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A Special Weekend Workshop
with Max Strom
Dates/Times:
- Awakening the Body, Healing the Spirit
Friday night, February 8th 2008
8:15 - 10:15 pm
2-hours, all levels
- The Three Pillars of Yoga
Saturday afternoon, February 9th 2008
1:00 - 4:00 pm
3-hours, all levels
- The Healing Power of Forgiveness
Saturday evening, February 9th 2008
6:30 - 8:30 pm
2-hours, all levels
Awakening the Body, Healing the Spirit
Is it possible that your hard body, so rigorously constructed, is really a means of building armor, to protect yourself? This class will not only focus on core strength and healthy physical alignment, but will also invoke the question of our "life alignment." An aligned body is healthy - an aligned heart and mind is even healthier. This unique practice is designed to awaken the strength of the body and the healing power of the heart. Class will include a short talk, vinyasa-flow, non-dogmatic philosophy, breathing, and meditation.
The Three Pillars of Yoga
Intention, Breath, and Movement
Just as hydrogen and oxygen, depending on how they are mixed together, can produce either fire or water, asana practice joined with intention unifying breath, depending on how they mixed together can produce either "just exercise" or can revolutionize our lives. This workshop begins with a talk, and then gentle movement. The class then builds momentum. At the apex of heat and breath we move directly into a special sequence of asanas, which bring the mind into stillness and the body into a new state of energy. The second section of the workshop is dedicated to transformational breath work. This class is both challenging and very healing and is open to all levels. The principles you will learn in this workshop will take you to new depths in your practice and inspire you for weeks to come. Bring your mat and writing materials. (Please no recording equipment)
The Healing Power of Forgiveness
"Forgiveness is perhaps the most powerful tool we have for healing ourselves. To forgive another, heals oneself, just as anger toward another poisons oneself." - M.S.
Anger and resentment destroy our lives. For the body to heal, often times what is most vital is to heal the broken heart or spirit. Failure to forgive affects our stress level, power to heal the body, discernment, and all our relationships. Class will integrate non-dogmatic philosophy, gentle yoga movement, breathing exercises, and meditation. Appropriate for all levels.
Max Strom returns for a 3-class series. Born with severe clubbed feet, Max spent much of the first 4 years of his life with his feet confined in plaster casts and braces. After several corrective surgeries, he was able to walk fairly well, and by high school he had developed into a strong, competitive athlete. But it was a powerful epiphany that spun him onto an entirely different path than his classmates. With a new and burning imperative to understand life's meaning, Max immersed himself in spiritual learning and by the age of nineteen had studied Taoism, esoteric Christianity, Sufism, and was practicing meditation and Chi Gung diligently.
Today, Max Strom is known for inspiring and impacting the lives of his students, teaching with the aim of personal transformation and has become one of the most revered and respected Yoga Teachers in the US, Asia, and Europe. He founded Sacred Movement, Center for Yoga and Healing in Los Angeles, and now travels extensively teaching and lecturing on yoga and spirituality. He is recognized by the Yoga Alliance at their Advanced Teacher Level (ERYT). You can see more of his work on his DVDs, Max Strom Yoga - Strength, Grace, and Healing, and, Learn to Breathe, to heal yourself and your relationships. Please visit www.maxstrom.com
"Only when we find gratitude do we begin to be liberated. Gratitude humbles us, then that humility enables us to forgive, forgiveness leads us to love, and in Love we are liberated." - Max Strom
Cost:
Awakening the Body, Healing the Spirit
$45 Advance / $55 Day of
The Three Pillars of Yoga
$65 Advance / $75 Day of
The Healing Power of Forgiveness
$45 Advance / $55 Day of
Complete Series
$145 Advance / $165 Day of
-Limited Space Available-
Information:
Tel: 650.324.2517 or
email: info@avalonyoga.com
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