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Happy New Year and welcome to the January edition of Conference Connection.
While the New Year is a time to celebrate, the recent earthquake and tsunami in South Asia has had a profound effect on the yoga community around the world.
As a memoriam to tsunami victims, we are opening Sally Kempton's closing meditation at the upcoming San Francisco Conference to the public, free of charge.
We have also contacted the Red Cross and will be accepting donations at the conference which will go directly to the American Red Cross's disaster relief efforts.
However, it should also be noted that many Americans, not just the yoga community, are making a profound difference. As of January 7, almost three in ten Americans say they have donated, according to an Associated Press poll.
Namaste,
The Yoga Journal Conference Team
Elana Maggal, Conference Director
Renee LaRose, Conference Manager
Jenny Bangert, Conference Coordinator
Jenny Andrews, Conference Sponorship Associate
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Single class passes are available for the San Francisco Conference on-site only (space permitting–many classes have reached their capacity.)
The San Francisco conference message board has been very active. Several attendees are looking to carpool from Sacramento and a few would like to roomshare.
Grand Geneva Conference registration is now open. The conference will be held May 13—16, 2005,
in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at the Grand Geneva Resort and Spa. Click here for more information and a complete facutly list.
Even if you're not attending our San Francisco conference, tickets are available for Kirtan with Jai Uttal and Yoga Trance Dance with Shiva Rea on Saturday, January 15, 2005, for $15.
Due to popular demand, we've added a second Beginners' Conference to the San Francisco
Conference.
Visit the Goodness Design Group booth in the Yoga Marketplace at the San Francisco Conference. Check out their "Namaste by the Bay" t-shirts for sale at the Yoga Journal booth.
www.goodnessdesigngroup.com
In case you missed them last time, Jenny Andrews, Yoga Journal's conference sponsorship associate has posted her pictures from last year's San Francisco Conference.
The photos are online at homepage.mac.com/jpandrews_23.
Keeping Your Mat Clean
If your mat is lightly soiled, use a spray bottle, damp sponge, or terry cloth rag to apply a solution of two cups of water and four drops of dish soap. Rub the soiled areas.
Wipe the mat with clean water; then rub with a dry terry cloth towel. Hang to air dry (More...)
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Celebrate a Whole New You!
Whatever your resolution, Whole Foods Market can help you ring in a happier, healthier New Year. Whole Foods Market offers the highest quality, most delicious foods which makes it easy to eat better.
They also have nutritional supplements and body care products to keep you feeling great.
Beginning January 14, stop by any Whole Foods Market and pick up a free “Head to Toe” coupon book filled with more than $70 in savings on natural body care products, vitamins and supplements in their Whole Body department.
With a little help from Whole Foods Market, you’re on the way to a happier, whole new you. For the store nearest you visit www.wholefoodsmarket.com.
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Save the Dates
San Francisco Conference
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Jan. 14 - 17, 2005
After January 10, 2005 @
3:00pm (pst), on-site
registration only
Lake Geneva Conference
Grand Geneva Resort & Spa
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
May 13 - 16, 2005
Registration now open
10th Annual YJ Conference
Colorado Conference
Estes Park, Colorado
Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2005
Registration opens Mar. 2005
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Desiree Rumbaugh took her first yoga class two decades ago. She remembers having a strong feeling of recognition in her body and mind. She grew up with the exhilaration of dancing and performance and even spiritual dancing, but this was something different. The desire for connection to the soul, to the true self was palpable. This desire led her to study within the Iyengar system and eventually on to becoming a student of John Friend and the Anusara method.
She credits her 17 years of yoga practice and the inner strength it has given her, with helping to find her way back into the "flow of life" after the tragic and sudden loss of her 20 year old son in 2003. Anusara's philosophy of "looking for the good" in each situation, in each moment, raising our own personal vibration, affecting the world, has been a light for her to move toward in her healing process.
Desiree's expression of yoga is always playful and enthusiastic. She believes that yoga should be fun as well as deep and introspective. A sense of humor is not only important, it is essential to survival on this planet. She is the co-owner of Arizona Yoga in Scottsdale and is now enjoying traveling around the world, meeting new people each week.
"The only reason we are here is to bring light and love to each other's lives."
Click here for details of her workshops at both the San Francisco and Grand Geneva conferences.
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