Winter blues got you down? Craving a good dose of inspiration for your daily practice? Or just want to practice again with Sofia Diaz? You’re in luck Boulderites, Sofia will be stopping by Monday, January 30th at the newly launched Integral Center to offer a day full of yoga classes.

The doctor is in! Sofia also has a few available spots for private sessions on Monday evening (Jan. 30th) and Tuesday morning (Jan. 31st).

Check out the full schedule below for more details.

Inspiration Injection Class Schedule

Monday, January 30th at the Integral Center (2805 Broadway, Boulder, CO)

6:45-8:45am: COED Yoga- $21

9-11am: Women’s Yoga – $21

1-3pm:  COED Yoga – $21

6-7:15pm: Real Yoga Town Hall Meeting – $13
(Community question, answer, and discussion period)

Hardcore Practitioner Bundle: $50 for 2 classes and Town Hall Meeting

*Private sessions available Monday evening and Tuesday morning (Jan. 31st). To schedule a private session, please email kelly[at]blackplumproductions[dot]org.

Sofia Diaz is a hatha yoga master, a lineage holder in the Balasaraswati lineage of the South Indian temple arts and a recipient of numerous meditation empowerments in both Tibetan and Shakta Tantric traditions . She turns the body wisdom practices she is empowered in into accessible teachings and practices for the modern western mind. Being an inspired woman practitioner, the rigors of her practice have resulted in great clarity and expertise in the domain of Feminine Spiritual practice, which she has been generously teaching for 27 years. She has published writings on yoga and sacred movement in both academic and popular journals and travels frequently, teaching women’s yoga intensives throughout the world.

August 14th – August 19th

Crestone Mountain Zen Center
Crestone, Colorado

This 6-day annual retreat will combine asana, movement, breath work and a series of practices that communicate Sofia’s unique understanding of the yoga of feeling. Participants will learn to integrate breath, yoga posture, and heart feeling to strengthen the body, release constricting emotions, and ground the whole being in happiness.

REGISTRATION:

* Dormitory $1195
(3 per room, 15 spaces available)

*Large Studio $1095
(9 in a large room)

*Camping $995
(In the large dome – 15 spaces available, bring warm bedding)

No other camping on Zen Center grounds is permitted.

Registration Dorm $1,195.00 USD Studio $1,095.00 USD Camping $995.00 USD

Fees include tuition for the retreat, lodging & meals. This event has filled up quickly in the past years, registration will be conducted on first come first served basis. Register early to reserve your space today!!

Cancellation policy:

Before July 1st, 2012, $150 processing fee subtracted. No refund after July 1st.

What to bring:

Please bring celebratory clothing that you can comfortably move in, your yoga mat, note book & a water bottle.

Schedule:

Tuesday

12-3pm Arrival & Registration
4-5:30pm Yoga
5:30-7pm Dinner
7-9pm Introduction & Welcome

Daily Schedule:

7-9am Yoga
9:30-10:30am Breakfast, Nature time, hiking, journaling, visiting sacred sites & temples in Crestone.
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-2:30pm Private Sessions with Sofia
4-5:30pm Yoga
5:30-6:30pm Dinner
7-9pm Movement class

Sunday

7:30-8:30am Breakfast, Nature Time & Journaling
9:30-11:30am Final Yoga Circle
12:30-1:30pm Snack Lunch, End of Retreat, Departure

About the location:

In Crestone, the stillness and vibrancy of nature becomes as obvious as the nature of our bodies. Crestone is situated in a very sacred valley at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains honored by the Native Americans indigenous to this area. It is home to many spiritual centers, and is a very powerful place for healing, transformation & regeneration. At the elevation of eight thousand feet the air is thinner & the sun brighter, with occasional afternoon showers. We suggest you bring a hat, sunscreen, moisturizing cream & layered comfortable clothing. Also bring a jacket for cool evenings of stargazing & a bathing suit for the hot springs. Bring ceremonial & celebratory clothes to dance in & please do not forget to bring your Yoga Mat (it will not be provided).

