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| | Wellington Special Events
February 2012 | | | Hot Yoga at the Beach
Saturday, February 25
8:00 - 9:00 am at Lyall Bay
Come and enjoy nature's yoga studio with instructor Kathy Ramirez, RYT. This will be a yoga flow style class where you will deepen your prana with the sounds of the ocean and calming winds. Energize yourself by practicing on the breath taking beaches of New Zealand. The beach surroundings will give you a unique perspective on your mat and a way to mirror your practice with the sounds of nature. Synchronize your mind and body while imprinting your practice on the sand. Please be there by 7:45 am to make cash payment and to set up your towel and spot on the beach. There may be a few pebbles that have to get cleared.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Beach Location: Lyall Bay on the beach next to the Maranui Café. If looking at the beach we will be to the right of Maranui Café.
Cost: $15* per class.
*If paying on the day please bring exact amount in cash, as change will not be available.
Registration: Please register and pay at the front desk with your name, phone number, and email address.
Weather Permitting: If there is questionable weather a decision will be made and emailed to all registrants by 7:00 a.m. the morning of class. If you have further concerns the day of class please feel free to call Kathy Ramirez at 027-266-2436.
What to bring: Your wonderful self, a towel to use as your mat or your mat, water, sunglasses, sunscreen, and anything you need to practice outdoors.
BONUS STICKERS: Attendance adds two The Year of The Dragon 40-Day Challenge stickers to your chart!
| | | KIDS YOGA! Ages 3 - 6 / 7 - 10
As featured in the Dominion Post
3 - 6 year olds
Wednesdays
with Kathy Ramirez, RYT & Claire Wright, RYT
TERM I: 15 Feb - 4 Apr
TERM II: 2 May - 27 Jun
TIME: 3:30 - 4:15
A yoga class with the little ones consists of fun games and stories during which time kids explore their strength and flexibility. Activity is interspersed with calm poses, and so they practice their ability to concentrate on challenges and then fully relax and experience calmness. A finale of a guided visualization takes them on a journey exploring where their imaginations can take them.
7 - 10 year olds
Mondays
with Claire Wright, RYT
Term I: 13 Feb - 2 Apr
Term I: 30 Apr - 25 Jun
TIME: 3:30 - 4:15
Children of this age are able to start refining their yoga postures. They will experience a balance between focused activity, challenge and calmness. The difference with this age group is that their increased attention span enables them to explore the postures in greater depth while still having fun with other kids. COST:
Term I: Course $88 / Term II: Ages 3- 6: $99 / Term II: Ages 7- 10: $88 / Casual $14
No class Monday, 7 June due to Queen's Birthday
DISCOUNT: 2 kids from the same family receive 10% off
| | | Power Vinyasa Master Classes
with Helen Guissane
Sunday, 26 Feb / 25 Mar / 29 Apr / 27 May
1:45 – 3:45 pm
Based on the Baptiste-style of Power Yoga, this special 2-hour Master Class will take you through a free-flowing routine incorporating arm balances, inversions and other asanas that are both awakening and strengthening. Personal Mastery. This strong but very doable physical practice aims at breaking down any barriers that might exist on your mat or life, empowering you to tap into your innate creative self. Master classes aim to take you out of your routine, remove resistance and to bring a sense of freedom and lightness to your practice. Helen's down-to-earth sense of humour will help with that!
You can do it! Simply come with an open mind and willingness to do what you can. The power of the group energy, the breath and flowing yoga will surprise you in amazing ways. Prepare to glow!
TESTIMONIAL: I love the PV Master Class with Helen! It was a brand new experience of power for spirit, body and mind for me! Should definitely have it more regularly at the studio! - Zac
COST: No extra cost, just your class
BONUS STICKERS: Attendance adds two The Year of The Dragon 40-Day Challenge stickers to your chart!
| | | Year of The Dragon
40-Day Challenge
23 January - 2 March
Fire Up Your New Year!
Hot Yoga invites you to celebrate The Year of the Dragon with a special 40-Day Challenge! Every yogi who completes the 40-Day Challenge not only receives a free week of unlimited classes but also goes into a draw to win a $75 voucher to Dragons Restaurant on Tory Street! For everyone who participates, challenge time is a comprehensive reboot for the entire system, an especially useful experience after the holidays. It's also a time to deepen one's practice, detox and tone.
