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Awakening the Yogini:
Extraordinary Yoga & Education for Women™
**limited to 8 participants**
Extraordinary Yoga & Education for Women™
Training, Workshop and Discussion Group
at 581 Boylston Street in Copley Square, Boston**limited to 8 participants**
This women only training, workshop and discussion group will consider questions specific to the female body and will address how yoga and other awareness practices can cultivate more vibrant overall health for women. We'll discuss what "healthy" really is, the possible issues or imbalances that might occur in women's bodies at all the stages of life, and we'll learn yogic prescriptions that can help restore equilibrium and prevent new injury or discomfort. Each week's lecture and discussion will introduce you to cutting-edge health modalities, the anatomy of the female body and brain, yoga theory and practice and more. You'll get the knowledge you need to take charge of your own healing path at work, school or home, while pregnant or raising kids, while on-the-go, during times of big transition or emotionality, and beyond.
Limited to only 8 participants, this unique gathering will be a protected and intentional space for questions, emotional support and voluminous belly laughter. Women in all stages of life and practitioners at all levels of yoga experience are encouraged and invited to participate. It's also designed as a training ground for psychologists, yoga teachers, bodyworkers and other health practitioners who want to expand their toolbox for working with women.
This is not a yoga practice or mat class, it is a discussion group format. (Schedule condensed for weekend intensives.)
Week One: Introducing The Yogini's Tools for Awareness, Asana Sequencing, and How to Build a Life Practice that really works...on and off the mat
Week Two:Vibrant Emotional Health and Ecstatic Living, Accessing Inner Wisdom, The Theory of Scar Tissue and Healing Trauma
Week Three: The Female Brain, The Bones, Muscles, Organs and Supporting Structures of the Female Body, including Sexual Anatomy and Orgasm
Week Four: The Transformational Stages of Life and The Blood Mysteries (menstruation, ovulation, pregnancy, pre-natal, post-natal, menopause and perimenopause)
Week Five: The CranioSacral System, The Chakras, The Meridians, Accessing and Demystifying Kundalini, The "Dura Mater" and The Subtle Energy Body
Fee Options:
$300 regular price.
$280 discounted price for full-time students, pregnant moms, full-time artists with no other source of income.
Note: All tuition options include the cost of your Awakening the Yogini™ Manual. As a participant you will also receive a $40 discount towards a private session with Caroline for bodywork, yoga or coaching. Session must be scheduled during the course or within one month of completing the course. Click here to schedule your "Awakening the Yogini Included Session.")
How to Register:
To request registration, first email Caroline at ch@carolineharvey.com to find out if space is available. Include your name and how your heard about the course. You must also be able to attend all the workshops scheduled-- it is a small group and missing sessions is disruptive. Your full payment is due two weeks before class begins or your spot will be given to the next person on the list. Due to the small size of this workshop, no exceptions can be made in regards to payment. Please make checks payable to Caroline Harvey and mail to:Caroline Harvey
581 Boylston Street, Suite 504B
Boston, MA 02116
Once your check has been received you will get an email confirmation.
Due to the small size of the course, payment is non-refundable. Emergency cancellations will be evaluated individually. All meetings take place at Caroline's private office suite at 581 Boylston Street in Copley Square, Boston.
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Awakening the Yogini:
Extraordinary Yoga & Education for Women™
One Day Workshop and Yoga Practice
(The next one day Awakening the Yogini course is TBA! Stay tuned...
Or contact Caroline to book this even at your studio!)
One Day Workshop and Yoga Practice
(The next one day Awakening the Yogini course is TBA! Stay tuned...
Or contact Caroline to book this even at your studio!)
Part One: Lecture and Discussion
(3 hours)
The morning portion of Awakening the Yogini will give insight into different aspects of the female body and life, drawing from expert sources in many schools of yoga, bodywork, medical science & folk traditions, as well as Caroline's own dynamic path of professional work and personal healing. Topics to be covered may include:
--The Anatomy of the Female Pelvis, including Sexual Anatomy and the supporting structures of the back, legs and abdominal core
--Vibrant Emotional Health including the Theory of Scar Tissue and Healing Trauma
--The Transformational Stages of Life and the “Blood Mysteries,” including menstruation, ovulation, pregnancy and menopause
--The Subtle Energy Body including the Chakras, the Meridians and Accessing and Demystifying Kundalini
We’ll discuss together what "healthy" really is, address concerns about urinary health, organ stability, sexual pleasure, pre- and post-natal health, and menstrual health questions about irregularity and endometriosis. We’ll talk through the yogic prescriptions that can help restore equilibrium and prevent new injury or discomfort, and you’ll get tools for continuing to build your yoga practice for life…on and off the mat. There will be space for your questions, emotional support and voluminous belly laughter!
