Libido is a workshop designed to focus on the sexual feelings and sensations that arise in a healthy, moving adult body. By using the map of the 5Rhythms® to ground and explore the full spectrum of our sexual energy, we can learn to tolerate, express, and enjoy a wide range of experience, both subtle and intense. As we open to the essential, instinctive energy that runs through all of our bodies, we support ourselves - and one another - as sexual, sensual, creative beings in every aspect of our lives.
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Public Classes:
Sweat Your Prayers Sunday July 19th- 10:45am -12:45pm
5Rhythms Practice: Deep Waves Tuesday July 21st- 6-8pm
Sweat Your Prayers Thursday July 23rd, 6-8pm

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE CELEBRATION
New Moon in Cancer with Denine Savage & Amarsharan

This is the longest Eclipse of the 21st Century and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to open to the embrace of the Cosmos.

     Hear from Denine more about the Universal and Cosmic Energy at play at this pivotal time.  Learn a simple and powerful protocol (using acupressure points and the chakras of the body) to perform on your own body for amplification of Hope. 
     Follow Amarsharan through a restorative and centering set of Kundalini Yoga to ground in your own unique Light.
     Go home vibrating with the joyful anticipation of your manifestations and real tools to keep it going during this window of amplified opportunity.

Come witness a very rich musical tradition with a night of classical Indian music. Few Indian musicians have been so felicitated as Pandit Jasraj. And fewer still have been celebrated the way he has been both in his own country as well as abroad. Pandita Tripti Mukherjee, Jasraj's disciple, is a Hindustani classical vocalist blessed with a mellifluous, divine voice. She has honed musical skills, which are a seamless blend of somber and rich elements. We are fortunate to have such rich, cultural talent performing on Maui.

Click here to listen to Pandit Jasraj's powerful music

Click here to listen to Pandita Tripti Mukherjee's melodious voice

Join Ryan Leier from One Yoga Studio in Saskatoon, Canada for a weekend of coming together, playing and finding Center. This three-day workshop will give you the tools to balance the fire, water, earth, air and space in your practice. Ryan will intimately break down each pose, teaching how to “receive and relax” while being “grounded and firm.”
As the yoga sutras state, “once a balance of effort and surrender is reached, we are closer to the infinite within." Click here for more information about Ryan

click here to visit Ryan's web site

ReGina Norlinde - Author, Radio Host, Spiritual Teacher and Intuitive, ANGEL THERAPIST® & Medium, "Colourworks" Color Therapist and Teacher.

Join ReGina the last Thursday evening every month in The Studio Maui Lounge for a complimentary reading.

Visit ReGina’s website: www.stardusthealing.com

Come and join other men in the strength and power of our masculine dance.  Experience a community of men supporting you in exploring the depth and intensity of your own dance. This is a great opportunity to "sweat your prayers" with a tribal groove.

Join beloved spiritual teacher, best selling author Ram Dass for an afternoon of music, singing, meditation, contemplation, insights, conversation, laughs and potluck prasad. Special Guests TBD, bring a friend and bring your favorite dish to this special end of summer satsang.
August 2008 Satsang Highlights  http://www.ramdass.org/Multimedia/Sample4/tabid/427/Default.aspx

More about Ram Dass    www.ramdass.org http://www.ramdass.org

This unique 3-day Anusara Yoga Intensive with John Friend will feature a scriptural study of the Bhagavad Gita. This classic text has inspired poets, writers, and yogis throughout history unlike any other. For each of the three days, we will contemplate, discuss, and incorporate the profound teachings of this text into intermediate/advanced asana practices.

For 2 afternoons of the Intensive, we also warmly welcome Ram Dass to offer his heartfelt and contemplative meditations and thoughts on the Gita.

Each student is required to bring their favorite translation of the Bhagavad Gita. / see more

Wednesday, Sept. 23rd
9am-12noon Asana and Scriptural Study (w/John)
2-3:30pm Study and Meditation with Ram Dass
3:30-5:00pm Asana and Scriptural Study (w/John)

Thursday, Sept. 24th
9am-12noon Asana and Study (w/John)
2:00-5:00pm Asana and Study (w/John)

Friday, Sept. 25th
9am-12noon Asana and Scriptural Study (w/John)
2-3:30pm Study and Meditation with Ram Dass
3:30-5:00pm Asana and Scriptural Study (w/John)

5:00-5:30pm Closing with John

Experience this expressive, spiritually charged concert performed by two of today’s innovators in the meditation-inspired music movement. Donna DeLory and Ty Burhoe, along with Cameron Stone on cello, combine to bring a seamless stream of hypnotic Sanskrit mantras, Indian music and sensuous devotional pop. This concert is a public event in celebration of Anusara Intensive led by John Friend and Ram Dass   

See Donna Here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZASWNF1il0I   
More About Donna  www.donnadelory.com

See Ty Here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_svO_Lmwq6k   
More About Ty www.tyburhoe.com

John will be presenting two levels in this Weekend Workshop, a Mixed Level and an Intermediate/Advanced Level workshop. Although each John Friend workshop contains different heart-oriented themes and a fresh view of the Anusara principles, students consistently experience the magic of Anusara Yoga and feel empowered and transformed from inside out in every class.

