Saturday, August 22nd: 2:00-4:00pm
Liberate your Practice, Liberate your Life!

There is a tangible connection between how we move our bodies and how we move through our lives. When we teach ourselves to hold our bodies rigidly in our poses, focusing only on how the posture looks outwardly, we are teaching ourselves to move through our lives in a rigid and joyless way. Instead, take back your power and learn to liberate your practice. You will learn to feel how your body moves with each breath, and how to play with this to bring a deeper awareness, thus opening to a even bigger range of possibilities, both in your practice and in your life. Experience the freedom that comes when you tap into your inner wisdom, enjoy the innate dance within every cell, and allow that dance to be reflected in your practice. Joy will guide you to follow that inner wisdom and move in a way that is most beneficial for you and only you. When you open up to this kind of liberation in your yoga practice, you open up to freedom in every aspect of your life.

Investment: $40 before August 15th, $45 thereafter.
Location: Joy Yoga Center
4500 Washington Avenue, Suite 900 Houston, TX 77007

Register today by calling 713-868-YOGA (9642) or online at www.JoyYogaCenter.com.

About the instructor:
Named as one of the top yoga instructors in Houston (Health & Fitness Magazine), Joy breathes fun and vitality into her uplifting vinyasa flow classes. Her innovative sequencing, combined with her wisdom and sparkling spirit, make each class a unique and transforming experience. Because Joy’s approach makes yoga approachable for everyone, her expertise is highly sought after: she has been a Contributing Editor for Health & Fitness Magazine, a Presenter at the Texas Yoga Retreat, and has recently appeared on KHOU-TV’s Great Day Houston. She will be presenting two workshops at the upcoming Australia Yoga Conference in Sydney, Australia, in April 2009. Joy is also helping to organize and will be presenting at the first annual Texas Yoga Conference, scheduled for February 2010.

“Yoga is a metaphor for life”, Joy continuously and gently reminds her students. “Everything we teach ourselves on the yoga mat is helping us live happier and healthier lives off the mat.” Rather than focusing on the outward appearance of the postures, Joy encourages students to feel their way through the practice and move in a way that is enjoyable for them – moving not from the head-space, but from a heart-centered space. The result is a juicy and luxurious practice that teaches the student to enjoy every moment of their life, remaining calm during the challenges and wide-awake during the quiet times.

Joy’s classes are kept fresh by inspiration from her own practice, 20-year dance background, and studies of alternative healing and empowerment techniques. Her classes encourage students to open their hearts and listen to their inner wisdom, the importance of which Joy has experienced first-hand.

After graduating from Rice University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and working as an engineer for several years, Joy made a leap of faith and decided to follow her passion for healing by teaching others to heal themselves through yoga. In 2003, she founded the Joy Yoga Center, which has been named “Best Yoga Studio in Texas” by Competitor magazine for both 2006 and 2007. Joy also extends her passion for healing to the community through Joy Yoga Center’s involvement with various charitable organizations such as The Rose, The Rescue Bank, and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.