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Do you lack of confidence when it comes to helping your students find alignment in their postures? Do you teach on your mat?

In these workshop you will Expand your hands on technique..
Deepen a sense of connection with your students.
Serve your students by helping them go deeper into their practice. Have the confidence to move off your mat
Have a hand and heart connection with your students.

Physically adjusting your students can powerfully impact their practice. Learn how to help facilitate an amazing radical transformation, through the physical adjustments, of participants in your class.

In this workshop, yoga teachers will learn how to move with your students to find a deeper state of union. You will experience the principals as you practice on other teachers. We will move though how to adjust common poses including the sun salutations, standing poses, forward and back bends, twists and more.

This workshop is already filling up, SIGN UP now, by contacting Casey at casey@funandhealthylifestyles.com or 720-339-3087 with your credit card info. Space is limited.

Continuing Education Credits are available for Yoga Alliance Registered teachers.

Prerequisite: Must attend one of Casey’s classes – visit www.funandhealthylifestyles.com/classes/ for class locations, times and details. Most classes can be free if you are new to the studio.

Part 1: Sunday, February 21th 5-7:30pm
$39 Space is limited
Location: TBA to registered teachers

Part 2 will be March 7th 5-7:30 must attend Part 1 to participate.

In part 2 we will dive deeper into the adjustment learning different poses, and honing your skills. Part 2 consists of a 30 minute Coaching/Consultation with Casey.

The subject matter of the consultation will depend on you. Topics might include, working through your fear as a yoga professional, building your yoga or conscious business, increasing your income, sky’s the limit.

This transformational piece to teaching is priceless in the growing world of yoga. Investment in part 2 is $139.

Sign up for both and invest $160, that’s a 10% Savings.

Part 3 will be on March 31st for teachers who have completed 1 & 2. Take your adjustments to the next level.

Just us this Saturday at 8pm at Free Soul Yoga

Free Soul Yoga
1947 S. Broadway
Denver, CO

$15 gets you in the door, wear your go-go boots, mini skirts or come as you are….get a drink ticket and a chance to win a free month of yoga at Free Soul Yoga!!!

A great person leads by example, setting standards that are followed by others all over the world.

Not too long ago, on September 27th 1953, in a poor village near the remote backwaters of Kerala in Southern India, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi, affectionately known as “Amma” or the “Hugging Saint,” was born. From her early childhood, she would spend long periods of time sitting in silence or singing to Krishna as a form of prayer. Her divine moods and meditative states seemed unusual to her family, and as a result, she was mistreated and had a difficult childhood.

At the age of nine, when her mother fell ill, Amma left school to care for her seven siblings and immediate family. Whatever domestic chore was piled up on her, she did it happily without ever complaining. She also went to work at the homes of her relatives. As she went from home to home to cook, clean and wash clothes, Amma became deeply troubled and confused by the suffering and poverty she saw all around her. Although she had very little for herself, she shared her small portion of rice with the starving, gathered her family’s clothes and gave them to the poor, bathed the elderly. Like children who seek comfort in their mothers’ arms, people from her village and around would go to the young girl for refuge and a hug. This is how Amma started to give “darshan.” Darshan means to have a vision of the divine or to be in the presence of a holy being. Amma adds to it a loving hug.

Nowadays, not unlike the olden times, people continue to seek Amma’s blessing, but it is now she who travels around the world to offer her love in the form of an intimate hug. Whether a person is young or old, healthy or sick, rich or poor, Amma accepts them with the same affection and warmth. Amma does not care what we look like, how much we have, or where we come from. She takes us all in the way a mother takes her own children into her arms.

Yoga is a tantric practice. The Sanskrit word tantra means “to weave”, referring also to a physical string, which denotes continuity. This comes from the Sanskrit roots tan and tra. ‘Tan’ is “to stretch” or “to extend” and “Tra” means “to cross over”. By welcoming or embracing with open arms anyone she meets, Amma reaches across the space between herself and others, thus weaving a connection.

The aim of yoga is to recognize the divine essence in all of creation, to realize that we are all connected. To attain this wisdom, it is helpful to start connecting with one other living being by extending something of ourselves – a kind word, a gentle touch, a smile of acknowledgment. When instead of seeing others only in our peripheral vision, we actually turn to face them and acknowledge them, the way we often acknowledge one another in a yoga class, we begin to shrink the divide between ourselves and others, we begin to experience togetherness, hence yoga. Yoga means to join.

