| Friday Jul 15, 2016 4:00 PM - Sunday Jul 17, 2016 1:00 PM | $30.00 - $225.00 |
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Radish Magazine Yoga Fest
Radish Magazine is proud to present the first Yoga Festival in the Quad Cities.
The yoga community from the greater Quad City area is uniting to create a festival that will provide genuine connections between students, teachers, studio owners and those interested in learning more about the ever-growing lifestyle that is yoga. Our unique combination of classes, presentations and workshops will provide a yoga immersion like no other, and will offer insight and experiences for the seasoned yogi and beginner alike.
In addition to showcasing our highly skilled local teachers, our yoga fest also will feature regional talents Quinn Kearney, Sara Strother and Jim Bennitt. Never before have so many yoga talents been combined in one venue in the Quad Cities.
The festivities will be held on July 15th, 16th and 17th at the Holiday Inn Rock Island, 226 17th Street, Rock Island, IL.
Friday evening will begin with registration at 4pm. Our keynote address will be given by Sara Strother at 6:00 followed by a community yoga session at 6:30 led by Jeani Mackenzie of the Davenport School of Yoga. Our Friday festivities will end with an intimate soiree with a cash bar and snacks.
Saturday is a day for Intense Intents. This day will have something for all levels and is designed to also include options for yoga teachers and experienced students. All attendees will have an opportunity to dive deep into yoga and explore the depths of their mindful practice. Sessions will be held at 9 am, 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm, with 6 class offerings at each session. Lunch will be provided!
Sunday we'll enjoy a little "RR&E." This will be our Rest, Relax and Explore the wonderful world of yoga day. Sessions for all levels will be held at 8 am and 11 am with 6 class offerings at each session. You won't want to miss our closing ceremony at 1 pm!
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~~ Saturday ~~
~ 9-11am Session A ~
Option 1: Everyone is a Beginner in Yoga, Instructor: Quinn Kearney
Class Description: This class is ideal for individuals new to the practice of yoga, and for those who are interested in going deeper into the fundamentals of the practice. We will spend time exploring how yoga can be incorporated into one's life in order to get the most out of it, and we will break down the classic sun salutation in a way that makes it accessible and interesting for students of all levels.
Option 2: Inform Your Flow: Alignment Based Full Spectrum Class, Instructor: Sara Strother
Class Description: Join Sara Strother for 2 hours of invigorating asana designed to enhance the way you think about practice. In this full spectrum class, Sara will cover all areas of pose work and teach you positive alignment technique. Come ready to move and learn.
Option 3: Guided Ashtanga, Instructor: Evan and Kelly Harris
Class Description: This is where it all began - the first sequence every student of the Ashtanga system learns. Primary teaches us everything we need to know about how to practice and develop some specific themes for the body. It's a perfect opportunity for those who are interested in learning more about the Ashtanga yoga system. This workshop will includes some flowing sections and some deconstruction of the more challenging "peak" postures of the sequence.
Option 4: Building Arm Balances and Inversions from the Ground UP, Instructor: Daina Lewis
Class Description: In this 2-hour workshop, we will focus on the core foundations of building arm balances and inversions. We will play with different techniques to catch flight on your hands! We will release the fears that can hold us back from going upside down or those feelings of not being strong enough to hold ourselves. YOU can do it! You just need to go deep within and let your courageous self SHINE bright!
Option 5: Moving into Stillness, Instructor: Shannon Moran
Class Description: Using Dristi Gazing of the eyes to create a flowing meditation. In this Vinyasa flow style class, students will learn how to slow down and control the movements of the eyes to allow a more focused physical and mental yoga practice. As we learn to turn off some of the chatter on our yoga mats, it is more beneficial for body mind and spirit. Class is suitable for all levels.
Option 6: Rock n Roll Vinyasa, Instructor: James Wesson
Class Description: With a rock n roll soundtrack, this baddha vinyasa power yoga class will fire you up and mellow you out at the same time. James uses a steady pace, connecting poses that you then hold to focus your awareness on your alignment and challenge your strength while opening your body to the breath. The flow of poses never stops throughout the class, and you will find yourself in a zone where your whole being is strong, flexible, calm and focused as you synchronize yourself mentally, physically and emotionally.
