Four Week Series

Starting May 5th, 2010
Sunday's 12:00-1:30pm

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Introdction to Yoga with Rebecca
Cost: $65 (includes Generations Intro to Yoga Workbook)

Introduction to Yoga is designed specifically for those individuals with little or no yoga experience. It can also be a great refresher for those who haven't stepped onto their mat for quite some time and are preparing to resume their practice. In this four class series you will learn…

• Breathing techniques to help create body awareness while relaxing the mind
• Basic sitting and standing poses
• Sequencing that can be applied to your home practice

Through this class, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of a basic yoga class and will receive the essential knowledge needed to comfortably participate in any of our beginner classes.

Ongoing Program

Prenatal with Sarah Hillenbrand
Ongoing Program Sundays's 2:00pm (New time)
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Prenatal Yoga wih Sarah
Cost: $60 for 4 classes - good for 45 days

This class is designed for expectant moms in all stages of their pregnancy. Experience relaxing yet challenging poses suitable for students of all levels. Students will learn key poses intended to help alleviate common aches and pains associated with pregnancy like back pain, leg cramps, and sciatica.ate in any of our beginner classes.

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  Program Code WS-160

Meditation: The Art and Practice of Being Present for Your Life with Elesa Commerse

Cost:
$95 for the entire inspiring day!

The health benefits associated with a meditative practice are powerful and well documented: lowered blood pressure and heart rate; reduced production of the harmful stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline; and enhanced well-being.

What you may not know is that meditation is not a one size fits all practice. Attend this one-day workshop to experience a variety of meditative techniques so you can learn what works best for YOU.

Come prepared to learn:

• How to sit comfortably to meditate
• How to achieve a state of the deep calm through mindful breathing
• How to work with thoughts as they arise while meditating
• How to access greater peace and joy throughout your day
• How to recover your flower nature when life leaves you feeling wilted
• How to be more compassionate with yourself and others
• How to integrate specific meditation techniques into your daily life to help you move through your day with ease, grace and intention

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A Weekend with Ana Forrest

Five Sessions with Ana Forrest held at Generations Yoga and the Turbodog Spirit Center

Cost:

• Individual Classes: $60
• Five Class Weekend: $260 Before 3/15 | $275 After 3/15 | Full Weekend Program Code: EV-16
  
  
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The Basics of Forrest Yoga | EV-11
Friday, April 16th | 6:30 PM - 9:00 | Generations Yoga
In the course, you will learn how to do poses in a way that work best for you personally. Tell me more...

Journey to the Core | EV-12
Saturday, April 17th | 9:00 AM - 11:30 | Generations Yoga
Take a physical and mental journey deep into the core of your own being, where you'll create a heightened sense of awareness through breath and asanas. Tell me more...

Backbends: Free Your Spine | EV-13
Saturday, April 17th | 2 PM - 4:30 | Generations Yoga
Backbends can help strengthen the back by creating space and length in the spine and surrounding muscles. The correct use of breath moves out the stiffness and stagnation in this area. Backbends not only serve to ease tight back muscles and strengthen weak ones, but they also improve circulation and stimulate the release of exhilarating endorphins. Tell me more....

Unraveling the Mysteries of Neck, Shoulders & Hips | EV-14
Sunday, April 18th | 9:30 AM-Noon | Turbodog Spirit Center *
Create freedom and strength in hip, neck, & shoulders. Learn to safely unlock these habitual tension spots through intensely focused breathwork and asana (including inversions, standing poses, and vinyasa). Tell me more...

Struggle Free Yoga | EV-15
Sunday, April 18th | 2:00 PM - 4:30 | Turbodog Spirit Center *
Deepen your practice and ride the power of breath. Join Ana Forrest and learn how to relax your core and safely change fear into excitement. Tell me more...

*Note: Those participating in the sessions held at Turbodog Spirit Center will need to bring their own strap, block and two mats.

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The Ease of Being: Just Say Yes
with Richard Miller

An Urban Non-Residential Retreat

Where: Lakeview Center, Gilson Beach Wilmette

Cost:

• Before March 15th - $350
• After March 15th - $400
  (Program Code WS-159)
  
• Includes Meals: (This program is not available without meals | a variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian selections will be available at each meal)
• • Friday Dinner
  • Saturday - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
  • Sunday - Breakfast and Lunch
    This program is not available without meals
    
    
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Well-Being, deep relaxation, and peace of mind are always knocking on your door from the inside, longing for expression. These are natural expressions of your true nature and blossom naturally through meditation that nourishes and supports your innate ground of well-Being. Living your innate sense of pure Being catapults you into being fully alive and awake, capable of welcoming and embracing your authentic response to each moment just as it is. Only when you welcome and live your authenticity will you and the world be at peace.

An Urban Non-Residential Retreat...This urban non-residential retreat offers you the opportunity to awaken as your innate ground of well-Being. During retreat we engage ancient meditative teachings through periods of lying, sitting and walking meditation, practices of BodySensing, breathing, iRest deep relaxation, and spirited dialogue. And since silence nurtures undistracted self-inquiry, we will engage social silence at times during the day. No prior yoga or meditation experience is required.

Come relinquish your limiting beliefs about who you think you are and recover what you really are: timeless Presence and unshakable ease of Being.

Fri, May 14th | 7:30pm -9:00pm
Sat, May 15th | 9:00am -5:00pm
Sun May 16th | 9:00am - 4:00pm

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Sebastian Gendry

Friday, May 14th 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Public Laughter Yoga Workshop
Cost: $25 by April 14th; $35 after (Program Code WS-163)
All Proceeds go to Forever Whole

Saturday May 15th and Sunday May 16th
Weekend Laughter Yoga Teacher Training and Certification
Cost: $250 by April 14th; $299 after (Program Code: WS-164)

Come experience and learn Laughter Yoga, a revolutionary idea that can transform your personal and professional life: anybody can laugh to their heart's content, anytime, anywhere, alone or in a group, for no particular reason and great benefits. The secret of Laughter Yoga is that our bodies are hardwired with some surprisingly powerful natural reactions to extended hearty laughter (a whole-brain function.)

• Backed up by research. Laughter is truly really good for you.
• Exercise, not comedy. Laugh and feel good as and where you are. 
• Breathing deeper, with attitude. No mats, straps or blocks required.

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  Program Code WS-165

Yoga for Scoliosis Workshop with Sarah Hillenbrand

Cost:
$40 by 5/14
$45 after

Each of us moves through life uniquely scarred, injured and carrying our particular burdens; some more hidden, others more visible. Scoliosis is an opportunity to directly connect with these gifts and challenges. Yoga offers two essential tools: attention to alignment & the power of the breath to shape your ribcage.

In this workshop discover how scoliosis affects your entire body, not just your back. From head to feet we will map how your body twists and turns. With this knowledge you can lengthen your spine, untwist the rotated sections, and draw the curvatures closer to your midline. Learn how scoliosis loads your muscles asymmetrically and how to adapt yoga poses to awaken, lengthen and strengthen the weak and underused muscles. Practice directing your breath in a similar way, awakening the power in your breathing muscles to help correct your scoliosis.

SUITABLE FOR ALL LEVELS, including those students new to yoga as well as more advanced practiioners. Each student will leave with a map of his/her curves, images to help visualize curve patterns, and a home practice sequence.