Workshops

Ashtanga Essentials: The Foundations of an Ashtanga Practice
With Christine U

Monday, June 4th - Monday, June 25th

Every Monday 4:45-6:15pm
Kula Oakville

As one of the original lineages of Contemporary Yoga, Ashtanga is a rich discipline that offers much to modern students. Through this 4-week journey, you will learn the fundamentals of this practice such as: Breath Awareness, the Bandhas (energetic “locks” in the body), and the essentials of Ashtanga’s Primary Series. This workshop is designed to progressively guide you through the Ashtanga practice, and take your understanding and practice to the next level.

This course is suitable for all levels.

Registration:
Early Registration $75 before May 15th
Regular Registration $80
+HST *10% off for Kula Yearly or Monthly Members

To Register Online

Kula Oakville | 2640 Bristol Circle, Suite 300 | 905.829.3443

Ashtanga Essentials - Monday, June 4th - June 25th

Christine started her yoga practice in 1980 while attending the school of Architecture at U of T. Christine’s extensive teacher training includes courses with Richard Freeman in Colorado and Downward Dog Toronto, in addition to countless workshops throughout North America.

Christine has practiced many traditions of yoga asana and meditation. Christine’s own delving into the study of “Self” through both Eastern and Western methods has given her great insight as to how one would approach yoga from a Western point of view.

Her far-reaching 30 years of experience of the practice as a student and a teacher, her deep knowledge of the influence of yogic postures on the body and mind, and her great compassion as a teacher, make her classes, a fun, wonderful experience.

Introduction to Yoga I
With Sofia Jambor

Thursday, June 14th - July 19th
Every Thursday 6:45pm - 8:15pm
Kula Oakville

Step into the study of Yoga with a seasoned teacher while cultivating a strong experiential understanding of the basic principles of Yoga. Over the course of six weeks, our Intro to Yoga program will guide students through the fundamentals of a yoga practice in an open and supportive way. This workshop will cover:
• Preparing for class
• Postural alignment in common poses
• Learning to set intentions
• Understand the benefits of yoga practice
• Fundamentals of pranayama
• Overview of different styles of yoga
• Awareness of the mind-body connection

Registration:
$90+HST *10% off for Kula Unlimited Memberships

Kula Oakville | 2640 Bristol Circle, Suite 300 | 905.829.3443

Intro to Yoga I with Sofia June 14- July 19

Sofia Jambor, Yoga Instructor

Sofia’s playful and exuberant presence infuses her teaching, lighting the way to compassion and acceptance on the mat and beyond. Her classes help students skillfully expand their boundaries from the inside out as they delve deeper on their personal journeys.

Evolve Love E2= Love
With Sianna Sherman

Friday, July 20-Sunday, July 22, 2012
Kula Oakville

Friday, July 20th

Therapeutic Session: Radiance!  2:00-5:00pm
AnusaraTM yoga’s Universal Principles of Alignment are powerful tools of transformation and help create a state of ease within the optimal blueprint. This class is for anyone who wishes for greater health and vitality through their asana practice. Class will be interactive and hands-on. We will assist each other with mindfulness and great care.

Metamorphosis 7:00-9:00pm All Levels 
Join us for a powerful evening of initiating metamorphosis through the flow of asana, pranayama, music and meditation. Metamorphosis derives from a Greek word that means to “change form”. This flow class will create an attunement with the four main elements of Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Each of the elements holds a powerful seat in our awareness, and we will change form through the elements cultivating greater inspiration, courage, compassion and trust. Class will end with meditation and a luxurious savasana for deep rest and integration.

Saturday, July 21st

Quantum Leap  Backbends  10:30am-1:00pm All levels
Expand your heart energy with this up-‐tempo morning practice of standing poses and progressive backbends for all levels. Together we will leap to the next level of our vibration and radiate greater light for all.

Inner Revolution: Hips, Twists, Pranayama and Meditation  2:30-5:00pm All levels 

Following the rhythm of the day, this afternoon session will turn inside with a more introspective practice of hip openers, twists and forward folds. It’s the inner revolution that ultimately inspires the true evolution of humanity.

Sunday, July 22nd

Evolution at the Edge = LOVE Intermediate/Advanced Arm Balances  10:00am-1:00pm
Jump in and expand your edge in this lively and up-‐tempo practice of arm balances and deeper backbends. Be ready to shift your perspective and see what’s possible with the eyes of evolution. Evolve LOVE!

