12/4/11: Experience the Positive Vibrations of Kirtan

September 6, 2011 By

Sunday, December 4, 2011 ~  5 pm ~ Tickets $10.

 

Kirtan is an ancient tradition of call and response chanting of sacred Sanskrit mantras. Tina Gurupashna Vaughn on vocals and harmonium will lead the chants with selfless devotion and Beth Ellicott on percussion brings the vibration to amazing rhythms. Let us gather as a community to feel the power of these healing rituals and experience the positive vibrations of chanting together. We will begin the kirtan with a guided meditation.

 

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10/21/11 Workshop: The Healing Power of Laughter

September 4, 2011 By

Date: Fri 10/21/11 ~
Time: 7:00-8:15 pm

Join us for this upcoming workshop, The Healing Power of Laughter, with Olivia Miller. Research has shown that laughter benefits us on a physical, mental and emotional level. A hearty laugh can help reduce stress and anxiety, strengthen the immune system, improve circulation, lower blood pressure, relax muscles, reduce pain, burn calories…and more! Experience the joy of life through a combination of laughter exercises that incorporate stretching and deep breathing. Wear comfortable clothes and be prepared to stretch, breathe…and laugh out loud! 

Just $20 per person pre-paid. $25 drop-in rate.

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“Laughter is an instant vacation.” – Milton Berle


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Sedona Yoga Retreat ~ Sold Out

August 8, 2011 By

This retreat is sold out.  See you there…or see you next year!

Sedona Yoga Retreat ~ 9/24-9/30.

Place: Enchantment Resort

Location: Sedona, Arizona

 

 

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visit www.lisagoodwinyoga.com to register for this retreat

 

 

Testimonials from people who went on past Sedona trips:

Lisa,

You have changed my life… I will forever be indebted to you.

Love,
Heidi

“If you have ever considered doing a yoga or spiritual retreat I highly recommend Lisa Goodwin’s Sedona Retreat.  The energy of the Red Rocks of Sedona are truly amazing.  Add to that the energy that Lisa unselfishly gives during your time there, it turns out to be a transforming experience in your life.

We all have “stuff” going on in our lives and somehow Lisa makes you feel as if the yoga and life coaching during this week was designed just for you!  I know I personally will be following Lisa’s workshops and retreats and look forward to doing as many as possible to continue my own personal growth.”

Namaste,

Deby Curcio
Dillon, Colorado

I was a last minute addition to the Sedona trip this year. I had never met Lisa before, but one of my students took her class while visiting Florida in September. She was so impressed with Lisa’s teaching style that of course I had to look into the retreat and Lisa Goodwin. I am grateful to have been part of this years retreat. I went thinking that I could use some reflection time and to work on my meditation skills, but I came away with so much more. It was energizing being a student for a change and just showing up on my mat with my thoughts and intentions focused inward. The food was delicious, the resort and surroundings were breathtaking and the yoga was yummy. It felt like I was truely caring for my mind, body and soul. Lisa is a special teacher that you can’t help but fall in love with. I look forward to Costa Rica!

Lisa Ross
Austin Texas

Dear Lisa,

Thanks for your message, but more importantly, thanks for a wonderful, life changing experience.  I did not know you and went to Sedona on the recommendations for friends.  BOY were they right.  Not only was the yoga experience great, but your life coaching and talks were inspiring.  This combined with the setting and the great spa made for a super week.  I can not recommend this experience enough.  Thanks again Lisa, you are special.

Namaste,
Larry

 

 

 

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8/11: Back to the Source ~ An Evening of Balancing the Chakras

July 25, 2011 By

Back to the Source ~ An Evening of Balancing the Chakras

Thursday, 11th August
6-8:15 pm   $35 ($25 prepay by 8/3/11)

“You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do is yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.”
- Sharon Gannon

Yoga is our natural state. We are spacious, connected, blissful, loving and infinite. However, we often forget this in the rush and stress of daily life and we tighten — physically, emotionally and energetically. Yoga exercises open up the channels of the subtle body, redirecting energy to areas which have become closed-off. This tightening often happens in seven key places, known as the chakras.

Chakra means wheel and these energy centres are said to spin, pulsating prana or energy through the subtle body. When these chakras are open, like after a great yoga practice, we feel radiant, spacious and free. These chakras also become blocked, though, forming nasty knots which restrict, limit and distract us.

In this workshop we will focus on opening the seven chakras though postures, breath, sound and meditation. We will open our hips before playing with twisting, backbending and inversions. This is a vinyasa practice which will be dynamic. It is appropriate for all levels, except complete beginners, but some experience of vinyasa is expected. Basic to advanced variations will be given.

Bristol Maryott is a certified Jivamukti and pre-natal yoga instructor currently living and teaching in London. Her classes are light-hearted but challenging and incorporate hands-on assists and music. She is thrilled to be back at CCYC.

