Hold Your Horses, Soothe Your Senses and Master Your Mind
The Pivotal Practices of Pratyahara
with Sandra Anderson

Sunday Feb 5 - 2012
9am to 12 pm
$45

register here : clients.mindbodyonline.com

all levels welcome

Dial down the noise, tap into the reservoir of deep inner silence, and awaken your creativity, vitality, and intrinsic joy. Pratyahara, the redirecting of sensory awareness, is the pivotal point between the outer world of work and play, and the inner world accessible through meditative disciplines. Practices include: anchoring the active senses and the mind with asana, internalizing breath awareness, and moving the mind through the body for deep relaxation and healing of both the body and the mind.


Sandra Anderson is a resident and senior teacher at the Himalayan Institute headquarters in Pennsylvania, and was initiated into the Himalayan tradition in 1988. She teaches yoga and meditation, writes for Yoga International magazine, and is the co-author of the award-winning book Yoga: Mastering the Basics. She has a special interest in tantra studies and training teachers. 

Introduction To Yoga for Beginners
with Anamargret

4 Week Course
Next Course Starts
Tuesday Feb 7 at 7:30pm

Pre-registration required

If you are a basic student and want a little more attention or if you have never done yoga before, join Anamargret for this in-depth introduction as she teaches you to understand your practice in a slower paced environment.

At the end of the series students always feel better prepared to move into a basic level class.

Class size is limited to 15  students for more individual attention

There are no drop-ins so please pre-register.

Investment is $100 which will include: 4 week Intro to Yoga
and....2 free basic classes

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Kryia Yoga Meditation
with Cliff Rosen

Free Guided Meditation
The Last Thursday of each month
7:30pm (by donation) 

An Easy Guide to Meditation and discussion of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali


Meditation contributes to:
stress reduction, improved health and vitality,strengthening of the body's immune system, increased energy, positive mental outlook, insight, improved concentration, creativity and inner peace.

Cliff Rosen has been teaching kriya yoga meditation, tradition and principles that have been set forth by the lineage of kriya yoga sages for over 20 years. His teacher (Roy Eugene Davis Director, Center for Spiritual Awareness) is a direct disciple and carries on the sacred lineage of his teacher  Paramahansa Yogananda author of "Autobiography of a Yogi".

Vedic Fire Ceremony with Manorama                 

March 2, 2012                   
7:30pm
by donation

all levels welcome

Join us as we welcome Manorama back to Miami for a spiritually uplifting evening of chanting, music and meditation. Bring your Sankalpa (resolution) with you and offer it to the sacred fire (Satvir)!
Chant healing mantras that gently coax the mind towards a natural joyful state.
Meditate on the flame of awareness and watch how the union of sound and light draw the mind towards inner silence.

We offer reverence to the elements beginning with the fire, Satvir, the source, the lord of tranquility as well as invoking peace in all aspects of our life.These ancient vedic sounds are used to purify the atmosphere, quiet the mind and energize the heart.

SANSKRIT Level 1: The Language of Yoga and Mantra
with Manorama

March 3 - 4  2012
10:30am to 4:30pm
$225 including materials

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For  Serious students, Teachers and Aspiring Teachers

This course is part of our Teacher Training Program which counts towards Yoga Alliance CEU"s

Level: Appropriate for all students, Yoga teachers and anyone interested to deepen their practice of Self Knowledge through chanting, Sanskrit & Yoga.


“Level 1 is An Introduction to Sanskrit and teaches students how sound can become a doorway to freedom, through light and awareness.”                                                                                        ~ Manorama

Description: This course is an immersion into the Path of Luminous Shabda (“sound as light and awareness”) through study of the Sanskrit alphabet, Meditation, Yogic life principles and Mantras.
In this course students learn to:
* Develop insight into the unique relationship between breath and sound, which is energy and consciousness.
* Practice Yoga meditation and the Yoga of Sound to soothe the mind and return it to a natural
  energized state of tranquility.
* Understand how and why Sanskrit sounds are energetically healing.
* Experience the harmonious circularity of Sanskrit sounds. 


 Elements of the course include:
* Learning proper pronunciation of Sanskrit through study of the five mouth positions.
* Developing understanding of breath patterns and how to work with them in mantras.
* Develop a practice of silent conscious listening.
* Introduction to select Mantras, practice of Yoga Meditation, and discovery of key elements in the Yoga of sound.
* Reading the Devanagari and Transliteration script. * Light homework exercises support the course material.
 

Manorama
The director of the School of Sanskrit Studies in NYC, Manorama leads workshops on the Path of Luminous Shabda, a path that combines Sanskrit, Meditation and Yoga philosophy. She leads workshops nationally, as well as internationally.
Manorama's mix of earthy charm, deep scholarship and humorous teaching style were born from years of close study with her Guru, Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati.  She is a graduate of Columbia University.  In 2005, Sanskrit Studies released the acclaimed Learn to Pronounce Yoga Poses, an invaluable tool for yoga teachers & students.  Manorama is committed to affecting the world in a positive way through Sanskrit, language of awareness and love.
www.sanskritstudies.org