If you're in the Washington, DC area and would like to take one of Jennifer's classes, be sure to check her iCal calendar – it updates automatically to reflect her regularly-scheduled classes as well as those times when she fills in for other teachers. Unless otherwise specified, all classes are offered at Pure Prana Yoga Studio in Old Town Alexandria. Email jen@be-sati.com for private or group lessons.
Pranassage Sessions Available By Appointment. Contact jen@be-sati.com to schedule.
Mondays
9:30-10:30 am – Power Yoga @ Fitness First Alexandria
12:15 - 1:15 pm – Lunch Yoga
Wednesdays
9:30-10:45 am – Ashtanga (beginning September 22)
7:45-9:00 pm – Stretch & Conditioning
Saturdays
7:45-9:15 am - 90 minute Sunrise Vinyasa
Partner Pranassage Workshop
Saturday, September 25, 2010
3:00-5:00 pm @ Pure Prana Yoga Studio
In this 2-hour workshop, you and your partner will guide each other into gentle stretches and yoga postures while applying appropriate touch and pressure to trigger the body’s relaxation response. Each partner will feel refreshed and re-energized – ready to settle into the weekend and beyond. Read more about Pranassage.
Metta in Motion Workshop
Saturday, October 30, 2010
2:30 - 5:00 pm @ Pure Prana Yoga Studio
“All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind,
Speak or act with a peaceful mind,
And happiness follows
Like a never-departing shadow.”
Western science is proving more and more these insightful words from the “Dhammapada” – our health and well-being are dependant upon clarity and peacefulness in the mind.
Yet, our minds are frequently tormented with negative emotions and counter-productive thought patterns. Western medicine offers drugs (prescription or otherwise) that may quiet our unhealthy inner dialog, but does little to offer us actual skills to deal with it.
Metta, or loving kindness, is the first of a series of meditation practices offered by the Buddha to cultivate the four qualities of love: metta (loving kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (sympathetic joy)and upeksa (equanimity). Practicing loving-kindness (metta bhavana) begins a process that, when mature, leads to a more accepting, kindly, and caring relationship towards one’s self and others.
The journey starts with loving acceptance of one’s self. In this workshop, we’ll practice yoga postures that relax and release the neck, shoulders, upper back and heart center to build courage and to prepare the body for receiving and offering love and compassion. Asana practice will be followed by guided metta meditation.
This workshop is open to all levels.
Yoga As Inquiry - 2 Day Intensive with Jennifer O'Sullivan & Natasha Hennessy
Friday, Nov. 12, 6-9 pm, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2-7 pm
This weekend takes each practitioner into an in-depth journey of the Self. Through experiential learning techniques, we'll explore the inner environment, discuss yoga kosha theory, listening, and the role of Yoga Guide for personal and professional development. This program is open to practitioners of all levels, and awards 11 Yoga Alliance CEUs for certified yoga teachers. Click here to register.
Pure Prana Holistic Teacher Training - 200hr - Fall 2010
Designed to provide a solid foundation and powerful learning experience, and to empower you with a rich yoga education and certification. Pure Prana's 200hr program is different from others' with its deep coverage of yoga history and philosophy, as well as techniques and methodologies that go beyond asana. Click here for more information.
Workshop - Self-Awakening Yoga - TBA
The "movement inquiries" of Self-Awakening Yoga take yoga back to its roots by guiding practitioners to reconnect to their prana (the body's innate wisdom). Appropriate for all levels, the organic movements of this practice help to cultivate an intuition about one's physical, emotional and intellectual bodies.
This workshop is based on the methodology developed by Don Stapleton of the Nosara Yoga Institute. Jennifer received her Self-Awakening Yoga certification in May 2008 with Don at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health.
Workshop - Ashtanga Basics Series - TBA
Transmitted by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Ashtanga Yoga is a vigorous and fluid form of yoga that emphasizes synchronizing the breath with movement. As the foundation for vinyasa-style yoga, Ashtanga generates intense heat in order to detoxify and purify the body, all the while calming the mind.
Open to all levels, this workshop will explore the Ashtanga primary series, covering each pose in-depth including modifications for your body and level of practice. Integral to Ashtanga practice, we will also cover tristhana: the union of posture, breath, and gaze.