FOUNDATIONS IN YOGA
PRACTICE AND TEACHING

FALL 2005 - SUMMER 2006

Program Schedule

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

 FRIDAY
2:30pm Introduction of Theme and Preparation of Asana class
5:30 - 6:45pm Teaching/Assisting of a live class
7:00 - 8:30pm Catered meal and Discussion of class

SATURDAY
8:00am - 12:00pm Advanced Asana Practice
1:00 - 3:00pm Anatomy & Physiology
3:00 - 4:30pm Seeing and Understanding Bodies
5:00 - 6:00pm Inversions and Meditation, Group check-in

SUNDAY
8:00 -9:00am Pranayama
9:00 - 10:00am Discussion
10:00am - 12:00pm Teaching Asana
1:00 - 2:30pm Philosophy
2:30 - 4:00pm Restorative Pose and Meditation, Closing

2005:
9/23 - 9/25
10/21 - 10/23
12/2 - 12/4

2006:
1/6 - 1/8
2/3 - 2/5
3/10 - 3/12
3/31 - 4/2
4/28 - 4/30
5/19 - 5/21
6/2 - 6/4

Weekend #1
9/23-9/25/05

Teaching/Assisting in Live Class

 Friday evening 5:30-6:45pm

9/23/05 Beginners class, focusing on the breath and the feet

Advanced Asana Practice.

Saturday Morning 8-11am.
9/24/05 The Belly and Breath with Mary

Understanding Anatomy with Baxter Bell MD

 Understanding Anatomy with Baxter Bell MD
Saturday Afternoons 1-5pm.
9/24/05 Respiration

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 8-9:30am
9/25/05

Weekend #2
10/21-10/23/05

Teaching/Assisting in Live Class

 Friday evening 5:30-6:45pm

10/21/05 Level 2 class, focusing on Posture and pelvic flexion

Advanced Asana Practice.

Saturday Morning 8-11am.
10/22/05
Grounding and Groundlessness in Standing Poses with Mary

Understanding Anatomy with Baxter Bell MD

 Understanding Anatomy with Baxter Bell MD
Saturday Afternoons 1-5pm.
10/22/05
Posture and the Bones

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 7:30-9am
10/23/05

Gheranda Samhita Practice with Richard Rosen

 Sunday 9:30am-12:30pm
10/23/05

Asana session focused on the Gheranda Samhita. Richard is a senior yoga teacher, scholar, and author. His humorous, precise, and accessible teaching style lures students to these more obscure texts for a deeper understanding of the modern applications.
RICHARD ROSEN will be teaching on October 23 rd and leading an asana session focused on the Gerunda Samhita and a philosophy overview in the afternoon – What is yoga?

Weekend #3
12/2-12/4/05

Teaching/Assisting in Live Class

 Friday evening 5:30-6:45pm

12/2/05 Level 1 or 2 class,
focusing on Introduction to Shoulderstand

Advanced Asana Practice.

Saturday Morning 8-11am.
12/3/05
Shoulder Stand Variations with Mary Paffard

Understanding Anatomy with Baxter Bell MD

 Understanding Anatomy with Baxter Bell MD
Saturday Afternoons 1-5pm.
12/3/05
Neck and Head

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 8-9:30am
12/4/05

Weekend #4
1/6/06-1/8/06

Teaching/Assisting in Live Class

 Friday evening 5:30-6:45pm

1/6/06 Kids class, for 4-10 year olds

Advanced Asana Practice.

 Saturday Morning 8-11am
1/7/06
Living in the Heart- Backbends/Pincha Mayurasana with Mary Paffard

Understanding Anatomy with Baxter Bell MD

 Understanding Anatomy with Baxter Bell MD
Saturday Afternoons 1-5pm.
1/7/06
Shoulders

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 8-9:30am
1/8/06

Weekend #5
2/3-2/5/06

Advanced Asana Practice.

Saturday Morning 8-11am.
2/4/06

Non-Violent Communication With Ike Lasater

Saturday 2/5/06,
1-6pm

Ike helped found the Yoga Journal with his wife Judith Hanson Lasater. He is a lawyer who now offers workshops, consulting and mediation assistance using Non-Violent Communication.

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 7:30-9am
2/5/06

A Day With Judith Hanson Lasater

Sunday 2/6/06,
10am-4pm

10am-1pm Asana class

2-4pm Yoga Sutras

Judith is a physical therapist, author, and president of the California Yoga Teachers Association. Mixed level morning; those attending in the afternoon must have read Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.

Weekend #6
3/10-3/12/06

Advanced Asana Practice.

Saturday Morning 8-11am.
3/11/06
Spirals & Power of Breath- Parsva Sirsasana with Mary Paffard

Experiential Anatomy with Susan Branum

 Saturday afternoon, 1-4 pm
3/11/06
Experiential Anatomy with Susan Branum

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 7:30-9am
3/12/06

Weekend #7
3/31-4/2/06

Advanced Asana Practice.

Saturday Morning 8-11am.
4/1/06

Working from the Core with Susan Branum

 Saturday afternoon, 1-4 pm
4/1/06
Working from the Core with Susan Branum

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 7:30-9am
4/2/06

Yoga for Scoliosis
with Elise Miller Browning

 Sunday, 10am – 4 pm
4/2/06

Elise will explore the therapeutic possibilities of yoga postures and breathing awareness to develop structural alignment. Elise has used yoga with herself and students all over the world to improve the conditions of scoliosis and other spinal challenges. We will have a morning asana session followed by question and answer time in the afternoon.

Weekend #8
4/28-4/30/06

Advanced Asana Practice.

Saturday Morning 8-11am.
4/29/06

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 8-9:30am
4/30/06

Weekend #9
5/19-5/21/06

Advanced Asana Practice.

Saturday Morning 8-11am.
5/20/06
Yin & Yang-Baksasana/Ardha Chandrasana with Mary Paffard

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 8-9:30am
5/21/06

Weekend #10
6/2-6/4/06

Advanced Asana Practice.

Saturday Morning 8-11am.
6/3/06
Iahvara Pranidhana – Paschimottanasana with Mary Paffard

Pranayama Practice: The Yoga Of Breath

 Sunday Morning 8-9:30am
6/4/06
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“If your desire is to learn not only the external mechanics of teaching
but to voyage & explore all aspects internally with loving & caring guidance then this is the program for you!”
–Chris Howell

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