Upcoming Yoga Workshops and Events with Julie
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Join writer and yoga teacher Julie Peters for an exploration into how yoga can spark your creativity. We will move through a playful but accessible Vinyasa flow to slow our brainwaves down into the Alpha state, where creative thought comes fast and furious. Then we will slow down and get contemplative in some deep Yin yoga poses. Explore a journaling practice, hear some beautiful poems, and see what comes out of you. Sharing is welcome but never, ever required! All levels.
Saturday, November 8th 2014, 1:00-3:00pm
Semperviva Sun Studio at Macdonald and Broadway. Preregister here: http://www.semperviva.com/events/creative-flow-yoga-and-writing-with-julie-peters-2/
Are feminism and yoga mutually exclusive? Or are they obvious best friends? Does yoga support gender discrimination? Can it be empowering for women? What about for men? What’s with all the sex scandals, anyway? Is there a place for critical thinking within the magical land of meditation and chaturanga?
In this series of workshops, we will take a look at yoga history, philosophy, mythology, and culture with a feminist lens, and ask ourselves where and how our feminism can fit into our yoga practice. The course will deepen our understanding of the roots of yoga and allow a space for critical thinking on some classical ideas within yoga. Discussion is welcome, all genders are invited, and every class will include a short lecture and a yoga asana practice.
Workshops are $35 each, once a month from December 2014 to March 2015. Come to as many as you like, but if you complete all four, you will get 8 hours of Continuing Education Units with Yoga Alliance and a Yoga for Feminists certificate. Link to the full course is here: http://oceanandcrow.ca/yogaforfeministsfullcourse
SESSION ONE: Yoga for Feminists: History, Authority, and Authenticity
What is “real” yoga? Who are the gatekeepers of the great knowledge of our yoga practice? Is Crow pose really 2000 years old? Where can we find authenticity in our practice as yogis and as feminists? Saturday December 6th, 2014 2:00-4:00pm $35 http://oceanandcrow.ca/yogaforfeministssessionone
SESSION TWO: Yoga Philosophy: Can Sacred Texts be Feminist?
What exactly are the basic tenets of yoga philosophy? Are we tapping into a religious or philosophical wisdom when we talk about Yamas and Niyamas? What does it mean to live a “yogic” life? Can we think critically about “sacred” philosophy? Is there an inherent feminism in any branch of yoga philosophy? Saturday January 17th, 2015, 2:00-4:00pm $35 http://oceanandcrow.ca/sessiontwoyogaphilosophy
SESSION THREE: Yoga and Mythology: Are Goddesses Inherently Feminist?
What are we saying when women call each other “goddesses”? Is goddess worship inherently feminist? Who are the characters in the Hindu pantheon that show up most often? Who might show up to help us as feminist yogis? If we look at the stories through a feminist lens, what might we find? Saturday February 21st, 2015, 2:00-4:00pm $35 http://oceanandcrow.ca/sessionthreeyogaandmythology
SESSION FOUR: Yoga and Culture: Marketing Mindfulness in Bikinis
What images come to mind when you think of yoga? Why is there relatively little representation in terms of gender, race, and body type in yoga marketing? What is being sold? How does this represent the values of yoga as compared to our general cultural and social values? Is there a difference between yoga the practice and yoga culture? How can we participate in that as feminists? Saturday March 21st, 2015, 2:00-4:00pm $35 http://oceanandcrow.ca/sessionfouryogaandculture
Julie Peters, E-RYT, is a yoga teacher, teacher trainer, writer, and owner of Ocean and Crow Yoga with her mom, Jane. She also has an MA in English Literature, is President of Vancouver Poetry House and co-founder of the East Van Poetry Salon. For her, yoga is about empowerment for everybody, and believes it can create a fascinating space for thinking critically with the intelligence of both mind and body. Learn more at www.jcpeters.ca
Are feminism and yoga mutually exclusive? Or are they obvious best friends? Does yoga support gender discrimination? Can it be empowering for women? What about for men? Is yoga women’s work? How can we look at the philosophies and methodologies that underpin yoga culture in the West through a feminist lens? What’s with all the sex scandals, anyway? Is there a place for critical thinking within the magical land of meditation and chaturanga?
Feminism is that which resists any system that oppresses a person based on their gender. It can also be a useful framework for thinking critically about the kinds of structures we take for granted within the popular Western practice of yoga on the mat, in the studio, and in the marketing materials.
