Are you looking for a unique way to contribute to Aware Lancaster?
We are seeking volunteers for our upcoming event on Saturday, January 16, 2016! If you are outgoing, helpful, committed to service and taking care of people, thorough and reliable, we have the perfect opportunity for you! (Depending on number of interested candidates, some priority may be given to teachers in training and/or certified yoga instructors.)
We request:
- Filling out information on the application and returning for our review.
- Upon acceptance, use special promo code to purchase your 1/2 price Premium ticket ($35).
- Attendance at a intro meeting on Friday, January 15th in the late afternoon or early evening (depending on everyone's schedule).
- a 2 hour shift on Saturday.
You receive:
- Full access to all offerings before and after your shift. If you are a room monitor, you are able to join the class 10 minutes after start time.
- Volunteer t-shirt
- Mountains of gratitude from the organizers!
If this sounds like something that will work for you, please email us at awarelancaster@gmail.com and put VOLUNTEER in the subject line. We will email you with an application!
Thank you in advance!
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
UPDATED! Owen Salon Stage Master Class Descriptions
Owen Salon Stage Master Class Descriptions & Teachers
($45 - Basic + and $70 - Premium ticket holders)
Participants attending Aware Lancaster and holding Basic + and Premium tickets choose from 13 master classes offered in five different time slots from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. Below, please see the four classes offered on the Owen Salon Stage. Descriptions and teachers for all three stages listed in separate blog posts! And don't forget: The 1st 50 Premium ticket holders (who purchase before January 1st,) get VIP status! Click here to buy your tickets today!
Cynthia Kilbourn is a practicing family physician for almost thirty years and a yoga teacher for six, who personally and professionally utilizes practices honoring the power of the mind-body connection. She finds great benefit in daily meditation and hopes to help others by recommending yoga, guided visualization, and other mindfulness practices for physical and emotional healing. Cynthia and Mary Ellen created MiddleWay Wellness and have been co-leading wellness intensives since 2011. Meditation/mindfulness is one of the pillars of this program, which provides participants with the opportunity to evaluate the roots of their personal health practices. Cynthia graduated from the University of Arizona’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship, and most recently, completed an 8 week Foundation Program in Mindfulness through the University of Pennsylvania.
Mary Ellen Francescani has spent 20 years in the field of nursing/healing - the last five working as a Nurse Practitioner in primary care. She has been fascinated and enriched by mindfulness and meditation practices since first first being introduced to them during a transformative year of spiritual exploration all over South East Asia. Mary Ellen lived and worked in Nepal for five years, where she experienced firsthand the immense richness of a culture whose spirituality is not just alive and well, but is also woven into every aspect of life. Last year, Mary Ellen completed a two-year fellowship in Andrew Weil’s Integrative Medicine program through the University of Arizona.
Time: 10:00 - 12 pm
Yoga & Lifestyle: Nutrition
with Lucine Sihelnik, MA
All Levels
Mindful eating is an art of living yoga every day. The Eight Limb path of Yoga teaches us that the Yamas can guide us to create balance and be present in maintaining your lifestyle diet. Join Lucine as she shares her joy of cooking & yoga philosophy to nourish the body, mind and spirit! Lecture & Demonstration.
Lucine E. Sihelnik, M.A. RYT, is the founder of Gayatri Wellness, a Sustainable Community Organization Fostering Healthy Living Initiatives. Starting out as an organic produce farm in northern Berks County, Gayatri Wellness now offers cooking classes at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, an online Berks County Co-op, and Community Yoga Classes. Lucine brings her expertise of local food systems as the Food Systems Director for ReDesign Reading Community Development Corporation, where she provides leadership of the downtown Penn Street Market in Reading, the Regional Reading Food Policy and Action Council (RRFPAC), and fostering strategic relationships with organizations, institutions, and individuals to cultivate a wellness life style to the Greater Reading Community. Lucine is the chair of Food Procurement for the RRFPAC in Reading, member of the Berks Agricultural Resource Network, Secretary for Friends of Reading Hospital Board, and was recently nominated to join the Greater Berks Food Bank as a Board member.
Time: 1:00 – 2:30
The Yoga Darshan: A vision of self study (svadyaya), discipline (tapas), faith (shraddha), and compassion (daya)
with Sudha & Ed Allitt, and David Dragonfly
All Levels
Sudha, Ed and David lead you in kirtan and satsang. Experience the inner world of Yoga, complete with call and response chanting, and a discussion of the exploration, awareness and realization that Yoga offers to practitioners.