HOW IT WORKS: The Year of The Dragon 40-Day Challenge is a personal commitment to: 5 hot yoga classes a week and 5-minutes of quiet time/meditation each day. A daily green smoothie is also highly recommended.  Inside a 40-Day Hot Yoga Challenge – will Hazel go the distance?
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What is a Green Smoothie? Green Smoothies are super easy to make. They consist of a fresh and surprisingly tasty blend of leafy greens, fruit and water. The studio will have Green Smoothies for purchase during the Challenge to make it even easier to drink up. The smoothies are made fresh and delivered daily right to the studio, ready and waiting after your hot yoga classes by Green Juice Inc.
The Chinese Year of the Dragon begins 23 January 2012, the same day as the start of the Year of the Dragon 40-Day Challenge and Wellington Day. Fire up!
COST: No extra cost, just your classes.
Green smoothies are not included in class cost but can be purchased at the studio during the Year of the Dragon 40-Day Challenge.
BONUS STICKERS: Expand your 40-Day Mind-Body-Spirit Experience! Any time you attend a workshop, course or clinic or receive a massage treatment (up to 2 treatments) during The Year of The Dragon 40-Day Challenge you add two stickers to your chart!
| | | March
| | | Calling All Athletes!
Yoga for Athletes
with Kathy Ramirez, RYT
Yoga Instructor, Personal Trainer, and Endurance Athlete
Saturday, 3 March
12:30 - 2:30 pm - Do you want to optimize your sports performance?
- Do you want to be injury free?
- Do you want to know how to incorporate yoga into your training program?
In this active and informative clinic, you'll focus on yoga postures that optimize athletic performance while helping you stay injury free. Attention will be paid to breathing and postural techniques in that open up key joints to create more range of motion.
You'll also take away important key tips on how yoga can easily fit into your specific training program.
Room is gently warmed, not hot. Please bring a towel, mat, water, and a yearn to learn!
COST: $45 (Year Member discount applies)
| | | The Yoga of Sound!
Nada Yoga Workshop
with Adhyatma
Sunday, 11 March
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Nada Yoga is th e simple yet powerful practice of the yoga of sound. It is a method of tracing sound back through its psychic and subtle source through a variety of meditative practices. In this workshop you will experience many of those practices, including deep Mantra sadhana (chanting practice), Bhramari (humming bee) pranayama, Nadanusandhan asana, Swara sadhana (Indian scales) and to finish, Satyananda Yoga Nidra™ (deep relaxation) and a chakra visualization. These practices tune you into the 'inner sound or ether' rather than the outer. The aim of Nada Yoga is a sense of greater awareness, one that can help transcend normal limitations and dive deep into the mind. This workshop involves some sitting. Basic awareness of yogic breathing will be helpful. Highly recommended though not required is completion of a Mantra & Meditation course. (Please see above dates on course dates). Room is not heated.
COST: $45
(Year Member Discount applies.)
Workshop may be repeated more than once.
| | | Make 2012 the year you enjoy the benefits of Hot Yoga!
BRAND NEW BEGINNERS COURSE
Breathe. Bend. Transform.
Mon & Thurs Eves
8:15 - 9:15 pm
Prepare for a life-changing fortnight as you progress through this 4-class course easing your way to new health - body, mind and spirit. You'll learn basic breathing techniques, followed by standing poses and finally some floor poses. The heat is gradually increased over the 2 weeks.
COST: $85 includes high quality mat to keep!
DATES: 19 - 29 Mar / 30 Apr - 10 May / 21 -31 May
| | | Attend one or all three!
Core Workshops
with Kate Venables
Saturdays, 31 Mar / 28 Apr / 19 May
12:30 - 2:30 pm
These progressive core workshops focus on correct alignment, individual bio-mechanic functioning and balanced muscular loading in yoga movement. With an emphasis on challenging your core strength, basic Pilates principals and techniques are applied to your current yoga or similar exercise practices. Beginners to professional athletes alike will benefit from the principles and techniques covered. These core workshops are designed to elevate your current workout and offer new and challenging ways to further your understanding of how your body works. Kate is a former dancer with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Pilates and Hot Yoga devotee.