Amma teaches us that without connecting to others, no progress in yoga can come. Even if we meditate, practice asana and chant devotional songs, if we do not reach out to others, it is like rowing a boat that is tied to a dock. In the divine example of this holy being, let us untie our hearts from the dock and row towards our own holiness and divinity. Let us celebrate the life of this great Saint and immerse ourselves in Her teachings so that our own saintliness can manifest.

– Rima Rabbath, September 2009

For more information about Sri Mata Amritanandamayi, her teachings and charitable projects, log on to www.amma.org or www.ammany.org.

In this verse, the Bhagavad Gita teaches that cooperation with nature is essential: without acknowledging and caring for the devas–the gods, the multi-living dimensions of nature-life is not possible. In his book Gita Wisdom, Joshua Green describes devas as “empowered beings entrusted with regulating air, light, water and other natural functions.” Through a mutually beneficial relationship with nature, a person will be able to discover the supreme God who is the cosmic reality behind nature, including all beings and things. It is interesting to note that the Sanskrit word bhavayata (may you cherish, may you increase the well-being of), which is found several times in this verse, is actually a causative form of the root word bhu, which means “to be” or “to exist.” So the verse is saying more than that through mutual cooperation, both humans and the devas will prosper; it is saying that their very existence is mutually dependent.
This message is urgently relevant to our times–a time when humanity has become out of balance with the world of nature, the world of the devas. Yoga seeks to regain that balance by striving to live life in harmony with the natural world-the real world. What is reality and where is it? Does it only exist in the sights and sounds we can see and hear with our physical eyes and ears? Can we really communicate with it?
There are other worlds, multi-dimensional realities. These worlds exist in the winds…in the subtle atmosphere. Most humans cannot see the other beings who live in these worlds, but nevertheless they are there–devas, elemental beings, angels, elves and fairies. They are the ones who take care of the living world. They are the guardians of the rivers, oceans, mountains, forests, flowers and all physical forms in the natural world. They are also the guardians of the animals, helping them to live in ways that are sustaining. Pan is one of the many names for the god or deva of the world of nature, including the elemental, animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms. He is nature. The prefix pan- means to be everywhere, to exist beyond the confines of three dimensional space and time, with no limitations on form. We acknowledge Pan when we use words like panacea, pandemic and even Pan Am (Pan=everywhere + Am=being; also short for America). Nature exists everywhere. Even though we may not be able to see all of it, that doesn’t mean it is not there; it only means that we have limitations to our perception. There are other ways of seeing besides physical sight. One can perceive through means of feeling–see the world feelingly.
Many humans think that, while we are also animals and part of the natural world, we are a special case and can live above the laws of nature. We exploit the natural world as if we had a right to, without thinking about the happiness or welfare of the earth and her creatures. We enslave animals, destroy and manipulate the plant world, strip mine for minerals, dam waterways and poison the air. We act as if the earth belongs to us. But before we can act that way we have to think that way.

Our thoughts are very powerful. Thoughts can create their own elemental beings that will be set loose to inhabit the atmosphere around the person who is thinking these thoughts. A person who cannot see devas and fairies will also not be able to see their own thoughts manifested as elemental forms in the air around them, but nonetheless they will feel the presence of these subtle forms. These forms will affect how they feel about themselves. They may have days when they feel under the weather, stressed or bored. They may find themselves in a state of anxiety thinking that someone else has caused a problem in their lives, when in fact it was they themselves who set loose a negative thought which swirled around itself and formed into an elemental spirit which is now harassing them.

If we want to live a happy life, we must take care with how we think, speak and act, not just toward other people but also toward nature. We must continuously strive to have good, kind helpful, benevolent thoughts and to express those thoughts in sweet speech and song that honors and enhances. Our physical reality is made of these subtle vibrations solidified. Most people aren’t aware of how powerful their thoughts and words are; they go on day after day living in realities they don’t like and spending their time blaming others for the things in their world they don’t like, when all along they are the ones who have created these things by thinking, speaking and acting selfishly and destructively.