Time: 2:45 – 4:15
Yoga Lila: An experience in self study, discipline, faith, and compassion
with Sudha Allitt
All Levels
In this class Sudha will lead students to explore the meaning of physical, mental and spiritual alignmentusing postures and techniques, stories and songs, intentions and affirmations. Students are certain toappreciate gentle humor, the balance of work and relaxation, and many moments of clarity about theirapproach to Yoga. Appropriate for all levels of practice and beginner friendly.
David Dragonfly is a trained yoga teacher, deeply influenced
by the Kundalini Yoga tradition, a connection to
Mother Earth and nature, and the metaphysical
nature of being. He leads kirtan and had trained
with Krishna Das. His sessions fill you with a
sense of peaceful and loving connection with
Self, and a rootedness to the earth.
Sudha Allitt is an E-RYT500 and a Professional Yoga therapist. She is also a spiritual counselor, a reverend and a writer. In 2008 she co-founded, with her life partner and spouse Ed, the Kula Kamala Foundation, a non profit organization thatprovides certification and education in Yoga Therapy. Sudha holds a PhD focusing on diet and disease and is currently completing a Doctorate in Ministry. She is eternally grateful for the grace and guidance of her Guru, H.H. Sri Swami Adhyatmananda~ji of the Sivananda Lineage (Ahmedabad, India). Sudha’s sessions are intelligent, aligned, light- hearted and have something to offer everyone. She feels service to others is the only way to heal your own heart.
Ed Allitt is an RYT500, E-RYT200, an engineer, a Yogi, and a Yoga Therapist. In 2008 they and his life partner Sudha co- founded a non-profit organization, Kula Kamala Foundation, which provides certification and education in Yoga Therapy. Ed’s sessions are warm and energizing with a good dose of humor.
($45 - Basic + and $70 - Premium ticket holders)
Participants attending Aware Lancaster and holding Basic + and Premium tickets choose from 13 master classes offered in five different time slots from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. Below, please see the four classes offered on the Owen Salon Stage. Descriptions and teachers for all three stages listed in separate blog posts! And don't forget: The 1st 50 Premium ticket holders (who purchase before January 1st,) get VIP status! Click here to buy your tickets today!
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 am
Integrative Wellness – Mindfulness Techniques Made Accessible
with Middle Way Wellness, Mary Ellen Francescani & Cynthia Kilbourn
All Levels
Over the course of 90 minutes, this workshop will provide you with the experiential knowledge to initiate your own personal meditation practice. We will practice a variety of meditation techniques including sitting tranquility meditation, walking meditation, chanting, and loving kindness meditation (Metta). We will discuss the specifics of sitting posture and how to facilitate maintaining your chosen form of meditation. Finally, there will be a conversation on the effects of meditation/mindfulness in daily life. We hope you can join us for this physically and mentally stabilizing experience.
Integrative Wellness – Mindfulness Techniques Made Accessible
with Middle Way Wellness, Mary Ellen Francescani & Cynthia Kilbourn
All Levels
Over the course of 90 minutes, this workshop will provide you with the experiential knowledge to initiate your own personal meditation practice. We will practice a variety of meditation techniques including sitting tranquility meditation, walking meditation, chanting, and loving kindness meditation (Metta). We will discuss the specifics of sitting posture and how to facilitate maintaining your chosen form of meditation. Finally, there will be a conversation on the effects of meditation/mindfulness in daily life. We hope you can join us for this physically and mentally stabilizing experience.
Cynthia Kilbourn is a practicing family physician for almost thirty years and a yoga teacher for six, who personally and professionally utilizes practices honoring the power of the mind-body connection. She finds great benefit in daily meditation and hopes to help others by recommending yoga, guided visualization, and other mindfulness practices for physical and emotional healing. Cynthia and Mary Ellen created MiddleWay Wellness and have been co-leading wellness intensives since 2011. Meditation/mindfulness is one of the pillars of this program, which provides participants with the opportunity to evaluate the roots of their personal health practices. Cynthia graduated from the University of Arizona’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship, and most recently, completed an 8 week Foundation Program in Mindfulness through the University of Pennsylvania.
