Past Events: 2008
Intro to Forrest Yoga:
GET STRONGER GO DEEPER with Christine Peterson
Saturday, December 13, 1:00-4:00 pm
$25 Flyer / Enroll
Enroll Learn some basic principles of working at a deeper level in your yoga practice:
- Intense pose sequences
- longer posture holds
- extensive abdominal core work,
- attention to alignment, and
- a deep emphasis on feeling and breathing spaciousness throughout the body.
As you develop a heightened sense of awareness, by working through physically and mentally challenging poses, you will gain greater self confidence and the ability to release your habitually tight areas, such as the neck and the back.
By practicing honestly at your edges, you develop effective tools to deal with fear, struggle, and breakthroughs. Suitable for all levels, options are provided for the beginning and advanced student.
Ana Forest and Christine PetersonWhat is Forrest Yoga?
Ana Forrest spent 30 years developing Forrest Yoga® specifically to address modern stresses and challenges. Forrest Yoga will bring aliveness into every cell of your body, igniting your passion for living. The Forrest Yoga method gets you connecting to your core — getting strong and centered. It uses heat, deep breathing and vigorous sequences to sweat out toxins while the long holds in the pose progressions help you flush, oxygenate and rejuvenate every cell. This makes it possible for integrity, self-awareness and playful curiosity to become part of your daily life. Forrest Yoga will teach you to go deeper, find your truth and encourage you to take these gifts you have earned beyond the mat and into the rest of your life.
Tantra: The Science of Bliss
with Alan Finger
Saturday, November 22, 1:00-4:00 pm
$55 Enroll
The word Tantra comes from the Sanskrit words for expansion (tanoti) and liberation (trayati). The sense of duality we carry with us in our daily lives — that we are separate from the divine, from our higher selves, from each other — is an illusion. Coming back to our true state of union with the divine forces of the universe and our own consciousness is the true bliss of yoga. Tantric practice is the science of returning to this bliss (anandam) through simple, systematic techniques including asana, pranayama, Kriya and Laya Yoga and active Tantric meditation.
Freedom, unconditional love and inspired living are available to us all, at every moment. Come explore these techniques with one of the true Tantric masters of the West, ISHTA Yogiraj Alan Finger, and be initiated into the liberation of your consciousness! Suitable for all levels.
LaughingRX Yoga Workshop
As featured in WUSA9
Sunday, Nov 9, 2:00-5:00 pm
$40 Enroll / Flyer
LaughingRX Yoga is a unique, interactive group exercise which combines unconditional laughter with deep breathing. LaughingRX Yoga will:
- Manage and Reduce Stress
- Boost the Immune System
- Lower Blood Pressure
- Gain an overall sense of well-being
Learn to laugh more to manage stress during the holidays or just learn how to train yourself to laugh like a kid again in LaughingRX Yoga. No prior experience in LaughingRX Yoga or asana practice is necessary...you can be a grump! Learn what everyone is laughing about...LaughingRX Yoga was featured on WUSA9TV and has been featured in the Washington Post & Yoga Journal. Nira Etons Berry experienced the healing benefits of laughter while recovering from a serious illness. Nira travels internationally teaching people to laugh and heal. More info on LaughingRX Yoga at www.laughingrx.com
Yoga & Music for the Whole Family
Saturday, October 4, 2:00-5-00 pm
Suggested donation $20 to benefit the Rockville Youth Recreation Fund Free to Enroll / Flyer
In partnership with the City of Rockville Recreation Department, Thrive is hosting A Day of Yoga & Music for the Whole Family
Join us!
2:15-3:00 pm Adult Yoga for Beginners
3:15-4;00 pm Family Yoga (ages 4+)
3:15-4:00 pm Kids yoga (ages 2-4)
4:00-5:00pm Drum Circle with Stream (all ages)
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, September 19-21
Friday, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Saturday, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Saturday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Sunday, 9:00 -11:30 am
After her December 2008 workshop, Beryl is back for a repeat performance. Meet the person who transformed an amazing ancient yoga method into a
therapeutic, high energy, high heat practice for folks like us - Western minded, busy, tight normal folks - who live normal overworked lives with normal daily stresses.