The Weekend Workshop is considered to be a complete experience in itself. All the classes are progressive and build upon each other. In the first class, John will lead everyone from the beginning, introducing the Universal Principles of Alignment™. Each class will go deeper into these fundamental principles. Furthermore, the class as a group, will be able to experience the whole weekend by supporting one another and sharing in the ever-expanding magic of the weekend throughout each class.

Please bring a sticky mat, a blanket, and any other props you may need to use during the workshop such as a block, strap, or extra blankets.

Sessions:
Mixed Level
Suitable for all levels, with or without Anusara Yoga experience. Introduction to the Universal Principles of Alignment, including Loops and Spirals and concepts such as "flowing with Grace." Will include a wide variety of postures from many different categories of asana.

Schedule
Saturday 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Sunday 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Cost: $75
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Intermediate/Advanced Level
Suitable for experienced Anusara Yoga students and teachers; physically challenging.

Prerequisites:

* One year minimum of regular Anusara Yoga studies with a good working knowledge of the Universal Principles of Alignment™.
* Must be able to do both handstand at the wall and Urdhva Dhanurasana with straight arms without assistance.
* No major physical limitations or injuries.

Schedule
Saturday 8:00 am - 10:00 am and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 am - 10:00 am and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Cost: $150

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Voice Celebrations
Throughout the ages every culture, tradition, and religion has one common thread: the power of song. The singing voice is our most potent of healing instruments, and yet in these days of radio, television, and recorded music, it lays dormant in most of us.
When was the last time you really opened your voice in joy and sang from your heart to the open sky and the stars? It's almost like having limbs and not using them. Many people have the idea that they can't sing--an idea usually implanted at the most sensitive time of our lives--our childhood. The result is easy to see, an unconscious resistance to one of our most natural resources--making music ourselves.
And what more beautiful way to make music than to sing our own song!? We like to remind people that God isn't listening to see if people are singing in tune. He's listening to see where we sing from. When we sing from our hearts we sing without judgment. Consequently we commune with the divine which creates such a profound sense of well-being and joy. We're not interested in making you a technically great singer. That is not our aim.

This group is for people who have such a longing inside their hearts that they just want to sing their own "YES!" to life, a longing to sing "THANK YOU!" to life, a longing to open the door to their own inner being, to their own inner peace. This can be done easily by using the voice to chant ancient and sacred mantras, Native American songs and dances, and African chants. By feeling yourself uplifted on the wings of harmony and becoming aware of your voice melting with others, you begin to enter into a world of undiluted bliss. It doesn't take much, just a willingness to let go into love, a willingness to drop the mind and dive into an ocean of sound. You can experience the joy of being one with others and with everything. You can feel it--because you are it!

An inner quest through creative expression.
Space is limited to 18 people so reserve your art station today! / SEE MORE

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"Beauty occurs in art and life the very instant you allow your deepest soul to truth to be expressed"
Aviva Gold

Accommodations: Banyan Tree House will hold a certain number of rooms for retreat
participants only until September 1st (must book before Sept 1). After Sept 1
participants make own accommodation arrangements.

Pricing Schedule

Friday December 4th INTRO	6-9 PM		FRI ONLY $ 40 $35 by Nov 1st
Saturday December 5th	2-7 PM		FRI-SUN $250 $225 by Nov 1st
Sunday December 6th	2-7 PM
Monday December 7th	11:30-4:30 PM		FRI-WED $450 $400 by Nov 1st
Tuesday December 8th	11:30-4:30 PM
Wednesday December 9th	11:30-2:00 PM

Food: Light snacks will be provided during sessions (included in tuition price).

Click to read Vinn's Conscious Dancer Article

Join world renowned chant master Krishna Das and his fabulous kirtan band for an evening of stirring emotion. Night after night, in ashrams and temples, cavernous cathedrals and modest community theaters around the world, Krishna Das sits down behind his harmonium, flanked by his band of supporting musicians, greets the crowd that has gathered to sing, closes his eyes, and begins. From his opening Om, everyone in the room sets off together on a priceless evening’s journey along the path of ecstasy & devotion.

See Krishna Das Here   http://www.yogamates.com/tv/?link=popular
More about KD http://www.krishnadas.com 

Friday 19th, 6-9pm (Introductory evening)
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st, 2-7pm (both days)

Visionaries simply imagine what does not yet exist. We glimpse into a possible future.
Soul Motion provides a vehicle for gazing toward each moment as movement. Our practice is unrehearsed and unknown, while being approachable and accessible. Each time we immerse in the Conscious Dance Practice of Soul Motion, with a backward step of experiencing the experience as it unfolds, we manifest our intentional vision. This practice is for you, come and experience your next movement moment as Souls in Motion.

Vinn Marti: An award winning performer, choreographer and designer of Soul Motion, Vinn has been assisting individuals in realizing their potential as creative movers and dance artists since 1976. Soul Motion is a philosophy for ad an experience of movement as prayer, meditation and creative expression that fuels personal and collective transformation.

Click to read Vinn's Conscious Dancer Article