THE NEW WAVE OF YOGA: 5-DAY INTENSIVE WITH MICHAEL STONE AND KATHRYN BRUNI-YOUNG
In the last few years, rigid approaches to yoga practices have been replaced by a more exploratory approach to movement and evidence-based understandings of how the body heals, strengthens, and stretches. Following his annual 5-day intensive format, Michael has joined with Kathryn Bruni Young to offer a re-exploration of yoga (movement, breathing, psychology, philosophy) starting from the ground up.
Over the past year, Michael Stone and Kathryn Bruni-Young have sparked a friendship over their mutual desire to expand what they know of the body, mind, and the practice of yoga. They have been exploring:
- Integrating evidence-based movement patterns into yoga practice
- Going deeper in understanding the role of breathing in both calming and strengthening
- Creating strength in areas of the body that get over-stretched
- How to discover more dynamic ranges of movement than "traditional" yoga sequences allow without losing the integrity of familiar practices
This approach to practice is also something Michael is bringing to the way meditation and yoga philosophy are being offered. In this workshop, he will break down ways of practicing, understanding, and communicating the key teachings of yoga and how they apply to daily life.
This five day workshop will combine: asana, pranayama, functional physiology, and strength work. Kathryn will be teaching yoga and movement possibilities in the morning with Michael completing each morning with inversions, closing postures and pranayama. Michael will begin the afternoons with meditation instruction, followed by lectures on contemporary ways of understanding and practicing (and articulating) yoga philosophy using the language of psychology, and then Kathryn will lead a restorative yoga practice to end the day.
And all of this great material will be shared in the context of community and discussion.
This course is open to students of all backgrounds. Teachers looking for new forms of inspiration and clear methods for communicating alignment and mindfulness in their classes are encouraged to join.
Cost
$680 + HST *
*Payment plans and limited sliding scale spaces available. Email nicole@michaelstoneteaching.com for details.
Dates
March 16 - 20, 2015
Location
Hart House, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
An opportunity to deepen your practice without having to leave the city.
Coming soon: An opportunity to deepen your practice without having to leave the city. Grant is offering a late February non-residential retreat
Where: Grant's house (near Brock Ave and Dundas St., Toronto)
When: February 20, 21, 22
friday evening 7-9pm
saturday 9-12pm lunch 1:30pm- 4:15pm
sunday 9-12pm lunch 1:30pm - 3pm
bring lunch; alternatively, there are plenty of places on dundas or queen to buy a lunch.
zafus (meditation cushions), benches, and zabutons provided.
What: schedule will consist of 40 minute sits separated by 20 minute periods walking meditation either inside or outside, with a dharma talk by Grant on Saturday afternoon.
Cost: attendance by donation (sliding scale suggested $40-$120)
Registration:
Please complete the following questions and copy them into an email to Grant. It is possible to attend only part (e.g. one day) but if the retreat fills up those who commit to the whole weekend will have first dibs .
The Questions:
Can you attend the full retreat?
Do you have a regular sitting practice?
How long have you practiced?
Do you have any physical or psychological conditions that would affect your participation in this retreat?
Please email granthut@hotmail.com to register.
Studying a Text Together
We are studying a text together over the coming months: The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness by Pema Chodron. There will be a number of talks based on themes from this book. If you would like to read along, the book is widely available at Toronto libraries and bookstores.
A 6-Day Silent Vipassana Meditation Retreat in Toronto with Pascal Auclair & Anushka Fernandopulle
Thursday (5 pm), May 7 – Wednesday (noon), May 13, 2015
233 Cummer Avenue, Willowdale, Toronto
Could it be that living with a sense of fullness and freedom is possible only through a quality connection with the life around and inside of us? During this retreat we will explore how to give careful attention to our senses and our heart while cultivating balance of mind, friendliness and clarity. All this will set the right conditions for wisdom to arise naturally. While sitting and walking with meditative presence, and through silence and guidance from the teachers, we will discover for ourselves what is possible in this very life.
http://www.dharmaretreats.ca/
An announcement from Michael
Dear Friends,
After almost a year of planning, next week we unveil the Meditation Instructor Mentorship Program (MIMP), based in Vancouver, yet designed for students who are able to travel. Here is a sneak preview of what I think is a very unique training. Please have a look at the link and pass it on to anyone you think may be interested.
...If you are looking to deepen your facilitation of meditation, start a group, or simply be accountable to deepen your own practice within a structured learning format, this is the time:
http://michaelstoneteaching.com/courses/detail/345531267/
warmly,
Michael Stone
Announcing a Non-Residential Retreat
Where: Grant's house (near Brock Ave and Dundas St., Toronto)
When: November 21-23, 2014
friday evening 7-9pm
saturday 9-12pm lunch 1:30pm- 4:15pm
sunday 9-12pm lunch 1:30pm - 3pm
bring lunch; alternatively, there are plenty of places on dundas or queen to buy a lunch.
What: schedule will consist of 40 minute sits separated by 20 minute periods walking meditation either inside or outside, with a dharma talk by Grant on Saturday afternoon.
Cost: attendance by donation (sliding scale suggested $40-$120)
Registration:
Please complete the following questions and copy them into an email to Grant. It is possible to attend only part (e.g. one day) but if demand is too high those who commit to the whole weekend will have first dibs .
The Questions:
Can you attend the full retreat?
Do you have a regular sitting practice?
How long have you practiced?
Do you have any physical or psychological conditions that would affect your participation in this retreat?
Please email granthut@hotmail.com to register.
New Location
Starting on Tuesday, August 5th we will be meeting at a new location at the Downward Dog Studio at 735 Queen St. West, 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON, M6J 1G1 (on the south side of Queen St. opposite Palmerston Avenue, two blocks west of Bathurst). If taking transit, the 501 streetcar stops right outside our door. If you would like more information about the studio check out this link: http://www.downwarddog.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=113
Our meeting time will remain the same: 7:30 to 9:00pm.
Announcing a Non-residential Silent Retreat
Where: Grant's house (12 Hickson St, near Brock Ave and Dundas St., Toronto)
When: August 22-24, 2014
friday evening 7-9pm
saturday 9-12pm lunch 1:30pm- 4:15pm
sunday 9-12pm lunch 1:30pm - 3pm
bring lunch; alternatively, there are plenty of places on dundas or queen to buy a lunch.
What: schedule will consist of 40 minute sits separated by 20 minute periods walking meditation either inside or outside, with a dharma talk by Grant on Saturday afternoon.
Cost: attendance by donation (suggested minimum $40)
Registration:
Please complete the following questions and copy them into an email to Rose. It is possible to attend only part (e.g. one day) but if demand is too high those who commit to the whole weekend will have first dibs .
The Questions:
Can you attend the full retreat?
Do you have a regular sitting practice?
How long have you practiced?
Do you have any physical or psychological conditions that would affect your participation in this retreat?
Just sitting, just eating.
Sunday August 17th Elaine will be hosting a sit at her home in Mount Albert. We will start at 10am, practice until noon, and then share a potluck lunch. There is no public transportation to her home but she can organize to pick people up from the bus stop at Aurora Rd and Hwy 404 (there is a bus leaving from Union Station at 8:10 am that will stop in Aurora at 8:40). There are two southbound trains from Newmarket in the afternoon that will get you back to Union Station, as well as intermittent buses. If the weather is nice we can have a bonfire :). Carpools may also be available.
Please let Elaine know if you are planning to come by emailing her at piercelaine@gmail.com at least one week in advance (by August 10th) so that we can get transportation figured out. Looking forward to some rural practice :).
-Elaine