New Fall Schedule and Events!

Here is my Fall Schedule for all the locations I teach. This is effective starting November 1st, 2010.

Studio Be Schedule
Monday 6-7:30pm Flow/Intermediate
Friday 4:30-6pm Flow/All Levels
Saturday 8:30-9:45am Flow/Intermediate
Saturday noon-1:15pm Prenatal/Postpartum (babies up to crawling welcome)

City of Boulder-North Boulder Recreation Center
Wednesday 5:30-7pm Prenatal/Postpartum (babies up to crawling welcome)
Friday 8:50-10:20am Beginning/Continuing

Colorado Athletic Club
Monday 9-10am (November only) Ashtanga
Tuesday 7-8am Warm Vinyasa/Level one
Wednesday 9-10am Vinyasa/Level two
Thursday 5-6:15pm Alignment/All Levels
Friday 7-8am Warm Vinyasa/Level two


Upcoming Events:

November 25th, Thanksgiving, Special Class at Colorado Athletic Club from 11-12:15pm
December 5th, Women's Body Stories: Writing and Yoga Workshop, Studio Be Yoga from 2-5:45pm

Favorite Quote:

"Let your eyes be like flowers, blossoming." B.K.S. Iyengar

We are Famous! Women's Body Stories Video!

Here is our short video about our upcoming writing and yoga workshop! Check it out!

Still Space

Still Space Available For June 5th Labyrinth and Yoga One Day Retreat!

Dear Friends,
I have 4 spots available for our one day retreat up Boulder Canyon on June 5th! The workshop is from 12-5 and it is only a 30 minute drive away to walk the labyrinth and do yoga. Our group will be small, just 14 people! Here is the information below.

Step into the Great Mystery
June 5th from 12-5pm

Join us up Boulder Canyon (just a 30 minute drive) to a fantastic getaway day retreat! We will walk the labyrinth first in silence, then do a gentle yoga practice with some breathing exercises and chanting, take a second walk of the labyrinth with sound and end with some yummy raw snacks! Schedule a special day for yourself! Only $75. Please email me at dewestyoga@yahoo.com to reserve your spot!

Prenatal Yoga Intensive was amazing!

Click on the title to read about the recent Prenatal Yoga Intensive! Thank you all for coming, sharing and practicing!

Creativity and Yoga with Cynthia Morris and De West on You Tube!

Here is my very first You Tube video. I co-created with my dear friend Cynthia Morris! Let me know what you think!
Start those creative juices flowing!

Cultivating the Spirit of Arrival

Cultivating the Spirit of Arrival
Pregnancy Workshop with De West
Preparing for a baby requires
that we mentally, physically
and spiritually cultivate the
spirit of arrival. In this
workshop we will soak in the
practices that yoga, chanting
and meditation offer us to
positively enrich, nourish and
support us through this
entrance or re-entrance into
motherhood. We will practice
together sequences that you
will be able to take home for
your own practice.
Sunday, March 28, 2010 ~ 2-4pm ~ Cost: $20
For more information and to register, email De at
dewestyoga@yahoo.com or phone her at 303-818-2169
De’s classes feature dynamic flowing sequencing, attention to alignment
and a strong emphasis on re-awakening our innate curiosity about
ourselves and our world. Her teaching is grounded in keen observation and
knowledge of the body and a love of the yoga tradition. It is De's vision to
bring yoga to all pregnant women and to help others to build their birthing
communities. De’s favorite teachers are her husband Stephen, and their
daughter, Anahata

My schedule!

Many of you have asked for me to share with you my teaching schedule again. So here it is. I am very excited at the depth and variety of teaching (and locations) that I will have available.

I will also be offering many workshop opportunities in 2010 at The Yoga Workshop and Studio Be. Please continue to check their websites and I will send you notices via newsletters.

This Spring I will again teach the Prenatal Yoga Teacher Intensive! Please spread the word to caregivers, pregnant mothers or yoga students that are interested in the field of Yoga and Pregnancy/Postpartum care! There will be an incredible group of women gathered to teach it again. Dates are April 22-25th.

Namaste,
De



North Boulder Recreation Center
3170 Broadway, Boulder, CO

Tuesday:
10am-11:30am
Continuing
*childcare available

Wednesday: 5:30pm-7pm
Prenatal/Postpartum

Friday:
8:50am-10:20am
Beginning
*childcare available

Drop in passes are available



Studio Be:

2077 30th Street
Boulder, CO


Monday:
9am-10:30am
Beginner Foundation

Monday:
6pm-7:30pm Intermediate Flow

Tuesday:
6pm -7:30pm
Beginner Foundation

Friday:
4:30pm-6pm
All Levels Flow


Saturday:
Noon-1:15pm
Prenatal/Postpartum


Colorado Athletic Club

1821 30th Street
Boulder, CO

Tuesday:
7am-8:15am
Warm Vinyasa
Level 1/2

Wednesday:
Noon-1:15pm
Vinyasa
Level 1/2

Thursday:
5pm-6:15pm
Advanced Alignment
Level 2/3

Prenatal Intensive is LIVE!

Hello Everyone,
The Prenatal information is now live at www.yogaworkshop.com

The dates are April 22-25th. I hope you can join me and a dozen other presenters!

Winter Newsletter!

Click on Winter Newsletter and you will go to my Newsletter. The following article is from the newsletter!




Building your Immunity with Your Yoga Practice

Using supported and inverted poses can help with circulation of your lymphatic system. Lymph is a fluid that moves through the body picking up bacteria and viruses and filtering them out of the body via the lymph nodes.

Physical exercise, such as yoga, is key for keeping the lymph moving by using muscular contractions. The movement of lymph is also affected by gravity, so any time your go upside down the lymph moves to the respiratory organs, and when you return to an upright position, gravity drains the lymph, sending it through your lymph nodes for cleansing.

Try these poses to build your immunity:

* Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog) with your head on a bolster.

* Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) with your head on a chair or blocks.

* Prasarita Padottanasana (Wide Leg Forward Bend) with your head on a chair or blocks.

* Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Shoulderstand) with a block or bolster under the sacrum.

Women's Body Stories

Hello My Friends,
Please come join me and my life coach, Cynthia Morris, on March 7th for an incredible workshop, Women's Body Stories. Check it out below:
www.studiobeyoga.com/pages/workshops_specialevents2.html

Extend/Expand

As yoga practitioners many of us know to extend our physical asana and postures. But the real work comes from expanding from our dynamic core to our skin. From the core to the periphery and then that informs back to our core.

Sit with your arms reaching out to your sides. Reach your arms out making the muscles and bones long, yet active. Extend.

Now reach you arms again and imagine that you are reaching from the ocean of your heart to the rivers of your arms and to the smaller rivers of your fingers. Radiate like the sun from your center out to your skin. Focus on the cylindrical energy of your arms. Expand!

"If extending is from the intelligence of your brain, than expanding is from the intelligence of the heart." BKS Iyengar