Mary Ellen Francescani has spent 20 years in the field of nursing/healing - the last five working as a Nurse Practitioner in primary care. She has been fascinated and enriched by mindfulness and meditation practices since first first being introduced to them during a transformative year of spiritual exploration all over South East Asia. Mary Ellen lived and worked in Nepal for five years, where she experienced firsthand the immense richness of a culture whose spirituality is not just alive and well, but is also woven into every aspect of life. Last year, Mary Ellen completed a two-year fellowship in Andrew Weil’s Integrative Medicine program through the University of Arizona.
Time: 10:00 - 12 pm
Yoga & Lifestyle: Nutrition
with Lucine Sihelnik, MA
All Levels
Mindful eating is an art of living yoga every day. The Eight Limb path of Yoga teaches us that the Yamas can guide us to create balance and be present in maintaining your lifestyle diet. Join Lucine as she shares her joy of cooking & yoga philosophy to nourish the body, mind and spirit! Lecture & Demonstration.
Lucine E. Sihelnik, M.A. RYT, is the founder of Gayatri Wellness, a Sustainable Community Organization Fostering Healthy Living Initiatives. Starting out as an organic produce farm in northern Berks County, Gayatri Wellness now offers cooking classes at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, an online Berks County Co-op, and Community Yoga Classes. Lucine brings her expertise of local food systems as the Food Systems Director for ReDesign Reading Community Development Corporation, where she provides leadership of the downtown Penn Street Market in Reading, the Regional Reading Food Policy and Action Council (RRFPAC), and fostering strategic relationships with organizations, institutions, and individuals to cultivate a wellness life style to the Greater Reading Community. Lucine is the chair of Food Procurement for the RRFPAC in Reading, member of the Berks Agricultural Resource Network, Secretary for Friends of Reading Hospital Board, and was recently nominated to join the Greater Berks Food Bank as a Board member. Time: 1:00 – 2:30
The Yoga Darshan: A vision of self study (svadyaya), discipline (tapas), faith (shraddha), and compassion (daya)
with Sudha & Ed Allitt, and David Dragonfly
All Levels
Sudha, Ed and David lead you in kirtan and satsang. Experience the inner world of Yoga, complete with call and response chanting, and a discussion of the exploration, awareness and realization that Yoga offers to practitioners.
Time: 2:45 – 4:15
Yoga Lila: An experience in self study, discipline, faith, and compassion
with Sudha Allitt
All Levels
In this class Sudha will lead students to explore the meaning of physical, mental and spiritual alignmentusing postures and techniques, stories and songs, intentions and affirmations. Students are certain toappreciate gentle humor, the balance of work and relaxation, and many moments of clarity about theirapproach to Yoga. Appropriate for all levels of practice and beginner friendly.
Sudha Allitt is an E-RYT500 and a Professional Yoga therapist. She is also a spiritual counselor, a reverend and a writer. In 2008 she co-founded, with her life partner and spouse Ed, the Kula Kamala Foundation, a non profit organization thatprovides certification and education in Yoga Therapy. Sudha holds a PhD focusing on diet and disease and is currently completing a Doctorate in Ministry. She is eternally grateful for the grace and guidance of her Guru, H.H. Sri Swami Adhyatmananda~ji of the Sivananda Lineage (Ahmedabad, India). Sudha’s sessions are intelligent, aligned, light- hearted and have something to offer everyone. She feels service to others is the only way to heal your own heart.
Ed Allitt is an RYT500, E-RYT200, an engineer, a Yogi, and a Yoga Therapist. In 2008 they and his life partner Sudha co- founded a non-profit organization, Kula Kamala Foundation, which provides certification and education in Yoga Therapy. Ed’s sessions are warm and energizing with a good dose of humor.
Click on schedule below for better viewing.
UPDATED! Choral Stage Master Class Descriptions
Choral Stage Master Class Descriptions & Teachers
($45 - Basic + and $70 - Premium ticket holders)
Participants attending Aware Lancaster and holding Basic + and Premium tickets choose from 13 master classes offered in five different time slots from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. Below, please see the five classes offered on the Choral stage. Descriptions and teachers for the Owen Salon Stage and Atrium Stage in separate blogs! And don't forget: The 1st 50 Premium ticket holders (who purchase before January 1st,) get VIP status! Click here to buy your tickets today!
