The Yoga Studio works to increase your knowledge of healing your body and mind by offering the Franklin and MetroWest region regular wellness workshops throughout the year. Our healing workshops are open to the public and cover a broad range of topics, from nutrition to spiritual teachings to meditation techniques that significantly enhance the quality of your daily life. Start improving your health now and sign up for our email newsletter today to keep track of our workshop schedule.
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Meditation, Teachings and Powerful Energy with Madhu Deevanapalli
Sunday, March 14
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

The key to understanding your life is understanding your relationships. Good relationships are of utmost importance for your material & spiritual progress. Too often we give the keys to our own happiness and success into the hands of others, thinking our lives would greatly improve if only "they" could change. Effective, lasting resolution in all relationships comes from within.

Madhu will help you keep the keys to relationship in your own hands, end discord and conflict in relationships, experience others without resorting to escape tactics and form win/win relationships that foster happiness and success.

About Madhu Deevanapalli: Madhu Deevanapalli is a spiritual coach and advisor. He helps spiritual seekers and aspirants by using profound, universal and ancient teachings in workshop and retreat settings as well as private sessions.
 
Prior to establishing his spiritual coaching practice, Madhu spent over twelve years as a monk with the Oneness University, a monastery of enlightened monks in the South of India. During his time there he acted as a principal advisor to well known spiritual speakers in the West, and conducted numerous retreats for transformation and enlightenment in India and the U.S.  The focus of his teachings remains on educating people using universal principles that guide one's life towards happiness.

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Spring & Tune Up Your Thighs! Yoga for Weight Loss
Saturday, March 20
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Register Early and Save! Register one week in advance $35 or $40 at the door.
Are you ready to shed your winter coat & embrace the spring changes? Our bodies are dormant and resting throughout the winter for the year to come. We walk less & eat more to keep us warm. It is natural for human body to do so. This workshop will assist you in smooth and effective transition into more active phase of the year. Once you move your body, the mind moves also. Once you awaken your legs, not only circulation improves but also your mind sharpens and consciously craves more nutritionally balanced foods and regulates your weight.

COME, LEARN AND ENJOY:
• Creating a sequence which stimulates your metabolism in easy & powerful way
• Toning your legs
• Losing weight

REGISTER ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE: $35.00 AT THE DOOR: $40.00 CALL TO REGISTER: 508-376-8508
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Meditation & Oneness Blessing
with Cathy Mann
Twice a month on Sunday afternoons - next dates March 7 and March 21
4:00 - 5:00 PM
$15 per class
Please Pre-register
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In a modern world that values activity, achievements and results, it is perhaps not surprising that more people are turning to meditation.

For all the activity of modern society, many still feel a fundamental need for silence, inner peace, and a moment of reflection. Meditation can reduce stress and help us relax and it can also have huge health benefits. Experience tranquility and peace in your heart. 

The Oneness Blessing frees the constant chatter of the mind resulting in clarity of perception and spontaneous feelings of love, joy, peace, and inner silence. The Blessing is dogma-free and does not belong to any particular religion, philosophy or belief system. It helps each of us discover and fully experience the reality of our own unique relationship with the Divine.

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Self-Defense
with Duane Allen
Sundays, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
$15 per class
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Learn a fun way to build strength and confidence. A class suitable for the entire family. Replace fear with confidence. Drop-in and give it a try.

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A Special Class for Teachers: An Opportunity for Continued Training
Coming in January 2010: Still a Few Spaces Left!

Meets Twice Monthly on Saturdays from 1:00- 4:00 p.m.
January 9-March 20, see calendar
Cost: $250, Pre-register by 1/1 and save. $240.

Join Cathy Mann to explore the art of teaching and deepen your personal practice of asana, pranayama, meditation, and contemplation.

The path of a teacher is a never-ending possibility for growth.  There is always more to learn, study, and refine.
It is a journey of exploration, expansion, and transformation. Great teaching is learning how to give voice to your knowledge as a means to inspire and uplift others.
 
Meet other yoga teachers and practice different types of adjustments, modifications, and language to enhance your skills. We'll cover:
 
•  Art of Language: How to make you instructions clear, concise and impactful.

•  Adjusting and Assisting: How to make your touch effective and noninvasive.

•  Art of Progressive Teaching: Break down challenging poses into parts and systematically teaching the skills     necessary to build toward the final pose.

•  Art of the Demo: Enhance and refine this powerful teaching tool.

•  Practice Teaching: Receive individual feedback and support.

•  Therapeutics: for common structural problems.

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Shamanic Drumming
4th Friday of Every Month
Time: 7:15 - 9/9:30 PM
Cost: $10 to cover the cost of the space. This will be reduced if enough people attend.
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Join us for a night of shamanic community, journey work, healing and drumming. This circle is open to anyone who knows how to journey shamanically. It is not, however, a class for learning how to journey.

Bring drums and rattles if you have either or both. Also bring a notebook and pen to record your journeys. Please feel free to bring a small object for our alter as well.

For more information contact: Dave Perry at (508) 376-6928 or bdperry@mailstation.com.

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The Way of the Shaman
The Shamanic Journey, Power and Healing: The Basic Workshop of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies
Saturday and Sunday, April 17 and April 18
Cost: $195 (Deposit of $75, payable to David Perry required)
Time: 10-5:30 p.m. both days
Contact: David Perry, 15 Timberline Road, Millis, MA 02054 (508) 376-6298 or david_perry@parkschool.org

This is the Basic Workshop of the Foundation for the Shamanic Studies (FSS), and the prerequisit for all FSS workshops and training courses.

During this experiential workshop, participants are introduced to core shamanism, the universal and near universal methods of the shaman to enter non-ordinary reality for problem solving, well-being, and healing. Particular emphasis is put on the classic shamanic journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream. Participants in this workshop should bring a notebook and pen to record your experiences, a bandanna or eye mask to cover your eyes, and a drum or rattle if you have one. Also, please bring a rough-surfaces rock about the size of a grapefruit.