Experience an afternoon of sweet surrender and delight with a blend of Thai and Partner Yoga. Partner Yoga has strong roots coming from Thai Yoga Massage (aka “Lazy Mans Yoga”). We will begin with a Principle Based Partner Yoga sequence to stretch, connect and move your body in tandem with a partner, or fellow teacher. Then you will be guided through giving and receiving a soothing Thai Yoga massage sequence to release tension, increase vitality and lift your spirits.

Yoga teachers will gain knowledge to use in their classes to deepen their connection with their students. This workshop, sponsored by Yoga Teachers of Colorado (YTOC), will be suitable and beneficial for any level yoga student. Bring a friend/partner or come on your own for a BLISS filled and fun afternoon!

Presenters

Cindy Lawrence CMT, CYT: Yoga Therapist, Massage Therapist, Intuitive Healer and Guide. She is a master teacher, healer, intuitive, connector, higher consciousness conduit, hostess, speaker, divine guide, traveler, mentor, reverent listener, reader, coach, learner, orchestrator, muse, ambient engineer, communicator, and facilitator for your highest healing. Cindy Lawrence is a well trained health professional with certifications in: Hatha Yoga, Principle Based Partner Yoga, Integrative Yoga Therapy, Meditation, Counseling, Massage Therapy, Energy Healing, and Organizational Management. To learn more about Cindy visit www.YogaThatHeals.com

January YTOC Event  Sunday, 1/29/2012 1:30 pm-4:30 pm
as always, free to members!

Using the safest mat Pilates, we will have a delicious yoga latte for our core. We will strengthen our hearts and bellies for an hour. We will deepen our asanas by using smooth massage stones for steadiness or stira. Lastly we will experience warm stones on the torso in shavasana. Ahhhhhh! Discussion of props from nature will conclude our sacred time.
Tea following!!!

Presenter: Makaan Burt RYT 500,CYT has originated a refreshing new form called Nature Stone Yoga. Makaan has studied yoga for over 35 years, including  two trips to India. His primary teachers are Richard Freeman  and Mukunda Stiles, from whom he was certified in yoga therapy. He has completed 14 solo wilderness yoga retreats. In Boulder Colorado, Makaan offers ayurvedic massage, yoga privates and leads workshops in nature stone, hot stone, back care, knee care, anatomy study, spinal curvature, and stone yoga for teachers. Visit him at www.natureyoga.net

CatsPaw Yoga 303-431-9870
4430 Cody St. Wheat Ridge CO 80033

Enter through the south gate

Come practice in our peaceful, renovated turn-of-the century barn, that was once part of a beet farm in rural Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Also, the owner of Cat’s Paw Yoga, Lisa Griffin Seidel RYT, has a few new zafus available and a cool new label!

A translation of zafu is a cushion for sitting, where za means sitting or “sit” and fu means cushion, bolster, a long pillow or cushion that provides support or strengthen, reinforce, boost, fortify, renew, and support.
I have come to appreciate the value of using a bolster (zafu) when coming to a place of quiet in my yoga practice. The bolsters pictured here are locally hand-crafted, and stuffed with traditional organic buckwheat hulls. Size is approximately 15″ in diameter. We can add dried lavender.

Prepare to slow down to heal & nurture the body & mind. Experience a kind of peaceful serenity that leaves you with less negative emotions, less tension, and with more compassion and grace.

Restorative yoga uses yoga props to manipulate the autonomic nervous system into stimulating the parasympathetic nervous.

The yoga props open and close the body to create ease.  Ease arouses empowering emotions-love, compassion,  joy, bliss-which allow the body to relax and heal. Restorative yoga has the ability to counter high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity. Restorative yoga is the antidote to stress!

What is Yoga Nidra?

Yoga Nidra is a deeply relaxing and rejuvenating tantric practice that helps calm the mind. You are in a state of “conscious sleep”.

Yoga Nidra is practiced in a supported position resting on the floor or seated.  Props help to support the body physically to allow deep relaxation to occur. You may choose to explore Yoga Nidra for many reasons: deep relaxation, elimination of stress, solving personal problems, resolving or neutralizing trauma, entering deep meditation or assistance in unraveling such questions as Who Am I? Yoga Nidra  in essence is a practice of self inquiry derived from ancient yoga teachings.

About the Presenters:

Kerry Escobado, RYT,
When Kerry took her first Yoga class in 2000, she had taken the first step on a path of profound transformation.  After experiencing the extraordinary benefits of Yoga, Kerry awakened to a deep realization, “I want to share Yoga with everyone!”  Through Yoga and meditation Kerry has connected to a deeper place within her body, mind and soul. She teaches with compassion and focus to expose that sacred space of stillness that resides in each of us. She is a 200-hour registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. She is also a trained Relax & Renew© Restorative Yoga Teacher, certified and trained by Judith Hanson Lasater. She is the past Website Manager for YTOC.

Karin Bustamante, E-RYT
Karin believes Yoga is more than physical exercise; it’s a way to strengthen and stretch the body while exploring the reality of mind and spirit.  Helping her students rediscover their true nature is her great joy. As an experienced registered yoga teacher, E-RYT 500, registered with Yoga Alliance, she constantly deepening her skills. She completed over 1000 hours of Hatha Yoga training taught by Hansa Knox at the Prana Yoga and Ayurveda Mandala in Denver, Colorado. She holds the designation of Integrative Restoration Institute, Certified iRest Teacher, a specific approach of Yoga Nidra as taught be Richard Miller, PhD. Yoga Nidra is a powerful healing path of self inquiry that assists in meeting, greeting and welcoming your whole SELF! And she continues her study of Sanskrit (language of the gods) at Naropa University. In addition to regularly scheduled yoga classes Karin offers workshops, advanced study classes, yoga teacher training and is available for private consultation. If you would like to learn more about Karin please visit karinyoga.com.

Held on December 3, 2011