ANNIE CARPENTER's
SmartFLOW Yoga
2011Dates TBA
at Triangle Yoga
All 3 days $250
Late fee is $285
DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE!
If you are a Yoga Teacher from any other studio
you can receive our Teacher's Discount for Friday for $115.
If you have financial constraints please call Tracy at 919-933-9642.
we would rather you have the opportunity to study with Annie, than not!
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The
TEACHERS INTENSIVE
Friday
12:30pm-4:30pm and 5:30pm-8:30pm
Early Bird fee is $125, late fee is $150
Learn sequencing and use of anatomy to develop clear languaging skills.
12:30pm-4:30pm:
Annie will guide you through a two hour practice with the shoulder girdle as focus,
followed by a lecture and workshop on functional anatomy as a tool for
developing clear languaging skills and instructions.
5:30pm-8:30pm:
Lecture and workshop on intelligent sequencing: how to create a recipe
for effective and multilayered practices for your students.
The
WEEKEND WORKSHOP
Saturday and Sunday
A COMPREHENSIVE FOCUS ON YOGASANA
Dispelling myths and dissolving obstacles.
Early bird fee is $185, late fee is $220.
Please call 919-933-9642 to register.
In this weekend we will consider the 'kleshas', Patanjali’s obstacles.
One by one, and through the practices of asana, breath and reflection,
we will break down the stuck places and build a pattern of support for
vitality and freedom. Bring a journal.
Saturday, 12:30pm-3:30
Avidya: What is real?
An introduction to the weekend’s practice.
Connecting your physical practice to your intention.
A well-balanced vinyasa flow with plenty of counter-posing to create our ground.
Saturday, 4pm-6pm
Asmita: Ego busting.
A focused, mostly inverted practice with an emphasis on bandha and breath.
Sunday 12:30pm-3:30pm
Detachment:
Deep twists, leading to a quiet restorative practice.
A guided, moving meditation on the true meaning of Savasana.
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ABOUT ANNIE
Annie Carpenter has been practicing yoga for more than 30 years. A senior teacher trainer at YogaWorks,
Annie developed SmartFlow Yoga. She leads teacher trainings, workshops, and retreats in Los Angeles and abroad.
Known as a teachers’ teacher, she blends sequencing with detailed instructions that maintain her love of movement and flow.
With her profound understanding of functional anatomy, Annie seamlessly hooks each practice to a structural key that unlocks obstacles to freedom within the body, while bringing the mind to a focused, steady state.
Annie teaches all levels of asana classes, mentors young teachers,
leads workshops and retreats as well as Teacher Trainings. Annie has a playful spirit and encourages a balance
between working hard, and a light, joyful exploration into one's own practice, into the awareness of one's true nature.
"Although our culture tends to shrink yoga to mean only the physical, asana element I believe that yoga truly
is a shamanic path, capable of leading us through transformation on all levels. Yoga reminds us what is real,
and thus who we are -- the light radiating from within."
Annie started her life in Virginia, where in her teens she found both of her passions, dance and yoga.
She followed her heart to New York, initially studying, and eventually performing, and teaching for the
Martha Graham Studio. Annie loved the rigorous discipline and athleticism of Martha's technique. However it was Martha's
vision of the moving body as an expression of the soul within that echoed many of the beliefs Annie had developed
in her study of yoga. She traveled extensively at this time, mainly to Europe and Asia, performing and teaching.
Annie loved the energy and intensity that enveloped the New York Dance Scene, but also sought the quiet
and introspection that her yoga provided. For this reason, Annie found herself at Integral Yoga's ashram as often as possible.
The emphasis on community, stillness and uncovering inner peace was the perfect antidote for the competitive world of dance. In her thirties, Annie taught modern dance at Butler University, while studying Movement and Gestalt Therapies, earning an M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy. She created movement rituals for small groups, especially for those healing from disease, specifically HIV and different types trauma. Annie found this type of work particularly rewarding bringing together yogic principles of self-study and compassion with her love of movement. She continued to choreograph, exploring multi-site pieces and working with a mix of professionals and pedestrian dancers. During these years, Annie studied Iyengar yoga and began to shift her daily practice and teaching away from dance and towards yogasana.
In 1996, Annie took a sabbatical to study at Yoga Works with Maty Ezraty and Chuck Miller, the founders of YogaWorks.
She continued her studies and attended the teacher training with Lisa Walford, senior yoga works teacher and Maty Ezraty.
Maty invited her to teach at Yoga Works soon thereafter and she never looked back! Annie has been fortunate to study with Dona Holleman, Gabriella Guibilano, among others and with Pattabhi Jois several times in the United States and India. Annie's teaching has evolved into an intelligent, yet organic Vinyasa Flow, reflecting her love of movement and rigorous discipline. Having studied anatomy, kinesiology, and developmental movement as a dancer, her classes are informed by the body's structure and evolution. Having great passion for creativity and metaphor, Annie loves to play with sequencing in order to take her students into a deeper understanding of a pose and, ultimately, of themselves. She believes that focusing on alignment is not just safe, but provides "points of dharana" or gateways to inner stillness and meditation.
She is the author of "Relax Deeply", a CD of restorative yoga practice.
This home practice is designed to ease you into relaxation;
releasing tension and gently reviving your body, mind and spirit.
The viewer can try three separate sequences with options given for
both supple and less flexible bodies.
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