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Price list for Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi


Pricing

*Regular Yoga classes Drop-in Fee $12

Students $ 8 Student Monthly Unlimited $ 60 Classes to be taken within 30 days from purchase date 4 Classes $38 6 Classes $55 8 Classes $65 10 Classes $75 Monthly Unlimited $85 Unlimited classes to be taken in 3 months $225

Hot Yoga Pricing

Drop-in fee $15

4 Classes/ $50

Student drop-in fee $10

Combo Package Hot and Regular Yoga Monthly Unlimited


$175


Seniors – 20% discount off all class packages Military,Law Enforcement, Fire Fighter, and F.B.I.S.D. employees, discounts available


Go to http://www.yogastudioofcc.com/ for pricing on regular and Hot Yoga Classes

Available Classes & Description

  • Go to www.yogastudioofcc.com to get a complete updated description of classes!
  • Jivamukti Yoga ~Jivamukti Yoga class involves an ever changing flow of postures (vinyasa) that is intended to challenge you on many levels. Each class revolves around a theme based on ancient wisdom and emphasizes the importance of practicing with an elevated intention. Chanting, meditation, and inspiring music are a part of every class.
  • Mommy and Baby Yoga ~ In most mom and baby yoga classes, moms place a yoga blanket, usually covered with a blanket from home in case of spit-up or other spills, at the top of their yoga mat. Feel free to bring a couple of small toys too. In an ideal world, the baby will lie on the blanket happily for the duration of the class. This rarely happens. The nice thing about a mom and baby class is that you are totally free to pick up your baby and feed her, rock her, change her diaper, or walk her around the room if she cries.
  • Gentle Yoga- bring balance and clarity to the body and mind while creating flexibility. Beginners or even advanced practitioner who need a break.
  • Restorative Yoga- uses props and blankets to modify traditional yoga poses. The supportive postures gently open the body for deep relaxation and healing. This class is ideal for those going through stressful times, suffering from illness, injury or major life changes. Postures are held for extended times with the support of props.
  • Beginners Yoga- great for new students or students wanting a slower paced class.
  • Hatha Yoga- links postures, breathing, and concentration which promotes health and well being. Great for all levels.
  • Hatha Flow - use of sun salutations with movement through asanas that will increase stamina and flexibility, intermediate level and above students.
  • Piyo- Blend of Pilates and Yoga, includes meditations for the group exercise environment, yet offers exercise progressing to challenge all levels of participants.
  • Vinyasa- physically demanding, vigorous practice connecting breath with movement. This is a dynamic form of yoga which will build strength, flexibility, and focus. For intermediate level and above students.
  • Ashtanga Yoga- specialized sequencing of postures and focusing on breath. Ashtanga may be utilized as a method of keeping physically fit or it may be traversed as a pathway to explore the subtle realms of spirituality.
  • Prenatal Yoga- uses postures, breathing, and meditation to help ease pregnancy discomforts, while strengthening your body, mind, and soul for labor and the after effects of birth. The classes create flexibility, strength, focus, and awareness through a gentle practice that is designed especially for the pregnant woman's needs.
  • Postnatal Yoga- is a great way to support the body's recovery after birth. Use postures, breathing techniques, and meditation to offer a practice that helps to regain overall body healing and strength, abdominal/pelvic toning, and relaxation.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Jivamukti Yoga~ December 2008 Focus of the Month












