Awaken Yoga School - Yoga Teacher Training in Mentor, Ohio

Series & Memberships: Purchase Here! (select "Yoga Classes" from the drop-down menu)

Single Class Drop-in: $15
New Student Introductory Special, 1 Week of Unlimited Yoga: $15
5 Class Pass: $65 (3 month expiration)
10 Class Pass: $115 (3 month expiration)
20 Class Pass: $210 (6 month expiration)
Classes for Seniors 65+/Student with ID/Military and Wives of Military: $10/class
Non-commitment Unlimited: $120
Membership: $99/month auto-withdrawal, 6 month commitment (Many Benefits! Studio Discounts on Store and Healing Arts up to 10%, Discounts with Local Businesses, Bring a friend to class up to 2 times a month for free!)

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** Download our Spring Workshops Flyer, here! **

Reiki Level 2 Certification with Tina DiCillo

May 11th, 2013
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
$150
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Learning to deepen your understanding and ability to work with Reiki Energies and setting up your Energy Business. You will learn through lecture, discussion and experience. Bring your Reiki Manual from Reiki 1, a writing utensil and notebook to class.

Reiki Level 2 includes:

• Attunement to Reiki Level II Energy
• Reiki II symbols and how to use them
• Distant Healing, Beaming and Scanning
• Auric Chelation Treatment Protocol
• Reiki Level II Certificate
  

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Mother's Day Compassionate Meditation Workshop with Anne Ondrey

May 11th, 2013
11:30 AM-1:30 PM
$30
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On this weekend when we honor mothers, come and explore a form of meditation that teaches us to open our hearts wide. Learn to focus your attention toward loving kindness, sending it to yourself and to others. This workshop is suitable for beginning meditators.

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Restorative Yoga Bliss Workshop with Anne Ondrey

May 11th, 2013
2:00-4:00 PM
$30
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Pamper your Mom and/or yourself with two-hours of relaxation in this gentle, fully-supported restorative yoga workshop. Suitable for all levels and limited to eight students.

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The Active Yogi: Yoga for Athletes with Alyssa Gustwiller

May 12th, 2013
11:00 AM-1:30 PM
$30
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Spending the spring and summer months running, cycling or any outdoor activity can wreak havoc on your body. Learn about different yoga techniques that you can do to help alleviate tension, restore balance and help prevent injury.

Students recovering from injuries are welcome with their doctor's permission.

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Pranayama and Meditation Yogic Studies Weekend with Jennifer Langsdale

May 18th & 19th, 2013
Saturday: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Sunday: 8:30 AM-2:30 PM
$165
Weekend is Full

Pranayama and meditation are the next steps to a more serious yoga practice. Pranayama literally means extension of life force, and is the art of yogic breathing. Meditation is the practice of learning to still the mind.

In this weekend you will be introduced to:

• The benefits and contradictions of pranayama practice
• The Diaphragmatic Breath or Yogic Breathing
• 4 different pranayama practices
• The benefits of meditation
• Starting a meditation practice
• Deepening a meditation practice
• 4 different meditation technique

Recommended Reading:

• Prana and Pranayama by Swami Niranjananda
• Light on Pranayama by BKS Iyengar
• Yoga: Mastering the Basics by Sandra Anderson

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Goddess Intoxication with Jennifer Langsdale and Brenda McMorrow

May 31st & June 1st, 2013
5/31: 7:00-9:00 PM
6/1: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
$125
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Together for the first time, experience the warm and inviting, crystalline and pure voice of Brenda McMorrow and the powerful goddess energy and yoga instruction of Jennifer Langsdale for a weekend of inner bliss. Experience Prana Vinyasa Flow® yoga practices set to uplifting music and our own private performance from Brenda, chanting us deep within. We will explore several of the Goddess attributes of beauty & Radha, the inner shadow and Kali Ma, and the powers of manifestation of Lakshmi and Durga that will help you connect and change your life flow through yoga, musical meditation, Kirtan, and power writing. Vegetarian Lunch is included. Healing Arts Sessions will be available during afternoon lunch break.

Goddess Intoxication Prana Vinyasa Flow® Practice:

May 31st, 7:00-9:00 PM
A Mystical Evening of Prana Vinyasa Flow® yoga practices set to uplifting music and exploration of the inner shadow and Kali Ma with Jennifer Langsdale, Certified Prana Vinyasa Flow® Instructor.

Goddess Intoxication Day Retreat with Jennifer and Brenda:

June 1st, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Experience Invoking Radha through a ritual of beauty, yoga & musical journey with Brenda and Jennifer. Learn about music, poetry, mantra to help inspire a goddess lifestyle, journal and sing chants devotional to MA with Brenda. Invoke the powers of manifestation with Ma Durga and Laxsmi through yoga, kirtan and meditation. Enjoy an all-vegetarian lunch and schedule a healing arts session on your break from 12:00-2:30 PM.