Time: 8:30 - 10:00 am
Yogic Healing :: An Exploration of the Chakras
with Sara Rose Bryant and Misha Kaschock
All Levels welcome. Some understanding of the fundamental poses is helpful.
Take a healing journey through the deeper energy centers of the chakras with sound, meditation, movement and hands-on healing. Class will include pranayama, meditation, a slow flowing yoga practice weaving our way through the energies of the 7 chakras, and restorative rest. Class and hands-on healing by long time massage therapist and yoga teacher, Sara Rose, while live sound healing is provided by the yogi, carpenter, and mystical musician Misha.
Sara Rose Bryant & Misha Kaschock are partners in life and co-own the sweet little yoga studio, Yoga Nature in Harrisburg, PA. Yoga Nature is inspired to help people experience the transformative power of yoga. We want people to know that yoga is so much more than just a physical practice. Yoga is a way of living, a way of connecting to the present moment, a chance to walk the path towards self discovery and inner peace. We'd be honored by your presence. Check them out at yoganaturelife.com
Time: 10:30 - 12 pm
Renewal, Reflection and Focus Through Trauma Sensitive Yoga
with Michell Spitko and Stephanie Van Deusen
All Levels - This class is geared toward caretakers, yoga teachers and survivors alike who want to learn more about the interface between yoga and trauma.
In this discussion-lecture-experiential workshop, we will look at trauma through a sensorimotor vantage point, highlighting how a survivor's body carries both the injury, or the "Unspoken Voice" of trauma, as well as the mechanism for healing.
Our session will examine how trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness-based interventions can help survivors find and tolerate their stories as well as discover hidden resources by settling into their body and connecting to breath and sensation. We will review the unique uses of various breathing exercises and yoga poses for specific symptoms of PTSD/trauma.
Participants will have an opportunity to try on several of these mindful exercises, reflect on their own story and learn how to mindful yoga practice can create a sense of self-empowerment and renewal.
Michelle Spitko, BA, LMT, RYT, is a holistic bodyworker in practice 22 years. She studied both Engineering and Somatic Therapies for her B.A. She is certified in the Hakomi Method in trauma sensitive bodywork, and is 400-hour yoga certified with a focus in therapeutics. Michelle is in private practice at www.sunrisebodyworks.net.
Stephanie L. Van Deusen, Ph.D., LPC, holds a Ph.D. in Counseling from Loyola College in Maryland. She spent one year in a Partial Day Hospital for Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, and completed a second year in training specializing in the treatment of severe Dissociative disorders. Stephanie's doctoral research looks at the impact of psychological trauma and one's attachment to God on psychological wellbeing. Her extensive experience working with trauma survivors also includes working with children with attachment related disorders and women with substance use disorders. Stephanie is also fully trained in EMDR and works as a professional trainer and consultant. www.svandeusenphd-stages.com
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Julie Mathers is co-owner of Evolution Power Yoga. Julie by trade is a school teacher with an M.A. in early childhood education. After being diagnosed with anorexia nervosa her junior year in college, Julie battled the illness for thirteen years. She created a series of events, "Love Your Selfie: No Edits," held at EPY, to empower and educate people regarding who they really are –perfectly imperfect at the core. Love Your Selfie is built on the core belief: There is nothing to edit, nothing to fix, just to generate love for our selfies. Julie and her husband Jeremy are the proud parents of three children and live in Millersville.
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Hatha Yoga for 50+
with Maria van der Meij & John Protopapas
Maria van der Meij began her yoga practice in 1976 at Temple University. In 1992 she attended the Himalayan Institutes’ Hatha Yoga Teacher Training. Looking to provide a peaceful environment to share her practice with others, she opened the first yoga studio in Lancaster City in 1998. Her yoga program expanded in 2007 when it was approved by Yoga Alliance as a RYS (Registered Yoga School) for 200-hour and 500-hour programs, and in 2010, she moved the studio to East Orange Street in Historic Downtown Lancaster and named it Yoga on Orange.
Maria strives to create a safe place at Yoga on Orange to let go of preconceived ideas of what you should be and practice a safe, gentle, supportive yoga. She believes that yoga is for anyone who wants to feel good in his or her body – no matter age, experience, or body type.