Jivamukti Yoga Focus of the Month ~ December 2008


Yoga Nidra and Shavasana "Yoga Nidra is a state of complete bodily relaxation, in which the mind rests in a suspended state - awake, yet calm, and free of all distraction. The body, senses and material mind are magnetized." - Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati
Through deep relaxation, a state of Yoga Nidra arises, which can lead to kaivalyam, or samadhi, in which the sense of individualization merges with absolute, transcendental joy. The practice of shavasana (corpse pose)can facilitate the arising of this state. But for success in shavasana, you have to understand, as Shri Brahmananda suggests, "how to use fixation, suggestion and sensation, and how to use the proper pause for time." The following is a guided relaxation to be used in the practice of shavasana; it is meant to be spoken out loud by a teacher to students after they have assumed a lying-down position: "You are about to embark upon a wonderful adventure, a journey into the experience of deep relaxation. To relax means to become receptive; receptive to your own inner happiness and peace, your true nature, that which is boundless, limitless joy, that which is the very core of every being. To relax allows you to let go of everything that may be holding you back from the experience of the truth of your very being. "Start by taking your consciousness to your feet. Silently suggest: Toes, relax. Feet, relax. Ankles, relax. Let go. Calves and shins, relax. Let go. Knees, relax. Thighs, relax. Release the large muscles of the thighs. Allow them to let go of their grip on the thighbones. Relax. Let go. Allow the bones of the legs to rest in the softened tissues of the relaxed muscles. Relax hips and buttocks. Release all clenching, all gripping there. Release all tension from the pelvic area. Let go. Let go. Lower back, relax. Middle back, relax. Upper back, relax. Allow the muscles of the back to spread and melt into the floor, spreading warmth outward from the spine. Release into the floor. Let go. Allow the floor to lift up under you, to support you. Trust it beneath your body. Melt into it. Release into the floor, into the earth. Drop all your tension, anxieties, restlessness, and resistance into the floor, into the earth. Relax your abdomen and chest. Release. Soften. Soften. Fingers and hands, relax. Let go of all gripping and clenching there. No need now to hold on to anything. Everything is yours. Let go. Let go of it all, and receive everything. Relax your wrists, forearms, elbows, upper arms. Let the muscles melt away from the bones. Let the bones rest in the soft tissue of the relaxed muscles. Relax your shoulders. Allow the shoulder blades to drop into the floor. Release and soften all neck and throat muscles, allowing them to relax. Relax your face, the mask of your personality. Release your jaw. Relax your tongue. Allow your tongue to float inside your mouth. Lips, cheeks, let go. Nose, eyes, inside the nose, and behind the eyes, let go. Let go. Let go. Eyelids, eyebrows, forehead, relax. Release all tension between the eyebrows. Allow the forehead to broaden. Relax the scalp and the back of the head. Let your hair grow. The more you can melt heavily into the floor, into the earth, the lighter you will begin to feel. Allow yourself to feel light. "Go now, deep inside. Relax the internal organs, the organs of elimination. Relax the organs of sexuality. Relax the organs of digestion. Relax the organs of blood circulation. Relax the organs of respiration. Release the sense of feeling and of thinking. Allow the frontal part of your brain to slip back into the skull. Let go. Let go. "Your whole body now, inside and outside, is relaxing deeply. Great healing and rebalancing is taking place now. Don't interfere. Allow a complete letting go into inner wisdom, and peace. Let your body relax, and take your consciousness to the site of your spiritual heart, the lotus of the heart at the center of your chest. Enter into this lotus. Feel yourself inside the lotus of the heart, which is the source of all creative things. The source of love itself; unconditional, boundless, limitless joy - bliss, ananda. Feel the petals of the lotus surrounding you with their soft fragrance. Allow yourself to become this lotus of the heart, to become the source of all creative things, to become love itself; beyond name and form, beyond pleasure and pain, beyond night, and beyond day. Become boundless, limitless joy. Fall into love itself. This is who you are. Become who you are. Relax all resistance to who you are. Relax all resistance to boundless, limitless joy. You ... you ... you are love itself, happiness itself. Shantih, shantih, shantih. - Sharon Gannon, December 2008
(For further reference: Fundamentals of Yoga, by Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, and The Jivamukti Relaxation and Meditation CD.)

Monday, November 24, 2008

Doug Swenson's Workshop a huge success!

The Doug Swenson Workshop was a very educational and a fun experience for all who attended. Everyone seemed to enjoy Doug's easy going and approachable attitude.


As you can see there were many smiles throughout the weekend. Thank you to those of you who supported the workshop. There will be many more pictures to come.











