big bend yoga center

Workshops, Retreats & Special Events

Third Saturday — Tibetan Singing Bowl Sound Bathing with Patti Pellerito
Fourth Saturday Extended Class Workshop with Mike Shabsin
VILLAS SHANTI — Puerto Morelos, Mexico— February 4–11, 2012
Introduction to Mindfulness: Insight Meditation — February 11, 2012
Weekend Workshop with Mary Pafford— March 9–11, 2012
Scott Blossom Returns to St. Louis— March 31–April 1, 2012

SOUND BATHING — A Winter Relaxation with Patti Pellerito

It’s true, basking in the sunshine for a little time each day is very beneficial. Likewise, having our body bathed in harmonious sounds and waves from instruments such as Tibetan Singing Bowls, each one keyed to the energy centers or chakras centers of the body and Planetary Gongs, tuned to frequencies from the cosmos, provide nutrition for the nervous system.

I invite you to bask in waves of peace, heightened awareness and relaxation of body and mind. Come and simply relax, release tension from your body and ease your mind as you lie down and allow the tones and energy to wash through you.

4–5:30 pm / $15

Big Bend Yoga Center
88 North Gore (at Kirkham)
Webster Groves, MO 63119

Patti Pellerito
314.348.4278
www.pattipellerito.com

January 21
February 18
March 17
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Enjoy a longer class and expand your practice with Mike Shabsin the fourth Saturday of every month. If you are new to the practice of yoga, this session will illustrate how to be stable and comfortable in your asana. If you are already enjoying a regular yoga practice, this session will challenge you physically while also reminding you of the fundamentals.

During the workshop, we will explore the meaning of “practice” and how it relates to our actions. By engaging in self-study, each of us will shine light on how we are transformed by this beautiful and powerful practice.

11–1:30 pm / Big Bend Center

January 28
February 25
March 31
April 28

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Join Kitty for the Annual BBC Yoga Retreat to Villas Shanti in Puertos Morelos, Mexico.

For the third year in a row, BBC welcomes Saul David Raye for part of the workshop.

We will have two daily yoga classes with plenty of opportunity to explore, snorkel at the reef, take day trips to sacred ruins, enjoy massage and most important, rest, relax and be in the company of friends.

COST: $1300

TO REGISTER: Contact Kitty for a registration form. A $500 deposit will hold your space. The balance is due Dec. 1st. Price is per person with double occupancy.

314.918.9642 x 5

Mexico Yoga Retreat PDF
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Saturday, February 11, 2012  /  3:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Big Bend Yoga Center
88 N. Gore Av, Webster Groves

Teacher: Elizabeth Fryer

Teaching by Donation (dana).
St Louis Insight Meditation Group: dharmastl.org

This class is an introduction to the technique of insight meditation (vipassana) and its context – the 1st 3 Foundations of Mindfulness from Theravada Buddhism. Both sitting and walking meditation will be taught.

To register please send your name, phone number, email address and a $15 nonrefundable administration fee (checks payable to) Elizabeth Fryer, 11917 Claychester Dr, St Louis, MO 63131.

Contact Elizabeth at modharma@gmail.com. or 636 230-2388.

Please register early since space is limited. The deadline is February 6 (or while space lasts).
You will receive a confirmation by e-mail.

Elizabeth Fryer
Elizabeth, LMFT, founded the St Louis Insight Meditation Group in 1996 and has studied both Zen and Theravada Buddhism formally in Asia for 10 years as well as with Jack Kornfield in CA when she returned to the US in 1983 and until moving to St Louis in 1995.  She is trained by Jack Kornfield/Spirit Rock Center in northern CA as a Community Dharma Leader and has taught mindfulness in both traditional and secular (Monsanto C.) settings. Elizabeth, psychotherapist in private practice in St Louis, specializes in applying the principles of mindfulness to depth psychotherapy.

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Please welcome Mary Paffard back to St. Louis for her second visit, as she artfully, skillfully, and graciously weaves together her years of practice in yoga and meditation in this inspiring workshop on The Elements. She offers a unique blend of chakras, belly work, and poetic imagery to create a profound experience of Self. This will be like no other workshop you’ve ever attended (unless you’ve had the good fortune to experience her in the past). She is, quite simply, awesome!

For more info please go to janeshousestudio.com or contact Robin Buck at 636-255-9642 or Kitty Daly at kittyoga@aol.com

The Elements
A weekend exploring earth, water, fire, air, and space in the context of yoga asana, pranayama, meditation, and contemplation. In yoga we are stripping ourselves bare...we are simply - as is everything - a joyous blend of elements. By focusing on the elements, we can access this essence of being and the power of cultivating harmony and balance within. To lead an elemental life is to honor our relationship to all other beings and to become intimate to that which moves us more deeply than our harried, 24-7 world.

Each session we will use one of the elements as a focal point for practice. Most sessions will begin and end with a short meditation. This workshop is suitable for a wide variety of practitioners and particularly of interest to those who wish to move more from the inside to the outside and let go of systems of practice that are restricting their inherent and unique ease.

Mary Paffard
Mary has been a practitioner of yoga since the the early 70s and teaching nationally and internationally since 1985. Her original training was in the Iyengar tradition but she considers her main source of inspiration for her yoga to be meditation and the natural world. Mary was Director of Teacher Training at Yoga Mendocino in California from 2000-2010; she has developed and contributed to many teacher training programs and currently teaches one in Spanish in Central America. Mary uses the chakras, belly work, and poetic imagery to cultivate the inner guru in herself and in her students.

March 9-11, 2012
Sunnen Lounge in the Webster University Center
$150 Early Bird total workshop price, $160 if registered after 2/20
Fri., Sat., and Sun sessions individually priced $40-$45

Friday — Earth
6:30-9pm / $40 /

Saturday — Water & Fire
9am-12pm / $45

Saturday — Air
1:30-4pm / $40

Sunday — Space
8:30-11:30am / $45

Sat — Both morning AND afternoon sessions / $75

Workshop PDF

Hosted by Jane’s House of Wellbeing and Big Bend Yoga Center

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More details to follow on Scott’s workshop.

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