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| News Lynn Whitlow at Bikram Yoga Dublin Lynn Whitlow, the veteran Bikram Yoga teacher, director of Bikram Yoga San Francisco will be at the Dublin studio January 20. Lynn will give a five-hour workshop to get students of all levels deeper into their practice. Lynn has been teaching all her adult life. She is the founder of Funky Door Yoga, one of the most successful yoga studios in the world. Lynn is on the faculty of Bikram’s teacher training and is sought out by students, teachers and studio owners to mentor with her. For the past three years Lynn has been invited to serve as a judge for the International Yoga Competition. Lynn has studied extensively with Bikram and Rajashree and has established herself as one of the top teachers in the United States. She brings fun, humour and compassion to her teaching while at the same time maintaining the true nature of the yoga. The five hour workshop costs 110 euro and includes class and analysis of the 26 hatha yoga asanas in the Bikram Yoga series. The workshop begins at 11.00 and ends at 16.00. Lunch from Listons will be served following class. Students should bring yoga mat, three towels and water. To secure a place a deposit of 50 is required. Please make cheques payable to Bikram Yoga Ltd and stipulate whether you have any dietary requirements upon registration. Lynn Whiltow January 6 Bikram Yoga Elk Grove, California January 13, Bikram Yoga NYC January 30, Bikram Yoga Dublin Ireland Enters World Yoga Championship/Fundraiser Four people were chosen at the European Yoga Championship held in Paris on January 8, 2006 to represent ireland in the World Yoga Championship in Los Angeles on February 12. Ynes Carrasco and Terry McGauarn won gold for Ireland, Tricia Fleming and Lawrence Tan won silver, Fiona McNamara and Stephen Donegan won bronze. The judges for the competition came from host country France, England and India. It is the first time for Ireland to be represented at such an event and a fundraiser to send the team and trainer to Los Angeles will be held at the Lower Deck Pub in Portobello on Thursday Feb. 2 at 8.30 pm. We would like to thank the Lower Deck pub, Coca Cola Ireland, Solas Spa at the Radisson SAS Sligo, ServiceSource and The Washboard Harold's Cross for their generous support. If you would like to donate a prize please contact Anne Leonard 087.127 3069. Ireland Enters European Yoga Championship For the first ever Ireland will enter the European Yoga Championship to be held in Paris this Sunday January 8, 2006 at the Salon de la Bourse. Spain, Switzerland and Germany will also enter for the first time. Other countries include host country France and The Netherlands. The Irish teams comprise six women and five men. Each entrant will perform five prescribed hatha yoga postures and two hatha yoga postures of their choice within three minutes. All postures derive from the 84 Patanjali postures. Judges from France, India and England will judge the entrants on walk, movement, general appearance, gracefulness, body proportion and performance of postures exhibiting stability. Representing Ireland in the women's category: Anne-Marie Browne, Ynes Carrasco, Aoife Fitzgerald, Tricia Fleming, Fiona McNamara and Jun Ni. In the men's category: Stephen Donegan, Terry McGauran, Miheal Murray, Lawrence Tan and Pawel Wysota. The Irish teams were trained by Anne Leonard and assisted by Laura Kerr who is representing Switzerland this year These yoga competitions are a regular feature in India where yoga originated, however this is Europe's second such competition. Two entrants will be selected to represent Ireland at the 3rd Annual International Yoga Asana Championship organized by the World Yoga Foundation. It is the intention of the World Yoga Foundation to give yoga, Olympic recognition. Although the ultimate aim of yoga is mind body awareness these competitions help popularize it. January 8, Salons de la Bourse, 115, rue Réamur, 75002, Metro Bourse. For further information please contact Anne Leonard on 087 127 3069. Photographs are available upon request. Ends Charity week at Bikram Yoga! November 15 through November 21 In celebration of Bikram Yoga being one year in the city, throughout the week beginning November 15, Bikram Yoga is donating all money taken for classes to take Irish drug addicts to Thamkrabok monastery in Thailand. Thamkrabok is a treatment centre for addicts and since it was founded in 1958 more than 100,000 addicts have passed through the centre that claims a 70% success rate. Bikram Yoga will work closely with a detox centre to select individuals. It is hoped enough money will be raised to send out four addicts. Travel, insurance, food, accommodation and a donation to the monastery are the only costs. The monastery is two and a half hours north of Bangkok. The treatment lasts four weeks, addicts get up at 5 am every morning. The first step of the treatment is to take the saija, a vow to complete the course. The purging takes place daily for the first five days, each afternoon at 5 pm. The monks give addicts a shot glass of medicine made from 108 different herbs, including tree bark. It serves to act as a magnet for toxins – physical, mental and spiritual. Addicts then drink water to help them vomit and purge. There are also two herbal steam baths per day. The monks emphasis not simply stopping drugs but also starting something new and there are classes to encourage this. This is a grassroots effort, partly inspired by the film Adam and Paul. It is hoped it will become an annual charity drive. Bikram Yoga has twenty-two classes a week, a timetable is available at www.bikramyoga.ie. The class is an uplifting, fun and challenging 26 posture series, practiced in a heated studio, lasting 90 minutes. It is designed to bring fresh oxygenated blood to 100% of the body. With a regular practice vibrant good health automatically follows. All teachers who teach at Bikram Yoga have been trained and certified by Bikram Choudhury at the Yoga College of India. For further information log onto www.bikramyoga.ie or call 411 3731. Come to stretch the week of November 15 through 21 inclusive and bring along lots of friends! Ends For further information please contact Anne Leonard: 087.1273069. Photographs (black and white or colour) available upon request. |
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