Register by September 5: $195
After September 5: $220
Individual Sessions: $55 - Flyer - Enroll
Global Mala Event
Sunday, September 21,
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Flyer / Suggested Donation $27 and/or nonperishable food products / Enroll
Practice with the Rockville community and other communities around the globe on United Nations International Peace Day raising consciousness for peace and prosperity. Beryl Bender Birch will lead the Rockville Thrive Yoga Mala with 108 Sun Salutations. Nira Etons Berry of LaughingRX Yoga will lead deep breathing and group exercises for 27 minutes of laughter. Susan Bowen will lead a 27 minute Kriya & Meditation.
Master Class with Susan & Dave Bowen
Happy Birthday Yoga
Sunday, August 31, 10:45 am - 12:45 pm
$30 Enroll A portion of the
proceeds will be donated to Make a Wish Foundation.
In some yoga traditions, a yogi will practice 108 (or the number of his
age) Surya Namaskars (sun salutations) on his birthday. We will use
Dave’s birthday to start this yearly tradition of celebrating all birthdays all
of life. 46 Sun Salutations, 18 minutes of Pranayama, 18 minutes of guided
Mediation and Svanasana. Birthday cake too!
Sunday, August 17, 1:00-4:00 pm
$30 prepaid / $40 week before the workshop / Enroll
Learn powerful, corrective tools for your practice. In addition to practicing,
you will see others demonstrate poses, see the effects of increased alignment
awareness, and have an opportunity to either give or receive handson
adjustments. Pierre's teaching is influenced by several lineages, Viniyoga under Gary Kraftsow, Ashtanga Vinyasa under Tim
Miller, Anusara and the
Hot Yoga from Yogananda. More information on his website.
For teachers and all students. Flyer
July 11-13
Four intensive 2/3-hour sessions. Flyer (PDF)
Friday, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Hip Openers: The Art of Letting Go
$50.00
Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Standing Poses and Backbends: From Resistance to Resilience
$55.00
Saturday, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Forward Bends, Meditation and Pranayama:
Take Refuge in Your Self
$50.00
Sunday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Arm Balances and Backbends: Playful Ways to Make the Tough
Stuff Easier
$55.00
* Two sessions on Saturday $99.00
* Four sessions ( Friday night thru Sunday morning) $189.00
Sunday, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Yoga to the Rescue: Healing Anusara Yoga Remedies for Hips,
Backs, Necks, Shoulders, and Knees
$55.00 (cannot be combined with other sessions)
Flyer (PDF) Sign up online.
Desiree's new DVD entitled "Yoga to the Rescue: Feeling Good from Head to Toe," is available at Thrive Yoga. It's a great way to take the lessons back to your home practice.
Govindas & Radha - Waves of Love Weekend Workshop
Friday and Saturday, June 13-14
A Candle-lit Evening of Kirtan
Friday Evening - June 13, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, $35
Spiritual traditions have long used song, music, and sound vibration as a method of prayer to enter the realm of the divine. In the traditional path of yoga, this practice is called KIRTAN - or devotional chanting. Govindas & Radha will guide you on a musical meditation and yogic ritual deep into the essence of Bhakti---the yoga of the Heart, the yoga of Love and Devotion. Govindas & Radha have uniquely melded ancient Indian mantras with western melodies, using traditional Indian instruments. Their music is de scribed as a trance inducing mandala where the eyes close, voices and hearts open, and meditation, art, and prayer merge together as One.
Bhakti Vinyasa Ritual
Saturday Morning - June 14, 10:45 am - 12:45 pm, $40
The ancient Bhakti yogic tradition is based on the qualities of reverence, humility, devotion, & love. 
When we bring these qualities into our yoga practice, our practice becomes a living prayer - a devotional offering of gratitude reaffirming the beauty, and mystery of Existence. Govindas & Radha will guide a yogic adventure using sankalpa (intention), simple vinyasa sequences and kirtan (yogic chanting during asanas). This ritual is designed to help each of us cultivate our own unique and personal relationship with the divine.
Bhakti Yoga ~ Path of the Heart
Saturday - June 14, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, $40
Using storytelling, lecture, song, and meditation we will explore and develop our understanding of one of the central and ancient paths of yoga: Bhakti, the path of the Heart, the path of love, devotion, gratitude and surrender.
