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SOUND HEALING & SACRED DRUM GUIDED JOURNEY
with JEFF DEEN
Saturday, March 6, 7-8:30pm

Join meditational drummer Jeff Deen as he transmits healing vibrations and Sound Blessings through his enchanting drums and percussion instruments from around the world. Feel the deep vibrations of the drum take you deeper into the depths of yourself, where you can confront, feel and release all that you do not need.

Some of this meditation will be guided. This journey will not involve the audience drumming; rather, this is your time to simply receive healing vibrations.

Please bring a yoga mat and/or blanket so that you may lie down and receive comfortably.

$20. Advance signup required.

SATSANG with SPECIAL GUESTS SHUBALANANDA
and ASHLEY FLAGG
Sunday, March 7, 7-9pm

Shubalananda travels, with his friends, across the eastern United States leading his unique brand of kirtan. He and Ashley Flagg will be our special guests at our regular Sunday Satsang. Join us for a short guided meditation and the traditional Sivananda daily chants, followed by kirtan with our new friends Shubal and Ashley.

For the past 25 years, Shubal has studied kirtan and bhajan with many of India's great gurus and musicians. He offers his kirtan, and his guitar and harmonium playing, as a gift to his highest Self as well as the community around him. Ashley has been studying music, yoga and life for many years. Her voice supports and colors Shubal's kirtan.

For more information, go to www.shubalananda.com.

By donation.

INTRODUCTION TO SANSKRIT, THE SCIENCE OF SOUND VIBRATION
with MA BHASKARANANDA
Part I, Sunday, March 14, 2-4pm
Part II, Sunday, March 21, 2-4pm

Part I: The Evolution of Sound from Vibration to Speech.
Alphabet and mantra chanting for holistic healing and natural peace.
Sanskrit, the language of meditation and enlightenment.

Part II: Sanskrit Study is Self-Study, Svadhyaya.
Alphabet and mantra chanting for holistic healing and natural peace.
Om as vibration, manifestation, expansion and completion.

$25 per day or $45 for both days.

Ma Bhaskarananda studied directly with Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, (Dr. Rammurti Mishra, M.D.) for more than 15 years, receiving intensive training in meditation, Sanskrit language and Yoga-Vedanta philosophy. She has been a longtime resident teacher at Ananda Ashram in Monroe, NY, and formerly served as director of its sister organization, Brahmananda Ashram in San Francisco. Ma Bha was also a Sanskrit teacher at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque for 8 years and teaches at other centers in the U.S., Europe and India.

Ma Bha has been a visiting teacher to South Florida for many years. These are the last classes that she will be teaching this year before returning to New York. We warmly welcome this fun, inspiring and much-loved teacher.

TWO-HOUR YOGA CLASS with LIVE SACRED MUSIC!
featuring RICHARD BROOKENS
Saturday, March 20, 4-6pm

It will be a magical afternoon as we practice yoga to the live sounds of bamboo flutes from India and China, tablas (drums from India), udus (clay pots from Africa), and a Balinese gong, along with ambient tracks from Richard’s previous works. Enjoy the peaceful ambience of the Yoga Warehouse as senior teacher Mohini leads the class in two hours of classical hatha yoga practice, allowing the music to take you on a unique yoga journey.

Richard is a longtime friend of the Yoga Warehouse and has played percussion here at many Satsangs and special events. He has played locally with artists Bhagavan Das, Durga Das (David Newman), Russill Paul and Jorge Alfano, and many more. Listen to samples of Richard’s music and check his schedule at www.yellowbellmusic.com and at Myspace.com/yellowbellmusic.

$25 or use your Yoga Warehouse class card and add $10.
Space limited, advance signup required.

INTRODUCTION TO SANSKRIT, THE SCIENCE OF SOUND VIBRATION
with MA BHASKARANANDA
Part II, Sunday, March 21, 2-4pm

Part II: Sanskrit Study is Self-Study, Svadhyaya.
Alphabet and mantra chanting for holistic healing and natural peace.
Om as vibration, manifestation, expansion and completion.

For more information, please see March 14 item above.

Ongoing


FREE MEDITATION and KIRTAN (SATSANG)
Every Sunday evening 7-8:30pm

Guided meditation followed by kirtan (call-and-response mantra chanting and music) and a short reading, all in the Sivananda tradition. Beginners and all traditions welcome.

"As Satsang is the only safe boat to take you to the other shore of Bliss or Moksha [liberation], you should all try as best as is in your power, never to miss it." - Swami Sivananda

SIVANANDA TEACHERS TRAINING COURSES

The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers make up the largest yoga organization of its kind in the world, with nearly 40 years of experience in teaching this course, which was the first Yoga teachers training course in the West, founded by Swami Vishnudevananda. This four-week residential course offers a profound personal experience and the opportunity to increase strength and flexibility, develop greater spiritual awareness, improve your power of concentration, and enhance your self-esteem and self-discipline. Mastery of any yoga practice is not necessary, only your sincere desire for knowledge and your commitment to personal growth.

Here are the dates in the Bahamas:
March 4 - 31, 2010
April 4 - May 1, 2010 (with Shyam and Mohini)
May 5 - June 1, 2010 (new course!)
Dec 6, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011 (with Shyam and Mohini)

Here are the dates in New York:
June 2 - 30, 2010
Sept 10 - Oct 8, 2010

For information on the curriculum, schedule, accommodations, rates and for more dates for Sivananda teacher training courses all over the world, go to www.sivananda.org.