YOGA INSIGHT
Master Class with ETAN BORITZER
Slow Vinyasa, Bryan Kest-style Power Yoga and Meditation

Etan returns to Joy Yoga to continue his instruction on how to use basic techniques of breath, awareness, and insight to deepen your hatha yoga practice. Etan goes into each asana slowly in order for you to find your comfort zone, thereby allowing you to explore sensations in the body that arise, plus any emotions and thoughts that surface. From this platform of awareness the practitioner begins to understand on a very personal level the full benefit available in a meaningful individual practice.

This class is appropriate and will be super fun and beneficial for all levels of yoga practitioner, although some knowledge of the basic postures (Downward Dog, Upward Dog, Triangle) is recommended.

When: Saturday, July 31st
2:00-4:00pm

Where: Joy Yoga Center, 4500 Washington Avenue, Suite 900
Houston, TX 77007

Investment: Earlybird pricing of $29 before July 25th, $39 thereafter.

Call 713-868-YOGA (9642) or visit www.JoyYogaCenter.com to register today!

About Etan:
"I started teaching hatha yoga and meditation in 1971 after returning from an intensive 3 month training at Gitananda Ashram in Pondicherry, South India.

I try to infuse the postures we use with insight (vipassana). Therefore, we meet the posture halfway, then go to meditation which is simple observation based on awareness of breathing.

From this breathing platform we begin to observe bodily sensations, and mental processes. Through the personal insights gained here, we start to release our habitual unwholesome reactions to all the stimuli in our daily lives.

Hopefully we leave the class re-energized and with better tools to engender positive change within ourselves and in the world at large."

and be sure to join us for a playful and inspiring
Partner Yoga Workshop!
led by Nicole Haagenson,
on Saturday, July 17th; 2:00-4:00pm

Yoga means union. This workshop is ideal for couples, family, and friends interested in exploring deeper levels of connection and intimacy through yoga.

Most importantly, it is FUN! We laugh together as we strengthen and stretch the body. Using gentle pressure, body weight, and skillful touch, we will work one-on-one to maximize our stretching and perfect our alignment in classical yoga postures. Working with a partner helps you to open your body more deeply than you could alone, for optimal benefits. Stretch not only your body, but also your communication skills.

In this invigorating workshop, you'll:
· Practice a series of doubles' yoga poses where you balance, counter-balance and co-create the posture
· Learn partner-assisted stretches, enabling you to stretch farther than you could on your own
· Create a wellness practice of poses to alleviate minor back, neck, shoulder and hip pain
· Develop strength and flexibility while deepening trust, communication and fun.

APPROPRIATE FOR ALL LEVELS.
NO YOGA EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY.
NO PARTNER NECESSARY.

When: Saturday, July 17th; 2:00-4:00pm
Where: Joy Yoga Center
4500 Washington Avenue, Suite 900
Houston, TX 77007
Earlybird registration is $25/person (must register by July 16th). Day-of registration is $35/person.

Register now by visiting www.JoyYogaCenter.com or by calling 713-868-YOGA (9642)!

About Nicole:

Nicole has studied yoga for 17 years, taught for 8 years. Nicole's style of teaching is primarily hatha yoga but is influenced by all of the respective schools of yoga. A typical yoga class with Nicole could be expressed as a "gentle, persuasive challenge to the mind and body." She currently teaches students of all levels of practice privately and at a beginner-intermediate level for public classes. Her roster of students ranges from busy professionals to children. In addition to private and public lessons Nicole also offers partner yoga lessons and facilitates retreats in the Mexican Riviera annually. She supports an environment of respect and compassion in her classes, encouraging diversity and openness to perpetuate the dynamic flow between the mind, spirit and body. Nicole holds a B.A. in Public Relations from the University of Houston and was yoga teacher certified through the Living Yoga Program at the Barsana Dham Ashram in Austin, TX.