The other inhabitants of our physical, natural world–the other animals, trees, plants rivers, etc.–seem to have more of an understanding of the multi-dimensional complexities of reality. Perhaps that is why most animals would never do the kinds of terrible, hurtful things to others that we humans seem to do without a second thought. Perhaps the other animals realize clearly how thoughts, words and actions impact upon all of creation, seen and unseen.

The health of the many components of the living world that we can all see–the plants, trees, rivers, lakes, animals and all that is–is only possible because of their connection to the nature spirits of the “unseen” worlds. It is with the help of these spirit beings that the natural “seen” world is able to flourish. It is the same with us?without the help of the nature spirits, we will not be able to flourish, and as the passage from the Gita says, ultimately we will not be able to exist unless we can develop a mutually cherishing relationship with nature and nature’s caretakers–the panoramic world.
–Sharon Gannon

Experience “The 7 Practices of Radical Transformation”. Spiritual practices that truly encompass the mind, body, spirit.

***Beautifully prepared Vegan & Gluten Free meals will be served ****

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“Casey brought magic back in my life!! I have so much gratitude for this new change . . . inspirational and challenging . . . as soon as you start one of her classes the room full of individual strangers becomes one and a whole new energy is visible and palpable. . With grace, beauty and intelligence . . . Casey has a very gifted way of communicating yoga in a personal intimate way. If there is such a thing as a yoga-angel, she is it! ”

Casey began in the health & wellness industry for 20 years and has been consciously manifesting her dreams ever since, she has been teaching yoga since 2000, she is a natural coach who loves sharing the gifts of health with people of all ages. She believes this life is a precious gift and has developed an innovative approach combining the seven chakras and yoga as a powerful tool towards personal transformation.

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SCHEDULE: August 22nd & 23rd 1:00-6:00pm daily

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Denver CO

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***PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION CLOSES AUG 20TH!

As the servant who wins his master’s heart and blessings through his virtues and good conduct verily attains royal character himself; and the disciple who, by great virtue and intellectual power, verily wins the heart of his Guru and becomes as one with the Guru; and the wife who shows virtue and character, as well as devotion to her husband, verily becomes as one with her husband, so too, if the mind establishes itself in the Self or attains the Self, it will not exist as different from the Self. Thus, the way of establishing the mind in the Self should be known as yoga. An aphorism of Patanjali, the great sage and founder of the science of yoga, makes this clear: yogash chitta vritti nirodhah (yoga is the process of ending the definitions of the field of consciousness).

It is in the nature of our sense organs to grasp their respective sense objects. If the sense organs are harmonized by the mind, and if the mind establishes itself in the sense organs, then objects are known or grasped. If, however, there is no contact between the mind and the sense organs, knowledge of objects will not occur. The mind is thus the basis of all sensory functions. The means by which the mind is directed towards the Self and prevented from going towards outside objects is what is known as yoga, as a hymn of the Katha Upanishad affirms: tham yogam iti manyante sthiram indriya dharanam (Yoga is considered to be the steady fixing of the senses). Here, the means to establishing the sense organs in the Indweller, and thus to prevent them from going towards external objects, is called yoga. Therefore, the word yoga signifies the means to the realization of one’s true nature.

We now have to ask whether it is possible to realize the true nature of yoga simply by understanding its meaning as a word. By the mere study of texts on yoga, by the mere grasp of yoga’s meaning as a word, by a mere discussion of the pros and cons of this intellectual grasp, one cannot have a thorough knowledge of yoga. For, just as good knowledge of culinary science does not satisfy hunger, neither will the benefits of yoga be realized fully by a mere understanding of the science of its practice. Thus, the scriptures only show us the right path. It is left to us to understand them and to put them into practice. By the strength gained through this practice, we can come to know the method for bringing the mind and sense organs under control. Thus can we achieve yoga. For it is only through the control of the mind and sense organs that we come to know our true nature, and not through intellectual knowledge, or by putting on the garb of a yogi.

Hence an aspirant, by the grace of his Guru and constant practice of yoga, can someday realize, before casting off his mortal coil, the Indweller that is of the nature of supreme peace and eternal bliss, and the cause of the creation, sustenance, and destruction of the universe. Otherwise, an aspirant will be unable to see anything in this world but turmoil.

-Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, excerpted from Yoga Mala, 1999