COST: $45 (Year Member discount applies) | | | April | | | Hot Yoga proudly hosts Gerald's 2012 visit to Wellington!
Introduction to Ayurveda Workshop
with Gerald Lopez
Sunday, 15 April
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Learn the basics of Ayurveda with Gerald Lopez, Auckland-based Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy Consultant. You find out the three body types; simple, daily and seasonal routines; and healthy approaches to food. An informative and user-friendly session for immediate insights to greater well-being. COST: $45 (Year Member discount applies.) Pre-payment required.
| | | Ayurvedic Consultation
& Ayurvedic Warm Oil Massage
with Gerald Lopez
Private Sessions 14 - 19 April
Ayurveda is the age-old system of health and medicine that evolved alongside Yoga. Ayurveda is based on eternal, universal principles that bring you in tune with your unique well-being needs. Gerald Lopez , Auckland-based Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy Consultant, helps you co-create a comprehensive health programme including diet and lifestyle, gentle herbs, body therapies and subtle Yoga tools. AYURVEDIC CONSULTATION: Are you a Pitta? Vata? Kapha? Or a combination?
Find out your ayurvedic body type and the keys to profound healing - whatever your current state of health. 60-min session.
COST: $95 Pre-Payment required.
(Sorry, Year Member Discount does not apply to these sessions.) AYURVEDIC SHEER BLISS WARM OIL MASSAGE:
A simply fantastic investment in your general health and well-being!
Gerald’s therapeutic treatment is deeply relaxing and nourishing for body and soul. The Sheer Bliss Massage is done with warmed herbal oils, finishing with a subtle chakra massage. The unique and profound healing of an Ayurvedic Massage is not to be missed! 90-min session
COST: $125 Pre-payment required.
(Sorry, Year Member Discount does not apply to these sessions.)
DO BOTH and SAVE $40! CONSULTATION & SHEER BLISS WARM OIL MASSAGE - $180
(Sorry, Year Member Discount does not apply to these sessions.) | | | May | | | HOT YOGA POSTURE CLINIC
with Lou Cassella, E-RYT
Saturday, 5 May
1:00 - 3:30 pm
Enjoy a more embodied and  effective practice. In this fun and and on-going series of informative clinics, you'll explore the dynamics of good alignment in asanas (postures) unique to hot yoga. You'll also practice breathing techniques that enhance the breath / movement sequences. The best part for many is that Lou also offers students modifications and adjustments best suited for their structure. Prepare to flow with greater insight and strength. You'll learn something new every time you attend.
Room is not hot, just warmed. You will sweat though. Move with power and renewed focus in your practice.
COST: $45 (Year Member discount applies.)
| | | Journey Into Healing
Annis Parker, Medical Intuitive
Private Sessions 13 - 18 May
Internationally acclaimed Medical intuitive Annis Parker returns to Hot Yoga Wellington!
In August, her appointments booked out solid! This May is your opportunity to have Annis unblock and realign the subtle energy fields of your body. Down-to-earth and to the point, her analysis and treatment of the human condition is uncanny, effective and long-lasting. For more information, please call the studio: 04 801 9642. We'll be happy to share with you more what to expect in this unique healing experience.
COST: $95 Pre-Payment required. Session bookings always go quickly!
(60-min session. You remain fully clothed. Sorry, Year Member Discount does not apply to these sessions.)
| | | June | | | A very special evening of music and meditation!
Candlelight Labyrinth & Oms
 Saturday, 16 June
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
A simply beautiful event not be missed! Hot Yoga ushers in the return of Light with a new walking meditation event. Come join us as we celebrate the 2012 Winter Solstice with a candlelight labyrinth, a mandala of light filling the entire studio floor! Enjoy the on-going, communal sound of Om (A-U-M) as you walk the meditative circle of glowing candles outlining your path to greater wholeness and centeredness.
You can arrive anytime between 7:30 pm and 9:15 pm to walk the labyrinth. Allow at least 30 minutes to truly enjoy the vibe-filled atmosphere. Last walk will begin at 9:15 pm. Participants often leave with a wonderful sense of spiritual renewal and deep release. Please bring a pillow or cushion to sit on before after you walk the labyrinth. Feel free to join in the sound of Om as you walk in meditation or as you watch others do so. Just beautiful! Enjoy a unique and wonderful welcome to the promise of spring and personal new beginnings.
