@ Tracy’s Yoga Studio

NEW  Fall Progressives, 5 week series

Level 1 – starting Sept 13th – Mondays (6:30-8:30pm)

Level 2 – starting Sept 13th – Mondays (10:00am-12:00 noon)

Level 2 – starting May 15th – Wednesdays (7:00-9:00pm)

Level 2 – starting May 16th – Thursdays (7:00-9:00pm)

“Sincere, keen students & teachers welcome”

for more info call: 209-3987 or email tracy@tracygroshak.com
Cost: $180.00
Note: space is very limited

Send in your requests to save a spot as space is limited. These are specialized classes like no other!

@ Flow Yoga Studio  (888 Burrard St. downtown)

Drop-In Public Classes that are on going!

Tuesday

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm

Thursday

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm

Friday

10:00am-11:30am

Sunday

10:00 – 11:30am  ”Yoga Church”

**Due to the nature of Flow Yoga being a multi-disciplinary studio and the fact that the classes are very short in time. Understand that i am only able to offer a tiny glimpse of what I teach and I am limited in sharing my every expanding background and studies in Vijnana yoga, anatomy, physio, biomechanics, movement therapy and breathe. So if you are wanting more insight, depth of study and practice, sign up for the “Progressive Series” above and or also consider doing a private assessment that is specifically designed for YOU!

@ Yoga for the People  (150 West Hastings in Gastown)

NEW Saturday Vijnana yoga practice classes

12:30-2:30pm

Dates: TBA for Sept.

By donation starting @ $15.00

“Practicing from the Inside-Out”

Note: These will become regular Saturday Classes in the fall.

@ Yoga for the People  (150 West Hastings in Gastown)

NEW Saturday Vijnana yoga practice classes

12:30-2:30pm

Dates: TBA (for Sept.)

By donation starting @ $15.00

“Practicing from the Inside-Out”

Note: These will become regular Saturday Classes in the fall.

Join Tracy and Lipe for 3 hours of Active Meditation, Yoga, Pranayama, Delicious Raw Cookies and Fresh Coconut Milk!

Beginners welcome!
Advance yogis too!

Reserve your glass of milk!
omhelpers@yahoo.com

Kits Studio Location

May 3rd, 2010
6-9pm

$40

On this day, we have the unique opportunity to learn the dynamic components of a full yoga practice which encompasses all the limbs of the 8 fold path of yoga. Please come and join us experience the expansion of life forces that govern us all. Through practices and insights on meditation techniques, pranayama, preliminary postures, asana practice and the most amazing gourmet raw food prepared by the one and only, Doc Raw with over 35 years of living raw vegan experience and more! And lets not forget, some very interesting and in depth philosophy discussions around the practice of Ayurveda from my dear friend Lipe Viana, who has been studying Ayurveda for the past 10 years. Its going to be one amazing day, so don’t miss it!

WHEN: Saturday, April 10th

TIME: 9am – 5pm

LOCATION: The studio space: 343-1B Railway (@ Gore St.) Vancouver

COST: $150.00 (NOTE: if using pay pal below, it is $155.00)

DETAILS OF THE DAY

9am – 12:30pm: preliminary poses, meditation techniques, pranayama practice, asana flow

12:30pm – 2:30pm: gourmet raw vegan lunch w/ discussion on Ayurveda

3:00pm – 5:00pm: yoga alignment and asana workshop

——————————————————————–

HOW TO REGISTER:

1. send in a cheque made payable to Tracy Groshak (send to: 1381 Maple St. Vanc. V6J 3S1) or drop off at class.

OR

2. use the button below and pay via credit card. (3% service fee added to the total using this method)

A beautiful way to bring in the new season of change.

A must experience for yoga and meditation teachers.