The Lecture portion of Awakening the Yogini is designed as a great lead-in to the afternoon Yoga Practice, but it may also be attended on its own. Bring a notebook, your yoga mat, maybe a light snack and/or water, and wear comfortable yoga clothes. Your fee for the Lecture includes your Awakening the Yogini written materials and manual.
Part Two: Yoga Practice
(2.5 hours)
Women in all stages of life and practitioners at all levels of yoga experience are encouraged and invited to participate in this women only yoga class. Caroline will guide you through an inspiring yoga flow that will draw from Forrest, Yin and Restorative techniques, as well as Caroline’s own work in Deep Flow Yoga.
Discover how conscious core connection can awaken an imbalanced or painful pelvis, how deep breathing can help clear tension and trauma from your body, and how a connection to your natural rhythms of breath, blood, emotion and energy can empower you to stand strong in your feminine nature, desire and life purpose. Expect to experience your physical, emotional and energetic anatomy in a whole new way, a way that will leave you feeling energized, refreshed and deeply connected. The practice space will be safe, comfortable and accepting.
The Yoga Practice portion of Awakening the Yogini is designed as a follow-up to the morning lecture, but can also be taken on it’s own. Bring water, your yoga mat, and any special props you need for practice. It is suggested that you come on an empty or only lightly-full stomach.
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The CranioYoga Work: the artful synthesis of Restorative Yin Yoga & CranioSacral Therapy
The CranioYoga Work-- designed as the intelligent counterpart to sweaty, strong Vinyasa Yoga and deep muscular/structural bodywork and massage-- deals directly with the soft membranes, bones, ligaments & tendons of the physical body, and it addresses, heals and demystifies the Central Nervous System & the Subtle Energetic Body. Think of it as an incredibly efficient way to catch up on all that sleep you've missed over the years!This workshop will include some lecture & discussion followed by a practice of luscious restorative sequences, deep yin yoga stretches and therapeutic hands-on assists. Get the real deal about how yoga and bodywork actually help heal Central Nervous System imbalances like chronic pain, fatigue, long-held stress & injury, anxiety and disconnection. It's also indicated for anyone working with: migraines, chronic bone or muscular imbalance, irregular menstrual cycles, PTSD, depression, visual disturbance, ADD and ADHD, and more.
Topics to be covered:
--Understand the basics of the CranioSacral Therapy System and the Theory of Yin Yoga
--Experience and clarify concepts of "energy," the Chakra system and Kundalini
--Feel the difference between the "muscle body" and the "bone body"
--Get a sense of your CranioSacral Rhythm, or Pulse
--Dive into tangible tools for re-booting the body's natural healing mechanisms, like "still point" and "dural unwinds"
--Leave with a solid sense of how to take this practice into your other classes, and how to continue exploring on your own
Yoga practitioners and bodyworkers at all levels of experience are invited to attend. We wholeheartedly welcome those with acute injuries, those in pain, those feeling like they "can't do yoga," and those who are pregnant or in the post-partum stage.
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ART AS ANJALI: YOGA, CREATIVITY AND GRATITUDE
a workshop with Caroline at Samara Yoga
November 20th, 2010, 1-4 pm
$35, click here to register
Enliven your creative spirit and free your inner artist! In this workshop we’ll explore how yoga, breath and meditation can spark the free flow of ideas, awaken powerful images, and bolster our ability to express ourselves with confidence. Through asana practice, writing & drawing prompts, and some group exercises we’ll connect to the universal nature of creation and we’ll tap our rich inner resources of color, language and ideas. Art-making is a powerful way to realize our full potential, connect to community, and learn about how to care for our desires, fears, blocks, joys and truth. In the spirit of Thanksgiving we’ll be working with the theme of gratitude and art as “Anjali,” or “divine offering.” No previous experience as an artist is needed; professionals, novices and those curious about all disciplines of art are welcome. Bring your yoga mat, some blank paper and some drawing/writing materials—pens, pencils, markers, crayons.
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ART AS ANJALI: YOGA, CREATIVITY AND GRATITUDE
a workshop with Caroline at Samara Yoga
November 20th, 2010, 1-4 pm
$35, click here to register
Enliven your creative spirit and free your inner artist! In this workshop we’ll explore how yoga, breath and meditation can spark the free flow of ideas, awaken powerful images, and bolster our ability to express ourselves with confidence. Through asana practice, writing & drawing prompts, and some group exercises we’ll connect to the universal nature of creation and we’ll tap our rich inner resources of color, language and ideas. Art-making is a powerful way to realize our full potential, connect to community, and learn about how to care for our desires, fears, blocks, joys and truth. In the spirit of Thanksgiving we’ll be working with the theme of gratitude and art as “Anjali,” or “divine offering.” No previous experience as an artist is needed; professionals, novices and those curious about all disciplines of art are welcome. Bring your yoga mat, some blank paper and some drawing/writing materials—pens, pencils, markers, crayons.
