Energize your home, Energize your life
Feng Shui every month with Meryl Hyerdally at Yoga Birds
For more info contact Meryl at (251) 463-1862 or mhyerdally@yahoo.com
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Canasana
10 Free Yoga Classes Benefitting A Local Food Bank
Thursdays 6:15 AM and 6:15 PM Classes Nov 18 – Dec 23
“Asana” means Yoga Pose
BRING A CAN OF FOOD AND TAKE A YOGA CLASS
SIGN UP FOR THESE FREE CLASSES ONLINE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT
Download a 11 x 17 PDF of the Canasana poster
10-4, I’ll bring it up on Friday.
2nd Annual Global Mala Yoga for Peace
The purpose of the Global Mala Yoga for Peace is to unite the global yoga community from every continent to form a “mala around the earth” through collective practices based upon the auspicious cycle of 108 (mala beads) as the yoga world’s offering to further the UN International Peace Day which falls on Sept 21st 2010.
Join Yoga Birds for an ‘open mat’ celebration Saturday Sept 18th for 108 minutes of sun salutes in a fun, festive community atmosphere. Refreshments on the patio to follow. All are welcome. Bring the kids! FREE.
RAFFLE!! Come by for a chance to win a yoga mat, yoga bag AND a 3-month unlimited class package!
Cat McCarthy Returns to Yoga Birds
Catherine McCarthy is a Certified Anusara Yoga® Instructor who balances her time between her hometown of New Orleans and New York City. Her love of yoga and her playful approach makes learning accessible and fun for all. Through the transformative and therapeutic technology of Anusara Yoga, Catherine encourages students to radically affirm their vast potential with strong bodies, open hearts and curious minds. Inspired daily by her students and over the years by her teachers Anusara Yoga founder John Friend, Amy Ippoliti, Elena Brower, and Rajanaka philosophy scholar Dr. Douglas Brooks, Catherine is thrilled to share all that she has learned both on and off the mat.
Cat will be returning to Yoga Birds in August to lead 4 weekend workshops.
Click Here To Register Online for 3 Workshops – a 10% discount! (Saturday evening workshop requires pre-approval)
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Scotta Brady Yoga Workshops
Scotta Brady, E-RYT 500 is a Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher who began her formal yoga studies in 1996 after graduating from Auburn University with a B.A. in Philosophy. She is the owner and lead teacher at Butterfly Yoga in Jackson, Mississippi. Blessed with the opportunity to study with many inspiring teachers around the world, she is full of immense gratitude for and admiration of each one. She is especially grateful to Anusara Yoga founder John Friend, who has been the greatest influence on her personal transformation and transition from law school student to full-time yoga student and teacher. Upon meeting John in 1999, Scotta dedicated herself to studying yoga and has been teaching yoga in service to the Mississippi community and beyond since 2000.
Scotta will be leading 3 workshops at Yoga Birds in June: (Register Online for all 3 Workshops at a Discount)
Date: Sat 6/26/2010
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Anusara Yoga Workshop with Scotta Brady, E-RYT 500. “Lightness of Being”. Using the Universal Principles of Alignment, we’ll find a balance of power and softness to open our hearts more fully in backbends. We’ll tap into our innate strength and lightness of being to take flight in arm balances. Learn also how curious use of our feet can help us cultivate more stability in inversions and arm balances. Join us for this fun-filled weekend of yoga! Saturday Session will focus on standing poses, twists, and backbends. $40. Register Online.
Date: Sun 6/27/2010
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Anusara Yoga Workshop with Scotta Brady, E-RYT 500. “Lightness of Being”. Using the Universal Principles of Alignment, we’ll find a balance of power and softness to open our hearts more fully in backbends. We’ll tap into our innate strength and lightness of being to take flight in arm balances. Learn also how curious use of our feet can help us cultivate more stability in inversions and arm balances. Join us for this fun-filled weekend of yoga! Sunday mid-day session will focus on “Flight School”- abdominals and arm balances. $40. Register Online.
Date: Sun 6/27/2010
Time: 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Anusara Yoga Workshop with Scotta Brady, E-RYT 500. “Lightness of Being”. Using the Universal Principles of Alignment, we’ll find a balance of power and softness to open our hearts more fully in backbends. We’ll tap into our innate strength and lightness of being to take flight in arm balances. Learn also how curious use of our feet can help us cultivate more stability in inversions and arm balances. Join us for this fun-filled weekend of yoga! Sunday early evening session will focus on “Nectarean” Inversions & Forward Folds. $35. Register Online.