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8/12: Chanting with Bristol

July 24, 2011 By

Chanting with Bristol

Date: Fri 8/12/2011

Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

By Donation

 

Kirtan is the chanting of sacred names and uplifting mantras. It is a devotional practice but one that is not defined by religion — the meaning of these ancient sounds rests in your own heart. As my harmonium teacher Naomi says, ‘Chanting like yoga, is a means to unite with the Universe — a way to complete let go and be at one with all that is.

We will sing a few chants and you are welcome to join in the singing or even just listen. The chants are very simple, mostly only 3 or 4 repeated words. We sing repetitions of these mantras for a long time so that the action becomes meditative, we quiet the mind and we can sense the meaning of the mantras beyond the words.

We will mainly sing in Sanskrit rather than English because the syllable sounds in this ancient language are said to open the subtle body — they resonate within our chakras and expand our hearts. This is Nada Yoga, or the yoga of sound, where the vibration of sound, particularly positive and uplifted sounds, help us to feel open and free as we truly are.

We will then meditate for a few minutes. In the quiet, the chants continue to sing in your hearts.

 
Bristol Maryott is a certified Jivamukti and pre-natal yoga instructor currently living and teaching in London. Her classes are light-hearted but challenging and incorporate hands-on assists and music. She is thrilled to be back at CCYC.

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6/28: Poetry Reading

April 13, 2011 By

YOGA CENTER OF CAPE COD PROUDLY PRESENTS POET LYRIC BENSON FOR AN EVENING OF SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT AND AWAKENING!

 

Tuesday June 28 – 7:45 – 8:25 pm


Come and enjoy the dynamic work of poet and author Lyric Benson as she reads some of her latest on the experiences of Awakening and Self-Realization! Plus a special introduction to Bathing with the Self: a new technology of Awakening

 

Lyric has devoted her life to awakening and enlightenment. At the age of 19 she was trained in Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme. After spending three years as a member of Maharishi’s professional coherence-creating group for world peace, Lyric has lived for the last five years as a vedic recluse, diving deep into her own inner experience and writing down the experiences of her journey in the form of poetry and prose. She is also an avid yoga practitioner, singer and enjoys any and all activities that strengthen and enliven the joy of living. You can also visit her site to read her most recent work:  lyricslovelightrevolution.blogspot.com
Comfortable clothing is recommended. Contributions will be donated to the Cape Wildlife Center.

 

Register online or just come by!

 

 

 

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3/26/11-4/2/11 Costa Rica Yoga Retreat with Lisa Goodwin

January 20, 2011 By

COSTA RICA YOGA RETREAT WITH LISA GOODWIN

March 26- April 2, 2011

Starting at $1,615 all inclusive, plus airfare

Register by Nov. 30, Save $100

• 7 nights lodging at Pura Vida Resort & Spa
• Three meals each day, 6 days
• Morning Meditation & two yoga classes per day
• Day trip to the beautiful Waterfall Gardens
• Evening life coaching sessions
• Airport shuttle

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Visit lisagoodwinyoga.com for more info

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4/3: Ashtanga Workshop w/ Bobbi Misiti

January 19, 2011 By

Sunday April 3, 9:30 am – 12 noon

Led Second Series + discussion

$50.00 / $45.00 for early registration by March 27.

Learn the authentic form of Ashtanga Yoga in a comfortable environment. In this workshop you will learn the Ashtanga Yoga System with emphasis on correct breathing, linking breath and movement, learning how to individualize the poses to your needs and YOUR body, and how to develop focus in your practice putting more yoga into your yoga.

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Bobbi Misiti has studied extensively with Nancy Gilgoff and teaches in the classic method of Ashtanga Yoga as Nancy taught her. Nancy Gilgoff has studied extensively with Sri K.Pattabhi Jois (the founder of Ashtanga Yoga in Mysore India) for over 35 years and teaches as he taught her. In this way we preserve and honor the lineage of the teachings of Ashtanga Yoga.

About Bobbi: BOBBI MISITI has studied Ashtanga Yoga extensively with Nancy Gilgoff and teaches as she has been taught in the classic method of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Bobbi has been teaching yoga since 1997 andprior to that taught health, wellness and exercise since 1990. In 2001 Bobbi founded Be Fit Body &Mind Yoga, a yoga studio dedicated to the teachings of Ashtanga Yoga. For more information you maycontact Bobbi at 717/443-1119 or bobbi@befityoga.com, or check out a complete bio on Bobbi at www.befityoga.com.

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3/30-4/20: Introduction to Astanga Workshop Series with Carrie Cooper

January 18, 2011 By

Date: 3/30/2011 – 4/20/2011
Time: 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM

Intro to Astanga a 4-week series to learn this practice that follows a set series of postures, or asana. It starts with sun salutations and then a standing series, progresses to a seated series with vinyasa and concludes with a closing series including inversions. Each movement is initiated with the breath. Astanga yoga is a continuously flowing sequence of movements. Must register for all 4 weeks please.

Astanga Workshop series is $40.

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3/26: Yoga Social Event

January 16, 2011 By
Date: Sat 3/26/2011
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Social Event to actually Talk to the person next to you! Please feel free to bring a friend, spouse, business cards, or a healthy dish to share! (Free event) Please come and have some fun!

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