We all share this planet called Earth, and whether we live in Raleigh or Bombay, India, who among us is truly at peace in this world? Who among us does not wish to be? True contentment is a rare state of being that we all aspire to whether we realize it or not.

All of us desire freedom from the many negative influences that surround us; physical, emotional, and spiritual difficulties can combine to overwhelm any of us, and many individuals here in Raleigh depend on the truly extraordinary benefits of yoga to enhance their physical health while lessening or eliminating the negative energies that detract from the quality of their life.

~ Yoga offers a stronger and more flexible body that is in

balance with itself— a body that is pain free.

~ Yoga provides a clear pathway to the inner mind

where the secret to true contentment resides.

~ Yoga promotes a spiritual awareness and joy for those who invite this extraordinary discipline into their life.

In the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit, the word yoga means union, which refers to the joining of the body, mind, and soul. This comprehensive, three- pronged approach to self-improvement offers a tried and true way to enhance physical health, achieve clarity and contentment of the mind, and experience true spiritual joy.

Yoga offers exceptional benefits for those who embrace the ancient practice, and there are many devotees here in Raleigh who say that yoga has been an extraordinarily uplifting force in their life. Perhaps no other discipline pursued to enrich our existence can offer all that is attained through the learning of the timeless art of yoga.

For some Yoga may be considered a philosophy, a practice, a work out, a way of life or just yoga. We are born into this world with an inhale and we leave with an exhale. Life is a cycle. Everything comes to us in cycles. With yoga, one is able to enjoy these cycles of life with the use of breathe, also known as Prana. Pranayama is the art of practicing your breathe to control the obstacles created by your actions in this beautiful world.

Yoga helps your mental, physical, and spiritual being.

Yoga give your mind a constant clarity by nourishing your physical being with the fresh flow of oxygen throughout your veins, organs, muscles, and mind.

As you inhale your body takes in pure oxygen. On your exhale your body releases toxins and everything negative. This oxygen is carried throughout your body and mind which helps to purify all of your senses. You start to taste, feel, and smell things differently, hear and see more clearly.

Your body becomes alive. You begin to feel more peaceful within yourself. More than anything you will begin to notice they way you view life and the way life views you seems different. Better.

Come and experience the beauty of yoga. Come and discover the peace that has always existed within yourself and this exciting world.

Awaken!

“Claudia, you are so real and authentic and every class is just so “in the moment” and I just LOVE that.. I love the resonance of that”

~ Barbra

Walking the Circle with Amy Pierce

The Five Elements of Chinese Medicine Applied to Daily Life
An Ancient Tradition for Modern Concerns.
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
12:30- 5pm
$77 ( please Note: newsletter fee is incorrect)
Read more about Amy’s work @ http://home.mindspring.com/~tomanifest/spiritualcounseling/

We’re excited to again present this acclaimed workshop with author, teacher, spiritual counselor and Minister in Integrative Healing, Amy Pierce, M.A. Her Five Element experiential workshop creates powerful internal shifts around any problem, concern, or situation.

“This experience was nothing short of transformative …”
~ Jennifer Fitts, Hospice Spiritual Care Counselor

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JUNE 2012

CANDLELIGHT SACRED FLOW YOGA w/ Guest Katerine Brisebois

Dates: Monday June 11th and Wednesday June 13th
Time : 8.00 pm to 9.30 pm
Fee: $15/ class

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Join guest yoga teacher Katerine Brisebois for 2 special Candlelight Sacred flow Yoga classes at the Raleigh NC yoga studio on June 11th and 13th.

Sacred flow Yoga is a soulful, devotional and rejuvenating gentle yoga practice fusing the principles of hatha vinyasa yoga (the union of body, breath, and movement) and the qualities of bhakti yoga (gratitude, open-heartedness, humility, compassion, and devotion). We honor our body with a very gentle vinyasa flow and soft sacred restorative asanas to create a space for the inner doorways to open, prana to flow and healing and rejuvenation to occur.

This gentle flow class is the perfect retreat from the hectic busy pace of modern day living to practice REMEMBERING truth, love, source, compassion, and honor life as is it.

All levels welcome.
Katerine Brisebois has been practicing yoga since 2000 and teaching it for the last three years in Thailand, Montreal and the USA. An avid traveler and seeker, she has lived in Africa, Europe and Asia. Katerine’s teaching combines her unique passion for human kindness, truthfulness, joy and selfless service (seva). Her yoga path is one of true love and devotion. She is a certified Hatha yoga instructor (500 hrs training at Naada yoga in Montreal) and just returned from Santa Monica CA where she studied Bhakti yoga with her teacher Govinda’s. She teaches yoga to cancer patients and drug addicts.

www.yoganistakaterine.com | blog.yoganistakaterine.com

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RESTORATIVE YOGA WORKSHOP w/ Guest Katerine Brisebois

Saturday June 9 : 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm: Hips and Shoulders workshop
Sunday June 10 : 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm: How to manage stress in a busy world

Join guest yoga teacher Katerine Brisebois for 2 special Restorative Yoga workshops at the Raleigh NC yoga studio on June 9th and 10th.