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Yoga and Live Music with Special Guest Brenda McMorrow with Jennifer Langsdale

June 2nd, 2013
11:00 AM-12:45 PM
$20
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Go on a musical and yoga journey with this flowing practice filled with music, mantra and reflection. Class will be energetic with a tranquil finale and end with a simple group chanting experience!

 

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Jennifer Langsdale E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist, Owner and Director of Teacher Training

Yoga found Jennifer in her early 20's, physically to heal her aching hip flexors, emotionally to heal her aching heart, and mentally to ease her mind of anxiety and fear. She is certified in Hatha Yoga and Yoga Therapy, Shiva Rea's Prana Vinyasa Flow®, Thai Yoga Massage and is currently working with women as a Doula in training. It has offered her more than that, and now after teaching for 8 years and more than 5,000 hours of teaching, opening a school and practicing yoga therapy, she is partnering up with Lisa Fleming, someone who loves yoga as much as her! There was no better person for her to share that experience with than with someone like Lisa who loves this practice as much as she does! They are so excited to share this community with you!

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Lisa Fleming RYT, CYT, Reiki Master, Owner and Studio Director

Lisa is a Registered Yoga Teacher certified at the 300-hour level with the Yoga Alliance, and continues to work and study with the Awaken Yoga School in Mentor, Ohio. Lisa has owned and directed OneTree Yoga in Euclid for 2 years. She knows firsthand that yoga can be a healer. Lisa was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythmetosis at the age of 11, and feels she has finally found the best treatment for her "dis-ease" through yoga. Her Lupus went into remission shortly after she began her practice and she has never been healthier! Lisa teaches her classes from her heart, drawing energy from her students and her highest Self to create a peaceful, powerful sanctuary for her students to find peace and healing within themselves. She feels that sharing what she has learned with others is not only her passion, but also her responsibility in this lifetime.

Jennifer Langsdale has not only been a teacher and friend to Lisa, but also an inspiration. The two joining together to bring true yoga to Mentor came naturally, as their visions are the same and their styles complement each other. They feel blessed to be able to share their love of yoga with everyone who walks through the door!

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Caryl Rae Church CYT, Reiki Master
Yoga has been a journey of acceptance, adaptability, and gratitude for me. Since 2001, I have studied with wonderful teachers such as Heidi Shaffer and Anne Ondrey. In 2012 I began yoga teacher training with Jennifer Langsdale at Awaken Yoga School in Mentor, Ohio. Along with teaching yoga, I am also a Reiki Master and earned a Masters degree in Art Education from Kent State University. I view the mat as a transformative space that connects us to ourselves, one another, and the subtle vibrations of the Universe. I am so happy and honored to be teaching Awaken Yoga School.

I am also a reiki practioner and training facilitator, beginning my training in 2010. Originally, training with Marcia Backos, I finished my ART and Master certification with Rowan Silverberg. I have have volunteered in many Reiki clinics and shares. I loos forward to sharing a relaxing, healing experience for my Awaken Yoga clients.

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Tina DiCillo RYT, RDH, Reiki Master
Tina began practicing yoga in the late 1990's and has been teaching since 2001 after competing TRY 4 Life's Yoga Teacher Training. Always a student, Tina has continuously worked to deepen her knowledge as a teacher and her own personal practice of yoga and meditation through workshops and teacher trainings as well as with her mentor here in Mentor. In Tina's classes everyone is encouraged to find and honor their appropriate level of practice, and focus on the anatomical alignment of the yoga poses. Every body is unique, and a yoga pose is not a "one size fits all" exercise, but an opportunity and a choice to participate in the process of finding a balance in the strength and flexibility of the body and mind. A spirit of community pervades in her classes in which students can ask questions, express themselves, offer support to one another and grow in their practice of yoga on and off the mat.

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Katie Ely
Katie Ely received her B.A. in Dance from Western Michigan University and then moved to New York City. Years of competitive dance finally led to the non-competitive world of yoga. In 2008, Katie received her 200 hour Yoga Alliance Recognized certification from the first completely donation-based studio, Yoga To The People. Continuing her studies, Katie studied at the Integral Yoga Institute, Jivamukti Yoga, and Bikram Yoga. Katie has now moved back to the Midwest to focus on teaching and studying the practice of Yoga.

Katie's classes will focus on finding one's own edge. Students will be encouraged to listen to their own bodies to create their own practice, while gaining an understanding of the fundamentals of asanas. Understanding that the practice of yoga doesn't end with asanas, classes will be infused with meditation and yogic principles that can be carried off the mat.

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Kandi Genis
Kandi completed her 200 hour Hatha yoga teacher training at Leela Mata Peaceful Valley Ashram with Darshanie Radha Sukhu. Her classes are rooted in the tradition of classical Hatha yoga and inspired by the variety of her own yoga experiences and incredibly nurturing teachers. In her classes, she offers a mix of flowing movements, held postures and relaxation. Students are encouraged to explore their own physical, mental and emotional needs, taking what they need from each class.