Thanksgiving Week Schedule

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. --John Fitzgerald Kennedy

All of us at The Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi wish you and your loved ones a very happy holiday! Here is the Schedule for the week of November 24th-November 29th, 2009.
Monday 11/24 Normal Class Schedule
Tuesday 11/25th Normal Class Schedule
Wednesday 11/26th One class 9a.m.- 10:30 Hatha Flow with Elizabeth Hofman
Thursday 11/27th Closed in observance of Thanksgiving. Enjoy your Tofu Turkey!!
Friday 11/28th One class, Restorative Yoga with Michelle at 12:00. Come in and find some relaxing and peaceful moments stepping away from the hectic holiday schedule. Enjoy a few hours of 50% off any and all clothing merchandise (includes re-sale items!). Studio open 11-2 only.
Saturday 11/29th Classes resume as normal. One level 2-3 Hatha Flow class with Armando 9:30-11:00.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Let's Go To India!!

Pilgrimage to the Origins of the Gange

Presentation

For the Hindu, a pilgrimage to the Himalayan mountain town Gangotri and the origins of the Gange represents a meeting with the Mother Goddess, there where all things began. In the Indian tradition, the Gange is seen as having a feminine, maternal nature and believed to be the sacred river of Paradise capable of purifying one of sins. According to the millennial vision of Yoga, the Gange also flows symbolically together with two other rivers, the Jamuna and the Saraswati, inside of the human body by way of an intricate system of invisible canals called Nadi that carry Prana, “life force” or “cosmic energy”, throughout the body. For the passionate of India and it’s philosophies, the Himalaya and the origins of the Gange make up part of that magical, almost dreamlike, world that surrounds the life and teachings of numerous Indian masters and that has been reinforced over the decades by literature half imaginative half truthful.

From Hell to Paradise and back
One who departs in the late Spring with Gangotri as their destination, leaves behind the suffocating heat of the Indian flatlands where the Monsoon rains are anxiously awaited. On the way, one usually stops at the densely populated mountain village of Uttarkashi. As the overcrowded and swaying buses struggle along the steep climb and around endless turnabouts towards Gangotri, the pilgrims aboard repeatedly sing devotional chants, off-key and in a sort of collective delirium, with increasing volume as they get closer and closer to Gangotri. Upon arriving, one hears a persistent roar that vibrates in the fresh crisp mountain air and notices how even the forest trees seem to bow towards the foaming and rumbling Garurikund waterfall that drops off into the depths of the Himalaya valley.

Somewhere between Nature and mythology
At dawn, pilgrims and hiking enthusiasts alike begin along the easy, wide mountain trail that hugs the Bhaagirathi Torrent, the principal source of the Gange that was named after a wise man who is believed to have once meditated, prayed and lived in poverty along it’s shores for thousands of years so as to redeem his ancestors who had been incinerated by the glare of ascetic divinity Kapil. Legend has it that the god Brahma, struck by the perseverance of Bhaagirathi, thereby consented that the purifying waters of the Gange descend upon the Earth and cleanse the souls of the sage and his ancestors. The legend goes on to say that, in order to avoid that the world be destroyed by the destructive force of the powerful billows of the Gange, the god Shiva dammed them with his thick head of hair thus reducing their deletory power. Eighteen kilometers of trail, at times level and at others slightly climbing, penetrate a narrow, suggestive valley offering many an occasion of crossing characteristic and sometimes even extraordinary personages; those devoted to the divinity Shiva, distinguished by the three white lines painted on their foreheads, while those inspired by the divinity Vishnu with a sort of “U” or “V” drawn just above their nose.

The “Gange Maa” Cult
Chirabasa is the ideal location where to catch one’s breath. Proceeding along the trail, after many hours of hiking, the grayish glacier Gangotri suddenly appears, almost as if a mirage. Inside of a kind of ice-cave called Gaumukh, or “Cow’s Mouth”, the dark capricious waters of the Gange Ma, the “Mother Gange”, are born. At a higher altitude, another trail snakes over the glacier’s moraine leading to Tapovan, a small plain at the base of the pointed mountain Shivling that pops out of the ethereal mist that continually surrounds Gangotri. The sacred mountain of Shivling is worshipped by the Hindu who consider it a phallic symbol representing Shiva. In India, the god Shiva is adored both in it’s anthromorpomorphic aspect as in the form of linga, a stone carved into a phallic symbol and placed on a circular base thereby graphically reproducing the symbolic union between the male and female genital organs.

