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Book launch, public talks and yoga workshops with Lama Christie McNally and Ian Thorson
Lama Christie McNally and Ian Thorson want to get you enlightened. Their new book and North American Summer Tour, Two As One – A Journey to Yoga, reveals how: by helping someone else get enlightened.
After 12 years at the feet of her guru and a three-year isolated meditation retreat, Lama Christie McNally has emerged as one of the world’s first female Lamas.
McNally is a holder of a full and authentic lineage of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, one that has been passed down, unbroken, from teacher to student since the time of the Buddha in 500 B.C., and is a highly-trained master of Yoga philosophy.
Creator of Tibetan Heart Yoga and founder of the Yoga Studies Institute (YSI), she comes to Vancouver with accomplished yogi Ian Thorson August 6 and 7 for a two-day yoga asana and meditation workshop based on the teachings of ancient Indian Buddhist Master Shantideva. (video interview available at: www.twoasoneyoga.com/media)
The workshop will include guided meditations by Lama Christie from her recent book The Tibetan Book of Meditation (www.tibetanbookofmeditation.org), as well as special yoga classes by some of McNally's close students – recent graduates of a seven-year advanced Tibetan Buddhist studies program she co-founded in southeastern Arizona. (The complete workshop schedule is outlined below.)
Adept in both the Sanskrit and Tibetan languages, Lama Christie, teaches from original sources, translating them into English, often for the first time. She is author of a number of popular books including The Tibetan Book of Meditation, How Yoga Works and Karmic Management.
“When you work together in a hands-on, visceral way, you tap into the power of the inner body,” says Lama Christie. “It forms a resonance between the two people that is more powerful than anything the individual by themselves can call up. This is a revolutionary concept on how to travel the spiritual path.”
Through nearly two decades of study, training, and deep meditation, McNally and Thorson have mastered the practice of partner yoga. Their visually stunning new book and yoga series integrates philosophy and yoga techniques from many time-honored disciplines to create a synergistic experience for two yoga partners working together. Two As One is a groundbreaking concept that gives each yoga partner the power to support and be supported, to open and be opened.
To Register:
Registration for all three days: $160 before July 24th. $200 at the door.
Public Talk Fri. $20; Sat. Asana Workshop $40; Lecture/Philosophy $40
Please see website for the full event schedule and prices.
“Two As One Partner Yoga” - with Lama Christie and Ian Thorson
Cost $40.00
Location IMC Canada (Mezz 11 - 601 West Broadway)
Lama Christie & Ian Thorson will lead you through the poses of their partner yoga series. Bring a friend to partner with or come alone and we’ll match you with someone. It’s fun and more powerful than doing yoga alone! PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN MAT
We invite you to join us for a transformational Gong Meditation.
During a gong bath, participants recline on a comfortable mat while powerful waves of sound wash over and around them. The sound of the gongs creates a deep relaxation and can be used to re-balance the physical, emotional and spiritual bodies.
Please bring whatever you need to lie comfortably on the floor (mats, blankets and pillows) and be prepared for an extraordinary experience.
As space is limited, please pre-pay to reserve your place. $25 admission
At ARKAYA Awaken to your highest potential. Integrate body, emotion and mind with the universal consciousness in the Foundation/ Yoga Bija programme. It is the first segment (covers 30 hrs + 5 hrs of seva) of the Yoga Teacher's programme and can be attended independently of the teacher’s course. A unique programme to gain a deeper understanding of both Yoga and Yourself. This is open to anyone who has the willingness to SEE themselves clearly and consciously evolve. Shift old unnecessary patterns effortlessly. Yogacharini Maitreyi known for her in-depth understanding of yoga and gentle, mindful teaching methods, will be in Vancouver to teach the teacher's course each year. She also runs a trust in India for slum children.
Experiences/ Testimonials
I am truly grateful to have taken part of the wisdom of the yogic tradition conveyed by Maitreyi. Never have I felt such clarity, knowledge and wisdom transmitted with such humility and joy.
I have rediscovered yoga (again), it was a lot like hearing the right vibration, and feeling it in my body. Namaskaram
- Teacher Training participant- Sweden
Find ARKAYA groups on facebook for details or email
arkayavancouver@hotmail.com.
Register : Amber 1 604 791 9405
Contact Maitreyi at 778 329 3509 www.arkaya.net
Become an Inner Beauty Practitioner.
Aura Detox Therapy is an ancient Yoga system using applied siddha science to awaken Inner Beauty and power. The session includes sacred mantras, energy healings, and a comprehensive massage for transformation and permanent change.
Join an international community of practitioners in this groundbreaking spa therapy.
This is a one time introductory offer of $350 for a two day workshop. The students will be given diksha and full protocol to become an Inner Beauty Master Practitioner.
Please contact Tamara at innermostyoga@yahoo.ca or 604-255-1016
contact Sara at blissbodies@gmail.com
For more information on Inner Beauty International http://auradefence.com/inner-beauty/
PRENATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING & CERTIFICATION for conscious birthing with international teacher Janice Clarfield at OPEN DOOR YOGA
FOR: Yoga teachers and teachers in training
AND: Professionals who work with pregnant women (childbirth educators, chiropractors, doctors, doulas, massage/shiatsu therapists, midwives, nurses) who have an established yoga practice
AND: Pregnant women (if do not fit into one of the above categories, not eligible for a certificate)
Expect to complete this comprehensive training and have the knowledge, understanding and techniques to support pregnant women to birth as consciously, naturally, actively and normally as possible. Feel confident to assess specific therapeutic needs and address them safely with yoga and modifications. If you are already working with pregnant women, this training will provide a deeper appreciation and understanding to work holistically while integrating physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual well being
This training is for those who are already teaching pregnant students and those who are interested to broaden their teaching to include this population.
The 26 hour course will include:
• training to be a responsible professional working with pregnant women
• how to inspire and support women to birth from their own empowerment
• physiological, energetic and emotional considerations during pregnancy, labour & delivery
• posture, breath work, vocal toning, relaxation, meditation, visualization & massage
• how to assess specific therapeutic needs & address them safely with yoga & modifications
• how to work with women at different stages of pregnancy and experience with yoga
• how to work with couples for birth preparation
• post natal considerations and practice
• client and business management
• practice teaching
• comprehensive study guide
• certificate upon completion
• 26 hours applicable towards Yoga Alliance CEU's
$525 (plus gst) includes comprehensive study guide
$475 early bird if paid in full by July 24
To register: Open Door Yoga call 778 371 8179 or email info@opendooryoga@bc.ca
Natural henna artistry and photography of Goddess Tara by www.HennaByHolly.com
For further training info: janice@urbanyoga.ca
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