October 16 – 22, 2010

$2,200 double occupancy

$2,800 single

Airfare and transportation not included.

Rebecca has been teaching yoga for over 15 years and has developed a unique and choreographic style of teaching vinyasa yoga which allows students of all levels to safely reach and go past their edge, transforming personal practices.  Her comprehensive knowledge of Ashtanga, Iyengar and Anusara yoga combined with years of work as a massage therapist inform her intelligent, creative style.  Her warmth and humor establish an environment that welcomes every level of student.

Keith Bell has been practicing yoga for 20 years.  He has extensively studied in the Ashtanga and Iyengar traditions. Keith spent 3 years assisting Richard Freeman in Boulder, CO at The Yoga Workshop and ran the Mysore program at Yogaview in Chicago.  Keith has also been a practicing massage therapist since 1993, specializing inneuromuscular trigger point therapy.  Most recently he graduated from a Physician Assistant program in Portland, ME and is currently practicing medicine in Bend, OR.

September 17 – 19

Friday, September 17: night yoga

Saturday, September 18:  yoga and climbing

Sunday, September 19: climbing

$250

No previous rock climbing experience is required.

9AM-2PM

Everything MUST go!  Sale begins at 30% off of all merchandise.

Featuring these brands and more:

lululemon, Hardtail, Manduka, Jade & Yogitoes

Twist. Tone. Detox.

The second installment of Bend Yoga’s Fine Tuning series will focus on twisting. Twists stimulate circulation and have a cleansing and “wringing out” effect on the organs and glands of the torso, toning the midline and restoring balance and mobility on both sides of the spine. In this workshop we will explore the physiological and structural benefits of twisting while learning to increase the rotational range of motion from the lumbar all the way up to the cervical spine. We will focus on the key muscle groups and the major joints utilized to move safely and effectively into spinal twists without over twisting or injury. A deeper understanding of what is going on in your body inside and out while growing your twists will give you more freedom and movement on and off the mat!

May 22nd 11-1pm
$25 pre-registration/$30 day of event

Try something new! Go upside down! This workshop will include a fun vinyasa sequence focusing on core, techniques for practicing and assisting handstand, headstand and forearm balance, acrobatic partner yoga including flying, basing and assisting and last but not least therapeutic partner yoga infusing elements of Thai massage and traction.

Learn inversions in a safe, supported environment. Learn to assist and support others while working in community. You can come with friends, partners or come by yourself, we’ll all be working together. You do not need to come with a partner. Joins us for this wonderful opportunity to grow and explore your comfort zones, staying present to yourself as well as those around you.

Brandon Huston and Amy Burtelow have been practicing acrobatic partner yoga together for 2 years and have taught several workshops on partner acrobatics and therapeutic flying. They enjoy many of the circus arts, and the playfulness and community that they create.

Aleta teaches vinyasa yoga with the intention of brightening your life, your body and your spirit. Her flow is focused on alignment and moving into and through resistance in the body and mind by incorporating breath and mindfulness.

Saturday, May 15th
11AM – 1:30PM
$25 pre-register, $30 day of event

Click here to sign up online (then click on workshops) or please email or call the studio to pre-register.

Join us for a deliciously deep Yin/Yang class with Carin Cundey and Aleta Raphael-Brock to the sound of live music by Steve Gold! Following the class Steve will lead a kirtan concert. This will be a wonderful experience for all levels of practitioners, especially those interested in infusing music, chanting and devotion into their practice.

Tuesday, April 20

5:30PM – All levels Yin/Yang. This class will combine a strong, intentional flow with deeply releasing yin postures.

7:30PM – Kirtan led by Steve Gold. Click here for his website. Click here to hear some sample songs on Myspace.

Cost:

Class: Regular class fee + suggested $5 – $10 donation for special class. Pre-registration required.

Kirtan: $15 pre-register, $20 day of event

Space is limited for both events. Click here to pre-register online.

Instructors: Keith and Rebecca Bell
This is the first of our Fine Tuning series with the purpose of helping you refine your practice. Learn how to safely open your spine to create more energy and more freedom in your yoga practice. By creating more stability and fluidity in the spine, we allow it to move in an undular fashion that absorbs shocks and unlocks blockages to the flow of vital energy force. Letting go of tension in your hips and lower back supports your ability to ascend to greater heights.

April 17th
11AM – 1PM
$25 pre-registered
$30 day of event

Click here to sign up online (then click on workshops) or please email or call the studio to pre-register.

Discover the fundamentals of Yoga! Yoga is 2-millennium-old bodily art that integrates ancient wisdom from India.  It evolved through centuries of experimentation and received full expression through philosophies, personalities and momentous events in both India and America over the last 200 years.

Receive the fully-ripened fruit of this rich practice by immersing yourself in a weekend devoted to yoga philosophy, history and practice by experienced yoga teacher and scholar, Eric Shaw

Over the course of three decades, Eric Shaw has explored extreme athletics, martial arts, meditation and yoga.  After receiving degrees in Art, Education and Religious studies, he turned fully to yoga, teaching it for the last 9 years.  Currently a Ph D student in Hindu Religion and Philosophy, he has developed workshops on the tradition that integrate unique practices, Powerpoint lectures, and fun demonstrations to fully explain to students what yoga is.   See more on his work at www.pranasana.com.

Saturday
11-1pm Yoga Pose and Flow:  Body, Breath and Alignment, Part I
1-1:30:  Yoga History:  The Pre-modern Tradition
1:30-2pm:  Yoga Philosophy:  The Yoga Sutras

Sunday
11-1pm Yoga Pose and Flow:  Body, Breath and Alignment, Part II
1-1:30:  Yoga History:  The Modern Tradition
1:30-2pm:  Yoga Philosophy:  The Tantra Tradition

$40 for either Sat or Sun, $75 for both.

Pre-registration Required! Please email, call or sign up at the studio.

Join us for an evening of devotional singing and music. Kirtan is a practice of sacred call and response singing. It calms the mind and opens the heart in love of the divine. In practicing kirtan we join our voices in divine prayer, connecting our intentions and prayers for a more conscious and peaceful self, community and world.

Sunday, February 28 at Bend Yoga

7:30PM – 8:30PM

Donations accepted

Saturday, February 20 10AM – 12PM

$25 pre-register, $30 day of event