John Protopapas has been developing ideas about music, self expression, and improvisation for many years. In Classical Indian Music he finds the culmination and fruition of all these ideas. This musical system is not only spiritual in nature, but is a complete musical system where through rigorous training, one acquires the necessary skills to go deep into one’s creativity, touching on very deep elements of our human nature. It not only leads the musician and listeners into deep states of contemplation, but has the ability to touch on the most refined elements of sound and aesthetics.
John has continued his sitar studies with many masters over the past 23 years and teaches World Music at York College, PA and teaches sitar, tabla and yoga privately. He regularly performs and gives lecture demonstrations at local colleges. Ultimately, music is a blessing that comes through us and not from us. Classical Indian music when seriously listened to has the ability to give us a glimpse of that which we are all seeking in so many millions of ways: a gentle taste of the Beloved.
($45 - Basic + and $70 - Premium ticket holders)
Participants attending Aware Lancaster and holding Basic + and Premium tickets choose from 13 master classes offered in five different time slots from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. Below, please see the five classes offered on the Choral stage. Descriptions and teachers for the Owen Salon Stage and Atrium Stage in separate blogs! And don't forget: The 1st 50 Premium ticket holders (who purchase before January 1st,) get VIP status! Click here to buy your tickets today!
Time: 8:30 - 10:00 am
Yogic Healing :: An Exploration of the Chakras
with Sara Rose Bryant and Misha Kaschock
All Levels welcome. Some understanding of the fundamental poses is helpful.
Take a healing journey through the deeper energy centers of the chakras with sound, meditation, movement and hands-on healing. Class will include pranayama, meditation, a slow flowing yoga practice weaving our way through the energies of the 7 chakras, and restorative rest. Class and hands-on healing by long time massage therapist and yoga teacher, Sara Rose, while live sound healing is provided by the yogi, carpenter, and mystical musician Misha.
Sara Rose Bryant & Misha Kaschock are partners in life and co-own the sweet little yoga studio, Yoga Nature in Harrisburg, PA. Yoga Nature is inspired to help people experience the transformative power of yoga. We want people to know that yoga is so much more than just a physical practice. Yoga is a way of living, a way of connecting to the present moment, a chance to walk the path towards self discovery and inner peace. We'd be honored by your presence. Check them out at yoganaturelife.com
Time: 10:30 - 12 pm
Renewal, Reflection and Focus Through Trauma Sensitive Yoga
with Michell Spitko and Stephanie Van Deusen
All Levels - This class is geared toward caretakers, yoga teachers and survivors alike who want to learn more about the interface between yoga and trauma.
In this discussion-lecture-experiential workshop, we will look at trauma through a sensorimotor vantage point, highlighting how a survivor's body carries both the injury, or the "Unspoken Voice" of trauma, as well as the mechanism for healing.
Our session will examine how trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness-based interventions can help survivors find and tolerate their stories as well as discover hidden resources by settling into their body and connecting to breath and sensation. We will review the unique uses of various breathing exercises and yoga poses for specific symptoms of PTSD/trauma.
Participants will have an opportunity to try on several of these mindful exercises, reflect on their own story and learn how to mindful yoga practice can create a sense of self-empowerment and renewal.
Michelle Spitko, BA, LMT, RYT, is a holistic bodyworker in practice 22 years. She studied both Engineering and Somatic Therapies for her B.A. She is certified in the Hakomi Method in trauma sensitive bodywork, and is 400-hour yoga certified with a focus in therapeutics. Michelle is in private practice at www.sunrisebodyworks.net.
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Love Your Selfie: No Edits
with Julie Mathers
All Levels
The class will highlight how through the practice of yoga a person can communicate and be in conversation with their bodies. The human body speaks to us everyday all day and the goal of the class is to tune up the "body station", listen to the song that it plays and respond accordingly and lovingly. The yoga mat is a great place to start that conversation and relationship. Step on your yoga mat, love the part of you that you edit the most and offer attention to that place with the intention of loving your selfie: NO EDITS! You are enough and bring value just by breathing in and out on your mat. Class is taught in a Baptiste style flow.
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Hatha Yoga for 50+
with Maria van der Meij & John Protopapas
All Levels
Hatha yoga for 50+ primarily focuses on improving the body’s range of motion through physical stretching and mindful breathing to encourage the body’s natural ability to heal. The gentle restorative focus of this hatha yoga practice and the meditative element of Classical Sitar music will lead you to that quiet place of peace and joy. Along with the Sitar, John will bring a few other traditional Indian musical instruments to guide the class. This practice is appropriate for the mature body, or any one who would like a contemplative yoga experience. 
