Punk Rock Yoga

Yoga comes to life with this energetic fusion of flowing Hatha yoga and dance. Using moves from martial arts, belly dance, African dance, and modern dance, we dance our way into and out of yoga poses in this playful lively class. You get cardiovascular benefits plus strength and flexibility while exploring your own unique creativity. Teacher Training Description: Invigorate your classes with this creative fusion of yoga and dance: cardiovascular, strength and flexibility in one class. Learn moves from international dance forms to dance your way in and out of numerous yoga poses.

This workshop includes great handouts on all of the dance and pose modules we cover, including origins and lineage of the dance forms, and modifications/contraindications for the various poses. You will learn more than 30 modules you can use to incorporate into your own yoga/dance fusion class. The workshop also covers choreography, creating games and play, a background on the various movement styles used, and team-teaching and peer-review opportunities. This workshop prepares existing teachers to teach a Shake Rattle & Pose class. In addition, we videotape the practical class portion of each workshop and will mail you a DVD of the class for your own personal review. Finally, we are offering an additional certification option, certifying people in Shake Rattle & Pose.

Next Training: Missoula, MT!

Shake Rattle & Pose Yoga Dance Fusion: Create Your Own Class
(.8 ACE 6.5 AFAA credits)
Saturday, September 13
9 am - 6 pm
Downtown Dance Collective
121 West Main Street
Missoula, Montana 59802 (map)

Note: Missoula is an awesome place to visit, particularly if you like the outdoors: great hiking trails are found right in town. It’s a great place to get away for a couple of days. This may be the only teacher training Kimberlee is offering this fall, so don’t miss it. Stay for the weekend and take the Partner Yoga Fundamentals workshop on Sunday.

Tuition:
Early bird rate $165–payment due July 30th
Regular rate $195–payment due September 6th
Same-day rate $225–register on site (space permitting)

Register now! http://8thelementyoga.com/yoga_dance/teacher_training.php

Join Kimberlee and Todd Stedl, the world-renowned authors of Yoga for Scuba Divers, for an unforgettable Scuba Diving and Yoga Adventure, March 7 - 14, 2009.Experience this wonderful fusion of scuba diving and yoga on Dominica, the nature island of the Caribbean.

On this abundant island, you will enjoy diving the pristine reefs and spectacular 1,000-foot walls of Scotts Head Marine Reserve. The reefs of Dominica teem with life–Dominica was rated the #1 location for both healthy reefs and a healthy marine environment (Sport Diver magazine, 2006). You will have the chance to do a variety of dives including wall dives, drift dives, and a night dive.

If you’re not an avid diver you can snorkel with us, or skip any day’s dive trip and enjoy the many different hikes offered by Jungle Bay. Or you can just lounge around at the resort, enjoying the relaxing scenery, yoga studio, outdoor pool, and spa treatments.

On this unique retreat, you will learn yoga routines specifically designed to help strengthen the body for diving and restore the body after a day of diving. You will learn some applied anatomy and body mechanics of diving.

We will also teach you breathing and meditation exercises to help you stay calm underwater for a more relaxed and enjoyable dive experience. You will also have the chance to participate in discussions about yoga philosophy and its relevance on diver ethics and underwater ecology. For dive professionals, Todd will share his experience of how his yoga practice has influenced him as a dive instructor.

You will also enjoy either a challenging jungle hike to Boiling Lake (a flooded fumarole whose waters really do boil) or a scenic ocean kayak trip. After five days of exciting physical activities, we will spend our last full day relaxing on a whale watching trip, and sight-seeing (and shopping) in the main town of Roseau. Of course, you will have plenty of opportunities throughout the week to use your included spa treatment. There will be numerous activities for everyone–whether or not you dive.

We are thrilled to hold this retreat at Jungle Bay, one of the world’s top 10 luxury eco resorts (Forbes magazine, 2007). Dominica was the first country to be Green Globe benchmarked and the owners of Jungle Bay are leaders in ecologically and culturally sustainable tourism.

Last, but for some not least, you will enjoy the wonderfully healthy cuisine of Dominica, using local ingredients. Dominica is a lush and rich island on which mangos, coconuts, bananas, papayas, pineapple, coffee, cocoa, sugar cane, and root vegetables grow along with 1,000 species of flowering plants. If you’ve never eaten a ripe mango plucked from the tree yourself, its juice dripping down your chin, you’re missing one of the greater pleasures in life.

We sincerely hope you can join us on this adventure. This exclusive trip is limited, so sign up early. Package options, what’s included, and our registration form can be found in our FAQ.

See more and sign up now http://8thelementyoga.com/yoga_scuba/retreat/ 

This is a piece on our new partner yoga book, Yoga with a Friend. I’m thrilled at how the author really tried to capture what we’re about. Check out the very pregnant chick demonstrating poses:
http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/03/06/news/mtregional/news06.txt

More about the book here: http://www.8thElementYoga.com/books/partner_yoga.php

http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/yoga_survivors_dc.html

This is a really good article, even though the study was only done for a week, it shows how healing a yoga practice can be.

I really liked how they noted that yoga is something that can heal across religious denominations.

Kimberlee (co-founder of Punk Rock Yoga) has co-written a partner yoga book entitled Yoga with a Friend. The book includes poses, visualizations, and philosophy on the art of applying yoga to your personal relationships.

