FREE INTRODUCTION TO KUNDALINI YOGA
with Crystal D'Angora
Sunday, June 6, 1-3 pm
Are you new to yoga? Want to expand your current practice? Then this workshop is for you.
In this safe, supportive, uplifting workshop, we will learn the fundamentals of Kundalini Yoga. We will cover the basics of yoga philosophy, pranayama (breath control), mudras (hand movements), asana (yoga postures), mantras (positive affirmations), and meditation. This is a wonderful workshop for first-time students, more experienced students who are new to Kundalini yoga, and yoga veterans alike.
What is Kundalini Yoga? A 5000-year old science originated in India, and brought to the United States by Yogi Bhajan some 40 years ago, Kundalini Yoga is for everyone – a blissful, challenging, celebratory practice that will help you achieve greater joy in your life and relief, too, from back pain, stress, addiction, depression, insomnia, and weight control issues.
How can Kundalini Yoga help me? An inspiring and invigorating combination of movement, sound current, breath, and meditation which promotes relaxation and healing, allowing your spirit to flow freely, Kundalini Yoga is also known as “the yoga of awareness.” This practice can release emotional blocks and deepen the connection between mind, body, and spirit.
Please wear comfortable clothing, bring a yoga mat, a towel, a small pillow, and plenty of water.
About the Teacher
Trained at Los Angeles’ world-renowned Goldenbridge Yoga, Crystal brings a calming manner and compassionate touch to all of her classes – whether it is Kundalini Yoga, Mat Pilates, Nia Yoga, or Children’s Yoga – believing that a regular practice enhances concentration and self-control, improving health and strengthening relationships. Her Kundalini Yoga classes are Yogi Tree favorites -- nourishing and nurturing, designed to challenge and elevate her students.
FREE INTRODUCTION TO HATHA FLOW YOGA
with Syann Motl
Saturday, June 12, 1:30-3:30 pm
Our lives can be busy, chaotic, stressful, challenging… It is so important in those difficult hours to reconnect to our breath, to our bodies, to a practice that offers sanctuary and release, and even more important in life’s quieter moments to build a reservoir of flexibility and resilience for those trying times.
Merging powerful, fluid movement, stretches, and poses, mixed with breath work and relaxation, this amazing workshop is the perfect way to honor – or begin – your practice, release the day’s stress, and bring some empowerment, love, and light into your life.
Hatha Yoga balances mind and body via physical postures (asanas), controlled breathing (pranayama), and the calming of the mind through relaxation and silent meditation. With music to motivate and inspire you, Syann Motl’s Hatha Flow Yoga builds and restores your physical, spiritual, and emotional strength in a safe, nurturing environment. This workshop is recommended for beginning to intermediate students.
Once you’ve enjoyed this FREE workshop, please join Syann EVERY SATURDAY at 9 am for her weekly HATHA YOGA FLOW class at The Yogi Tree.
About the Teacher
Born and raised in Montana, trained in modern dance, Syann Motl discovered yoga several years ago after a serious knee injury. “When I was done with that first class,” she says, “something had begun to glow inside of me.” From there, Syann embarked on a dedicated practice, graduating from the YogaWorks 200-hour teacher training program. Her classes flow powerfully, with an eye for alignment, and a deep respect for stillness and breath. “I want my students to feel relaxed and rejuvenated after my class,” she says.
DIGGING IN THE DIRT:
Hypnotherapy, Yoga, and Raw Foods for Breaking Old Patterns and Building A More Infinite Now
with Nissim Malul, C.Ht., C.M.T.
Sunday, June 13, 1 – 5 pm
“Digging in the dirt/ find the places we got hurt…” So goes the Peter Gabriel lyric.
In this powerful, hands-on workshop, combining hypnotherapy, Kundalini yoga, an introduction to raw foods, and homemade chocolate, students will go digging in the dirt – and emerge on the other side renewed, rejuvenated, liberated.
What are you attracting in your life? Why are you attracting that? How can we reverse negative thought patterns and life cycles? How can we remove these blockages and shatter these habits to live a more elevated, glorious physical, psychological, and spiritual existence?
