JANUARY WORKSHOPS
INTRO TO MEDITATION SERIES
with Russell Persson
4 Thursdays, 5:30 – 6:45 pm
January 9 – January 30
DROP-INS WELCOME
Cost: $50 for series, $15 drop-in
To Register: email info@theyogacenterreno.com
Join Russell Persson for a 4-week introduction to meditation. We’ll be focusing on four different kinds of meditation techniques: Mindfulness or Insight meditation; Concentration meditation; Metta or Loving-kindness meditation; Somatic or Body Awareness meditation. Each class will begin with a brief introduction and instruction on that week’s topic, followed by guided meditation, walking meditation (if time permits), and discussion.
TRAUMA-SENSITIVE YOGA INFO CLASSES
for Mental Health Care Professionals
with Heather Keenan
Tuesday, January 21, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Friday, January 24, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Cost: Free, To Reserve a spot: Email heatherkeenan7@gmail.com
The Yoga Center Reno, 720 Tahoe Street, Suite C, Reno, NV 89509
The path to healing comes in many different ways for everyone. Trauma-sensitive yoga can be a helpful tool along that path, by combining somatic movement with breath-work and mindfulness. Come learn how yoga can positively affect the autonomic nervous system and participate in an abbreviated version on a trauma-sensitive yoga class.
Yoga has been a passion of Heather’s for the past 12 years. After completing her RYT-200 through YogaFit, she attended a training for yoga for PTSD, and realized the potential that trauma-sensitive yoga has to be a tool in healing, while also seeing the lack of knowledge about and accessibility to it. She went on to complete the YogaFit for Warriors program, which is specifically trauma-sensitive yoga, and now is trying to bring awareness of it to the community she loves and grew up in. She currently teaches at-risk youth in the community with Urban Lotus Project, and is hoping to bring this model to adults in the community as well. When not teaching yoga, Heather helps with the family’s real estate business and loves to spend time with her husband and 2 children, doing anything outdoors.
FEBRUARY WORKSHOPS
FIRST SATURDAY FAMILY YOGA WITH CAREES GONZALEZ
Next Events: Feb. 1, 5:00 – 5:45 pm
Workshop Fee: Donations accepted to provide sponsorships to our YSC Group Class.
No need to RSVP. Drop-ins welcome!
Bring the whole family–from infants to seniors. Yoga is for Every Body! A great family class with choices for every pose including a chair option.
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION WORKSHOPS
Guided by Russell Persson
Sunday, February 2, 8:00 – 9:30 am
Workshop Fee: Suggested donations: $20, $10, $5, $1
Email to reserve your spot: info@theyogacenterreno.com, class sizes are limited.
Join Russell Persson for a 90-minute workshop focusing on mindfulness meditation and present moment awareness. He welcomes anyone new to the practice of meditation as well as experienced practitioners. This workshop is designed to help participants experience the benefits of present moment awareness and cultivate, through guided and silent meditation, loving awareness and the refinement of our innate abilities for concentration and stillness.
The workshop will include:
- A short series of movements inspired by qigong to bring awareness to the physical body
- A guided meditation with focus on the breath to cultivate concentration and compassion and to begin to see, with precision, our distractions and addictive thought patterns
- Questions and discussion on our experience
- A brief walking meditation
- And a final silent meditation to end the workshop
SACRED SOUND IMMERSION
with Timothy Glen and Amar Atma Kaur
Next events: February 2
Sundays, 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Cost: $25 at the door
A Portion of the Proceeds will be donated to Awaken Inc.
The Ancients of many traditions have taught us that through the sound current we are able to uplift our personal vibration and in doing so, attract people and circumstances that resonate with a higher vibratory energetic field.
Tim Glenn and Amar Atma Kaur will guide you into a transcendent experience in which you will bypass your thoughts and move directly into your heart center.
