~ Workshops in 2007 ~ Florida Institute for Integrated Yoga Studies ~ 8509 N. 29th St. Tampa, FL 33604 ~ (813) 932-5456

As always - FREE yoga on New Year's Day schedule

Saturday Jan. 20 Preventing Lower Back Pain info and registration

Jan 21 1-5:30pm: Teaching Breathing. Peer Session (YTT) $45

Feb 16-18 TriYoga with Lynne Andrews - Physical and Energetic Alignment. Fri. 6-9, Saturday 11-2, 3-6, Sunday 9:30-12:30, 1:30-4:30 Please bring a light lunch. $225, $205 Jan 31 or $50 per session. schedule registration

Mar 11 3-7:30pm:Structuring a Class Peer Session (YTT only) $45 See all Peer Session dates for 2007

April 13-16: Navtej Johar (left): A long time student and practitioner of yoga, Navtej trained in Patanjali yoga at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai, India under the guidance of Sri T.K.V. Desikachar. He has been a yoga teacher since 1985 and now runs his own studio, Studio Abhyas, at New Delhi. He leads retreats several times each year in the Himalayas.  In addition, he is an internationally renown dancer and choreographer in modern and traditional Bharatanatyam dance.  

According to Sri Krishnamacharya, the Grandfather of modern yoga, every breath during yoga practice that is not infused with focus is a wasted breath. Come and learn yoga with Navtej Johar

The Practice of Yoga: Asana, Pranayama and Meditation Appropriate for All Levels. Fri. 6:15-9:15pm The Yoga Sutras Appropriate for All Levels. Sat. 11am-6pm. This session will include some practice. Practice: Emphasis on Pranayama and Chanting Appropriate for students with a consistent self-practice. Sun. 9am-12pm Registration Take advantage of this opportunity - due to a sudden change in his schedule - to study with one of our favorite teachers.

Private sessions are available on Monday: 7am-9pm. Call to schedule. 813.932.5456 $55/hr.

April 15 - The Art of Sequencing: Peer Session (YTT) 1-5:30pm

Friday, April 20 David Keil bio - Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga 6:15-9:15pm Open to students - All Levels. Join David for a myth-busting and fun introduction to this amazing practice. Registration

April 21-22 David Keil bio The Art of Observation: Observation and Assessment Skills for Yoga Teachers Saturday 11am-5pm, Sunday 9am-12pm Open to all teachers. In this workshop we will learn to see the student within the pose, to understand how their body uniquely expresses the qualities of an asana and how to formulate appropriate actions to best serve the student. Postural analysis and observation skills will be covered. YogAnatomy creator David Keil will give you the tools to begin seeing the muscles and bones moving beneath the surface of the student's skin, so that you may intelligently and safely encourage the student to expand into his/her potential. The intention is that we all get to see more clearly the patterns and holdings that we walk around with - living in the asana practice. Registration Please bring a light lunch Waiting List only

June 3 - The Language of Teaching: Peer Session (YTT) 1-5:30pm

June 8-10 The Healing Power of Sound: Sanskrit Training ~ Chris Buhner bio from the American Sanskrit Institute (ASI) Friday 6-9 Saturday 11am-6pm, Sunday 9am-2pm Cost:$225 Open to All Registration

The Sanskrit Training combines the two powers, Sanskrit and yoga, to create an educational adventure that will not only give you the joy of reading sutras in the original script, and pronouncing them with precision, but will change the way you perceive the learning experience forever. Operating through mutual agreement, participants break through old learning patterns based on the competitive, "get it right," model, and bond with the beauty and energy of Sanskrit as well as with each other.

