I have just finished my 200-hour yoga teacher training, including my take-home final exam and all my other requirements. Hurrah! This was an intensive program that lasted seven weeks and literally took over my life. I learned a lot and I'm very happy I did it. The program combined regular hatha and kundalini yoga, which is a meditative and movement-oriented branch of yoga that really works to clear out old blockages and energetic gunk.

I will soon be adding "yoga" to my list of services. This will include private sessions here in Los Angeles, as well as "yoga consultations" over the phone for people who want to create a home yoga practice but are not in an urban area where there is easy access to yoga studios.

I have come to the conclusion that incorporating some sort of mind/body fitness practice such as yoga is essential for people who are in the process of healing. You must move and breathe to let go of all that old stuff that is holding you back!

Saturday, May 17th from 7:00-9:00pm YNS will be hosting a donation-based Yoga Trance Dance event. Yoga Trance Dance is a fun, liberating, spiritual dance bringing the best of Yoga and Dance together. Warm up with fluid yoga movements that evolve into a wild, free-form ecstatic dance, followed by meditation and savasana. The evening will be led by Stephanie Brail who has trained with the world-famous creator of Yoga Trance Dance, Shiva Rea. Suggested Donation: $15.

Your Neighborhood Studio
11154 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
310.876.3498

http://www.yourneighborhoodstudio.com/Events.html

Starting May 7, 2008

A fun yoga class designed to free your creativity with poses and breathing exercises to open your body and stimulate your mind.

You MUST bring your own mat to class. Please also bring blocks and a strap if you need them. This is a small theater, not a yoga studio, so the usual props are not available.

Wednesdays, 6-7pm
Suggested Donation: $5-10

DreaMakers Center for the Aspiring Performing Artist
3852 Albright
Los Angeles, CA 90066

(Enter through gate at the right side of the house. Walk down the path into the backyard. Class is held in the theater in the back.)

A fun yoga class designed to free your creativity with poses and breathing exercises to open your body and stimulate your mind.

You MUST bring your own mat to class. Please also bring blocks and a strap if you need them. This is a small theater, not a yoga studio, so the usual props are not available.

Wednesdays, 6-7pm
Suggested Donation: $5-10

DreaMakers Center for the Aspiring Performing Artist
3852 Albright
Los Angeles, CA 90066

(Enter through gate at the right side of the house. Walk down the path into the backyard. Class is held in the theater in the back.)

A fun yoga class designed to free your creativity with poses and breathing exercises to open your body and stimulate your mind.

You MUST bring your own mat to class. Please also bring blocks and a strap if you need them. This is a small theater, not a yoga studio, so the usual props are not available.

Wednesdays, 6-7pm
Suggested Donation: $5-10

DreaMakers Center for the Aspiring Performing Artist
3852 Albright
Los Angeles, CA 90066

(Enter through gate at the right side of the house. Walk down the path into the backyard. Class is held in the theater in the back.)

A fun yoga class designed to free your creativity with poses and breathing exercises to open your body and stimulate your mind.

You MUST bring your own mat to class. Please also bring blocks and a strap if you need them. This is a small theater, not a yoga studio, so the usual props are not available.

Wednesdays, 6-7pm
Suggested Donation: $5-10

DreaMakers Center for the Aspiring Performing Artist
3852 Albright
Los Angeles, CA 90066

(Enter through gate at the right side of the house. Walk down the path into the backyard. Class is held in the theater in the back.)

A fun yoga class designed to free your creativity with poses and breathing exercises to open your body and stimulate your mind.

You MUST bring your own mat to class. Please also bring blocks and a strap if you need them. This is a small theater, not a yoga studio, so the usual props are not available.

Wednesdays, 6-7pm
Suggested Donation: $5-10

DreaMakers Center for the Aspiring Performing Artist
3852 Albright
Los Angeles, CA 90066

(Enter through gate at the right side of the house. Walk down the path into the backyard. Class is held in the theater in the back.)

A fun yoga class designed to free your creativity with poses and breathing exercises to open your body and stimulate your mind.

You MUST bring your own mat to class. Please also bring blocks and a strap if you need them. This is a small theater, not a yoga studio, so the usual props are not available.

Wednesdays, 6-7pm
Suggested Donation: $5-10

DreaMakers Center for the Aspiring Performing Artist
3852 Albright
Los Angeles, CA 90066

(Enter through gate at the right side of the house. Walk down the path into the backyard. Class is held in the theater in the back.)

A fun yoga class designed to free your creativity with poses and breathing exercises to open your body and stimulate your mind.

You MUST bring your own mat to class. Please also bring blocks and a strap if you need them. This is a small theater, not a yoga studio, so the usual props are not available.

Wednesdays, 6-7pm
Suggested Donation: $5-10

DreaMakers Center for the Aspiring Performing Artist
3852 Albright
Los Angeles, CA 90066

(Enter through gate at the right side of the house. Walk down the path into the backyard. Class is held in the theater in the back.)

A fun yoga class designed to free your creativity with poses and breathing exercises to open your body and stimulate your mind.

You MUST bring your own mat to class. Please also bring blocks and a strap if you need them. This is a small theater, not a yoga studio, so the usual props are not available.

Wednesdays, 6-7pm
Suggested Donation: $5-10

DreaMakers Center for the Aspiring Performing Artist
3852 Albright
Los Angeles, CA 90066

(Enter through gate at the right side of the house. Walk down the path into the backyard. Class is held in the theater in the back.)