Certified hypnotherapist Nissim Malul, a Yogi Tree favorite, will help you identify aspects of your life that are not working, root out the fears, negative habits, and limiting beliefs that support those dysfunctions, and provide the clarity, positive energy, and guidance needed for major, lasting breakthroughs.
The Yogi Tree’s Sussy Castilla will lead students through two brief, basic yoga sets, encouraging Nissim’s mental work to merge with the physical, allowing a deeper settling of the information and transformation. Later, raw food healer, enthusiast, and creator of Raw Food Media Christopher Ciabarra will share his personal journey to physical and spiritual health through raw foods, explaining how raw food deeply impacts our thoughts, feelings, and patterns. Chocolate woman Dore’ Damelin, a health and nutrition counselor and chocolate aficionado, will close the event with samples of her divine homemade raw chocolate.
Safe. Sound. Profound. Necessary. Join us at The Yogi Tree for an afternoon that will change your life as much as it will thrill your senses. Your journey begins here and now.
Cost: $40
HYPNOTHERAPY FOR WEIGHT CONTROL
with Jennifer Jayne, C.Ht.
Saturday, June 19, 1-3 pm
Balance is so critical to our well-being – physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
When the weight is too much, on our minds or in our bodies, whether its five pounds or 50, we can fall out of balance. The rejuvenation can be challenging, seemingly impossible. But it doesn’t have to be.
HYPNOTHERAPY FOR WEIGHT CONTROL is an intimate, nurturing, completely safe workshop offered by The Yogi Tree’s Jennifer Jayne, a Certified Hypnotherapist with more than a decade of experience with weight control, smoking cessation, and other healthy lifestyle modifications.
Too many of us struggle for too long with self-defeating cycles. This group workshop guides students in: controlling eating and weight, creating better relationships with food, putting your needs first, and putting your emotional garbage where it belongs – in the trash.
Now is the perfect time to make this change, an act of extreme self-care that can truly change your life forever.
Hypnotherapy is a natural, healthy, and effective method for controlling your weight, tapping into your subconscious mind to change old associations to food so that you can shed your extra pounds with ease – and keep it off!
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Jennifer Jayne, C.Ht. is founder of Finding Your Power Hypnotherapy and My Imagination Series for pediatric hypnosis. She is also the co-author of In the Mud: A Guide for Everyday Parenting. Jennifer says: “I have always been a big believer in the Mind/Body connection. Through Hypnotherapy you can change your limiting beliefs that hold you back from your true potential. You can have or possess anything you truly believe you deserve. You are the creator of your future."
COST: $25
GET YOUR YOGA ON
Workshop & Book Signing with Kimberly Wilson
Author of Hip Tranquil Chick and Tranquilista
Saturday, June 26, 1-4:00 pm
Join yoga teacher and beloved author Kimberly Wilson (Hip Tranquil Chick and Tranquilista) for a playful, illuminating, funky, and inspiring afternoon of yoga, conversation, and connection at The Yogi Tree.
First, celebrate the joy of yoga through Kimberly’s delightful asana sequencing, which focuses on breath, creativity, and movement. Savor this invigorating flow that covers you from head to toe, awakens the spirit, and takes you deeper internally. This journey is accompanied by groovy hip-hop music and inspiring chill-out tunes. Best for late beginner to advanced students.
Then after class, join Kimberly for an informal Q&A and tea in The Yogi Tree loft. She will be signing copies of her brilliant books, Hip Tranquil Chick and Tranquilista. A relaxed, relaxing, and connective way to go deeper with your practice and enjoy the company of an amazing teacher, writer, do-gooder, entrepreneur, and eco-fashion designer.
About Kimberly Wilson
Kimberly Wilson is the creative director and founder of Tranquil Space, named among the Top 25 yoga studios in the world by Travel + Leisure. She is also the author of Hip Tranquil Chick and Tranquilista, and holds a master’s degree in Women’s Studies. For more information on Kimberly, please visit: www.kimberlywilson.com.
