11:00 am -
Opening Ceremonies
Livewithspirit.ca
Sheree Nicholson |
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11:15 am - Opening Class
Synergy Movement
Ruth Dargin |
Synergy Movement was created and developed by Ruth Ann Dargan in 1994. Synergy Movement is a uniquely integrated practice which involves the human spirit by tuning and toning the body and channeling all aspects of the mind into one distilled focal point. |
Ruth is the Director of the Toronto Yoga Conference and Show and has been teaching yoga in Durham for 20 years. Her classes are full of insightful philosophy blended with her great teaching style. |
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12:15 pm - Yoga for Kids
Livewithspirit.ca
Christine Roger |
Children love yoga, join us for a 45 minute class including song, postures and animal sounds. A great class for grown ups too…. who want to let loose.
Christine Rogers is a certified yoga teacher R.Y.T. 200 with additional training in working with children. Christine is a mother of two young children and loves to share yoga in a creative fun way.
Livewithspirit.ca is a yoga studio dedicated to helping you feel better, achieve your best and to love the life you have. We offer Yoga, Pilates and Meditation. We believe that we are all on a spiritual journey whether we know it or not and that to live life to it’s fullest we need to create a healthy body, mind and spirit. |
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1:00 pm - Ashtanga
The Yoga Room
Michelle Sabo |
In Ashtanga (or astanga) yoga, also known as power yoga, the yoga postures flow with an emphasis on strength and agility. It comes from the teachings of Sri. K Pattabhi Jois of Mysore India, who learned the method from his teacher Krishnamacharya. The practice consists of a sequence of postures and focused breathing techniques, designed to intensify internal heat and detoxify and cleanse the body of all impurities.
The Yoga Room is a boutique studio in downtown Whitby with classes based on the Ashtanga, Iyengar, Kundalini and Kripalu traditions as well as restorative evenings and special workshops and events. |
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2:00 pm - Fun with Rotations and Twists
Healing Harmony Yoga
Nimisha Jimenez |
Rotations and Twists are dynamic! They integrate upper and lower, and right and left sides of the body, bringing the body to different planes and levels of expression. Experience what it’s like to create complex postures from simple building blocks of movements.
The Director of Healing Harmony, Nimisha Jimenez, B.A. Honours Psychology and certified Kripalu Yoga teacher, has been teaching Yoga the past 25 years plus. Recognized as an RYT 500 by Yoga Alliance, she has extensive training in yoga, body dynamics and movement principles. Her attention to alignment and efficient movement creates safe, nurturing, and dynamic classes.
Healing Harmony Yoga combines the spiritual principles of compassion and opening to grace with the Movement Fundamental principles of grand alignment and efficient movement. Students learn how to move with ease, starting with floor work exercises and building up to more complex asanas. Students learn yoga postures from the inside out! |
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3:00 pm - World Fusion Expression in Dance
The Fitness Junky
Stephanie Medford |
Loose yourself in your creative energy and movement as you explore various techniques in modern and tribal dance styles. This unique class in self expression focuses on toning your muscles, gaining flexibility and relieving stress. ‘World Fusion Expression’ enhances your self esteem and confidence while promoting an appreciation for varying cultures, music and dance traditions.
*There is absolutely no dance experience necessary and only your willingness to loose your inhibitions through movement!
Developed by Stephanie Medford, owner of Fitness Junky Movement Inc. and inspired by her 20 years in the dance arts and fitness. With a BA in Cultural Anthropology, Stephanie observes our shared appreciation for music and movement that is originated, then borrowed from one culture to another. Stephanie owns and operates a dance fitness studio and active wear boutique in Downtown Whitby. She is the Fitness Expert author for SNAP Whitby, and can be found at www.fitnessjunky.com |
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4:00pm
Dr. Melissa West
Hatha |
As a yoga instructor I offer a unique approach to Hatha yoga inspired by the teachings Vanda Scaravelli and developed in Toronto by Esther Myers that is both accessible and challenging. My teaching highlights the profound connection between breath, gravity, and spinal mobility. The core premise of my teaching is that because we are always breathing, and gravity is always acting on the body, we can harness and utilize these powerful tools in order to enliven yoga postures. In this way I teach yoga in a safe manner that is constantly unraveling tension and ultimately freeing the body into a state of ease. My approach to teaching promotes relaxation in the muscles, leading to a spacious mobility in the joints of the body; ultimately leading to enhanced energy and vitality for practitioners of any age.
Melissa West is a freelance yoga and pilates instructor, Radio Host and Lifestyle coach, who helps people to surrender to peace in their lives by connecting to the vital energy within their body through breath, cultivating optimal functional movement by harnessing the power of gravity and increase overall mobility by creating more suppleness in the spine.
The purpose of Global Mala is to create a yoga as peace in action, to unify consciousness on the day that the United Nations has named International Peace Day. During this practice Melissa will begin by helping you to recall the peace from deep within your authentic self, heart, and soul, a peace that will expand to create unity in the world. Yoga postures to gently open the space of the physical heart center will create compassion within and an expansiveness to bring loving energy into the world. |
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5:00 pm - Chakra Awkening
P3Yoga
Suzanne Hennig |
At P3 Yoga, we'll guide you, step-by-step, as you discover this wonderful practice. A great way to begin is with our simple and friendly Beginner Yoga Class. Each class covers: Asanas (postures) Pranayama (breathing) Bandhas (energy locks) Dhyana/Nidra meditation/visualization).
P3 Yoga & Wholeness Studio is a place to achieve physical, mental and spiritual well being. Our goal is to create a safe and friendly environment where people can experience the transformation that yoga and other mind body practices can bring to their lives.
Suzzanne is the Director and Founder of P3 Yoga & Wholeness Studio. As a Registered (E-RYT 200) Yoga Teacher through the International Yoga Alliance and a Certified Yoga Teacher (EWYT-500) and Pilates Mat Instructor (PMI) with East to West Yoga and Pilates Inc |
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6:00 pm - Key Note
Speaker
Caroline Dupont |
Caroline is a meditation and yoga instructor, holistic nutritionist and energy worker dedicated to helping people heal in all ways using natural laws. She is the author of the book Enlightened Eating and several meditation CDs.
Caroline is a sought after speaker and is one of the esteemed speakers at this years Toronto yoga Festival this August. http://www.yogafestivaltoronto.org/
Through her company Health and Beyond, she works with clients individually as a Holistic Health Practitioner, focusing on Energy Work, Assisted Meditation, One-on-One Yoga, and nutrition. She has developed the Clear-Being Meditation Training Program and teaches yoga, meditation, whole and living foods preparation, and presents on various health related topics in addition to being an instructor for the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition.
We are excited to have her speaking locally, she will be available to autograph copies of her book, which may also be purchased at the Festival. |
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6:30pm to 7:15pm
Kirtan
The Traveling Satsang |
The Ashtanga Yoga Fellowship has been leading satsangs for 34 years. For the past few years we have taken on a new format that has been very successful.
We have now become the “Traveling Satsang” and are traveling around to various yoga studios and spaces where people would like us to come and share the good vibes and sacred space. Satsang is a word meaning gathering of like-minded people or association of truth seekers. Our satsang format is organic and changes depending on who is present. Generally we chant ancient ‘kirtan’ - chants/mantras with harmonium, guitars and drum accompaniment, and inspirational readings, and a short meditation.
The Traveling Satsang leads in the traditional format as done in India. You do not need to be a singer to enjoy the power of chanting. |
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7:15pm - Closing Meditation
Frank MacKinnon
Livewithspirit.ca |
End your day with a healing mediation guided by meditation leader and Spiritual Director Frank MacKinnon. |
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