and invites people of all generations to share new experiences together such as: 

  1. Bullet Community & Mandala Yoga

  2. Bullet Partner Yoga, Acrobatics & Flying

  3. Bullet Group Games & Invention

  4. Bullet Circus Skills: Juggling, Diabolo, Flower Sticks, etc.

  5. Bullet Clowning & Physical Comedy

  6. Bullet Balance in poses and on a pipe

  7. Bullet Dance & Creative Movement

  8. Bullet Thai Yoga Massage

Bring your friends and families and join us for this workshop that embraces the principles of play, connection, and celebration. Enjoy the spirit of community as we explore circus and yoga that is both accessible and adventurous. And learn how to “FLY!”

Fri. April 20, 2012
6-7:30pm
$25/adults, $10/kids, ages 7 and up
(included if taking the CY Ring One Immersion)

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Feldenkrais®: Getting to know your Gluteus Muscles with Uwe Mester

The Gluteus muscles (aka Buttocks) are some of the strongest muscles in our body. Their primary function are hip extension (Gluteus Max.) and abduction of the leg. When we improve the function of the buttocks we can change the relationship of your weight traveling through your legs, ankles, and feet. Furthermore the buttocks are also crucial to having and maintaining a strong, healthy, well-supported back.Uwe will teach a series of Awareness through Movement® lessons that will help you to
understand how this large muscle complex plays a major role in all the basic movements you do and how you can improve their function.You do not need prior Feldenkrais® experience to enjoy this workshop. Please bring a
mat or blanket with you and wear warm comfortable clothes.

Saturday, Feb. 11
3:30 - 5:30pm
$20 - Register Online or call 864-9642.

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Feldenkrais®: Freedom for Jaw, Neck and Shoulders with Uwe Mester

The jaw, neck and shoulders are a “triangle of tension” for many people. But the intimate muscular and sensory-motor connections between these areas offer you a wonderful opportunity to improve all three at the same time.This workshop will deliver an engaging and gentle series of Awareness Through Movement® lessons designed to reduce muscular tension, promote relaxation and ease throughout the jaw, neck and shoulders. People who suffer from TMJ, neck discomfort, headaches and shoulder pain will find this workshop particularly to their benefit.The positive results of this workshop will not depend on stretching or softening your
muscles, but on improving the effectiveness with which the brain coordinates and
controls movements in your shoulders, neck and jaw. You will restore flexibility and
vitality in a safe, pleasurable process.

You do not need prior Feldenkrais® experience to enjoy this workshop. Please bring a
mat or blanket with you and wear comfortable clothes.

Saturday, March 24
3:30pm - 5:30pm
$20 - Register Online or call 864-9642.

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Valentine's Partner Yoga with Jenn and Matt Harris

Join us for an evening of yoga and connection.  The first hour we will move through traditional yoga postures using the support of your partner to open more fully.  The class will end with gentle Thai massage stretches.  Jennifer and Matt Harris have been teaching partner yoga together for over a decade.  All levels welcome.  No experience required.

Tuesday, February 14
7:30-9pm
$25 - Register Online or call 864-9642.

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Riskless, Wristless Yoga with Bill O'Connor

A workshop about wrist injuries and yoga.  Wrist pain does not have to limit or restrict your Yoga Practice!

The wrist is a relatively small and complex joint which can be prone to injury during hatha yoga.  Some of the more challenging poses like Downward facing dog, hand stand and other weight bearing poses to the hands can stress the wrist as well as the surrounding muscles, tendons and ligaments create discomfort and even acute, lingering pain. The injury can be yoga related or it can be an unrelated injury from some other sports or work activity or accidental fall.  In this workshop we will discuss preventative techniques to both deal with previous injuries and avoid yoga related injuries.  We will focus on alternative or modified positions to help the wrist sensitive student realize a full yoga practice.

Join Bill O’Connor RYT for a discussion of major and some minor wrist injuries and how to deal with and prevent them.  This will be followed by a special vigorous “wristless” yoga practice which you can take home with you as well as use the modifications in your regular practice.

Bill is a long time Evolution teacher who has been teaching and practicing for 10 years with Keinbox disease, a genetic condition that causes disintegration of the central wrist bone.   He has studied the use of the wrist in daily life as well as in yoga practice and has developed a yoga practice which de-emphasizes the use of the wrist.  He has consulted with and been diagnosed by some of the leading wrist experts in the US and is happy to share his experience with others who are dealing with wrist pain.

Saturday, February 18th
12:30 to 2:30pm with ½ hour discussion and 1 ½  hour class
$25 - Register Online or call 864-9642.

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Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga
20 Kilburn Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401
phone: 802-864-9642 | fax: 802-864-9643
pt@evolutionvt.com | yoga@evolutionvt.com