If you are new to hot yoga, this is the class for you. The temperature will be set a little lower and the flow between poses will be slower with lots of instruction.

Come experience a Jivamukti Yoga Class. It is sure to be a well rounded yoga class with a dharma talk, chanting with a harmonium, vinyasa flow, some challenge and a lot of fun.. Swan Michelle is an amazing teacher with a lot of love and strong asana to share… We are so happy to have Michelle come back. Come join us for a wonderful practice. This will replace our regular Peak Pose Class for the this day..
$18

Come celebrate URU, our community, the teacher graduates, art, culture and life…

5:00-6:15 Yoga Class with the Teacher Trainees (donations Praying for Carolyn welcome)
6:15- Teacher Trainee Graduation
6:30 Party

Music, Art, talent, food and fun. If you want to bring a potluck to pass you can, but you don’t have to. We will have Music, Acro Yoga Performance with the URU Acro Crew, Aerial Silks by Nikki Beck, Belly Dancing with Danielle Robinson, Music by Mad haPPy, music by Ric Kindle, Hula Hoop with Hilary Turner,The Genesis Party, and anything you would like to share. Please come share a song, a dance, a laugh or a seat with us..

Children welcome with an adult…

Share this invite with everyone..

 

Come explore your intentions and set them into motion with the creation of a vision board.

Bring magazines, printouts from computer, pictures and anything that defines your intentions.. Bring snacks if you want.

This will be a great to attend after the Broad Spectrum Yoga Class or by itself.

Come experience the Bliss of a Sound Bath…Soak into sweet songs, with the aid of sacred instruments for orchestration and a sound reality. Mantra and voice will also sooth the soul. Feel the vibration of a primordial gong. Its frequency is equivalent to the origin of our mind. It resonates the seed of all things, the bindu, clearing our nervous system and shattering through deeper layers of our being to a primal, celestial, and familiar place.

Come experience Kirtan with Wynne Paris.

Groove out with sacred mantras, classical Indian instruments and the powerful voice of kirtan leader, Wynne Paris and his fellow devoted musician friends.

Wynne is a world beat artist/producer and musician who has spent the last decade devoted to an emerging genre of spiritual music: Yoga music and Kirtan. Wynne’s artistic sound is derived from 20 years of musical adventures and spiritual experiences.

Wynne spent most of his twenties playing rock guitar and singing the blues at nightclubs around Washington DC. In 1994, at the age of 30, Wynne took up yoga, dated a bellydancing astrologer, and had a series of spiritual and mystical experiences that transformed not only his musical style, but his vision of the world. One evening in 1996, Wynne was invited to jam with the Indian Saint Ammachi. The Darshan or blessings he received from Amma the “hugging saint” inspired a vision quest to California and ultimately a move to Marin county to study Indian music, shamanism and yoga.

Since this time Wynne has produced a number of albums including ‘Grooveananda’ and has played hundreds of gigs across the country, alone or accompanying other chanters, including Krishna Das, Wah, David Newman, Dave Stringer, and Bhagavan Das.

Wynne Paris is a Rock, New Age and world beat musician/producer with a special love for yoga music and kirtan, the call-and-response singing of Bhakti yoga. His live performance combines Kirtan chanting, American music (jazz, gospel music, blues and rock music), world beat rhythms and raga scales. He sings in both English and Sanskrit, and plays guitar,sarod (a 26 stringed, sitar-like instrument from India),harmonium, and percussion.

$20

Ladies, I am hosting a Noonday Collection trunk show, and I hope you can come! Please join me for Happy Hour at my home, and you can purchase with purpose! Lisa Bates, a new ambassador for Noonday Collection, will be here with some samples from Noonday’s Fall fashion line and to share the story of Noonday with us. Noonday Collection has recently partnered with TOMs, on TOMs’ new online shopping website, The Marketplace, which showcases items for purchase from other companies that also give back to those in need. At Happy Hour you can purchase jewelry and accessories from across the globe, and the proceeds support more than 1,000 artisans worldwide, providing interest-free loans, scholarship programs, emergency assistance, and more. Pre-shop at lisabates.noondaycollection.com (please select Lisa Bates from the drop down ambassador list if you purchase). If you cannot attend and/or if you do not want to place an order online, please call Lisa Bates at (352) 256-0755 to place an order. I hope to see you all in a few weeks for some girl time for a great cause. Don’t forget to bring a friend!

Awaken the fullness of your heart with this dynamic duo who have dedicated their lives to the love of Kirtan and living that joy with others!

