JANUARY
JANUARY SPECIAL EVENT
YOGA VACATION PROGRAM
January 19 – 22
January 16 – 18
Creating a Yogic Lifestyle Silvia San Miguel (Surya)
EXPERIENTIAL COURSE
January 17 – 22
Mindfulness-Based Time and Life Management Jost Blomeyer Tuition: $478. Add 7 nights’ accommodation Discover why mindfulness — the ability to focus your attention in the present moment — is essential for your happiness and success in any area of life. In this course, you will gain a greater understanding of how your brain works, learn how to better handle stress, experience the effects of positive brain training, and redefine your personal values, beliefs, and goals. Come explore the impact of the mind-body connection through a variety of techniques such as mindfulness-based stress reduction, meditation, neuro-lingustic programming, positive psychology, and yoga. More online. Jost Blomeyer is an advanced Sivananda Yoga teacher with a Certificate for Professional Practice of Psychotherapy. Based in Germany, he works as a trainer, counselor, therapist, and coach through his company Metatraining and appears extensively in German magazines and television as an expert on yoga and stress management.
Develop a yogic lifestyle that suits your daily schedule and transform your outlook on work, family, and life in general. Learn how to accommodate a period of meditation at the start of your day, adapt your diet, and take care of yourself physically and mentally by practicing yoga asanas. You will also discover how to recharge yourself with relaxation techniques, how to detect stress — and avoid it — through a few simple breathing exercises, and develop a positive-thinking mind all day long. Silvia San Miguel (Surya) bio on page 58. SIVANANDA CORE COURSE
January 18 – 22
Essentials of Yoga II Deepen your experience of Sivananda Yoga through inspiring new approaches to asana and lifestyle practices. See page 23.
EXPERIENTIAL COURSE
January 19 – 23
Veterans and Service Members Yoga Retreat: The Power of Calm Robin Carnes Tuition: $310. Add 6 nights’ accommodation Are you looking for a powerful way to manage your stress? Sleep better? Feel more relaxed? Join us for a special retreat just for veterans and active-duty service members where we focus on practical, scientifically proven, simple practices to incorporate into your daily routine. In the company of other vets, you receive useful information together with easy-to-learn breathing exercises, yoga postures, and meditations. Come reconnect with your “chill” and be empowered to bring it back home with you. Robin Carnes bio on page 64.
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MINDFULNESS IN THE WORLD S Y M P O S I U M Mirabai Bush, Judith Simmer-Brown, and Gopi Kallayil One of the most promising trends in the workplace and in education is the rise of mindfulness, an ancient practice for focusing attention to create a still, quiet, stable mind and heart. This symposium brings together three pioneering leaders of the mindfulness movement to share their expertise and experience. Come explore how mindfulness has the ability to create unmatched personal and social well-being — and what you can do to bring mindfulness into your own world. Mirabai Bush is cofounder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and coauthor with Ram Dass of Compassion in Action. She works with organizations to bring contemplative principles to the workplace and has a special interest in the recovery of women’s spiritual wisdom.
The Benefits of Mindfulness Employees, employers, educators, and students alike are discovering what sages knew and psychologists and cognitive scientists have confirmed: the practice of mindfulness meditation has tangible benefits, including lowering stress, increasing mental focus, alleviating depression and anxiety, increasing resilience, and improving sleep and mental clarity. Students and employees who practice mindfulness report unprecedented levels of productivity and peace of mind, in spite of the exponential stress and information overload present in our modern world.
Judith Simmer-Brown, PhD, is Professor of Religious Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. A practicing Buddhist for over 40 years, and an acharya (senior dharma teacher) in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, she is author of several books, including Meditation and the Classroom. Gopi Kallayil is a Sivananda yogi and the Chief Evangelist of Google Social for Brands, with degrees in electronics engineering and business administration. An avid yoga practitioner, meditation practitioner, triathlete, and public speaker, he founded and teaches a weekly yoga program for Google employees (Googlers) called Yoglers. sivanandabahamas.org | 67