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Yoga Therapy for the Brain Series

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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)  

 

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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 

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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

Read quotes about gratitude 

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Session 2

Date: 9/16/2024

Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF

Read poem "Praying", by Mary Oliver

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Session 3

Date: 7/01/2024

Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF

Read poem "In My Travels", by Mirabai

About Mirabai in Wikipedia

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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

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Winter/Spring 2nd Series

 

Session 1

Date: 3/11/2024

Your practice in stick figures Downloadable PDF

New elements:

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

Quote by Lao Tzu

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

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