Attracted by Bhakti Yoga, the path of devotion, Kamaniya and Keshavacharya Das have spent many years living in ashrams, searching for the divine through devotional service and singing. Seeing the impact of chanting on people, they were inspired to commit their lives to sharing the universal spiritual practice of kirtan with the Western world.

Prema Hara website

Beginning Friday, April 25th, Everything flows with the breath and Rachel is all about the vinyasa flows.

Yin Yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga with postures or asanas that are held for longer periods of time-five minutes or longer per pose is typical. Yin Yoga poses apply moderate stress to the connective tissues-the tendons, fascia, and ligaments-with the aim of increasing circulation in the joints and improving flexibility. Yin Yoga poses are also designed to improve the flow of qi, the subtle energy said in Chinese medicine to run through the meridian pathways of the body. Improved flow of qi is hypothesized to improve organ health, immunity, and emotional well-being. Yin Yoga is not intended as a complete practice in itself, but rather as a complementary practice to balance the effects of more active forms of yoga and exercise.

 

With Spring comes the growth of some new yoga teachers. Come practice with some of the URU TTs as they move to the end of their training. It will be a wonderful balance of sweetness and strength. We would love to see you… Ric Kindle, Monica Perkins and Caroline Everitte McGill will lead you through the practice. They would love your encouragement and feedback..

Donations for Praying for Carolyn will be accepted…

Join Laura Jarrait for two amazing workshops.

You can come to one or both..

Sunday 1:00-3:30 $30
Yoga as Union – Cultivating the Undivided Self, An Exploration of the Psoas Muscle

This all levels asana class will work specifically with releasing, aligning, toning and stretching the iliopsoas muscle and its colleagues. The iliopsoas muscle connects the upper and lower body and as such helps stabilize the core, assisting us in creating coherence through the whole of the body. It is considered by some to be the most important muscle in the body and chronic tension in this muscle can easily contribute to pain and dysfunction through the entire body. This 2 hour class will consist of a systematic exploration of therapeutic exercises and traditional yoga poses to release chronic tension, cultivate improved postural alignment, strengthen, and actively stretch these deep core muscles so that we can move with more integrity. We’ll extend our exploration into investigating how we can move toward more coherence or integrity through the whole of our lives. After the movement exploration, the last 15-20 minutes of class will be dedicated to a guided yoga nidra practice designed to release tension in the emotional and mental body as well as the physical body.

Sunday 4:00-6:00 $20
Empowering the Student/Teacher Relationship

Teaching yoga is one of the highest services we can be privileged to give. Students are drawn to the practice for many reasons and then stay because their life is somehow transformed. In this teacher enrichment workshop we are going to do what all yoga is aimed to do, bring the unconscious to the conscious so we can increase the potency of what we are offering students. We will use contemplation, writing, and discussion to clarify what goes on behind the scenes in class. We will look specifically at student and class expectations and needs, your expectations and needs as a teacher, and your purpose, gifts, and personality. As time permits, we will also discuss specific common situations that occur in classes. Using awareness of these things and principles of conscious communication, you will learn how to make each interaction more effective in guiding you and your students towards the beneficial connection that is yoga.

$45 for both workshops…

BIO:
Laura Jarrait, E-RYT500, is dedicated to creating a safe environment in which students are challenged to explore their edges in order to increase their body and life awareness. Her classes include philosophical and physical inquiry that are rooted in her own deep yogic education and experience. Students in Laura’s classes can expect sound alignment instruction, moments of challenge that may take a variety of forms (advanced asana, simply standing, or attending to subtle movement, to name a few), an invitation to think and feel more fully, and a bit of light-heartedness to help it all sink in more easily. Laura has been a dedicated yoga practioner for seventeen years; her main influences come from the alignment-based schools of Iyengar and Anusara yoga and Shaiva Tantra philosophy. She was certified as an Anusara teacher in March, 2009. She also helps facilitate healing and increasing awareness using the energy system of BodyTalk and spiritual coaching through the Akashic Records. She is thrilled to be able to use all of these to lead people into a deeper understanding of themselves and their world.

 

In place of the usual Wednesday night acro class we will be taking a road trip to Fairhope for this workshop. Please join us. We will leave URU around 4:00pm. Return time is TBD. We have a few seats left in the van if you want to ride with us or you can meet us there.

