Fall is proving to be a busy time for Anahata. Below is a list of upcoming events and opportunities for our Anahata Friends to add some more seva to your day.
- September 4th, please join us in the upper level of Meridian Hill park for a yoga class open to all (and taught by the lovely Emilia) followed by a potluck/picnic for Anahata volunteers and those that are interested in becoming volunteers. It’s a great way to spend some time getting to know like-minded wellness activists + have some time outside doing what we love – moving with breath. More details about our monthly potlucks can be found here: http://www.anahatainternational.org/index.php/news/volunteer-potluck/
- September 12th, Flow will have a table up at this year’s Adams Morgan Day Festival – a crazy time on 18th street with lots of people and opportunity to spread the word about the yoga studio + Flow’s outreach which includes Anahata! I will be there but need a number of volunteers to take 2 hour shifts to help chat with folks as they stop by the table. All help is appreciated :).
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What a difference a yoga practice makes.
As part of the yoga community, Anahata Grace is fortunate enough to be surrounded by those who desire social change and hold themselves personally accountable to make an impact. Leading by example is the District’s city-wide Citizen Effect 30 Day Yoga Challenge. Spear-headed by Michael Hall of Mid City Yoga, funds raised through the 30 Day Yoga Challenge will support the construction of an orphanage in Cloetesville, South Africa.
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Not only does Anahata Grace have donation classes at Flow Yoga Center and Stroga, but we’re now branching out in the fitness realm reaching Fuel Pilates, a brand new DC pilates studio. Every 1st Sunday of the month, Karen Chan will teach a donation yoga class to benefit our organization. So join us for the beginning of this journey and attend the first community class 9:15-10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 6th, 2010.
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The Stroga community-based donation class is staying strong with its 2nd week starring Shawn Parrell as the May 29th yoga instructor.
What to expect: Shawn’s classes are strong and deeply nurturing, full of humor and heart. Her roots in the Krishnamacharya lineage and mystical poetry infuse the intelligent and progressive patterns of pranic movement she shares today. Expect lighthearted and challenging play, and whatever funky or sacred rhythms fit the mood that day.
More about your teacher: Shawn Parell was introduced to the Ashtanga primary series at 12 years old, and has been a devoted student of yoga ever since. After countless namaskars over the years, Shawn embodies the spirit of practice – she has logged well over 500 hours of teacher training, teaches private and public classes regularly, practices shambhala meditation daily, travels to India every chance she gets, and is ever-deepening in exploration of asana, meditation, and philosophy. Today, Shawn anchors her yogic journey with the Prana Flow global collective, guided by world-renowned teacher Shiva Rea. She works as a communications specialist for the United Nations Foundation, and studies the dialogue between modern psychology and eastern philosophy as a masters student at Naropa University. Shawn is also a catalyst of the annual DC Global Mala, part of a worldwide event that raises awareness and funds for issues such as global warming, fair trade, and equal education opportunities.
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Next Monday, May 31, 2010, Megan Davis will be honoring Memorial Day with a workshop that will explore the art of remembrance as it relates to the practice of yoga.
In this workshop we will do 60 minutes of active vinyasa and pranayama and 30 minutes of restorative poses followed by a 30 minute yoga nidra practice.
Appropriate for students comfortable in Flow 1 or Flow 2.
This is a donation class. All proceeds will go towards Megan’s project to develop an adaptive yoga manual and teacher training for Anahata International teachers on the ground in Rwanda. Please bring cash/check. We recommend $25 but any amount is welcome!
So join us at Flow Yoga Center from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. in honor of Memorial Day.
Every week, Anahata Grace will honor our volunteer and staff teacher experiences through a weekly blog. This week, Jamie Boese, co-founder of WelcomeOmDC, will chat about the importance of a website dedicated to yogis and other wellness-minded folks in the District in establishing networks among these inspiring communities.
Back in the Fall, during my teacher training at Flow Yoga Center, I had a random conversation with a friend over brightly colored hoodies at lululemon athletica Logan Circle. The gist of this conversation was “why is there no central place to go for yoga information in DC?” and “OMG, there are so many amazing local business owners and role models in our fitness community – why don’t we talk about them more?” And WelcomeOmDC was born in that moment.
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Stroga has jumped on the community-based donation class band wagon and will now be offering weekly donation classes every Saturday at 10:15. Teaches will vary and so will the charities which the classes support, as each instructor gets the opportunity to choose the organization for which s/he teaches. 
This Saturday, May 22nd kicks it all off with yogi Jeffrey Platts who will lead a 90 minute class for all levels of students to enjoy. The class will include a centering, warm-up, energizing asanas, cool down and a final relaxation — all aimed at cultivating mindfulness and intention. Students can look forward to a fun class designed to stretch, strengthen and balance the body, supported by a soundtrack of funky, soulful and uplifting rhythms. Come sweat and move for a great cause!
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Ms. Laura Ivers will be offering her inspiring yoga skills for a six week donation class at Past Tense with all proceeds going to Anahata Grace!
This six week Dharma 
Basics class features the hatha yoga practice developed by Sri Dharma Mittra, world renowned instructor and yoga practitioner for more than 50 years. The series includes sun salutations, standing and seated postures suitable for all levels of students. The practice also includes breathing exercises that restore vitality and a balanced functioning of the inner workings of the body and mind and a guided deep relaxation to recharge and renew. Students are encouraged to attend the full series if possible, but drop in students are welcome. This class is offered at 8:15 pm on Thursdays through Thursday, June 10.
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Can you belive that Anahata Grace and Flow Yoga Center are already in their third week of donation classes? That’s right, and Silvia Dumitrescu will be leading you Saturday, April 24th at 1:30 in an energetic, spirited and rejuvenating class. Silvia’s teaching draws heavily on the Jivamukti and Anusara styles, with her instruction seeking to balance the mind-body connection through synchronized breath and movement. Silvia’s six year yoga practice has been greatly influenced by her training with renown yoga teachers Dharma Mittra, Sharon Gannon and David Life, Shiva Rea, Doug Swenson, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Rod Stryker, Amy Ippoliti, and Alanna Kaivalya. She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at the Yoga Alliance certified Flow Yoga Center in Washington DC.
Join Jamie Boese at Flow Yoga Center this Saturday, April 17th at 1:30, so that she can start your afternoon off just right with a mixed level vinyasa class that will incorporate Patanjali’s concepts of stirha (effort) and sukha (ease) into a practice including meditation, asana, and pranayama. The class will begin with the intention of selfless service (seva) directed toward the constinuents of Anahata Grace. Escape the spring thunderstorms and come flow with members of the yoga community in this donation-based class!
Just a bit more about your teacher: Jamie Boese is a registered vinyasa flow yoga teacher who lives and thrives in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC. She is also co-founder of the local DC yoga, fitness and wellness blog, WelcomeOmDC.
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