In this 5-week class, we delve deeply into the practice of LifeForce Yoga®  to naturally manage imbalances of mood. Learn to calm the reactive mind through the use of calming and energizing breath practices, chakra clearing meditations, use of mudra and sound, and therapeutic use of asana.  Develop your own home practice to meet individualized goals.  No prior yoga experience required.  Classes meet 5 Wednesdays from 6-7:30pm on 4/4-5/9/12.  No class on 4/11.  Location:  NY Open Center.  Members:$110/Nonmembers $120 for the 5-session series.

LifeForce Yoga®: For Emotional Healing and Mood Management

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Date/Time: 3-Session Series, Fridays from 11:15 am-12:45 pm (January 13, 20 & 27, 2012)
Description: Join Penni Feiner, ERYT, Certified LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner and Executive Director of “Kula for Karma” and Deborah Lubetkin, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist and Certified LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner, on a journey to discover the ancient, yet evidence-based practice of LifeForce Yoga® to manage mood imbalances. Whether these imbalances are related to stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, loss, or hormonal changes, you will learn easy, effective ways to help regulate your mood naturally.

“From Darkness to Light” Asatoma Sadgamaya
During this 3-session series, we explore ways to move from the reactive mind to the intuitive mind.  Yoga philosophy teaches that people become symptomatic when the intellect dominates the mind, and blocks the mind-body from reaching it’s most authentic potential.  Group members will have the opportunity to design their own home practice focused on cultivating balance of the whole self.~Includes lecture, discussion, breath work, meditation, sound and LifeForce Yoga® asana practice
Location:  Verona Yoga & Wellness Center, 546 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona NJ 07044
Cost: $240 for the 3-session series.

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Dr. Deborah Lubetkin has been practicing psychotherapy for over 15years. But over these years, she felt there was something missing. “I had trained in and explored many other options including training in hypnosis and mindfulness-based stress relaxation. Yet, none of them ever really resonated with me or felt like a good or natural ‘fit’ with the therapy,” Lubetkin said. She continued her search for the “body” component in the mind-body-spirit triad.

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