What you will learn in the course of the weekend:

• a powerful new learning model that teaches you the key to sustained one-pointed focus & gives you complete comfort and enjoyment in a group learning environment
• the opening of your voice; your capacity to fully resonate and heal with sound
• an intimate understanding of the structure of sacred sound: the Sanskrit Alphabet; knowledge & practice of the sounds of the alphabet as bija mantras for chakra tuning
• how to read Sanskrit, and use the recognition of the original script to enhance your experience of sacred sound
• the essence of yoga, through the model of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras in the original

  Registration For additional information, contact Chris

June 29-July 1 Vasanta Lidanova bio - Ayurveda and Yoga

We'll examine imbalances in the body and how to bring them back into harmony using yoga as a therapeutic tool. Determining your body's constitution (dosha) will help personalize your yoga practice.  We will also address some common ailments - including back and neck pain, arthritis, acid indigestion, high blood pressure, asthma and obesity - through the practice of specific yoga asanas. $245 $225 by June 15. CEUs available. schedule registration

August 19 - Peer Session : General Health Conditions (YTT) 1-5:30pm 

 

Sept. 5-10 Navtej Johar ~ A long time student and practitioner of yoga, Navtej trained in Patanjali yoga at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India under the guidance of Sri T.K.V. Desikachar(The Heart of Yoga). He has been a yoga teacher since 1985 and now runs his own studio, Studio Abhyas, at New Delhi. He leads retreats several times each year in the Himalayas.  In addition, he is an internationally renown dancer and choreographer in modern and classical Bharatanatyam dance.

Wednesday Sept. 5 The 12 Steps and the Yoga Sutras Seminar at the Franciscan Center, 6-9pm : 3010 Perry Ave., Tampa.  Lecture and breathing meditation.   Cost $35 Call (813) 229-2695 or email francntr@tampabay.rr.com to register.

Thursday Sept. 6  Meenakshi: Traditional Bharatanatyam dance - a paean in praise of the Green Goddess. 7-8pm at The Friday Morning Musicale: 809 W. Horartio St., Tampa. Map Cost: $12, $6 with student ID.

Sept. 7-9 Containing the Prana Within : An Asana & Breath-Meditation Workshop - at the TreeHouse. The weekend workshop will include asana, pranayama, meditation and a study of the Yoga Sutras. Each session will include theory, philosophy and practice; the main thrust being how best to adapt the theory and philosophy into practice.  Plus, understanding the Sutras as practical tools - not only for asana and pranayama practice - but also for daily living. Friday 6:15-9:15pm: All levels.  Saturday 11am-6pm & Sunday 9-4pm: Students with a consistent self-practice. or Friday night $50 or $250 (Fri.-Sun) CEUs available. Schedule Registration

Monday Sept. 10  Private sessions  7am-8pm at the TreeHouse.  Cost $55/hr. Call 813.932.5456 for an appointment.  Our youngest student -> Marlin with Navtej on Monday. Looking good, Marlin!

Sept. 30 - Peer Session (YTT) 1-5:30pm

FULL - waiting list only Oct. 12-14 Erich Schiffmann: Guided From Within at the University of South Florida Fri 6-9pm, Sat. 10am-2pm & Sun. 10am-1pm. Asana, pranayama and meditation. Erich's book, Yoga, The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness, is a must read for any serious yoga student. It's a how-to instructional manual dealing specifically with how to practice yoga, how to meditate and how to listen inwardly for spiritual guidance. Erich's philosophy is a departure point for our Teacher Training Programs. We are very fortunate to have Erich return to Florida. registration hotel list restaurants directions

Oct. 28 - Peer Session (YTT) 1-5:30pm

Nov. 2-4 Join Master Teacher Monica Voss for a TEACHERS WORKSHOP at TreeHouse Yoga Center ~ Fri. 6:15-9:15pm ~ Sat. 11am-6pm ~ Sun. 9:30am-4:30pm 18 credit hours CEUs Available. This workshop is limited to 20 students. $275 $250 before Oct. 19 For teachers at all levels of experience registration

Multi-level classes ~ an exploration of the mechanics of the poses and sequencing
Ethics
How to Teach Pranayama
The Power of Touch ~ Explore and deepen your understanding of the way in which touch enhances the connections between the ground, the breath and the energizing release of the spine.

MONICA VOSS has been training teachers since 1986. In addition to teaching weekly classes in Toronto, Monica offers teacher training, workshops and retreats in Canada, the U.S., Great Britain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Costa Rica. She co-owns and directs Esther Myers Yoga Studio.
Monica began her yoga studies in 1978 with Esther Myers. She came to yoga with a background in drama and movement and has degrees in English Literature and Education. Monica studied with Vanda Scaravelli, famed Italian yoga teacher and author of Awakening the Spine, from 1986-1994. Moving into the poses using the rhythm of the breath and the support of the ground resonates deeply for her and she continues to draw inspiration from Vanda's and Esther's teaching, from the natural world, from complimentary modalities, and from interaction and dialogue with students and colleagues. Monica's warm-hearted, yet clear and focused teaching style inspires all of us.