Maria strives to create a safe place at Yoga on Orange to let go of preconceived ideas of what you should be and practice a safe, gentle, supportive yoga. She believes that yoga is for anyone who wants to feel good in his or her body – no matter age, experience, or body type.
John has continued his sitar studies with many masters over the past 23 years and teaches World Music at York College, PA and teaches sitar, tabla and yoga privately. He regularly performs and gives lecture demonstrations at local colleges. Ultimately, music is a blessing that comes through us and not from us. Classical Indian music when seriously listened to has the ability to give us a glimpse of that which we are all seeking in so many millions of ways: a gentle taste of the Beloved.
Click on schedule below for better viewing.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Martin Insurance Agency - Stage Sponsor
Aware Lancaster Yoga & Wellness Day is delighted to announce that Martin Insurance Agency has come on board to support as a Stage Sponsor!
Many thanks to Liz and her staff for their continued support of our growing community and commitment to wellness.
Martin Insurance Agency, providing commercial and personal insurance to our community for four generations. Visit www.martininsurance.com for more information.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
UPDATED Marketplace Classes Announced!
Take a look at the variety of options open to $20 "Basic" ticket holders below. (Option to add a Master Class with the $45 "Basic+" (1 master class) or $70 "Premium" - choose 5 of the 13 master classes, one for each time slot). Feel free to browse the Marketplace featuring wellness providers and healthy retailers including yoga apparel and accessories, natural foods, chiropractic, essential oils, healing massage, acupuncture, and so much more. Next, jump into one of the hourly classes offered by studios all over the region:
Don't forget: Be one of the first 50 to choose the "Premium" ticket and receive VIP STATUS which includes a t-shirt and reserved mat placement in master classes. Do yourself a favor and grab your place early! Offer extended to January 1, 2016! Looking forward to having you all there...
Get your tickets here! Or click our logo:
All classes and teachers subject to change.
Don't forget: Be one of the first 50 to choose the "Premium" ticket and receive VIP STATUS which includes a t-shirt and reserved mat placement in master classes. Do yourself a favor and grab your place early! Offer extended to January 1, 2016! Looking forward to having you all there...
Get your tickets here! Or click our logo:
UPDATED! Atrium Stage Master Class Descriptions
Atrium Stage Master Class Descriptions & Teachers
($45 - Basic + and $70 - Premium ticket holders)
Participants attending Aware Lancaster and holding Basic + and Premium tickets choose from 13 master classes offered in five different time slots from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. Below, please see the five classes offered on the Atrium stage. More descriptions and teachers for the Owen Salon Stage and Choral Stage to follow shortly! And don't forget: The 1st 50 Premium ticket holders (who purchase before January 1st,) get VIP status! Click here to buy your tickets today!
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 am
New Beginnings, The Energy of Ganesha
with Briala Da Silva
All Levels
Ganesha represents the opportunity of joyfulness in each new beginning. Moving into the new year is the perfect time to create new possibilities in your practice and in your life.
In 1996, Briala Da Silva began a personal journey to improve her overall state of well-being and along the way awakened a passion to share what she’s learned about strength, flexibility and transformation.
With Briala’s unique and skillful offering of alternative fitness and conscious living, called “Briakti Flow”, she lovingly guides individuals, small groups, workshops, teacher trainings and retreats in the beauty of the breath, the limitless potential of the body/mind connection and the belief in the divineness that unites us. She teaches from the foundation of functional anatomy while awakening the flowing movement of the “temple dancer” in us all.
Time: 10:00 - 12 pm
Skill Work: Toolkit for Inversions
with Lisa Taylor
All Levels
New possibilities are manifested from a strong foundation. Step out of your usual practice and explore partner work that leads to turning your practice upside down.
Lisa Taylor is a globally recognized yoga/leadership instructor for Baron Baptiste, Africa Yoga Project and Evolution Power Yoga, teaching and creating curriculum essential to yoga instructor certification. Lisa has thousands hours of dedicated instruction and in turn has taught hundreds of teacher trainees.
