BODY ENLIGHTENING:

Experience a flowing blend of traditional

PRANA VINYASA ,

YOGIC FLYING

and gravity-free

THAI YOGA MASSAGE

Each of the following practices will begin with a fluid vinyasa warm up that balances strength, grace and creativity.

PRANA VINYASA :

Dynamic asana, creative flows, and integrated pranayama as a moving meditation

that will tune and tone you from the inside out while giving you the tools for navigatiing life's changes with grace,

power and confidence. We will explore several vinyasa waves of multi-dimensional sequences and intelligently unfold an

evolution of movement meditation, fluid namaskars, backbends, arm balances and hip opening to understand the underlying flow of prana.

The sequence that we will practice as a group is easy to learn and very effective.

YOGIC FLYING:

Be suspended from the hands and feet of a fellow student while being assisted into yoga postures

designed to unwind stresses muscles, decompress joints, and increase the flow of prana by freeing

energy lines and pressure points. Create spinal freedom! Yogic Flying encourages trust building,

inner stillness, applied strength, freedom from gravity, and the balance of yin and yang.

Come alone or bring a friend to learn these amazing, fun and enlightening moves!

THAI YOGA MASSAGE

Through the empowering ancient art form of Thai Yoga Massage, you will learn about energy flows and pressure points

along with other techniques that enable you to apply yogic stretches to your partner while practicing skillfull, energetic touch.

Thai Massage is an ancient and sacred system of healing with roots in Yoga, Ayurvedic Medicine and Buddhist spiritual practice.

It is a unique and powerful system of Yoga Therapy, which combines rhythmic massage, acu-pressure, asanas (Yogic stretching exercises),

gentle twisting, energy work and meditation. Thai Yoga Massage stimulates and balances the flow of healing energy within the body,

opening the areas which are blocked bringing the person deeper into balance and harmony for health, happiness and wellness of being.

This system creates a powerful release of stress and tension, an increase in vitality and well-being and it deepens the connection between mind,

body and spirit in both the giver and receiver.

This yoga and bodywork program will encourage pranic flow, an energetic, creative, full spectrum

approach to embodying yoga cultivated by Shiva Rea and the Global Vinyasa Collective of Teachers.

ABOUT SIMON

Simon was introduced to to the grace and beauty of vinyasa yoga through Shiva Rea

in the World Arts and Cultures Department at UCLA. He continued his study of both Ashtanga

and Iyengar Yoga at Yoga Works in Santa Monica, CA, where he was certified to teach in 1997.

Saul David Raye, founder of the Center for Thai-Yoga Therapy, also introduced him to Thai Massage

at that time. Simon received his training in Swedish Massage with Telema Hess, founder of Omega

Bodyworks. He integrates Thai Massage, Swedish, Shiatsu and osteopathic techniques into his teaching.

Simon is the co-creator of Body Enlightening, a unique blend of Thai Massage and Partner Yoga

that has been featured in W Magazine, the Yoga Journal and the New York Times Magazine.

Currently, he travels extensively teaching Vinyasa Yoga, Yogic Arts™ and Thai Massage.

He lives in New York City.