(Article written by Andrea Alborno and published by the Yoga Journal; translated in English by Kathleen DerDerian)
Pilgrimage to the Origins of the Gange

Itinerary

Departure from Italy is scheduled for Monday, the 25th of May, 2008 with return on the 7th of June. Roundtrip airfare was deliberately excluded from the trip cost in order to enable participants to lengthen their stay in Indian if desired. For who plans on traveling independently to India, the meeting is planned in Delhi on May 27th. It is possible to request that Hari-Om take care of the flight arrangements upon payment of the communicated cost. Since ticket prices tend to increase the closer one books to the departure date, we advise the interested participants to book their flights as soon as possible.

The trip itinerary is as follows:

Day 1: Departure from Italy.

Day 2: Arrival in Delhi. Visit to the Hare Krishna temple. Overnight stay in Delhi.*

Day 3: Bus transfer from Delhi to Rishikesh. Evening and overnight stay in Rishikesh.*

Day 4: Visits to the temples and Ashram of Rishikesh. Overnight stay in Rishikesh.*

Day 5: Bus transfer from Rishikesh to Utterkashi. Day in Uttekashi with visit to the famous temple Vishwanath. Overnight stay in Uttrekashi.

Day 6: Bus trasfer from Utterkashi to Gangotri. Visit to the Gangotri Temple with evening prayer
dedicated to the Goddess Ganga. Overnight stay at Gangotri.

Day 7: After breakfast, visit to the Gangotri Temple. Hike from Gangotri along the Bhagirathi
River to Bhojwasa (4-5 hours). Reservation at Guest House. Afternoon free to explore the
area and to enjoy a suggestive sunset among the Himalayan mountain tops.

Day 8: Hike towards Gomukh and the origins of the Gange (3-4 hours). Return to Bhojwasa in the
evening.

Day 9: Hike to Tapowan and the origins of the Gange (2-3 hours). Return to Bhojwasa in the
evening.

Day 10: Hike from Bhojwasa to Gangotri (2-3 hours). Bus transfer to Utterkashi. Overnight stay.

Day 11: After breakfast, bus transfer to Haridwar. Participation in devotional rituals on the shore
the Gange. Overnight stay in Haridwar.

Day 12: Bus transfer to Delhi. Visit of the Delhi markets. Dinner and overnight stay in Delhi.

Day 13: Return to Italy/USA



THE ITINERARY MAY BE MODIFIED AS THE RESULT OF
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR OTHER UNFORSEEN FACTORS.


Pilgrimage to the Origins of the Gange

Trip Cost
The total trip cost comes to $780 and includes the following:
> Tour guide;
> All noted bus transfers in rented tourist coaches (not on public transportation);
> Hotel accommodation, with breakfast included, in double rooms except for the nights in Bhojwasa where only dormitory accomodation is available.**

**Considering that the trip takes place during the Pilgrimage season, interested participants should keep in mind the available sleeping accommodations will be modest.

Additional expenses that are excluded from the total trip cost:
> Overnight accommodations on the days starred with an asterisk (*);
> Roundtrip airfare to and from India.***

***Roundtrip airfare from Italy usually costs around 700 euros. Hari-Om is willing to make flight reservations upon request.

***Roundtrip airfare from USA usually costs about $1,800.00 US dollars. Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi is willing to make flight arrangements upon request and payment.

********Payment of $780.oo U.S. Dollars must be made to The Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi before February 28th, 2009******************* This is non-refundable and you are responsible for your own flight and flight arrangements. Be sure you arrive in New Delhi by very early morning on May 27th in order to be on the tour bus with the group. (I had to change my flight once because I booked the arrival time too late about 11 a.m. This is why I am getting there a day ahead and it will afford me a chance to rest before our journey). Just a little F.Y.I.