The room is not heated and no yoga asana(s) are involved. This event is appropriate for the whole family.
COST: $5 Suggested Donation / Kids under 14 - No charge
Room for 60 participants.
| | | YOGA MALA - 108 Sun Salutations
Sunday, 17 June
7:30 - 9:45 am~ish
Join the Hot Yoga teachers for this invigorating Winter Solstice event! With mats placed in a circle outlined in 108 candles, we move our bodies and awaken our hearts with 108 rounds of a modified Sun Salutation. Starting at the crack of dawn, each round is dedicated to an intention that has been gathered in advance by the yoga community. These intentions bring accountability to the conscious movement. They also further the united strength and greater purpose that comes as we do the good work of showing up bright and early to mat to move as One. The Yoga Mala ends with a deep, meditative 15-minute Savasana. Particip ants often leave with a sense of great personal accomplishment and spiritual renewal.
The room is only moderately heated, and eventually turned off as a great amount of internal heat is developed during a Yoga Mala. Prepare to absolutely glow with Power and Connectedness.
COST: $20 / $15 Year Members
| | | Nurture Your Life Force Within
And live a happier, stronger, more focused life
with SWAMI GOVINDANANDA
Saturday, 23 June
12:30 - 4:00 pm
Just as a dark room cannot remain dark in the presence of light, so confusion and ignorance cannot stand before knowledge. Knowledge empowers you to successfully navigate your way through life, ever deepening your sense and appreciation of your life force within. Join Swami Govindananda for an intriguing, entertaining and enlightening afternoon as he shares with us the timeless wisdom of India known as the Vedas.
You will learn:
- How to nurture your life force within
- Of the importance and purpose of the Atma (soul)
- Of the bigger picture of life
- Timeless knowledge of India’s Sages and Saints that is relevant to you
- Experience kirtan chanting meditation
COST: $45 (Year Member discount applies)
 About Swami Govindananda:
Swami Govindananda visits yoga centres around the world to present programs especially tailored for yoga students. He illuminates the wisdom that lies at the heart of yoga and gives inspirational insights into the significance of human life. His program includes beautiful Kirtan meditation. Swami Ji (Swami Govindananda) is the founder of Ji Living, Yoga Philosophy beyond the Mat. He is widely known for his depth of knowledge, his gentle, humorous nature and his ability to inspire in others the quest for genuine spiritual living. Through his Ji Living Online Videos, retreats, live presentations, written and recorded material, Swami Ji has touched the heart of many thousands of people. Swami Ji embodies positive spirituality and through example shows how we can all live joyous lives while at the same time moving towards our fullest individual potential. He is a modern Holy man for today's times - a bright light for one and all. Though a Westerner (he lives in Sydney, Australia), Swami Ji has spent many years in India learning personally from one of the country's historically accepted great Masters, Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj. He was taught philosophy and meditation at the deepest levels and after years of intensive training with this great Master, was accepted into the Swami order. He specializes on teaching the essence of the great Indian scriptures known as the Vedas, Gita, Bhagawatam and Ramayan. He focuses on the philosophies of Karma, Gyan and Bhakti Yoga. With this blend of cultures, Swami Ji brings extraordinary clarity to the complex and timeless philosophies of India, making this knowledge easy to understand in a way that has rarely been seen in the West. To aid his work, Swami Ji established the Bhakti Meditation Centre in 1990, an organization recognized by the Australian Government as a nonprofit charity. As an extension of this he has introduced Ji Living to enable a broader spectrum of people to find joy, hope and inspiration in their lives. | | | Customized Group Event
| | | Let us host your Team Event: A Hot Yoga Class!
As enjoyed by Telecom, NZIS and many other local sports and business teams!
Wow them with a specially packaged 1-hour class for your team mates to bond over a really wonderful stretch and sweat here at Hot Yoga of New Zealand. Mat and towel rental included! Just show up.
Special Group Rate: $15 each. Minimum 10. 1 hour.
A hot yoga class for the entire group. What a great idea!
Inquire at the front desk or call 04 801 9642 to book your event.
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