Surya Yoga Challenge! 30 Days in a Row at YogaOasis!

June 20-July 19 @ YogaOasis East AND Central

This will be our third annual 30-day yoga challenge. Here’s the deal: Practice at YogaOasis everyday for 30 days in a row (includes one day per week of mandatory rest—for this we strongly recommend Will’s MindLab 101 meditation class on Tuesday evenings.) If you end up traveling, home practices count!

Rate: $90. (that’s only $3 per class!!!) Must pre-register. For questions, feel free to call or email us. 520.322.6142 info@yogaoasis.com.

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Therapeutic Anusara Yoga® Technique Workshop
with Bruce Bowditch

A two-Sunday series:
July 12 & 19
12:30-3:30pm
@ YogaOasis Central

Rate: $80, or $45 per session. Must pre-register.

Learn the fundamentals of Anusara yoga therapeutic techniques and how to apply them. Help others heal from injury and cultivate vibrant health! In this workshop, students will deepen their understanding of Anusara yoga alignment principles, develop observation and evaluation skills, and practice hands-on adjustments.

Bruce Bowditch is a certified Anusara Yoga teacher and our resident yoga therapist. He has spent hundreds of hours studying therapeutics, biomechanics, and anatomy to become one of the community's leading Anusara Yoga therapy practitioners.

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108 Hour Anusara Yoga® Immersion in 2009
with Darren Rhodes & Christina Sell

The Anusara Immersion with Christina Sell and Darren Rhodes will stoke the fire of your adhikara (studentship). It will support and nurture deep transformations both on and off the mat. The immersion provides a deeply foundational & practical understanding of Anusara Yoga asana, alignment, and philosophy.

Phase 1: August 5-10, 2009
Phase 2: October 21-26, 2009 (with Carlos Pomeda)
Phase 3: December 9-14, 2009 (with Paul Mueller Ortega)

Meets 9:00-noon, 2:00-5:00 pm each day @ Central

Rate: $1550 for the full immersion or $600/phase.

Required reading: Anusara Yoga® Immersion Manual
(to download telephone Anusara Yoga: 1.888.398.9642)

"When Christina and Darren teach together they have such shri
And chemistry that they take each other to a whole new level of teaching"

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Delighting in the Flow: Standing Poses, Arm Balances and Creative Vinyasa
A special Anusara® Class with Christina Sell at YogaOasis East!

Saturday Aug. 8th
6:15-8:15pm
@ YogaOasis East

Rate: $20 by Aug 1, or $25 after Aug 1.
Space is very limited, please pre-register

Join Christina Sell for an Anusara Yoga® class designed to take your practice and understanding to new levels of proficiency. Learn how the basic principles of alignment that inform very familiar poses are also the key to unlock advanced postures and your own hidden potential. This fun-filled class will explore how basic standing postures inform the sometimes challenging arm balancing postures. Learn techniques for developing the inner and outer strength needed to perform these poses by themselves and in vinyasa sequences. Come ready to work and to play. All Levels.

Christina Sell is a certified Ansuara yoga teacher and author of the book Yoga From the Inside Out. Christina's classes are fun, informative and inspiring.

Advanced Anusara® Teacher’s Intensive with Noah Mazé and Darren Rhodes

3 days, 20 hours
September 2-4
Daily schedule: 9am-5:30pm, with a mid-day break

@ Yoga Oasis Central

This training will reinforce, refine and expand your ability to perform effective and safe hands on adjustments. We will focus on: observation, verbal adjustments, physical adjustments, and therapeutic adjustments, building from Level I to Level II syllabi. Pre-requisite: Must have completed a Level 1 Anusara Yoga teacher training.

Rate: $325 for early registrants by July 15th, or $360 thereafter. (Or sign up for the teacher training AND Darren and Noah's Advanced weekend workshop for $485 by July 15! Or $525 after July 15.)

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Intermediate/Advanced Anusara® Yoga Workshop with Noah Mazé and Darren Rhodes

September 5 & 6
Saturday and Sunday
9am-noon, 2-5pm

@ Yoga Oasis Central

This will be Noah Mazé’s only visit to Tucson for 2009. This weekend is for experienced students who want an opportunity to explore the poses on the Level 2 and 3 Anusara Yoga syllabi. Students must be able to kick to the wall for handstand unassisted, push up to urdhva danurasana with straight arms unassisted, hold sirsasana and sarvangasana for 5 minutes in the middle of the room. The asana intensive is not appropriate for people with injuries or those recovering from illness.