COST: $35
REGULAR CLASSES AT THE YOGI TREE
with Special Themes for the Month of June
KUNDALINI YOGA FOR HEALING with Sussy Castilla
Thursdays in June, 6:15 – 7:30 pm
Heal Mother Earth while you heal yourself in this month-long Kundalini Yoga series
Join us for June Kundalini Yoga classes focused on sending healing to our suffering Mother Earth, all the while healing yourself. Are you experiencing anger and frustration at the devastation of life occuring in the Gulf of Mexico with the oil spill? Do you feel helpless, but have an urge to help? As a yogi you can do anything you set your mind to! Your energy and pure intention is all that is needed. When we practice and meditate in groups, the power of our intention is multiplied greatly and we can reach higher states than when we practice alone. These classes will include yoga sets to heal and soothe you on a physical, mental, and emotional level. We will practice different healing meditations in each class and send our powerful group vibrations where they are needed most on the Earth. Take your power back -- both in your life and with the state of the world, and be a lever for uplift!
KUNDALINI YOGA FOR JOY with Sussy Castilla
Saturdays in June, 10:30 – 11:30 am
Open the window of your soul and let joy in! These fun Saturday morning classes will have you walking with a spring in your step. You will get to laugh, dance, and work your body in a multitude of ways -- all aimed at connecting you with the Infinite source of joy that is inside of you. Your only job is to tune yourself to that beautiful energy. Feel radiant, prosperous, and blissful as you start your weekend off in a positive direction!
THE INFINITE PORTABLE POSSIBLE:
Using Vision Books to Manifest Your Brilliant Future
with Life Coach & Healer Jean Merritt
Saturday, May 22, 1-4 pm
If you sense the universe shifting, it is. And you are an instrumental part of that change. Yes, you.
Now is the time to give all that you’ve ever wanted to give, allowing room to receive everything you’ve ever dreamed. One of the most powerful tools for immediately attracting your own infinite bliss is the creation of vision boards. Former students have manifested so many amazing things in their lives by using this simple, elegant tool – travel to foreign locations, book deals, acting gigs, happier relationships, and much more.
In this powerful, playful, creative workshop, hosted by life coach and healer Jean Merritt, you will dream even bigger, but on a more portable palette – creating your very own VISION BOOK. Now you can carry your dreams and intentions with you everywhere you go, adding to the book along the way!
What You Need: A sketchbook or any small book with unlined paper. Some clear intentions about what you would like to attract into your life. And a willingness to manifest your wildest dreams and deepest passions into reality.
This is your year. This is your time. Make your wish, and make it come true. Join us for an interactive, hands-on, relaxing afternoon of meditation, visualization, Vision Book creation, and friendship.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Jean Merritt is a Certified Holistic Life Coach who has been successfully helping people walk their life paths for over 20 years. In addition, she is a Certified Reconnective Healing Practitioner and a successful businesswoman whose recognition is acknowledged in the Marquis Publications of Who’s-Who in America, Who’s-Who in the World, and Who’s-Who of Emerging Leaders in America. Her Yogi Tree class, VISUALIZATION FOR MANIFESTATION, meets every Sunday at 7 pm.
COST: $20
HEALING CHILDREN TODAY:
Qigong, Meditation & Conversations in Energy
with Jimmy Allen
Sunday, May 23 – 1 – 3:30 pm
$25
Nearly one in 100 school-aged children in America suffers from Autism. That’s an increase of 57% since 2002, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other childhood afflictions, like Asperger’s, ADHD, and dyslexia, are also on the rise. With numbers that high, and continuing to skyrocket, it’s inevitable that we know – or will know – a child, or a family, touched by this disease.
Join Jimmy Allen, founder of Inspirational Learning Academy and the WeFareWell education programs, for an afternoon of inspired, uplifting, provocative, spiritually-oriented movement, meditation, conversation, and healing – perfect for families, educators, healers, or Qigong and yoga enthusiasts interested in walking a more mindful, community-oriented path.
