In the first part of this workshop, participants will have a chance to learn and experience several of the most effective restorative poses which draw you mind inward, open your chest and prepare the mind and body for the subtle practice of pranayama.
Many of these poses are gentle supported back arches on bolsters or specialized yoga pillows.
In the second part of the workshop, students will learn and experience several, beginning pranayama (yoga breathing) exercises.
Pranayama is a part of yoga practice where the breathing is done consciously and deliberately to awaken its potential, to develop our capacity for concentration, to soothe the mind, and to revitalize our energy pools. Pranayama is quietly energizing.
Few instructors teach pranayama in Seattle.
Take advantage of this opportunity to learn some basics from 1 of the Northwest’s most experienced Yoga Teachers.
Schedule:
- Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017
- 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Cost:
- $25
- $20 for early birds (within Sept. 20th)
Please sign up early!
Richard teaches The Iyengar Method of Yoga named after BKS Iyengar, Yoga’s most influential teacher the past 50 years. Richard founded The Center in 1980 and continues to train regularly in India with The Iyengar Family.
About the Teacher: Richard Schachtel
Richard Schachtel has been training in Iyengar Yoga for over 40 years. He founded The Center For Yoga in 1980 and is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and an authorized Iyengar Yoga Teacher Trainer. He has made 22 yoga study trips to India to personally train with the Iyengar Family most recently in December 2016. Richard is the Seattle Area’s most Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher. Richard has been training teachers in Seattle since 1986 and has influenced several generations of yoga teachers. There are over 100 recent graduates of this program which is offered also on the weekends, and in 4 week immersions. Richard has taught yoga workshops throughout the USA, at several Iyenger Yoga National Conventions, in Australia and India, and taught this spring in China.