($45 - Basic + and $70 - Premium ticket holders)
Participants attending Aware Lancaster and holding Basic + and Premium tickets choose from 13 master classes offered in five different time slots from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. Below, please see the five classes offered on the Atrium stage. More descriptions and teachers for the Owen Salon Stage and Choral Stage to follow shortly! And don't forget: The 1st 50 Premium ticket holders (who purchase before January 1st,) get VIP status! Click here to buy your tickets today!
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 am
New Beginnings, The Energy of Ganesha
with Briala Da Silva
All Levels
Ganesha represents the opportunity of joyfulness in each new beginning. Moving into the new year is the perfect time to create new possibilities in your practice and in your life.
In 1996, Briala Da Silva began a personal journey to improve her overall state of well-being and along the way awakened a passion to share what she’s learned about strength, flexibility and transformation.
With Briala’s unique and skillful offering of alternative fitness and conscious living, called “Briakti Flow”, she lovingly guides individuals, small groups, workshops, teacher trainings and retreats in the beauty of the breath, the limitless potential of the body/mind connection and the belief in the divineness that unites us. She teaches from the foundation of functional anatomy while awakening the flowing movement of the “temple dancer” in us all.
Time: 10:00 - 12 pm
Skill Work: Toolkit for Inversions
with Lisa Taylor
All Levels
New possibilities are manifested from a strong foundation. Step out of your usual practice and explore partner work that leads to turning your practice upside down.
Lisa embodies passion and devotion to yoga. As the founder of Evolution Power Yoga, she creates possibility where none exists by inspiring students and communities through vinyasa, a flowing style of yoga. Lisa’s talent lies in her ability to have each person enter the classroom with their individual challenges and leave the classroom feeling as though she has spoken directly to their heart. “I teach to my students bodies, not their minds, as this is where the truth of each person’s possibility is found”.
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Sheri Celentano is Co Creative Director of Laughing Lotus NYC, Director of Lotus FLY and Creator of Lotus Temple Dancers. Feeling incredibly grateful to be able to do what she loves and share it with others, her classes infuse all of her training and practice to create a safe space for people to let loose, shake free of inhibitions as well as to challenge themselves on a physical and emotional level. Sheri's teaching spans the globe with workshops, teacher trainings and retreats in Korea, Vietnam, Germany, England, Holland, England, Belize and Mexico, as well as across the USA. From the NYC public schools to international yoga conferences and music festivals, her mission is to help people find courage, strength and compassion for themselves and others, allowing our lives to be lived passionately, fully and peacefully.
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Discover the Warrior Within: The Ways of a Nahi "Warrior"
with Sid McNairy
Building on the Power Vinyasa Yoga tradition, SidYoga founder Sid McNairy guides students through a physically active flow intended to heal, detoxify and electrify body and mind at their deepest levels. It is through empowering others that Sid has made a mark on the world.
In his years coaching college sports, Sid cultivated a voice for powerful and clear expression that appeals to everyone in the room—teachers, students, athletes and beginners alike. McNairy’s instruction pushes everyone to reach their greatest potential.
Time: 7:00 - 8:30
Blues & Yoga - Live Music Asana
with Sheri Celentano and band
All Levels
Join Sheri, Johnny, Mark and Shaleah for the final Aware Lancaster class: an unforgettable evening of Yoga and the Blues. For the past three years, Sheri has joined forces with these incredible musicians to create a dynamic, spiritual experience of yoga and music. This class is a spirited FLOW that allows you to feel, breathe and get your groove ON with plenty of time for getting back down to earth with forward bends, hip openers, meditation and rest. Allow this team to transport you into a world of movement, sound and depth.
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Chakra Flow
with Sheri Celentano
All Levels
Join Sheri for a journey into the rainbow bridge of the Chakra System. Chakra can be defined as disc or wheel, and we will check in with the 7 Chakras often associated with the yoga system. Through lecture we will explore some the basic functions, emotions, and behaviors associated with each Chakra, then dive into a Chakra Flow asana practice designed to get the wheels spinning. This will be a full on learning experience, please bring a journal with you!
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Discover the Warrior Within: The Ways of a Nahi "Warrior"
with Sid McNairy
All Levels
A Nahi "Warrior" is an individual who is ready to experience the power within. As we shift into 2016 we are ready to step fully into the power of our hearts. This class will invigorate and awaken the spirit within to lead you powerfully into a new year.
