Shoulder balance
Headstand
Instructor- Erez

Week 6 Full Primary series -Putting it all together
Instructor- Erez

Instructors-
*Erez Atar
Erez grew up in Israel. At the age of eighteen he joined the Israeli Army and was recruited for the Special Forces for four and a half years. Upon leaving he traveled the world. It was in Minneapolis that he discovered Yoga. He always knew he would do something in his life which combined the physical and spiritual. Erez found his destiny in the practice of Ashtanga Yoga.
Erez has traveled to India, California and New York in order to study with his teacher, the founder of Ashtanga Yoga, Shri K. Pattabhi Jois. He has supplemented his training by studying with the only teachers in the world who are qualified to teach Ashtanga due to the fact that they have spent a lot of time in India in order to be certified by Pattabhi Jois. They are as follows: Manju Jois, Pattabhi’s son, Shirat Jois, Pattabhi’s grandson, Michael Gannon, Govinda Kai, and Kino MacGregor.
Erez’s favorite teachers are his two beloved children Lilly and Lucas whom he learns from each and every day!
Erez teaches authentic, traditional Ashtanga, mixing the physical and the spiritual in a seamless flow
*Sara Mandel 
Sara is passionate about movement of all kinds. She has a background in dance and was introduced to yoga in a Toronto acting class. After taking Vinyasa and Hatha yoga classes over the years, she discovered traditional Ashtanga yoga and it is her primary practice and what she loves to teach.
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Along her yoga journey, Sara has found deep healing from anxiety, depression and disordered eating. Sara believes strongly in the transformative power of yoga through the mind/body connection and the joy of coming fully into the present moment, and hopes to help bring yoga to all.
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Sara is grateful to have been trained at the Yoga Center of Minneapolis teacher training program in 2014. In 2015, she became certified to teach Super Stretch kid’s yoga. She has studied Ashtanga with Kino MacGregor, Tim Feldman, Mark Robberds, Angela Jamison, Richard Freeman, David Swenson and Manju Jois. Sara is thankful for her many teachers including Noah Mazé, Sydney Holly, Seane Corn, Baron Baptiste, Eric Schiffman, Rodney Yee, Lynn Thomasberg, Margaret Truesdell Hall, Elise Radtke-Rosen, Moya McGinn Matthews, Jennifer Grey and Ted Roseen.
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In her spare time, Sara enjoys being a mom to her 2 young kids, hiking, photography and writing for Minnesota Yoga + Life Magazine.

Cost $200.00 includes :
6 90 minute classes
Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual by David Swenson
Whether new to Ashtanga or an experienced student or teacher, readers will find this book to be invaluable. It contains over 650 photos and multiple variations for every asana in the primary and intermediate series plus three short forms. Its spiral binding assures easy use while practicing and the hard cover increases durability.

Passes to the Saturday 10:30 class led full primary
Class passes and other memberships do not pay for this class.

Ashtanga is 99% practice 1% Theory

Practice Time and Workshop for Ashtanga Primary Series: Love the discipline of the Ashtanga System, but feel like you need time to work on the postures at an easy pace? This 6-Week Series is for you! This once-a-week class will give you the tools you need to approach the Ashtanga Practice with more confidence and stride in the full practice. Each class will build on the next while practicing parts of the full Primary Series each
week. Feel the difference in your body at the end of the series!

Join our advanced yoga studies group (Yoga Teacher Training) to learn and discuss The Niyamas Sauca, Santosha and Tapas.  As we contemplate and live life from the lense of Sauca, we realize that a clean environment, clean food and clean thoughts allows us to live more in the natural flow of life and gives us a clearer connection with our own divine nature.

Questions for contemplation:  How is my environment effecting me?  What can I clean up right now (tip: that cluttered drawer, the unfolded laundry…)? Note how you feel when you eat “clean food” versus junk.  What are you reading, watching, thinking? (tip: try choosing inspiring books, shows, inspiring guided meditations).

All who wish to delve more deeply into the meaning of yoga are welcome to attend.