May 16-17, 2020 Yoga Workshop

May 16-17, 2020  
Connect to Your Inner Core.  Cancelled due to Covid-19

This workshop is designed to help you release any stored pain, anxiety, stress or tension you may be experiencing, so that your vital energy – prana – can move freely through your whole entire body.  When our vital energy is flowing freely (not obstructed), we experience feeling positive emotions, revitalized energy, mental clarity, lightness, pain relief and a sense of overall well-being. 

We will also practice asanas and pranayama techniques that will boost your immune system. 

Plan to Attend the Workshop?
Some yoga experience recommended. Attend all four sessions for an overall immersion experience that is designed to energize the body and soothe the nervous system, or attend any of the singular sessions. 

• Wear comfortable clothing
• Some yoga props available
• Arrive 15 minutes early, if possible
• Register before each session
• Set yoga mats up in a circle

Individual Yoga Lesson Available with Kari
Individual yoga lessons are effective in healing injuries, correcting imbalances and relieving tension and pain. Yoga lessons can also help you jump start your yoga practice. Email Kari to request an individual  yoga lesson!

Location of  Workshop
The Yoga Centre, 266 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL. 60302

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Session 1: Saturday, May 16 • 1-3pm
Connect with Your Lower Core

Inspiration: “In yoga, a strong core is more than a strong abdomen, lower back, pelvis, and torso. B.K.S. Iyengar says that yoga practice should take you on an inward journey from the periphery of your body to the core of your being. As a beginner, you work with the tools that are most accessible, the outer body.” – Marla Apt

Benefits

• Release tight hips and lower back
• Develop lower core strength and flexibility in your legs, hips and lower back
• Develop power and strength in your core abdominal and torso muscles
• Learn to breathe deeply at your diaphragm

Pranayama, Yoga Asanas and Restoratives
Emphasis on standing poses, standing twists, spirals and side bends

Transformational Work
Enhance positive energy flow with asanas and partner work

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Session 2: Saturday, 3:30-5:30 pm
Connect with Your Upper Core

Benefits

• Release tight shoulders
• Improve freedom of movement in your neck and shoulders
• Develop upper core strength and flexibility in your shoulders and upper back
• Sculpt and tone your arms
• Relieve tension in your head and neck to calm your nervous system
• Improve fascial elasticity to increase overall ease of movement

Pranayama, Yoga Asanas and Restoratives
Emphasis on standing poses, seated twists, spirals and side bends

Transformational Work
Enhance positive energy flow with asanas and partner work

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Session 3: Sunday, May 17 • 10 am-12 pm                                                                                                                          
Cultivate Strength and Balance

Inspiration: “As you strengthen and increase mobility in your legs and arms, you can begin to strengthen your spine and coordinate the work of your limbs with your torso, in the process, learning about your breath, attention span, emotions and the qualities of your nature.” – Marla Apt

Benefits

• Make the legs more shapely and sturd
• Create stability in your feet and legs
• Help contract and tone the abdominal muscles
• Tone the lower region of the spine and the nerves connected with the leg muscles
• Strengthen the knees
• Bring strength, calm and clarity of mind
• Ensure proper blood supply to the brain and glands

Pranayama, Yoga Asanas and Restoratives
Emphasis on standing poses, balance poses, supported inversions and twists

Transformational Work
Enhance positive energy flow with asanas and partner work

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Session 4: Sunday, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
The Power of Relaxation

Benefits

• Empower yourself by deeply relaxing                                                                                                                                                            
• Release stress and tension                                                                                                                                                                            
• Increase prana- life energy flow                                                                                                                                                                            
• Calm your nervous system

Pranayama and Restoratives
Emphasis on a series of energizing and relaxing restorative poses

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About Kari 

Kari is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance at the E-RYT 500 level, and studied extensively under the late Roger Eischens. Kari is the Director of Eischens Yoga and teaches yoga throughout the Midwest and is trained to offer individual yoga lessons to help students heal.

Kari is an authentic, natural born teacher, who shares her experience from deep down in her beautiful heart. Any practitioner will benefit from yoga study with Kari.