| AIKIDO | FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT TURNING WITH EASE: INTRO TO THE FELDENKRAIS ATM® WORKSHOP CHAKRA JOURNEY WITH KUNDALINI YOGA CREATING A SACRED LIVELIHOOD | QIGONG LIVE WELL WITH LIVING WELL ETCETERA (additional offerings by studio renters) REGISTER AND PAY ONLINE NOW! |
 FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT® with Angela Alston $105 ($10 discount if registered in advance) 6 Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30p February 7-March 13 ENROLL NOW  Feldenkrais involves gentle exercises which increase your awareness of your body. We all move in habitual ways. Feldenkrais helps us find movement options we forgot or never discovered before. The result can be greater ease of movement, efficiency and grace. People often turn to Feldenkrais following an injury or when they develop chronic pain or tension. But we can all benefit from this awareness training, whether dancer, yogi, athlete, senior, or simply someone curious about how their body moves in space. These Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM) classes involve the teacher guiding students through a series of focused movements as they lie on a mat, sit on a chair, or stand. Each class focuses on a particular function or movement pattern. Learn more about Feldenkrais. PLEASE NOTE: Mats and props are provided, but you are encouraged to bring your own mat specifically designed for the Feldenkrais practice, which may be purchased online at WellMats. TURNING WITH EASE: INTRO TO THE FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT® WORKSHOP with Angela Alston Saturday, February 18, 2:30-4p ENROLL NOW $20 in advance $25 at the door, if space available How often do you turn around during the day? Reaching for the phone, behind you in the car, or twisting during yoga? The Feldenkrais Method® is an approach to movement, learning & change based on principles of physics, neuroscience, physiology, & conditions under which the nervous system learns best. The techniques were developed by Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc, a physicist & the first Western black belt in judo. This workshop teaches a classic Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) lesson, to learn greater freedom in turning. In ATM classes, the instructor guides students through movements organized around a particular function. The lessons consist of comfortable, easy movements that gradually evolve into greater range & complexity. Class size is limited to 10 students Please be comfortable lying on your back & floor sitting. Wear layers of loose-fitting clothing. Angela Alston has had training in 2005 at the Feldenkrais Institute of New York under the direction of David Zemach-Bersin, one of Feldenkrais’ original US students, & at the Feldenkrais Center of Houston. She was certified to teach Awareness Through Movement® in 2008 & offers a ATM series at MoveStudio. CREATING A SACRED LIVELIHOOD MOVING MEDITATION & PLAYSHOP with Shannon Mairs, Nia Black belt and Trainer $25 in advance, $35 at door cancelled, next date tba Sacred means, 'dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose or person.' Your body is the sacred container for your life experience. By definition, your body is dedicated and devoted exclusively to who you are and what happens to you while you are here on this planet. In Nia, Creating a Sacred Livelihood is about discerning one's purpose and philosophy…discovering what moves you…your North Star. Discerning one's purpose and philosophy into succinct statements can seem like a big undertaking. In fact, it is a lifelong process. Purpose and philosophy are energies that are alive - they are part of your odd and are subject to change and transformation. The more you learn about yourself over time, the more self-knowing you can bring to crafting your purpose and philosophy. Even though it can take time to consciously "know" them, your body is always aware of your core truths and desires. Join Nia Black Belt and Trainer Shannon Mairs for a lovely, explorative moving meditation which will enable you to go to your body for questions and answers regarding what is Sacred to you. After the moving meditation, we will "speed date" our purpose and philosophy. Speed dating means to take a quick, intuitive, body centered approach at identifying your purpose and philosophy as best you can today in THIS New Year, January 2012. You, of course, have the rest of your life to hone and play with what you discover in this powerful playshop. Start your New Year off YOUR Body's way…explore your potential and possibility for 2012! "LIVE WELL WITH LIVING WELL!"  