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Feldenkrais Workshop: Growing Taller – Find your New Height!

Evolution Yoga — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:57:02 +0000

After Feldenkrais® lessons, many people describe feeling lighter, more aligned and taller. We often shorten ourselves by superfluous effort without being aware of it. This is a fun workshop where you can experience the sensation of being taller in a pleasurable way (actually most people “grow” half an inch in this workshop; we will measure the differences). Uwe will teach a series of ATMs (Awareness Through Movement) which will help you to find our own height the way nature intended.

You do not need prior Feldenkrais® experience to enjoy this workshop. The workshop is on Saturday June 2 at 3:30. Please bring a mat or blanket with you and wear warm comfortable clothes. We will have extra mats, blankets, bolsters at the studio too! Register online for Growing Taller – Find Your New Height or call 802-864-9642.

Teacher Feature ~ Andrea O’Connor

Evolution Yoga — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:12:11 +0000

Weekly Drop-In Classes Only on Sundays at Evolution:

Guided Meditation 8:30 – 9 AM (donation)

Anusara-Inspired Level I/II 9 – 10 AM

Anusara-Inspired Level I/II 3 – 4 PM

6 Weeks to Core Strength: Center of Power with Andrea on Thursdays afternoons from 4:30 to 5:30 PM (Begins May 10th to June 14th)

Where do you continue to find your inspiration? Waking up in the morning and thinking “sign me up” does it. If it doesn’t, then I adjust something, either my attitude or my circumstances.

How did you begin your yogic journey? Ten years ago I was a stressed out marketing director with a sore back. That was a great place to start.

Tell us about your “Branch Out! Yoga for Gardeners” retreat this June: This retreat is a wonderful opportunity to do yoga in a way that brings new discoveries about ease, strength and bliss. And we will make these new yoga skills, whether for our backs or our brains, work for us as we leave the weekend and move through life, doing our gardening, yard work, and even favorite outdoor sports like biking, hiking, running.

How has your practice and teaching changed over the last decade? In the first five years of my practice and teaching, I focused on doing fun poses and working hard. Nothing wrong with that; I loved it! In the last five years I’ve begun to focus on a daily or weekly philosophical principle and how to move with ease and strength on and off the mat. That feels great too!

What are you growing in your garden?

workingwellvt — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:37:15 +0000

Ahh – it’s all so beautiful. Right now, the dwarf cherry tree which has kitschy fake glittery pear ornaments on it!, is in bloom. The weeping birch has the most delicate green leaves and catkins. Many bulbs are in colorful presence; and the shrubs are shiny in many colors from spruce blue to barberry red and yellow to white azalea. The masses of vinca and “freckles” viola are all showing off! The perennials, including many types of ferns, are coming up. I fill six feeders, each with different type of food as my birds are very spoiled like everyone else around our house!

In the past, I’ve had community garden plots where bushels of roma canning tomatoes, culinary herbs, funky striped beets, and spicy mesclun were among my favorite crops.Will do that again some day! As a renting intervale farmer, I raised and sold many types of medicinal herbs one year. I’m into rock and our tiny city yard has three rock walls, a stone patio and stone walkway. Each year I tear something apart and rebuild it, much to Bill’s distress (What? It was fine the way it was!!!) This year the walkway is up for a facelift. ~ Andrea

Join Andrea O’Connor for a weekend retreat in Starksboro, Vermont from June 8 – 10th, 2012 – Branch Out! Yoga for Gardeners

Early Bird Special ~ $50 OFF!

Evolution Yoga — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:51:31 +0000

Be one of the first five participants to sign up for our nature-inspired retreats this June and September in Starksboro, Vermont and save $50 off one of these three weekend retreats!

June 8 – 10

Branch Out! Yoga for Gardening with Andrea O’Connor

Cultivate Your Yoga Glow with John McConnell

September 14 – 16

Yoga and Nature: Connecting with your Inner and Outer Landscape with Martha Whitney

Yoga Retreats with evolution in Starksboro, VT this summer!

Evolution Yoga — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:27:01 +0000

Grow Your Garden this summer with evolution yoga in any of our four nature-inspired retreats!

JUNE 8 – 10

Grow Your Yoga – Yoga for Gardeners with Andrea O’Connor

Shine Out – Cultivate Your Yoga Glow with John McConnell

SEPTEMBER 14 – 16

Yoga and Stone Building in Your Garden with Charlie MacMartin and Janet Carscadden

Yoga and Nature Retreat – Connect with your Inner and Outer Landscape with Martha Whitney

Restorative ‘Rest-shop’ with Lydia

Evolution Yoga — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:13:25 +0000

Join Lydia Hill for an eventing of restoring and rejuvenating on Friday, April 27 at 6 PM. Using blankets, bolsters, straps, and eye pillows, Lydia will guide you through a series of restorative poses meant to open you up to Spring and restore energy from the winter months. This is a perfect way to start the weekend: RELAXED.

Register Online or call (802) 864-9642 and reserve your space for Restorative Yoga for Spring Rejuvenation on Friday, April 27, from 6-8pm ($20)

BYCspring opens in 17 Days!

Evolution Yoga — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:54:47 +0000

Just over two weeks away, begins the 4th Annual Burlington Yoga Conference in the Davis Center at The University of Vermont. Come to Burlington, Vermont and embrace your desire to grow and be free to explore!

Yoga Instructors and Students Gather in Burlington from around the world on Friday through Sunday, May 4 – 6 2012 at UVM Davis Center, Burlington, VT. Yoga workshops, Community-building, Fundraiser for VT Foodbank, Meditation, Ayurveda, Mindful Marketplace, Kirtan, Liberate Dance Party, Lectures, Therapeutic Treatments., Local Organic Catering, All levels and people welcome!

Sitting for Strain-Free Mediation

Evolution Yoga — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:54:51 +0000

On Saturday, May 5 at 3:30 PM, this workshop you can discover how to sit strain-free in a cross legged position. You will learn how to open the hip joints and therefore to enable the pelvis to sit better. When the pelvis becomes the base of the spine in sitting you can improve in this position without strain.

You do not need prior Feldenkrais® experience to enjoy this workshop. Wear warm comfortable clothes. There will be several bolsters, blankets and mats available at the studio too. Register Online for Sitting for Strain-Free Mediation.

Call 802-864-9642. Pre-registration is encouraged as space is limited for this workshop.

An Evening of Restorative Yoga with Lydia Hill

Evolution Yoga — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:17:31 +0000

Join Lydia for an evening of restoration. Using blocks, bolsters, straps, and blankets you will yoga your way to a feeling of restored body and mind. What a perfect way to enter the weekend.

We hope to see you this Friday, March 30th, 6-8 PM for a special Friday night treat. $20
Please pre-register by calling 802-864-9642
or Register Online.

Will you be a Seeker or Sage at Wanderlust?

Evolution Yoga — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:42:37 +0000

On June 21-24, 2012, Wanderlust Festival at Startton Mountain in Southern Vermont will be unique within an awe-inspiring natural landscape and beauty. Total of three festivals in 2012, each boasts more than 100 classes featuring top yoga & meditation instructors, 4 days of inspiring live musical performances, talks by fascinating thinkers & personalities. A wide range of other activities, from hiking, rafting and golf to

cooking demos, wine tastings and our amazing farm to table dinners. Get your tickets now to Wanderlust, for yourself, friends and family! Also, consider staying nearby or at Wanderland ~ on-site campground!