Unity Yoga

NEW CLASSES:

Explorations in Yoga

AN EXCITING NEW CLASS FOR INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED YOGA STUDENTS!!
Teachers: Aria Ungerer & Daniela Iacopino
Starts Thursday, May 7th, 7.30-9.30pm.

This class is suitable for students who have been practicing yoga
regularly for at least 8 months and is aimed in particular at those
who want to develop their home practice further. The Explorations in
Yoga class invites students to develop and nurture a curiosity of
spirit by presenting an integrated, somatic approach to Yoga Asanas
and Asana sequences. This means that there is a strong emphasis on
developing the ability to self-reference and rely more strongly on
internal cues based on breath and sensation as a way of finding
alignment and refinement in Asanas. By practicing in this way, you
will gain greater confidence, skill, and independence in your
practice and deepen your understanding of what you are practicing.

This term, each class starts with a Pranayama/ breathing practice
followed by a movement enquiry/ warm up and then a set sequence of
Asanas. Each week this term we will explore the same sequence from
different perspectives, e.g working with the earth element and
emphasizing the alignment of bones and joints, finding the support of
the water element and the fluids in the body or working more with the
Pranamayakosha (energy body) and finding more energetic support in
the practice. Each class will finish with the practice of Restorative
Yoga and a guided meditation or relaxation.

COST: E160 for 9 weeks

Gentle Yoga Flow

Teacher: Fiona Tierney
Starts: Tuesday, 6.30-7.45pm. Class is ongoing and Drop-In is
possible for those with previous yoga experience. New full 6 week
term starts June 2nd. Cost: E80.

A gentle, flowing yoga class inspired by Fionas study of Hatha,
Kundalini, Iyengar, Astanga andContemporary Yoga. The focus of the
class is on breathwork, gentle vinyasa flow & stress/spine releasing
asana’s. Fiona is the latest addition to our team of teachers at
Unity Yoga, click on this link
<http://unity-yoga.net/about-your-teachers/>
to find out more about her.

Community Yoga Class

Drop in Basis. Starts May 28th. 6-7pm. Cost: Pay by Donation.

We are starting this class in order to make yoga classes more
accessible to those who are students, unemployed or on disability
benefits. It will be a one hour class run on a drop in basis. One of
our Unity Yoga teachers will teach each week and payment will be by
donation. We feel strongly that the practice of yoga provides many
tools to enhance well-being and alleviate stress. It is important to
us that no one is unable to practice yoga due to limited financial
resources. Spread the word!

VINYASA FLOW CLASS

Teacher: Alma Kilmurray
Starts: Tuesday May 26th at 8pm. €80 for 8 weeks

This dynamic yoga form will increase your flexibility and core strength whilst toning the body and improving your posture. Modifications and variations of each posture are discussed and everyone is encouraged to move at their own pace.A typical class would begin with conscious breathing (Pranayama) hip/shoulder warm-ups then flow into some Sun Salutations and Standing postures. Followed by Inversion work (e.g. handstands and headstands) some backbends, forward bends and twists and finishing with a long guided relaxation.

NEW TERMS OF ONGOING CLASSES:

Yoga Fundamentals 1

Monday, 8-9.30pm. New 6 week term begins June 8th. Cost E80

Wednesday, 6.15-7.45pm. New 4 week term begins June 3rd. Cost E50

Iyengar Yoga

Monday, 6.15-7.45pm. New term begins May 18th. 5 weeks costs E60 and
10 weeks costs E110.

Early Morning Dynamic Yoga class

Tuesday, 7-8.30a.m. Once a month: May 19th, June 9th. Cost E15

Mid Morning Dynamic Hatha Flow Class

Tuesday, 11am-12.30pm. New 5 week term begins May 12th. Cost: E60.
Drop In E13.

Gentle Yoga Flow Class

Tuesday, 6.15-7.45pm. New 6 week term begins June 2nd. Cost: E80.

Early Morning Iyengar Yoga

Wednesday, 7.30-8.30am. New term starts May 20th. . 5 weeks costs E50
and 10 weeks costs E90.

Fundamentals 2

Wednesday, 8-9.30pm. New 4 week term begins June 3rd. Cost E50

Community Yoga Class

Thursday, 6-7pm. New term starts May 28th. Cost: Donation

Explorations in Yoga

Thursday, 7.30-9.30pm. New 9 week term begins May 7th. Cost: E160. Drop In available for this class.

Yoga Nidra/ Guided Relaxation

Friday, 6.30-7.30pm. Once a month: May 15th, June 12th. Cost E10

MARCH

FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS WORKSHOP WITH CHARLIE STEVENS & MARIANNE GABRIEL
Saturday & Sunday, March 21st & 22nd.