BALANCING THE FRONT & BACK BODY
MYOFASCIAL MOVEMENT & MEDITATION SERIES
with Katie Louvat, RYT500, YACEP
Saturday, February 8, 1 – 4 pm
Register for Front & Back Body, $50
This workshop will focus on the connective tissue and muscles that run up the front and back of our bodies. Balancing these myofascial pathways can lead to increased freedom and health in the ankles, knees, and hips. It can reduce strain and compression in the lower back, free the breath, and dissolve tension that gathers in the neck and shoulders. When balanced and optimally aligned, the front and back lines help us move through the world with grace, stability, ease, and agility.
Late Winter Long Practice
with Katie Louvat, RYT500
Sunday, February 16, 9 – 11:30 am
Cost: $40
Space is limited. Preregister to reserve your spot.
Join Katie for a slow and luxurious Sunday morning yoga practice that will leave you feeling both energized and restored. The first half of the practice will include long-held floor postures and myofascial release (self massage) techniques to slowly warm and prepare the body and mind for deeper opening and exploration. The second half of the practice is gently active. The morning will conclude with guided breath-work and quiet meditation.
All levels are welcome. Space is limited. Preregister to reserve your spot.
TEACHING RESTORATIVE YOGA
with Katie Louvat, RYT500, YACEP
Saturday and Sunday, February 22 and 23
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm both days
Cost: $195 by February 1, $215 thereafter
10 CEUs for Yoga Instructors
Reserve your spot
Join Katie Louvat for an 10-hour training to learn the basics of teaching restorative yoga.
Participants will learn:
- The science behind the stress response and the
relaxation response - How to create an environment that supports
physical, mental, and emotional relaxation - How to prop and support students in a variety of
restorative yoga poses - How to modify poses to meet student’s
individual needs - Breath-work that can support relaxation
This workshop is open to yoga teachers and those currently enrolled in a yoga teacher training program. 10 CEUs available through Yoga Alliance.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Katie Louvat, RYT500, YACEP has been teaching yoga for more than a decade. Her classes reflect her gentle and playful nature, her fascination with anatomy and alignment, and her dedication to a path of mindfulness. Katie completed Judith Lasater’s Relax and Renew Restorative Yoga Teacher Training in 2013 and has been teaching restorative yoga on a regular basis since then. Read more about Katie on her website: www.katielouvat.com
MARCH WORKSHOPS 2020
EXPLORING THE LATERAL LINES
MYOFASCIAL MOVEMENT & MEDITATION SERIES
with Katie Louvat, RYT500, YACEP
Saturday, March 7, 1 – 4 pm
Register for The Lateral Lines, $50
Running from the outer edge of the foot, up the outer leg, continuing on to the lateral hip and trunk and on to the side of our neck and skull, the lateral line balances and supports us front to back and left to right. It stabilizes the trunk and the legs so we don’t buckle to the ground as we move through our daily activities. Imbalance along the lateral lines can show up as a tendency toward ankle pronation or supination, can influence how the knees track, can lead to side-bending in the lumbar spine, can cause lateral shifts in the pelvis and ribcage, and can lead to restriction in the neck and shoulders. When balanced and optimally aligned, the lateral lines help us move through the world with grace, stability, ease, and agility.
NEW WEEKLY CLASS
Beginning Tai Chi with Brad Meyer
Mondays 9:15 am – 10:15 am
Starting March 9, 2020
COST: $50 a month, drop-ins welcome $15
Questions: Email ajax2203@yahoo.com or call (775) 379-8815
Tai Chi is often described as a form of moving meditation. The art was originally developed in China as a martial art and today is mostly practiced as a relaxing form of low impact exercise that can practiced by almost anyone. When practiced for health and fitness the slow meditative movements of Tai Chi can have many benefits including:
• Improved strength.
• Greater flexibility.
• Better balance.
• Decreased stress, anxiety and depression.
• Improvement in overall sense of well being.
The class will consist of warm up exercises and will teach a 18 movement short form of Tai Chi that once learned can be practiced in as a little as 5 minutes.
ANATOMY & ASANA WEEKEND IMMERSION
with Guest Instructor Ada Lusardi
Saturday, March 28: 12:30-3:30 pm
Sunday, March 29: 9:00-12:00 PM & 1:30-4:30 PM
FEES: $200/Early Bird before 3/7, $225/after 3/7
Register Now!
