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Announcements:
LIVE SITAR
in class by Chuck White on Saturday, APRIL 12th at PCC!
4:30-6PM Mixed Levels Vinyasa. Come early to reserve your spot!
Greece
Yoga Journey Revised Dates: June 16-30
The Yoga Journey to Greece two-week session will be held
from June 16-30.
The one-week session dates are unchanged, held from June
21-28.
A DISCOUNT OF 80 EUROS is available for sign-ups for the
2 week trip.
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New
slideshows from last years' retreats
to Greece and India
by Tom May
Medicine plants/ astrology for
April
BASIL (Mars/ Aries)- Plant it, hang it up to dry, or cook with
it
for good appetites, courage, passion and creativity, and luck
in your endeavors.
Good for use in baths for protection, purification, rejuvenation
and renewal.
Thanks to Mayan elder Miss
Beatrice Waight for sharing her wonderful knowledge of this
"extra-ordinary" plant.
Schedule of Public Classes
NEW~Friday Class Series theme begins April 25th: Yoga from the
Inside-Out:
a 6-week exploration of the Chakras. Learn the mantras and yantras
of the chakras, as well as their physical and emotional healing
correspondences. We will also look at specific pranayamas and
bandhas for each energy center.
Drop-ins welcome or attend the whole series.
April 25th-The
Pelvic floor. Root Chakra: Muladhara
May 2 (Beltane!)- The Hips and Sacral region. 2nd Chakra: Svadisthana
May 9- Navel center. 3rd Chakra: Manipura
May 16th- Heart center. 4th Chakra: Anahata
May 23rd- Throat center. 5th Chakra: Visuddha
May 30th- Brow and Crown center. 6th and 7th Chakras: Ajna and
Sahasrara
Yoga Journeys in 2008 to Arizona, Greece, India and Mexico:
Sacred opportunities to explore the inner landscape, meet precious
teachers
and delight in the vastness of our beautiful planet
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Near Kayenta
Snow
and juniper wood smoke
Incense of frozen air
Heavy feet, full of knowing this land
feet walking softly as the sun shines
Penumbral sky, harvest of clouds
gleaned apart to reveal the bare
backs of mountains
The mountains can feel
the warm strength of a Grandmother’s feet, dancing imperceptibly
in each solid step.
Quiet
is this house
Quiet are the faces
but eyes are laughing
Quiet
is the dignity of living
“surrounded by Beauty”
Childsong,
warm kitchen
and happiness here
soft
flapping of raven’s wing
icy sound
they watch
I listen
for their familiar presence of observing
is caught up in the cipher
of an opaque silence.
They love a good story--
those wings, playful and augurous
still and folded in now.
Like a rock from the Sun
their blackness shines against the snow
Listen,
these birds are crying,
for us to know this life is Beauty
But
let me have my sky-circle,
and you your own.
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Schedule
of Public Classes
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***MONDAYS***
5:45-7PM Bare Yoga
Mixed Levels Vinyasa
***FRIDAYS***
5:30-7PM One Yoga
Level 2/3 Vinyasa
***SATURDAYS***
4:30-6PM
Mixed Levels Vinyasa
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Class
Locations
Bare Yoga (Mondays)
227C North Santa Cruz Ave.
bare-yoga.com
One
Yoga Center (Fridays)
846 Front Street, Santa Cruz
oneyoga.org
Pacific
Cultural Center (Saturdays)
1307 Seabright Avenue
pacificcultural.org
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~Come for one week to Crete only, June 21-28th
or two full weeks in Crete and Santorini, June 16-30th... (details)
THOSE ATTENDING THE TWO-WEEK SESSION RECEIVE A DISCOUNT
OF 80 EUROS!