~ 12:30-2:30pm Session B ~
Option 1: Advanced Practice: Bandha and Mudra, Instructor: Jim Bennitt
Class Description: The advanced practices of yoga are not contortions of the body, they are the ability to stop and redirect the vital life force (prana) at will. Yogis build prana through breathwork (pranayama), stop the movement of energy through locks (bandha) and redirect the flow through full body gestures (mudra). In this class, we will focus on the three main bandhas and three main mudras within a physical practice. We will also discuss the appropriate time and place to practice them and what is the desired result of each. This class is for experienced practitioners who have a firm grasp on asana and basic pranayama.
Option 2: Adjustments and Alignments, Instructor: Quinn Kearney
Class Description: Hands-on adjustments can be great for teachers and students in yoga, but they can also be injurious if not practiced with skill and caution. In this class, we will talk about the pros and cons of adjusting and spend time working on a variety of adjustments. This class will be especially helpful to teachers, but it will also be rewarding for anyone who is interested in alignment and likes to be adjusted. Open to all levels.
Option 3: Led Lion Series, Instructor: Evan and Kelly Harris
Class Description: Experience the Lion Sequence, the second of Matthew Sweeney's Vinyasa Krama sequences. Lion complements any existing yoga practice, and it emphasizes leg and back strength and hip and spine flexibility. This workshop is open to all levels, especially those hoping to explore back bends and hip opening postures.
Option 4: Peak Experience: Handbalancing, Instructor: Sara Strother
Class Description: Come practice handbalancing like never before! Sara will skillfully take you off your feet and onto your hands with more confidence and knowledge. Whether you are a novice or veteran, you will enjoy the careful sequences aimed for preparing your body for these peak poses.
Option 5: Opening Your Hips with Vinyasa-Flow Yoga, Instructor: Shannon Moran
Class Description: This workshop will warm up the body with a dynamic vinyasa-flow sequence that includes a variety of sun salutations before exploring postures to open & unlock the hips and pelvis. This is an area that is classically tight in many bodies, which causes tension and sometimes leads to chronic pain. Liberating this area creates freedom in movement, increases range of motion and allows access to postures that can take you further in your practice. Shannon will teach many of the sequences he used to open his hips early in his yoga practice. Even though hips will be a focus, this class will leave you feeling open and balanced. Open to all levels.
Option 6: Hatha yoga, Instructor: Jennifer Vondracek
Class Description: Do you want to build confidence and self-awareness before broadening a more strenuous practice? Join Sol Yoga's Hatha Yoga class. They will focus on mindfulness and alignment as a means to build strength, balance and flexibility, as well as build a slow, meditative style of practice. This is a fantastic choice for beginners, for yogis with injuries, and for more advanced students who want to create space for restoration in body and mind.
~ 3:30-5:30pm Session C ~
Option 1: Pranayama for Teachers and Experienced Students Instructor: Jim Bennitt Class Description: Pranayama practiced appropriately can cure all disease and practiced inappropriate can cause all disease. The Hatha Yoga Pradapika. The ancient yogis didnt practice to achieve a six pack or that great yoga butt. They practiced to build, move and eventually stop the flow of prana. While most practitioners today have gained great flexibility and strength through the physical practice, they have little to no knowledge on the subtle practice of breathwork. This class will first discuss prana in more detail followed by a short, gentle asana practice to help prepare for a longer pranayama session. Appropriate for teachers and experienced students.
Option 2: Title: Vinyasa-Viveka Flow Instructor: Quinn Kearney Class Description: Viveka means discrimination. This will be a well-rounded vinyasa flow class with music, and we will give some thought to the vinyasa flow approach to asana practice in order to better understand what it is, and how to practice it safely. Open to all levels.
Option 3: Title: Yin Instructor: Mary Stolze & Brooke Eckhardt Lee Class Description: Slowly stretch your fascia, relax your muscles and challenge your brain to let everything go in this great practice that balances out your more yang practice of vinyasa. Relax the muscles that you work so hard in vinyasa classes. Relax the shoulders and hips from sitting at a computer or in a car. The most important? Relax your brain. In yin, poses are typically held for 3 to 5 minutes, allowing the body to relax into the posture. Yin is ideal for increasing flexibility and getting in touch with your inner self. Open to all levels.