Travel Notes:

The closest airports to Crestone are Albuquerque and Denver. Both are a 4.5 hours drive to Crestone.
To schedule an in-person private session while during this retreat, contact Kelly Sosan Bearer at kelly[at]blackplumproductions[dot]org.

A 7-Week Digital Yoga Practice with Sofia Diaz

January 26th – March 8th, 2012

Thursdays • 5-7pm PT • 6-8pm MT • 7-9pm CT • 8-10pm ET

Find your timezone here!

Please note, this entire series is audio only. There are no videos for this course.

*You can participate live or engage the practice recordings later, at any time, from anywhere in the world.

In the Zen tradition it is noted that “sitting, standing and walking” are the greatest tests of one’s true awareness or awakeness. This seven-week digital yoga series will unfold out of the heart of this understanding. The beginning, middle and end of every practice will unmistakeably be founded in “adamantine truth” (i.e. strong bodily establishment in ‘Buddha Nature’ or ‘Christ Heart’ or ‘non-dual Love-Bliss’- simple yet Large, just like true bodily engagement of any kind).

The Hatha Yoga will progress through a fabulous series of asana and pranayama practices all centered in a strongly concentrated state, designed to serve the bodily freedoms to “sit, stand and walk” purrrrfectly!!!

Get a Taste of Digital Yoga with Sofia Diaz

Sofia Diaz is a hatha yoga master, a lineage holder in the Balasaraswati lineage of the South Indian temple arts and a recipient of numerous meditation empowerments in both Tibetan and Shakta Tantric traditions . She turns the body wisdom practices she is empowered in into accessible teachings and practices for the modern western mind. Being an inspired woman practitioner, the rigors of her practice have resulted in great clarity and expertise in the domain of Feminine Spiritual practice, which she has been generously teaching for 27 years. She has published writings on yoga and sacred movement in both academic and popular journals and travels frequently, teaching women’s yoga intensives throughout the world.

What You’ll Learn…

Week 1: Experientially defining ‘sit’, opening the nadi’s (energetic nodes) of the pelvis and legs aimed toward Rajasana (the royal pose) – which is being able to sit supported by the cosmos in all our parts, allowing ourselves to Be the cosmos simultaneously.

Week 2: Lengthening the spine using the support of opened pelvis and legs to transform bodily perspective from stillness to potentiated Freedom (i.e. to Stand). The freedom to bodily stand is fundamentally, outrageously ecstatic! In this ‘week 2’ of practice we will locate and make use of spinal extensions and gentle inversions while remaining rooted in the thick openness of the legs and pelvis.

Week 3: Engaging all participant’s experience, we will practice the most necessary and the most delightful aspects of the practices given thus far in order to deepen liberating personal choices (vs. constricting avoidance strategies), thus empowering doubtless discrimination over tepid bodily fears in lawfully choosing what to practice. (This is a clarification and expansion upon Touchstone #1 from Real Yoga 1).

Week 4: Emotions and Will practice week. Deeply and lengthily practiced asanas to purify or bring awareness to blocks in conscious forward (guidance) and backward (healthy surrender) gestures – the beginning of ‘wake-full walking’ and the exaggerated noticing of pleasure in the power to move.

Week 5: The Rainbow of Spinal Choices week. This week of practice is designed to flesh out the conscious choice of where we walk from in our deepest bodily motives to move. This will be a week of great emphasis on vinyasa (breath-moved asana series) and choosing one’s favorite and most challenging Surya Namaskaram Vinayasa (Light-bowed-whole-body-breath-offered-cycle).

Week 6: The week of Celebration and review of dynamic stillness, ecstatic freedom and bliss-full sacrifice/offering as the heart-engaged bodily sensations of liberated sitting, standing and walking.

Week 7: “The Great Choice” week (or lifetime!) of practice. We will end the series highlighting the Unique Shape of all of our yogic choices – conscious and unconscious – as we feelingly sit, stand and walk alone, back into our individual lives and make choices about what is the most important, delicious and clarifying thing/things to practice moving forward from this series.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can’t Make the Call?

No problem… If for any reason you can’t attend the live call, you can download a recording of the call and listen to it whenever you like. This includes seven 120-minute MP3′s for you to keep and review and practice with, over and over. We will post the recording from each class as soon as possible for you to engage.