End of the Road

Come experience a Jivamukti Yoga Class. It is sure to be a well rounded yoga class with a dharma talk, chanting with a harmonium, vinyasa flow, some challenge and a lot of fun.. Swan Michelle is an amazing teacher with a lot of love and strong asana to share… We are so happy to have Michelle come back. Come join us for a wonderful practice. This will replace our regular Peak Pose Class for the this day..
$18

Come celebrate URU, our community, the teacher graduates, art, culture and life…

5:00-6:15 Yoga Class with the Teacher Trainees (donations Praying for Carolyn welcome)
6:15- Teacher Trainee Graduation
6:30 Party

Music, Art, talent, food and fun. If you want to bring a potluck to pass you can, but you don’t have to. We will have Music, Acro Yoga Performance with the URU Acro Crew, Aerial Silks by Nikki Beck, Belly Dancing with Danielle Robinson, Music by Mad haPPy, music by Ric Kindle, Hula Hoop with Hilary Turner,The Genesis Party, and anything you would like to share. Please come share a song, a dance, a laugh or a seat with us..

Children welcome with an adult…

Share this invite with everyone..

 

Come explore your intentions and set them into motion with the creation of a vision board.

Bring magazines, printouts from computer, pictures and anything that defines your intentions..  Bring snacks if you want.

This will be a great to attend after the Broad Spectrum Yoga Class or by itself.

Come experience the Bliss of a Sound Bath…Soak into sweet songs, with the aid of sacred instruments for orchestration and a sound reality. Mantra and voice will also sooth the soul. Feel the vibration of a primordial gong. Its frequency is equivalent to the origin of our mind. It resonates the seed of all things, the bindu, clearing our nervous system and shattering through deeper layers of our being to a primal, celestial, and familiar place.

Come experience Kirtan with Wynne Paris.

Groove out with sacred mantras, classical Indian instruments and the powerful voice of kirtan leader, Wynne Paris and his fellow devoted musician friends.

Wynne is a world beat artist/producer and musician who has spent the last decade devoted to an emerging genre of spiritual music: Yoga music and Kirtan. Wynne’s artistic sound is derived from 20 years of musical adventures and spiritual experiences.

Wynne spent most of his twenties playing rock guitar and singing the blues at nightclubs around Washington DC. In 1994, at the age of 30, Wynne took up yoga, dated a bellydancing astrologer, and had a series of spiritual and mystical experiences that transformed not only his musical style, but his vision of the world. One evening in 1996, Wynne was invited to jam with the Indian Saint Ammachi. The Darshan or blessings he received from Amma the “hugging saint” inspired a vision quest to California and ultimately a move to Marin county to study Indian music, shamanism and yoga.

Since this time Wynne has produced a number of albums including ‘Grooveananda’ and has played hundreds of gigs across the country, alone or accompanying other chanters, including Krishna Das, Wah, David Newman, Dave Stringer, and Bhagavan Das.

Wynne Paris is a Rock, New Age and world beat musician/producer with a special love for yoga music and kirtan, the call-and-response singing of Bhakti yoga. His live performance combines Kirtan chanting, American music (jazz, gospel music, blues and rock music), world beat rhythms and raga scales. He sings in both English and Sanskrit, and plays guitar,sarod (a 26 stringed, sitar-like instrument from India),harmonium, and percussion.

$20

Lisa Bates, a Noonday ambassador and URU yoga student, will offer you the opportunity to use your purchasing power to create change in the world {while looking really good along the way}. Your fashion sense can now restore dignity to abandoned women in Ethiopia, empower communities in Ecuador, and create business opportunities for Ugandans.

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Awaken the fullness of your heart with this dynamic duo who have dedicated their lives to the love of Kirtan and living that joy with others!

Attracted by Bhakti Yoga, the path of devotion, Kamaniya and Keshavacharya Das have spent many years living in ashrams, searching for the divine through devotional service and singing. Seeing the impact of chanting on people, they were inspired to commit their lives to sharing the universal spiritual practice of kirtan with the Western world.

Prema Hara website

The weekend is designed to immerse participants in holistic yoga living in beautiful serene surroundings. Activities include daily Akhanda yoga practices that combine asana, pranayama, mantra and meditation. Optional group activities include sharing circles, philosophy discussion, learning healing mantras, and meditation techniques in a friendly, supportive setting.

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7 nights, yoga (in a palapas over the ocean), healthy meals created by an Ayurvedic chef, Mayan ruin exploration, cave tubing, aura healings, sun, sea, workshops galore…need I say more?  Make your life a practice of bliss.  Navarre Living Yoga in partnership with The Audacious Spirit proudly present a yoga retreat that will be as spiritually fulfilling as it will be unique, adventurous, and fun!  Join us as bring together two powerful disciplines, the practice of yoga and spiritual tools, to directly experience the five Koshas on this Caribbean adventure to Belize! Connecting your inner world can be done anywhere, but it’s a lot more fun surrounded by natural beauty:)Event Website

The last Thursday of every month starting January 30th we will have a book club that meets at URU. The book that will need to be purchased is 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong. Please read the first chapter through page 64 and let us know that you will join us. This is a member run event and will meet in the small room to the right as you walk into studio.

