Partner Yoga with Elaine & Shoko
Saturday, February 11
4:00 - 6:00 pm
$20 per person

A practice of yoga is not only about making a connection to your own body, mind and heart, but also how you make meaningful connections with others. Join Shoko Dubiski and Elaine Hansen for an afternoon of creating, deepening and sustaining connections through partner yoga. Bring your beloved, dear friend, family member or match up with someone at the workshop! This open-level workshop will offer playful and lighthearted poses to bring a new sense of openness to your body, deepen your sensitivity in working with others and celebrate connection.

To register, email yogashunya@aol.com or call (201) 610-9737.

Family Yoga with Michelle
Saturdays, 9:00 - 9:45 pm
Start Date: To be announced
$90 per 6-class package for one family
$18 drop in if space permits

We are currently taking registration for Family Yoga with Michelle Goitia. Once at least 4 families are enrolled we will begin a new series.

Family yoga is a class for kids and parents to move, stretch, breath, hop like a frog, slither like a snake, and bark like a down-dog. Michelle takes you on imaginative adventures while you and your child explore yoga poses together. The class uses songs, props, and games to engage and inspire. We finish with a foot rub for all the young participants. Appropriate for ages 2½ - 5. Come play!

Michelle Goitia is a graduate of the Bright Spirit program and holds additional certifications in Prenatal Yoga from Integral Yoga Institute, Itsy Bitsy Yoga® from Spirit Into Life, Inc., Restorative Yoga from Yoga Works and Children's Yoga: Ages 2-13 years from Next Generation Yoga. Students often say Michelle's soft-spoken manner and gentle guidance allow them to feel welcome in her classes.

To register, email yogashunya@aol.com or call (201) 610-9737.

True Beginners Series with Shoko
January 22, 29, February 5, 12
Sundays, 1:30 - 3:00 pm
$80 4-week series

Many new to yoga want to learn the basics from the ground up and on a level playing field. This 4-week series, designed for absolute beginners, should be fun and productive and completely unintimidating. In a supportive environment, students are free to ask any questions and spend all the time they need to absorb the fundamentals of their new yoga practice. Students will discover their own strength and flexibility, and leave confident and inspired. Please register early since class size is limited to 13 students.

Shoko Dubiski is an Anusara-Inspired® Teacher. Her class is an informative, respectful, and flowing practice for all levels. It is an exploration and amalgamation of the body, mind, and heart through a thematic approach. This empowering class will cultivate your inner beauty and strength, as well as invite you to ponder deeper meanings long after it is over. Shoko is deeply grateful to all of her teachers and students.

To register, email yogashunya@aol.com or call (201) 610-9737.

Labor & Delivery: Partner Workshop with Kelly Devi
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Saturday, January 12, 2013
4:30 - 7:30 pm
$80 per couple

Connect with your innate maternal wisdom as you learn the techniques that facilitate natural childbirth. Partners will learn ways to provide support during the miraculous process of birth. This workshop approaches labor and delivery from a yogic perspective, but no previous yoga experience is necessary.

Couples at all stages of pregnancy, are welcome! Dress comfortably.

You will learn:

• A broad range of techniques for natural childbirth.
• Ways to alleviate back labor.Aspects of birth planning.
• Signs and stages of labor.
• How your baby travels through the pelvis.
• Labor support techniques.
• How to rest and rejuvenate (even if you can't sleep) after the baby is born.

Kelly Devi is an Integral Yoga certified hatha, prenatal and restorative yoga teacher and labor support doula. She has three sons and a niece who are the inspiration behind her work with expecting couples. Kelly’s own births have included a broad range of experiences from highly medicalized to completely natural childbirth. Her diverse experience is revealed in her supportive, open-minded perspective on labor and delivery.

To register, email yogashunya@aol.com or call (201) 610-9737.