Sessions Friday, October 22, 2010
Experiential
Find Your Joy (Stop Trying so Hard, and Just Enjoy 1), Joy Winkler Joy Yoga Center>
One of the most powerful tools for transformation is the ability to be completely happy and at peace wherever you are. The principle of "what we resist, persists" applies not only to our lives, but to our yoga practice, as well. When we struggle and fight our way through our yoga practice, we become stuck. In this playful yet challenging vinyasa flow class, Joy encourages you to bring a child-like ease and glee to your practice again, by moving for the pure enjoyment of the movement. Find your joy by appreciating where your body is right now, in each and every posture. Rather than focusing on all the "rules and regulations" of yoga, lets get back to moving in a way that is fun and natural for each individual. Joy will lead you through an unforgettable class that will let you experience the magical paradox of life: when we learn to love ourselves and are happy exactly where we are today, we allow true transformation and healing.
Beyond the "I", Harmony Gates harmonyintouch@gmaiLcom
BodyRide- Let go, and Move through Life. Tune into the direct, embodied experience of this moment: Sense, rather than think, Respond, rather than act, Ride, rather than drive. The Actor disappears as the Action consumes your attention. BodyRide. 'lets your body be your guide'. Solo and Partner movement that requires you to let go (of thinking) so you move through life effortlessly, authentically, confidently. Have this mutual experience with another, even a group. "Merge in a duet of Being that becomes a single note". "It's transforming."
Core Elation, Moana Diamond moana@moanadiamonti.com
A movement exploration- discovering the pelvic floor and more that encompasses working from core. Starting with micromovement, moving on to elements of pilates, chi-gung and yoga traveling on to world dance, elements of jazz, modern and latin . Moving from center From the smallest small to the largest leap, moving with breath, balance and ease from center. Moana started as a modern dancer at age 5 in a barn in Connecticut, dancing like a tree, like fire , like the wind".She graduated at age 7 to Olatunjis African dance center in Harlem and later as a teen to Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey schools in NYC. Later as a theater performer, dancing singing and acting her injuries started her on an exploration of healing through study of therapeutic movement including pilates .Moana has taught pilates , yoga and dance for over 10 years.
Anat Baniel Method: "Access Your Brain to Transform Your Life", NeilSharp, M.D. Claire@anatbanielmethod.com
Neil Sharp, M.D. will outline the fundamental principles behind The Anat Baniel Method. Employing concepts from the science of brain plasticity, the method achieves remarkable outcomes in enhancing physical and cognitive function. The work can be applied both for prevention from deterioration of and for recovery and the enhancement of function. It helps people live more fully, with independence and vigor long into their "old" age provides a powerful drug free solution to pain relief, takes high performing athletes and musicians to their next level and transforms the lives of special needs children and their families. The principles and practices can be easily understood, adopted and applied by other modalities as well as in the course of everyday life. Lecture, experiential exercises, and videos will be used to demonstrate outcomes and elucidate some of the concepts, theory and practices of the Anat Baniel's approach. Participants will learn about conditions that are required for the brain to form new connections and patterns. This brings about immediate changes on the physical, emotional, and mental levels reducing aches and pains and increasing vitality, health and wellness.
Taketina – Experiencing Duality Through a Rhythm Process, Elaine Fong Taketina
Imagine being able to experience the duality of chaos/order, expansion/contraction, felling in/falling out, in a rhythm process that uses your body as the principal instrument. TaKeTiNa is a unique process capable of activating human and musical potential through rhythm. In TaKeTiNa, the body is the main instrument. Using your voice, your hands and your feet, you are guided into three separate rhythmic layers which direcdy affects the nervous system. The experience of simultaneity is therefore direct, intense and lasting. TaKeTiNa conveys rhythm in such a way that people can absorb, understand, and learn in the most natural manner. Instead of being taught random rhythmic patterns, TaKeTiNa guides its participants direcdy into the experience of primal rhythmic movements that are anchored in the sensory-motot system of every human being. This underlying rhythmic foundation expresses itself through music in every culture. The TaKeTiNa process combines the rhythmic knowledge of ancient cultures with insights from our modern world including rhythm research, cybernetics, neuroscience, and chaos theory. Both information systems are present in this new path of learning. TaKeTiNa is a rhythm process developed in 1970 by Austrian composer and percussionist Reinhard Flatischler www.taketina.com. Today it is applied worldwide in the field of education and therapy in music universities, hospitals, rehabilitation-clinics, psychotherapy practices and pain therapy. It is also used in work with theater groups and corporate trainings. The effects that the TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process have on the nervous system are researched and verified in various projects with scientists and physicians.
Come to a Taketina rhythm circle and spend an afternoon in rhythm using your body.
Biodanza, Dance of Life - Experiential workshop combining music, movement and relationship providing a sense of oneness, Belisa Amaro belisa@pacbel.net
Feel the non-separation of body and soul through this experiential workshop open to all levels of dance experience. In Biodanza, we call our deep ecological awareness the "Biocentric Principle," and provide an experiential understanding of our lives as moving parts in a greater living system: the universe. Through "vivencias" – moments of intense perception of the present moment, coined from Spanish root "viven" to live – we strengthen our relationships with self, partners, the group and all things. Immersed in this synergy we re-discover deep joy, laughter, wellbe-ing and bliss. Join us in our dance of life and enjoy a practical understanding of oneness!
Created in the 60's by Rolando Toro, Chilean anthropologist, psychologist and artist, Biodanza is an international movement with more than 100 teacher training schools around the world – including one in the U.S., located in San Francisco.
White Robed Monks of St. Benedict