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Jessica Guerrieri LMT, RYT, Certified Thai Massage Practitioner

Jessica is a Licensed Massage Therapist, licensed with the State Medical Board of Ohio, a Certified Yoga Teacher and a practitioner of Traditional Thai Massage, certified by Sarah Cheiky, LMT of The Studio Cleveland in the Shivagakomarpaj Lineage. She currently practices therapeutic table massage and Thai massage at Awaken Yoga Studio & Healing Arts Center.

Jessica discovered Yoga over 10 years ago while seeking a deeper meaning in her life. Finding calm, clarity and beauty, she knew she had found her true path. Through this practice, she has begun to experience the peace of letting go of fear and doubt and has instead begun to cultivate strength, courage, consciousness and compassion. The beauty of Yoga is that the opportunity to practice exists within every day and within every person. Jessica's greatest influences in life are found in Nature and in the beauty of the human soul.

Jessica's classes are a moving meditation, incorporating the use of the breath to connect to the innermost part of our Selves, and to find peace and clarity in our flow. You will leave class feeling open and energized in body, yet calm and centered in mind and spirit. Jessica hopes to inspire others to also find hope, courage and peace in their lives. She is eager to share her passion for yoga and for life and warmly invites you to practice with her, on and off the mat. Namaste

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Alyssa Gustwiller, RYT

Yoga started as a physical practice for me to heal stress and strain through my life as a runner and cyclist. As a fitness professional for over 5 years, I knew that yoga would help my body heal but I didn't know until now how positively and deeply yoga would change how I experience life. My mind is more at peace and I can handle challenges with ease. Through teaching I hope to educate and inspire my students. I want them to walk away from class knowing something new about their bodies, minds and souls.

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Anne Ondrey, MSW, E-RYT, Reiki Master
Anne is in her fourth career with yoga. She started out playing the cello, then worked as a newspaper reporter and finally settled on social work, doing outreach and community-based work for 20 years. Then the yoga bug bit and she found what she'd been looking for all along - a system and philosophy to help people be happy! Anne's alignment work is based on her studies with Ginny Nadler, Judith Lasater and Doug Keller. She teaches restorative yoga and is certified at the advanced level with Judith Lasater. She also teaches chair yoga and studies this style of yoga with Peggy Cappy. She teaches meditation and has studied with David Nichtern and she is a Reiki Master and does Reiki training with Rowan Silverberg. Anne has a BA from Brown University and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Jeanette Peters, RYT, CYT
My eyes were opened to yoga in high school after the death of my father. At that time in my life I was looking for a way accept a new change in my life and my heart found peace by doing yoga. I have to admit that I was content just attending yoga classes and doing videos by myself, however, the universe had a different direction for me. I met Jennifer Langsdale of Awaken Yoga a few years later and my journey down a yogic path began to unfold itself at landslide pace and I found myself signed up for a yoga teacher training program. The road I have been traveling down has not been easy and at times I have felt like I was never going to experience this absolute bliss and peacefulness that I have learned so much about. Through the trusting guidance of my teacher I realized that learning anything new takes time and patience. Yoga isn't just about a physical posture (asana) it's about learning how to accept the things you cannot change and embracing the difficult things in your life with an open heart. I live with my wonderful husband, our two beautiful twin daughters and our little furry companion. Some of my inspirational teachers are BKS Iyengar and Swami Rama.

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Gina Stropko, LMT
Gina Stropko has been in practice as a Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Reflexologist since 1997. Her studies include Tai Chi Ch'uan, Polarity Therapy, Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapy, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Reflexology, Shiatsu, Shamanism, Myofascial Release, trauma and stress release therapies, Aromatherapy and pain management. Continuing her studies in Natural Healing and the healing arts, Gina combines different modalities of bodywork and energy work according to the comfort and needs of each individual. Gina has extensive experience working with senior citizens and those suffering with chronic pain.

Gina began studying Tai Chi Ch'uan with Master Tom Huang of Coventry Rd. in Cleveland Heights in 1995 to help aid in her recovery after surgery. Gina has continued to practice the Wu style form consisting of 118 flowing movements and Tai Chi warm-ups including the 8 Best Best Movements for Health. Tai Chi is good for Health, Long Life, Improves Balance, Good for the Mind, Helps Prevent Arthritis and it is Self Defense. Gina currently conducts beginner's classes with an emphasis on Health.

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Please arrive up to fifteen minutes before class to check in and set your space for your practice. Remove your shoes, turn your cell phone off completely, check in, set up your mat and gather any props for your class. Inform your teacher of any issues in your body they may need to be aware of before practicing. Refrain from talking once class has begun unless you have a physical concern or question on how you are feeling. We may burn incense so inform your teacher of any scent allergies. We may have other classes or services going on during your class, so please use a quiet voice in our space to respect other students. If you are arriving late, wait until the instructor gives you the ok to enter the studio to avoid disrupting our beginning centering.

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