The Journey will include:
- Indian Gods/Goddesses and their meanings
- Mantras and Kirtan
- Meditations of the Heart
- The Role of a Guru/the Path of Guru Kripa
- Setting up an Altar/Puja/Arati
- Japa/mantra meditation/using a mala
- Bhakti as a personal practice
Sign up for all three sessions - $99
Flyer - sign-up online
Master Class with Yogiraj, Alan Finger
Saturday, June 7, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Join ISHTA Yoga founder and Western tantric master, Alan Finger, to explore the essential tools of yoga and learn to blend those tools into a seamless practice that uncovers your unique self and reveals your optimal path for self-awareness, expansion, growth, and healing.
ISHTA Yoga is the Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda, as well as the Sanskrit term for an individualized or personalized practice. Founded by Alan Finger and his father Mani, the ISHTA system incorporates the ancient Ayurvedic principles of asana, meditation, pranayama, and a uniquely modern understanding of anatomy, energy, and human nature into a path for self-knowledge and liberation.
Cost: $40/$45 after May 31 - Flyer = Sign up online.
NIH Yoga Week
May 19-23
Bethesda and satellite sites
Thrive Yoga is co-sponsoring the first National Institutes of Health (NIH) Yoga Week, the "Science and Practice of Yoga." from May 19-23! Susan Bowen will join Yogiraj, Alan Finger, John Schumacher, Sat Bir Khalsa, Ph.D, Timothy McCall, MD, Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D, and other local and international speakers for this special week to explore yoga practice for health and consciousness. Some events during this week are open to the public. More information will be posted soon or join the NIH Yoga Week listserv by emailing the event coordinator, Rachel Levine at yogalevine1@yahoo.com. NIH Recreation and Welfare is grateful to Weight Watchers for providing support, sponsorship, and healthy living practice to this event.
Best Ways to Reach Yoga Week Locations on the NIH Bethesda campus and the the poster.
Yoga and Meditation in the Management of Stress
Thursday, May 22, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D.
Lecture & short practice of stress management techniques
This workshop will begin by defining stress and providing an understanding of the physiology and
psychology of chronic stress, stress management and stress tolerance. The current behavioral
and psychological strategies and techniques for managing chronic stress will also be reviewed.
The role of yoga and mind-body techniques as stress management interventions will be discussed
in detail from the perspective of the physiogical and psychological mechanisms involved, including
a review of the published research on the efficacy of yoga practices for stress. A brief practice
session of a number of yoga techniques believed to be effective for stress management will also
be included.
Cost:$40, flyer or sign up online.
Master Ashtanga Class with Devon Roe
Sunday: May 18,
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Two-hour Master Class
Devon Roe has been teaching Ashtanga yoga since 2000 and has
taught throughout the US and Puerto Rico. Devon has trained
extensively with Beryl Bender Birch of the Hard and Soft Ashtanga
Yoga Center. Before giving birth to her son in 2005, she traveled
throughout the US assisting Ms. Birch with teacher training.
Devon has also traveled throughout southeast Asia studying and
cultivating her meditation and yoga practices. Aside from teaching
yoga, she is also a massage therapist and polarity practitioner and
recently began teaching natural childbirth classes.
Drop-In $25/Class. Sign up online.
From Your Hips to Your Lips:
A Spring Awakening with Annie Dennis
Sunday, April 20, 1:00 - 4:00
Wring out the winter doldrums and awaken your joints and connective tissue bringing attention to your hips and pelvis. Dissolve tension using conscious breath and sound and what is ready to be transformed and healed will emerge. By chanting the bija mantras we will plant the seeds of our intentions and explore our own healing energy. Open to beginners as well as advanced practitioners, this experience is an opportunity to expand your practice, shift your energy and deepen your mind, body, spirit connection.
$40/$45 after 4/13, flyer or sign up online.
Master Class with Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Devon Roe
March 9
Saturday, 12:30-2:30 pm
Fee $25 Flyer Sign up
Practice the Ashtanga Primary Series in the Beryl Bender Birch style with Devon Roe. Prepare to de-tox through sweat, twists and bends. Recommended for Intermediate students!
