| HOME | ABOUT | SCHEDULE | OFFERINGS | MEMBERS | BLOG | CONTACT Newsletter - May 2016 Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. -Langston Hughes I write this listening to the white noise of our third day of heavy rainfall, delighting in how quickly the grass grows and the trees fill in with leaves. Amidst the business of Spring, the rain makes me want to curl up with my bolsters and blankets and slip into a sill restorative practice which is the theme of this month's yoga break. I urge you to boldly try this in your office, you may turn on a co-worker to yoga! Looking for a longer home practice? Review the past month's home practice blog postings below. During the past month I have been busy finalizing the next step in the process of my yoga and cancer research, an article submission to the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. I want to thank my team Dawn Jacobson, Cecile Armant, Ai Kubo and Brooke Russel who have tirelessly and graciously answered my frantic emails about the details. Also a huge thank you goes out to the staff of Piedmont Yoga Community and the staff and students of the Cancer Support Community for their support and encouragement. Next week I return to Northern California to teach my annual Yoga for Cancer weekend at the Niroga Institute. I am also very excited to be visiting my students at the Cancer Support Community for a special Yoga for Insomnia workshop on Wednesday night. Upon my return to North Carolina, I will be offering a Yoga for Osteoporosis workshop to round out my Spring teacher training. Restorative Yoga Break Only have a few minutes to practice throughout your day? Try these three techniques to relieve sinus congestion and open the lungs for freer breathing. Padma Mudra Seal of the Lotus Place hands together at the heart, keep thumbs and little fingers together, open other fingers and create cup shape between palms. Elevates heart energy, integrates body and mind. Alternate Nostril Breath Nadi Shodhana With right hand close right nostril with the thumb and inhale through the left nostril. Close the left nostril with ring finger and exhale through the right. Then inhale right and switch before exhaling left. Repeat 10 rounds. Reduces stress by balancing hemispheres of the brain. Legs in the Chair Lay on the back with legs in the seat of a chair, or in this case the ottoman. Place arms away from sides and palms up. Rest 15 minutes. This is less of an inversion than Instant Maui but has many of the same benefits. Home Practice Blog: April Archive Want more home practice tips? Follow what I have been teaching in my public classes the past month: Bound Postures Strong Shoulders The Core Allergy Relief Upcoming Workshops in North Carolina & Northern California Yoga for Insomnia Wednesday, May 11, 6:00-8:00 pm at Cancer Support Community, Walnut Creek CA Register Now , Free Find it difficult to get to sleep or stay asleep? Does the mind spin with doubts and worries, keeping you from getting the rest you deserve? Integrative yoga therapist, Cheryl Fenner Brown will share effective yoga techniques including movement, breathing, mudra and yoga nidra that sets the stage for a blissful night’s sleep. Yoga for Cancer Training Saturday and Sunday, May 14 & 15, 9:00-6:00 pm at Niroga Institute, Oakland CA Register now This weekend immersion is part of a monthly series of yoga therapy immersions offered by the Niroga Institute, for yoga students and teachers as well as health care practitioners who have a serious interest in learning the principles of Yoga Therapy. It will be led by master yoga therapist Cheryl Fenner Brown. The weekend will include a balance of theory and practice, as we learn Yoga Therapeutic applications for people with Cancer and how yogic practices such as asana, pranayama, mudra, and yoga nidra can assist with strengthening the immune system and counteracting the side effects from common cancer treatments. Yoga for Osteoporosis Saturday, May 28, 1:30-3:30 pm at Global Breath, Durham, NC Register Now , $40 As we age, our bones become more brittle and weight-bearing movement is key to building bone density. However, if bones are already fragile because of osteopenia or osteoporosis, yoga poses that involve deep rotation and flexion of the spine are typically contraindicated as these movement place unsafe pressure on spinal vertebrae. In this workshop you will learn weight-bearing postures to strengthen the bones of the legs and hips and safe versions of lateral bends, forward bends, twists and back bends. Save the Date for Summer & Fall Events! Mudra & Sound - Sunday, June 26, 11-2 pm at Blue Lotus, Raleigh NC Reiki, Restorative & Aromatherapy - Saturday, July 9, 3-5 pm at Bliss Body, Raleigh NC Yoga for Cancer Training - Friday-Sunday, October 7-9, Cancer Support Community, Walnut Creek CA Find out more... |
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby. -Langston Hughes
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I write this listening to the white noise of our third day of heavy rainfall, delighting in how quickly the grass grows and the trees fill in with leaves. Amidst the business of Spring, the rain makes me want to curl up with my bolsters and blankets and slip into a sill restorative practice which is the theme of this month's yoga break. I urge you to boldly try this in your office, you may turn on a co-worker to yoga! Looking for a longer home practice? Review the past month's home practice blog postings below.