What Do I Need to Participate?

If you have a phone line and a computer with an internet connection, you’re ready to engage Real Yoga 3 from the comfort of your own home. Just dial into the weekly class via phone or listen online over the webcast. After you register, you’ll receive an email with access codes for our first session on Thursday, February 24th. After that, you’ll receive an email each week with new access codes to attend the live sessions.

What You’ll Receive

• Seven 120-minute teaching sessions with Sofia Diaz, including dharma talks, yoga practices, and Q&A periods.
• Access to all seven recorded class sessions available via MP3 download to listen to on your computer or iPod.
• Each two-hour practice will alternate weeks between: dharma/theory introduction, followed by physical asana practice and Q&A sessions, followed by physical asana practice

Buddhayana Yoga: The Yogic Art of Sitting, Standing & Walking

A 7-Week Digital Yoga Practice with Sofia Diaz

January 26th – March 8th, 2012

Thursdays, 5-7pm PT • 6-8pm MT • 7-9pm CT • 8-10pm ET

Find your timezone here!

Investment: $285

Please note, this entire series is audio only. There are no videos for this course.

*You can participate live or engage the practice recordings later, at any time, from anywhere in the world.

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Whether you are an American or not, a day of Thanks-giving is just good!

In honor of all of our efforts to love and celebrate family AND in honor of all that we are attempting to digest in these challenging times, Sofia Diaz is offering an International Thanksgiving Give-Away Practice on Thursday, November 24th, 6:30-8am PT, 7:30-9am MT, 8:30-10am CT, 9:30-11am ET.

Find your timezone here!

*You can participate live or listen to the recordings later, at any time, from anywhere in the world.

Gratitude is the foremost digestive aid and we all have a lot to chew on these days. We will start Thanksgiving Day with a meal of asanas that hopefully will digest us into our best for a day of love and the challenges of love. We will dedicate our practice, amongst other things to the Liberation and Clear Seeing of our family Karmas, whatever those may be, either blood relations or lifetime collaborations.

It is a great honor to practice with all of you across this shimmering, blue-green, grace-filled orb that is our magnificent home, may the star light even receive our practice and shine brighter on all beings!

Instead of “see you then” (which may happen with the eyes of our hearts), Feel you Then!

God bless the opportunity to live thanks with the Whole Body, with our Whole World!

How to Participate

Enter your email address below to register for Sofia Diaz’s International Thanksgiving Give-Away-Practice on Thursday, November 24th, 6:30-8am PT, 7:30-9am MT, 9:30-11am ET. After you enter your email address and confirm your sign-up, you’ll be redirected to our access code page with the call-in instructions. Double-check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation email.

On Thursday, November 24th, either dial-into the cyber-yoga practice or listen-in on your computer via the webcast link. Either way, all you need is a phone line and a computer with internet access to participate. You can even download the practice after the live event as our Thanksgiving gift to you!

Hello Colorado, again!

Sofia Diaz is back in Boulder, Colorado on November 20th – 22nd with a Flash Flurry of yoga classes to help kick-off your Winter Practice as we turn the corner into the holiday season.

All classes are Coed, all levels are welcome (all states too!).

Sofia has three two 1hr Private Session appointments available on Monday, November 21st at 7pm & 8pm. If you’re interested in a private session with Sofia, please email Kelly Sosan Bearer (kellyatblackplumproductionsdotorg) for more details.

Class Schedule

Classes will be held at either Avalon or Alchemy of Movement in Boulder, Colorado. Please bring a yoga mat with you and make sure to arrive a few minutes early to register at the door for each class.

Sunday, November 20th

Gratitude IZ a Full Breath Cycle

6:45-8:45am Coed Yoga @ Avalon/$21 at the door

3:30-6pm Coed Yoga @ Alchemy/ $23 at the door

Tuesday, November 22nd

Real Yoga 101: An Easeful, Attractive Winter Practice

6:45-8:45am Coed Yoga @ Avalon/$21 at the door

9:15-11:15am Coed Yoga @ Avalon/ $21 at the door

2-4:30pm Coed Yoga @ Alchemy/ $23 at the door

We look forward to practicing with you again Boulder!