AMERTA MOVEMENT DAY WITH CLAIRE OSBORNE
Saturday, March 28th. 10am-4.30pm. COST: € 80 (conc €70)

APRIL

YOGA IN THE TRADITION OF VANDA SCARAVELLI: WORKSHOP WITH MARGARET HARDMAN
Saturday, April 4th. 10.30am-1.30pm. COST: €45

SPRING TIME YOGA WORKSHOP WITH FRANCESCA GIUSTI: “THE PRACTICE OF SUN SALUTATIONS IN THE INDIAN TRADITION
Sunday, 5th of April. 11.00am – 1.30pm. COST: €30 or whatever you can afford.

INTEGRATED MOVEMENT: A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH. WORKSHOP WITH ARIA UNGERER.
Saturday, April 18th. 10am-4pm. COST: €60 or whatever you can afford.

PREGNANCY YOGA WORKSHOP WITH DANIELA IACOPINO
Sunday, April 19th. 11am-2pm

“BACK TO FRONT”: IYENGAR YOGA WORKSHOP WITH LAURENCE O’TOOLE
Saturday, April 25th. 10am-4.30pm. COST: €65

SPIRALS, SPIRALS, SPIRALS: 3 WORKSHOPS WITH AMY MATTHEWS

FEET ARE FUNDAMENTAL: THE SPIRAL OF THE TALUS
Thursday, April 30th 6.30-9.30pm.
OUR BONES ARE FLUID: SPIRALING THE BONES OF THE LEG TO SUPPORT THE KNEE
Friday, May 1st 6.30-9.30pm.
THE FLUID CONTAINER, BALANCING MOBILITY AND STABILITY IN THE PELVIS
Saturday, May 2nd 9.30am-12.30pm.
€40 each or €100 for all three.

IYENGAR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING COURSE: INTRODUCTORY LEVEL

TAUGHT BY LAURENCE O’TOOLE

This is the first teacher training course to be run in Munster and is set to begin in July 2009. The course is aimed at those interested in becoming certificated Iyengar Yoga Teachers. It is also open to those wishing to expand on their existing yoga practice although not wishing to become teachers or take the relevant assessments. The course will begin on the last weekend of July, 24th/25th with the next weekend on the 7th/8th August. Thereafter the following weekends will be at approximately six week intervals. Dates have yet to be finalized.

Some criteria for those wishing to do the teacher training element of the course are as follows:
- At least two years of yoga experience prior to the course.
- Candidates should be attending classes conducted by a certificated Iyengar teacher (if possible).
- On entry to the course those attending will be expected to become members of the Iyengar Yoga Association (UK) (the body responsible for overseeing assessments in Ireland and the British Isles)

Provisional structure of the course
Weekend workshops: Friday evening 2 to 3 hours. Saturday 5 or 6 hours.
Throughout the year there will be either 9 or 10 weekends with a mandatory 1 week intensive in June 2010. The intensive will take place at Ahrtal Yoga in the beautiful medieval town of Ahrweiler, Germany. The assessment for Level I is at the end of June 2010 and can be done in Ireland or the UK. It is envisaged that the Introductory Level II course will commence in July/August 2010 and will follow a similar structure with the assessment taking place in October 2011.

DATES FOR 2009:

24/25th July
7/8th August
11/12th September
Either 16th/17th October or 23/24th October
20/21st November
11/12th December.

The number of hours for the course is estimated to be between 100 to 120 hours for each level with the cost in the region of €1250 to €1500 per level.

Those interested in participating in the course and who are unknown to me are advised to attend one or both of the general workshops on the 28th February and 25th April. Please understand the final decision for accepting candidates for the course rests with me and will be based on your own work in the asanas and your understanding of what you are doing.

By the Grace, I will have put in place all the organizational aspects of the course by the time of the February workshop. I am at presently awaiting the revised Introductory handbook to be sent to me in the New Year.

Queries can be forwarded to me by email : laurence-otoole@online.de
Or phone: 00 49 2641 79921 (Germany)

NEW CLASSES AT UNITY YOGA:

Dynamic Early Morning Yoga with Aria on Tuesdays from 7-8.30am. (once a month)
Lunch Time Yoga with Francesca Giusti on Tuesdays from 1-2pm.
Gentle Yoga with Francesca Giusti on Thursdays from 6.15-7.30pm.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Meditation, Reading and Study Group
with Charlie Stevens on Fridays from 7-8pm.
Yoga Nidra / Guided Relaxation with Aria Ungerer on Fridays. (once a month)
Chanting with Shanti on Sundays from 6.30-8pm.