DATE: March 13, 20 & 27

TIME:  9am – 12noon

LOCATION: kitsilano area,  please email for exact address to:  omhelpers.blogspot.com

COST:  $120.00

INFO:  For more details please contact: Lipe @ vianalipe@yahoo.com

]]> http://tracygroshak.com/schedule/workshops/the-3-pillars-to/feed/ 0 http://tracygroshak.com/schedule/workshops/the-program/ http://tracygroshak.com/schedule/workshops/the-program/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:30:56 +0000 admin http://tracygroshak.com/?p=184

On this day, we have the unique opportunity to learn the dynamic components of a full yoga practice which encompasses all the limbs of the 8 fold path of yoga. Please come and join us experience the expansion of life forces that govern us all.  Through practices and insights on meditation techniques, pranayama, preliminary postures, asana practice and the most amazing gourmet raw food prepared by the one and only, Doc Raw with over 35 years of living raw vegan experience and more! And lets not forget, some very interesting and in depth philosophy discussions around Bhakti Yoga from my dear friend Lipe Viana, who has been studying Bhakti yoga for the past 10 years. Its going to be one amazing day, so don’t miss it!

WHEN: Saturday, February 27th

TIME: 9am – 5pm

LOCATION: The studio space: 343-1B Railway (@ Gore St.) Vancouver

COST: $150.00 (NOTE: if using pay pal below, it is $155.00)

special notes: for parking and driving to the location go to: http://travelsmart2010.ca/

DETAILS OF THE DAY

9am – 12:30pm: preliminary poses, meditation techniques, pranayama practice, asana flo

12:30pm – 2:30pm: gourmet raw vegan lunch w/ philosophy discussion on Bhakti yoga

3:00pm – 5:00pm: yoga alignment and asana workshop

——————————————————————–

HOW TO REGISTER:

1. send in a cheque made payable to Tracy Groshak (send to: 1381 Maple St. Vanc. V6J 3S1)

OR

2. use the button below and pay via credit card. (3% service fee added to the total using this method)

These classes are postponed til further notice.

Thank you to those yogis that came out to share with us throughout the past few months.

This is an amazing opportunity to grow the many limbs of your yoga practice and delve deeper into the study of yoga philosophy.

This is by donation and is open to everyone that is interested.

Questions or need more info, please go to:  http://www.omhelpers.blogspot.com/

Progressive sessions

Is the next best thing to having  private lessons.These sessions are designed to teach you the necessary tools and proper body alignment/awareness to cultivate a deeper more rewarding yoga practice. Regardless of the style of yoga you are currently practicing, these classes are designed to take you into a more mindful and safe place, thus cultivating your own yoga practice. You will start to learn how to bring your physical structure into balance, create a strong core and necessary connections to a light  graceful practice that will last a lifetime.  This is where your body intelligence truly starts to transform. These sessions are recommended for all keen students & teachers.

Mixed level yoga (A true power class)

These classes are a melding of intelligent prep poses leading you into a challenging flow, synchronizing breath and movement. Here is the perfect opportunity to continuously refine your foundation & explore new challenging postures. This is also a highly recommended class for the “Progressive” student to exercise what he/she is learning & for those that already practice, a place to move and groove! 
 NOTE: Modifications will be given to the beginner & more involved postures will be selected for those advancing students.

Bio mechanics (MBF)

This is an individual assessment to understand current body function and dysfunction which address a full range of mobility issues. This is not just for yoga enthusiasts, this is for everybody.The assessment process dictates the required programs needed to bring ones body back in to true alignment.These are individual sessions with fees starting at: $140.00 for your first visit.. Follow-up visits are $100.00 each.

Private Yoga lessons

This is for the true yoga seeker. Assessing ones present depth of practice and providing personalized education to deepen ones yoga path. These are private sessions with fees starting at: $120.00 for your fist visit. If you are wanting to do more then one session, we will discuss frequency and pricing at the time of your first appointment. Additional fee of $10.00 added for home visits.

Vijnana = Internal Knowledge

The human body is a complex and delicate instrument. It takes careful awareness and attention to make it resonate with true strength and balance. Tracy combines the dynamic fluidity of ashtanga, the precise alignment of iyengar and the powerful body-mapping of vijnana Yoga into one intelligent and accessible approach.A detailed understanding of anatomy and the special needs of a “western” body-type (something ignored by most yoga systems) allows this style of yoga to be both very challenging for experienced students and appropriate for beginners. When it comes to your body and your yoga practice: “Knowledge is Power”.

