December

• Sitting in Truth & Love: Kirtan & Satsang with Nataraj Chaitanya. Friday, Dec 13, 7-8:30p. By donation.
• Holiday Family Yoga - Ages 5-10 with Cami Codell: Saturday, Dec 28, 3-4p
• MELT for the Holidays with Lori Smith: Sunday, Dec 29, 1:30-3:30p
• Holiday class schedule:
  
  • Tues, Dec 24: 10a Gentle with Rhoda; other classes cancelled
  • Wed, Dec 25: studio closed
  • Tues, Dec 31: 10a Gentle + 12p All-Levels; 6p Gentle cancelled
  • Wed, Jan 1: classes cancelled; 2:30p New Years workshop with Nick

January and Beyond

• Yoga for a New Year - Ending So We May Begin Anew with Nick Beem: Wednesday, January 1, 2:30-5p
• Yoga for Bone Health - Strength, Posture and Balance with Becky Paulin-Liston, PT: Six Mondays, Jan 6-Feb 10, 12-1p
• MELT + Yoga Series with Lori Smith and Nick Beem: Mondays, 6:30-8p, Jan 20-Feb 24 (6 weeks)
• 16 Breath Experiments - A Modern Practice Evolved from Ancient Tradition with Tom Gillette: Sat and Sun, Feb 8-9, 2:30-5p
• Maha Mrityunjaya Yantra Painting Weekend with Chanti Tacoronte-Perez, March 28-29
• Yoga for Childbirth 3 hour workshop with Cassie Rodgers. See dates for Evanston and Glenview here.

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Fall Theme: Moon Practices

After a summer of experiential anatomy, this fall we will pursue moon sadhana - practices that explore and cultivate the mind.  (Learn more about our year-long syllabus here.)  Both moon and mind are constantly changing, and both “reflect” other energies.  We will use movement and breath to engender states of stability and calm, which support further work with meditation and self-inquiry.  In other words, we will turn our attention from physical to mental alignment. 

We will also consider different models of the mind, both Indian and Western.  We will meditate more regularly and develop a repertoire of foundational meditations.  By winter, we will be ready to move into the realms of prana, the animating intelligence of life.

Some recommended reading for this fall:

Yoga and Psychotherapy: The Evolution of Consciousness
by Swami Rama et al

Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom
by Rick Hanson

The Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain
by Antonio Damasio

The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience by Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch

Swami J's excellent online commentary on the Yoga Sutras

Stay tuned to our Facebook page for relevant links and videos as we go along.