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June 26, 7:24 AMPhiladelphia Yoga ExaminerJonathan Bartlett

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There are Yoga Gems During the Dog Days of Summer

Summer’s Over. Get Out the Winter Coats.

I get a little depressed with the passing of the Summer Solstice. Now each day comes with a little less Sun time than yesterday. Daylight withers until the Winter Solstice, the true beginning of Summer for me, a great day, when we can begin to look forward to the Sun eking out an extra daily splash of sunlight during the dead of Winter.

So, too, it seems does Yoga activity in Philly begin to droop. The number of events following the solstice seems to dwindle until it begins to pick up right around the Equinox and a fuller, more energetic rhythm begins.

Nevertheless, there are always some gems dotted throughout the Summer months. One of them is a special workshop from Jennifer Schelter, founder and director of Yoga Schelter in East Falls. If there is a yoga diva among the many outstanding yogins in the Delaware Valley it must might be Jennifer, though Joan White is certainly atop the list as well. An actress, writer and an inspiring yoga teacher, Jennifer braved the cold and rain to give her annual open-air yoga class on the Art Museum steps for the benefit of Yoga Unites Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Doing Sun Salutations with rain droplets pelting and wind shearing is a very powerful experience. This week Jennifer offers a special workshop, not at her gymnasium sized studio on Scott’s Lane, but at RHAH Yoga & Health in Conshohocken, a premier yoga location in the Delaware Valley. If you’ve been a student at one of Jennifer’s classes, you’ll know that this will be a treat. Give it a try.

RYAH Yoga and Health

424 E. Elm St., Conshohocken, PA 19428

Empowered Body - Yoga for a Flexible, Strong Life Long Journey of Health With Jennifer Schelter

Saturday, June 27^th, 12:30-3:30pm 

 “To inhabit the body in a moment-to-moment awareness is to be feeding one's longevity, health and vitality. Everyone needs to feel strong, flexible and balanced to feel healthy. 
This workshop will be like a mini-retreat to empower your Best Self.”

http://www.ryahyoga.com/content/events.php

Other Events

Friday, June 26

Yoga Squared

1923 Chestnut street 3R, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103

Friday Night: 630pm-830pm (meditation, chanting, kirtan)

Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 to 3:00 pm

BREATH and BANDHAS Workshop with Certified Teacher, DAVID GARRIGUES 

“This workshop is suitable for all levels. 

Weekend Workshop: Developing the Inner Limbs (Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi)

This workshop shows how to weave together  Pranayama, Bandha’s,  Vinyasa, and chanting Sutras and Mantra’s to reveal  how the  subtle principles of Ashtanga  enable one to internalize the practice and facilitate deeper states of  joyous concentration and reflections on Self.”

http://www.yogasquared.com/ashtangaworkshop_2.html

June 28^th to July 2^nd

Yoga on Main

4363 Main St., ‘Manayunk”, PA 19127

INNER FIRE YOGA AND KIRTAN RETREAT
AT KRIPALU CENTER
With David Newman (Durga Das) & Shiva Das

“Inner Fire Yoga is a dynamic practice that evolves moment-to-moment as a call to grace. A merging of hatha and bhakti yoga, it is an approach of embodied devotion that fosters the awakening of spirit through surrender and love.

Join David Newman (Durga Das) and Shiva Das for an enlightening 5-day immersion into Inner Fire Yoga. David and Shiva Das are cofounders of this unique style, which they have cultivated for the last 15 years. Together they blend a breath- and movement-based asana practice with the intention to foster spiritual awakening and the opening of the heart.”

http://www.yogaonmain.com/workshops.html