Yoga classes and yoga teacher training by Scott Anderson at Alignment Yoga in Blue Mounds WI and Madison Wisconsin.

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Throughout the year, Mound Street Yoga Center offers workshops of all types. Information about upcoming workshops will appear on this page when they are available. To be on our e-mail list to receive notices of workshops and other events, please enter your email in the sign-up box to the left.

 

Introduction to Pilates Series

with Greg Grube and Liz Sexe

Pilates educates and balances the muscles of the body. With careful guidance, it assists everybody to create practical strength and flexibility for themselves. The six principles of Pilates are: Center, Concentration, Control, Precision, Breath and Flow. These principles allow for a Mind/Body/Spirit workout that is filled with practical intention. Focusing on the core muscles (those of the abdominal, spine and pelvic floor) the Pilates Method creates a strong center so limbs can move efficiently and with more freedom. The Pilates Method is cherished by both professional athletes and dancers alike for the longevity it lends to their careers and for its rehabilitative potential. Join Liz Sexe and Greg Grube, certified Pilates instructors, in a series of introductory workshops that will help take your practice to the next level.

Saturday September 4th 2-4PM with Liz Sexe
Breath, Flow and the Basic Mat Exercises. Learn a sequence of core strengthening movements that you can do anywhere.

Saturday October 2nd 2-4PM with Greg Grube
Precision and Control: Using props to enhance the Pilates experience. Learn how light resistance can support and challenge the core musculature.

Saturday November 6th 2-4PM with Liz Sexe
Finding Center: Your Spine, Alexander Technique and Pilates. Learn how to balance freedom and strength by combining complementary methods.

Saturday December 4th 2-4PM with Greg Grube
Concentration: Alignment Based Imagery and Pilates. Learn how the mind and body converse through the medium of images.

Cost: $20 per workshop. Any 2 are $30, any 3 are $40, and all 4 is $45.

Contact: greggrube@gmail.com or liz.sexe@gmail.com

Resistance Stretching™ Workshop
with Tom Longo and Kris Kruse

Sunday, September 5
9:30AM-12:30PM

Resistance Stretching combines flexibility training and yoga postures to create immediate flexibility and strength gains. Resistance Stretching takes the pain out of stretching and protects against injury while giving you a great workout. It is a powerful stretching routine for the whole body. During this introductory workshop you will:

Tom Longo is the West Coast Director for the Meridian Flexibility System, a 15-year certified Resistance Stretching Instructor, and co-founder of StretchWorks, located in the San Francisco Bay area (www.stretchworks.net). He teaches Resistance Stretching classes and workshops and works with individual private clients. Tom was flexibility trainer to Dara Torres both before and during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, where Dara won two Gold and three Bronze medals for swimming.

Kris Kruse is a ski coach, triathlete, and certified Resistance Stretching Trainer. She has been teaching Resistance Stretching for 3 years. She works with private clients in the San Francisco Bay Area and also on the ski slopes where she is developing an on-snow Resistance Stretching program for skiers (www.skiwithjennifer.com). Kris is a 30-year ski instructor and coach with a unique understanding of body movement and balance.

Cost: $50

Modern Dance Workshops

with Collette Stewart

Classes will explore contemporary dance concepts of suspension, release, flow, dynamics and breath. Stylistically, class is quite physical and combines broad and subtle gestures with rhythmic musicality. Class also plays with upside down movements (handstands and the like) and quick ways of traveling in and out of the floor. In addition to technique and phrase work, each workshop will cover principles of anatomy and functional movement in order to give dancers more strategies for moving efficiently. Appropriate for dancers with experience in modern, ballet, and/or jazz techniques.

Saturday September 11th 5-7PM
Grounding through the Feet and Pelvis: Explore the actions of the hips and feet and how specific alignment patterns create stability and power with less effort.

Saturday October 16th 5-7PM
Breath and Movement: Find greater suspension and release, and a deeper sense of movement by opening your capacity of breath.

