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Namaste! Welcome to the January edition of our Conference Connection.
San Francisco Conference Update:
Please note, the San Francisco Main Conference, Beginners Conference and Continuing Education for Teachers Conference are all sold out! There will be a limited number individual class passes available for sale at the conference.
There is limited space still available for the Friday Intensives and Monday's Yoga as Medicine Intensive.
Read below for more details.
Now is the season for renewal. It's a fitting time to refresh commitments, revitalize routine and get ready to step on the yoga mat. Are we ready? It's a constant question here in the Yoga Journal Conference Department. The San Francisco Conference is next week! Are we ready? You bet we are! We have a stellar program lined up and can't wait to share it with you. Hope to see you at the conference.
As our special feature this month, we have the profile that made Dean Ornish, who will be part of both the San Francisco and Boston Conferences, "one of the fifty most influential members of his generation" as named by LIFE magazine.
Also this month, Dayna Macy's exclusive article highlights her feelings of transformation in the new year and the lessons she learned from nature during the winter storms.
Namaste,
The Yoga Journal Conference Team
Elana Maggal, Conference Director
Renee LaRose, Senior Conference Manager
Heidi Hill, Conference Marketing Manager
Alden Conant, Conference Coordinator
Sara Mesing, Conference Marketing Coordinator
5th Annual San Francisco Conference
Hyatt Embarcadero
January 18-21, 2008
The San Francisco Conference is next week! Wait no longer to sign up. This is your last chance. The main weekend conference is sold out! There will be a limited number of single classes passes available for sale onsite.
Spaces are also still available for the monday lunchtime keynote by Dr. Dean Ornish, "The Power of Yoga as a Doorway for Transformation: Personal, Genetic, & Social." Free and open to public, pre-registration required.
Also available are tickets for the solo performance by native San Franciscan, Michael Franti of Spearhead - but these are going fast! Net proceeds benefit YouthAIDS and Power to the Peaceful. Not to be missed is Saturday night kirtan with Suzanne Sterling and Shiva Rea's Yoga Trance Dance with DJ Dragonfly. Net proceeds benefit Trees for the Future.
Don't foget, the Yoga Marketplace is also free and open to the public.
Click here to register and for more information.
2008 Boston Conference
Sheraton Boston
May 16 – 19, 2008
We invite you to design your yoga weekend with four days of instruction from teachers including Seane Corn, Shiva Rea, Patricia Walden and Rodney Yee. Master headstand or perfect your downward dog - all levels welcome. Explore the many benefits of yoga during the Yoga as Medicine Intensive. Listen to master yogis debate in panel discussions. Special events also include a keynote by designer Donna Karan and a benefit concert by Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls.
Stop by the Yoga Marketplace for the latest yoga products, stylish yoga wear, CDs, DVDs, books and more
Get healthy, from the inside out. Opening the conference this year, designer Donna Karan, will give a keynote address on how she became an advocate for well-being through her Urban Zen Initiative. The Yoga as Medicine day will kick off with remarks by Yoga Journal's medical editor, Timothy McCall, M.D., and Dr. Bijoy Khanheria, Mayo Clinic cardiologist and lifelong yogi, will discuss how to blend traditional and alternative approaches to health. Matthew Sanford, an Iyengar yoga teacher who is paralyzed from the chest down, will also speak on integrating a mind-body approach to health care.
New this year! Earn Continuing Education Credits in Psychology and Social Work in an all-day intensive with Bo Forbes on The Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System and Emotional Body. This course is approved by the American Psychological Association and the National Association of Social Workers.
Click here to register and for more information.
by Dayna Macy
As I write this, a fierce winter storm blows outside my window. Rain
plummets down as strong winds whip through the Berkeley hills, where I
live, just east of San Francisco. As the wind rips down old eucalyptus
branches, the rain washes clean the dirt, oil and grit left on roads.
The ferocity and destructive nature of this storm obscures its gift --
renewal of nature.
I love storms. I feel fully alive when the weather makes me sit up and
pay attention. At the start of this new year, I especially welcome the
storm's promise of renewal.
New Year's resolutions abound right about now. Common ones include: I
want to lose weight. I want to earn more money. I want to end a bad
relationship. I want to start a good relationship. I want to be kinder
to the people in my life. I want to be kinder to myself. I want to
quit my destructive behaviors. I want to spend more time with my
children.