In this workshop, we will look at some of the classical stories, philosophies, and teaching methodologies of yoga and have some open discussion around them. Then we will move it all through our bodies with a delicious all levels yoga practice.
Saturday, June 21st, 2:00-5:00pm, $35: register here: http://eastsideyoga.ca/node/1164
Julie Peters, E-RYT, is a yoga teacher, teacher trainer, writer, and owner of East Side Yoga with her mom, Jane. She also has an MA in English Literature, is President of Vancouver Poetry House and co-founder of the East Van Poetry Salon. For her, yoga is about empowerment for everybody, and believes it can create a fascinating space for thinking critically with the intelligence of both mind and body.
I’m pretty excited to have a chance to perform poetry alongside some of my favourite spoken word artists at the 2014 In The House Festival, which involves putting on shows in people’s houses (living rooms, kitchens, gardens) in the Commercial Drive area. The Festival in general involves all kinds of art–dance, puppetry, music, theatre, and of course poetry. Come see me, Zaccheus Jackson, Scruffmouth, RC Weslowski, and Barbara Adler in a show called Word Has It on Sunday June 8th at 7:00pm in a house at 1940 Napier St. Tickets are $10-$15 for each show, but you can also get a festival pass and see a bunch of other stuff too. Check it out: http://inthehousefestival.com/festival-2014/#WordHasIt
Join writer and yoga teacher Julie Peters for an exploration into how yoga can spark your creativity. We will move through a playful but accessible Vinyasa flow to slow our brainwaves down into the Alpha state, where creative thought comes fast and furious. Then we will slow down and get contemplative in some deep Yin yoga poses. Explore a journaling practice, hear some beautiful poems, and see what comes out of you. Sharing is welcome but never, ever required! All levels.
Saturday, April 26th, 2014 1:00-3:00pm
Semperviva Sun Studio at Macdonald and Broadway. Preregister here: http://www.semperviva.com/events/creative-flow-yoga-and-writing-with-julie-peters-2/
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Come sit on the floor on bolster cushions (or BYOP–Bring Your Own Pillow) and read poetry to each other. The only rule is that it can’t be your own poetry, it has to be someone else’s. We will chat about the poetry, learn about each other’s inspirations, and perhaps get a little insight into your own writing along the way.
Julie Peters and Chris Gilpin created the East Van Poetry Salon to create opportunities for writers to talk about writing in different ways, informally and quasi-academically. This event will include the kind of refreshments you can swill in a glass and pontificate over.
Saturday, November 30th, 7:30pm onwards. Refreshments will be available!
By Donation.
http://eastsideyoga.ca/node/887
Chris Gilpin is a writer, videographer, and arts educator. He is the Executive Director of Vancouver Poetry House. He is also a two-time member of the Vancouver Poetry Slam Team, winner of the Vancouver’s 2009 CBC Poetry Face-off, and the 2011 Vancouver Individual Poetry Slam Champion.
Julie Peters is a poet, yoga teacher, and writer for elephantjournal.com and Spirituality and Health Magazine. She has an MA in English Literature, represented Vancouver in the Women of the World Poetry Slam twice, and was a part of the 2012 Vancouver Poetry Slam team.
Imagine this: you are in a beautiful space surrounded by old growth forests, wildflower meadows, and glacier-fed lakes in early October, just as the leaves start to turn beautiful colours. Outside, there are hikes, canoes for paddling in, and nothing but the sounds of birds and the winds in the wildflowers.
Wander inside and soak up some poetry and yoga classes that rinse the body, mind, and heart all at once. Get out your notebook and learn the secrets of a great yoga class as a practitioner or as a teacher.
Sound good? On the weekend of October 4-6th, I will be leading a weekend retreat near Diablo Lake at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Centre with Renton, WA studio Maya Whole Health. I am offering several yoga classes in both Vinyasa and Yin styles, with two lectures, one on employing the structure of a narrative to your yoga class for home practice or teaching, and the other on discovering your voice and learning to translate your own body’s vocabulary. Plus delicious food, wine, and beer, a naturalist led hike, and a screening of Wayne’s World (naturally). $480 for the whole shebang, just a 3 hour drive from Vancouver or Seattle.
Click here to register: http://clients.mindbodyonline.
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Julie has been practicing yoga since the tender age of 12, and dug into its creative potential while completing her Masters degree in Contemporary Canadian Poetry at McGill University. She teaches Vinyasa, Yin and Restorative yoga as inspired by Krishnamacharya, Shiva Rea, Judith Hanson Lasater, poet Dennis Lee, and Radiolab, the podcast on curiosity. She owns East Side Yoga studio in Vancouver with her mom, Jane, has represented Vancouver twice at the Women of the World Poetry Slam. She is also a writer for Spirituality and Health Magazine and elephantjournal.com.
