atha yoga http://www.athayoga.com/ atha is an auspicious beginning. yoga is union. be now. experience the divine present moment through yoga asanas (movement), pranayama (breathwork), meditation, massage, and energy work. balance and strengthen the body and mind in a contemplative, joyful practice. atha yoga is shared by Kristie Dahlia Home in San Francisco, California. en Copyright 2008 Fri, 02 May 2008 18:13:59 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss new class and gone class i am delighted to announce that i have joined the fine faculty of the Health and Healing Center of California Pacific Medical Center. my first offering there is a one hour Noontime Yoga class on Fridays.

i am letting go of my Thursday afternoon class at Bernal Yoga at the end of June. thanks to all who have joined me there for this sweet class. what a joy it has been to roll on the floor in the afternoon sun with you! i'll still be teaching at darling Bernal on Wednesdays.

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"Yoga, a physical activity, has understandable benefits for cancer patients, in whom it helps restore strength and flexibility to muscles weakened by treatment. Alicia Chin has been taking a weekly yoga class for cancer patients at the Osher Center. 'Yoga reteaches the muscles how to work, and it makes me feel good,' says Chin, a 46-year-old San Franciscan. She had a lumpectomy and had two lymph glands removed last March, followed by radiation, and now is enrolled in a clinical trial of a new chemotherapy regimen. 'You get all these drugs pumped into you, you don't want to do anything,' says Chin, a paralegal. She still doesn't have the strength to reach up and paint a ceiling, as she puts it, 'but it really makes a difference.'"

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"The healing art of thai yoga massage is an ancient and sacred system of healing with roots in Yoga, Ayurvedic Medicine and Buddhist spiritual practice. It is a unique and powerful system of Yoga Therapy, which combines rhythmic massage, acu-pressure, asanas (Yogic stretching exercises), gentle twisting, energy work and meditation. Thai Yoga Massage stimulates and balances the flow of healing energy within the body, opening the areas which are blocked bringing the person deeper into balance and harmony for health, happiness and wellness of being. This system creates a powerful release of stress and tension, an increase in vitality and well-being and it deepens the connection between mind, body and spirit in both the giver and receiver."

Kristie delights in incorporating bits of thai massage into her group classes and private sessions. full sessions of thai massage offer profound goodness and last 2-2.5 hours. currently Kristie is sharing thai yoga massage sessions at half her usual rate as she deepens her skills.

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]]> http://www.athayoga.com/2007/12/reiki.html http://www.athayoga.com/2007/12/reiki.html body and energy work Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:53:53 +0000 resource there is a new local yoga directory that you mind find useful here.

]]> http://www.athayoga.com/2007/12/new_resource.html http://www.athayoga.com/2007/12/new_resource.html special events Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:40:35 +0000 the art of teaching: a teachers' retreat Kristie's first retreat for teachers only! held at the beautiful Satchidananda Ashram in Yogaville, Virginia, home of Integral Yoga and the LOTUS shrine, the workshop is good for 20 Yoga Alliance CEU hours.

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]]> http://www.athayoga.com/2007/10/post.html http://www.athayoga.com/2007/10/post.html special events Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:02:34 +0000 private sessions individual Yoga instruction is organic and meets you on your ground. it grows with you when you are ready and coddles when you need it. Thai Yoga Massage offers deep release and healing. Reiki promotes integration, eases pain, and speeds healing. meditation brings peace of mind. guided visualizations offer deep healing and inner growth. chanting harmonizes the bodymind, cleanses, and opens the heart. any session can draw on any or all of these tools! fee is generally a sliding scale; regular weekly bookings are discounted.

in Kristie's Castro Home studio:
$75-95/hour

at your home:
$110-140/1st hour, $75-95/hour after

]]> http://www.athayoga.com/2007/01/personal_classes.html http://www.athayoga.com/2007/01/personal_classes.html private sessions Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:00:00 +0000 group classes sharing Yoga can help any community to be more harmonious, efficient, healthy, and joyful. Kristie has taught in situations as varied as corporate offices, yoga teacher training programs, gyms, a hospital, an ashram, and a women's shelter. she has worked with small children and elderly people. she trains teachers, works with people with cancer, teaches women's pre- and post- natal classes, and recently delighted in teaching in the blind and visually impaired community. chances are if you have a special interest, she'd love to try to meet it. groups of up to 6 can be accommodated in Kristie's Home studio in the Castro. fees for group instruction vary with the situation.

]]> http://www.athayoga.com/2007/01/group_classes.html http://www.athayoga.com/2007/01/group_classes.html private sessions Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:00:00 +0000 mondays, from 8 to 9:30pm 66 Sanchez Street, between 14th and Duboce in San Francisco. MUNI stops at Church Street, one and a half blocks away.
by donation; $14 suggested. all mats and props are provided.

a community favorite since 1999, this class has rave reviews on yelp.com. the studio is a hidden gem, a long bare-brick room where eight huge skylights bring summer sunlight or the sound of winter rain.

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$14 drop-in, or use your Bernal Yoga pass

a nice brisk early-evening class. there are numerous delicious dinner options within a couple blocks. the Liberty Cafe is a particular favorite, with outstanding local, seasonal, and organic foods. their wine bar often has fine music, too!

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$110 for 10 or $14 drop-in.
new student special 3 classes for $20.
all mats and props are provided.

California Pacific Medical Center's Health and Healing Center has a beautiful new yoga studio! high ceilings, a wall of windows that looks out into the Healing Garden, a stunning mural. a lovely environment for practice.

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