October 2006 Newsletter
Dear Friends,

The Fall season marks the launch of our Advanced Studies/Teacher Training program, which always creates a lot of excitement and buzz around the studio. We are looking forward to a season filled with deeper learning whereby students and teachers come together to learn, observe, and find inspiration from one another. If you are not enrolled in the full program, please know that you are welcome to join in on particular modules of the program. Each course offered by The Yoga Loft counts toward the 200- or 500- hour teaching certificate offered by Yoga Alliance. So whether you are interested in teaching yoga or simply deepening your practice, there will be ample opportunity for in-depth study this fall. Read on to learn about upcoming fall Workshops...

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SERIES
ADVANCED STUDIES 2006
SCHEDULE CHANGES & NEW CLASSES
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SERIES

Double-Down Sunday Practice with Geoffrey Roniger
Sunday, Oct 8,: 9:30am (All Levels) & 11am (Levels 2-3) Vinyasa
You are welcome to drop into either one; or, treat yourself to an extended practice and stay for both.

Yoga 101: Most Sunday Mornings!
Sundays, Oct 1, 15, 22, & 29: 11:00am-12:30pm: (Drop-Ins Welcome. Beginners: 3 classes for $30)
This is a great class for learning the fundamentals of healthy alignment and breathing in basic yoga postures.

Generating Action from the Center: A Yoga Series Applied to Daily Activities with Susanne Kemmerer
Four Mondays, 6:00-7:30pm: October 9, 16, 23 & 30
This hands-on approach will show how one can access the three layers of the pelvic floor and apply that understanding to yoga postures as well as to other daily activities. Over the last twelve years, working with men and women, Susanne has had remarkable success in helping yoga students and patients with various challenges.

Learning the Ropes with Betty Roi (Register Here)
Sunday, Oct 15: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Open to all students & teachers! Rope work is both challenging and fun. This workshop with renowned teacher Betty Roi, whose background includes thorough study into Iyengar, Astanga & Anusara systems, is dedicated to learning how to use wall ropes and incorporate them into your practice.

Hip Openers, Core Strength & Arm Balances with Geoffrey Roniger (Register Here)
Saturday, Oct 28: 1:30pm-4:30pm ($35 pre-registration/ $40 drop-in)

Yoga for Back & Neck Care with Anne Saliou (Register Here)
Next 8-Week Series begins week of October 31.
Call or click to register. ($210/Series).

The Back and Neck Care classes are designed for people with chronic or acute back and/or neck injuries. They offer a comprehensive, progressive, safe and effective approach to back and neck rehabilitation.

ADVANCED STUDIES/TEACHER TRAINING

Our 200-hour Yoga Alliance certified teaching program is a fantastic place to deepen your personal yoga practice and develop confidence and skill as a teacher. 13 modules comprise the Asana portion of the 200-hour Teacher Training Program at The Yoga Loft. Together, these modules provide a systematic and comprehensive framework for teaching asana. Each module is also designed as a stand-alone course appropriate for advancing students or existing teachers to add to or enhance their existing training. Hours accrued in these courses can be applied toward an existing Yoga Alliance certification. Students wishing to drop in to one or more of these modules may register online or by calling 415-626-5638.

October Teacher Training Courses

Yoga Psychology: Harmony of Body and Soul with Sophia Reinders, Ph.D, MFT
Saturday, Sep 30 & Sunday, Oct. 1: 12:30-6pm both days

By bringing attention to the kinesthetic experience, yoga allows the emotions and feelings that have taken a silent shape in our muscles, in our posture and movements, to come to awareness and be experienced and expressed consciously. When we perform Yoga asanas and breathwork as a practice of embodied awareness, we align our physical body with our emotional body and our spiritual body.

The Art of Sequencing with Tony Briggs
Saturday, Oct 7, 2006: 1pm-6pm ($150)

In The Art of Sequencing, Tony will explore with students how to develop themes and build physical concepts for a series of poses and will illustrate the difference between structuring a personal practice and structuring a public class.

The Art of Touch- Principles of Demonstration with Anne Saliou
Saturday, Oct 14, 2006: 1pm-6pm ($150)

Anne gives an overview of the use of touch and guidelines for adjusting students safely and with confidence. The participants will learn and practice on each other basic adjustments in the foundation poses. Anne will also discuss the principles of effective demonstration and show students how to use their bodies, voice and language to clearly illustrate the essence of a pose and the main actions to be accomplished.

SCHEDULE CHANGES & NEW CLASSES AT THE LOFT
For the Most Recently updated schedule, be sure to always visit www.theloftsf.com!
    Mondays:
  • New Class! 4:45-6:00pm All Levels Vinyasa: Community with Heidi McDowell
  • 7:30pm Iyengar: Felicity Gresele will sub for Billy Konrad 10/16-11/5
    Thursdays:
  • New Class!: 10:30-11:45pm Prenatal Yoga with Stephanie Parent
  • Time Change: The Moms & Baby class now meets from 11:45-1:00pm
    Fridays:
  • New Class!: 4:45-6:00pm All Levels Vinyasa with Jane Dobson
  • New Class!: 6:30-8:00pm Yoga for Recovering Addicts with Danielle Smith
    Saturdays:
  • Intro to Yoga!: 12:00-1:00pm with Senior Iyengar Teacher, Sabine Kuehner
    Sundays:
  • Double-Down with Geoffrey Roniger: Sunday, October 8
  • Yoga 101 @ 11am: October 1, 15, 22, 29
Thank you all for continuing to support community & practice at The Yoga Loft. We appreciate your feedback, questions, and comments so please feel free to write back.

Love,
Jane & Meg

The Yoga Loft
321 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
info@theloftsf.com
(415) 626-LOFT

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