| Insight Yoga Intensive
 with Sarah Powers
April 24 – 26, 2009
Friday night 6-8pm
Saturday and Sunday 9-4:30pm
8 Limbs Capitol Hill
Skillful yoga and Mindfulness meditation practices orient our center of gravity in the center of our being, aligning our attention with our inner life, helping us relate to others and the world around us with more care and aliveness.
This workshop is intended to strengthen our capacity for clear and sustained body/mind integration within ourselves regardless of what is arising, as a means to deepen our integral connection with others.
Friday night is for those who are new to the Yin style, as Sarah will focus on how to do this practice in a meditative, safe and appropriate way.
In the mornings, we will practice a 2 and 1/2 hour yin and yang (alignment based flow) asana practice, followed by a half hour meditation, conducted mainly in silence (Sarah will practice with us), to allow ourselves to fully inhabit our personal experience in our body and mind. (Please come with a basic understanding of these practices already and know that each person will be able to practice in a way that is appropriate for them).
After lunch, our afternoon will begin with exploring the foundations of mindfulness meditation through instruction and practice, followed by interpersonal dialogue, interspersed with moments of reconnecting back into meditation. These practices will often trigger insights into emotional patterns, and we will work with these issues using visualization toward the end of each day.
You can think of this weekend as a nonresidential retreat, allowing you to realign with an invigorated, compassionate and wise attitude toward yourself so that you can authentically carry your connectedness and insights off the mat into a meaningful and intimate attitude toward daily living.
Saturday and Sunday Schedule:
9:00am – 12:00pm Asana and Meditation
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch*
*please bring food with you so you can stay close by and in silence. It is fine to bring one of the recommended books with you to read during the lunch break
1:00 – 1:30pm Savasana
1:30 – 4:30pm Meditation/Interpersonal Communication/ Emotional Work using Visualization
Cost:
$50 for Friday night only
$275 for the whole weekend
$225 for both Saturday and Sunday
$130 for Saturday or Sunday
Highly Recommended Materials:
Insight Yoga (book) by Sarah Powers
Insight Yoga (DVD) by Sarah Powers
Yin Yoga (book) by Paul Grilley
Yin Yoga (DVD) by Paul Grilley
Journal for taking notes and writing down your experiences
Also Recommended:
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Feeding Your Demons by Tsultrim Allione
Sarah's Bio:
Sarah has been teaching Yoga since in 1987. She leads workshops, trainings and silent retreats internationally that interweave the insights and practices of Yoga and Buddhism into an integral practice to enliven the body, heart and mind. Her yoga style blends both a meditative Yin sequence of long held poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems, combined with a flow or Yang practice, influenced by Viniyoga, Ashtanga, and Iyengar yoga. She draws from her studies in Transpersonal Psychology, as well as her in-depth training in the Vipassana, Tantric and Dzogchen practices of Buddhism. In 2007 she co-founded Metta Journeys, a service oriented organization that offers yoga retreats internationally to help women and children in developing countries. She is author of Insight Yoga: An Innovative synthesis of Yoga, Meditation and Eastern Approaches to healing and well being. She lives with her husband Ty in Marin, California. To learn more about her see her DVDs Insight Yoga or Yin and Vinyasa and go to www.sarahpowers.com.
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