I've been thinking a lot about change lately, in part, because I'm in
the middle of writing a piece for Yoga Journal on my fear of kicking
up into handstand. For me, kicking up requires not only hard work but
inner transformation, changing my relationship with fear itself. I'm
transforming my body by building strength in my arms, back and chest.
And I'm transforming how I respond to fear by moving forward despite
wanting to give up.
Transformation is what we usually focus on when we want change.
Transformation involves the restructuring of something's fundamental
nature --as in "I may have the tightest pectoralis muscles in the
West, but my constant practice is opening them up." Or, "I may be
afraid of going upside down on my own, but consistent practice lessens
that dramatically."
But transformation is only one aspect of personal growth. The other is
renewal. Renewal is about reclaiming your essence - stripping away
all that isn't necessary in order to return to the truth of who you
are. Sometimes in our rush to transform, we forget about returning to
home base, which is necessary if transformation is to be in service
of our essence.
This year, I want to do both. Along with transforming my yoga practice
so that handstand becomes easier, I also want to transform my piano
playing so I have the ability to play the music I love to sing. But
underneath all that, I renew my commitment to myself as a yogini, and
as musician -- two essential pieces of who I am.
We are all unique, with distinct gifts. What are yours? Are they
apparent? Do you tap into them? Are they shy or hiding out? This new
year, along with working on transformation, give yourself the gift of
renewal -- of returning to home base and reclaiming your authentic
self. Then, take those gifts with you out into the world. Where you
end up is of less importance than finding your road. And walking it.
Dayna Macy, a writer and musician who can be found at www.daynamacy.com, is the Communications Director of Yoga Journal.
Editor's Note: Dean will delivering the Monday lunchtime keynote at the upcoming San Francisco Conference. This event is free and open to the public (pre-registration required).
(Click here for more information.)
He will also be presenting at Donna Karan's Urban Zen Initiative and giving the Saturday morning welcome remarks at the Boston Conference. (Click here for more information.)
Dean Ornish, M.D., is the founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. For the past 30 years, Dr. Ornish has directed clinical research demonstrating, for the first time, that comprehensive lifestyle changes including yoga and meditation may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery. He recently directed the first randomized controlled trial demonstrating that comprehensive lifestyle changes may stop or reverse the progression of prostate cancer. His current research is focusing on whether comprehensive lifestyle changes may affect gene expression.
He is the author of five best-selling books and writes a monthly column for Newsweek magazine. His new book, The Spectrum, was just published. The research that he and his colleagues conducted has been published in the leading peer-reviewed medical journals. Their work has been featured in all major media, including cover stories in Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News & World Report.
Dr. Ornish is a member of the boards of directors of the U.S. United Nations High Commission on Refugees and the San Francisco Food Bank. He was appointed to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy and elected to the California Academy of Medicine. He is Chair of the Google Health Advisory Council, the PepsiCo Blue Ribbon Advisory Board, and the Safeway Advisory Council on Health and Nutrition and consults with the CEO of McDonald's to make more healthful foods and to provide health education to their customers in this country and worldwide.
He has received several awards, including the 1994 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from the University of Texas, Austin, the University of California, Berkeley, "National Public Health Hero" award, a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association, and the Bravewell Collaborative Pioneer of Integrative Medicine award. Dr. Ornish was recognized as "one of the most interesting people of 1996" by People magazine, featured in the "TIME 100" issue on integrative medicine, and chosen by LIFE magazine as "one of the fifty most influential members of his generation."
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Calling All Yogis and Yoginis!
Do you hope to grace the cover of Yoga Journal, or daydream about modeling for Master Class?
Come to our open modeling auditions on Saturday, January 19 at the San Francisco Conference and show us your skills.
Please come prepared with snapshots of the following poses: Downward-Facing Dog, Warrior I (shot in profile),
Standing Forward Bend, Full Backbend, Headstand or Shoulderstand, and a headshot.
We don't need professional photos, simple snapshots will do. We will not accept DVDs, or photos on disk or CD.
Details about where to submit your photos will be included in the onsite brochure at the conference.
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Upcoming Conferences
San Francisco 2008
Hyatt Embarcadero
January 18-21, 2008
Many classes sold out!
Boston 2008
Sheraton Boston
May 16-19, 2008
Registration Now Open
Save the Dates
Estes Park 2008
YMCA of the Rockies
September 21-28, 2008
Registration opens April
South Florida 2008
Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa
November 14-17, 2008
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