During the past month I have been busy finalizing the next step in the process of my yoga and cancer research, an article submission to the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. I want to thank my team Dawn Jacobson, Cecile Armant, Ai Kubo and Brooke Russel who have tirelessly and graciously answered my frantic emails about the details. Also a huge thank you goes out to the staff of Piedmont Yoga Community and the staff and students of the Cancer Support Community for their support and encouragement.
Next week I return to Northern California to teach my annual Yoga for Cancer weekend at the Niroga Institute. I am also very excited to be visiting my students at the Cancer Support Community for a special Yoga for Insomnia workshop on Wednesday night. Upon my return to North Carolina, I will be offering a Yoga for Osteoporosis workshop to round out my Spring teacher training.
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Only have a few minutes to practice throughout your day? Try these three techniques to relieve sinus congestion and open the lungs for freer breathing. | |
Padma Mudra
Seal of the Lotus
Place hands together at the heart, keep thumbs and little fingers together, open other fingers and create cup shape between palms. Elevates heart energy, integrates body and mind.
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Alternate Nostril Breath
Nadi Shodhana
With right hand close right nostril with the thumb and inhale through the left nostril. Close the left nostril with ring finger and exhale through the right. Then inhale right and switch before exhaling left. Repeat 10 rounds. Reduces stress by balancing hemispheres of the brain.
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Legs in the Chair
Lay on the back with legs in the seat of a chair, or in this case the ottoman. Place arms away from sides and palms up. Rest 15 minutes. This is less of an inversion than Instant Maui but has many of the same benefits.
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Home Practice Blog: April Archive | |
Want more home practice tips? Follow what I have been teaching in my public classes the past month: | |
Upcoming Workshops in North Carolina & Northern California | |
Yoga for Insomnia
Wednesday, May 11, 6:00-8:00 pm at Cancer Support Community, Walnut Creek CA
Register Now, Free
Find it difficult to get to sleep or stay asleep? Does the mind spin with doubts and worries, keeping you from getting the rest you deserve? Integrative yoga therapist, Cheryl Fenner Brown will share effective yoga techniques including movement, breathing, mudra and yoga nidra that sets the stage for a blissful night’s sleep.
Yoga for Cancer Training
Saturday and Sunday, May 14 & 15, 9:00-6:00 pm at Niroga Institute, Oakland CA
Register now
This weekend immersion is part of a monthly series of yoga therapy immersions offered by the Niroga Institute, for yoga students and teachers as well as health care practitioners who have a serious interest in learning the principles of Yoga Therapy. It will be led by master yoga therapist Cheryl Fenner Brown. The weekend will include a balance of theory and practice, as we learn Yoga Therapeutic applications for people with Cancer and how yogic practices such as asana, pranayama, mudra, and yoga nidra can assist with strengthening the immune system and counteracting the side effects from common cancer treatments.
Yoga for Osteoporosis
Saturday, May 28, 1:30-3:30 pm at Global Breath, Durham, NC
Register Now, $40
As we age, our bones become more brittle and weight-bearing movement is key to building bone density. However, if bones are already fragile because of osteopenia or osteoporosis, yoga poses that involve deep rotation and flexion of the spine are typically contraindicated as these movement place unsafe pressure on spinal vertebrae. In this workshop you will learn weight-bearing postures to strengthen the bones of the legs and hips and safe versions of lateral bends, forward bends, twists and back bends.
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Save the Date for Summer & Fall Events! | |
Mudra & Sound - Sunday, June 26, 11-2 pm at Blue Lotus, Raleigh NC
Reiki, Restorative & Aromatherapy - Saturday, July 9, 3-5 pm at Bliss Body, Raleigh NC
Yoga for Cancer Training - Friday-Sunday, October 7-9, Cancer Support Community, Walnut Creek CA
Find out more...
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