Saturday November 13th 5-7PM
Dance and Inversions: How to be grounded while dancing upside down, so that being inverted is a continuation of the momentum of the dance.

Saturday December 18th 5-7PM
Contemporary Partnering: Explore sharing weight, energy and movement with another dancer.

Cost: $18 per workshop. $60 for all 4.

Contact: collette@movementinsights.com

World Predictions
with James Kelleher

Friday, September 17th

7:30-9:30PM

James will discuss the 2012 Mayan Prophesy in the light of Vedic astrology as well as the charts of the United States, China, Pakistan, Iran, Israel, and many other countries of the world. He uses the horoscopes of these countries to describe world-wide trends, in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. For the past 7 years, in his annual talks at East West Bookstore, James has repeatedly predicted that 2008 would be a year of huge "global transition". This year, he reviews the situation in the world and gives predictions for the USA's new Mars period, which started on September 30, 2008, the exact day of the financial meltdown. James also talks about the stock market, earthquakes, and political struggles that are reflected in the Vedic charts for various countries. In the process he makes predictions for future trends and events taking place in the next decade.

James will be doing personal readings Saturday and Sunday at the Pilates Center in Blue Mounds. To request a session, please contact him.

Cost: $15

For more information contact james@jameskelleher.com

Polymovement: An Urban Healing Art

with LaCouir D. Yancey

Learn the foundations of breakdancing and how they connect to a multitude of movement arts disciplines. In this three part series, you will learn how to build strength, balance, coordination, increase energy.  This urban art can also be used for post-rehab and healing. Each session includes full body active stretching to warm up and cool down the body.

Saturday September 18th 1-4PM
Urban chi: a fun way to increase internal energy, body awareness, and synovial fluid production with free flowing exercises.

Saturday October 9th 1-4PM
Cardio uprockin and downrockin: cardiovascular exercises to build endurance, flexibility, and core strength while exploring movement on the ground.

Saturday November 13th 1-4PM
Strength building power move basics: increase balance, stability, and full body strength with playful intention.

Cost: Each 3 hour session is $45. A package of all 3 sessions is $120.

Instructor: LaCouir D. Yancey

Contact: lacouir@y-massage.net

Introduction to Ayurveda
with Patty McCormick

October 3
1-3PM

Discover your unique self through the five elements, twenty attributes and seven disease tendencies. Students will participate in a self-assessment and will then learn to identify the causes & symptoms of imbalance, followed by guidelines for recovering balance. This workshop is part of an 8-month series, Practical Ayurveda: Living in harmony with the seasons. Classes may be taken individually.

Cost: $200 for the series or $30 per class.

Contact: Patty McCormick at 608-231-1331 or

Skinner Releasing Technique
with Julie Mayo

October 10

10AM - 12PM

Skinner Releasing Technique™ (SRT) is an experiential, intuitive approach to movement that has evolved from the simple principle that when we are letting go of habitual holding patterns we can move more freely, articulately, and powerfully. In this introductory class we will use guided imagery, hands-on tactile partner studies and structured improvisations to cultivate greater freedom of movement and multi-directional alignment while simultaneously tapping into our creative capacities and sharpening our kinesthetic perception and performance of movement. Open to all. Wear comfortable clothing and please bring clothing layers.

Julie Mayo is a teacher, performer and director of the project-based Dim Sum Dance. Dim Sum works are often made up of discrete parts: gesture, dancing, voice and sound fragments that create meaningful territories that exist outside the realm of linear narrative. She has been commissioned by the University of Virginia and Wilson College to create new works with their students and her 2007 work On the Count of Three…Love was commissioned by The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Performance Series. Mayo is a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique™.

