Akke's Yoga Place

SPECIAL EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS (Please scoll down for workshop descriptions, date, time, instructor and cost).

Registration is on a first come / first served basis, pre-registration is required.

FREE YOGA MOVIE

WHEN: August 23, 3 p.m.
WHERE: Lyric Theater, downtown Blacksburg
WHAT: Private Screening of the documentary LIVING YOGA The Life and teachings of Swami Satchidananda
COST:The movie is FREE, donations to Blacksburg Friends Meeting House are accepted.

Today an estmated twenty-five million Americans practice Yoga as a means for managing stress, promoting health, slowing down the aging process and creating a more meaningful life. Yoga is over 5000 years old, yet is relatively new to Americans.

Swami Satchidananda was one of the first Yoga masters to bring the classical Yoga tradition to the West and popularize the philosophy and practices.

The distinctive teachings he brought with him blend the physical discipline of Yoga, the spiritual philosophy of Vedic literature and the interfaith ideals he pioneered.

His role in the birth of the modern Yoga movement and its impact on the world is chronicled in this hour-long documentary that informs, entertains and provokes self-inquiry.

The role of spirituality in wellness and the link between inner peace and outer peace is explored in the film with commentary by Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Rev. James P. Morton, Rabbi Joseph Gelberman, Peter Max, Felix Cavaliere, Br. David Steindl_Rast, OSB, Dr. Bhagavan Antle, Dr. Sandra McLanahan and Larry King among others.

YOGAVILLE RETREAT

WHEN: September 12-14.
WHERE: Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville, Buckingham, VA
WHAT: Weekend Retreat
COST:$200 per person (including all meals, classes and workshops) if paid before September 1, $220 after September 1.

CARPOOL FROM BLACKSBURG, LEAVING 2:00 P.M., FRIDAY SEPT. 12, ARRIVING BLACKSBURG, SUNDAY 5:00 P.M.

People of all faiths and backgrounds come to visit Satchidananda Ashram – Yogaville. They come for many different reasons: to study and practice the teachings of Integral Yoga, to experience life in a spiritual community or to get a little rest and relaxation.

Akke’s Yoga Place has reserved the Lotus Conference Center there for a private retreat.

Accommodations are dormitory style/shared room/shared bath.

The diet is vegetarian.

Please bring all personal items: toiletries, modest, loose fitting clothing, walking shoes.

Please bring a yoga mat.

Satchidananda Ashram is a tobacco free, alcohol free and illegal drug free community.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept. 12
6:30 p.m. Dinner
Saturday, Sept. 13
7:30 a.m. Meditation and hatha yoga class, breakfast
10:00 a.m. Workshop (TBA)
12:00 Meditation at LOTUS, lunch
3:30 p.m. Workshop (TBA)
5:30 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Program/ Satsang
Sunday, Sept. 14
7:30 a.m. Meditation and hatha yoga class, breakfast
10:00 a.m. Walking the Labarynth
12:00 Meditation at LOTUS, lunch
2:00 p.m. Leave Yogaville
5:00 p.m. Arrive Blacksburg

FELDENKRAIS WORKHOP

WHEN: Saturday, September 20, 9 AM - 12 PM/ 2 PM- 5PM
WHERE: Akke's Yoga Place
WHAT: A Feldenkrais® Workshop, Opening the Trunk
INSTRUCTOR: Lavinia Plonka
COST: $45/session, $75 entire day

Many of us remember a trunk in the attic filled with mysteries that fired the imagination. Our own trunks, from the pelvis to the shoulder girdle, support us, empower us and are the source of our movement and spontaneity as well as our compulsions and limitations.

The Feldenkrais Method is a safe and elegant approach to movement and learning that can help unlock holding patterns that have kept your trunk ignored or locked.
Discover the treasures of greater freedom and ease in a safe and nurturing environment. No movement experience is necessary.

Lavinia Plonka is author of two books, What Are You Afraid Of? and Walking Your Talk that explore the body/mind/emotion connection. She is an internationally renowned workshop leader and consultant teaching a movement based approach to creativity, writing and self exploration.

Lavinia is director of Asheville Movement Center in NC where she teaches Feldenkrais classes and has a private practice.