HEALING CHILDREN TODAY is comprised of two parts:
HAPPY SUN QIGONG. Complimentary to yoga, Pilates, meditation, Reiki, massage, and sports training, Jimmy Allen’s Happy Sun Qigong promotes a higher level of consciousness and self-awareness for healing, while offering a physical practice that can be powerfully grounding. Combining deep breathing, purposeful smiling using your entire being, and a cell-deep relaxation, Allen’s Qigong is both traditional and innovative – perfect for the veteran Qigong practitioner and the newbie alike. After the physical practice, Allen will lead students through…
CONVERSATIONS IN ENERGY. An informal group dialogue based on the knowledge of and application of universal energy and its impact on our lives, Conversations in Energy is about questions and answers and ideas. Findings by scientists at major American universities show that only 5 percent of the universe's mass comes from the ordinary matter that makes up planets, stars and gases. The 95% of the universe is matter that can't be seen at all. That 95% is what we refer to as energy. By examining, exploring, and harnessing that energy, we can powerfully impact our health, happiness, and well-being and, quite possibly, eradicate life-altering afflictions like Autism.
Using movement, cutting-edge research, and deeply connected conversation, HEALING CHILDREN TODAY will begin to heal your life – and the lives of those you love – immediately.
For more information about Jimmy Allen, please visit: www.wefarewell.com
GET YOUR YOGA ON
Workshop & Book Signing
with Kimberly (Hip Tranquil Chick, Tranquilista) Wilson
Saturday, June 26 – 1-4 pm
Join yoga teacher and beloved author Kimberly (Hip Tranquil Chick and Tranquilista) Wilson for a playful, illuminating, funky, and inspiring afternoon of yoga, conversation, and connection at The Yogi Tree.
First, celebrate the joy of yoga through Kimberly’s delightful asana sequencing, which focuses on breath, creativity, and movement. Savor this invigorating flow that covers you from head to toe, awakens the spirit, and takes you deeper internally. This journey is accompanied by groovy hip-hop music and inspiring chill-out tunes. Best for late beginner to advanced students.
Then after class, join Kimberly for an informal Q&A and tea in The Yogi Tree loft. She will be signing copies of her brilliant books, Hip Tranquil Chick and Tranquilista. A relaxed, relaxing, and connective way to go deeper with your practice and enjoy the company of an amazing teacher, writer, do-gooder, entrepreneur, and eco-fashion designer.
About Kimberly Wilson
Kimberly Wilson is the creative director and founder of Tranquil Space, named among the Top 25 yoga studios in the world by Travel + Leisure. She is also the author of Hip Tranquil Chick and Tranquilista, and holds a master’s degree in Women’s Studies. For more information on Kimberly, please visit: www.kimberlywilson.com.
YOGA DATE NIGHT:
Candelight Yoga with the Live Music of Joshua Brill
and Yogi Tree owner/instructor Jennifer Kelly
Saturday, August 22 at 8 pm
Single Tickets $20 or Couples for $30
Perfect for friends, family, lovers, and new acquaintances
Allow The Yogi Tree to be the sacred place in which you and yours connect more deeply and meaningfully in this very special Yoga Experience…
A magical combination of all-levels yoga and live music, followed by an intimate community reception for friends, lovers, and classmates…
Enter the studio to the healing, live guitar soundscapes of internationally-acclaimed mystic/musician/yogi Joshua Brill. Immediately, a sense of peace, ease, and balance can be felt as these aural tapestries grace your consciousness. Within this deeper state of inner stillness, resonance, and awareness, the yoga practice begins with Yogi Tree owner, Jennifer Kelly.
In a specially-selected yoga set, perfect for this intimate, candlelight event, Jennifer and Joshua will unite to engage you in a yoga class unlike any other you’ve experienced – gentle, connective, illuminating, heart-opening. Like an interactive film score, Joshua’s live accompaniment facilitates a dynamic energetic exchange between the practice and the music, while Jennifer’s uplifting, generous teaching style will bring the entire class closer together.