(For more detailed information about these classes please click here)

CLASS SCHEDULE:

MONDAY
Yoga for Pregnancy with Daniela Iacopino, 6.15-7.45pm
Starts January 12th for 4 weeks, Costs €50
Starts February 9th for 10 weeks, Costs €120

Iyengar Yoga Level 1 with Irene Sheehy, 6.15 – 7.45pm
Starts January 12th for 7 weeks, Costs €85

Yoga Fundamentals 1 with Eva Walsh, 8-9.30pm
Starts January 19th for 8 weeks, Costs €100

TUESDAY
Dynamic Early Morning Yoga with Aria Ungerer, 7-8.30am
January 20th, February 17th, March 24th
Each class costs €15. Suitable for students who have at least completed Fundamentals 1 or an equivalent level class

Lunch Time Yoga with Francesca Giusti, 1-2pm
Starts January 27th for 6 weeks. Costs €70

Kundalini Yoga with Jai Kartar, 6.15-7.45pm
Starts January 13th for 8 weeks. Costs €100

Sivananda Yoga: Continuation Level with Therese Tierney
Starts January 6th for 6 weeks. Costs €80

WEDNESDAY
Yoga Fundamentals 1 with Aria Ungerer, 6.15-7.45pm
Starts January 21st for 8 weeks. Costs €100

Yoga Fundamentals 2 with Aria Ungerer, 8-9.30pm
Starts January 21st for 8 weeks. Costs €100

THURSDAY
Gentle Yoga with Francesca Giusti, 6.15-7.30pm
Starts January 22nd for 6 weeks. Costs €80

Explorations in Yoga (Improvers Level) with Aria Ungerer & Daniela Iacopino, 8-10pm
Starts January 15th for 8 weeks. Costs €120

FRIDAY
Post Natal Mother & Baby Yoga with Libby, 11am-12pm
Starts February 6th for 6 weeks. Costs €70

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Meditation, Reading and Study Group with Charlie Stevens, 7-8pm
Starts February 20th for 6 weeks. Costs €70.

Yoga Nidra / Guided Relaxation with Aria Ungerer
February 6th: 6.30-7.30pm
February 27th: 5.45-6.45pm
April 3rd: 6.30-7.30pm
Cost: Suggested Donation of €10

SUNDAY
Chanting with Shanti, 6.30-8pm
January 25th, February 8th, February 22nd…

Vanda Scaravelli was a unique person; a musician, an intellectual, and for me, primarily a practitioner of Yoga who has left a legacy with us in the intuitive teaching of primarily Diane Long and also Sophy Hoare. There are others among her students teaching but these two women are my teachers. They act as a catalyst to the unravelling of the body in a way I have never before experienced and I think it’s magic. The practice hinges on the understanding that in response to gravity and the breath there is a division of movement in the spine at L4/5 enabling the body to be simultaneously deeply rooted in the ground and also ‘flying’ upwards. The spine releases earthwards from the waist down and also elongates and extends upwards from the waist. It truly is experienced as a wave. This wave-like movement may only happen when the body is deeply rested and, paradoxically, absolutely alert and vibrantly active.
Yoga is not a methodology or a technique, but a state of being. The intelligence of the body is so often ignored even though we take it completely for granted, e.g. the healing of a broken bone or a cut. Why then do we continue to push and pull the body around in order to achieve? The asanas were after all developed as a means of ridding the body of restlessness, tension, and agitation. So, what happens if we start listening to ourselves and trusting this innate intelligence? Perhaps we may begin to feel the tensions we have gathered and begin to release and soften the outer layers of the body, trust the body to the ground and let go; of all our preconceived ideas about posture, breath, and movement, even of intelligence. As we begin to really listen to this miracle of the human body it takes advantage of this opportunity to talk to us and show us new ways of being. Isn’t this the philosophy of Yoga in action, in asana, in meditation? In time the body discovers for itself, a freedom, lightness, spaciousness and strength and the asanas take on a new quality that is noticeable and very visible. Do not be fooled into thinking it is easy, it is really strong and very hard work!! The experience is unlike anything else I have known and the practice of Yoga deepens and changes daily as I need to become more and more of a beginner, and that, believe me, is the biggest challenge of all.

With thanks to my lovely teachers Diane and Sophy for this gift of Yoga and to all my students who continue to inspire me with their trust, curiosity and commitment.

Margaret will teach two workshops on November 30th
Sophy Hoare will teach a weekend workshop from January 31st/February 1st.

Please note some date changes to the workshops with Aria. The new schedule is listed below, for more information about the workshops follow this link.

