Welcome to the first weekend of February 2012! We hope that you have found joy and abundance in the new year thus far, and continue to enjoy every beautiful moment that it has to offer. We have selected a few of our favorite events going down around the world to help you kick off this  new month with a bang! Check out our weekend picks below, and get out there and have some fun!

Don’t see events listed in your city? Want to submit an event of your own? Email us at Submissions@yoganonymous.org and let us know the deal!

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Montego Bay, Jamaica

Thursday, February 2nd – Sunday, February 5th

Get ready for the 1st Annual Caribbean Yoga Conference in Montego Bay, Jamaica this weekend!

The conference lineup includes workshops for all abilities with world-class instructors including Toni Bergins, Gaia Budhai, Kathryn Budig, Jeffrey Cohen & Andrea Boyd, Seane Corn, Sharon Feanny, Scott Feinberg & Amy Lombardo, Moses Jas Jeet, Noah Levine, Nadine McNeil, Sadie Nardini, Jason Nemer & Jenny Sauer-Klein, Simon Park, Stacey Shanks, and MC Yogi & Amanda G.  Topics range from Vinyasa Flow and Journey Dance to Core Strength and Kudalini.  The conference will offer two 2.5-hour sessions each day with opportunities for morning meditation and Noon yoga on the beach.

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Philadelphia, PA

Friday, February 3rd – Sunday, February 5th

The Gravity Cowboys are heading to Philadelphia this weekend – don’t miss Brock and Krista Cahill at Dhyana Yoga!

Lift Off! | 2/3 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm: “Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking.  We’d like to thank you for joining us as we fly the friendly skies.  En route this evening we will be crossing over many points of interest, including the grand handstand, oceans of navasana, mountainous arm balancing postures, and rivers of vinyasa.” Enough said.

Buoyancy Control | 2/4 | 12pm – 3pm: Brock & Krista will take the principals of basic arm balancing techniques, and refine them using cultivation of bandhas (energetic locks). You will learn how to tap into the subtle energy in the body and explore how the blending of physical strength and energetic power can create a state of weightlessness.

One Giant Leap | 2/5 | 12pm – 3pm: One small step for man, one giant leap for your practice! We will investigate the jumps in this workshop, including jump throughs and jump backs, jumps to handstand, jumps into arm balances, jumps into standing poses…and more! Take a leap, and the landing will appear…if you want it to.

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New York, NY

Saturday, February 4th – Sunday, February 5th

Alanna Kaivalya will be teaching her Art of Adjustments workshops at Pure Yoga this weekend!

Explore the principles behind save and transformative hands-on assists and effective adjustments to convey technique, sublety and mastery. All types of adjustments will be covered, and an understanding of how to “see” the body and optimize students’ freedom in asanas will be examined.

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New York, NY

Saturday, February 4th

Also at Pure Yoga this weekend – Arm Balancing + Gravity Surfing w/ Kay Kay Clivio!

Join Kay Kay as she guides you through a broad range of playful and safe poses, step by step. Build strength, courage, and connection in a graceful arm balance practice.

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Newburyport, MA

Saturday, February 4th

Join Ame Wren for her ‘Hot Core Cool Sequencing’ workshop at Repose Yoga Studio on Saturday afternoon!

In this 2-hour workshop, Ame will lead a 90-minute open level class focusing on smart and creative sequencing and the firing up of agni, or core strength to create internal heat. Through bandha work, core transitions, and specific anatomical and breathing cues, you will sweat your way into a deeper understanding of how to move  fluidly, fiercely, and intelligently from your core self. Following the asana practice Ame will open the space for questions about how to greater utilize your core throughout your practice.

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Venice, CA

Saturday, February 4th – Sunday, February 5th

Head over to the Exhale Center for Sacred Movement for a meSheeky trunk show!

meSheeky takes you from studio to street, looking fit, fab and full of sheekitude. Our line of yoga-inspired skirts, pants and tanks is designed to accentuate your best parts and cover up the stuff you’d rather not display to the world. We’ve got leg-lengthening, hip-hiding and booty-boosting in the bag with mixable, matchable pieces to flatter every body. It’s no wonder Sheekynistas are effortlessly stylish wherever they go. Featured everywhere from the Today Show to Health Magazine, this is way more than well-crafted fitness wear, it’s a shot of confidence. meSheeky is yogi-owned and operated by Flowmotion yoga founder Sarah Tomson Beyer in Park City, Utah.

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Wishing you a safe & wonderful weekend,

With LOVE,

YOGANONYMOUS

Yes you read correctly. 108 years…but I shouldn’t say “old.” She is 108 years YOUNG!