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I am looking forward to offering a workshop specifically for the Vancouver Just Write Meetup Group! This 2 hour workshop will be a part of a weekend long urban writing retreat with Just Write Vancouver.
We will explore how yoga can help spark creativity from your body and help you to connect sensation and emotion with language. When we practice yoga, specifically the flowing Vinyasa style, we manufacture the alpha brain state which is the creative brainwave state of the writing groove. We will explore the stories in our bones, and tell a few of them, especially as we slow down towards the end of the workshop and listen more deeply to our bodies in Yin yoga poses. The practice is for any level of yoga and writing, and everyone is welcome. Please bring a yoga mat, any props you have (a sweater or scarf can do in a pinch!) and a writing journal.
Cost: $30 ($25 for Just Write Meetup Group Members)
Saturday, September 7th, 9:30-11:30am
Suite Genius, 210-1737 West 3rd Avenue (near Burrard St)
Not a part of the Meetup? Join here: http://www.meetup.com/
Reserve your spot now, space is limited!
Have you ever wondered why some classes leave you feeling so amazing, and other classes have you walking out confused, discombobulated, or even irritable? Well it ain’t magic, and there are some very specific tools you can learn to make every class you teach feel that way. This August 2013, I am offering another Teaching as Storytelling Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training. This training will offer concrete tools for sequencing creatively and effectively, as well as holding space as a teacher and working on facilitation and languaging skills. The training is designed for those with a 200 hour designation, but everyone is welcome. Sign up early; I have a max of 8 spots available!
Some comments from the last one [Thanks guys!]:
“Wow, that was a beautifully and well put together training, Julie! I would recommend your TT to anyone who is looking for a fresh perspective to sequencing.” CM
“Just wanted to say thanks so much for your amazing training this week!
The feedback from every class I’ve taught since has been ‘wow, I
really liked your sequencing’!” SS
Hours: 25 (20 Contact Hours and 5 homework hours) Eligible for Yoga Alliance CEUs
Friday August 9th, 6:00-9:30pm, Saturday August 10th, 1:30-8:30pm
Friday August 16th, 6:00-9:30pm, Saturday August 10th, 1:30-8:30pm
*All participants will be offered five complimentary classes at East Side Yoga*
$455 plus tax; put in your deposit of $100 here and set up a payment plan (email [email protected]), or go to this page to pay in full: http://eastsideyoga.ca/node/636
I’m taking a maximum of 8 students so we can all learn together and develop as a team, so register as soon as you can!
I’ll be performing with a bunch of other amazing poets who I love while we all try to get quiet and compete in a poetry slam! With real life librarians present to SHUSH anyone who gets too loud, this show promises to be interesting! From http://nofuncity.com/events/extravagant-signals-shhh-poetry-slam/
Wednesday June 19th at 7pm at Gallery 1965, 1965 Main St (at 2nd)
Chrystalene Buhler + Barbara Adler present 10 of Vancouver’s finest loud-mouthed poets, competing in a battle of hushed voices and powerful whispers. Featuring Champion poet Lucia Misch, with Zaccheus Jackson, Duncan Shields, Rupert Common and more. Doors 7:00 PM. Open Mic 7:30 PM. Slam 8:00 PM. $7-$10. On Sale at Red Cat, Zulu + Highlife and www.extravagantsignals.eventbrite.com
The last one was such a wonderful experience, Daniel and I have decided to do it again: crystal bowl meditation, throat singing, and other healing sounds while you rest in restorative yoga postures and experience hands-on healing (optional of course) with me. Preregister early, we will only take 15 so everyone gets as much love as possible!
Saturday June 22nd, 2-4pm at East Side Yoga: http://eastsideyoga.ca/node/642
On June 28th and 29th, Daniel Shaw and Julie Peters are teaming up for weekend workshops! Cuddle in for some deep rest on Friday night, and then explore your body and mind through a creative writing and yoga practice on Saturday.
Sign up for the weekend for $70 or attend them separately. Details here http://
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Good Vibrations: Restorative Yoga and Sound
Friday, June 28th: 7-9PM, Fee: $35, before June 24 ($40, June 24th and after)
Experience Level: 0-No experience necessary, special conditions like pregnancy or injuries are welcomed.
