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- Location:
- Downers Grove, IL, 60515
- Phone:
- 630.960.5488
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- The Gift of Patanjali's Eight-...
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Monday, November 2 at 12:00pm - Celebrate the Light: A Winter ...
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Sunday, December 20 at 3:00pm - 7th Annual Jamaica Yoga Retreat
Good Hope Country House
Saturday, February 20 at 12:00am
Yoga Among Friends Thanksgiving Schedule: Thurs, Nov 26: Studio closed. Fri - Sun, Nov 27-29: All classes will run as scheduled. ...Check out Laura Jane's thanksgiving message our latest newsletter, "Giving Thanks Takes Practice." From all of us at YAF, may you have a happy and safe holiday with your family, friends, and loved ones. Namaste.
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In this fun, safe, girl- and guy-friendly environment, you’ll BOTH:
- Connect easily on many new levels with each other
- Experience the Divine Essence in you and your partner
- Change old patterns of behavior
- Communicate effectively and responsibly in the safety of Sacred pace
- Take home practical tools of yoga for cr...eating and sustaining intimacy
- Experience the benefits of conscious partnership!
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Cost per person:
$35.00 in advance
$40.00 at the door
Space is limited! To reserve your spot, Phone 630-960-5488 or email w1hair@aol.com
Visit our website for more info and to download an event flyer: www.yogaamongfriends.com
Yoga Among Friends And just in time....the next sessions of prenatal yoga and kids yoga start on Tuesday 11/24 (Prenatal) and Wednesday 11/25 (Kids 4-8 yrs). Note: these classes are always on-going. Sign-up for the series at a discounted rate or drop-in at anytime!
www.yogaamongfriends.com
At Yoga Among Friends in Downers Grove, we teach hatha yoga in a relaxed and open environment. Here, the floor is wood, the ceilings high, and the light is full and soft. Here, we do yoga in candle light in the dark. ...
Yoga Among Friends Here's another good article on the benefits of yoga for kids...
www.cnn.com
Gigi reaches up into her sun salutation. She steps back into her high lunge and kicks her legs straight into plank pose, a push-up she holds without wobbling for 10 seconds before looking up impatiently at her yoga teacher.
Molly Friedberg Solik Where can I get schedule of your classes and times please? Thanks-
Yoga Among Friends Check out this ABC News Article. Using Yoga as therapy to battle disease.
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Many Cancer and ADHD patients are using yoga as a relaxation technique to help manage pain and anxeity. Yoga is used to help patients decrease stress and refocus.
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A one hour sojourn into vibrational sound healing. Description: A 'Bath' is an unforgettable event to soothe, inspire, heal and awaken your spirit. It begins with the intrinsic harmonizing properties of the Himalayan Singing Bowls & other Buddhist ritual instruments. The voices of the Bowls calm and center; paving a pa...th into which the transformational sound waves of the Gong blend. The participant is bathed with rising and falling rhythms, tonalities and multi-tonal octaves of healing vibrations. The Gong is precisely tuned to match the vibratory signature of our planet Earth (Ghia) as she journeys with the Sun (Sol). Their dance produces the sound of AUM; the 'Universal Chord';the ancient syllable of creation. The harmonic, sometimes piercing, resonance reduce stress and induces natural healing physically, mentally, spiritually. Individuals are asked to assume a meditational position or to lay on the floor with their crown chakra towards the Gong. (bring a mat & blanket for comfort)
Richard Rudis is an American practitioner of Vajrayana Buddhism. He is the owner of Illuminarium Convergence and BuddhistArtifacts.com specializing in Sacred Eastern Artifacts and Dharma teachings. When last in Tibet he took refuge with His Holiness Karmapa and was given the name Sonam Dorje.
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Chanting is a powerful tool for uncovering and expressing the human spirit. Combined with yoga practice, we can discover and influence new connections between body, mind, and breath, infusing our relationship to yoga with new vitality. Taught step-by-step through listening and response, pure sound and simple chants wil...l be applied to asana, pranayama, and meditation. This integrated practice of chant, movement, breathing, and seated meditation encourages a new depth of experience helping to further our intention and sustain our direction toward yoga.
Dates:
Friday November 6
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Introduction to Vedic Chanting
Saturday November 7
9:30 am - Noon, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Chanting in Asana and Pranayama for Physical Energy, Increased Breath, and a Focused State of Mind.
