Workshops OPEN YOUR HEART WORKSHOP - AN ALTERNATIVE TO 'DATE NIGHT' So they're just not that into you? Your partner is less than perfect? Partnership smartnership? How to find a spiritual partner. How to keep a spiritual partner. How to be happy with your partner forever! Ancient Wisdom on kindness and compassion, understanding the key Buddhist principles of karma and emptiness, along with cultivating seeing your potential or current partner as your holy guide, holds transformative possibilities. It is to your advantage to come to both evenings as it will help to build your practice but also a great start to come to one evening. Teachers: Sherri Kajiwara and Deedee Leevers Date: 2 Fridays - July 18 & 25 Time: 6 pm - 8 pm Cost: $35/night or $60 for both nights Location: The Three Jewels, 2275 W. 10th. Back lane entry. Please email Deedee if you are interested in this workshop. DRU AND TIBETAN HEART YOGA WORKSHOP HEART TO HEART A powerful workshop designed to open and heal your heart. Teachers: Roma Katz and Deedee Leevers Date: Saturday, July 12th Time: 9:00 - 2:30pm Cost: $45 Location: The Three Jewels, 2275 West 10th (back lane entry) Email Deedee to register. Space is limited and this workshop is filling up! DRU Yoga (referred to as YOGA OF THE HEART) awakens and frees the heart by clearing the energetic path ways of the heart, through gentle flowing movement, releasing and healing old emotional pain. Tibetan Heart Yoga has a strong HEART MIND focus based on an ancient and powerful Buddhist meditation called Tong Len, combined with movement and breath attention. These two Yogas compliment each other, generating a potent opportunity for opening and healing the heart. Introductory Body Rolling Workshops This workshop is an excellent introduction to the idea and method of body rolling. It is a great overview. It is accessible to all beginners and is also BCRPA approved for 3 credits. Date: The next workshop will be in the Fall, date TBA. Time: TBA Cost: $60/workshop. If you are repeating this workshop or if you have taken a body rolling course with me, the workshop is $30.00 Location: The Three Jewels, 2275 W. 10th Ave. Email Deedee to register. Whistler Introductory Body Rolling Workshop This workshop is worth 3 BCRPA credits! Date: TBA Time: 2:00 - 5:00pm Cost: $65/workshop Location: Meadow Park Sports Center Email Deedee to register. SALT SPRING ISLAND One day HEART YOGA RETREAT In this workshop we will be opening the HEART CENTER. All of the postures and the meditations will be orienated towards this work. There will be three sessions of meditation alternating with three sessions of yoga. We will work at many levels the body, breathing, the energy meridians, our thoughts and the seeds of action that we nurture at the core of our being. Teachers: Matthew Coleman and Deedee Leevers Date: Our March retreat was amazing! We are now in the planning stages for a Fall retreat. Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm Cost: $95 ($85.00 if you sign up before Feb. 10th) for workshop only. Location: To see the studio: www.gangesyogastudio.com Email Deedee to register. Written by Matthew Coleman: My friend, Deedee, has taught hatha yoga over the past 30 years and has seen the energy and the aliveness that results in so many of her students. But this is not enough. What are we to do with this energy? How can we transform this energetic healthfulness into more happiness for ourselves and for all those around us that we interrelate with daily? The Buddhist/yogic philosophy tells us that we need to wake up to who and even what we really are if we are going to be happy and a proven method that can lead us to that state of total joyful wakefulness in the practice of loving-kindness and compassion. I am a Buddhist meditation teacher and for the past five years have teamed up with Deedee to bring the loving-kindness and compassion meditations together with the energy of hatha yoga. Seeing the results of integrating these two ancient paths into an all day workshop has been truly heartwarming. Many yoga students hear the word 'meditation' and it sounds fascination, maybe mysterious or mystical - it's in all the yoga magazines. But it's hard to learn from a book and there are so many different kinds and ways to meditate, how do we find the right one? What we teach is from the 2,500 year old tradition of Buddhism. We start with this simple aspiration: May I be filled with loving-kindness May I be well. May I be peaceful and at ease. May I be happy. We work with this. We recite it in deep meditation, we recite it with concentration wile holding our yogic postures, we integrate it with our breath, we let our mind meld with the meaning of the words. We look at our everyday thoughts and ask whether they are positive and uplifting or do they go round and round, often spiraling downward? The teachings tell us that by breaking down the barrier between others and ourselves through the practice of loving-kindness and opening to the sufferings of others is the best way to uplift our spirits. When we feel we can touch the basic goodness within ourselves we begin to the process of reaching out to others: benefactors, friends, the neutral people in our lives and even the difficult individuals we encounter from time to time. Our meditations then start with: May you be filled with loving-kindness May you be well May you be peaceful and at ease May you be happy Alternating energetic yoga with the calmness of meditation back and forth throughout the day loosens the mind into letting to of fixed patterns and integrates the teaching of loving-kindness and compassion into our lives. This is not meditation-lite, it's deep and effective and life transforming and as you get up from your meditation cushion or yoga mat you can take this practice with you, enhancing your life and all those you come in contact with. Matthew Coleman is a student and practioner of Tibetan Buddhism and has taught Buddhist meditation for 25 years. He lives with his wife Phyllis on salt Spring Island where he writes, gardens, kayaks and plays with his grandchildren. Find out about Salt Spring Island: www.saltspringtoday.com/visitors/about_saltsprng_island.asp Study Group A study group based on the book, "The Diamond Cutter The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life" by Geshe Michael Roach Check out the book and if you are interested in putting it into practice and want the support send me an email and I'll give you the times and dates we are meeting. There is no charge for these meetings.    TIBETAN HEART YOGA - "THE 5 WINDS" The inner winds are the life force that flows through our energy channels. We will learn the 5 winds with a specific asana series from the Gelukpa tradition of the Dali lamas.In this workshop we will be opening the HEART CENTER. All of the postures and the meditations will be orienated towards this work. There will be three sessions of meditation alternating with three sessions of yoga. We will work at many levels the body, breathing, the energy meridians, our thoughts and the seeds of action that we nurture at the core of our being. Date: TBA Time: 9:00 - 1:00pm Cost: $55 Location: West Vancouver United Church. 21st and Esquimalt - come in the parking lot door and upstairs to room 305. Please email Deedee if you are interested in this workshop. WORKSHOP FOR HANDS AND FEET An introduction to the use of 'Foot Wakers' to wake up muscles in the feet and hands, keeping them strong and healthy. Date: TBA Time: 11.30 - 1:30pm Cost: $75 includes foot wakers. $20.00 if you have them. Location: TBA Please email Deedee if you are interested in this course.