In his years coaching college sports, Sid cultivated a voice for powerful and clear expression that appeals to everyone in the room—teachers, students, athletes and beginners alike. McNairy’s instruction pushes everyone to reach their greatest potential.
Time: 7:00 - 8:30
Blues & Yoga - Live Music Asana
with Sheri Celentano and band
All Levels
Click on schedule below for better viewing.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
December 12th UPDATED Master Class Schedule!
We're still putting the finishing touches on class names and descriptions, but wanted you to get a sense of the variety of classes offered for those holding the $45 "Basic+" (1 master class) and $70 "Premium" (1 master class in each time slot,) level admission:
These ticket holders also have access to the 45-minute classes offered hourly in the Marketplace. So many offerings led by awesome teachers from all over the region. You'll have a hard time choosing just which classes to attend!
Don't forget: The first 50 "Premium" ticket holders receive VIP STATUS which includes a t-shirt and reserved mat placement in master classes. Do yourself a favor and grab your place early! Offer extended to January 1st, 2016! Looking forward to having you all there...
Get your tickets here! Or click our logo:
More to come!
All classes and teachers subject to change.
These ticket holders also have access to the 45-minute classes offered hourly in the Marketplace. So many offerings led by awesome teachers from all over the region. You'll have a hard time choosing just which classes to attend!
Don't forget: The first 50 "Premium" ticket holders receive VIP STATUS which includes a t-shirt and reserved mat placement in master classes. Do yourself a favor and grab your place early! Offer extended to January 1st, 2016! Looking forward to having you all there...
Get your tickets here! Or click our logo:
More to come!
Monday, November 30, 2015
Presenters and Teachers and our Sponsor - Natural Awakenings Magazine!
We're really excited to announce the people and studios involved in making Aware Lancaster a truly transformational experience for everyone. Please check out our growing list below – schedule to follow soon will include over 25 classes and workshops!
Master Class presenters include:
Briala da Silva – Briala Bodyworks, Lancaster
Cynthia Kilbourn & MaryEllen Francescani – Middleway Health, Lancaster
Julie Mathers – Evolution Power Yoga, Lancaster
Lisa Taylor – Evolution Power Yoga, Lancaster
Maria van der Meij – Yoga On Orange, Lancaster
Michelle Spitko – Sunshine Healing Arts, Lancaster
Sara Rose Bryant & Misha Kaschock – Yoga Nature Life, Harrisburg
Sheri Celetano – Laughing Lotus, NYC
Sid McNairy – SidYoga, Baltimore, MD
Hourly Studio Classes offered by:
Alax Kemp – Zoetroepolis Yoga, Lancaster
Daneen Rund – Bikram Yoga Lancaster
Monica Kirchner – Bridge Yoga, Lancaster
Philomena Behmer – Evolution Power Yoga, Lancaster
Stacy Hammel, Imagine Your Yoga, York
Lisa Oplinger, Ethos Fitness, Carlisle
More announced as confirmed. Schedule subject to change.
We're also delight to announce our partnership with Natural Awakenings, Lancaster and Berk's County's premier healthy living magazine. Check out our new ad and feature online, or grab the latest copy due December 2nd at your favorite retailer or healthy living provider.
Tickets available TODAY! First 50 "Premium" ticket holders get VIP Status including a free Aware Lancaster Tee and premium mat placement in master classes! Call the Ware Center at 717-871-7018 or click logo below:
Friday, November 20, 2015
1st Annual Aware Lancaster Yoga & Wellness Day
Start the New Year off right with a day of renewal, reflection and focus through yoga at the Ware Center.
“ Basic” ($20) admission gains access to the lively Marketplace filled with health and wellness practitioners, and vendors offering a variety of products and services. It also hosts hourly, 45-minute asana practices hosted by local studios practicing several different yoga traditions and meditation.
"Basic +” ($45) offers all of the above plus choice of 1 of 13 different master classes offered from 8:00 to 7:00 pm.
“Premium” ($70) adds the option of up to five master classes on yoga, wellness, meditation and more, with local and regional presenters.
All tickets include access to the 2nd level lounge and café to enjoy friends and fellowship. A great holiday gift for your favorite yogi!
Special Offer:
VIP STATUS - 1st 50 Premium ticket buyers receive a t-shirt and reserved mat placement!
Makes a Great Gift this Holiday Season
Volunteer opportunities available! More news soon….
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