Photograph of a Statue of Buddha

What we are searching for is also searching for us. The way is to stop. To let ourselves be found. Stand still.
—Stephen Cope

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Jaya Yoga Center

Workshops and Special Events

Deep Relaxation Class (Restorative Yoga)

Sundays, 7:45 pm
with Alison, Carla, and Danika (check weekly schedule)

Come take some time for yourself. This class is geared toward mental and physical stress reduction we use restorative yoga to get you there. Deep rest is appropriate for everyone who is interested in tools to help balance a busy life with a peaceful one.

Beginners Wanted

3 Week Beginner Series

with Carla Stangenberg
Sundays, May 4 - 18, 2 - 3:25 pm

This class is tailored for the new comer to yoga. You will be eased into the practice by the skillful attention of your teacher. You learn basic body awareness exercises, basic asanas that stretch lengthen and strengthen your body and a handful of technique to help reduce stress in your daily life. Next beginner series in July.
$45 for series
Pre-registration required. Contact: namaste@jayayogacenter.com.

Book Club Meeting and Reading

Saturday May 17th, 5:45 pm

We are reading Light on Life by BKS Iyengar and will get together. We will feast on tea and cookies. Please feel free to bring some cookies, especially if you are a great baker.

You Don't Want to Miss This

Source-Inspired Healing Circle

with Dave Markowitz
Sunday May 18, 6 - 8 pm

Join like minds and souls for the most fun, intense, and uplifting two hours you'll ever spend without moving a muscle! A rare and gifted event, the Source-Inspired Healing Circle brings the presence of Source right into your hearts. Prior attendees have reported: increased awareness; healing; connection; and an experience of unconditional love within a sea of divinity! Space is limited, so RSVP ASAP at namaste@jayayogacenter.com.
$30 (pre-payment is required)

Bio: Jaya Yogi Dave Markowitz is an Intuitive Health Consultant, Channel, Best-Selling Author, and the founder of Source Point Healing. He has extensive experience with numerous healing modalities, meditation, and study of quantum physics as it relates to healing. He's lectured with Deepak Chopra, Gary Null, and more. Dave's column can be read in Mystic Pop Magazine; he's been featured on ABCnews.com and has authored the highly acclaimed, Perspectives: A Radical Approach to Healing. For more go to www.davemarkowitz.com

Testimonial: "Dave creates a warm, comfortable environment for the participants, making it easy to access a clear intention and helps push all the extra curricular psychological confusion out of the way. I love the healing circle and am glad he agreed to come back to and share his gift with us again."—Carla at Jaya

Note: The 6 pm open and 7:45 deep relaxation classes will be canceled due to this amazing workshop.

Looking Forward to June

Lessons From Retreat: A Listening Series

Wednesday June 11 at 8:15 am

We will listen to a guided meditation and have a short discussion after. The meditation is 40 minutes long. No prior experience needed. You can even lie down if sitting for a long period is difficult for you. Please join us for this gem from India. FREE!

Kirtan with Nina and Friends

Thursday June 12 at 8 pm

Nina Rao learned traditional chants from her grandfather in a village in south India when she was nine. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. Most recently she recorded a track 'Nina Chalisa' on Krishna Das'  CD "Flow of Grace - Chanting the Hanuman Chalisa". She is joined tonight by her friends Arjun Bruggeman on tabla (also on Flow of Grace) and chanters Ambika Cooper, Devadas Labrecque, Shyama Chapin, and Archit  Dave. Kirtan (or call-and-response chanting of the Name) is an ancient spiritual practice in many parts of the world and particularly so in India where it is a tradition in grand temples to the tiniest village homes even today.
$15
Note: the beginner/basic level class will be canceled on June 12 and resume June 19.

July

Teen Yoga Series

with David Figueroa
Wednesdays, July 3 - July 30, 11:30 - 12:30 pm

You know you love yoga and your teen can totally benefit from the practice but is probably unwilling to tag along with you to class, problem solved a class all their own.
$90 for the series (must sign up for the whole series)
Pre-registration required. Contact: namaste@jayayogacenter.com.

Sweat It Out

Summer Immersion

with Carla Stangenberg
Tuesday, July 15 - Friday, July 18 from 7-9 am

Take a week this summer to focus on your practice. Each day will be a different physical (standing, seated, vinyasa, supine...) focus along with a philosophical (ahimsa, santosha, anamaya kosha...) focus. In addition to asana and philosophy we will practice mediation daily.
$80
Pre-registration required. Contact: namaste@jayayogacenter.com.