 

Benjy and Heather Wertheimer lead kirtan (sacred chanting) worldwide as the duo Shantala, with soul-stirring vocals, sacred lyrics and exotic instrumentation. The weaving of Benjy’s Indian classical singing and instrumentation with Heather’s soaring vocals is freshly original and profoundly moving. Together they create music with beauty, passion, and reverence. Shantala has performed and recorded internationally with such sacred music luminaries as Krishna Das, Deva Premal & Miten, and Jai Uttal. In summer 2008, they were named as one of the top “Wallahs to Watch” by Yoga + Joyful Living. Kirtan is a celebration of spirit through the chanting of sacred names, carrying the audience into a state of heightened awareness, bliss, and devotion. The audience is invited to participate fully through call-and-response chanting, dance, and meditation.

Featuring Sean Frenette on bass, vocals and three string guitar.

Heather Wertheimer is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who combines her special love of both music and yoga to lead devotional chanting for yoga workshops and spiritual gatherings internationally. Heather has toured in the U.S. and abroad with her husband Benjy, Steve Gorn, Manose, and Deva Premal & Miten. Heather’s debut CD with Shantala, “Church of Sky,” was named by New Age Retailer as one of the top ten albums of 2004. It has been aired on radio stations nationwide. In April 2003, she and Benjy released “The Love Window,” a beautiful and well-loved collection of sacred chants. In 2007, they released “Sri,” their second popular kirtan CD, and their first live CD “LIVE in love” was released in 2008.

Benjy Wertheimer is an award-winning songwriter, vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist (playing tabla, congas, percussion, esraj, guitar, and keyboards). Benjy has toured and recorded with such artists as Krishna Das, Deva Premal & Miten, Jai Uttal, Walter Becker (Steely Dan), and virtuoso guitarist Michael Mandrell. He has opened for such artists as Carlos Santana, Paul Winter, and Narada Michael Walden. A founding member of the internationally acclaimed Ancient Future world fusion music ensemble, Benjy also toured the U.S., Canada, and Japan with renowned bamboo flute master G.S. Sachdev. He studied Indian classical music for over 25 years with some of the greatest masters of that tradition (including Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain, Ali Akbar Khan and Z. M. Dagar). Benjy’s CDs receive extensive airplay around the world, and his CD “Circle of Fire” went to #1 on the New Age radio charts in November 2002.

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Come for an hour of yoga and/or art time..

We will practice a nice fluid yoga class together.

We will also create art together. Nicole will show you how to creatively design art on shoes or whatever you want to paint on. If you wish to paint shoes, you will need to find some plain white Keds or similar. Nicole recommends starting your search at thrift stores now. Some art supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring more. If you bring cloth, bring fabric paint as well. This a fun party and you will be given guidance, but will also to be free to create anything you like. It is art y’all.

Jinks Music Universe will bring a recording set up and we will be encouraged to create music together. You can bring instruments or not. You do not need musical experience to participate. WE all have music inside of us.. A downloadable copy of music will be available later…

Feel free to come to the yoga class or the art class or both..

All ages welcome, small children will need parents assistance…

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Valentine’s Day is Just around the corner… Enjoy a fun and bonding partner yoga experience with your loved one, friend, sibling, neighbor or fellow yogi. Bring someone or come on your own. This workshop will be in the afternoon, ending just in time for Dinner and a perfect night out… Or Inn ;). On Saturday Febuary 8th, Angela Huntsinger will be leading an interactive workshop on partner yoga. She will teach a wide variety of partner poses and practices. Each of these poses are designed to be very giving and gentle. She will then transition the second hour into offering a taste of Yoga plus Acro. The Acro is designed to be fun with a slight challenge of trust and physical stillness along with strength. Angela has great past of tantric and partner yoga along with a fun-loving teaching style, you’re sure to learn a ton and have some big grins with laughs along the way.
Through practicing some basic partner yoga and acrobatics flying yoga poses you will have the opportunity to review important alignment principles and flex your communication muscles. You will also experience the benefits of trusting and being trusted, an exercise which develops your skills in relating to and having compassion for others and helps you examine the way you face challenges in life off the mat as well. In addition to these benefits, the poses feel great, the energy is light-hearted, and some good Opening Your Heart for Love exercise is sure to take place. No partner yoga experience is required.You don’t need a partner to attend.

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We will be discussing the effects of yoga on the physical body, including what we can expect from taking things upside down. What effects has yoga had on you physically? What do you want to know about what you can expect physically from your practice? What place should the quest for the “yoga body” have in the yoga community?

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