Restorative Yoga is a therapeutic style of yoga where we use blocks, blankets and cousins (props) to support the body and make it easier to surrender to the pose and the breath. It provides a completely supportive environment that allows deep relaxation. There are no movements and no effort involved which allows the brain to quiet down. It is a beautiful, very gentle practice that will leave you feeling relaxed, re- aligned and re-balanced. No experience in yoga necessary.

On Saturday, June 9th, we will focus on opening the hips and shoulders by exploring various way’s to release the accumulated tensions. You will learn different postures and techniques to help you relax on a daily basis. This workshop will leave you relieved and more open.

On Sunday, we will explore the physiology of the body and learn efficient mechanisms to cope with stress. We will focus on relaxing the nervous system using mantras and deep breathing exercices.

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Triangle’s Great 108 Free to Breathe® Yogathon
North Raleigh Community Church 8032 Ray Road
June21,2012
5:00p.m
Read more @ http://participate.freetobreathe.org/site/TR?fr_id=1551&pg=entry

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Sept 2012

Welcoming Back J Miles from Project Richmond Yoga
for
FIRE VINYASA

Saturday Sept. 29th, 2012
1-3pm Master Class
Fee $30
Get your CE for Yoga Alliance here.

Register by clicking here.
Read more about Project Richmond @ http://projectyogarichmond.org/

From headstand to handstand and everything in between, learn the alignment and health benefits of inverted poses while also strengthening your core and improving your balance. Some yoga experience recommended, open mind required!

Saturday, March 24

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Cost: $30

Led by Rachel Moninger, RYT-200

RSVP Here!

Testimonial from 2012 graduate Sarah
A friend of mine in Winston-Salem works at the hospital and they have an on-staff yoga instructor. My friend arranged for me to meet with her and talk about her experiences in teaching and her education over the years. It was great talking with her and I gained some helpful insights, but I really appreciate you as my instructor so much more now. She only teaches one form of yoga. She is also pretty hard core about vegetarian lifestyle, no sugar, no caffeine, nothing microwaved, etc. She was a big name dropper in who she’s worked with in India, London, California, the ashrams she’s studied at, etc. I’m so glad that I was in Raleigh and met you for my training. I feel like I’m getting a much more balanced education and it’s so nice to meet with other yoga people and see what styles, experiences, other insight there is out there, but I definitely made a good choice in you as my instructor. Thanks!!

From 2011 Graduate Holli K. ~Ahhh! YOU are truly a wonderful teacher…that’s not even the best way to put it….I am falling into an even deeper love with yoga and believe me, that’s saying a lot because we (me and yoga) have been pretty tight for years! It’s all I’ve thought about and talked about for a long long time and to see myself getting more wrapped into it (and learning an infinite amount about myself and view of the world as a result) is, for me, simply joyous. And this only after 2 days!!! Ahh! Thank you. thank you. thank you, my beautiful teacher!

~I am so happy to be doing this training, to be meeting these people, to be reading these words, to be practicing this yoga. so, so happy…seriously, I still think I’m in a dream. You are awesome. Thank you:)

~You are a truly wonderful teacher. I have never felt stronger physically and progressed so far in my poses as I have with you, and with this training experience. That’s nothing short of awesome! I am so, so thankful to have the knowledge that has put me in this place of strength that I really did not know I was capable of…so thank you. Thank you for that.

Welcome to RNCY’S Teacher Training Certification Program. We look forward to working with you and guiding you to become better at your practice on and off of the mat. You do not have to become a teacher in order to go through our training program, but if you are interested in teaching yoga we are an accredited Yoga Alliance School. We focus on Breathing, Yoga Foundations, Alignment, Modifications and corrections, and most of all- How to teach:)
We have found it better to have small groups in our teacher trainings to make sure that our trainees receive the much needed attention in their forms and philosophy of Yoga. Read further to review more of the detailed curriculum. If you are interested in completing an application, please click RaleighNCYoga Teacher Application.

We believe that Yoga should be accessible to all which is why we keep the price of our Raleigh NC Yoga Teacher Training as low as it is: $2,199.00 (Early Bird Special), $2500 after June 15th, 2012
Non Refundable Deposit of $500 required. Space is limited
Payment plans may be available.

