workshops

The Minneapolis Yoga Workshop offers a variety of workshops and events throughout the year.
Click on a link below to find out more about:
The Standing Series: Strength & Flexibility
Summer Intensive with William
Yoga on the North Shore
Auspicious Beginnings: New Year's Day 2010
Yoga Vacation in Mexico

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Workshops with Betsy
Deepen Your Practice and
Strengthen Your Spiritual Muscles


Standing Series: Strength and Flexibility
Saturday, June 7, 1:00 to 3:15 p.m.


The standing poses are the starting point in the practice of Yoga asana because they bring firmness and stability and teach principles of correct movement. In this workshop we will learn how to develop an awareness of alignment essential for sitting, standing and walking. Standing postures are invigorating and refreshing and also stimulate digestion and improve circulation,
We will explore ways to develop precision and learn ways to work carefully and stay relaxed and composed even while working with effort in the postures. Beginning with some gentle warm-ups we will practice a variety of the standing postures and end with a cool-down and relaxation. Beginning and ongoing students are encouraged to attend.

Fee: $30
For more information: Contact Betsy at (612) 722-7540 or betsyyoga@earthlink.net

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Summer Yoga Intensive with William

Deepen and Stregthen Your Practice with Twice Daily Classes
Integrating Meditation and Asana


Sunday, August 23 to Friday, August 28

This class will combine yoga asanas with Vipassana (mindfulness) meditation practice.You will practice with the focus on bringing meditative concentration to the asana practice. Mindfulness (Vipassana) meditation is a simple and direct practice, the moment-to-moment observation of the mind/body process through calm and focused awareness. Learning to observe experiences from a place of stillness enables one to relate to life with less fear and clinging. Seeing life as a constantly changing process, one begins to accept pleasure and pain, fear and joy, and all aspects of life with increasing equanimity and balance.This workshop is for students with at least one year ofexperience and will include asana and dhyana (meditation) in the Vipassana tradition. You may be a beginner to meditation practice.

Instructor: William Prottengeier
Founder and director of the Minneapolis Yoga Workshop, William is a certified Iyengar instructor and has been practicing Yoga since 1975 and teaching Yoga since 1979. William studied with Swami Veda Bharati (Pandit Usharbudh Arya) for 15 years. His teaching flows from the Hatha Yoga tradition of B.K.S. Iyengar, with Ramanand Patel as his primary teacher in the U.S. His other major influences are the Vipassana and Advaita Vedanta traditions. William’s teaching weaves these traditions into the practice of asana. His teaching blends and balances concentration and precision in asana practice with mindfulness and compassion in daily living.

Location: Minneapolis Yoga Workshop, Ivy Building, 2637 27th Ave. S., Suite 207, Minneapolis, MN 55406

Class Schedule:
Sunday, August 23
3:00 to 5:30 p.m.

Monday, August 45
6:30 to 9:00 a.m.
5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, August 25
6:30 to 9:00 a.m.
5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, August 26
6:30 to 9:00 a.m.
5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, August 27
6: 30 to 9:00 a.m.
5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Friday, September 28
6:30 to 9:00 a.m.

Fees:
Full Workshop Fee: $290 before Aug. 1. $310 after Aug. 1.
By-the-Class Fee: Sunday P.M. and all A.M. classes are $35/class. All P.M. classes are $25/class.
Note:
You can register for specific classes or the entire workshop on the registration form (click the "Registration Form" link below).

Reserve your space: A $50 deposit will reserve your space. Space is limited and priority will be given to those registering for the full workshop. Balance due by August 13.
No refunds after August 13 unless your space can be filled.

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9th Annual Yoga on the North Shore

Autumn at Cobblestone Cabins on Lake Superior
Oct. 21-25, 2009

Join us at beautiful Cobblestone Cabins on the North Shore of Lake Superior for a weekend of yoga, meditation and the stillness of the North Woods. Minneapolis Yoga Workshop Director William Prottengeir will lead a series of classes, including a morning meditation then an asana class and a late afternoon restorative class.

There will be a potluck on the last evening meal. Cobblestone Cabins is in Tofte, MN, 25 miles
from Grand Marais (where the Gunflint Trail starts). Carpooling is encouraged. Indicate on your registration form (link below) if you will carpool or would like to share a ride.

Check-in: 4:00 p.m. or after on Wednesday, Oct. 21

Class schedule for classes held Thursday, Oct. 22, through Saturday, Oct. 24:
7:30–8:15 a.m. Meditation
8:30–10:15 a.m. Asana
5:00–6:30 p.m. Restorative & Meditation

Class schedule for classes held Sunday, Oct. 25:
7:30–8:15 a.m. Meditation
8:30–10:15 a.m. Asana

For more information on the workshop: Contact William at mplsyogaworkshop@hotmail.com or (612) 253-5115.

For more information on Cobblestone Cabins: Visit cobblestonecabins.biz

Cost: $500 before Sept. 15 or $525 after Sept 15.
Note: $50 deposit is required to reserve your space.

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12th Annual Auspicious Beginnings
New Year's Day Class

Friday, January 1, 2010
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Start your year off right with Yoga! This popular class will get you on track for the new year. It will include asana and meditation practice. Please join William Prottengeier, director of the Minneapolis Yoga Workshop, in bringing in the New Year.

For more information: Contact William at mplsyogaworkshop@hotmail.com or (612) 253-5115.

Location: Minneapolis Yoga Workshop, Ivy Building, 2637 27th Ave. S., Suite 207, Minneapolis, MN 55406

Fee: $40

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Yoga Vacation in Mexico

March 13-20, 2010

Come and experience the joy of a yoga vacation with William Prottengeier of the Minneapolis Yoga Workshop and Gabriel Halpern of Chicago’s Yoga Circle. Open to all levels.

Just one half-hour south of Cancun, yet far removed from the crush of civilization, the tranquil
shores of Mexico offer everything for a restful yoga getaway. We will stay at Villas Shanti resort,
a yoga-friendly retreat located just a 15-minute walk to Puerto Morelos. Here you will find the relaxed approach to life for which the tropics is famous. Puerto Morelos is home to a number of excellent restaurants that cater to the preferences and variety of visitors' needs, as well as a marketplace with fresh local produce.

Enjoy two yoga classes daily, Vipassana meditation, white sand beaches, snorkeling, sweat lodge, day trips to ruins and more.

The vacation includes double-occupancy accommodations with private bath and kitchenette, daily brunch, free drinks at poolside, welcoming and farewell dinners, evening activities, and a great time with a fantastic group of yogis from around the country.

Download videos of yoga classes, the local beach and surf, and Villas Shanti Resort.

Contact us for a brochure:
William Prottengeier, Minneapolis, at (612) 253-5115 or at mplsyogaworkshop@hotmail.com

Gabriel Halpern, Chicago, email: themeiste@yogacircle.com
or contact Yoga Circle, yogacircle.com or (312) 975-0750

Cost: $1,150
For more information about Villas Shanti, visit their website at villasshanti.com
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