Sacredness of Breath and Sound with Phil Jones
Visiting Australian interfaith minister and recording artist Phil Jones will present an interactive workshop teaching meditation and simple breathing techniques with the Australian didgeridoo. The didgeridoo is an ancient mesmerizing drone instrument made from a eucalyptus tree and traditionally played in ceremony and healing by the Aboriginal clans of Australia. Phil has been performing Sanskrit chants for over 40 years and will begin the evening with meditative chanting – setting up a wonderful vibrational atmosphere for the workshop, whereby the participants will be invited to tone and chant the OM mantra as he sings the chants to the accompaniment of a Shruti box (a traditional east Indian instrument). No musical experience is necessary. Phil studied seven years with an enlightened Hindu teacher (1968-1975) and parallels the didgeridoo, a non-denominational meditation accelerator, with Eastern Philosophy, New Thought, and Aboriginal Traditions. He was the lead singer and songwriter of the renowned English band Quintessence (Island Records/RCA), where he pioneered the merging of sacred Sanskrit mantras into a modern musical format during the late 1960’s and 1970’s (performing three concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and two at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London). Phil has been a frequent guest presenter at Deepak Chopra’s Center for Well-Being, has appeared on radio (NPR, Sightings, etc) and television (The Wisdom Channel, ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC, BBC), and is featured performing and teaching the Australian didgeridoo on the IMAX DVD: ‘Sydney – A Story of a City.’ Phil’s website is www.philjonesmusic.com $20 Pre Registration, $25 Day Of Register and Pay at www.yogabirds.com. Workshops are non-refundable.
Slow Flow To Explore The Inner Body
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras define pratyahara as the state and practice of encouraging the senses to draw within, promoting a continuous inward flow of consciousness. This quality or attitude of pratyahara transforms the vigorous physical practice of Hatha Flow into an internalized moving meditation. Melanie Buffett, RYT will lead this slow flowing class. It will begin with music and gradually move toward silence and darkness, allowing you to go deeper and take your practice inward. Explore your practice on a more sublime, subtle level. Seasoned Beginner/Intermediate Level. Minimum of 3 months yoga practice required to attend. 2 HOURS $20 pre-register. $25 day of. Workshops are non-refundable.
Yoga for Weight Loss Workshop
Yoga unifies body, mind, heart, and spirit. The habits and behaviors that contribute to unhealthy or unnatural excess weight gain usually signify a missing link in the body, mind, heart, spirit connection.
In this 3-hour workshop, Melanie Buffett shares her personal journey of losing 80 lbs and maintaining that weight loss (for over 13 years). If permanent weight loss is your goal, learn how one woman did it by consistently applying principles of meditation, breath work, physical yoga practice, and conscious eating in a balanced, healthy, ‘yogic’ way to her daily life.
Melanie leads an inspirational and informational practice that incorporates humor with the serious business of achieving and maintaining healthy weight once and for all. Some experience or knowledge of yoga practice is recommended. Participants must be able to sit on the floor and stand up from the floor without assistance. Yoga mats and props provided.
Early Bird Registration (recommended) $30. Day-of (space permitting) $35.
Yoga 201 Workshop
Melanie Buffett’s Yoga 201 explores more advanced yoga poses and yoga pose flows with attention to proper form and alignment for maximum safety and benefit. Students should be prepared to work the prepartory poses leading up to handstands at the wall, backbends with straight arms, and arm balance poses. Minimum of 3 months of regular yoga practice is a requirement to attend. 3 HRS. $30 pre-registration. $35 day of. Workshops are non-refundable.
Yoga 101 Workshop
Offered regularly, Yoga 101 is a 3-hour Saturday afternoon workshop. This workshop will demystify yoga for the new student. Students will learn building blocks for practicing 30 essential yoga poses. Time is also devoted to introducing basic yogic breathing with awareness. This workshop prepares new students for flowing and faster paced classes. Also beneficial to give deeper insight of alignment in an already established practice. Participants must be able to move up and down from the floor to standing without assistance. BEGINNER LEVEL. 3 HRS. $30 pre-registration. $35 day of. Register and Pay online.