(Note: I was not allowed to show Katherine’s photo so instead I’m sharing the above photo of the oldest woman ever, Jeanne Calment, at her 122nd birthday party. Jeanne Calment exhibited many of the characteristics of which you are about to read.)

108 year young Katherine wasn’t just special, she was one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever met…

While there are definite signs her body is starting to disconnect from her soul (including loose dentures that made it hard to understand her), Katherine has the vibrancy of a young child.

Squirming around, flirting, a glimmer in her eyes, a passion to meet, share, taste…she’s squeezing every possible ounce of a life that began way back in 1903.

Born in South Dakota before it became a state, Katherine had a radio talk show, and moved to New York City because she wanted the big city experience.

She’s still frisky as a teenager. When the social worker put his hands on her asking, “Do you want to lie down?” she retorted, “Are you propositioning me?” HA!

Seriously, there were sparks flying off this woman.

She truly loves being alive.

I want to share with you with some lessons learned in my brief but unforgettable meeting with this 108 year young wunderkind:

1. ROCKY POWER

Katherine is now homebound on a 3rd story walkup apartment in NYC’s Upper East Side. Her priorities include human contact, sweets (ie cupcakes), sharing rich memories, and a sense of humor.

She has earned the right to live deep into life because she enjoys it. 

She struck me as the type who wouldn’t let anything hold her back or keep her down, which might explain why she was married 5 times.

Now this doesn’t mean leave your spouse.

Rather, it means, like Rocky Balboa,  take life by the goddam horns, never stay down for too long, and get after it!

A wise one said, “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.“

2. TRUST YOUR JOURNEY

As goes the quote, “We are not humans on a spiritual journey, but rather spirits on a human journey.”

And you really got that sense from Katherine, like she was the last soul from a pack who ran around the earth for quite some time and left her behind because she demanded it!

She has lived an active life, a rich journey, and loves to share her moments and memories. The ups and downs, highs and lows.

And she seems to inherently TRUST people. When we walked in the door, such was Katherine’s excitement, that she threw her arms in the air as if to signal “TOUCHDOWN!!!”

3. STAY RELEVANT

I recall one moment when she shook her hair (even at 108, she has a funky short hairdo) on her head in a fashionable way that struck me as a throwback to what must have been en vogue in the 1920’s.

Katherine knows what’s going on in the world around her, she still likes to put on her makeup, she’s still cool!

Sometimes as we get older, we dismiss trends, movements, technologies.

A huge lesson from Katherine. Stay in the game, stay curious, keep your finger on the pulse. 

If you could use a little of this 108 year old’s vitality, consider jumping off with me on an odyssey: my Livin the Moment 2012 program.  Our rallying cry will be a line that best summarizes Katherine approach. I should also mention it’s a line from a cheesy Disney movie, and God knows I’m a sucker for cheesy movies:

“Put life in front of you and run at it!”

If you’ve been knocked down in life, if you feel that your regrets overshadow your dreams, if you are always looking over your shoulder and being chased by your fears, doubts, and worries…

…this 12 month journey will inspire you to turn around and seek freedom FOR life, not from it!

I’ve been sharing my Livin the Moment message and developing and practicing this philosophy for over 13 years and by joining me on this mission to take back your life, you have my absolute commitment that we are going to strip off the darkness and stoke the fire igniting a 2012 filled with passion, pleasure, and presence!

Take advantage of the early registration price by visiting here today and joining me for Livin the Moment 2012

Let’s Rock 2012!

Namaste,

David Romanelli

Join Janet Stone at Shakti Vinyasa (East) on April 6th and 7th! More information below from Shakti Vinyasa’s website:

Durga Flow: Fierce Compassion

The goddess Durga embodies the attributes of fierce compassion, patience, and fearlessness. Through aligning with her powers, we can experience the full force of divine love in its gentlest and its fiercest forms. We’ll explore Durga’s fearlessness in backbends and discover how it moves through us in the world. Discover the fierce compassion to open your heart.

Hipster Flow

Join Janet for a dynamic and rigorous flow focused on finding the fluidity in your hips. The rush of the city is familiar to any urban yogi, and this workshop is designed to help you find a non-linear pathway through the swirl, opening the space around the entire hip and pelvis so that you’re more supple and able to absorb the pounding of the pavement.

Through this flow we wring out the old residue that is stored in our hips and create space for liberation and creativity in the way we work, move, practice, and live. Come prepared to move, chant, and exhale deeply.

About Janet

Janet’s personal yoga journey began in 1996 when she traveled to India, the birthplace of her grandfather, where she met an inspired yogi and became dedicated to a conscious evolution through yoga. She currently teaches in San Francisco, leads a 500 hour teacher training, workshops, and retreats around the world. Check out Janet’s 3 new DVD’s at www.janetstoneyoga.com

Click here for more information and to register today!

