SARAH POWERS
AUGUST 18 - 19, 2012
Insight Yoga: Receptive and Radiant
Yin /Yang Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation
Saturday, August 18th, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Saturday, August 18th, 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Sunday, August 19th, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
All 3 sessions: $175, sessions may be
taken separately,
register online
In this workshop Sarah will blend the soft and strong
practices of yoga with an intention of cultivating an inner
atmosphere of ease and vitality, qualities essential for
compassion and insight to grow.
Saturday, August 18th, 11:00 am - 1 :30 pm:
We will explore the value of interweaving yin and yang
practices on the body, heart and mind, with a focus on
developing our earth chi, creating strength and stability in
the lower body. We also explore the Buddhist discipline of
Mindfulness meditation as an attitude of non-distracted
stability of attention. $65.
Saturday, August 18th, 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm:
Sarah will emphasize the cultivation of the subtle body both
in a yin yoga practice, and in the seated position through
pranayama. We will also explore how to envision living our
lives with an abundance of loving-kindness with the practice
of Maitri in a guided visualization. $65
Sunday, August 19th, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
Sarah will emphasize compassion, exploring ways we might
practice the art of moving toward rather than away from that
which we usually seek to avoid, learning to loosen our self
grasping tendencies while softening our patterns of
resistance. When we bring compassion (karuna) toward our
habits of aversion, we cultivate the capacity to meet all of
life wholeheartedly. We will also practice backbends in both
yin and yang styles (receptive and active), opening the
chest area both energetically and physically. $75
This workshop is suitable for anyone with at least one year
experience in yoga with some understanding of the yin
practice, either through reading Insight Yoga, going to a
few yin yoga classes, or having seen Sarah’s dvd’s, Yin and
Vinyasa, or Insight Yoga series. An interest in meditating
is also required to attend. Sarah will give some meditation
instruction as well as leading practice.
Sarah Powers
began teaching in 1987. She is the author and founder of
Insight Yoga, which interweaves the insights and practices
of Yoga, Buddhism, and Spiritual Psychology into an integral
practice to enliven the body, heart and mind. Her yoga style
blends both a Yin sequence of floor poses to enhance the
meridian and organ systems, combined with a slow flow or
Yang practice, influenced by Viniyoga, Ashtanga, Iyengar and
QI Gong teachings. Sarah feels that enlivening the physical
and pranic bodies, as well as learning to meet our emotional
habits of contraction is paramount for preparing one to
deepen and nourish insights into one's essential nature--a
natural state of awareness. She draws from her studies in
Transpersonal Psychology, as well as her in-depth training
in the Vipassana, Tantric and Dzogchen practices of
Buddhism. She is co-founder with her husband Ty of the
Insight Yoga Institute, which offers international
residential retreats to help practitioners integrate yoga,
Buddhism and spiritual psychology into a skillful practice
and offers YA 500 hour certification for yoga teachers: .
For more information on her please see her DVDs: Yoga, Yin
and Vinyasa and the Insight Yoga Series, and go to
www.sarahpowers.com.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Payments for workshops and class series are non-refundable,
but may be converted into credit with West Hartford Yoga
(minus $25 processing fee or your non-refundable deposit) if
cancellation is made within a minimum of 72 hours before the
beginning of the the program. Deposits are non-refundable. No
exceptions.
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