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FREE YOUR VOICE
A unique workshop designed for poets, speakers, teachers, leaders and anybody interested in cultivating an honest, powerful & connected voice.
In this one-day event speaker and teacher Caroline Harvey shares her transformative voice work, Embodied Poetics. Previously shared at UCLA, The Esalen Institute & with performance troupes nationwide, Embodied Poetics is a personal sound revolution.
Expect a lively and creative combination of writing exercises, vocal exploration and process coaching. Drawing from traditional techniques as well as her lifetime study of expression, this workshop is not your average voice class. Wear clothes you are comfortable moving in, and bring a notebook, a pen and a poem (your own or one that inspires you).
Participants say:
“Incredible!”
“A light in the dark!”
“I have never felt so confident speaking in front of a group. Finally, my voice feels connected to my heart.”
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Winter Solstice Yoga and Fire Ceremony
TBA, Winter 2010 at Samara Yoga in Davis Square
On the darkest day of the year when the Sun is farthest from the earth, we come together in a light-filled festival of Yoga, Movement and Fire. Drawing from age-old traditions of honoring the sacred dark of mid-winter, this workshop includes a creative, all-levels yoga practice followed by a ritual of flame and ceremonial smoke.
The yoga practice and the ceremony will address themes of darkness & illumination, the natural cycles of creation & destruction, and also real-life issues like “burn-out,” seasonal depression and fatigue. We’ll discern for ourselves what we are ready to let go of and what we are ready to bring “into the light,” igniting new intentions and calling on the Sun to begin its yearly journey back toward us.
As Marrianne Williamson writes, "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us."
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Forrest Fundamentals: One
date TBA
Covering the basics for the Forrest Yoga beginner.
Forrest Yoga, created over the course of 30 years by health pioneer Ana Forrest, is a comprehensive practice that addresses the unique challenges, stresses and needs of the contemporary yogi. Through the use of pose sequences, breath and compassionate teaching, Forrest Yoga helps bring aliveness into your whole body, awaken all the senses and ignite your passion for living...on and off your mat.
This workshop will include:
- Basic Moves of Forrest Yoga: learn 5 foundational moves that will insure safety, fun and correct alignment in all the Forrest Yoga poses.
- Pillars of Forrest Yoga: get introduced to the Forrest concepts of Breath, Strength, Integrity and Spirit.
- Pranayama: get the hang of some breathing exercises that will enliven, balance and rejuvenate your whole body.
- Core work: experience dynamic core strengthening sequences especially designed to heal the low back, bring energy into the abdominal organs and balance the nervous system.
- Be Struggle-Free on your mat: get tools for how to heal and prevent injury by customizing your yoga practice and working your poses in a way that's right for you.
- "Walk Your Path of Truth And Beauty": embody The Forrest Yoga mission of developing intuition, paying attention to beauty and living a life that feels true and radiant.
Free Your Anatomy Workshops:
Deep Flow for Your Hips and Legs
Deep Flow for Your Hips and Legs
2 1/2 hrs, TBA
A deep flow yoga practice that draws from Forrest Yoga, Yin and Restorative styles, as well as techniques designed to free the CranioSacral system. Demystify chronic back and hip pain by understanding the relationship between the head and the pelvis, learn breath practices to release long-held tension in the tight joint of the hip, work to feel and free the psoas muscle that runs from the back to the inner leg. This workshop teaches that knowledge is power-- and you'll walk away on new legs with a toolbox full of techniques you can take into your other yoga classes to keep yourself out of pain and in the flow of pleasure.
Pain Free Backbending
2 1/2 hrs, TBA
Understand the low back structures, both the physical and energetic anatomy of your first and second chakras. Backbends are beautiful expressions of what we see in nature all the time-- from strong roots, a flower can bloom upward. In this workshop you'll learn safe ways to prepare and warm-down from deep backbends, and you'll gain mastery over your breath, alignment and leg strength so you can open up into easeful, expansive backbends.
A deep flow yoga practice that draws from Forrest Yoga, Yin and Restorative styles, as well as techniques designed to free the CranioSacral system. Demystify chronic back and hip pain by understanding the relationship between the head and the pelvis, learn breath practices to release long-held tension in the tight joint of the hip, work to feel and free the psoas muscle that runs from the back to the inner leg. This workshop teaches that knowledge is power-- and you'll walk away on new legs with a toolbox full of techniques you can take into your other yoga classes to keep yourself out of pain and in the flow of pleasure.
Pain Free Backbending
2 1/2 hrs, TBA
Understand the low back structures, both the physical and energetic anatomy of your first and second chakras. Backbends are beautiful expressions of what we see in nature all the time-- from strong roots, a flower can bloom upward. In this workshop you'll learn safe ways to prepare and warm-down from deep backbends, and you'll gain mastery over your breath, alignment and leg strength so you can open up into easeful, expansive backbends.
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