Hari will be teaching her Kundalini Gong class on Saturday February 11th as well as Saturday, March 10th. More information below:

Kundalini Gong Classes w/ Hari

February 11th & March 10th | 5pm

Join Hari for Kundalini Yoga (as taught by Yogi Bhajan style) kriya, meditation and deep relaxation with the sacred gong. The 32″ Paiste symphonic gong is the ultimate gong instrument for reaching all the subtle bodies and vibrating your prayers and intentions into every cell of your body. Hari Kaur – NYC Kundalini Teacher and Trainer, will lead you into a gong sound relaxation that helps release fear, promote healing, and helps you reach extraordinary meditative states. Move, sweat, meditate, relax and heal.

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Dan will lead this advanced all levels yoga practice on Friday, February 10th. More information below from the event website:

#Rise Up! An Advanced All Levels Practice w/ Dan Wilf

Friday, February 10th | 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Tune in, open up, and rock out with Dan Wilf for this very special two hour all-levels vinyasa exploratorium. Dan’s creative, intelligent, and fun sequencing – an energetic array of fluid namaskars, challenging arm balances, spine tickling twists, deep hip openers, high flying inversions, and tricky transitions – mixed with great music, lots of sweat, and a bit of comic relief cultivate a vibe that is welcoming and inspiring for the most seasoned yoga practitioners, as well as those just starting out on the path. In this special class, we will come together and utalize asana, pranayama, and meditation techniques to RISE UP both on and off the mat. This is going to be a two-hour yoga throwdown like none other – you will leave feeling energized, focused, and full of bliss.

While some previous practice experience is recommended, all that is required is a positive attitude and a willingness to have fun – remember, it is just yoga practice, not performance. everyone is welcomed.

About Dan :: Drawing from his rock & roll background, Dan Wilf encourages his students to have an authentic, creative, and self-exploratory experience, free from any judgment or attachment, every time they get on the mat.

In addition to his 500 hour certification with Shiva Rea, he has studied many different styles of yoga all over the planet with teachers such as Dharma Mittra, Joan White, Richard Freeman, Simon Park, and Brock & Krista Cahill just to name a few. Dan currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where he runs the upstart yoga promotional platform YOGANONYMOUS, works on the Wanderlust Festival, and teaches yoga.

More info + Tickets at www.dhyana-yoga.com

Guess what?! It’s the last month of January – we are 1/12 of the way through 2012! We hope that the new year has started off well for you, and if it hasn’t, that’s ok too – there’s plenty of time to turn things around! You can start by checking out our weekend picks for some great yoga events happening across the country. Wherever you may be this lovely weekend, get out there and have some fun!

Don’t see events listed in your city? Want to submit an event of your own? Email us at Submissions@yoganonymous.org and let us know the deal!

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Boston, MA

Friday, January 27th – Sunday, January 29th

Root, Rise, and Fly with Brock and Krista Cahill at South Boston Yoga this weekend!

Root to Rise | 1/27 | 6p – 8pm: This workshop begins with plentiful amount of core work to warm the body by igniting the fire within and awakening the inner warrior. Brock & Krista will then go over proven secrets to make arm balances and inversions effortless! The workshop will conclude with a few creative “arm balance medleys” created by Brock & Krista that sequence these challenging postures together in a fun & melodic flow.

Get Grounded | 1/28 | 1pm – 3pm: Powered by the ebb and flow of rhythm and spirit, fueled by the seductive tunes of rock „n roll, and focused by the fluidity and grace of moving meditation. Move quietly into a space of poetic stillness and use the breath to create a mantra of healing and rejuvenation.

Monkey Business | 1/28 | 3:30pm – 5:30pm: This practice is hanuman training. We will take a trip down the rabbit hole to the monkeys den, and practice hanuman style. Of course this will include his namesake pose, and great news! We will be on our hands quite a bit, and riding the wind. Jai hanuman!

One Giant Leap | 1/29 | 1pm – 3pm: This workshop is geared toward giving you the tools you need to resist landing. This is a fantastic way to practice honing your leaping skills, building confidence, so that when a leap appears out in life, you are ready to rock.

Flight Club | 1/29 | 3:30pm – 5:30pm: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We’d like to thank you for joining us as we fly the friendly skies. En route this evening we will be crossing over many points of interests, including the grand handstand, oceans of navasana, mountainous arm balancing postures, and rivers of vinyasa.

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Chicago, IL

Friday, January 27th – Sunday, January 29th

Get ready for a weekend of Forrest Yoga w/ Allison English at the Chicago School of Hot Yoga!