TRIP GUIDES
Marco Mandrino was born and raised in northern Italy where he runs his own yoga insitute “Hari-Om” located in Alessandria in the state of Piemonte. Yoga “Master” and trained in Ayurveda and aroma-therapy, Marco is the principal instructor of numerous teacher-training courses of Tantra Yoga; is a regular contributor of articles for various Yoga magazines; has published his own works on Yoga; and attempts to encourage personal growth in others by way of his yoga seminars and retreats organized in Italy, the United States and Australia. Marco’s personal sadhana includes pilgrimages to sacred sights belonging to different spiritual traditions throughout the world. Marco has his point of reference in the Tantric tradition and thereby promotes an integral approach to Yoga combining Hatha, Bhakti and Jnana Yoga in his practice and teaching during his retreats and travels.

Michelle Acebo has been practicing yoga since 2001. She has completed two R.Y.T. 200 courses and a Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training @ 300 hours. Michelle has had the honor to study with numerous yoga masters of various traditions. She has studied, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Power Vinyasa, Vinyasa Krama, Anusara and was certified in Jivamukti Yoga with it's creators Sharon Gannon and David Life. She has served as a personal assistant to Sharon Gannon and David Life at the 2008 Southwest Yoga Conference in Austin, Texas. Michelle is one of only two teachers in Texas to be Jivamukti Yoga Certified. Michelle opened The Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi in January of 2005. This was the first and largest yoga studio and boutique in South Texas. The studio has evolved to "the yoga hub" of South Texas which is dedicated to education, improving the understanding of what yoga is and making sure that yoga is available for all to study.

Here are Michelle's travel arrangements from the U.S. I suggest you book your flight as early as possible. This is a peak travel time for tourist and the flights will more than likely get very expensive. I used expedia.com to book this. Total for flight with insurance was $1593.40. This was the best price available. As you can see, I have to change planes often but it saved me a lot of money!

Traveling to Delhi
Sun 24-May-09
Corpus Christi (CRP)Depart 2:50 pm
to
Dallas (DFW)Arrive 4:10 pm
355 mi(571 km)Duration: 1hr 20mn
AA Flight: 3702 Operated by: AMERICAN EAGLE
3Economy/Coach Class

Dallas (DFW)Depart 5:30 pm
to
London (LHR)Arrive 8:35 am
"Flight arrives on Mon 25-May"
"The arrival date for this flight is one day after the departure date."

+1 day
4,747 mi(7,640 km)Duration: 9hr 5mn
BA Flight: 192
3Economy/Coach Class Boeing 777
Mon 25-May-09
London (LHR)Depart 9:55 am
to
Delhi (DEL)Arrive 11:00 pm
4,169 mi(6,709 km)Duration: 8hr 35mn
BA Flight: 143
3Economy/Coach Class Boeing 777
Total distance: 9,271 mi (14,920 km)
Total duration: 19hr 0mn (21hr 40mn with connections)

Traveling to Chicago
Sun 7-Jun-09
Delhi
(DEL)Depart 8:15 am
to
London (LHR)Arrive 1:10 pm
4,169 mi(6,709 km)Duration: 9hr 25mn
BA Flight: 256
3Economy/Coach Class Boeing 777
London (LHR)Depart 3:35 pm
to
Chicago (ORD)Arrive 6:05 pm
3,953 mi(6,362 km)Duration: 8hr 30mn
BA Flight: 297
3Economy/Coach Class Boeing 777
Total distance: 8,122 mi (13,071 km)
Total duration: 17hr 55mn (20hr 20mn with connections)
Mon 8-Jun-09
Chicago
(ORD)Depart 6:00 am
to
Dallas (DFW)Arrive 8:20 am
799 mi(1,286 km)Duration: 2hr 20mn
AA Flight: 2301

Dallas (DFW)Depart 9:05 am
to
Corpus Christi (CRP)Arrive 10:20 am
355 mi(571 km)Duration: 1hr 15mn
AA Flight: 3565 Operated by: AMERICAN EAGLE