The SofiaYoga Team

Helloooo Colorado!!!

I am so elated to be offering the long–promised Flash Flood of classes in the Boulder area. There are a whole slue of classes, so that you can pick and choose from a lot of different times. All the classes and asana practices will focus on the useful embodiment of the above themes that many folks have let me know they’ve been stewing on and attempting to navigate lately. Together, we’ll be using the dynamism of our different perspectives as men and women to achieve the mutual compassion necessary to weather and digest life’s most challenging passages.

Really looking forward to practicing with you all,

Sofia Diaz

Real Yoga Series and Mini-Workshops
with Sofia Diaz
October 6th – October 16th
Boulder, Colorado

All yoga classes and mini-workshops will be held at either Avalon or Alchemy of Movement. Please note the location of each class below.

Thursday, October 6th:

2:30-4:30pm Women’s Yoga @ Avalon

Friday, October 7th:

6:45-8:45am Advanced Coed Yoga @ Avalon

10-12pm Women’s Yoga @ Avalon

3-5pm Coed Yoga @ Alchemy

Saturday, October 8th:

8-10 am Women’s Yoga @ Avalon

6-8pm Coed Yoga @ Alchemy

Sunday, October 9th

8-9:30pm Coed Yoga @ Alchemy

Monday, October 10th

6:45-8:45am Advanced Coed Yoga @ Avalon

10-12pm Women’s Yoga @ Avalon

12:15- 2:15pm Men’s Yoga @ Avalon

3-5pm Coed Yoga @ Alchemy

Tuesday, October 11th

Sofia’s available for Private Sessions. Please email Kelly@BlackPlumProductions.org to schedule a session.

Wednesday, October 12th

6-8am Advanced Sunrise Yoga – Coed @ Avalon

10-12 pm Women’s Yoga @ Avalon

1-3pm Coed Yoga @ Alchemy

3:15-5pm Men’s Yoga @ Alchemy

Thursday, October 13th

6:45-8:45am Advanced Coed Yoga @ Avalon

9-11am Women’s Yoga @ Avalon

12-2pm Coed Yoga @ Avalon

3-5pm Men’s Yoga @ Alchemy

Friday, October 14th

6:45-8:45am Advanced Coed Yoga  @ Avalon

10-12pm Women’s Yoga @ Avalon

2-4pm Men’s Yoga @ Avalon

Saturday, October 15th

3:15-6:15pm Women’s Workshop: Grief and the Necessary Chaos of Fertility @ Alchemy

Cost: $51 (you cannot use your pre-purchased class cards for this event)

Register: at the door

Scholarships are not provided for this mini-workshop.

For Mom’s, wanna-be-Mom’s and all creative genius desire-ers in a women’s body…

Sunday, October 16th

11-1pm Men’s Yoga @ Avalon

3-6pm Coed Workshop: Grief and Evolution @ Avalon

Cost: $51 (you cannot use your pre-purchased class cards for this event)

Register: at the door

Scholarships are not provided for this mini-workshop.

8-10pm Coed Yoga Closure Class @ Avalon

Monday, October 17th:

Sofia’s available for Private Sessions. Please email Kelly@BlackPlumProductions.org to schedule a session.

Cost:

Please pay with Cash or by Check at the door.

$21/class or 3 classes for $51

Mini-workshops @ $51

About twelve or so years ago, a most beautiful, radically intuitive, organizationally gifted and God-Service-Moved Persian Princess approached me time and again about doing a women’s yoga retreat in Crestone Colorado. She said she knew of the perfect place and had a ‘strong feeling’ it would be really good for me to do a retreat there – with a huge emphasis on really. Overwhelm being a tendency I have yet to outgrow and with Prasad (Yoga School founded with Satchi Royers in Boulder, CO) in full force, I danced (or rather, frittered) around the request.

