Special Events


YOGA ODYSSEY: BRINGING SADHANA HOME
June 1 – June 28 2008


An all-new yoga odyssey designed to help you fall in love with home practice!
Click here for full details:
www.fivepointsyoga.com/odyssey.html



INVERSIONS WORKSHOP
Sunday May 4, 2008  1:00-3:00PM at Black Lotus Yoga
   Cost: $25

  There is an art and skill to going upside down in a yoga practice that is worth learning. The physical and mental benefits of inversions are immense, and done safely, they will likely become a favorite part of your practice. The main part of this workshop is focusing on the hows and whys of standing on your head/forearms/hands/shoulders. The key to this workshop is individual attention - each student will be able to explore how to progress safely and effectively in inversions. This is for students who have a regular practice - if you're just beginning, please email me in advance so that we can talk about if this workshop is appropriate for you.  
Class is limited to 15. Register in advance as workshop will sell out.  Register by credit card by calling Black Lotus at 617-899-4775.    Register with a check by mailing it to:
Black Lotus Yoga
91 Sidney St.
Cambridge, MA 02139


YOGA FOR A BETTER BACK
Sunday June 8, 2008 1:00-3:00PM at Black Lotus Yoga
   Cost: $25

Back pain is a major cause of complaint for many people, and one of the common reasons someone begins to practice yoga. This class will be a general introduction to ways of moving when you are prone to a sensitive back. While there will be some discussion of common back conditions like herniated disks, spondylolisthesis, and scoliosis, this will be a gentle workshop geared towards universal movement that can benefit everyone. This practice will be suitable for yoga beginners, while also valuable for experienced yogis who have back troubles. It is best suited for people not in an acute phase of injury.
Class is limited to 15. Registration will begin in mid-April.


PRENATAL PARTNER YOGA
Next class in June 2008 at O2 Yoga
Cost:  regular cost for mom (either part of the 6 week series, or $15 drop-in) , $5 for partner

Bring a partner (spouse, friend, relative, anyone!) to experience a typical prenatal session.   This workshop is not exclusively partner yoga - it is quite a bit of individual practice with a few partner yoga pieces.  Those of you who cannot bring someone on this night are encouraged to come on your own to get your weekly yoga in - we'll partner you with other students in the class for the partner sections. This is an opportunity for someone important in your life to understand a bit more about yoga, how it's helpful in pregnancy and birth, and ways that you might practice together during this special time.  RSVP is required by Thursday March 13, as our regular class is big.

I just wanted to say hi and thank you for all that you gave me through your classes over the past year.   I truly know that yoga helped me so much throughout my labor and birth experience as well as all of the connecting that you helped me do with Dylan in our prenatal class. Your class felt so empowering too- as I counted down the weeks until his birth. Everything went really beautifully.   I was able to stay home for almost all of my labor- and was able to stay on my hands and knees in my bath tub for hours and hours- I think because of yoga.

- Cecilie Rowitz