The Dance of Stillness
Get ready to sweat, breathe, move, and feel alive in your body and soul with this Vinyasa Yoga and Yoga Nidra workshop!
Saturday, March 22, 12:00 – 3:00PM
with Jen Mcleish-Lewis
PRICE: $60*( includes GST) | REGISTER thru Promoga**
*GRY members can receive a $10 discount to this workshop. Please contact Delia or Jennifer before registering and we’ll get you the promo code.
We will spend the afternoon connecting deeply, both physically and energetically.
We will start with an all levels Vinyasa class for two hours. In this all levels practice, similar to Jen’s Monday and Wednesday morning classes at GRY, we will explore standing postures, backbends and inversions, always modified to suit the students’ level.
After a short break, we will experience an hour of Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra (The yogic dream or “extended Savasana”) will help us integrate our spiritual body with our physical body. Part guided relaxation, part meditation, part self-hypnosis, this practice is a lying down style of meditation that works with an intention to bring more peace, healing and clarity to your life. Folks often report seeing colours, having out of body experiences, deep emotional releases, or sensing spiritual guides. Try to come with an open mind and no expectations.
Challenging and restoring, this practice is aimed at practitioners with a minimum of two years of experience in yoga. If you are a regular at Jen’s morning Vinyasa classes (sweaty!!) then you are more than capable of getting a lot out of this special afternoon.
Prepare to be physically challenged, to open yourself emotionally and to leave with a clarity of direction that extends to all areas of your life. Deep shifts are possible!
*GRY members can receive a $10 discount to this workshop. Please contact Delia or Jennifer before registering and we’ll get you the promo code.
***Promoga is a is a self-service platform that makes it easy to join or teach local fitness and wellness activities, connecting people who share a passion for wellness. Instructors and students in the Promoga community create friendships and nurture happiness while pursuing healthy bodies and minds. Promoga’s mission is to create a social community that is passionate about wellness by empowering people to participate in local, independent fitness and wellness activities. Promoga believes that when people connect easily through fitness and wellness activities, they create memorable friendships and shared experiences, and foster a peaceful, prosperous world.
BIO
Jen has been a committed dancer since she was eight years old. A devoted student of Hatha Yoga since 1999 and a certified teacher since 2004, Jennifer trained at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga under devotees of Baba Hari Dass while he was still alive. In 2010 she met Yogi Amrit Desi and experienced a miracle healing while attending one of his workshops. This experience led her to become a certified Amrit Yoga Nidra Instructor. Since 2010 she has practiced bodywork as a certified Thai and Deep Tissue Massage Practitioner, including working at world renowned education centre, Hollyhock, for four seasons. Jennifer’s unwavering passion as a dancer, dedication to the philosophy of yoga, and commitment to the practice of bodywork, have led her to weave total body integration into the art of deep relaxation. She deeply believes in the power of Yoga Nidra.