NOVEMBER

YOGA FOR THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Sunday November 2nd 9.30am – 12.30pm
COST: €30 or whatever you can afford

UNCOVERING THE NATURAL BREATH
Sunday November 2nd, 2-5pm
COST: €30 or whatever you can afford

BALANCING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THROUGH YOGA
Saturday November 22nd 9.30-12.30
COST: €30 or whatever you can afford

FREEING THE SPINE
Saturday November 22nd, 2-5pm
COST: €30 or whatever you can afford

DECEMBER

FREEING THE HIPS
Saturday December 6th, 9.30am – 12.30pm
COST: €30 or whatever you can afford

FREEING THE SHOULDERS
Saturday December 6th, 2-5pm
COST: €30 or whatever you can afford

DEVELOPING A HOME PRACTICE
Sunday, December 7th, 11am – 2pm
COST: €30 or whatever you can afford

Having a baby is probably the most amazing and transformative time of a womans life. But along with the bliss of loving your little creation come some challenges, both physical and emotional. Post natal yoga is designed to help you to get back in shape physically, and support you emotionally through this wonderful time.

Tums and Bums
Giving birth tends to weaken the pelvic floor, which can result in leakage of urine and lessening of sexual sensation, and abdominal muscles also become stretched and weakened which can contribute to lower back pain. Post natal yoga uses specific exercises designed to get your pelvic floor and abdominal muscles back in shape again. As well as getting tums back in shape, we use exercises to shape up bums as well, helping you to get your figure back.

Relaxed and Energised
New mums often experience neck and shoulder tension and shallow breathing which tends to accompany a lack of sleep and the common habit of hunching over to feed your baby. Post natal yoga uses exercises to release this muscle tension, deepen the breath, and raise energy levels, helping you to feel good emotionally as well as physically.

The post natal yoga class at Unity Yoga is for one hour each week, and mothers are encouraged to bring their babies with them to the class. We take a relaxed approach, so during the class you’re always welcome to take time out to feed or to play with your baby. All the exercises are written out for you, so that once you have learned them correctly in class, you can practice them at home.

The Post Natal Yoga Class with Libby will begin on Wednesday, October 22nd from 11am – 12pm
To register for the class, please phone us (086 3014428) or email us (info@unity-yoga.net)

Please note the following schedule changes:

The Thursday 6.15 class, Gentle Yoga and Movement will be replaced by a Sivananda Yoga class for at least the next term.  This class will be taught by Therese Tierney and will be suitable for those who already have completed at least a Yoga Fundamentals 1 or equivalent course.

Mother and Baby yoga will now start in October, dates will be announced soon and we are looking forward to the blog about the class that Libby is putting together for us!!

Om Shanti

Aria & Daniela

We are gearing up for another busy September and look forward to seeing you all back on the mats soon!! As usual we will kick off with a week of free classes; this is an opportunity for you to try out a class and also to chat to the teacher directly about what you can expect to learn over the duration of the term. It’s also a good time to register for the class and if you have health concerns, it’s a good time to check with the teacher and make sure that the class is suitable for you. To view our new and updated class schedule which will begin from September 15th click here. Below is the list of free classes which run from September 8th -12th.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH
6-7.30pm YOGA FOR PREGNANCY with Daniela Iacopino
8-9.30pm IYENGAR YOGA LEVEL 1 with Irene Sheehy

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH
6-7.30pm KUNDALINI YOGA with Jai Kartar Kaur

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH
11am – 12pm POSTNATAL YOGA with Libby Wakeling
6-7pm FUNDAMENTALS 1 with Eva Walsh
7.30-8.30pm FUNDAMENTALS 2 with Eva Walsh

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH
6-7pm GENTLE MOVEMENT & YOGA with Daniela Iacopino
7.30-9pm EXPLORATIONS IN YOGA: IMPROVERS LEVEL with Daniela Iacopino

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH
6-7pm YOGA AND SOMATICS IN THE TRADITION OF THOMAS HANNA with Francesca Giusti

Hi everyone!

Here is a list of the new classes running at Unity Yoga this July and August as well as some information about schedule changes and substitute teachers.

NEW SOMATICS AND YOGA CLASS WITH FRANCESCA GIUSTI:
Beginning Thursday July 17th, 6.15 – 7.45pm This class will run for 6 weeks and costs €80

NEW IMPROVERS LEVEL CLASS WITH DANIELA IACOPINO:
Beginning Thursday July 17th, 8-10pm This class will run for 4 weeks and costs €60

NEW FUNDAMENTALS 1 CLASS WITH ZELDA DI BLASI:
Beginning Wednesday July 23rd, 6.15 – 7.45pm This class will run for 6 weeks and costs €80

NEW FUNDAMENTALS 2 CLASS WITH NORMA:
Beginning Wednesday, July 23rd, 8-9.30pm This class will run for 6 weeks and costs €80

We are also delighted to welcome Laurence O’Toole back to teach another Iyengar Yoga workshop on Saturday, July 26th from 10am-4pm.

If you are interested in any of these classes or would like to find out more about them, feel free to phone us (086 3014428) or send us an email (info@unity-yoga.net)

Aria is taking a three month hiatus from teaching and will be back in November to recommence her classes and to teach a series of new workshops!

Namaste! Aria & Daniela