After the yoga set, join Jennifer, Joshua, and your classmates for a light reception and community gathering. An unforgettable night and your neighborhood yoga studio, wellness center, and performance space…
ABOUT THE TEACHER & PERFORMER
Joshua Brill has performed and supported yoga practices across the US and internationally, working with Shiva Rea, Alanis Morissette, Dave Stringer, Dale Bozzio, and many others. He is a veteran teacher at the Berklee College of Music and has been featured in Yoga Journal, LA Yoga, and Gitaar Plus. www.joshuabrill.com
Jennifer Kelly owns and operates The Yogi Tree with her husband, Todd Jensen. More than a decade into her journey toward health, alternative healing, and spiritual awakening, Jennifer was introduced to the yogi way by Goldenbridge Yoga’s world-renowned Gurmukh Khalsa. www.theyogitree.com
“Every life has a purpose” is the clear and uplifting message behind the spiritually-based adventure film, Spiritual Warriors, based on the best-selling John-Roger, DSS book Spiritual Warrior: The Art of Spiritual Living.
Directed by David Raynr and filmed on location in Egypt and across the United States, Spiritual Warriors presents the truth of our spiritual nature in a dazzling, entertaining, and deeply fulfilling epic drama.
The story follows Finn (Jsu Garcia), an out of work actor and over-his-head hustler, who strikes up an intriguing friendship with Roger (Robert Easton), a compelling and patient spiritual teacher. Finn’s unexpected international adventures lead him to a powerful spiritual awakening, in which he learns that love is the source of inspiration, motivation, and success.
In the tradition of Peaceful Warrior, What the Bleep, and The Celestine Prophecy, Spiritual Warriors offers a profoundly beneficial message for healing and peace within ourselves and the world.
Join us at The Yogi Tree for this Los Angeles exclusive – a one-night only screening of Spiritual Warriors, followed by a Q&A with star/writer/producer Jsu (Che, Along Came Polly, CSI: Miami) Garcia.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 at 8 pm at The Yogi Tree. Tickets are $10 and are available at www.theyogitree.com or at The Yogi Tree. 818.760.0112.
YOGA DATE NIGHT: Candelight Yoga with Live Music
with Musician Joshua Brill and Yogi Tree owner/instructor Jennifer Kelly
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd, 8 pm
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Ready to laugh so hard you fall off of your yoga mat?
Join The Yogi Tree and Beth Lapides, comedian, author, and LA YOGA columnist, for an evening of live, brilliant, hilarious, yoga-inspired lunacy.
100% HAPPY 88% OF THE TIME, Beth's one-woman comedy show, has been called "Chakradelic... upward-facing comedy" by Yogamates.com, and LA Weekly has referred to Beth as "the high priestess of alternative comedy!" Beth is a veteran of NPR, Comedy Central, and Sex in the City.
In this ONE NIGHT ONLY special live performance of 100% HAPPY, Beth blends the story of her life with seriously helpful advice about how to be happy in the turbulent sea change we're all living through right now. The visual presentation combines her original art and graphics with eye-opening visuals from the world of edge science. Watch Beth connect the dots between DNA, the galactic center and a happy relationship in this hilarious evening of evolutionary entertainment.
DON'T MISS THIS AMAZING NIGHT OF ENTERTAINMENT AT THE YOGI TREE!
WHEN: Saturday, May 9
TIME: 8:15 pm
WHERE: THE YOGI TREE, 4475 Vineland Avenue, Toluca Lake, CA 91602 (corner of Riverside & Vineland, third floor of the Howard Colonial Building)
HOW MUCH: $10 in advance, $15 at the door
Advance tickets are available at: http://www.uncabaret.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12&products_id=76
WHY: Because you deserve a soulful, relentless tickling of your funny-bone
For more information, visit www.theyogitree.com, www.bethlapides.com, or call 818.760.0112.
Dear Friends,
We are very proud to present to you our dynamic, uplifting slate of May 2009 workshops and special events. All tickets, as well as single and multi-class passes, can be purchased online at www.theyogitree.com (simply click "Shop" in the upper right-hand corner), or at the door. We look forward to seeing you soon at The Yogi Tree.
With love and gratitude,
Jennifer & Todd
818.760.0112
Sunday, May 3: Higher Consciousness Integration Workshop with Jamie Daniel, 1 – 4 pm, $60. One-on-one healing and transformation via Energetic SWAT, as well as a potent activation of group consciousness which is sure to shift your reality to one that is brighter, lighter, and more abundant. Clear your blocks, free your mind, heighten your awareness, pave the way to your divine expression with Jamie and this remarkable healing modality.