Darren and Noah will co-instruct each session allowing participants to enjoy plenty of hands-on assistance, insight and creativity throughout the workshop. This dynamic weekend will offer four sessions over two days:

Sat 9am-noon Courageous Hearts: Cultivate your courageous heart in this rigorous practice of vinyasa sequences, standing poses, arm balances and backbends.

Sat 2pm-5 Lotus Rising: Delight in the unfolding of your consciousness in this practice of deep hip openers and forward bends, wild twists, and inversion variations.

Sun 9am-noon Radical Play: Ever playful as the yogi, we will build upon previous classes to leap to new heights in arm balances and back bends.

Sun 2-5pm Upside-down, Outside-in: A complement to the deep work of the weekend, we will weave mantra, pranayama, inversions, forward bends and hip openers in a contemplative practice.

Rate: $175 for early registrants by July 15th, or $200 thereafter. Individual session drop-in rate: $55. Must pre-register.

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Haramara Maha Magical Mexico Retreat 2009
with Bronwin and Darren Rhodes

November 7-14, 2009

Join us for the maha magical Mexico yoga retreat with certified Anusara Yoga® instructor Darren Rhodes and enchantress Bronwin. Embody the subtleties of Anusara alignment in a way that will create a substantial shift in your practice.

Haramara is a glorious destination resort located north of Puerto Vallarta, minutes from the pristine beaches of the Pacific Ocean. In this Shri-filled place, commune with the sacred beauty of Mexico’s rich land and sea, deepen your yoga practice in the stunning Yoga Pavilion, and revive your dear soul.

Breathtaking cabana accommodations—prices starting at $1400—include three gourmet vegetarian meals a day, all yoga instruction, and 17% Mexico tax (airfare not included).

For more information or to register, call 520.322.6142 or email registration@yogaoasis.com.

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Philosophy Weekend with Carlos Pomeda

Save the date: October 24-25, 2009
@ YogaOasis Central

Details coming soon!

Philosophy Weekend with Paul Muller-Ortega

Save the date: December 12-13, 2009
@ YogaOasis Central

Details coming soon!

Monthly Central Kirtan
Devotional chanting with Bronwin, Charles, Susan, Joss, Satya, andfriends

Sundays, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Meets once a month (see schedule below)
Rate: $8 at the door. Kids free!

@ YogaOasis Central

Please join us for kirtan again in 2009: 1/25, 2/22, 3/29, 4/26, 5/31. Also, be sure to check our events schedule for other visiting kirtan artists.

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MindLab: Experiments in Mindfulness
Now a weekly class with Will Duncan

A lively once-a-week discussion and practice-based meditation class. Each week we explore different traditions and topics related to mindfulness practice. With an emphasis on practicality we look at ways to make the teachings relevant to our lives. A 45-minute boost to keep you going for the week. (Class will end in time to make it to the 8 pm YogaHour class)

Tuesdays, 7:15-8:00 pm @ Central
Rate: $4 or more.

Will Duncan has lived and studied in Trappist, Zen, Franciscan, and Tibetan Buddhist monasteries throughout the U.S. and the Himalayas, for over 20 years. His honest and humorous approach to the joys and trials of sitting are inspiring for new and old meditators alike.

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Dances of Universal Peace

Every 2nd Saturday @ YogaOasis Central
7:00 pm
Rate: Donation.

The Dances of Universal Peace are simple, meditative and uplifting group dances. They represent and integrate many of the world’s spiritual traditions, and help to create peace and unity within and without. Some of the traditions represented are Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Sufi, American Indian, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Goddess, Celtic, and Universalist.

Please note that the meeting for may will be the third Saturday of the month (May 17).

Padma Soundsystem

Note: Padma is on break for the summer

Rate: $10.

The local sound healing group Padma Soundsystem creates a very unique sonic restorative yoga. You lie down on a yoga mat, relax, and the group plays gentle transformative music and chants Buddhist mantra. One hour $10. For more information and to download free MP3 of their performances recorded here at Yoga Oasis, please visit http://www.padmasoundsystem.com.

To verify schedule contact Lewis at 520-829-6447

You may also wish to download the Padma flyer.

For more information or to register, please contact us.