New Year, New Yoga: Introduction to Forrest Yoga | 1/27 | 6pm – 8pm: Start the New Year off by exploring a different style of yoga or deepening your knowledge of a favorite path. This Introduction to Forrest Yoga will take you on a journey into the simple yet transformative four pillars of this amazing practice – Breath, Strength, Integrity and Spirit. Open to all levels of practitioners.

Forrest Yoga: Opening Your Heart to the Unknown | 1/28 | 1:30pm – 3:30pm: Inherent in each new moment, period or year is the opportunity for the unknown to become the experienced. In this Forrest Yoga workshop learn to safely and therapeutically explore backbends into the unknown pockets of energy and strength within your body, mind and Spirit.

Changing Perspectives: Moving from your Wiser Self | 1/29 | 1:30pm – 3:30pm: The practice of Forrest Yoga is grounded in the direct use of Spirit to guide decision making from a powerful space of personal wisdom. Interweaving inversions and arm balances into an exciting adventure, this workshop will help you connect to and use your Spirit to change your perspective on decisions or resolutions you are making in your New Year. Open to all levels of practitioners.

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Denver, CO

Friday, January 27th – Sunday, January 29th

Don’t miss Les Leventhal this weekend at Bliss Yoga in Denver, CO!

Hips & Twists: Liberate Your Hips, Free Your Spine: In this workshop, we will open our hips by stretching our hamstrings and relaxing and strengthening our quads and thighs, while cultivating awareness of the challenges that we hold deep in our hip and pelvic regions. We will also free our spine with twists, which can release enormous amounts of tension and can tone and rejuvenate the abdominal and pelvic regions.

Art of Backbends: Backbends are some of yoga’s most invigorating postures and sometimes some of the most challenging. In this workshop we will explore the physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of backbends. While  balancing effort and surrender, we will open the  entire front body, with emphasis on the heart center.

Arm Balancing & Inversions: Arm Balances and Inversions are some of yoga’s most fun and exhilarating poses to practice. In this workshop you will learn to safely defy gravity, strengthen your core, build upper body strength, and begin cultivating awareness of your body being upside down and moving through space.

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Boulder, CO

Saturday, January 28th

Join Nancy Kate Williams at Om Time Yoga in Boulder for an ‘Honoring the Transitions’ workshop!

The transitions we embark upon in life are powerful opportunities for growth and personal evolution.  Honor and embody the spaces between breath and posture to allow the practice of weaving them to become a broadened current of time to savor, reflect, and deeply feel.  Learn to embody fluid connection with ease through fun transitions on and off the mat to bring yourself more deeply into the call of each moment.

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Philadelphia, PA

Saturday, January 28th – Sunday, January 29th

Don’t miss out on this awesome weekend of liquid flow yoga with Simon Park at Dhyana Yoga in Philadelphia!

Jai Hanuman! Inversions & Arm Balances | 1/28 | 2pm – 4:30pm: Handstands and inversions are empowering mudras that embody the best qualities of Hanuman, the archetypal heroic monkey: courage, fearless flying, pranic body of power, agility and light. Learn a pathway of flows within a powerful Vinyasa Flow workshop so that you can evolve to enjoying handstand in the center of the room with creative energy and empowered vitality.

Chakra Vinyasa – Focus on Backbends | 1/29 | 2pm – 4:30pm: Practice an accessible and universal approach to the chakra system within vinyasa that accesses the essential truths of our energetic body to live in greater alignment with our authentic flow. Experience a full spectrum practice dedicated to the elements and chakras, and how backbends such as Naturajasana, King Pigeon, and Scorpion are the perfect way to ignite the Chakras.

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Del Mar, CA

Sunday, January 29th

Take your practice upside down with Aubrey Hackman at Bindu Yoga in Del Mar this Sunday in ‘Demystifying Upside-Down Poses’!

Stop missing out on the most integral part of your yoga practice! Discover the ease and benefits of going upside down in this physically available inversion session. Explore headstand, shoulderstand, hand stand and all of the possible modifications as we breakdown any fear or hesitation that may be related with the most potent of yoga asanas (poses). Come flip your world upside down in this Jivamukti style workshop!

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New York, NY

Saturday, January 28th

Join Alanna Kaivalya at Land Yoga for her Myths of the Asanas Workshop!

Alanna’s first book, Myths of the Asanas, was released in Spring 2010 to great praise by yogis and non-yogis alike.  Join us for this very special lecture/workshop based around Alanna’s book and learn the Beautiful Stories behind your Yoga poses.  Your practice will be transformed!

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Wichita, KS

Friday, January 27th – Saturday, January 28th

Join Dave Romanelli at Siva Yoga in Wichita for 3 beautiful, funny, delicious workshops!

