Retreats 2009
We invite you to immerse yourself in a healing and transformational week of yoga and ceremony. Our work together will incorporate yoga, chanting, meditation, nutrition, writing and process work, council circle, vision quest, and sweat lodge ceremony. Nestled within 8,000 spectacular high country acres of the Blacktail Ranch, we will be supported by the energy and spirit of this ancient ceremonial valley. In this sacred, safe setting, you will be compassionately challenged to heal and grow physically and spiritually.
Each day we will meet for morning chanting, meditation, yin yoga and an asana intensive. Each afternoon we will gather to further open the doors to your inner exploration with writing and process work, experiential exercises, and visioning. As the sun lowers in the sky we will transition into a nurturing restorative yoga practice. After dinner, we close the day with ceremony. You will also have the opportunity for a day of fasting and spending vision time on the land, and cleansing in the Sweat Lodge Ceremony. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced yoga practitioner, Cheri and Heather welcome you (you don’t have to “have it all together” to come!) We only ask that you arrive with a willingness to work honestly at your edges. This will be a chance to examine yourself deeply, to heal trauma (both physical and emotional) and to transform old, unworkable habits and patterns that limit your yoga and your life. Thus, clearing the way for you to more fully embody your spirit!
Contact information:
Feathered Pipe, P.O. box 1682, Helena, MT 59624
Phone 406-442-8196
www.featheredpipe.com
MEXICO RETREAT!!
Lighten Up
A vacation retreat with Heather Tiddens and Barbara Ruzansky
March 7 - 14, 2009
Haramara Retreat Center, Sayulitya, Mexico
contact: The Feathered Pipe Foundation for more information and registration
email: Kim@featheredpipe.com, (406) 442-8196
Join us in the beautiful coastal setting of tropical Mexico for a week of yoga, relaxation and rejuvenation. Barbara and I are excited and eager to offer a lovely vacation retreat in a spiritual environment, with healthy food and yoga. This retreat will be simple and quiet, a time for people to not be busy with anything. We will offer one morning class of meditation and yin yoga, one afternoon class before dinner of power/vinyasa flow, and sometimes a meditation session after dinner. Most of all, we want to offer an opportunity for people to be quiet, surrounded by the beauty of the jungle and ocean, and to have some space with a minimal schedule. There will be plenty of down time to explore the local culture, surf and hike, and to simply enjoy lightening up.
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Courses and Trainings
Introduction to Yoga Teacher’s Tutorial
at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center
For Yoga Teachers
Offered as a part of the Santa Barbara Yoga Center’s Teacher Training Program, this is a 15 hour Tutorial and Supervised Practicum limited to 10 Trainees. It is centered on the Weekend Introduction to Yoga Course which trainees observe. The additional instruction and practice teaching, teaches you to simplify the poses and concepts that are the building blocks of Hatha Yoga. You will learn how to put together and sequence a class plan that gives beginners a very basic, balanced practice, which touches on all areas of the body. We cover the most common difficulties and injuries that beginners have, and how to adjust and modify for these. You will practice teach sections of the Intro course, learning how to use visual, auditory, and kinesthetic cues and languaging; combined with instructor feedback to help hone and refine your teaching skills. For more information, application and registration, please click here.
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Intensive Course
Level 2-3 (Intermediate) - 3 (Advanced)
Take your yoga to the next level. In this intensive course, you will broaden and deepen your yoga practice. Each class is designed and sequenced with a specific focus, and to build on the previous day's work. With the consistency of a vigorous and mindful daily practice, you will access and explore your physical, mental, and emotional edges, and learn to fascinate on your internal journey of discovery. This intensive gives you a safe place to work on whatever issues arise as you delve deeper into your core. Use the asanas, your breath, and your focus to free yourself of limiting patterns and make space for your spirit to live more fully in your body.
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Starting and Growing Your Personal Practice
All Levels
Your personal yoga practice can be a source of support and inspiration in your life. It can open up doors to self discovery, prompt you to explore the rhythms of your creativity, and take you to the leading edge of your growth and personal development. In addition, it can simply be a nice way to begin or end your day. Heather will guide you in developing your own practice, from just getting on the mat, to tapping into your intuition and yoga wisdom (no matter what your level of practice). The course will include led classes and partially led classes, working together in small groups, learning how to sequence poses in a safe and effective way, (a little) homework, developing practice themes, and tips for maintaining a consistent personal practice (even on low motivation days!). We will finish in celebration together with a 2 hour self- led practice with music.
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Introduction to Yoga Course at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center
No prior Yoga experience needed
Offered as a three – week or one – weekend course at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center, this course is the perfect place to begin, or to reawaken your interest and resume your yoga practice! A short series of slower paced, informative classes will provide you with a strong foundation in the practice of Hatha Yoga, preparing you to proceed to ongoing Beginning classes. You will learn and practice fundamental yoga postures, including correct body positioning and alignment, modifications for injuries and health conditions, and how to combine breath and movement. Come discover and experience how a mindful yoga practice can give you more energy, reduce stress, and help you develop greater strength, flexibility, and inner awareness. For more information and registration, please click here.