Registration: (Early registration available until July 1st)
2 hour class: Early $35/Regular $40
2.5 hour class: Early $43/Regular $48
3 Hour class: Early $55/ Regular $60

Full Workshop: Early $165/ Regular $180
Full Workshop with Therapeutics: Early $210/ Regular $230

*10% off for Kula Yearly or Monthly Members
*Prices do not including HST

Kula Oakville | 2640 Bristol Circle, Suite 300 | 905.829.3443

Evolve Love E2= Love With Sianna Sherman, July 20-22

Sianna Sherman - Teacher
Sianna Sherman is an internationally recognized and certified AnusaraTM yoga teacher. In 2008 she was chosen by Yoga Journal as one of 21 talented young teachers who are shaping the future of yoga. Known for her artful fusion of heart, alignment, therapeutics and creative sequencing, Sianna facilitates a sacred space for each person to feel held in a wider embrace of compassion and love. She shares her insights in the way of stories, personal experiences, poetry and yoga philosophy rooted in Tantra. She has a special devotion to collaboration, community and collectively conscious gatherings that help elevate the vibration of humanity. As a regular contributor to YogaGlo online yoga, Origin Magazine, Yoga Journal and other multimedia expressions, she wishes to serve the students with accessible information that helps them in the true transformation of their lives. Sianna humbly bows to all her teachers on this path of Grace, especially to Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, John Friend, Paul Muller Ortega, Douglas Brooks and her Open to Grace family. Learn more about Sianna at www.opentograce.com

Forest Gardening & the Ecological Self: Reclaiming Your Roots, Planting Your Future
with Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D. and Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera

June 22-24, 2012
The Living Centre
A Summer Solstice retreat in the garden to empower one’s home garden, connection to nature and a sustainable world. All levels and experience of gardeners welcome!

Kula will be taking our Yoga practice to the Living Centre’s organic forest gardens for a hands-on-experiential training in creating ecologically sustainable gardens for human living and planetary sustainability. Learn how to apply practical Forest Gardening with a focus on dense urban environments and temperate regions - our backyards! The practice will show you how to achieve the benefits of high-yield food production by replicating woodland ecosystems to produce stability, resilience, self-maintenance, self-renewal, increased soil quality, and nutrient conservation, as well as provide you with a deeper understanding and connection to your own ‘roots’ and Ecological Self.

You Will Learn:
• Edible Forest Gardening Theory
• Vegan Organic Gardening
• Conscious partnering with Nature
• Importance of Biodiversity
• Conventional vs. Organic vs. Wild
• Growing your own Super~Foods
• Garden planning and Companion Planting
• Human’s role in the web of life
• Nature’s three imperatives for a vital eco-system
• The ongoing unity of organism/environment
• Practical tools for the regeneration of oneself & the Earth

Hands-On Learning
• Cultivating Soil Building Practices
• Effective Microorganisms in Creating Healthy Gardens
• Composting and Mulching Practices
• Vermiculture: The Miracle Work of Earthworms
• The Life-Death-Rebirth Spiral
• Plant Identification of local wild and cultivated plants
• Inspirational plant walks through woodlands, swamps, fields & meadows
• Wild Food Foraging
• Learning from plants through Sensory Awareness
• How to tap into Earth's self-healing powers
• How to waken bio-intelligence

Training & Retreat Includes:

Dynamic classes in the garden with Shantree and Lorenna
Yoga Asana with Colin Matthews
5 Raw Vegan Organic meals prepared by the Living Centre
Free time to enjoy a nap in the hammock, go for a swim, bask in the sun, and walk amidst the organic and medicinal gardens.

To View The Retreat Itinerary

Accommodation:
Participants are welcome to camp on the beautiful property at the Living Centre. There are a few cabins available for an additional fee of $50. If you prefer to stay at a Bed & Breakfast, we’re happy to make recommendations nearby the Living Centre.

Registration: $300 + HST *Maximum registration of 18 students.
*Kula annual and monthly unlimited Members receive 10% off workshops Registration will be processed at Kula Oakville.

The Living Centre Address: 5871 Bells Road London, Ontario
*If you need transportation, we will be organizing a carpool. Please let us know if you need a ride or if you're willing to drive.

To Register Online

Kula Oakville | 2640 Bristol Circle, Suite 300 | 905.829.3443

Forest Gardening & the Ecological Self Retreat, June 22-24

Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D.,
Founder of The Living Centre
Shantree is Certified Permaculture Designer & Educator, an Ayurvedic Live-Food Nutritionist, Therapeutic & Shamanic Herbalist with a specialty in Forest Gardening with over with 35 years experience. Shantree's deep spiritual connection to the Earth has drawn him into the teachings of shamanic and earth wisdom practices as well as Carolinian Canada native plant preservation and studies. He is a passionate edible forest gardener, and well known for his unique circular medicinal-wheel garden and medicine trail with over 1,000 species of edible and medicine plants and trees through the 50-acre botanical sanctuary.

Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera
Co-Founder & Director of The Living Centre
Lorena is a Certified Permaculture Educator with a specialty in evolutionary regeneration at the personal, ecological and spiritual levels. She is the founder of Shamanu: Earth Wisdom Teachings. Her 30 years of training in the field of inner permaculture and deep ecology provides individuals with the skills to reconnect with the 'original instructions' revealed to us from nature.