Sunday November 8
9:00 am - Noon, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Deepen your Practice: Chant as Meditation with Asana, Pranayama, Gesture and Visualization.
Cost:
$210 for the entire weekend or
$55 Friday
$90 each Saturday & Sunday
*10% Discount for any 500 hr. trainee enrolled in the KYM Teacher or the Prairie Yoga Teacher Trainings
Sonia Nelson, Director of the Vedic Chant Center, has been a student and teacher of Yoga and Vedic Chant for over twenty five years. As a student of T.K.V. Desikachar since 1975, Sonia is a Certified Teacher Trainer in association with the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation (KHYF).
In addition to integrating the use of chant into yoga practice, Sonia has developed a unique approach for teaching Vedic Chant to Western students and gives seminars and workshops nationwide and at the center in New Mexico. She has released a number of CDs including tutorials for learning Vedic Chant and the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali.
Rare Opportunity to practice with a Master
Time:6:30PM Friday, November 6th
Location:Prairie Yoga
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Come explore a blend of sound, mantra, and asana, creating a unique live musical yoga experience!
Katy, Luna, and Joshua have been collaborating the past 3 years, taking yogis on a personal journey of a practice that awakens the senses and ignites the shakti. This yoga experience is where sacred sound, vnyasa and hatha ...yoga merge. "Bhakti Vinyasa" is our practice. Don't miss your opportunity to share in this unique experience. Open up, let go and enjoy... This class is open to all levels and ages.
"This was the best event I have ever had at my studio!"
-Karina Myrsky, owner of Sanga Yoga, Kalamazoo, MI
"With the Bhakti Vinyasa Project, the heart is leading an
authentic creation of spiritual music and asana that will
melt you into joy and love."
-Revital Carrol, owner of Yoga Shala, Prescott AZ
with Katy Knowles, Kristin Luna Ray, & Joshua Canter
Time:3:00PM Sunday, October 18th
Location:Yoga Among Friends
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The Chakra system is an intricate psychological map to the body originating from the Tantra yoga tradition. Each Chakra is connected to various physical functions, psychological and emotional conditions, and energetic patterning. Learning the relationship between the Chakra system and the mind/body complex, one can uti...lize the tools of Yoga to best suit their personal practice by bringing consciousness and therefore Prana (energy) to areas in need.
This workshop will cover the seven major Chakras, associated Asanas, Pranayamas, Kriyas, Mantras and Meditations to give you a well-rounded understanding of this very unique system. There will be lecture, Chakra specific Asana practice, time for Q & A, Chakra specific Essential oils and sound healing with the crystal bowls during Savasana.
Some Yoga experience and knowledge of the Chakras will be helpful. Please wear comfortable clothes. The recommended reading for this series is Journey Through the Chakras available at YAF for $20.
7-Week Series Class with Karen Weber
Time:12:00PM Monday, September 14th
Location:Yoga Among Friends
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A Couples Workshop
Connect on many new levels with each other
Experience the Divine Essence in you and your partner.
- Change old patterns of behavior
- Communicate effectively and responsibly in the safety of Sacred Space
- Take home practical tools of yoga for creating and sustaining intimacy
Even if youíve never practice...d yoga before, come experience the benefits of conscious living!
Couples Workshop with Kristin & Frank Panek
Time:10:00AM Saturday, September 12th
Location:Yoga Among Friends
Yoga Among Friends We kick off our new fall series classes this week! PreNatal Yoga runs on Tuesdays from 11am - Noon. Sign-up for 10- week series at a discount or drop-in at anytime. Kids Yoga 10 week series starts Wed. Sept 9 from 3:45-4:25p. You can also drop-in anytime! Teen Yoga is on-going and runs o Wed from 4:30-5:30pm. Come ex...perience how easy it is to feel beautiful and confident! Live, Love, and Laugh.
Marlissa Tutaj Hello! I used to go to Yoga Among Friends before my husband and I had to move to California. I miss Laura Jane's Thursday morning meditation group!! I remember the book of chants/ mantras that you had selling there, but I can't remember the title and author. Do you know what it is? I would love to get one out here b...efore I head back home to come take some more classes!! Thank you!
