Yoga Classes Update and Teacher Training in Costa Rica

Greetings all As Fall approaches you may be thinking about getting your yoga practice back on track - or perhaps you'd like to try a class for the first time...

Many of you have practiced with me since I moved to Grand Forks, and I'd like to let you know how grateful I am for the opportunity to share yoga with each of you. This Fall/Winter season I won't be offering classes, as I am off on a bit of an adventure.

I will be assisting my good friend and yoga mentor Sasha Dae with a 216hr Yoga Teacher Training in Nosara, Costa Rica, this October.Can you think of a more lovely place to immerse yourself in Yoga and deepen your practice?

Check out the page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136610203090700 and please pass on to anyone you think may be interested. I will be able to offer a special rate to anyone who registers before September 20th.

If Costa Rica is just too unattainable for you this fall, but you'd still like to take some classes here in GF, then we have lots of options. Long time Yoga instructors Maggie Malloff and Leah Carnahan both teach regular classes at 4th St Studio (the karate dojo) in Grand Forks. Leah also teaches at Christina Lake Living Arts Centre. Check out her website for details: http://leahsyoga.weebly.com/.

Also, we have a new yoga teacher in Grand Forks - although many of you will know she's not new to the community - Alisun Webster is a long time practitioner of yoga who completed her 200hr Teacher Training at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga this summer. She is taking over Sherry Hilliard's regular Sunday and Wednesday evening classes at the Anglican Church starting September 18th. You can email her at alisunwebster@gmail.com or check out her facebook page YOGA in Grand Forks

My best wishes to each of you for a fabulous fall and winter -and maybe I will see some of you on the beach....
love
Anisah

Yoga & Journal Writing Workshops August 14th & 20th

Join Angela Wiens, certified Yoga Instructor, for a morning of yoga, reflection, and guided journal writing.
Angela will be offering 2 Yoga and Journal Writing workshops this August - one at the beautiful Living Arts Centre in Christina Lake, B.C. on Sunday, August 14th from 9am - 12pm, and the second will be held at the Boundary Women's Resource Centre on Market Avenue in Grand Forks, on Saturday, August 20th, from 9am - 12pm.

Workshop Description:
Combine yoga and journal writing to move deeper into your Self, reflect on your true essence, and explore your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. Attend one or both three-hour workshops to strengthen your intuition while cultivating the power of your own voice. You’ll be invited to experience yoga movements and guided journal writing. Develop the skills to listen to and write from your heart while nurturing your body and spirit.

No yoga or writing experience is required. Please bring a yoga mat (if possible) and a journal (or notebook).

One workshop »» $40 per person | Register with a friend and each pay only $30
Both workshops »» $70 per person | Register with a friend and each pay only $50

Register by phone 250-442-2114 or email sevacentre@gmail.com

About Angela Wiens:
Angela Wiens is a certified hatha yoga teacher (registered with Yoga Alliance) as well as a
technical communication consultant. She is interested in developing a healthy body, a clear
mind, and a joyful spirit. Since 1998, yoga has become her constant and compassionate teacher,
providing a way to live in the present moment with awareness and gratitude. Her path to self-
discovery continues with the guidance of her own intuition and study, and her supporting family
and friends. She is grateful to have studied with Maya Margo Balog, Ken Strachan, Jennifer
Steed, Michael Stone, David Williams, Eddie Modestini, Nicki Doane, Rosemary Antze, Karuna
Erickson, and Swami Veda Bharati.

Visit www.yogainnerspirit.com to learn more about Angela’s yoga and philosophy.
Questions? Contact Angela at angela@yogainnerspirit.com or 780-722-4251

Join Elisabeth Guentert Bay in this outdoor workshop on the Beautiful Granby River

Nature-A Mirror of Your Inner Self

A 7 day workshop, August 20-27 2011

In the Beautiful Landscape of the Granby River

Come and encounter the secrets of the elemental forces of nature. In this week we are leaving our demanding lifestyle temporarily behind to experience both our inner landscape and nature around us. This enables us to discover who we truly are and we gently let go of old patterns that no longer serve us.

A camp in the forest is our home for 7 days. We explore our surroundings and enter into a deep partnership with nature. Nature becomes our sole teacher, who invites us to discover the inherent qualities of earth, rock, water, trees and air as archetypes within us.

Using the unique Halprin Life/Art Process, guided by Elisabeth Guentert Bay we reconnect with our Inner Self. With dance, movement, sound, drawing, creative writings and stillness we reveal what our hearts have experienced and create our personal rituals. A process wonderfully supported by the group.

Elisabeth Guentert Bay is a registered Expressive Arts Therapist BCATR with a MA in Psychology and Healing Arts. She graduated at Tamalpa Institute as a Halprin Life/Art Practitioner and Movement Ritual Teacher.

“It is my intent to combine arts and healing, in other words to awaken each person’s creative energy for her/his own healing.”

For more Information: www.dimutara.com or email e.healingarts@gmail.com

Spring/Summer Yoga Classes 2011

Are you interested in registering for Yoga classes this June & July?

This Summer I'm looking at offering two regular classes, starting the week of June 6th

Wednesday evening class - from 6.30-8pm
and
Tuesday OR Thursday morning class from 7 -8.30am

The theme for this session is lightness

• Creating lightness in our bodies through conscious stress release, and an awareness of how foods and dringk affect our bodies using Ayurvedic principles.


• Bringing a lightness and ease to the mind and body through breath and sound, and the practice of pratipaksha bhavana - whenever there is a negative thought or feeling we practice cultivating the opposite positive thought or feeling.


• Simplify! Yoga reminds us to be and breathe in every moment. When we let go of whatever is bogging us down, we experience incredible joy and openness to the beauty and potential of our lives.

Please email me if you are interested in finding out more or to register for either of these sessions.

Namaste,

Anisah

Nurture by Nettles

Come and join us for the Nurture by Nettles

Workshop

with herbalists Sarah Orlowski and Anisah Madden

Saturday May 14th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

An outdoor experience of culinary delight, medicinal magic,

and sensory surprise

$55.00 for one person or $48.00 for two people registering together

Includes handouts, nettle snacks, most medicinal ingredients, a day to remember and useful skills you won't forget.

Pre-registration required. For more information or to register

email anahata.sky@gmail.com or call (250) 442-2829

As the weather warms in our beautiful boundary valley, Seva Centre members are planting seeds in the soil, as well as nurturing the "seeds" we have planted in the form of different community projects we are involved in.

Though we are "dormant" we do expect more Seva Centre projects and classes in the future, including another Community Dance Night on a warm summer night.

Enjoy the beauty and rising energy of spring.

Namaste

All Ages Community Dance

From Gypsy Punk to Funk.....from Soul to Rock and Roll.....Dance.....it's that simple!

Friday February 25th 6:30-10:30 pm

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

7252 7th Street Grand Forks, BC

Suggested donation $6-10.00

Doors open 6:30

7:00-8:00 pm

Introduction to Creativity in Movement with Elisabeth Guentert Bay, Expressive Arts Therapist

8-10:30 pm Open Dance Floor

Concession by the Sunbean Cafe.

more info email sevacentre@gmail.com or call (250) 442-2114

Upcoming February Yoga Classes

Revitalise, Restore, Recreate

Classical Yoga with Anisah

Gentle Hatha Yoga Monday Evenings - starts Feb 21st
10 weeks $108 / drop in $12

Early Bird Yoga - starts March 1st
Tuesdays & Thursdays 6.30am -8am - 10 sessions (5 weeks) $128

stay tuned for more information or contact me at the email below

Register now by emailing sevacentre@gmail.com or anahata.sky@gmail.com