Option 4: Kundalini - The Essence of Self Instructor: Mario Cortez Class Description: Kundalini yoga is a practice of self-awareness, asana, pranayama, mantra, relaxation and meditation brought together in one of humanitys most ancient and powerful healing techniques. We will be doing yoga sets and meditations to heal and open our heart center and experience compassion. Open to all levels.
Option 5: Intro to Flow-SUP-Yo (Stand-Up Paddleboard Yoga) Instructor: Abby Moran Class Description: Discover your playful side while improving balance, coordination & strength with this introduction to Stand-up Paddleboard Yoga with the founder of Flow SUP Co., Abby Webster-Moran. In this workshop beginners will first get comfortable with paddling, standing & safely transitioning into/out of poses on the boards. After playful exploration (and maybe a dip in the pool!) participants will be led through a flowing SUP Yoga sequence that will leave you feeling waves of peace all day! Bring swimwear/change of clothes & a towel. Well leave time to change before the workshop. Space is limited for this class sign up early! Open to all levels.
Option 6: Go with the Flow Vinyasa Instructor: Kathy David Class Description: Looking to go with the flow? Sol Yogas Vinyasa class will create physically challenging practice that endeavor to connect the community with their inner strength, passion, and the transformative power of breath. The class will build on the fundamentals of Vinyasa in a safe and supportive environment that emphasizes detailed alignment. Enjoy as the Sol Yoga Instructors richly infuse this class with both challenges and recuperation, meditation, and inspirations for us all to take off the mat.
Option 7: All about You yoga Instructor: Jeani Mackenzie Class Description: This two hours will be simply showing up and doing yoga; not about worrying how much, how far, how long, how fast, or keeping up. The promise is that you will feel better when you leave than when you arrived. It will be about standing up straight, staying 'in the moment', alignment in the poses, breathing better, taking away 'busy' from your life and your yoga, feeling instead of thinking. So, if you are regularly feeling stress or anxiety, tension or negativity, old and stiff (not old, just stiff?), yoga can be a tool to help you get through regular days AND those times in your life that seem too hard. That is what we will do at this session. Make it just for you. To do yoga, all you have to do is show up and see what happens. Open to all levels
~~ Sunday ~~
~ 8-10am Session A ~
Option 1: Yoga, Tantra, and Ayurveda, Instructor: Jim Bennitt
Class Description: Today there are an estimated 16 million yoga practitioners in the United States alone. Out of these 16 million, a fraction of them are introduced to yoga's sister sciences of tantra and ayurveda. In ancient times, students would begin studying ayurveda and tantra, then dive deeper into classical yoga. In this class, we will first define ayurveda and tantra along with some of their key components. Next we will learn what they have in common and how they differ. Finally we will experience a practice drawing upon the knowledge of all three sister sciences. This will be a class of moderate physical intensity. All levels welcome.
Option 2: Therapeutic Yoga; Breathing into Ease, Instructor: Johanna Welzenbach
Class Description: Ease your way into your day with a relaxing yet revitalizing breath-centered yoga practice led by Johanna Welzenbach of Promoting Wellness, Inc. Experience the joy of conscious breathing combined with a variety of yoga asana, from gentle to invigorating, to bring your energy up gradually and progressively. Learn how to identify your personal strengths and limitations (physical, emotional, and mental) through meditative movement. All level of yoga practitioners are welcome. Physical limitations need not be a deterrent to attending this class. Asana adaptations and modifications will be provided for those in need.
Option 3: Celebrate Your Inner Goddess, Instructor: Daina Lewis
Class Description: Join Daina Lewis & Roberta Kelinson for an amazing journey as we embrace the beautiful Goddesses that surround us each and every day! This 2-hour workshop will be full of love as we move, breathe, journal, bond, laugh, cry and create a new circle of Goddesses. This workshop is for ALL levels!! Each Goddess will receive a mini mala, made by Daina & Roberta, with lots of love! It is time to lift each other up and SHINE as beautiful Goddesses!!