Pictures may be viewed of our previous trainings by visitng us on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150263538381350.374941.194070776349&type=3

Introductions Saturday July 14th from 12:30 to 3pm
Mondays thru Fridays

Week 1 July 16th-20 (1hour practice & 1 hour lecture in the evenings)

Week 2 July 23rd- 27th (1hour practice & 1 hour lecture in the evenings)

Week 3 July 30th- August 3rd (1hour practice & 1 hour lecture in the evenings)

Week 4 Aug 6th- Aug 10th (1hour practice & 1 hour lecture in the evenings)

Week 5 Aug 13th – Aug 17th (1hour practice & 1 hour lecture in the evenings)

Week 6 Aug 20th- Aug 24th (1hour practice & 1 hour lecture in the evenings) Aug25th Lecture/immersion 12:30- 4pm

Week 7 Aug 27th – Sept 1st (5 hours practice/week student chooses classes. Classes must be with Rachel or Claudia) Sept 1st Lecture/immersion 12:30- 4pm

Week 8 Sept 3rd – 8th (5 hours practice/week student chooses classes. Classes must be with Rachel or Claudia) Sept 8th Lecture/immersion 12:30- 4pm

Week 9 Sept 10th -15th (5 hours practice/week student chooses classes. Classes must be with Rachel or Claudia) Sept 15th Lecture/immersion 12:30- 4pm

Week 10 Sept 17th- 22nd (5 hours practice/week student chooses classes. Classes must be with Rachel or Claudia) Sept 22nd Final 12:30- 4pm

Raleigh NC Yoga Curriculum
I.Techniques, Trainings, & Practice
A. History of yoga
B. Eight Limb Path of Yoga
C. Asanas
D. Breathing
1. Pranayama
2. Breathe of Fire
3. Ujjayi Breathing
4. Abdominal Breathing
5. Alternate Nostril Breathing
E. Dristhi
F. Bandhas
1. Mula 2. Uddiana 3. Jalandhara
G. Physical Benefits
H. Mental Benefits
I. Contraindications
J. Meditation – how to embrace the present
1. Still vs Moving
K. Various Yoga Styles discussed
1. Ashtanga
2. Iyengar
3. Hatha
4. Anusara
5. Vinyasa

II. Teaching Methodology
A. Discuss qualities of a good teacher and individual goals of students
B. Asanas – Finding the Balance of Power and Grace 1. Students will learn Sanskrit names of Asanas 2. Standing Poses 3. Seated Poses 4. Supine Poses 5. Balancing Poses- Standing, Supine, & Arm Balances 6. Hip Openers 7. Twists 8. Inversions 9. Counter poses 10. Back Bends 11. Forward Folds
C. Principles of Alignment
D. Correction & adjustments of poses- Students will learn & participate with hands on corrections and adjustments

III. Anatomy & Physiology
I. Roles of the Body Systems & Organs
A. Skeletal – The main role of the skeletal system is to provide support for the body, to protect delicate internal organs and to provide attachment sites for the organs. Bones, cartilage, tendons and ligaments.

B. Muscular – The main role of the muscular system is to provide movement. Muscles work in pairs to move limbs and provide the organism with mobility. Muscles also control the movement of materials through some organs, such as the stomach and intestine, and the heart and circulatory system.Skeletal muscles and smooth muscles throughout the body.

C. Digestive – The main role of the digestive system is to breakdown and absorb nutrients that are necessary for growth and maintenance.Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines.

D. Reproductive – The main role of the reproductive system is to manufacture cells that allow reproduction. In the male, sperm are created to inseminate egg cells produced in the female. Female (top): ovaries, oviducts, uterus, vagina and mammary glands. Male (bottom): testes, seminal vesicles and penis.

E. Excretory – The main role of the excretory system is to filter out cellular wastes, toxins and excess water or nutrients from the circulatory system. Kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.

F. Nervous System – The main role of the nervous system is to relay electrical signals through the body. The nervous system directs behavior and movement and, along with the endocrine system, controls physiological processes such as digestion, circulation, etc. Brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves.
G. Circulatory – The main role of the circulatory system is to transport nutrients, gases (such as oxygen and CO2), hormones and wastes through the body Heart, blood vessels and blood.
I. Respiratory – The main role of the respiratory system is to provide gas exchange between the blood and the environment. Primarily, oxygen is absorbed from the atmosphere into the body and carbon dioxide is expelled from the body. Nose, trachea and lungs.

J. Endocrine – The main role of the endocrine system is to relay chemical messages through the body. In conjunction with the nervous system, these chemical messages help control physiological processes such as nutrient absorption, growth, etc. Many glands exist in the body that secrete endocrine hormones. Among these are the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, pancreas and adrenal glands.

K. Lymphatic / Immune System – The main role of the immune system is to destroy and remove invading microbes and viruses from the body. The lymphatic system also removes fat and excess fluids from the blood. Lymph, lymph nodes and vessels, white blood cells, T- and B- cells.