Health and Wellness Classes with the professional team of Living Well Dallas Third Sundays of the month 1/15, 2/19; 2:30-4p $5; Pre-registration /required, space is limited. Wellness isn’t just a buzzword- it’s a way of life! MoveStudio wants to support you on your wellness path! We’re pleased to announce our new “Live Well with Living Well” monthly Sunday series. Join the professionals of Living Well Dallas, www.livingwelldallas.com, each month, as they share with the MoveStudio community innovative and informative talks, panels and interactive mini-workshops. With a different focus each third Sunday, you can experience a wide array of topics, make new friends and increase your aptitude for living well! Here’s the schedule for the next few months… *********** "Tending the Temple" Sunday 1/15, 2:30- 4p ENROLL NOW Join Dr. Claudia Harsh, Integrative Gynecologist at Living Well for a practical presentation on balancing the menstrual cycle using elemental wisdom. Use these tools of air (mental energy), water (emotional energy), earth (physical energy) and fire (the action phase) to address issues with PMS, fibroids, endometriosis, fertility or menopause. This lecture will be taken from her chapter in the new book released October 2011 "Nature's Success System" from the Natural Rhythms Institute. (www.natrualrhythms.org) *********** ACE Your Healthcare  7 CHAKRA JOURNEY WITH KUNDALINI YOGAwith Melanie Murray Saturdays, 2:30-4:15p, ENROLL NOW $35 in advance $45 at the door, if space available February 4: 2nd Chakra, Emotion/Sexual Freedom March 24: 3rd Chakra, Will Power April 14: 4th Chakra May 12: 5th Chakra June 2: 6th & 7th Chakra 2nd Chakra: Emotion/Sexual Freedom through a Practice of Kundalini Yoga Passion is the uninhibited ability to flow with your desires into life. This Kundalini Practice will help you remove the obstacles to your creativity and ignite the fire of your longings, boosting your sexuality and self confidence. The yoga workshop has a short lecture and is designed to balance your second Chakra. 3rd Chakra: Will Power The 3rd Chakra embodies the fire of digestion. It governs choice, action, vitality and will. In this chakra, we explore our personal power. The person centered in the 3rd Chakra needs to achieve somethin in the world. They will use their will to inspire or to manipulate. In this workshop you will learn how to balance your will power. Through a practice of Kundalini yoga, breathwork and meditation, learn yogic tools to increase a depleted will and sooth an overactive will. The 7 Chakra Journey with Kundalini Yoga is offered once a month to explore each of the 7 Chakras through lecture and a physical practice designed to balance the chakra using Kundalini Yoga. No experience necessary. YOUR PERFECT BODY SERIES with Rebecca Winn, Life coach and mentor  Have you ever avoided a party, a date, the pool, the beach, shopping, King’s Spa or anything else because you were embarrassed about your body? Do you let your fears and negative feelings about your body make your choices for you? What would it feel like to stop hating your body? To silence your inner critic? To end the war with food? Can you even imagine how it would feel to be able to look at your naked body in the mirror and love what you see? Body hatred, food phobia and weight obsession have reached epidemic proportions, creating a crisis for women internationally. In a recent survey of 300 women by Glamour magazine, a staggering 97% admitted to harsh self-criticism about their bodies everyday, regardless of their size. Not only are thinness and beauty increasingly becoming prerequisites to a sense of personal value and success, but the parameters for these lofty goals of perfection are becoming more and more narrow. Within the safe, nurturing environment of loving support in this class, we will explore our subconscious patterns, internal dialogue, unhealthy beliefs and damaging behaviors as they relate to food and our bodies. We will redefine our relationship with food, expand our definition of beauty, break free of the tyranny of media images we are bombarded with everyday, and empower ourselves to reclaim our lives, our inner peace and our joy. Join us and begin to break the cycle of self-criticism and truly embody self-love. Learn to look with compassion and love, perhaps for the very first time, at the perfection of your body. This could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship! MOVE ~ WRITE ~ BREATHE an exploration of movement and journaling with Liz Tucker next date TBA $40 ($5 discount if registered in advance) Jewel Mathieson says, “We have come to be danced. Not the pretty dance, not the pretty, pretty, pick me, pick me dance. But the claw our way back into the belly of the sacred, sensual animal dance … the holding the precious moment in the palms of our hands and feet dance.” Countless forms of movement practices have been used as ritual and prayer for thousands of years, pathways to our inner truth that holds no bounds. The invitation is to join in a movement experience where trust is the principal instruction. Trust your body. Trust your breath. Trust what is guiding you. Trust what is present. We will begin with ecstatic dance practice to open the body, which will lead us into free form journaling as a way of clearing and expressing what arises in the dance, and from there we will settle into a deeply mindful yoga practice where we will breathe, wait, and listen. No dance or yoga experience required. Bring journal, notebook, pen, etc.  