Join Vancouver teachers Julie Peters and Daniel Shaw for a deep experience of relaxation and self care. Julie will lead you through a Restorative yoga practice with lots of support, a couple of good poems, and (optional) hands-on healing, while Daniel throat sings alongside crystal singing bowls and other meditative instruments. Let the layers of good vibrations take you to a deep place of healing where you can turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.
Optional Supplies to Bring: Water bottle or beverage, eye pillow, jacket/wrap
Creative Flow: Yoga and Writing with Julie Peters
Saturday, June 29th: 1-4PM, Fee: $45, before June 24th ($50, June 24th and after)
Experience Level: 1 (taken intro or basics level yoga)
Fitness Level: Base (no significant limitations, prenatal welcome)
Join Vancouver, BC writer and yoga teacher Julie Peters for a practice that explores the ways yoga can spark your creativity. Not only can a Vinyasa yoga practice manufacture the alpha brainwave state, which is the almost trance-like state of a creative person creating, but a deeper Yin yoga practice can help us explore the stories hidden in our bones that want to come out and see the light of day. We will move, we will listen to beautiful poems from different writers, and we will wake up the creativity of our bodies that wants nothing more than to flow out. All levels; no experience in writing is required, and sharing is absolutely optional.
Supplies to Bring: Journal!
Optional: Water bottle/beverage, eye pillow, jacket/wrap, favorite writing instruments
Discounted Series Price: $70 before June 24th ($75, June 24th-29th)
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Join writer and yoga teacher Julie Peters for an exploration into how yoga can spark your creativity. We will move through a playful but accessible Vinyasa flow to slow our brainwaves down into the Alpha state, where creative thought comes fast and furious. Then we will slow down and get contemplative in some deep Yin yoga poses. Explore a journaling practice, hear some beautiful poems, and see what comes out of you. Sharing is welcome but never, ever required! All levels.
Saturday, May 25th, 2-4pm, $30
Preregister here: http://eastsideyoga.ca/node/648
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This November 2012, we will explore Creative Flow in four separate sessions that explore the ways yoga and creativity interact from different perspectives. You’ll hear lots of great poetry, you’ll move, you’ll write, and you might even share if you want to (no pressure!)
Sundays, November 11th to December 2nd, 2012 2:00pm-3:30pm
$90 Preregister here: http://eastsideyoga.ca/node/462
Or email me with questions or if you need payment plans: julie @ eastsideyoga.ca
Bring a journal, comfortable clothes, water, and if you’d like to bring your own mat please do.
Schedule:
Week 1: Inspirare: Breath and Creativity
Learn basic forms of yogic breathing to open your lungs and oxygenate your body. Learn the intimate connections of the Vinyasa: breath and movement connected, to slow down your brainwaves into Alpha state, the brainwave we enter into when we are working creatively.
Week 2: Turn Your Wheels
In this introduction to Chakra theory, we will focus specifically on the throat, and energetic centre that must be opened in order to let your voice be heard. We will move through a flow practice focused on opening the throat and heart so we can let the words flow onto the page.
Week 3: Going Deep: Yin Yoga
This will be a very slow, deep practice that will open up the stuck places in your connective tissue, scar tissue, and, from Chinese Medicine perspective, your meridian lines. This is a very meditative, slow practice, and will involve more writing.
Week 4: The Play of Perspective
This practice will turn you upside down–figuratively if not literally. We will shake up the system and bump up against our comfort zones, using yoga postures, play, energetic work, and writing prompts.
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On September 1st, 2012, from 2-4pm, my partner Daniel and I will be offering a Restorative/ Yin Yoga experience involving crystal bowls, throat singing, poetry, and hands-on healing. This is a rare event, and will be unforgettable. Space is limited so preregister now! $30 http://eastsideyoga.ca/node/290
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Come see me and Luciterra dancer and yoga teacher Naomi Joy Gallagher perform my poem Elephant Ear. You can try to put the below things together, but you gotta come watch to find out what it’s like!
There’s going to be a Friday evening Creative Flow Practice, and then a whole afternoon on Saturday where we can really write, write, write. AND there’s even lodging available through the studio if you want to come from out of town and stay!
The Facebook event is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/210208929072653/
And the link to register is here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=801
And on Sunday, February 12th, there is a JUST poetry/writing workshop that I’m leading with the illustrious Chris Gilpin at East Side Yoga Studio. Learn more about how to supercharge your originality for both writing and performing.
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Past Workshops