Save Our Springs Alliance and Yoga Yoga have teamed up to bring Austin free, outdoor yoga classes at Barton Springs on Saturdays in May from 10-11:30AM. All ages and abilities are welcome. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring your yoga mat and sun screen. The classes will be held just outside the south entrance to Barton Springs on Robert E Lee, under the pecan trees.

Mark your calendars:
May 3 with Sandi
May 10, 17, 24, and 31 with Jeremiah

Click here to read more about Save Our Springs
Click here for a map of where to go.

Yoga Yoga is excited to offer an outstanding schedule of events with one of the world's leading yoga teachers, Donna Farhi. Donna will be teaching a weekend intensive, a 25-hour training, public classes and other workshops to help you improve your practice and gain a fresh perspective.

Join us for monthly Kirtan and sing your heart out, play your instrument, bang a drum, and experience the yoga of sound and devotion. Bring an instrument, bring a friend, or just bring yourself - the first Saturday of every month at Yoga Yoga South. A fun and FREE event for everyone.

Mark your calendars with upcoming kirtan dates:
June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6
7:00pm - 9:00pm

What is Kirtan? Kirtan is where music and group chant meet and create a devotional experience of "soul song" ~Mary Ceallaigh

By popular demand, Yoga Yoga is returning to the pristine Pacific beaches of Mexico for an incredible yoga vacation with teachers Matt Borer and Sapphire Bell. This will be our only vacation for 2008, so reserve your space soon!

The Haramara Retreat Center is located on the beach just 40 miles north of Puerto Vallarta and near the fishing village of Sayulita. Visitors have called Haramara "a sanctuary for the soul". Clean and empty beaches are embraced by the luxury of tropical vegetation. The site offers the required peace, seclusion and security for a renewing yoga vacation.

Enjoy a therapeutic and transformational weekend of Kundalini Yoga and Yoga Nidra as we use the magical sound of the Gong to enhance the movement of prana (vital life energy) through the body for physical and emotional healing.

Spend an enjoyable Friday evening or take one or both weekend afternoons of these Gong Yoga sessions to completely experience a most relaxing form of yoga therapy that will leave you elevated, light and radiantly bright!

Take your knowledge and appreciation of Anusara yoga to a new level in this special 30-hour course taught by Christina Sell, an Anusara Certified teacher trainer.

Topics will include: Classroom layout and organization, Language and observation skills, Verbal and physical adjustments, Sequencing, Effectively conveying the Universal Principles of Alignment to others, and Interweaving Anusara philospophy into class

In this weekend special event, Deva will use the powerful technology of Kundalini Yoga and the vibrational healing of the Gong to neutralize personal and collective karma, to transform destructive patterns into healthy ones and to share tools for awakening the healer and
leader within.

On Saturday, we will learn to heal the karmic energies that can trap you in familial and cultural imprinting, inherited ancestral dysfunctions, past-life traumas and unconscious fear patterns. On Sunday, discover your interconnectivity with Nature and the innate power that each of us has to purify and clean the collective whole through our own yoga practice. You will learn what a single individual can accomplish through compassion, service and dedication to the web of Life.

In this 6 part series, we will examine the original Vedic Yoga and its various branches or Vedic sciences: Yoga, Ayurveda, Jyotish, and Vedanta. We will examine Vedic source texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads and explore the deeper practices of Yoga: Pratyahara, Dhyana, Mantra and Atma-Vichara. Far from being just a dry and academic series, we will reconnect Yoga to its Vedic heritage and experience the soul and spirit of the Indic culture.

In this special weekend, Seane Corn will help you explore how making conscious and responsible choices in all aspects of your life can help purify your body, mind and spirit, and support optimal health. You'll learn specific yoga sequences to stimulate the productivity of the vital organs and encourage the release of accumulated toxins.

Each person has a unique physical, psychological and psychic makeup as revealed in their astrological birth chart. Through the science of astrology, you can use your gifts to overcome challenges and realize opportunities in your own yoga practice.

On Saturday, you will learn the basics of how Eastern astrology works in relationship to yoga. On Sunday, you will receive a chart of the planetary positions in your birth chart based on your birth date. We will use this information to help you understand how to use your yoga practice to get the most benefits through mantras, mudras, meditations and style of asana practice.

Join us at the lovely Margaret Austin Center in Chappell Hill, Texas as we explore the relationship between yin feminine energy and yang masculine energy as it relates to our yoga practice and to our lives. Find the balance between inspiration and effort, surrender and strength in this empowering and healing weekend.

To tap into the yang, we will practice Hatha flow - a dynamic and creative practice with a focus on fluid strength, endurance and grace. To balance, our Yin practice will work deeply into connective tissue to increase flexibility, mobilize joints and release long held tension and trauma. Hatha Flow and Yin yoga are the ideal complement to each other to bring physical, emotional and spiritual harmony.

Gary Kraftsow has been a pioneer in the transmission of yoga for health, healing and personal transformation for 30 years. He began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Desikachar in 1974. He is a renowned speaker and teacher of the Viniyoga methodology at many conferences and schools nationally and internationally. In 1999 he founded American Viniyoga Institute, LLC. Gary has successfully developed protocol for two National Institute of Health studies: "Evaluating Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain" and "Yoga Therapy for Generalized Anxiety." He is the Director and Senior Teacher of the American Viniyoga Institute; author of two books published by Penguin: Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation; and author of two educational DVD's: Yoga Therapy for Low Back, Sacrum and Hips and Yoga Therapy for Upper Back, Neck and Shoulders.

The Anusara Yoga Immersion program is for dedicated students who wish to begin a structured exploration of Anusara Yoga to enhance their own practice and experience, as well as students and teachers who may wish to enter the Anusara Yoga Certification Process.

The Immersion is a three part comprehensive study designed by John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga. The curriculum looks at the essence of Anusara philosophy, alignment principles and practice. The in-depth program invites you to expand your mind and heart, while providing a rich and transformative experience.

Part 1, Mastering the Fundamentals, begins in August!

This training is open to yoga teachers and pregnancy health professionals with a committed yoga practice. Pregnancy offers women many physical, spiritual, and social challenges as they embark on the journey into motherhood. Yoga practice during pregnancy can help them prepare for these challenges with awareness, strength, and grace, and is rapidly becoming one of the most popular ways of preparing for childbirth in the United States. After childbirth, yoga can be a powerful tool to help women connect with their bodies, their babies, and each other.