I can’t remember how, but the ever gracious Mersedeh Kheradmand, who many of you know as the great mentor and master-in-her-own-right, persisted with me into the concrete agreement that if she took the organizational end on entirely, I would do it. Like the most beautiful, joyful whispers of the wind in Aspen trees, I remember her saying time and again, with great mirth behind her words, “I think you’re really going to like this place.” All I thought of at the time was relative to ‘the kids’, the students/beings who might attend, but couldn’t help notice that her emphasis was personally aimed toward ‘me’ liking ‘this place’, mostly I thought it was the legendary ‘Crestone’ but Mersedeh’s mysterious inference was relative to the retreat center itself.

Mersedeh is what I call ‘a kick-ass practitioner’,  she is more beautiful and gracious as she is ferocious about her spiritual health and growth and had recently done some serious practice in the Zen tradition, amongst others. Our meeting in Boulder was not social, so she had no way of knowing my leanings in terms of zealous love and respect of great teachers, and in the fore was Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. The likes of him is always more than drive-by inspiration, you touch a field of his wisdom and practice by reading his teachings that can save your life or your very practice within your own tradition. I had recently, for my own pleasure, read and relished every shred any of his students had ever written about him or his community, so you might say I was a sort of private groupie of his legacy.

The Crestone Mountain Zen Center, the retreat center Mersedeh was so certain should host this women’s retreat and that she was so excited about me personally being introduced to was established by Zentatsu Richard Baker Roshi, the formal dharma heir of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and a man I had hoped to meet someday only out of deep appreciation for all he had done and endured for true Zen in America.

I have this curious Meso-American-Dyed-in-Old-India tendency to become ecstaticly related to the legacies and retreat centers of great masters as their very body. So, Mersedeh was right! To walk into the Zendo of Crestone Mountain Zen Center was the gift of a lifetime. It is as endlessly beautiful in the physical as it is in the subtle, not to mention the opportunity to eat food that is the light of the practicing monk’s meditative awareness, much more to be invisibly held by the non-dogmatic generosity of deep silence from real practice, and even more, the stunning tolerance and warmth consistently offered in the midst of apparent chaos. Mersedeh was more than right. The practice community surrounding Baker Roshi’s teaching in Crestone gives one great reason to be a googlie-eyed, reverent groupie. The Buddha is alive and well and living as great care and patience, great enough to encompass and serve many an un-tamed yogini!

The first year 46 women, mostly straight from city life, descended upon a handful of unsuspecting but deeply practiced Zen monks, only one of them a woman (Ulrika, who we deeply love as a fellow yogini). Long story short, I must emphasize here the meeting of what you might say ‘opposite’ traditions (apparently), in an uncommonly tolerant way. Just to give and idea: feminine spiritual practice (not to mention any large group of devoted women) necessarily/consciously includes hysteria, drama and highly demonstrative energetics, Zen doesn’t.

Since this first year was an experiment, we kept checking on numbers of participants the Zen center could hold, they kept accommodating the increasing numbers. The extent they went to in their deep hospitality and the amount of sheer work, service and sacrifice of their personal space attested to the miraculous authenticity of their practice, as does their humor; Dan (now the head monk and a genius with food) once commented after all of us ladies took a day of silence; “ that was the loudest day of silence I’ve ever heard!” Like the old woman who lived in a shoe, eyes bugging out, hair a-flying hoping “the kids (and the hosts) were alright”, I was concerned we may never be invited back, but quite the contrary! Our energy was met, respectfully held, metabolized and ultimately appreciated! And here we are a decade later… (though we have all been chastened by experience and now keep the number down to the low twenties).

Three years into doing the retreat, Mersedeh had some life-changes come up that prevented her from taking it on. I was too worn and busy and was ready to cede into it not happening. I received two completely unexpected life-changing phone calls from women who I deeply respect and (smartly) consider senior practitioners to myself. They had both been participants at Crestone one of the years previous. One in her sixties, the other in her seventies, both without any knowledge of each other told me almost the exact same thing. My experience of their phone calls was more like them reaching thru the phone, grabbing me by the hair for my full attention and telling me that this Crestone women’s retreat HAD to keep happening. They both said that it was 1. important for the place of deep spiritual practice Crestone itself was destined to be, and 2. important energetically and symbolically for the sake of women’s practice everywhere, and 3. the acknowledgement of sanctuary and nurturing of the impulse to practice in the style of women was beyond important to support and serve, NOW!