LAUGHTER YOGA Time/dates TBD Ho-ho-ho, ha-ha-ha! Humans were designed to laugh. Laughter is nature's stress-buster. It lifts our spirits with a happy high that makes us feel good and improves our behavior towards others. We all know that laughter makes us feel good. Laughter is gentle exercise. It fill your lungs and body with oxygen, deep-clears your breathing passages and exercises your lungs. When we laugh our bodies release a cocktail of hormones & chemicals that have startling positive effects on our system. Stress is reduced, blood pressure drops, depression is lifted, your immune system is boosted & more. Western science is just starting to discover the great effects of laughter. Laughter Yoga provides the opportunity to laugh, without reason, to enjoy the countless benefits to body and spirit that laughter offers. "Laughter Yoga combines laughter with yogic breathing exercises. It is a perfect way to laugh and get exercise at the same time. It approaches laughter as a body exercise so it's easy to laugh even if you're depressed or in a bad mood. Last year I highlighted Laughter Yoga on my TV program. I've tried it, and it works." Oprah Winfrey SING "OUT-OF-THE-BOX" WORKSHOP  with Debbie Martin next date tbd Learn some simple and fun “out-of-the-box” singing strategies to help you move stuck energy and “get in the vortex” to create what you desire in life. Raise your vibration through singing to help you stop “analysis paralysis” and negative thought loops dead in their tracks, kick-start creativity, reduce stress and worry, sleep better, increase joy, get yourself out of a rut, and start creating what you want... You can even sing to attract more abundance! Everything in the Universe is vibrating and when you sing with awareness and intention, you can direct this powerful sound vibration for transformation and manifestation. Workshop includes some lecture and lots of group singing activities and laughter. FREE YOUR VOICE SERIES with Debbie Martin 4-week series: $80 in advance, $90 at door if space available dates tbd Get out of your head and into your heart and free your voice through singing to enhance all areas of your life! Don't let fear stop you from expressing your authentic voice in the world! Sing your conscious evolution! The voice is a very powerful tool for healing, transformation, creation, and connection. Your voice is your identity in sound and a holographic blueprint of all your life experiences. Singing can be used as a fun way to express yourself, free your spirit, and grow personally! This will be a safe place to find your voice, move through fear, release stuck energy, and sing from your heart. No singing experience is required. Professional singers will also benefit. Singing tips will be given to improve performance, but the primary emphasis is on finding and freeing your voice to open up greater self-expression and joy in all areas of your life. Class 1: Introduction to the Power of Sound and Your Voice in Healing, Transformation, and Creation. Lecture, interactive discussion, group exercises and group singing. Class 2: Create a new vocal identity. Singing tips and techniques to expand your joy of singing. Continued exploration of singing as a tool for personal growth and conscious evolution, i.e., sing yourself happy, healthy, and abundant! Interactive discussion, group exercises and group singing. Class 3: Find your authentic individual voice. Release stuck energy and move through fear to freedom of self-expression. Individual singing and coaching opportunity. Class 4: Expand your singing comfort zone and embody your power. Release stuck energy and move through fear to freedom of self-expression. Individual singing and coaching opportunity. (Pre-requisite: Class 1, 2, and 3.) Testimonials: What a fantastic afternoon! . . . And I had a BALL. I felt something loosen inside, as if I'd finally set down a great weight and my body could relax. - Sally Felt First, I loved the workshop. I hope you decide to make it some sort of regular thing for that group for maybe a month or so? - Kris Riek Hi Debbie, I loved the workshop! Looking forward to the next one. - Joely Rogers I thought it was brilliant! I learned so much about vibration & tone - made me hungry for more. Felt such a connection with the group. - Melinda Hutchison Goin Her workshop helped me work through a block I have had in my vocal expression for many years. I highly recommend it to anyone ready to experience greater freedom and joy. - Carol Merlo TRANCE DANCE with Gerry Starnes, M.Ed. next date TBA $15 in advance, $20 at the door (no class passes) Ride the wave of your breath into the depth of your Self, and let the rhythmic soundscape take you on a journey of timeless freedom.  TranceDance is a powerful moving meditation practice supported by music, breathwork, intention, visualization, and the use of a blindfold or bandanna, stimulating an altered state of consciousness. Without your sight you will gain new insight. A "spotter" (non-blindfolded dancer) is present to assist the facilitator in ensuring participants' safety. This contemporary form of shamanic journey through ecstatic movement and sound has been developed through decades of research and experience by Wilbert Alix and the Natale Institute. Learn more about contemporary TranceDance.  Bring a special bandanna, blindfold or scarf to cover your eyes, or borrow one of ours. You may also wish to bring a journal or notebook. Trancedance may be done in comfortable street clothes or workout/dance attire, with bare feet or soft-soled dance shoes. Be prepared to sweat. Arrive early, or call and let us know you're coming if you're running late, as doors will be locked and no one permitted to enter once the dance has begun. |
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