Yoga & Wine | 1/27: Unleash the mind with a little….

Yoga & Chocolate | 1/28: How exotic chocolate  makes you look and feel awesome!

Yoga for Foodies | 1/28: The rich taste of slow food from Tanya’s soup kitchen!

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Wishing you a fun & fabulous weekend!

With LOVE,

YOGANONYMOUS

Angela and Aimee will be teaching a “Bliss Mix” workshop on Saturday, February 11th. More information below from Yogis Anonymous:

“Bliss Mix” Partner Workshop

Saturday, February 11th | 6pm – 8pm

Do you enjoy getting adjustments in yoga class; for example, a nice push on your lower back in child’s pose? Have you ever noticed that with a little assistance you can often go deeper and get more enjoyment out of most yoga poses? If so, you have already experienced the benefits of partner yoga. Making friends in yoga class has many advantages outside of just having a friend to spot you in a handstand kickup in the center of the room however, it’s just plain FUN! Join Angela Kukhahn and Aimee’ Donahue for a memorable night of yoga, play, and a chance to get to know your fellow yogis a little bit better. This class is ALL levels and is part yoga class, part mixer. Come alone or bring a friend, doesn’t really matter as there will be a lot of mixing! Doing yoga poses with a partner can be a little uncomfortable at first, but also can be a great way to deepen your poses and your connection to others. Come with an open mind and a sense of play!

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Join Nancy Kate Williams & DJ Hyfi at the Yoga Pod in Boulder on Friday, April 20th! More information below from the studio website:

Friday Night Yoga Club w/ Nancy Kate Williams & DJ Hyfi

Friday, April 20th | 5:30pm – 8:30pm

Friday Night Yoga Club (FNYC), is an annual winter series which gathers Colorado’s Boulder & Denver yoga communities each Friday 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at various yoga studios and venues around the most innovative and inspiringyoga instructors and musicians in the area.

YOGA ~ CHANT ~ DANCE ~ WELLNESS ~ FOOD ~ DRINK

It is an evening of heart-opening yoga practice and soul-felt chanting, live percussion, kirtan and djs all created to help you discover your deepest, truest Self – the sacred, joyful identity we all share!

10% of net revenue raised supports the Wellness Initiative, who’s mission is to improve the physical health, social and emotional development, and academic performance of low-income youth through yoga-based wellness programs.

About Nancy Kate Williams

Nancy Kate’s enchantment for the practice shines in her ability to hold space for students to go inside and create personal transformation in a fun, loving & supportive environment. Her classes focus on integrity of alignment and intention in every moment with sequencing that is thoughtful, deliberate, balanced and challenging. She trusts that it is through this precise way of practicing that we create the awareness to learn about our bodies, our selves and how we relate to the world…deepening all the connections in our lives.

About DJ Hyfi

HyFi is a Philly based DJ who has taken his art into the yoga studio to create a deep fusion of sound and movement. He spends most of his time on the road spinning for workshops, festivals and conferences around the nation, striving to create a fresh experience for people who love yoga. Finding inspiration from life on the road and the interesting collection of characters along the way, he shares his perspective on yoga through his turntables. Ian’s DJ mixes are infused with a wide range of soulful electronic music, from deep ambient tunes to ecstatic rhythms of Jungle/DnB.

Click here to learn more about the Friday Night Yoga Club

Click here to register today!

Get ready for a great weekend of yoga, workshops, lectures, concerts, and much more! Even better? We are here to hook you up with an exclusive discount! Enter promo code NY19 for an additional $50 off your main conference pass! Early-bird pricing ends March 2nd, click here to get your tickets today!

Featured Presenters

This year’s NY Conference features some of today’s greatest yoga teachers including: Elena Brower, Seane Corn, Sharon Gannon/David Life, Dharma Mittra, Sadie Nardini, Aadil Palkhivala, Tao Porchon-Lynch (93 years old!), Shiva Rea, David Romanelli, Desiree Rumbaugh, Colleen Saidman Yee/Rodney Yee, and more!

Conference Highlights

Special Events:

Get Your Dance On | Friday, April 13th | 7:30pm – 11:30pm

Get Your Dance On is a high vibe dance party that welcomes absolutely everyone. Born in NYC, we are festival, house party, tea lounge, and temple. The night begins with a yoga class led by Elena Brower and Dana Flynn, featuring the legendary India-infused beats of DJ Drez, and continues with a trance dance lead by Shiva Rea and Da’Riddim INya Drum Ensemble. Then the party opens up into two rooms: Drez and Da’Riddim INya will keep the high energy dance room going while the Didge Project and House of Waters play mellow grooves andCraig Anthony Miller whips up live paintings in the chill space.

