Expand your confidence and your consciousness!

Play with melody, rhythm, language, harmony, vocal production, and soul connection. Get the gritty, technical, sensual sense of how the voice can draw powerfully on vocal wisdom from many cultures.

Explore the rainbow of colors inherent in our voices and join with other daring singers to create vocal landscapes, soulful harmonies, and impromptu sonic masterpieces. Elise uses games and exercises from her studies with master teachers Rhiannon  Bobbie McFerrin  David Darling  Dr. Fred Onovwerosuoke  and  Dr. Ysaye Barnwell, which then expand with our own creativity.

Vocal Improvisation provides a safe and supportive space to stretch out and widen vocal horizons, and to express our authentic selves. Music reading is not a prerequisite, but some knowledge of music theory can’t hurt.

RHIANNON : ALL THE WAY IN

In 2008 Elise joined 15 singers from around the globe for All the Way In, a year-long program to study vocal improvisation, sound healing, and performance with vocalist extraordinaire and master teacher Rhiannon.

In 2012 Elise served as a “co-pilot” (assistant teacher/mentoree) for the 2012 All the Way In, which included singers from Switzerland, Australia, Hawai’i, Canada, Germany, and the continental U.S.

Elise continues to infuse the art of improvisation in her workshops, concerts, and in all aspects of her life!

Experiencing stiffness in the neck and shoulders? Or sensing a “lump” in your throat? Or feeling exhausted?… Physical symptoms are often a way for our body to express a (suppressed) feeling, emotion.

Join me in this 3-hour workshop to explore the mind-body connection, and feel what your body is inviting you to feel. We’ll start with a 90 min yoga practice including meditation, breathwork (pranayama) and easy poses (asana). During the second part, you’ll be invited in a “circle” to become aware of what your are feeling and experiencing, in the present moment, according to the Gestalt therapy principles.

Benefits? Help remove physical/emotional blocks, become more alive, and more self-supportive.

For all levels, including absolute yoga beginners.

- $40 before 6/1 (check paid to Candler Park Yoga and mailed to studio the studio 1630 D Dekalb Ave, Atlanta, GA 30307).
- $50 after 6/1.

In the meantime… Breathe and feel:)…

Elisabeth

Hoop dance combines the grace and calm of yoga with the upbeat music and fun of an exercise class. Anyone can learn to hoop, and all skill levels are welcome. We have hoops of all sizes and colors for you to try out, and an instructor who wants nothing more than to share the joy of the hoop with you. Give the hoop a spin, you won’t be disappointed!

About the instructor: Keri has been hooping since 2009 and began teaching in 2011. She has also performed with the Imperial Opa Circus, as well as at festivals and concerts from Atlanta to Asheville. She is experienced with day, LED and fire hoop performance and instruction.

As we continue to practice, yoga’s usefulness as a vehicle of self-awareness and freedom becomes more obvious, as does our understanding of how and why we get in our own way and what options are available to help make our journey more enjoyable. The body is not just a container for the brain; whether one does a quiet or a vigorous practice, yoga is a way of using one’s body to work with energy. We can use this energy to become stronger and more flexible physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually.

In February of 2007 I found a spiritual practice that continues to serve me today. I had just quit smoking and was seeking something to help me deal with the stress of nicotine withdrawal. A friend invited me to a gentle yoga class.  During that class I discovered my body could move in ways I didn’t know it could. I found an inner strength I didn’t know was there.  I felt energized and relaxed at the same time- something I had never experienced before in my life. I was pleased to have found an ‘exercise’ that felt good to my body.

I continued to practice yoga and, eventually. I started taking classes with William Hufschmidt. As I began to dive deeper into myself, I found wholeness inside. I began to learn self acceptance. The inner voice of self judgement began to become a voice of nurturance and self love. I began to discover that I was perfect, just as I was.

Self acceptance has been one of the biggest lessons that yoga has taught me. Another piece of that lesson is that I, and Life itself, are constantly changing, moment to moment.  And through my practice, I am learning to be okay with that change off the mat as well.

In December of 2011 I graduated the Pranakriya 200 hr training led by William Hufschmidt and Yoganand Michael Carroll. I am continuing my Pranakriya training and look forward to learning more about Yoga as well as myself, so that I may share this knowledge with everyone who comes to my classes.

My teaching style is gentle and meditative, encouraging self acceptance and self exploration with an emphasis on building body awareness. I also enjoy helping people find their way into poses using various props, such as blocks, straps, and bolsters, to allow for a deeper opening and relaxation.

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Writing

Workshop

with Stacey Beth Shulman, MEd RYT and

Jessica Handler, MFA

Henry James said that a “writer is someone on whom nothing is lost.”

So, what does that mean in your yoga practice and your writing practice? Join

Stacey Beth Shulman, tantric hatha yoga teacher and yoga therapist, and

Jessica Handler, dedicated yoga practitioner and award-winning author of the

memoir Invisible Sisters, for an afternoon of creative exploration in a

supportive, non-judgmental environment. Discover techniques to actively

practice witnessing how our bodies and minds feel in our asana practices,

and how our minds observe our world and translate that into our writing

practice. All levels of writing and yoga experience are welcome. Bring a pen,

journal or notebook, and a yoga mat!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Candler Park Yoga

1630-D Dekalb Ave.

Atlanta, GA 30307

$30 before July 7/$45 thereafter

Register via email to curvyyogini@gmail.com

Stacey Beth Shulman, M.Ed. RYT IAYT

is a

yoga teacher and yoga therapist in the

Atlanta area. She received her 200 hour

Pranakriya yoga teacher training from

Yoganand Michael Carroll and has

completed additional certifications

including trauma sensitive Yoga and

Positional Release yoga therapy. Her

mission is to help people of all shapes and

sizes connect to their bodies and enrich

their lives through gentle movement. Her

website is www.curvyyogini.com

Jessica Handler’s

first book, Invisible

Sisters: A Memoir (Public Affairs, 2009) is

one of the “Twenty Five Books All

Georgians Should Read.” Her awardwinning

essays have appeared widely,

including in More Magazine, The

Washington Post, and Newsweek. Her

second book, Writing Through Grief, is

forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press in 2013.

She teaches creative writing and

screenwriting in Atlanta. Her website is

www.jessicahandler.com

My background in theater and dance is evident in my style of teaching. From beginners to advanced, my classes are designed to take the practitioner on an inward journey to their own destination of relaxation, tranquility and inner strength.

I teach gently, yet will guide you through to your strongest edge. Even though there are no perfect poses, I use hands-on adjustments to take each student to their deepest place within the asana.

A typical class includes tuning in, quieting the mind, chanting, pranayama, warm up, neck and shoulders, asana/posture/movement from standing poses to floor work, and always ending in meditation/savasana. A complete yogic experience.

Certifications

• Basic Level Teacher Training – Kashi Atlanta

Mom & Baby Yoga Monday 1:30pm – 2:15pm 12/3-17

Find your center, relax and connect with your baby.  This class focuses on postures and breathing techniques for Mom.  Special attention is given to the realignment of your body – especially your tense shoulders and aching back (consequences of carrying and nursing your growing baby).  During the class, you have the option: either your baby can be close to you on the mat or can actually participate in the movements. As a bonus, babies are treated to a short session of gentle baby massage at the end of class.

To register go here