Nov. 16-18 Mark Whitwell ~ Your Own Yoga Friday 6:15-9:15pm Sat. 11-1, 2-6 & Sun. 9:30-12:30, 1:30-4:30 at TreeHouse Yoga Center. Insightful and inspiring teacher Mark Whitwell shares basic yogic principles that create personal freedom and make your practice efficient, powerful, and safe. Appropriate for ALL LEVELS Registration
You will learn to: Adapt asanas (postures) to your unique body type, age, and physical condition ~ Practice hatha yoga to merge opposites and achieve union ~ Receive prana, the life force, through focused breathing ~ Combine asana, mantra (chants), yantra (symbols), and pranayama (breathing) to gain the most from a personal practice.

Mark will take us deep into the roots of yoga - to a time when yoga was practiced as a means of acknowledging and celebrating the very source of life. "Truth" is not something external you have to search for; it is present within you as the life that is you. Asana, pranayama, meditation and Life are a seamless process. Stop fighting yourself in a struggle to eliminate thought. Give up your high flying yearnings for "higher" consciousness. Dive into participation with life and awaken your heart as the doorway to experience life's polarities in union. Learn to practice yoga as a whole body prayer. Asana will be a heart-centered, breath-based practice. Mark will lead us in practically applying techniques of asana, pranayama, and bandha that will ultimately allow you to adapt these techniques to your own practice.

Mark Whitwell has enjoyed a relationship of more than twenty years with the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya as well as his son T.K.V. Desikachar. Mark was the editor and contributor to T.K.V. Desikachar's book The Heart of Yoga. Since 1978, Mark has traveled throughout America, Australia and New Zealand teaching these timeless principles and techniques with compassion and clarity.

Dec. 15 Siri Atma S. Khalsa, M.D., is an engaging speaker in the field of yoga, healing and medicine. He is sought after for his insightful Yogic Consultations and workshops on the healing essence of yoga and meditation, and the nature of the soul. Dr. Siri Atma is an Internist who holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Philosophy & Religion. He was personally trained by Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, who called him a 'pure healer.'
Married and the father of two, he splits his time between Espanola, NM and Santa Barbara, CA. A native Californian, Dr. Siri Atma is an avid surfer and wind-surfer. He enjoys teaching and traveling, doing personal consultations, practicing medicine, and editing his upcoming book, Waves of Healing.

Listening to the Voice of Your Soul 2-5pm
Listening to the voice of your soul brings about authentic healing. It gives you greater access to the healing energy within, and enables you to recognize and manifest your soul's destiny. $55, $45 by Dec. 1 registration

Dec 16 Personal Yogic Consultations by appointment (Garden Room)
As a physician and yogi, Dr. Siri Atma can help you understand how physical illness parallels spiritual challenge and opportunity. Personal consultations incorporate diet and nutrition, yogic counseling, medical knowledge, yoga and meditation to create positive change. Cost $154.
For more information, contact Jiwan Shakti Kaur at 813.929.4880
To register, call the TreeHouse at 813.932.5456

Dec. 16 - Peer Session (YTT) 9-5:30pm

2008 Workshops:

Jan 30-Feb. 6 Navtej Johar ~ Asana, pranayama & meditation / Chanting / Yoga Rahasya / Methods (KYM) / Privates

Feb. 29-Mar. 7 David Keil ~ Mysore Practice / Art of Observation / Anatomy / Intro to Ashtanga / Privates

Monica Voss (Pre-natal / Methods / Privates) Mark Whitwell (Practice, Philosophy)

~ Check Back Soon ~ We are always adding workshops!

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Please make checks payable to FIFIYS (Florida Institute for Integrated Yoga Studies) and mail them to:
8509 N 29th St, Tampa, FL 33604.
For additional information call (813) 932-5456 or E-mail info@fifiys.com

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