SWAHA Sanskrit Chanting and Yoga Workshops

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U P C O M I N G W O R K S H O P S

(IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)

FOR YOGA WORKSHOPS / INTENSIVES WITH RON REID AND MARLA MEENAKSHI JOY at DOWNWARD DOG, PLEASE VISIT: www.downwarddog.com

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WORKSHOPS IN TORONTO	WORKSHOPS OUT OF TOWN

TORONTO

SUMMER WORKSHOPS WITH MEENAKSHI

SUMMER SATSANG SERIES
“UNBOUND”
A series of 3 satsangs

This course includes a copy of the book we will be reading and working with, and is the single most inspirational book that Ron and I have been reading for the last year, and was channeled through a good friend of ours in Thailand. Class is limited to 10 people. We will read, discuss, laugh and play in this course, as well as focusing in on a key traditional mantra that will increase the efficacy of our transformation.

“UNBOUND is not just a book. It is an invitation to consciously align your life with the unseen but ever present force that guides the universe and opens flowers in their time. The cycle of Ascendancy is a pathway to empowerment. Through its three stages your life evolves effortlessly instead of spinning endlessly in circles…Transformation is where reality expands into revelation, confusion settles into clarity and who you were before erupts effortlessly into the Truth of who you have always been”.

DATES: Wednesdays, August 11, 18, and 25th, 2010
TIME: 7-8:30pm
COST:$90.40 (including book)
LOCATION: Downtown Toronto, TBA
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER: Please email me back for details on registration. Space is limited, so please let me know if you are interested. info@swaha.ca

FALL WORKSHOPS

Ron and Meenakshi will be teaching at the
GLOBAL MALA

The purpose of this event is to unite the global yoga community to form a "mala around the earth" by practicing 108 sun salutations. This year 889 Yonge has teamed up the Schools Without Borders. The money we raise will go to an SWB project in Africa, Safe Spaces. Safe Spaces operates in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya and provides women with a secure place to learn sexual health/AIDS, self defense, yoga, mentorship and more.

New Participants:
Register for this event - click on "Sign Up" >>

Returning Participants:
Sign-in >> to fundraise and review results

Supporters, you can:
1. Sponsor an Individual >>
2. Sponsor or Join a Team >>
3. Make a direct donation >> to Schools Without Borders

You can also opt out of fundraising and just pay $40 to attend the event.

DATE: Sunday September 19th, 2010
TIME: 10am-12:30pm
LOCATION: Wychwood Barns (St. Claire/Christie)
TO REGISTER OR TO SIGN IN: Visit this link >>

INTRO TO SANSKRIT CHANTING
With Marla Meenakshi Joy

Sanskrit is a language of healing sound vibration, and the language of Yoga. It’s roots are ancient, and it is often referred to as “Deva Nagari” or the language of the Gods.

In this workshop we will learn the principles of resonance and vibration unique to this Divine language. In a sense, chanting is “body music” as well, since it clears the physical, mental, and astral bodies of any “muck” that we might be carrying around, and "tunes" and attunes us to a higher vibration!

In our time together, we will also expand our understanding of why Sanskrit is the original language of mantra and yoga. Through learning various ancient traditional mantras, we will immerse ourselves in these highly energized sounds that connect us with our true nature and bring a sense of peace and harmony to the heart and mind.

DATE: Saturday, September 25th, 2010
TIME: 2:30pm-4:30pm
COST: $35 + tax LOCATION: 889 Yonge Street
TO REGISTER: Visit www.889yonge.com or call 416.925.7206

“The Radiant and Luminous Sutra’s”
(Expositions of the Vijnana Bhairava tantric text)
With Marla Meenakshi Joy

The Radiance Sutras is a fresh translation of an ancient Tantra Yoga text, The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, a love song between Devi and Bhairava, (Shakti and Shiva), and given that name by Lorin Roche. The name, loosely translated, means “The terror and joy of realizing oneness with the Soul”, and it is one of the earliest teachings on meditation. It is said to date back to the second millennium B.C., and gives teachings on the song between the two beloved ones, of classic tantra, chakra’s, kundalini, mantra, and mudra practices.