For years now, many of us have attempted to deal creatively with the question: “What kind of yoga do you do? “Yoga is yoga, period. However, the need for a name and clear definition is genuine.Vijnana yoga’s roots are from the Iyengar tradition.  Mr. Iyengar taught Dona Holleman one on one transmission of a daily practice back in the 60’s which was then passed on to Orit Sen-Gupta. These two women practiced together & collaborated well over a decade to create an incredible yoga book called “Dancing the body of light.” Orit went further with this information and created a comprehensive practice manual. In saying all this, it is important to understand that the Vijnana practice has taken on a form clearly different from what is today termed ‘Iyengar Yoga’. There are three fundamental elements that are necessary to point out so as to clearly define the path of our practice.

The first element is the importance of ‘just sitting’ as part of practice. The great emphasis that we place on the quality of consciousness during the practice of āsana (postures) and prāņāyāma (breathing exercises) requires us to sit in meditation. This approach stems from the living tradition of yoga, which views meditation as the central tool for developing the consciousness, as well as from the classic texts wherein meditation is described as fundamental in all the systems of yoga.

The second element is the 7 essential principles, which teach us to listen to the sensations of our bodies and enable movement from that place.At the start we simply stand upon the mat and concentrate inward. Movement begins with bringing the hands down from namaste. The consciousness searches out the touch of the feet with the ground and the true alignment of the skeleton. Each part of the skeleton is in harmony with all the other parts and we stand as a single whole between heaven and earth. As the hands begin to move upwards, the muscles of the body are soft but not slack. The consciousness is attentive and aware of the body and the space surrounding it, while at the same time calm and collected. As the hands continue to move up and down we concentrate on the delicate movements created within the body while remaining attuned to the skeleton as one integrated whole, even as the range of movement increases. Keeping our mind focused, we direct our movements so that the muscles remain true to the alignment of the skeleton, reminding ourselves to be attentive without being reprimanding. Movement will continue now for an extended time and we strive to move from within the essential principles as one unit, body and mind.

The third element is the emphasis on study. In order to deepen our practice and understanding of yoga, it is necessary to study the written tradition, if only in part. Therefore, when students experience a desire to deepen their yoga and begin attending workshops, retreats or long classes, they are gradually and continuously exposed to the yogic literature.These three elements together – ‘just sitting’, the principles and the study of texts – have become our way of practice.(insights from Orit-Sen Gupta, founder of Vijnana Yoga)

Vijñāna?

The Taittirīya Upaniśad, a 2,700 year-old text, describes the human being and the cosmos as having five kośas, or layers: the physical, the energetic, the mental, the ‘vijñānic’ and the joyous.What is vijñāna?According to the great Vedantist philosopher Śankara, vijñāna is a deep understanding or knowing that cannot come about merely through outer knowledge that we receive through a teacher or a spiritual textual tradition. Rather it is an inner clarity that is revealed through personal experience.Ramakrishna continues thus: “The awareness and conviction that fire exists in wood is jñāna (knowledge). But to cook rice on that fire, eat the rice and get nourishment from it is vijñāna.

The 7 essential principles – relaxing the body, quieting the mind, focusing through intent, rooting, connecting, awareness of breath and expanding – all these allow us to go deep within and from that place to see, feel, understand and act skillfully.Calling our way of practicing Vijñāna Yoga is but giving recognition to something that has always been there, something that is at the core of our discipline: practicing, feeling, understanding – from inside.

Sources:

Vijñāna, – the act of distinguishing or discerning, understanding, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge, skill, art, science (Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, p. 961)”Verily, different from and within the sheath consisting of mind (manas) is the atma consisting of vijñāna (understanding).  This has the form of a person…Faith (śraddhā) is its head,Order (rta) is its right side.Truth (satya) is its left side.Yoga is its body.The Great Intelligence (mahat) is its lower part, the foundation.”(Taittrīya Upanishad II.41)”At the stage of mind (manas), we accept authority which is external.At the stage of vijñāna, internal growth is affected. We develop faith, order, truthfulness and union with the supreme.”(from S. Radhakrishnan’s commentary on the Taittrīya Upanishad)”As directly as the physical vision sees and grasps the appearance of objects, so and far more directly does the gnosis (vijñāna) sees and grasps the truth of things.”(Śri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga, page 463)