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Two Weeks for $20 with Tim, Laura, Charles, Terry, Issabella, Wendy, Avram and Ray. That means you can have 3 classes a day some days! What a deal!

	Time	Class	Level	Instructor
Sunday	9:30am - 11:15	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
	11:30am - 1:00	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
	5:00pm - 6:30	Gentle Yoga	See desc	Stack Buss
Monday	9:15am - 10:45	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
No Class 9/6	5:45pm - 7:15	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
No Class 9/6	7:30pm - 9:05	CampYoga	2-3	Laura Camp
Tuesday	5:45pm - 7:15	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
	7:30pm - 9:00	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
Wednesday	9:15am - 10:45	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
	11:15am - 12:45	Mom & Baby Yoga *	Open	Cynthea Denise
	5:45pm - 7:15	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
	7:30pm - 9:05	CampYoga	Open	Issabella Shields
Thursday	9:15am - 10:45	Vinyasa	Open	Terry Alvord
	5:45pm - 7:15	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
	7:30pm - 9:00	IMY	Open	Tim Thompson
Friday	9:15am - 10:45	Vinyasa	Open	Terry Alvord
	5:45pm - 7:15	Vinyasa	Open	Charles Holman
Saturday	9:00am - 10:40	CampYoga	Open	Laura Camp
	11:00am - 12:40	CampYoga	Open	Avram/Ray/Wendy
	4:30pm - 6:00	Vinyasa	B	Charles Holman
* Postnatal: 8 week series begins 7/7/10. Register with Cynthea at lunayogini@yahoo.com. No drop ins.

Isometric Monkey Yoga (IMY) is fun, accessible, and challenging. The synthesis of Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga, dance, and martial arts principles, IMY is a non-impact, aerobically efficient alternative to weight lifting and passive stretching. Isometric exercises and resistance stretching place the emphasis on muscle growth, separation, and definition. Monkeying around in the asanas slides the muscle sheaths independently, melts fascial binding, engages new muscle fibers, and increases proprioceptor nerve growth, making the body long, strong, supple, flexible and agile. You will laugh, sweat, and be sore the next day. Good sore. Effort and intelligence evolve the monkey, transforming pain into pleasure and restrictions into abilities. The first monkey rule is to do what you like and don't do what you don't like. All of our teachers will help any willing student to modify the asanas to make the positions and sequences easier and simpler, or more challenging and complex.

CampYoga is a vinyasa-style flow class set to music. The Open Level class is open to beginners, but the style is fast paced and students should have some knowledge of sun salutations. The Level 2/3 class is appropriate for students with 1+ years of vinyasa style yoga experience. Class begins with a few gentle partner body balance stretches, formally opens with the traditional Ashtanga Chant (vande gurunam) and a focus on Ujaii breath, and moves into a series of sun salutations, with modifications, combined with stabilization and strengthening exercises. After the warmup, students move through a standing sequence, a seated sequence, and end with finishing poses, pranayama, and savasana. The work is based on elements from classical Ashtanga, alignment principles from the Iyengar style, core work, acrobatic strength training, contemporary dance sequencing and technique, and acrobatic-style arm balancing and partner work. The spiritual emphasis is broad, with a grounding in mindfulness practice, Vipassana meditation, and the cultivation of self and other love through self-reflection. Everything in the class is optional (except breathing!) and students are invited to modify any pose as needed. You can do 500 extra pushups or watch the whole spectacle from child's pose, if you'd like! It gets hot & sweaty, so bring a towel and some water. To get more information on the class, and on Laura Camp, please visit lauracampyoga.com.

Gentle Yoga Gentle floor work and restorative poses to open the body, quiet the mind, and move into a deep sense of relaxation. Use of props makes class accessible to all ages, abilities, and body types

Iyengar yoga is based on the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar. This system emphasizes precise alignment and use of props such as blocks and straps and blankets to enable each student to benefit from the therapeutic effects of every asana with respect to physical limitations and abilities.

Vinyasa style classes are inspired by the Ashtanga tradition, but do not stick to the ordered series. The postures are strung together with sun salutation and breath in almost dance-like sequences. Class concludes with forward bends and backbends. Advanced classes include inverted postures.

Pilates Mat The class is based on classical pilates exercises, along with some Feldenkrais, and core stabilization techniques. Props are sometimes used to enhance deep abdominal work, challenge stability, and correct postural imbalances. It becomes fast paced and is intended for those who have a strong connection to their bodies ... and of course who love to work hard and have fun too!

Mother-Baby Postnatal Yoga is an 8-week class which starts on September 10. The first 5 weeks of this class we will practice asanas that strengthen and tone the belly as well as open the shoulders. We will also practice and become familiar with ways to practice deep relaxation with the baby close at hand. The final 3 weeks of class I will teach infant massage. Pre-registration is required for this class. Please phone Cynthea with your questions at (510)986-9370

Village Yoga Yoga is commonly experienced as an inward, personal affair, even in the midst of a crowded room. Yoga can also be illuminating and explored within the context of relationships. In this class we will practice asanas using the context of relationships as a backdrop to explore the subtler internal processes of the body. My intention as teacher is to hold a space where students can explore his/her practice in a setting that supports the practice of the individual while allowing for the expression of others and their practice. The form of the class will be allowed to arise with the feeling tone and needs of the moment. Adults will be guided through an asana practice and children will be given the space to explore their bodies without instruction. All ages will be welcome. Suggested donation is $ 15.00 (children under 10 free).



What is yoga? YOGA is derived from the Sanskrit root "yug" which means to unite, yoke, join, and combine. Yoga thus means to create, to make something new from existing elements, to connect our intelligence with our chosen subject free from distractions. It is the unification of our body, mind, breath, and spirit. Hatha yoga is the physical path to integration. "Ha" means sun and "tha," moon. Together, this translates as appropriate force or determined effort, making our bodies hot like the sun and our minds cool like the moon, balancing our active and reflective energies. Hatha yoga is regenerative exercise, not contortionism. It is the art and science of loving, healing effort sustained over a lifetime.

This practice removes the obstacles that prevent humans from moving their bodies and minds freely. (Wrap your mind around the idea of wrapping your arms around your leg and back, simultaneously -- and enjoyably!). Properly practiced, yoga tones the muscular, digestive, nervous, and endocrine systems, balances our hormones, aligns the skeleton, removes toxins, drains the lymph, repairs our tissues and organs and provides us with more energy. The "yoga buzz" is a natural high that heals our appetites and increases our self-confidence, clarity, and love for the natural world.

ASANA is posture, to sit with, to embody. Positions are often named after animals, scholars, sages, warriors, and archetypes.

To MONKEY is to express your creativity, to move during the asana, to use a tool such as a block or a strap or to make a variation or substitution while fulfilling the intent of the original asana. "Monkey see, monkey do" is the most direct form of learning available to all simians, with or without the aid of sophisticated larynxes.

PRANAYAMA is the rhythmic control of breath. PRANA is the energy within all living beings. AYAMA is lengthening. Pranayama breathing techniques promote the full flow of our most basic fuel. The conscious elimination of carbon dioxide and consistent intake of oxygen repairs and revitalizes each cell in the body.

SHALA is school.