L. Skin- The largest organ.

IV. Philosophy, Lifestyle & Ethics
A. Diet & Nutrition
B. Injuries, Health Conditions
C. Pregnancy & Yoga
D. Lifestyle
E. Student/ Teacher Relationship
F. Code of Ethics
G. The Ego
H. Confidence – my goal is to build the student’s confidence in their teaching skills
I. Religion and Respect
J. Compassion

V. Practicum Students will take turns teaching and criticizing one another with construction criticism verbally and by hands on, from instructor and fellow students

There will be an Practical and Written Exam upon the completion of this course.

VI. Electives
A. Journaling
B. Readings from Pantajali’s Sutras
C. Chakras
D. Meridians
E. How Yoga detox’s the mind and Body
F. Karma Yoga

Workshop runs February 11th- 17th
Every Saturday from 12:45-2pm
Cost is $100 per person
To RSVP, click here.

Join us for our Grand Opening Fiesta to meet fellow Yogis and Yoginis!!!
When: Saturday, January 28th
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: 4904-108 Alpinis Dr. Raleigh, NC 27615
Hors d’oeuvres will be served & we will be raffling off services from RNCY.
Bring a friend.

Don’t miss out!

The first 10 students to attend a class at our new location will receive 5 complimentary classes!

We are excited to announce that Raleigh NC Yoga will be moving our studio to a new location. We will be just 10 minutes from downtown Raleigh and North Raleigh near the intersection of Millbrook and Atlantic Ave. Classes at RNCY’S new location will begin Monday, January 16th, 2012, so mark your calendars. The studio will operate 7 days a week, offering classes from early in the morning until late in the evening.

Raleigh NC Yoga is run by Claudia Chambers. Claudia has been practicing Yoga since 2003 and “loves assisting students in finding their inner strength to help get them through lives many rewarding obstacles and to teach students that our realty can be better than our dreams”. To read more about Claudia click here.

One of RNCY’S other main instructor is Rachel Moninger. With Rachel you will find complete acceptance. Rachel says of her teaching approach, “It is never about what you can and cannot do. I care that my students feel nurtured and encouraged; empowered to be their best in their everyday lives.” To learn more about Rachel, click here.

We are looking forward to you seeing your new space . The studio will be offering specials on memberships, class packages and personal services.

Start off the New Year by learning how to use your breath, yoga poses and meditation to create a consistently calmer state of mind and body. Cost: $30. Led by Rachel.

Practicing kung fu and capoeira since 1997, Jonathan began a yoga practice in 2001, and obtained his initial 200 hour certification through Integral Yoga, under the guidance of Nora Pozzi in 2003. In 2009 an additional 200 hour training was completed under the instruction of the late Arlene Bjork. Since then, he has gone on to study and practice with other great teachers and luminaries such as Zhenja la Rosa, Faith Hunter, Jill Abelson, Terence Ollivierra, David Life and Sharon Gannon.

Jonathan finds inspiration and value in all traditions and teaching styles, from Iyengar to Jivamukti, or Ashtanga to Anusara, knowing that they all offer insight to the unfolding of our own personal “Sadhana” or practice. A passionate instructor, each class is an invigorating blend, of philosophy, humor and a continuous effort to cultivate an inward awareness and focus on the body’s natural rhythm and patterns of breath. Students are skillfully guided through movements that build strength, courage and confidence.
Jonathan has four children and lives and teaches yoga in Richmond Virginia.Martial artist, yogi, community activist, father, and the son of a preacher, Jonathan Miles is the co-founder of Project Yoga Richmond in Richmond VA.

Yoga Playtime – Learn the Basics of Acro Yoga
Saturday, January 21, 2:30pm-5pm, Fee $45
(CE Hours available)

J Miles brings Yoga Play Time to RNCY! This fun session will explore partner movement and assisted yoga poses as a means to harmonize and focus energy. J will teach you:
-Partner movements to strengthen the core and promote awareness of alignment
-Partner exercises to build trust
-Basic Acro Yoga inversion practice (headstand, shoulderstand, handstand and forearm balance)

Fire of Vinyasa
Sunday, January 22nd, 9-11:00 am, Fee $30
(CE Hours available)

Tapas and Sadhana Vinyasa means to move or place with intention. This class aims to help the student build the necessary internal heat (tapas) to help purify and detoxify the system, and clarify the mind. Students will also be introduced to the concept of sadhana, having a personal practice or more specifically, achieving a goal using skillful means. The goal of Yoga is to cleanse the mind and the heart and make the practitioner fit for spiritual life.

Arm Balancing and Inversions – Moving with Inner Strength
Sunday, January 22, 11:30 – 1:30 pm, Fee $30

(CE Hours available)

J Miles will shift your perception from limitation to possibility and shine a playful light on arm balances and inversions. J will break down Crow (vs. Crane), Headstand, Flying Pigeon (Kouindyasana), Grasshopper and others. Basics for Handstands will be taught, and for the advanced student, how to transition from one pose to the next.

Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!