Join us on a journey that will nourish your Spirit through twice-daily
practices of pranayama, asana, and meditation, in sight of the
lapis blue Aegean and Libyan seas bordering Crete, and the stunning
cliffs of Santorini. This Yoga retreat includes seminars on Minoan
culture and guided tours during several excursions for those coming
on the two-weeks session. In Crete we will visit the Minoan Palace
of Knossos, which was a center of trade between ancient peoples
of the Mediterranean, as well as the epicenter of Minoan religious
activity, culture and government; and the incredible National
Archaelogical Museum of Crete. In Santorini will visit Nea Kameni
volcano by boat and the adjacent ocean hotsprings and see the
Minoan settlement of Akrotiri and Akrotiri Museum.
We arrive in Heraklion, a historic Minoan port and the capital
city of Crete, on June 9 and shuttle to Triopetra Yoga Center
for a weeklong immersion in the practices of Ashtanga (8 Limb)
Yoga on the Libyan Sea. Located in the south of Crete, Triopetra
has an oceanfront Yoga room with open glass wall to the sea, and
views of the sea from the balconies on all of the rooms. Enjoy
2 daily classes, optional morning and evening meditation, special
classes on philosophy and deepen your application of the eight
limbs of the Yoga practice in daily life. Swim, go scuba diving
or snorkelling in the incomparable, warm Mediterranean waters,
enjoy organic vegetarian Greek cuisine at the tavernas... Through
informal beach seminars and walks you will learn about Minoan
civilization and their influence on art, culture, and economics
of the Mediterranean of 3500 years ago.
During the second week, we continue on to spend 2 days sightseeing
in Heraklion with a full practice session each morning, visiting
the Palace of Knossos and Archaeological Museum in the afternoons.
Then, we depart by ferry for the island of Santorini, where we
will stay for 4 nights and days on the cliffs of the crescent
island that was once called "Callisto" ("the Beautiful")
before it's current incarnation as a crescent took form after
the eruption of it's still-active volcano at the center of the
island, Nea Kameni. We will visit the volcano on a boat trip and
dabble in the ocean hotsprings bordering the volcano's rim. We
will also visit the ruins of Akrotiri, a Minoan settlement on
the southern tip of the island, and the small but impressive archaeological
museum which has cult statues, pottery and beautiful reconstructions
of frescoes from the site. We return to Heraklion overnight and
have a closing circle before our departure on the 30th.
View photos of accomodations for this retreat at:
Triopetra Yoga
Retreat I The
Boathouse, Santorini |
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Pilgrimage:
rishikesh,
haridwar, agra
Yoga
retreat intensive
and tours of Northern India
October 4-19, 2008
Slideshow of a prior Journey to
India
Registration opens on Nov.1 for 2008 trip |
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A week of our retreat will be held at Parmarth Niketan Ashram,
located on the banks of the sacred Ganga river in Rishikesh, Uttaranchal--in
the foothills of the Himalayas. At this time of year the weather
is at its' best, with warm days and breezy nights. Explore Yoga
at its' source by the Ganga with morning sadhana and instruction
in pranayama and meditation, 2 daily asana classes, Yoga Philosophy,
and Yoga Nidra, led by Phoenix and Mataji (Sadhvi Abha Sarasvati).
Every night there is Kirtan (devotional singing) and Aarti (offering
of Light) at the Ganga at Parmarth's beautiful ghat (pier). We
will visit several temples and a cave sacred to the sage Vasistha.
In Rishikesh you will also receive a 2 1/2 hour Ayurvedic massage
treatment and shirodhara, to be scheduled at your convenience...
Two days and nights will be spent in Haridwar, an ancient city
sacred to Lord Shiva. This very special gathering places of saints
and teachers over time is also a tirtha, or holy place, where
the massive spiritual gathering of Kumbh Mela meets every 12 years.
In Haridwar there is an optional excursion to a Shiva temple,
evening Aarti at the Ganga and a day trip to visit one of India's
wildife preserves. We will stay at a renovated Maharaja's mansion
on the banks of the Ganga and have our classes on their rooftop
balcony.
On the last portion of our journey there will be a daylong trip
from Delhi to Agra to see the Taj Mahal, an architectural wonder
and monument built in tribute to Love. We will also see the old
historical quarters of Delhi and shop in the bazaars on the way
back.