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In addition, Yoga Journal will offer free community classes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as well as free meditations and panel discussions!

Featured Classes:

Yoga for Dudes w/ Nikki Costello | Saturday, April 14th: 3:30pm – 5:30pm

Stabilize and stretch. Move and breathe. Unwind and soften. The components of this class are like all yoga classes. So why is it so special for men? Come find out how men learn, improve at, and get hooked on yoga when the class is focused on their strengths, challenges, and a little friendly competition.

Hip/Hop Asana w/ Jules Febre | Saturday, April 14th: 3:30pm – 5:30pm

Hip-hop asana is Jules’s union of Jivamukti Yoga and hip-hop culture. Finding ways to creatively bring yoga to the community that you are from will be emphasized. Fun sequencing distinct to the Jivamukti Yoga method will warm you up and keep you cookin’. Come prepared for an upbeat session with great music and sequences. Music will be provided by DJ Derek Beres of EarthRise SoundSystem. A hip-hop dance teacher will warm us up for the asana practice. This is classic Jivamukti: original, sequential, inspired with spirit, and a little wild. A vigorous Jivamukti Yoga class for all levels.

Yoga & Steve Jobs: Unlocking the Collective Consciousness w/ Dave Romanelli | Sunday, April 15th: 8am – 10am

The late cofounder of Apple Computers, Steve Jobs, studied and traveled in India before his revolutionary career. His otherworldly vision and tenacity to stick to his guns stem from an ancient Eastern embrace of simplicity, meditation, and purpose. In this vinyasa flow, you’ll explore how a relaxed body frees a connection to the collective consciousness and how other great innovators, from Einstein to Mozart, sensed the treasures that await us if only we can unlock the code and free the mind.

Check out this awesome video below, just in case you weren’t already excited enough:

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Don’t forget – early-bird pricing ends on March 2nd – and enter promo code NY19 for an additional $50 off your main conference pass – Click here to register today!

Gina will be teaching a weekend of adjustments workshops at the Lotus House of Yoga in Omaha March 2nd – 4th. In addition, Gina will also be teaching 2 master classes throughout the weekend. More information below:

Hands On Adjustments & Enhancements for Yoga Teachers w Gina Caputo

March 2nd – 4th | Omaha, NE

This amazing weekend workshop event is open to all those who wish to deepen their practice. It may be used towards contact hours for our 200, 300 and 500 Hour Teacher Training Programs at Lotus House of Yoga. Entire Weekend, including Master Classes, is $250. Includes a manual and counts as 15.5 Credit Hours.

Master Classes

~ Saturday, March 3rd | 9am – 11am ~

~ Sunday, March 4th | 9am – 11am ~

Click here for more information and to register today!

We hope that you had a fantastic and productive week wherever you may be, and that you are getting ready to rock and roll all weekend long! We have selected some of the best yoga & wellness events happening across the country this glorious January weekend. Check ‘em out below, and get out there and have some fun!

Don’t see events listed in your city? Want to submit an event of your own? Email us at Submissions@yoganonymous.org and let us know the deal!

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Pasadena, CA

Saturday, January 21st – Sunday, January 22nd

Join Yoga Tune Up® creator, Jill Miller, for a weekend of workshops and trainings at the Yoga House in Pasadena, CA!

Refine Your Spine | 1/21 | 10am – 1pm: This workshop identifies spinal “blind spots,” and reconditions them with new therapeutic moves. Learn to thoroughly prepare your spine from every conceivable angle. This workshop will give you a new backbone!

Hip Help | 1/21 | 2:30pm – 5pm: As your practice evolves, some of your poses will feel comfortable and expansive, while others will feel stubborn and stuck. Locked hips can wreak havoc on the practicing yogi. Tight hamstrings lead to back pain and postural imbalances, while bound hip flexors limit abdominal strength and backbend fluidity. Even hyper mobile students have issues with stability.

Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Ball Training | 1/22 :Tap into the amazing healing power of Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls in this one-day practitioner training course with Jill Miller. Designed for professionals from any body-based discipline, the training will empower you to help clients of any level of fitness to adopt a simple and effective self-care regimen. The YTU Therapy Balls can be used as an adjunct offering within personal training sessions, stretch, Pilates, dance classes, wellness coaching, yoga, massage therapy or with kids and special needs populations.

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Santa Monica, CA

Sunday, January 22nd

Head on over to Naam Yoga for the Ashley Turner’s Aroma Yoga Book Launch Party & Signing!

Aroma Workshop | 1:30pm – 3:30pm: Take your practice to the next level with the medicinal benefits of therapeutic-grade essential oils. This workshop is designed to systematically clear, rebalance and open the chakras using essential oils and a corresponding asana sequence.

