Prenatal Yoga
9 week session - $145
Mondays, 6:00-7:15 pm
April 7 - June 9 - Drop-ins allowed
Yoga Fundamentals
8-week $160 Flyer (PDF) Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm
June 9 - July 28 Wednesdays, 10:00 - 11:30 am
May 7 - June 25 Thursdays, 6:00-7:30 pm
April 10 - May 29 Sundays, 10:45 - 12:15 pm
June 22 - August 17 - No Class 7/13
These fill up quickly! We highly recommend
you register early to reserve your
space!
March-June. 7-weekend sessions
2008 Teacher Training and Yoga Immersion for aspiring teachers and students who seek to explore the depth of yoga.
200-hour Teacher Training. A Yoga Alliance Registered School.
Hold the dates:
March 27, 28, 29, 30
April 11, 12, 13
April 25, 26, 27
May 9, 10, 11
May 16, 17, 18
June 6, 7, 8
June 13, 14, 15
See the separate Teacher Training page for more details, including registration information. To be put on the mailing list or ask general questions, contact info@thriveyoga.com.
Master Ashtanga Class with Devon Roe
Sunday: May 18,
12:30 - 2:30 pm Two-hour Master Class
Devon Roe has been teaching Ashtanga yoga since 2000 and has
taught throughout the US and Puerto Rico. Devon has trained
extensively with Beryl Bender Birch of the Hard and Soft Ashtanga
Yoga Center. Before giving birth to her son in 2005, she traveled
throughout the US assisting Ms. Birch with teacher training.
Devon has also traveled throughout southeast Asia studying and
cultivating her meditation and yoga practices. Aside from teaching
yoga, she is also a massage therapist and polarity practitioner and
recently began teaching natural childbirth classes.
Drop-In $25/Class. Sign up online.
NIH Yoga Week
May 19-23 Bethesda and satellite sites
Thrive Yoga is co-sponsoring the first National Institutes of Health (NIH) Yoga Week, the "Science and Practice of Yoga." from May 19-23! Susan Bowen will join Yogiraj, Alan Finger, John Schumacher, Sat Bir Khalsa, Ph.D, Timothy McCall, MD, Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D, and other local and international speakers for this special week to explore yoga practice for health and consciousness. Some events during this week are open to the public. More information will be posted soon or join the NIH Yoga Week listserv by emailing the event coordinator, Rachel Levine at yogalevine1@yahoo.com. NIH Recreation and Welfare is grateful to Weight Watchers for providing support, sponsorship, and healthy living practice to this event. Best Ways to Reach Yoga Week Locations on the NIH Bethesda campus and the the poster.
Yoga and Meditation in the Management of Stress
Thursday, May 22, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D.
Lecture & short practice of stress management techniques
This workshop will begin by defining stress and providing an understanding of the physiology and
psychology of chronic stress, stress management and stress tolerance. The current behavioral
and psychological strategies and techniques for managing chronic stress will also be reviewed.
The role of yoga and mind-body techniques as stress management interventions will be discussed
in detail from the perspective of the physiogical and psychological mechanisms involved, including
a review of the published research on the efficacy of yoga practices for stress. A brief practice
session of a number of yoga techniques believed to be effective for stress management will also
be included.
Cost:$40, flyer or sign up online.
Saturday, June 7, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Join ISHTA Yoga founder and Western tantric master, Alan Finger, to explore the essential tools of yoga and learn to blend those tools into a seamless practice that uncovers your unique self and reveals your optimal path for self-awareness, expansion, growth, and healing.
ISHTA Yoga is the Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda, as well as the Sanskrit term for an individualized or personalized practice. Founded by Alan Finger and his father Mani, the ISHTA system incorporates the ancient Ayurvedic principles of asana, meditation, pranayama, and a uniquely modern understanding of anatomy, energy, and human nature into a path for self-knowledge and liberation.
Cost: $40/$45 after May 31 - Flyer
Sign up online.
Govindas & Radha - Waves of Love Weekend Workshop
Friday and Saturday, June 13-14 A Candle-lit Evening of Kirtan
Friday Evening - June 13, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, $35
Spiritual traditions have long used song, music, and sound vibration as a method of prayer to enter the realm of the divine. In the traditional path of yoga, this practice is called KIRTAN - or devotional chanting. Govindas & Radha will guide you on a musical meditation and yogic ritual deep into the essence of Bhakti---the yoga of the Heart, the yoga of Love and Devotion. Govindas & Radha have uniquely melded ancient Indian mantras with western melodies, using traditional Indian instruments. Their music is de scribed as a trance inducing mandala where the eyes close, voices and hearts open, and meditation, art, and prayer merge together as One.
Bhakti Vinyasa Ritual Saturday Morning - June 14, 10:45 am - 12:45 pm, $40
The ancient Bhakti yogic tradition is based on the qualities of reverence, humility, devotion, & love. When we bring these qualities into our yoga practice, our practice becomes a living prayer - a devotional offering of gratitude reaffirming the beauty, and mystery of Existence. Govindas & Radha will guide a yogic adventure using sankalpa (intention), simple vinyasa sequences and kirtan (yogic chanting during asanas). This ritual is designed to help each of us cultivate our own unique and personal relationship with the divine.
Bhakti Yoga ~ Path of the Heart
Saturday - June 14, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, $40
Using storytelling, lecture, song, and meditation we will explore and develop our understanding of one of the central and ancient paths of yoga: Bhakti, the path of the Heart, the path of love, devotion, gratitude and surrender.
The Journey will include:
Indian Gods/Goddesses and their meanings
Mantras and Kirtan
Meditations of the Heart
The Role of a Guru/the Path of Guru Kripa
Setting up an Altar/Puja/Arati
Japa/mantra meditation/using a mala
Bhakti as a personal practice
Sign up for all three sessions - $99 Flyer -
sign-up online
July 11-13 Four intensive 2/3-hour sessions. Flyer(PDF) Friday, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Hip Openers: The Art of Letting Go
$50.00 Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Standing Poses and Backbends: From Resistance to Resilience
$55.00 Saturday, 2:00 - 4:00 pm Forward Bends, Meditation and Pranayama:
Take Refuge in Your Self
$50.00 Sunday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Arm Balances and Backbends: Playful Ways to Make the Tough
Stuff Easier
$55.00
* Two sessions on Saturday $99.00 * Four sessions ( Friday night thru Sunday morning) $189.00
Sunday, 2:00 - 5:00 pm Yoga to the Rescue: Healing Anusara Yoga Remedies for Hips,
Backs, Necks, Shoulders, and Knees
$55.00 (cannot be combined with other sessions) Flyer(PDF)Sign up online.
Desiree's new DVD entitled "Yoga to the Rescue: Feeling Good from Head to Toe," is available at Thrive Yoga. It's a great way to take the lessons back to your home practice.
Payment is required IN FULL at time of registration. Spots will not be
reserved without full payment.
A 50% refund will be given if cancellation is made 14 days or more prior
to Workshop/Session start date. This refund will be in the form of a credit
only for any other Thrive Yoga classes.
Registrants can transfer their spot to another person in the event registrant
is unable to attend the Workshop/Session
Once Workshop/Session has started no credit refunds will be issued.
For general questions about workshops, events, and special classes, please
email [ info@ thriveyoga.com].
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Bhakti Vinyasa Ritual
* Four sessions ( Friday night thru Sunday morning) $189.00