About the Class |
A yoga practice designed to break the cycle of self destructive patterns. Using breath, mantra and movement we will discover the miracle of change that is possible from within. |
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| About Winifred Wilson |
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Winifred began teaching at Lulu Bandha's in January 2007 with her "One Breath at a Time: Yoga for Twelve Steppers" Series.
Sober for over two years, Winifred has committed herself to understanding and sharing the magic of yoga within the recovery community. She has launched a non-profit, Yoga Blue, dedicated to studying and spreading the teachings to all and is in the process of becoming a state certified substance abuse counselor. She is continuing her educational journey by applying to graduate schools to get her M.A. in counseling.
She has been teaching yoga since 1999 and is incredibly grateful to find herself with group of souls like herself. |
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| Read Winifred's Yoga Blog. |
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| Upcoming Events |
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5 Week Workshop focusing on the 11th Step. Read More. |
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| Some Words About Recovery |
| We all have the potential for limitless joy, unfailing love, and unshakable wholeness. It takes great courage to recognize and abandon limitations holding us back from becoming our true selves. One of yoga’s gifts is that of personal transformation. Yogic tools will enrich and support us as we face challenges of daily living, and allow us to cultivate, refine and ultimately celebrate our highest potential. The practice of Recovery is relevant for almost everybody. |
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New to Yoga or Lulu's? Begin Here. |
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| Practicing at Home |
| We recommend coming in for class to get started. The magic of working directly with a teacher and developing a supportive group of yogi friends has proven to be powerful and effective. But we offer some online yoga videos that might help you get started and stay connected to what you are learning in the studio. |
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| Room to Breath |
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| These easy stretches will help create space and freedom in the breath. |
| See More Free Short Online Yoga Videos |
| Take a Free Yoga Class From Home |
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| Or purchase "Opening the Usual Sticky Spots: Hamstrings, Quads, Lowback and Hips," a 40 minute easy beginners home practice. See other practices for purchase. |
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| Change Requires Practice |
Change requires practice. Most of us come to the realization that we are bound in cycles that we have been practicing 20, 30, 40, maybe even 60 or 70 years. Strategies that may have at one time served as necessary protection from suffering, eventually start to cut us off from experiencing the full joyful spectrum of life. |
Yoga has been our crowbar. Gently and tenderly, the practice creates the necessary spaciousness and courage to look closely and allow for alignment with our deeper more magnificent selves. |
| In the beginning, we recommend attending class no less than two times a week, with a regular practice of three being best to start. This will allow you to become more intimate with the feelings of ease and openness which will be your leaping point from the addictions that have you. |
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| Some Resources |
| These are some readings and viewings that we have found helpful. This list is continually being updated. Let us know if you have any reading or viewing suggestions. |
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| Some Online Videos: |
| Jill Taylor's, Stroke of Insight |
| Erich Schiffmann's The Big Picture. The Video. The Transcript. |
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| Some Articles: |
| Free Will: Now you Have it, Now You Don't. Dennis Overbye, NYT |
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Some Books: |
| Anatomy of the Sprit, Caroline Myss |
| A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle |
| Alcoholics Anonymous ("The Big Book”) |
| A Gradual Awakening, Stephen Levine |
| A Return to Love, Marianne Willilamson |
| Bliss Divine, Swami Sivananda |
| Dharma Punk, Noah Levine |
| Eternal Echos, John O’Donohue |
| Feeding Your Demons, Tsultrim Allione |
| InnerWork, Robert A. Johnson |
| Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie |
| Loving What Is, Byron Katie |
| Meditations from the Mat, Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison |
| Non Violent Communication, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. |
| On Becoming a Person, Carl Rogers |
| One Breath at a Time, Kevin Griffin |
| The Breathing Book, Donna Farhi |
| The Body Remembers, Babette Rothschild |
| The Drama of the Gifted Child, Alice Miller |
| The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz |
| The Untethered Soul, Michael A. Singer |
| The Passionate Mind, Joel Kramer |
| The Spiritual Roots of Yoga by Ravi Ravinda |
| The General Theory of Love, Thomas Lewis, M.D., Fari Amini, M.D., Richard Lannon, M.D. |
| The Thirst for Wholeness, Christina Grof |
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| The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi, Shambhala Publications |
| The Zen of Recovery, Mel Ash |
| Total Freedom, J. Krishnamurti |
| Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman Lewis, M.D. |
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions |
| Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine |
| When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, Pema Chodron |
| Yoga for Transformation, Gary Kraftsaw |
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| Some Movies |
| What the Bleep Do we Know |
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