Your Guides on the Journey
Detailed
brochure
Fees,
Itinerary and daily schedule
Registration
and Waiver
Traveller's
info for India
View photos of our accomodations for
this retreat at:
La
Sagrita, Delhi
| Parmarth
Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh | Green
Hotel, Rishikesh
Haveli
Hari Ganga, Haridwar
Maya
Hotel, Agra | Hotel
Sri Nanak, Delhi |
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Yoga
& Nahuatl (ancestral) traditions of ancient Mexico
Vinyasa
and Iyengar-inspired Yoga, excursions to Mayan ruins,
wisdom traditions, teaching and ceremony from Pre-Columbian Mexico
with Phoenix Artemisia and Mazatzin Acostas
Join
us in Mexico for a week of diverse Yoga practices, pristine beaches,
exploring nearby Mayan ruins, and learning about indigenous traditions
of ancient Mexico from traditional teachers.
Maya Tulum is on the Yucatan Peninsula and is close to
Cancun. The retreat center is famed for it’s peerless location
on white sand beaches, gourmet organic vegetarian and seafood
dishes, and also for it’s spacious and inspiring Yogashala
and beautiful, traditional Palapa-style accomodations. Maya Tulum
is in the vicinity of the Mayan citadels of Muyil and Coba, which
we will visit on two excursions (optional to mountain bike at
Coba.)
Your
Guides on the Journey... |
Phoenix
Artemisia, B.A., RYT 500
Mazatzin Acostas, Ceremonialist and Tonalpouki (Calendar Keeper)
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Phoenix
Artemisia, RYT 500 has been leading inspired Yoga retreats
internationally for several years and draws from her fortunate
studies with Indian and western Yoga teachers and indigenous
healers in her understanding and transmission of Yoga and
mind-body-spiritual integration.
She leads creative Vinyasa and Iyengar-influenced Yoga classes
that include energy practices such as pranayama, mudra and
chanting. Her classes are rooted in techniques for conscious
embodiment, mindfulness, and a peaceful, open heart~ reflected
in the timeless Yoga philosophy.
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Mazatzin
Guadalupe Acostas is a special guest teacher coming to be
with us as a guide who will bless our gathering with facilitated
group ceremony and daily teachings on ancient indigenous
Mexican Indian culture. Mazatzin
has been called to travel all over the world and has studied,
participated in, and facilitated ceremony with Native elders
from the U.S., Mexico, Central and South America. He is
a respected ritualist, teacher, astronomer, linguist, and
public speaker whose life work is based on the Aztec Calendar
of the Fifth Sun. During mid-morning, we gather in circle
to understand these potent teachings based on Aztec astrology
and indigenous traditions from the Calendar, which is based
on a cycle of time governed by the elements, and their seasonal
and social influence on human psychology and relationships.
Mazatzin
is called by the title "Tonalpouki", one who keeps
count of the symbols of the days of the Sun on the Aztek
Calendar. Mazatzin
teaches the personal, social and spiritual truths revealed
by the Calendar and how to use it on a daily basis for your
personal benefit, self-understanding and evolution.
He invites you to a "Re-Encounter
with your Cosmic Identity". The teachings of the Calendar
are an accumulation of thousands of years of observation
and study so that people of all backgrounds may be able
to live a just and HAPPY life, with a strong heart and their
own identity signature, given as your Nahuatl name according
to your birth astrology. Mazatzin will give daily seminars
on the Calendar and is available for personal appointments
and counselling sessions during the weeklong retreat.
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and Mazatzin have worked together over many years with groups
of adults and children, co-facilitating these teachings, and
are looking forward to bringing them back into context with
participants near the ruins of ancient Mexico. |
7
days/nights at Maya Tulum, 3 gourmet meals a day, airport transfer,
2 Yoga classes a day, daily seminars on indigenous Mexican culture
and spirituality and guided excursions to archaeological sites of
interest
Contact: Phoenix in the U.S. at 001 831 728 8064
email: garudayogini@yahoo.com
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