Upcoming Grateful Events

• Baby and Me Yoga - 6 weeks to Crawling with Lela Beem: Four Wednesdays, 4:15-5p, Nov 28-Dec 19 / Feb 6-27.
• Yoga for a New Year - Ending So We May Begin Anew with Nick Beem: Tuesday, Jan 1, 2:30-5p.
• Foundations of Yoga: A 4-week Intro Series with Stacia DeSalvo: Mondays, 6-7:30p, Jan 7-28 (4 weeks)
• Align the Spine - A 4-week Yoga Therapy Series with Sarah Westbrook: Tuesdays, 1:30-2:45p, Jan 8-29.
• Yoga for Osteoporosis: Healthy Bones, Posture and Balance with Becky Paulin-Liston, PT: Mondays, Jan 14-Feb 18 (6 weeks).
• Yoga for Childbirth: A Couples Workshop with Cassie Rodgers: Saturday, Jan 19 / Apr 27, 4-6:30p.
• Getting to the Core of Postpartum Recovery: Movement, Support and Revitalization with Becky Paulin-Liston, PT and Laura Gleason, PT: Four Sundays, 12:15-1:30, Feb 3-24; Mar 3-24.
• Gayatri Yantra - The Yoga of Sacred Artmaking with Chanti Tacoronte-Perez: Sat, Feb 23 + Sun, Feb 24, 2-6p.

Class Updates

• Weekend prenatal yoga has moved to Saturdays, 8:30-9:30a with Cassie Rodgers

Women's Health Events with the Amala School of Yoga

• 95 hour Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga teacher training begins January 2019 at Yoga Six South Loop. Learn more about becoming certified or for CE hours at www.amalaschoolofyoga.com
• The Circle of Womanhood: A Yoga Retreat to Honor the Wisdom Goddesses with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Chanti Tacoronte-Perez and Yoli Maya Yeh, co-hosted by Cassie Rodgers and Lela Beem. The Christine Center, Willard Wisconsin. June 26-30, 2019. Registration now available for this spectacular opportunity!

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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 our asana and breathing to engender states of stability and calm, which are essential for progress in yoga.  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.