Option 4: Chair Yoga, Instructor: Jennifer Douglas
Class Description: Have you ever done chair yoga? Whether you are a student or teacher, come and learn how to use a chair as a prop. The chair allows you to access many fundamental poses from a unique angle. Chair yoga is gentle, but the stretches are often deceptively deep. We will learn how to read the body, to adapt poses for a wide range of intentions.
Option 5: Centering and Setting Intention Instructor: Rebecca Sebastian
Class Description: Join trained yoga therapist Rebecca Sebastian as we explore setting an intention to change your outlook in life and using your posture yoga practice to help reinforce your resolution. Using this technique, we will explore what it is that you want to create with your intention and how that can manifest itself into your daily life. This class will be discussion and light asana. All levels are welcome.
Option 6: Led Moon Series, Instructor: Evan and Kelly Harris
Class Description: The Moon Sequence is a vinyasa (movement-based) practice which targets the hips and spine and encourages deep release. It is the first of Matthew Sweeney's Vinyasa Krama sequences. The Moon Series encourages slower paced movements with a soft approach, leaving students feeling open and balanced. This class is open to all levels.
~ 11-1pm Session B ~
Option 1: The Yogic Art of Living with Ease, Instructor: Jennifer Vondracek
Class Description: Join Jennifer Vondracek, Rebecca Sebastian, Erin Burchett and Susan McLoone for deep meditative inquiry into pure being through the practice techniques of Yoga Nidra, iRest and mindfulness-based body scanning. Learn the neuroscience that validates the essence of classic practices and techniques. Participants will enjoy an engaging lecture, lively discussion, a 45-minute yoga nidra practice, gentle yoga practice, group meditation and pure bliss.
Option 2: The 8 Limbs of Yoga According to Patanjali: Philosophy and Practice, Instructor: Shannon Moran
Class Description: This class will incorporate the classical system of yoga from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. This is a classic text studied and utilized by yogis from all over the world for hundreds of years. In this workshop, participants will learn about these 8 limbs, what they mean & represent, and how we can incorporate the concepts into our modern, daily lives. Expect discussion as well as asana (postures), pranayama (breath control) and mantra (chanting).
Option 3: Prenatal Yoga, Instructors: Roberta Kelinson & Kela Granzer
Class Description: Breathe and connect with your baby. Prenatal yoga is a time to find relaxation, breath and strength within your body. As you prepare for this journey, Roberta and Kela will guide you through relaxing and calming poses to help eliminate your discomforts. Even if you are just beginning to think about becoming a parent, you are welcome to join us for this relaxing session. This class is open to all levels.
Option 4: Mantra Yoga, Instructor: Abby Moran
Class Description: This ancient practice in mindfulness has a profound effect on the nervous system; chanting mantras (sacred words and/or prayers) calms the mind, relaxes the body, and soothes the spirit. Come and learn/practice some traditional sanskrit mantras, what they mean and how they are used to enhance ones overall well-being. Participants should note, this is not an asana workshop; we'll be practicing mantras and some pranayama followed by seated meditation. Open to all levels.
Option 5: Yoga for Relaxation, Instructor: Jennifer Douglas
Class Description: A gentle class suitable for beginners and experienced students. Preform slow movements, while learning how to relax your body at will. We'll discuss and practice relaxation techniques that will allow you to experience the unique depth of each pose. Students will practice surrendering body and mind, releasing tension and attachments. We will focus on the present moment.
Option 6: Yin yoga, Instructor: Carol Mackel
Class Description: Yin Yoga is wonderful for all levels of practitioners and it can be as restorative or challenging as one needs it to be. It emphasizes long holds with soft muscles so that not only muscles get stretched, but joints also open. This opening creates space for chi to enter and bring healing, fluid movement to joints. Yin Yoga also helps the mind and body enter deep, relaxed states by focusing entirely on ourselves during long holds this leads to being completely immersed in our mind, body and breath. Yin Yoga, at its core, has long holds, soft muscles, slow breathing, quiet mind, relaxed body pure bliss. If possible, bring an extra thick mat, blanket or towel to this session.
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LocationHoliday Inn Rock Island (View)
226 17th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201
United States
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