All Levels Class with Etan Boritzer & Tribal Fusion BellyDance with Zymirrah!
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YOGA INSIGHT
All Levels Class with ETAN BORITZER
Slow Vinyasa, Bryan Kest-style Power Yoga and Meditation

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

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."

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Tribal Fusion BellyDance
with Zymirrah!
Saturday, August 14th
2:00-4:00pm

In this Tribal Bellydance Fusion Fundamentals class, we will explore posture, body isolations, hand articulation, hip work and simple spinning techniques to create some playful bellydance combinations. In this fun and informative workshop Zymirrah will form fusion combinations as she leads you to originate each movement correctly - creating new muscle memory and awareness. You will learn to open your chest, and increase your range of motion, strength and flexibility.

This class is open to all levels - whether you are new to dance, or perhaps looking for a new in-fusion into your dance - join us and get your dance on!

Skill Level: Open
What to wear: comfy clothes you can move in freely
When to come shake it: Saturday, August 14th
2:00-4:00pm
Where: Joy Yoga Center
Earlybird pricing of $29 before August 8th; $39 thereafter.

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

About Zymirrah:
Zymirrah began her dance adventure in 1991. What a journey it has been so far! She began in Houston with her 'dance Mom' Shakira Massood Ali. Since those beginnings, Zymirrah has studied under a myriad of teachers from all over the United States and abroad. These opportunities have exposed her to many dance styles, from classic and modern Egyptian cabaret to the varied folk dances of many Middle Eastern and African cultures. More recently Zymirrah has taken an in-depth leap into American/Gypsy Tribal Style, which in its diverse expressions has become a fusion of all of the above and more! She is proud to be a part of Urban Gypsy. When asked what dance means to her; "What is dance for me? An art ~ an expression of emotion. It releases stress ~ stimulates creativity ~ lets you turn off your mind and listen to your body. It is connecting with other dancers. It is sharing yourself with the audience - relating to them ~ or maybe with the moon on a starlit night. I love this dance!"