Book Signing, Launch Party, and Trunk Show | 3:30pm – 5pm: After 18 months of brainstorming, brilliant collaboration + juicy fun….it’s here! Come help us celebrate the launch of AROMA YOGA GUIDE! Raw chocolate, raffle + FREE gifts from Manduka, YogaEarth, Zobha + more!

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Boston, MA

Friday, January 20th

Join Ame Wren and Georgia Reath for a Smart Sequence Flow workshop at Back Bay Yoga to kick off your weekend!

Ame and Georgia join forces to create an intelligent sequence that will deliberately and creatively build into a peak pose or open and strengthen a specific area of the body. Known for teaching sequences in their classes that are fun, empowering, unique and rooted in proper alignment, the dynamic duo will alternate teaching the sequence in an off-the-cuff manner that will respond to what is taking place in the room at the moment. Interesting transitions, pranayama (or breath work) and bandha (or internal locks) work will link together asanas (or poses); music will inspire and delight; and well-earned sweat will cleanse the system. After a 90-minute flow and sweet sivasana, Ame and Georgia will open the practice to a dialogue about the sequence’s development and intentions as well as a more general discussion of how to create a smart sequence.

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Scottsdale, AZ

Friday, January 20th – Sunday, January 22nd

Join Leeann Carey all weekend long at Blissful Yoga in Scottsdale for a Yaapana Yoga Master Intensive!

Yaapana (ya-paw-nah) an Ancient Sanskrit word Meaning the Support and Extension of Life. Yaapana yoga is a uniquely inspired and innovative blend of vinyasa flow to warm and prepare the body for poses that are held dynamically and restoratively usingprops for therapeutic support. Yaapana practice is easily modified and adapted to meet individual student needs at all levels of experience and skill.Learn how to place props strategically to create a compelling, therapeutic and fulfilling space for feeling, breathing and sensing what is happening now.

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Edwards, CO

Friday, January 20th – Saturday, January 22nd

Join Simon Park at Dogma Athletica in Edwards for a weekend of liquid flow workshops!

Surfing the Vinyasa Wave | 1/20 | 4:30pm – 6:30pm: Experience the latest evolution of Prana Flow Yoga, the unique Vinyasa style of Shiva Rea. Dynamic asana, creative flows, and integrated pranayama as a moving meditation that will tune and tone you from the inside out while giving you the tools for navigating life’s changes with grace, power, and confidence

Jai Hanuman! Inversions & Arm Balances | 1/21 | 4pm – 6pm: Handstands and inversions are empowering mudras that embody the best qualities of Hanuman, the archetypal heroic monkey: courage, fearless flying, pranic body of power, agility and light. Learn a pathway of flows within a powerful Vinyasa Flow workshop so that you can evolve to enjoying handstand in the center of the room with creative energy and empowered vitality.

Mandala Namaskar | 1/22 | 4pm – 6pm: The Healing Power of Circular Movement within Yoga and Nature - In a increasingly grid world, experience the healing power of a mandala (sacred circle)within a “namaskar” or moving meditation vinyasa. Developed by Shiva Rea, you will unfold in an integrated circular flow for embodied wholeness, vitality and creative resonance with nature.

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New York, NY

Friday, January 20th – Sunday, January 22nd

Seane Corn will be teaching a series of workshops at Pure Yoga this weekend!

Setting a Powerful Context | 1/20 | 6pm – 8pm: Purify and detoxify the physical and energetic body in a vigorous vinyasa flow class.

Earth/Fire | 1/21 | 10am  12:30pm: Focus on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd chakras in a stimulating, provocative and challenging vinyasa flow.

Fire/Water | 1/21| 3pm – 5:30pm: Focus on the 4th chakra in a slow, deep and restorative heart-centered class.

Air/Spirit | 1/22 | 10am – 1pm: Focus on the 5th, 6th, and 7th chakras in a creative, inspiring and awakening vinayasa flow that will tie the workshop together and unite the themes for all the individual energy systems, restoring balance and harmony in the body.

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New York, NY

Sunday, January 22nd

Learn the ancient practice of QiGong with Alexandra Damiani at Katonah Yoga in New York City this Sunday!

Long forgotten but recently discovered behind a fake wall in the White Cloud Monastery in China, 24 drawings of the Jade Maiden guide us back to the feminine practice of QiGong and our feminine essence.

QiGong and Yoga are branches from the same tree, books of wisdom written in the language of movement. Sacred dance is a gentle practice where movements are synchronized with the breath to channel the body’s life-force and cultivate our internal light.

During the Workshop, the basic movements of alchemical Qigong will be explored. These basic movements will then form the building blocks of the Jade Maiden form.