Cost:$20

For more information contact julie@dimsumdance.org

Autumn Restorative
with Sara Tirner

October 17
1:30-3:30PM

Treat yourself to a relaxing and inspiring interlude. This practice will open with a series of restorative poses that are calming, nurturing and sequenced specifically to pave the way for a state of profound stillness. As props support your body in comfortable and soothing restorative positions, breath awareness and guided visualizations will help you bring deep states of serenity to your mind and your nervous system. This workshop is open to yogis of all levels. No prior restorative or meditation experience necessary.

Cost: $30 if registered by October 13th, $40 afterwards.

Contact: Sara Tirner at saratirner@gmail.com.

Ayurvedic Perspective on Food and Digestion
with Patty McCormick

November 7
1-3PM

Recognize typical digestive patterns & determine what kinds of foods are suitable for your unique self. Learn to use spices, teas, & simple everyday foods for optimizing digestion and health. Understand the six tastes and their effects, the importance of how we eat, how to maintain prana in food, and what makes up an appropriate autumn & winter diet. This workshop is part of an 8-month series, Practical Ayurveda: Living in harmony with the seasons. Classes may be taken individually.

Cost: $200 for the series or $30 per class.

Contact: Patty McCormick at 608-231-1331 or

Winter Wellness Practices for the Sense Organs
with Patty McCormick

December 5
1-3PM

Resist the cold and dryness of winter with therapies for skin, nasal passages, ears, mouth, and eyes. Master creating a home spa experience to nurture yourself and loved ones, boosting strength and immunity. This workshop is part of an 8-month series, Practical Ayurveda: Living in harmony with the seasons. Classes may be taken individually.

Cost: $200 for the series or $30 per class.

Contact: Patty McCormick at 608-231-1331 or

Cultivating Clarity and Peacefulness
with Patty McCormick

January 9
1-3PM

Understand personality tendencies and states of consciousness through the three gunas of Sattva, Raja and Tamas. Learn simple breathing and mantra-based meditation practices. Recognize foods that support or hinder spiritual development. This workshop is part of an 8-month series, Practical Ayurveda: Living in harmony with the seasons. Classes may be taken individually.

Cost: $200 for the series or $30 per class.

Contact: Patty McCormick at 608-231-1331 or

Integrating Ayurveda into Daily Life
with Patty McCormick

February 6
1-3PM

Dinacharya, or daily routine, is the key to wellness and self-development. Design your own optimal morning and evening routines for energized yet peaceful days and restorative sleep. Find balance within the eight fundamental fields of holistic living. This workshop is part of an 8-month series, Practical Ayurveda: Living in harmony with the seasons. Classes may be taken individually.

Cost: $200 for the series or $30 per class.

Contact: Patty McCormick at 608-231-1331 or

Ayurvedic Subtle Therapies
with Patty McCormick

March 6
1-3PM

Explore sacred sound, aroma and color therapies for your unique self. Develop a conscious relationship with prana to empower body, mind and spirit. Consider the eight approaches to spirit, and discover which path invites you to come along. This workshop is part of an 8-month series, Practical Ayurveda: Living in harmony with the seasons. Classes may be taken individually.

Cost: $200 for the series or $30 per class.

Contact: Patty McCormick at 608-231-1331 or

Ayurvedic Cleansing & Rejuvenation
with Patty McCormick

April 3
1-3PM

Discover Ayurveda's time-tested and research-proven seasonal cleaning and rejuvenation program to clear out the heaviness of winter. Detailed instructions for a home cleanse will be given, in addition to spring diet and lifestyle practices. This workshop is part of an 8-month series, Practical Ayurveda: Living in harmony with the seasons. Classes may be taken individually.

Cost: $200 for the series or $30 per class.

Contact: Patty McCormick at 608-231-1331 or

Summer Wellness Practices & Series Conclusion
with Patty McCormick

May 1
1-3PM

Learn Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle practices to reduce heat and inflamation. This workshop is part of an 8-month series, Practical Ayurveda: Living in harmony with the seasons. Classes may be taken individually.

Cost: $200 for the series or $30 per class.

Contact: Patty McCormick at 608-231-1331 or

 

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