Open classes through August 2013
Welcome wonderful new Stress Burner Yoga Instructors!
Hillary Horn:
"I am inspired by the human capacity to change and this brings me hope for the future. As part of this hope, I have worked with children in conflict resolution, and outdoor learning, as a Master Naturalist. When I was diagnosed some years back with a stress-related condition, I was a Type A, distracted, stressed out workaholic. In recent years, using the techniques Unyong has taught, I have become calmer, and more peaceful, grateful and optimistic. The neck and back pain I suffered for over twenty years is seldom a problem and I have tools to handle daily stresses. Unyong has truly been a blessing in my life and I am honored to have this opportunity to pass on to others the practice of Stress Burner Yoga. I believe that, if we can change ourselves and live more peacefully with each other and our planet, we can change the world. We shall overcome! Si se puede! ("Yes it can be done!")
Terri Surabian:
"Helping people develop their potential - to see the possibilities for growth and experience the excitement of learning – is what I value most in life. I have done that through my love of music, teaching music in high school for 15 years, and currently, in my second career, teaching adults to use software in the judicial system. More than a decade of yoga practice, working with many gifted yoga teachers, and completing the teacher training program at Sun and Moon Yoga studio, has led me to teaching yoga, which gives me an opportunity to continue my commitment to helping others discover and nurture their best selves."
At Marshall Community Center
4133-A Rectortown Road, Marshall, VA 20115
To register: Contact Unyong (scroll down for contact form below)
NEW!
Stress Burner Yoga I -- AM class (Ages teen and up)
If you are stressed out, and want to learn concrete ways to use yoga techniques to lower your stress “set-point,” come to this different kind of yoga class. We will focus on ways to bring the mindfulness, peace, flexibility and alignment gained from yoga practice into our daily lives, leveraging one peaceful hour in the week to 24/7. This is a good complement to any yoga class you are already taking.
Bring your own mat.Instructor: Unyong Kim
Location: Large meeting room.
Date Time Fees
Tues: 4/2-6/4 (7 classes) 9:30-10:30am $120 for all classes, or $20 per class
Thurs: 5/7-6/6 (5 classes) 9:30-10:30am $90 for all classes, or $20 per class
"I used to take yoga for years religiously once a week, but when I left class, I never thought about yoga. Your class is different. It is really helping me to become more mindful and calm in my life, which is where I really need it." --Rosemarie Harrington
"The way you teach yoga is so simple yet it has such a HUGE impact upon our lives! I love the way you refer to it as taking it off the mat. I now understand that it's not about showing up for one hour a week to be mindful of my body and mind, but it's all about a life skill to be more open and accepting of my life and the events in it." --Paula Dierkes
NEW!
Stress Burner Yoga Workshop (Ages teen and up)
Do you love yoga, but can’t get a home practice started and still feel under stress the minute you get off the mat? Through individual, paired and group activities and yoga poses, we will focus on how to create quick and simple, new habits that help you take the mindfulness, peace, flexibility and alignment of yoga off the mat into our daily lives 24/7. This is a good complement to any yoga class that you are already taking. All are welcome!
Instructor: Unyong Kim
Location: Community Room
Activity # Date Time Fees
340403-A Sat: 6/8 1:30pm-3:30pm Falls Church City Resident: $40/ Non-Resident: $50
340403-B Sat: 7/20 1:30pm-3:30pm Falls Church City Resident: $40/ Non-Resident: $50
340403-C Sat: 8/3 1:30pm-3:30pm Falls Church City Resident: $40/ Non-Resident: $50
"She excels in connecting yoga to real world experiences in ways that are memorable and practical."
--Paula Murphy, Washington DC lawyer
"Unyong does a great job helping you identify simple yoga stretches that you can integrate into your day-to-day routines until they just become habit! Now I frequently stop and stretch throughout the day with moves she taught me, and have less pain and more flexibility. Her positive teaching methods make all the difference!" --Ann Gaffey, RN
"Unyong keeps things simple, optimistic, and down-to-earth, helping students figure out how to take care of themselves even during their busy lives. For me I know her class will be the start of a lifelong practice."
--Christine G., DC attorney
Photo by Shelly Heald Han Camera Karma Photography
Children are my quickest students, quick to grasp, and quick to apply.
NEW!
Stress Burner Yoga for Kids (Ages 7-12)
Through fun and engaging poses, games, and stories, children will explore how to work together, manage challenges in life and also harmonize mind, body and spirit to grow happy, healthy and wise.
Instructor: Hillary Horn
Location: Community Room
Activity # Date Time Fees
320406-A Tues: 5/28-6/18 (4 classes) 5:30pm-6:15pm Falls Church City Resident $50/ Non-Resident $60
320406-B Tues: 6/25-7/30* (5 classes) 5:30pm-6:15pm Falls Church City Resident $65/ Non-Resident $75
* No class 7/2
Stress Burner Yoga I -- AM class (Ages teen and up)
If you are stressed out, and want to learn concrete ways to use yoga techniques to lower your stress “set-point,” come to this different kind of yoga class. We will focus on ways to bring the mindfulness, peace, flexibility and alignment gained from yoga practice into our daily lives, leveraging one peaceful hour in the week to 24/7. This is a good complement to any yoga class you are already taking.
