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The YogaSkills Method™
1. The practice of Yoga develops skills that are transferable and applicable to all other aspects of your life. By learning to control your breathing in order to perform the movements and postures you develop the following s...
YogaSkills: Spring Intensive
5 Saturdays
April 11 to May 9, 2009
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
YogaSkills Studio @ Naturally Fit
310 S. Racine 8th Floor
Chicago Il. 60607
(Corner of Racine and Jackson Helix Building)
Free Parking in Helix Parking Lot
Only...
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- Single
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- Chicago
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- Vegan
- About Me:
- Yirser Ra Hotep (Elvrid Lawrence) is a master instructor of Yoga and the creator of the YogaSkills Method™. He is also the most senior instructor of Kemetic Yoga in the United States with over 30 years of experience practicing and teaching. Yirser was involved with the original research and documentation of Kemetic Yoga along with master Instructor Dr. Asar Ha-pi in the 1970s. Yirser has continued to research, document and expand on the foundations of Kemetic Yoga. He has written extensively, lectured and led workshops throughout the United States, Africa and the Caribbean, including Cuba. Yirser has been featured in publications such as Yoga Journal, Yoga Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Parent, African Business and Culture to name a few. He has also been interviewed and featured on WGN TV, ABC TV, NBC TV, CBS TV and has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Yirser has trained and certified over 100 Kemetic Yoga instructors throughout the United States and has been recognized for his innovative Yoga Therapy programs for pre-school children, school age children and teens. Yirser holds a master’s degree in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago and has operated Groups Homes for abused and neglected youth, worked as an administrator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and operated youth mentoring programs. Through his consulting business, YogaSkills Stress Management and Wellness he has provided services to major corporations, large social service agencies, Chicago Urban League, the city of Chicago, state of Illinois and Cook County. He is a visiting professor at DePaul University School for New Learning where he teaches courses in Stress Management, Yogic Science, Comparative Religious and Philosophical Systems and the African American Family.
Yirser is a registered Yoga Instructor with the Yoga Alliance
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773 396-6613
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The YogaSkills Method
The YogaSkills Method™
1. The practice of Yoga develops skills that are transferable and applicable to all other aspects of your life. By learning to control your breathing in order to perform the movements and postures you develop the following skills:
• Self Control
• Patience
• Concentration
• Intuition
• Self Reliance
• Faith
• Insight
• Stress Management
• Wellness
2. The YogaSkills Method involves movements and postures that flow. It incorporates the Kemetic or ancient Egyptian principle… Continue
1. The practice of Yoga develops skills that are transferable and applicable to all other aspects of your life. By learning to control your breathing in order to perform the movements and postures you develop the following skills:
• Self Control
• Patience
• Concentration
• Intuition
• Self Reliance
• Faith
• Insight
• Stress Management
• Wellness
2. The YogaSkills Method involves movements and postures that flow. It incorporates the Kemetic or ancient Egyptian principle… Continue
Posted on August 16, 2009 at 10:22am —
YogaSkills 5 Week Spring Intensive
YogaSkills: Spring Intensive
5 Saturdays
April 11 to May 9, 2009
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
YogaSkills Studio @ Naturally Fit
310 S. Racine 8th Floor
Chicago Il. 60607
(Corner of Racine and Jackson Helix Building)
Free Parking in Helix Parking Lot
Only $125.00
The YogaSkills Spring Intensive is designed to provide train you in a full set of Yoga Skills. Each week we will focus on a different aspect of the body and mind to develop and hone.
The Course will focus on:
Opening Hips and Shoulders
Developi… Continue
5 Saturdays
April 11 to May 9, 2009
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
YogaSkills Studio @ Naturally Fit
310 S. Racine 8th Floor
Chicago Il. 60607
(Corner of Racine and Jackson Helix Building)
Free Parking in Helix Parking Lot
Only $125.00
The YogaSkills Spring Intensive is designed to provide train you in a full set of Yoga Skills. Each week we will focus on a different aspect of the body and mind to develop and hone.
The Course will focus on:
Opening Hips and Shoulders
Developi… Continue
Posted on April 8, 2009 at 12:38am —
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Knowing That EVERYTHING Is Within Divine Order in Your Life, I Give THANKS!
Still waiting to receive profound guidance for myself and the other revolutionary singles. . . I suspect we are in need far more now than earlier. . . It appears our entire population is holding their breath -- wanting the Black Messiah to be seated at the white house. . . as though it'll change things. . . Sad.
Looking 4ward to Deep Yogic Breathing,
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