This text is a manual of practices. It guides us to dive deep into the full spirituality, mind/body/spirit which exists every moment when we are present with our nature as the entire Universe. It is an invitation to accept and become intimate with every sensation we have and have deeper contact with our internal landscape of breath, thought and feeling.

In this course we will learn some key luminous and sublime sutra’s, invite the space of satsang, and allow the natural unfoldment of meditation to occur.

***Each class includes hand-outs of the sutra's, and an mp3 recording. If you have a shruti box and would like to bring it, then there will be hand-outs with notes on them as well to play along.

DATES: Saturday October 2 and 9th, 2010
TIME: 4:30 - 6pm
COST: $30 plus hst = $33.90 per class LOCATION: Swaha Yoga Shala..Downtown Toronto (TBA)
TO REGISTER: Come to one class or come to both!
Email me back for more information on how to register.

WINTER WORKSHOPS

SWAHA YOGA DANCE!!

Swaha Yoga Dance is a free-form integration of the Spirit of Yoga, Dance, Breath and Chanting, embodying the essence of the cosmic dancer and Lord of Yoga, Shiva Nataraj Himself.

Set to a vast range of recorded music, we will explore freeing the movement of the physical body, as well as the breath and the voice in a creative, spontaneous, free-flowing and fun way!

We will end the class with the blissful un-winding and un-minding of Restorative Yoga.

Drawing on her background in Modern Dance, teaching yoga, and chanting, Marla Meenakshi Joy brings a fresh and innovative energy to the class inspiring a sense of fun and play, and liberation of the Spirit!

DATE: Friday December 3, 2010
TIME: 6:30pm-8pm
COST: Please call studio LOCATION: 889 Yonge Street
TO REGISTER: Visit www.889yonge.com or call 416.925.7206

MEDITATION, PRANAYAMA, AND YOGA NIDRA
With Marla Meenakshi Joy

Pranayama, is an ancient practice in yoga that allows us to access our energy bodies through various breathing techniques. Pranayama is the vital link between the body, the mind, the emotions, and the metaphysical or spiritual realm. Pranayama, meditation and the practice of yoga nidra (the sleep of the yogi's!) can be a guide on your yogic path of self discovery.

Please bring an eye pillow, warm clothes and an open mind and heart!!

DATE: Saturday, December 4, 2010
TIME: 4-6pm
COST: $40.00+tax LOCATION:Downward Dog Yoga Centre, in the Beach (1977 Queen Street East, 2nd floor)
TO REGISTER: Visit www.downwarddog.com or call 416.703-8805

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OUT OF TOWN

MYSORE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
AT BABYLON YOGA, VANCOUVER, B.C.

DATES: July 31st-August 4th, 2010
WEBSITE: www.babylonyoga.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: yogaatbabylon@gmail.com

More details coming soon...

YOGA JAM class and KIRTAN at:
The Yoga Studio, Squamish, B.C.

DATE: Thursday August 5, 2010
TIMES: 5:30pm-7:15pm Yoga Jam
7:30-8:30pm Kirtan with Swaha
LOCATION: 37776 2nd Avenue on the second floor of the building.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Lydia Zamorano and Sarah Manwaring-Jones
604 892 9476

WORKSHOP IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
At Atmajyoti Ashtanga Yoga shala

DATES: October 15-18th, 2010
WEBSITE: www.atmajyoti.se
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: viveka@atmajyoti.se

WORKSHOP IN PARIS, FRANCE
At Ashtanga Yoga Paris

DATES: October 22-27, 2010

FOR DETAILS VISIT: www.ashtangayogaparis.fr
TO REGISTER CONTACT: Linda at info@ashtangayogaparis.fr

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YOGA TEACHER TRAINING IN UBUD, BALI
With Ron Reid and Marla Meenakshi Joy
and other international teachers!

November 2-6th, 2010 (part of the Level 1 course),
November 15-18th, 2010 (part of the Level 2 course)

More details to come!

VISIT: www.radiantlyalive.com/training.php and scroll down for more information!
CONTACT:YTT@radiantlyalive.com or for specific questions, please contact Heather Bonker at: heatherb@radiantlyalive.com

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