Say no more, I picked myself up by my subtle boot-straps, didn’t know how but knew I would stake myself in it happening one more year. Within days of this one ‘touch and go’ moment, everything miraculously fell into place, including many last-minute attendees, again from all over the world. Right up to last year, strange challenges have been many but She always shines through with great love and humor to the tune of one of the best assistants I have ever had being my 5 lb. Chihuahua who unexpectedly had to make the journey with me last year!

This retreat is not mine or even ‘ours’, it is Her’s with a capital H! I am elated and honored to be on this train ten years later without even noticing the time!

All of Crestone is a miracle, mysteriously designed by the laws of nature for thinning the veils of Reality for deep evolutionary personal practice. Nestled high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, flanked by The Great Sand Dunes and the largest high valley of its kind in the world, what is now Crestone is revered by native Americans, Jesuit Monks, Tibetan Lamas and Babaji Devotees alike. The modern version of the many sanctuaries that thrive there has come to pass largely from visions and huge leaps of faith, not to mention the mind-bending generosity of Hannah Strong and the Manitou Foundation (yet another story to tell). Several of the most revered currently living Tibetan masters have freely prophecied that Crestone is and will be the best place in the world to do serious spiritual practice in the coming decades.

Who knows? I do know that the weather and all of nature up there responds in spades regularly and obviously to our presence every year. I trust the momentum surrounding this retreat more than I can say. I trust the occurance of this retreat even more profoundly because it gives me cause to notice ahead of time how very much I trust each and every one of you that are on your way to arriving at the open gate of warmth and purification, amongst women, at the Crestone Mountain Zen Center. See you soon for more magic than we can stand!

On a final note, a quote from Marpa The Translator, Milarepa’s Guru (Milarepa was the Guru of the Premier Yogini Yeshe Tsogyal–more on her at this years retreat.

“When your numbers are many, use strategy; when your numbers are few, use Magic!”

Don’t know what will happen this year… Mark the dates if you’re moved, feel your heart and follow the signs.

With oodles of love,

Sofia Diaz

P.S. Click here for more information and to register for the Women’s Crestone Retreat, August 9th – 14th, in Crestone, Colorado. This retreat is limited to 26 women and will sell-out quickly. Reserve your spot today and celebrate 10 years of Great Women’s Practice with Sofia Diaz!

In the non-dual yogic traditions, one human heart is understood to have the light of 10,000 suns. This means that the spectrum of light that is our greatest intelligence, ie: The Heart, is multifarious, brilliant, multicolored, and both physically tangible and subtle. The practice of Hatha Yoga based on this is “the only way to fly” through gross physical obstructions and the splintered attention that causes our confusions. This week of classes and weekend intensive will unfold and celebrate the first three touchstones of nine levels of HaTha yogic understanding through very thorough instruction in awareness, breath, and the use of will within a very exacting asana practice. Forward folds will be the foundation and gentle inversions will be the exclamation point of finding Heart awareness through the strength of disorienting our sense of self through deep and delicious practice.

Join Sofia Diaz for a week of yoga classes followed by a COED weekend retreat, November 1st – November 7th at Rudramandir in Berkeley, California. Register at info@Rudramandir.com

Free Introductory Classes Thursday, October, 28th

9am-11am Coed
2pm-4 pm Women

Weekday Classes: Monday – Thursday, November 1st – 4th

Mon: 2-4 pm Women
Mon: 7:15-9:15pm COED

Tues: 2-4 pm Women
Tues: 7:15-9:15pm Men

Wed: 2-4 pm Women
Wed: 7:15-9:15pm Women

Thu: 2:00-4:00 COED
$30 Drop in Per Class

Women: Six Class Pass – $150
Men: Three Class Pass – $75

COED Weekend Workshop: November 5th – November 7th

Fri: 7 pm – 9 pm
Sat: 9 am- 9 pm
Sun: 9 am- 9 pm

$400, Early bird – $350 Oct 5

August 10th – August 15th

Crestone Mountain Zen Center
Crestone, Colorado

This 6-day annual retreat will combine asana, movement, breath work and a series of practices that communicate Sofia’s unique understanding of the yoga of feeling. Participants will learn to integrate breath, yoga posture, and heart feeling to strengthen the body, release constricting emotions, and ground the whole being in happiness.

