Yoga & the Art of Intention & Renewal
Sunday, January 22nd
200-4:00pm
Instructor: Diane Anderson
Cost $35 (pre-register)
Take an inward journey to manifest your desires for 2012.  Clear the  pathways that block us form our good, and REPLACE those that don’t serve us with POSITIVE intentions to spark our passion and purpose. Blending yoga poses with affirmations,  meditation, & reflection,  you CAN  enter the New Year with renewed energy in body, mind and spirit. This workshop has the potential to be a creative, powerful and transformational.
The workshop will begin with a short meditation. Following this meditation we will first take a moment to reflect on the most positive attributes of 2011.  Following this, we will then take a brave inward look at what was not our best, be it actions, negative thought patterns, attitudes, and much more. 

We will then have a invigorating and balanced yoga practice that is open to all levels.  Dedicated beginners are welcome.  During this part of the  practice we will allow each exhale to release what is no longer needed, perhaps even blocking our good form manifesting.
 
Half way through the yoga practice, another short meditation will be lead.  At this time, we have worked our physical bodies, released our worn out beliefs, and now we are in a very suitable place to set a CLEAR & POSITIVE intention.  It is important to  replace what we previously cleansed from our consciousness. 

This practice is POWERFUL.  Also practicing in a group collectively can add  potency to our outcome.    We will then finish our yoga practice  with a clear & positive intention.  Each inhale we take,  will set the positive intention in motion.

More information on intentions vs. resolutions, transendence vr. transformation will be discussed.   You may want to bring a notebook or journal.

Questions? Email diane@nwcommyoga.com or call her direct at 206 478 0745

Inward Listening:     
Cultivating Full Body Presence

Friday, January 13, 2012
7:00-9:00 PM        
Facilitator: Bill Ames                  
Cost: $35.00 (pre-registration, see below)

Have you ever felt that things just didn’t add up, or that your head was telling you one thing and your heart another?
Our ‘gut feelings’ can be excellent guides when we listen to them. However, many of us lose contact, either because of our upbringing or because of traumatic experience. As a result, we sometimes lose touch with an important internal navigational system and the wisdom and safety it can provide.
This is a workshop to help us reconnect with the wisdom of our bodies. We practice and discuss a series of simple, surprisingly effective meditative exercises to help deepen our body awareness, and in turn, our awareness of what is happening in our spiritual and emotional lives.Bill Ames is a healer and teacher. He is a massage therapist specializing in Cranio-Sacral therapy, but also teaches English as a Second Language to adult refugees and immigrants. As a member of University Friends Meeting (Quakers), he has a strong interest in promoting peace between people as well as peace within the person.This workshop is based on the work of Suzanne  Scurlock-Durana, and her book Full Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom
To pre register for this workshop, please submit payment in advance (cash or check) by either dropping off an envelope marked “Inward Listening” through our front mail slot any time (even during classes) or mailing to our address below.
Questions: 
Call Diane direct 206 478 0745  
diane@nwcommyoga.com
Mental, Physical, & Spiritual Awareness by way of Your
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