Saturday, May 9: Learn Thai-Yoga Massage with Alison Winchester, 1 – 4 pm, $50/individual or $90/couple. Combining elements of Hatha yoga with Chinese acupressure, Thai-Yoga Massage is a richly healing, spiritually uplifting practice. In this workshop, work hands-on with the internationally-trained Alison Winchester, enjoying a fully immersive education and massage – one you can enjoy during the workshop and later, when you return home.
Sunday, May 10: Higher Consciousness Integration Workshop with Jamie Daniel, 1 – 4 pm, $60. One-on-one healing and transformation via Energetic SWAT, as well as a potent activation of group consciousness which is sure to shift your reality to one that is brighter, lighter, and more abundant. Clear your blocks, free your mind, heighten your awareness, pave the way to your divine expression with Jamie and this remarkable healing modality.
May 14: Financial Peace University with Dave Ramsey – 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm. FREE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP! Join The Yogi Tree for this amazing, life-altering workshop that has changed the lives of 650,000 Americans. Would you like to learn how to pay off $5,300 in debt and save more than $2,000 in just 91 days? Dave Ramsey will show you the way. This life-changing, spiritually-based program teaches you how to make the right decisions with your money, whether you are a millionaire or a pauper. In this 13-week seminar – equal parts DVD seminar presentations and small discussion groups – you will be empowered with the practical skills and confidence needed to achieve your financial goals and experience true financial peace, learning how to save money, live on a budget, communicate about money, eliminate debt, find bargains, and experience the joy of giving. Truly life-altering. COST: $100 per person; 13-week workshop begins Thursday, May 14 at 7:30 pm.
Saturday, May 16: Chakra Balancing through Aromatic Yoga with Crystal D’Angora and Jennifer Kelly, 1 – 4 pm, $40 in advance/$50 at the door. Kundalini yoga merged with healing aromatherapy and color spectrum imagery harmonizes and aligns our eight chakras in this powerful workshop.
May 16: Special Screening - Dr. Wayne Dyer’s THE SHIFT: Finding Your Life’s Purpose, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation. A vibrant, spiritual, frequently funny, deeply moving look at how we seek out our spiritual purpose and our greatest joy, and bring it all to fruition, employing the teachings and accessibly sage presence of best-selling author Dr. Wayne (The Power of Intention, Manifest Your Destiny) Dyer, and starring Michael DeLuise, Portia de Rossi, and Edward Kerr.
May 17: Being Beautiful Workshop with Kristine Castro. This workshop was designed to unlock your inner beauty and honor your true spirit. It was designed for all people -- men, women, youth of all shapes, sizes, colors, and creeds. Come play and learn about your True Self in this wonderful environment with Kristine Castro, Intuitive Life Coach and Yoga Teacher. Come however you are and leave feeling beautiful, happy, and free! The Being Beautiful Workshop is an introduction to Kristine Castro's trademark program. In this three-hour workshop, you will: uncover what stops you in all areas of life that matter most to you; learn to face life's challenges with ease and grace; feel beautiful, happy, and free all the time; access your inner beauty and define what true beauty is for you; come to know yourself as beautiful, no matter what; see that your life is beautiful; see that the power to create what you want in your life is endless; see the pathway to your dreams coming true! Cost: $110 advance, or $125 at the door.
May 31, June 8: Yoga Cleanse with Keya & Cindi -- 1 – 4 pm both Sundays, $175. This nine-day cleanse combines FOUR DAYS (two Sundays and two early weekday mornings) of specialized Geo Yoga (a custom blend of Kundalini, Hatha, Restorative, Thai Massage, and Shadow Yoga) with nine days of H02 Cleanse (a special, handmade blend of herbs, in tandem with an organic, alkaline diet) designed to release toxins, reduce appetite, minimize joint pain, reduce belly bulge, enhance mental clarity, and restore emotional balance. Do not miss this life-altering workshop!