Yoga & Dance with Susana
Personalized Yoga, Yoga Therapy & Dance
Yoga Therapy for the Brain Series
Content:
Summer 2nd Series: 8/05, 8/12, 8/19
Summer 1st Series 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15, 7/22
Winter/Spring 3rd Series 5/6, 5/13, 5/20
Winter/Spring 2nd Series 3/11, 3/25, 4/1, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29
Winter/Spring 1st Series 1/8, 1/22, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/4
Fall 1st Series: 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 10/7, 10/21, 10/28 (6 sessions, back at the Lodge!)
Fall 2nd Series: 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9 (4 sessions at the Lodge)
Upcoming:
Winter/ Spring 1st Series 1/13, 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10 (6 sessions)
Winter/Spring 2nd Series 3/24, 3/31, 4/07, 4/21, 5/05, 5/12, 5/19 (7 sessions)
Fall 2024 2nd Series
Session 1
Date: 11/4/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read "There Is Another View", by Rumi
Watch Youtube Video "Dance, Hormones and Thinking: Peter Lovatt at TEDxYouth@Manchester 2012"
Watch YOLANDA Line Dance with IRA WEISBURD
Session 2
Date: 11/18/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read "Beannacht", by John O'Donohue
Session 3
Date: 12/2/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "For the Traveler"
Watch again:
Our "Hands Jive" Watch Youtube Video "Dance, Hormones and Thinking: Peter Lovatt at TEDxYouth@Manchester 2012"
Our choreography (cumbia) Watch YOLANDA Line Dance with IRA WEISBURD
Fall 2024 1st Series
Session 1
Date: 9/9/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Session 2
Date: 9/16/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "Praying", by Mary Oliver
Session 3
Date: 9/23/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "You suppose...", by Rumi
Words on the white board:
Relationship
Buzzing
Me-time
Disturbance
Listen
Equanimity
Seize the day
Carpe diem
Session 4
Date: 10/7/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "Love does That", by Meister Eckhart
Check the video of the choreography that we have been doing and practice before we meet next time!
LAMENTO BACHATA Line Dance
Session 5
Date: 10/21/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "Smart Cookie", by Richard Schiffman
Session 5
Date: 10/28/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "The Peace of Wild Things", by Wendell Berry
Summer 2024 2nd Series
Session 1
Date: 8/5/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Quote:
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein
Session 2
Date 8/12/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
"Lamento Bachata" Line Dance on YouTube, choreography by Helma Nur. Video by Ira Weisburd (Ira divides the turn in one quarter, one quarter and one quarter: total of three quarters)
Session 3
Date 8/19/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
"Lamento Bachata" Line Dance on YouTube, choreography by Helma Nur. Video by Ira Weisburd (Ira divides the turn in one quarter, one quarter and one quarter: total of three quarters, we did it today turning one full turn)
Quote:
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”― Albert Einstein
Summer 2024 1st Series
Session 1
Date: 6/17/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "There Is Another View", by Rumi
Session 2
Date: 6/24/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Reading from the book "Book Of Awakening", by Mark Nepo, p. 201
Session 3
Date: 7/01/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "In My Travels", by Mirabai
About Mirabai in Wikipedia
Session 4
Date: 7/8/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
My account on Spotify is susanalabordeblaj and it's public. anyone with Spotify can see its playlists and also download them.
Music that I used for relaxation was "Temple of Silence", from the album "Garden of the Gods", by Deuter
Playlists for our class are TwinPine1, TwinPines2 & TwinPines3
Session 5
Date: 7/15/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
I read parts of the poem-blessing "For Solitude", by John O'Donohue
The music I played at the end of class was the Playlist "Relaxing Indian Flute Music" that is on my Spotify.
Sankalpa: a concept from yoga philosophy that means "declaration of commitment".
I suggested today to choose one thing that you like from all the things that we practice together, and do it every day (or a few days) until we meet again next week.
Session 6
Date: 7/22/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
I read parts of the poem-blessing "For Solitude", by John O'Donohue
Winter/Spring 3rd Series
Session 1
Date: 5/6/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read text "Learning how to float", by Mark Nepo. From The Book of Awakening
Session 2
Date: 5/13/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "The Sacred Dance For Life", by Hafiz
Session 3
Date: 5/20/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read poem "The Sacred Dance For Life", by Hafiz
Read more poems & quotes on My Blog
Closing chant: "Asato Ma" Word document, with translation
Winter/Spring 2nd Series
Session 1
Date: 3/11/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
New elements:
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"Hakini Mudra" Watch short video
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Hand exercise "Itsy Bitsy Spider" inspired. Check video on Youtube with original hand movement.
If you have Spotify, you can access My Playlist for this class.
Session 2
Date: 3/23/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Session 3
Date: 4/01/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read "The Peace of Wild Things", by Wendell Berry
Shaaron's mantra to her granddaughter: "I am centered; I am balanced; I'm at Peace". Thank you Shaaron!
Sherril's mantra to chant: Om Shalom Om. Thank you, Sherril!
Session 4
Date: 4/15/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Poem: Read "For Solitude", by John O'Donohue
Session 5
Date: 4/22/24
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Session 6
Date: 4/29/24
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read text "Learning how to float", by Mark Nepo. From The Book of Awakening
Winter/Spring 1st Series
Session 1
Date: 1/08/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Session 2
Date: 1/22/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Read quote by Eckart Tolle
Session 3
Date: 2/05/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Ending Vedic Chant Word Document
Session 4
Date: 2/13/2024
Your practice & a short practice for low back, sacrum and hips Downloadable PDF
Read poem "Out Beyond Ideas..." by Rumi
Check out some jazz shoes on Amazon Any of these would work well for our dance steps.
Session 5
Date: 2/26/2024
Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF
Session 6
Date: 3/04/2024
Practice was the same as on 2/26/2024
Chant to close session: Downloadable PDF