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Weekend Workshops - Yin & Yang Yoga
Workshop sessions typically include Yin and Yang Yoga; weaving the healing powers of these two very different styles of yoga into an integrated, balanced practice. Yin Yoga is a quiet practice that encourages the body/mind to open as each pose is held passively for several minutes. Yin Yoga targets the deep, dense connective tissues; the ligaments and fascia, releasing resistance while activating the flow of prana through the core of the body. The Yang practice of deep breathing, heat, and intense pose sequences in the Forrest Yoga style, deepens our edges of self-discovery while cultivating strength, flexibility and energy flow. Yoking these mutually supportive yoga styles creates an opportunity for healing the stresses, trauma, and their underlying conditioning, that block our potential and limit our lives. Come experience the freedom of being fully at home in your body: energized, open, powerful and graceful.
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Nurturing Enthusiasm for Your Practice
All Levels
Have the winds of momentum and delight gone out of your yoga practice sails? Injury, discouragement, apathy and self-doubt can overrun our enthusiasm for yoga. This workshop will guide you in cultivating curiosity, compassion and responsiveness in your asana practice. Embodying these qualities frees our courage and willingness to work honestly at our edges and enthusiastically meet the present moment on the mat.
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3 Day Intensive
Level 2-3 (Intermediate)
Take your yoga to the next level. Increase your ability to breathe life and energy into every part of your body with focused breath work. Build your core awareness and vitality, unlocking the power of your core with abdominal poses. Access and explore your physical, mental and emotional edges with vigorous and refreshing sequences including vinyasa flows, standing pose sequences, backbends, inversions, and gravity surfing. This intensive gives you a safe place to work on whatever issues arise as you delve deeper into your core. Use the asanas, your breath, and your focus to free yourself of limiting patterns and make space for your spirit to live more fully in your body. Come prepared to sweat and go deep!
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Asana as a Conduit Between Earth and Sky
Level 2-3 (Intermediate)
Support and uplift your yoga practice and your life by tapping into the elemental energies of Earth and Sky. Get grounded to the Earth through your feet, bringing steadiness, strength and stability into each pose. Relax and open your core, using breath to bring in the bright and spacious energy of the Sky. Learn to transform struggle and fear into openness and resiliency, while providing basic support to body and spirit as you walk through life’s challenges.
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Gravity Surfing: Inversions and Arm Balancing Asanas
Level 2- 3 (Intermediate & Advanced)
De-Mystifying Arm Balancing Asanas
Level 2 (Beginning & Intermediate)
Take flight! Inversions and arm balancing asanas are challenging, thrilling, and very rejuvenating for the mind and body. Learn step by step the fundamentals of lift-off, moving through the air with grace, and landing with precision and lightness. From learning the basic stages of Handstand and Shoulderstand, to discovering the more advanced arm balances, Heather will guide you in building core awareness, strength, and space in these poses. As you connect your lines of energy from your core through your legs and arms, the more advanced inversions and arm balancing asanas become accessible and fun. Learn to go beyond your habitual "quit points" in these poses and transform your relationship to gravity. (Note: This workshop may not be suitable for people with heart problems, detached retinas, ear problems, wrist or arm injuries, or for women who are pregnant.)
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Unlocking and Opening Shoulders and Hips
All Levels
Create space and freedom in the hips and shoulders. Strengthen and lengthen the muscles around these joints. Unlock and release the "stuck" energy in these areas, connecting your heart energy through your shoulders, arms and into your hands; connecting your creative energy through your hips, legs and into your feet. Walk through your life with confidence and grace.
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Backbends: Energize Your Core
All Levels
Free your spine, open your heart, and unleash the transformative power in your core with backbends. Create length, strength and space in your spine and surrounding muscles to safely deepen your backbends and bring a higher quality of energy to your yoga and your life.
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Yoga as a Healing Practice
All Levels
Yoga opens us up and creates an opportunity for healing the injuries, stresses and trauma that block our potential and limit our lives. Learn how to use your breath, focused intention, and to work honestly at your edges to heal injuries, trauma and the underlying conditioning that cause disharmony and dysfunction. Celebrate the radiance and personal power of creating a healthy home for your spirit.
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The Core Connection
All Levels
We often define our “core” as the body’s abdominal area. The core of our being, however, connects the floor of the pelvis to the top of the skull, and houses the 7 main chakras - our energy/wisdom/information centers. We will use focused breathwork and asana to clear numbness and stagnation from the body’s core, while toning and revitalizing the organs and central pathways of blood, lymph and nerve energy. Guided meditation and writing process will help access and integrate the wisdom and intuitive knowledge of your chakras. Infuse your core with your spirit and walk your life’s path with strength, openness and grace.
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Semi-Private Workshops
All Levels
Offered semi-monthly at my home studio in Carpinteria, this is a 3 hour "request" workshop in a semi-private setting limited to 8 students. Workshop themes and poses are designed around your requests, with lots of hands on, individualized instruction. This is a great opportunity to work on specific poses, and to focus on what will be helpful for you to move deeper into your practice. Receipt of full payment and your request(s) will confirm your space. For more information and studio address and directions, please email me: info@heathertiddensyoga.com.
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