Yoga Teachers of Colorado

Yoga Teachers of Colorado, or YTOC, is a professional association providing fellowship for Yoga teachers and practitioners.
Our goal is to disseminate information, provide education, lobby and inform the public about Yoga.

YTOC is open to all Yoga practitioners and offers many benefits.
Please browse this site to learn more about YTOC or to find a
Yoga teacher.

YTOC Monthly Event:
Free to Members, otherwise $20 for Non-Members

July Event: Tom Fuhrmann and Littleton Kirtan Gang

When: SATURDAY, July 25th at 7:30 - 9:30 PM

Location: Littleton Yoga Center, 10146 West San Juan Way, Suite 120, Littleton, Colorado 80127

Phone: 303.932.9099

Fee: This event is FREE to YTOC members. A $10 donation is requested but pay what you can and please come regardless.

Tom has been leading weekly kirtans at his home in Littleton and at other locations around the Denver area since 2004. He also
plays and sings with Bhakti Shakti in Boulder on Sunday nights at Studio Be. Tom says he plans to keep his day job as a civil engineer,
businessman, and entrepreneur. "Kirtan has become part of my spiritual practice, my meditative practice. There is no call to turn it into a career. Through the practice of devotional chanting (bhakti yoga), I discovered that our musical nature, our emotional nature, our devotional nature can all be utilized as spiritual practice, drawing us ever deeper into our own being, our own true Self."

Kirtan translates from Sanskrit as "to repeat". It is a call-and-response style of chanting to the accompaniment of various instruments such as the harmonium. Come experience an evening of ecstatic chant with local kirtan leader Tom Fuhrmann and special guest Steve Bross on tabla. No previous experience necessary.

This practice is for anyone who is attracted to it. This attraction,
and the recognition of the attraction is, in fact, the essence of the
practice. There is no particular training or spiritual heritage required for this to happen. Everyone has the ability to sing, whether
they know it or not. Our voice is our own natural musical instrument
and singing to the divine is as natural as anything else under the
sun. Children know this. We grown-ups have forgotten it. Once we
start, something inside takes over, frees us from our mind, and allows
our deeper recesses expression. And through the practice, we also
discover that those deeper recesses are trust-worthy, contrary to much of our conditioned thinking.

Tom Says: My role as a leader or 'kirtan wallah' as some call it, is
simply to create the space and start the engine. As Rumi said: 'there
is a field out there beyond right and wrong. I'll meet you there'."

Come Join us for Kirtan!

2009 UPCOMING PROGRAMS

August Event: Enchanted - An Experiential Yoga Chanting Event With Gloria Garrett

When: Saturday August 29, 2009, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm

Location: The Enchanting Mountain Moon Yoga Studio in Winter Park, Colorado

Fee: FREE for YTOC members - $20 for non-YTOC members (You can join YTOC for an annual membership fee of $35 and attended monthly activities FREE – Including THIS ONE!)

Feel the Shakti of Om. Understand the technology behind Vedic Chanting. Learn simple chants used in yoga classes and take them home to your personal practice.

Come early 8:30 – 9:45 am to start your mountain yoga experience. Participate in Yoga Mix Class. Encounter the strength, simplicity and fun of yoga by aligning your body with nature; balancing effort and surrender in each pose. Designed for a wide range of abilities. Cost $12. Free for YTOC members.

The Mountain Moon Yoga Studio is located in downtown Winter Park on Vasquez Road and Highway 40 in the upstairs courtyard at Winter Park Station. Park in the upper lot behind the building and look for the green Yoga sign.

This workshop is brought to you by: Mountain Moon Yoga Studio (www.mtmoonyoga.com), Gloria Garrett (www.menopause-letsaddyoga.com) and Mitra Sangha.

(Questions or for more information: ggarrett@rkymtnhi.com)

If you have an topic related to yoga that you would like to share, please contact Michelle Corriell at harmony_yoga@comcast.net!

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