Instructor: Hillary Horn
Location: Dance Room
Activity # Date Time Fees
340401-A Tues: 5/28-6/18 (4 classes) 11:30am-12:30pm Falls Church City Resident: $80/ Non-Res: $90
"The breathing gets me through the commute to Tyson's Corner!" --Julie Bruns, Project Manager
"After you have children, your pelvic floor muscle tone gets loose, so sneezing or laughing too hard can be a bit problematic. After doing daily yoga exercises that Unyong taught, I no longer have that problem! What an unexpected relief! I had thought it was from aging." --Anonymous
"One of the helpful differences in your class from others I've taken is the thoughtfulness you give to achieving the poses, and the encouragement you give students to make (and gracefully accept) incremental progress. That is a welcome contrast to the daily dose of 'get it done' we often contend with." --Frank Wood, Navy engineer
Stress Burner Yoga I -- PM Class (Ages teen and up)
If you are stressed out, and want to learn concrete ways to use yoga techniques to lower your stress “set-point,” come to this different kind of yoga class. We will focus on ways to bring the mindfulness, peace, flexibility and alignment gained from yoga practice into our daily lives, leveraging one peaceful hour in the week to 24/7. This is a good complement to any yoga class you are already taking.
Instructor: Terri Surabian
Location: Dance Room
Activity # Date Time Fees
340401-B Wed: 5/29-6/19 (4 classes) 6:30pm-7:30pm Falls Church City Resident: $80/ Non-Resident: $90
340402-C Wed: 6/26-8/7* (6 classes) 6:30pm-7:30pm Falls Church City Resident: $120/ Non-Resident: $130* No class 7/3
"I've been doing a lot of that breathing stuff during work. At a recent physical, my blood pressure was the lowest in over 20 years, 120/70." --Robert L, Washington DC lawyer
"What I love about the class, is that it's mental yoga as well as physical yoga: how to integrate yoga principles into life. It has made me so much more aware. I really use it throughout the day." --Marchelle Wood, Billing specialist
Stress Burner Yoga II – PM Class (Ages teen and up)
This class is suitable for athletes and more experienced yoginis who want to deepen the practice of using yoga techniques to lower their stress “set-point” and manage challenge with joy, in this different kind of yoga class. Cultivating beginners’ mind, we will focus on ways to bring the mindfulness, peace, flexibility and alignment gained from yoga practice more widely into our daily lives, leveraging one peaceful hour in the week to 24/7. This is a good complement to any yoga class you are already taking.
Instructor: Terri Surabian
Location: Community Room
Activity # Date Time Fees
340402-A Wed: 5/29-6/19 (4 classes) 7:45pm-8:45pm Falls Church City Resident: $80/ Non-Resident: $90
340402-B Wed: 6/26-8/7* (6 classes) 7:45pm-8:45pm Falls Church City Resident: $120/ Non-Resident: $130
* No class 7/3
"Major health benefits followed after I started my daily yoga routine, the most important being able to reduce migraines and defuse stress by using my breath to slow down my heart rate when I have an attack." --Justy Holt, IT specialist and full-time parent to a 4 yr. old
"I had always been active, running and working out, but had bouts of debilitating back pain. My doctor had told me, 'The jelly's come out of the doughnut,' referring to my discs, and recommended spinal surgery which I declined. I began doing a bit of yoga each morning, which Unyong recommended, and now feel fine, even lifting heavy things. I'm happy to have been able to avoid going under the knife." --Paul Almeida, Business school dean and professor
"Unyong picks up on the subtle things that make the pose happen. I wish I had had her as a yoga teacher years ago. I would never have stopped yoga practice for seven years. I love her approach to yoga of accepting where I am." --Marchelle Wood
Learning through daily practice:
Pablo Casals, the master cellist was asked at age 91, why he still practiced.
He replied, "Because I keep improving."
A 76 year old yogini inspired me to emulate him and learn this ("8 angled") pose. I intentionally wanted to learn something that I thought was impossible at the start, and learn the process to getting there.
I'm still working on what this 93 year old yogini, Tao Porchon-Lynch, can do, but there is some progress.
I have learned to bow to my efforts after many weeks of attempting peacock pose and ending on my face:
Now, after trying it once or twice, a few minutes each night, I'm finding myself more often like this. This tiny practice did something to my pre-conceptions about effort and what is possible.
Now I am approaching big challenges -- both on and off the mat -- by practicing the profound observation of one of my 7 year old students, "Everything is easier if you smile and breathe!" Woohoo!!
My daughter, Nora, is a natural yogini who has taught me to smile with heartfelt abandon.
Photo by Shelly Heald Han of Camera Karma Photography
Private Group Classes now available:
Registration info or call 703-248-5027
Stress Burner Yoga is honored to reduce class fees for:
1) veterans of active military duty,
2) humanitarian relief workers,
3) their immediate families.
Contact Unyong for information.
"My husband said, at a military couples retreat, that I had been a lot nicer to him after taking yoga with Unyong. The other husbands thought they would like that too."
--Julie Freeman-Moore, whose husband, an Army Major, has now been in Stress Burner Yoga classes too.
Ongoing:
Contact Unyong with the form below, if you would like to:
1) make a donation
2) host a benefit yoga class for this cause!
"While Unyong led us through various poses, guided us toward finding the power of our breath, teamed us with strangers to jointly work together in a mutual accomplishment and even through linking of hands and arms helped us become a group "blossom," I realized that these gentle yet immensely purposeful activities reflected the mission of Machik. Working together, mutual respect, and continually challenging oneself to higher consciousness are core values at Machik."
--Polly Jones, Machik supporter
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