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Sao Paulo, Brazil

Saturday, January 21st – Saturday, January 28th

Micheline Berry’s Liquid Asana Immersion kicks off this weekend in Sao Paulo!

Get ready for Ritual, healing and transformation through alignment-informed Vinyasa Flow yoga with Micheline Berry. A week-long immersion into the sacred architecture of asana meeting the healing elixir of creative flow. You will connect to the inner currents of pranashakti that ignite your creativity, deepen your personal sadhana, and awaken your heart’s dharma. All sessions cultivate a profound inner stillness and contemplation as the source material (materia prima) of your practice. Music (including special live music sessions) to deepen the flow as we embody peak poses through organica vinyasa krama from inversions, to arm balances to heart-opening backbends, landing in deep, healing liquid savasana. Jai! Bring your mat, water and a towel for the journey.

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Wishing You a Wonderful Weekend,

With LOVE,

YOGNONYMOUS

Nicki will be teaching a 5-day asana intensive focusing on honoring your intentions at her Maya Yoga Studio on Maui. More details below from the event website:

Asana Intensive: Honoring Your Intentions

February 12th – 17th | Maui, HI

At the beginning of every year, we are always full of intentions and plans for how we are going to change in the coming year and get back into our Yoga practice. We call them our New Year’s resolutions and these intention are sincere. But honestly, how many of us stick to those resolutions and stay committed to our practice?  If this sounds like you, come to this workshop! During this week we will focus on methods to help us sustain our practice, not be so hard on ourselves, and get reinspired about Yoga in general! Remember “Shtira Sukham Asanam”- we want to be strong and stable in our practice and also find joy in it!

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Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity to practice with one of LA’s most celebrated teachers! Jen will be leading her Manifestation Yoga Workshops at Pure Yoga and Yoga Vida in NYC, as well as at Dhyana Yoga in Philadelphia. More information below:

Manifestation Yoga w/ Jennifer Pastiloff

Join Jennifer Pastiloff, as recently featured on Good Morning America, for her signature workshop designed to help release what is no longer serving you as you manifest your dreams on and off the mat.

Complimentary wine and treats offered during the workshop

“Thank you Jennifer for shining your light on mine.” ~~ Christy Turlington.

Jennifer Pastiloff was recently featured on Good Morning America. She is a yoga teacher, writer, and advocate for children with special needs based in L.A. She is also the creator of Manifestation Yoga® and leads retreats and workshops all over the world. Jennifer is currently writing a book and has a popular daily blog called Manifestation Station. Find her on Facebook and Twitter. She is also the creator of GAMEyoga.org.

East Coast Tour Dates:

Wednesday, March 28th at Dhyana Yoga in Philadelphia | 6:30pm – 8:30pm | Register Here

Thursday, March 29th at Yoga Vida NYC | 6:15pm – 8:15pm | Register Here

Sunday, April 1st at Pure Yoga NYC | 1:30pm – 3:30pm | Register Here

Ari will lead a 2-hr extended vinyasa class accompanied by the musical stylings of Garth Stevenson. More info below:

Vinyasa Yoga & Live Music w/ Ari Halbert & Garth Stevenson

Saturday, January 14th | 5pm – 7:30pm

Feeling cold, depleted, or uninspired? Take our candlelit Vinyasa class with live music to warm you up and lift your spirits! Join Katonah yoga teacher Ari Halbert and Brooklyn based double bassist/composer Garth Stevenson as they lead us through  a night of movement and melody!

About Ari:

In Ari’s classes, he strives to help students explore the inner realms though the forms and expressions of the physical body. He enjoys the intellectual stimulation of exploring the intricacies of precise alignment, and at the same time crave the immense sense of freedom that comes when letting those thoughts go to flow organically from movement to movement. It is his opinion that through the grace of the movements of the physical body, one can imbue the same sense of grace and peace within. In the words of the ancient adage: as above, so below; as without, so within.

About Garth:

Brooklyn-based composer and double bassist, Garth Stevenson, draws most of his creative inspiration from the natural landscapes beyond the metropolis in which he has lived for the bulk his twenties. Garth was raised in the mountains of British Columbia by parents that spent all of their free time in the outdoors. Nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. In the past four years, Garth has released two full-length solo albums, informed by his experiences carrying his 150-year-old double bass to the woods, the beach, and the desert. His most recent and critically acclaimed release, Flying, is a seventy-five minute adulation to a recent life-changing trip to Antarctica. Of Flying, iTunes praises, “Garth Stevenson joins the likes of Brian Eno, Sigur Rós, and David Sylvian as a practitioner of this ethereal yet accessible genre… ‘The Southern Sea’ offers the aural equivalent of effortlessly swimming underwater without ever needing to come up for air.”

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