Check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Friend-Kimberlee-Jensen-Stedl/dp/0615183182/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202595069&sr=8-1

Punk Rock Yoga classes in Chicago start March 4

in Fredericton February 17

and in Missoula they began February 8

Hope you can make it.

Classes in Fredericton, NB look to be starting up in February. We will be posting the schedule soon.

Missoula classes will be starting up again soon after that.

Chicago and Vancouver are also on their way; in Vancouver we could use some help finding a venue, so please send your ideas our way.

We’re still looking for a Boston teacher to replace Erin, please send some good people our way.

Thanks, Kimberlee

Hello,

I would like to announce the completion of Yoga with a Friend, co-written with my husband:

Yoga with a Friend

Develop trust, communication,
strength, and compassion when
you practice yoga with a partner

Practice this unique form of yoga where you and your partner work together to accomplish creative and challenging poses. Your partner can be your friend, roommate, spouse, life partner, sibling, parent, child, or anyone else whose company you enjoy.

In Yoga with a Friend you will learn breathing techniques to facilitate tranquility together, and partner poses that develop trust and mutual support. You will develop strong non-verbal communication skills as you work together to achieve balance. You will amaze yourselves as you accomplish the poses.

Along with poses and breathing techniques, you will learn some great visualizations and meditation techniques. You will also be introduced to yoga philosophy and understand how to apply yoga lifestyle guidelines to your various relationships. In Yoga with a Friend we hope to share this fun, challenging, and deeply rewarding practice with you.

About the authors

Kimberlee Jensen Stedl is a member of the American Council on Exercise Continuing Education Faculty, an AFAA-certified Group Fitness Instructor and is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She has taught fitness classes since 1992. She specializes in a flowing yoga style called vinyasa and has practiced a variety of yoga styles since 1997.

Todd Stedl is a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, holds a doctorate in chemistry, and has been a professional writer since 2000. Todd began his yoga journey after meeting Kimberlee in 2002. As Kimberlee went through her yoga teacher-training program, Todd became her practice student, and he provided tremendous feedback which helped her become a better teacher. He discovered that yoga went beyond the stereotypes he had envisioned it to be, and began incorporating aspects of yoga into his daily life.

Kimberlee and Todd discovered partner yoga in 2003 and have thoroughly enjoyed creating new poses. They have used the teachings of yoga as a framework to help them construct their growth as both husband and wife and as individuals.

See sample pages and how to order this book at http://8thelementyoga.com/books/partner_yoga.php

Hello

Kimberlee here, founder of Punk Rock Yoga. I have a few announcements about Punk Rock Yoga for the new year.

1. Our cities

2. Looking for a teacher

3. Graphic artist help needed

4. Retreat

5. Partner yoga book

1. It’s exciting. Punk Rock Yoga classes are now being actively held in Boston, New York, Seattle and Toronto and are being offered by some excellent teachers. Missoula classes will begin in March, and possibly sooner. Vancouver classes will also be starting up within the next couple of months. Fredericton, New Brunswick is also on the horizon. We have had interest from teachers in other cities as well, but no promises yet. It’s awesome to see more and more people taking up yoga and enjoying our unconventional approach.

2. Our Boston teacher Erin has an opportunity in New Brunswick too good to pass up. She will be leaving at the end of January and we are on a mad hunt to find a teacher to take over her classes in Boston. If you know of any yoga teachers in the Boston area who would make great Punk Rock Yoga teachers please contact either Erin at boston-at-punkrockyoga-dot-com or Kimberlee at yoga-at-punkrockyoga-dot-com. Thanks for your help.

3. We are hoping to come up with new t-shirts for this year and can really use some artistic help. Our teachers may be great at teaching yoga, but none of us are brilliant graphic artists. We could really use some help with this. We are happy to do some trade and give you some classes for your time. The designs do have to be electronic, as we will be sending them off to No Sweat Apparel (union-made sweatshop-free) to be printed. If you are a clever designer, and want to come up with a fun design for our shirts, please contact Kimberlee at yoga-at-punkrockyoga-dot-com.

4. I am kicking around the idea of a Punk Rock Yoga retreat either at the end of 2008 or beginning of 2009 and want to see if people are interested, along with where they would want to go, what they would want to learn, and what other side activities they would like to do while on a retreat. If you are interested, please help out by filling out this quick survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx\?sm=Q0RGNh_2fg6tRkVMtdloU0vw_3d_3d. Thanks so much for your help.

5. My second book I’ve co-written is finally done. The book is Yoga with a Friend: Develop trust, communication, strength, and compassion when you practice yoga with a partner. The book includes 30 partner poses illustrated with photographs, an introduction to yoga philosophy and how it applies to relationships, and guided partner visualizations. You can download excerpts from the book and see details about the special pre-sale offer here http://www.8thElementYoga.com/books/partner_yoga.php

Hope you all had some time for reflection on your growth over the past year. If you have any questions or feedback about Punk Rock Yoga, I’m happy to listen.
Happy New Year,
Kimberlee

Erin will be moving back to Canada soon, so we are looking for a great, radical free-thinking yoga teacher to take over Punk Rock Yoga in Boston. Please contact either Erin at boston-at-punkrockyoga-dot-com or Kimberlee at yoga-at-punkrockyoga-dot-com if you are interested or have a great candidate to nominate. Thanks!