In this intimate two-day intensive we will explore a wide range of yoga postures while applying and integrating joint/muscle anatomy and biomechanics. You will leave knowing more about how your body works and ways to practice safely and effectively for a lifetime. Open to teachers and students with a consistent yoga practice. Space limited 16 students.
Nine hours of CEU’s available through Yoga Alliance upon completion.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Ada Lusardi (E-RYT, YACEP) teaches workshops and trainings that marry the heart and science of yoga while offering nuanced and precise teaching with warmth and humor. Through the use of compassionate and clear direction, intelligent sequencing, and skillful hands-on adjustments, her offerings challenge and refine one’s yoga practice regardless of age or ability. A self-professed “anatomy geek,” she leads classes, retreats and trainings throughout California’s Bay area and around the country. She is a graduate, and faculty member, of The Berkeley Yoga Room’s Advanced Studies Program, a long time student of Donald Moyer and Mary Lou Weprin, and a perennial student of yoga and life.
APRIL WORKSHOPS 2020
EXPLORING THE SPIRAL LINES
MYOFASCIAL MOVEMENT & MEDITATION SERIES
with Katie Louvat, RYT500, YACEP
Saturday, April 4, 1 pm – 4 pm
Register for The Spiral Lines, $50
This workshop will focus on the Spiral Line (SPL)—a double helix-shaped pathway of muscle and fascia that links the body from head to toe and supports us with movements like walking, twisting, turning the head, and helps to maintain balance across all plains. When out of balance, the spiral line can create, compensate for, and maintain twists, rotations and lateral shifts in the body. When balanced and optimally aligned, the spiral lines help us move through the world with grace, stability, ease, and agility.
MAY WORKSHOPS 2020
THE ARM LINES
MYOFASCIAL MOVEMENT & MEDITATION SERIES
with Katie Louvat, RYT500, YACEP
Saturday, May 2, 1 pm – 4 pm
Register for The Arm Lines, $50
This workshop will focus on the Arm Lines—four layers of muscle and connective tissue that make it possible for us to interact with, manipulate, and respond to the world around us using our hands and arms. When out of balance, the arm lines can contribute to shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand problems like carpal tunnel, elbow and shoulder impingements, chronic muscular pain in the neck and shoulders and more. When balanced and optimally aligned, the arm lines help us move through the world with grace, stability, ease, and agility.
JUNE WORKSHOPS 2020
Yoga for the Special Child® 95 Hour Certification Program Part 1 (48 hours)
with Kathy Randolph, C-IAYT
June 14 – June 19, 2020
The Yoga Center Reno
More information and registration
Yoga for the Special Child® 95 Hour Certification Program Part 1 is a comprehensive training course in the theory and practice of teaching yoga to babies and children ages 0 – 12, including those with learning or developmental disabilities.
Designed for parents, yoga teachers, educators, physical and occupational therapists, and health care professionals, this program provides the basic tools for teaching yoga to children with special needs. No previous experience in yoga is required to attend this teacher training program. Benefits to children participating in Yoga for the Special Child® – the Sonia Sumar Method are mindfulness, concentration, physical ease, emotional balance, and ultimately peace of mind and happiness.
Kathy Randolph’s week-long training addresses the following topics: choosing the most effective yoga routine, creating the optimum home and classroom environment, specialized breathing exercises and relaxation techniques to improve concentration, and adapting yoga techniques to children with different syndromes and disorders. Populations addressed include individuals living with: autism, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other cognitive and learning disabilities.
Yoga for Scleroderma Teacher Training (18 hours)
with Kathy Randolph, C-IAYT
assisted by Lori Pierce, RYT-200 and living with Scleroderma
June 19 – June 21, 2020
The Yoga Center Reno
More information and registration
Yoga for the Special Child® Continuing Education on Scleroderma and Arthritis is a comprehensive training course in teaching students of any age with Scleroderma or Arthritis.