REGISTRATION:

* Dormitory $1195
(3 per room, 15 spaces available)

*Large Studio $1095
(9 in a large room)

* Camping $995

In the large dome- 15 spaces available, bring warm bedding.
(No other camping on Zen Center grounds is permitted)

Women’s Annual Crestone Retreat

Dorm $1,195.00 Studio $1,095.00 Camping $995.00

Fees include tuition for the retreat, lodging & meals. This event has filled up quickly in the past years, registration will be conducted on first come first served basis. Register early to reserve your space today!!

Cancellation policy:

Before July 1st, 2009, $150 processing fee subtracted. No refund after July 1st.

What to bring:

Please bring celebratory clothing that you can comfortably move in, your yoga mat, note book & a water bottle.

Schedule:

Tuesday

12-3 pm     Arrival & Registration
4-5:30 pm     Yoga
5:30-7 pm     Dinner
7-9 pm     Introduction & Welcome

Daily Schedule:

7-9 am     Yoga
9:30-10:30 am
Breakfast, Nature time, hiking, journaling, visiting sacred sites & temples in Crestone.

12:30-1:30 pm    Lunch
1:30-2:30 pm     Private Sessions with Sofia
4-5:30 pm           Yoga
5:30-6:30 pm     Dinner
7-9 pm                 Movement class

Sunday

7:30-8:30 am     Breakfast, Nature Time & Journaling
9:30-11:30 am    Final Yoga Circle
12:30-1:30pm     Snack Lunch, End of Retreat, Departure

About the location:

In Crestone, the stillness and vibrancy of nature becomes as obvious as the nature of our bodies. Crestone is situated in a very sacred valley at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains honored by the Native Americans indigenous to this area. It is home to many spiritual centers, and is a very powerful place for healing, transformation & regeneration. At the elevation of eight thousand feet the air is thinner & the sun brighter, with occasional afternoon showers. We suggest you bring a hat, sunscreen, moisturizing cream & layered comfortable clothing. Also bring a jacket for cool evenings of stargazing & a bathing suit for the hot springs. Bring ceremonial & celebratory clothes to dance in & please do not forget to bring your Yoga Mat (it will not be provided).

Travel Notes:

The closest airports to Crestone are Albuquerque and Denver. Both are a 4.5 hours drive to Crestone.
For ride arrangements & scheduling private sessions with Sofia contact Kelly Sosan Bearer at kellysosanbearer [at] gmail [dot] com.

True Awakeness is an Open Body: A Masterful Yoga Weekend

May 21 – 23, 2010

Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Shambhala Mountain Center

REGISTER

Join us for this precious opportunity to practice deeply with a truly extraordinary yoga teacher.

In the modern world, it’s easy to become estranged from the body. Join us for this weekend of yoga practice as we reconnect freshly with the body’s awareness, widening our view of true perception and liberating the fundamental emotional knots in our embodiments as men and women. We will concentrate on directing our breathing into postures that open yogic channels of clarity, insight, and sense perception and practice both flowing sequences and steadying postures (asanas). We will also explore communal and partner exercises, sharing the fruits of our practice together. Instruction will be tailored specifically to the level of those participating; all levels are welcome.

Sofia Diaz, M.A. is a Hatha yoga master, a lineage holder in the Balasaraswati lineage of the South Indian temple arts, and a recipient of numerous meditation empowerments in both Tibetan and Shakta Tantric traditions. For nearly thirty years, she has traveled throughout the world leading workshops on feminine spiritual practice, sacred movement, and yoga. Known for her great ability to make Eastern body-based wisdom teachings accessible for Western students, she is a core founder and faculty member of iEvolve: Global Practice Community and a fellow of the Integral Life Spiritual Center.