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Downward-Facing Dog Yoga Pose from SketchyD.com (Used with Permission)
I hope this post has added an extra smile to your day. The picture above is from SketchyD — a mobile-phone photo sketch blog by Daniel McLaren, creator of the Asterisq Constellation Framework for creating graph visualizations on the Web and all-round great person. I look forward to seeing more yoga inspired sketches from Daniel in the future.
Athletics 4 Kids, an organization dedicated to making sport accessible to all children, is organizing an attempt to get into the Guiness Book of Worlds Records for having the most people doing yoga in one place at the same time. The attempt will be made on Sunday, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM PDT at Thunderbird Stadium, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Doors will open at 10:00AM. All proceeds from this event will be donated to Athletics 4 Kids www.a4k.ca. For more information on this event and for tickets to participate, please visit the Athletics 4 Kids website.
DATE: Sunday, August 23, 2009.
TIME: 1:30-3:30pm
LOCATION: Westcoast Hot Yoga (Yaletown Studio) 128 Mainland Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada. [map]
Preregistration and pre-payment by Saturday Aug.22, call 604-221-9642
QUICK DESCRIPTION: Participants of this workshop will learn to cultivate core strength in every pose. Core strength and stability are integral to a healthy, strong body. This all important core is often overlooked as we focus on position and alignment in our yoga poses. Join us and transform your practice! For more information please visit the workshop section of the Westcoast Hot Yoga website.
DATE: Wednesday, August 12, 2009.
TIME: 7:30pm – 10:30pm
LOCATION: Westcoast Hot Yoga (Yaletown Studio) 128 Mainland Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada. [map]
PRICE: $30.00 admission for two people
More information about this event can be found on The Power of Health 2009 Vancouver website.
If you go to any of these events, please add your post-event comments in the comments section below.
The following is attributed to B.K.S. Iyengar, founder of Iyengar Yoga:
“The body is your temple, keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.”
You can find out more about B.K.S. Iyengar on Wikipedia.
In the following video, Al and Sarsha address the question of how often a beginning students should attend yoga classes:
Are you a yoga instructor? What is your opinion about how often beginners should attend yoga classes? What about for more advanced students? Please share your comments.