Flow~Align~Expand
February 29-March 2
Friday 6:30-9:00 pm ~ Sat 9:00-11:30 am ~ Sat 1:00-3:30 pm ~ Sun 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Fees: Fri & Sat $50/each session ~ Sun $55
~ Register for all 4 sessions by Feb 22 $189~
Weekend Workshop with Anusara Yoga® Teacher Jordan Bloom (flyer)
Jordan Bloom is back leading a vinyasa practice that incorporates alignment and grace. Sign up.
Chakra Yoga
With ISHTA Founder, Yogiraj Alan Finger (flyer)
January 18-20
Friday 6:30-8:30 ~ Saturday 10:00-12:00 & 2:00-4:00 ~ Sunday 9:00-12:00
Fee: Weekend Intensive: $189
Individual Sessions: Fri/Sun $55/session ~ Sat $90
The world of the chakras brings together the physical, emotional, mental and energetic bodies into a comprehensive system of the self. With ISHTA yoga founder, Alan Finger, this special intensive will bring you into a true state of yoga by exploring the chakras from all sides through asana, meditation, visualization, mantra, yantra and Tantric philosophy.
Yoga for Women with Breast Cancer
10-11:30 am, January 14 - February 25, 2008 Flyer (PDF)
This is a special offering for women who are newly diagnosed, in treatment or recovering from breast cancer. This series of classes hopes to provide a supportive and restorative environment with an instructor dedicated to your specific needs. Register in person or online.
2007
Beryl Bender Birch Came to Thrive Yoga
Beryl is a renowned visionary and best-selling author of Power Yoga and Beyond Power Yoga and has been named by Yoga Journal as one of only seven American women "innovators shaping yoga today." Beryl has been teaching yoga and training yoga teachers for more than 30 years! For more information, check out her web site. See the flyer for more details.
Days and Times:
Friday, 6:30-9:00 pm, December 7
Saturday, 9:00-11:30 am and 1:00-3:30 pm, December 8
Sunday, 9:00-11:30 am, December 9
Register by calling 301-294-9642.
Cost:
$195 prior to November 7 (save $30) OR $225 after November 7
Register early — this workshop will sell out.
Yoga for a Cause to Benefit the Menare Foundation
Saturday, 1:00-2:00 pm, December 2, Flyer (PDF)
Please practice with us as we raise funds to benefit the Menare Foundation. This special afternoon will include a 1-hour yoga class(for all levels), door prizes and refreshments. The Menare Foundation works to preserve the legacy of the Underground Railroad, through innovative programs that use history as a resource for race dialogue and community development. Located on a 60-acre living history farm in Germantown, MD. The Menare Foundation creates living history, depicting the inspirational story from slavery to freedom.
For further information, contact Patricia Dubroof, Karma Yoga Coordinator (301-641-6375) or email: organizeyourlifenow@gmail.com
Thai Yoga Massage Level 1 Certification
November 7–11 Flyer (PDF)
Thrive Yoga and the Lotus Palm School present Level One certification to prepare students to perform a 90-minute Thai Yoga Massage. This course is perfect for professional healers or teachers to incorporate as part of your practice, or if you are interested in using touch to connect with others or deepening your understanding of your yoga practice and understanding of biomechanics.
Days and Times:
Wednesdays & Thurdays: 11:15 am to 2:15 pm & 3:15 pm to 6:00 pm
Friday: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Cost: $549 sign-up by September 30
$599 after September 30
10% discount for yoga teachers; 37.5 CEUs
Inversions with guest teacher Jordan Bloom
November 3, 1:00-4:00 pm $45/$55 after 9/23 Flyer (PDF)
In yoga we are invited to play at the edge of our own consciousness and experience. Turning upside is an invitation to release your fears, sharpen the mind and rock the body. In this workshop we will safely explore the art and joy of being upside down using Anusara Universal Principles of alignment. Experience the ease of inversions! All levels of practice welcomed.
Yoga For A Cause
To Benefit the USA Jr. Olympic Acrobatic Gymnastics Team
Sunday, Oct 21 1:00-2:30pm
Donation-only
Taught by Susan Bowen. Flyer (PDF)
Join us for a yoga class to benefit the young acrobats and future yogis of the world! No donation too large or small. All proceeds go to help the athletes pay for travel to the National Championships. Perfect class for beginners! Door prizes and series giveaways!
