Saturday October 4, 2008 at Vancouver Public Library Downtown(plus Bonus workshops Oct. 5)

Workshops | Concert | Exhibit at festival | Map & Directions

$88 VIP-PASS includes guaranteed access to all Saturday and Sunday workshops.

Learn from some of the best yoga teachers and health experts and enjoy festival activities:

• Free lectures, demos and yoga mini classes
• Free evening celebration featuring inspirational music by Wade Imre Morissette
  and heavenly yoga and dance with Hemalayaa.
• Yoga, health and green exhibitors with product sampling
• Workshops with Sara Ivanhoe, Hemalayaa, Sadie Nardini, Kim Eng, Erica Gehrke + more
  
  
• Sunday 10/5 Bonus 2-Hour Intensive Workshops
  with Sara Ivanhoe, Kim Eng, Hemalayaa, Sadie Nardini

All Yoga Month proceeds benefit Youth Health Alliance and holistic health education for at-risk children. The Vancouver festival specifically will benefit Yoga Outreach (registered charity: BN 80354 4543 RR0001).

FEATURED WORKSHOPS & EVENTS 10/4 - 5 SIncluded in VIP PASS
Saturday 10/04
2-DAY-SPECIAL	$ 44 All-inclusive VIP PASS special All-inclusive VIP PASS. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 2-DAY - SPECIAL Description : The 2-DAY VIP-PASS $ 44 SPECIAL OFFER includes all festival events, workshops and evening celebration at Vancouver Public Library plus unlimited access to BONUS WORKSHOPS Sunday 10/4 at Semperviva Yoga Studios. This pass does not include the gift bag or guaranteed access to workshops. Cost per Ticket : $44 Ticket QTY. :	All-inclusive VIP PASS	$44	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
2-DAY-PASS	2-DAY VIP PASS for Yoga Health Festival 10/4 and Bonus Workshops 10/5 including gift bag and guaranteed access to all workshops All-inclusive VIP PASS. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 2-DAY - PASS Description : 2-DAY VIP-PASS includes all festival events, workshops and evening celebration at Vancouver Public Library plus unlimited access to BONUS WORKSHOPS Sunday 10/4 at Semperviva Yoga Studios. Get your VIP PASS now and receive FREE gift bag. Cost per Ticket : $88 Ticket QTY. :	All-inclusive VIP PASS	$88	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
10am-11pm	The Big Classic: Headstand for Everyone Steve Merkley. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 10am - 11pm Description : The Big Classic: Headstand for Everyone Its the "King of the Asanas". Except for the lotus position, it is the pose most widely identified with yoga, and it is arguably the most profound and powerful of the asanas. Indeed, it can be the most imposing of poses. But it doesn't have to be. Turn your world upside down in 1 hour of intensive practice dedicated to understanding the principles of inversions. During this one hour workshop, you will move through the fear, make peace with the unknown and perhaps discover a whole new way of being. Through use of Anusara Yoga's Universal Principles of Alignment TM, core-specific asana, and a whole lotta headstand, you will make the shift from getting present to becoming presence, finding tremendous power and inspiration within yourself, as yourself. All levels welcome. For the last 7 years Steve has committed his life to the path of self-awareness and dedicated service through the practice of yoga. His journey of awakening has led him around the world and back to Yaletown Yoga where he has been a director for the last 3 years. Steve’s training as a registered massage therapist, and his extensive study with some of the world’s most influential yoga teachers, including John Friend and Baron Baptiste, has given him a deep understanding of the alignment and biomechanics of yoga asana. Guiding them through the physical practice of asana and pranayama, he creates a safe space for students to tap into their full potential. Cost per Ticket : $20 Ticket QTY. :	Steve Merkley	$20	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
11am-12pm	Vinyasa flow Wade Imre Morissette. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 11am - 12pm Description : Vinyasa Flow classes with Wade Wade has been teaching Vinyasa~Flow classes for 13 years now. He has studied under all three lineages of Krishnamacharya in India. With his knowledge of Iyengar principles of alignment, Ashtanga~Vinyasa principles of breath, bandhas and drishti combined with the Viniyoga principles of proper sequencing, counterpostures, bhavana (attitude) and goals of a class he brings a depth that can benefit any student. Cost per Ticket : $20 Ticket QTY. :	Wade Imre Morissette	$20	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
12pm-1pm	Integrating Yoga into Life: Going with the Flow Erica Gehrke. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 12pm - 1pm Description : Integrating Yoga into Life This free-flow vinyasa yoga practice uses the breath to link one asana to the next in a creative, logical sequence to cultivate a mental focus that leads to greater self-awareness. By linking the movements of the body to the rhythm of the breath we learn to become fully involved with our actions—both on and off the mat. Through the practice of vinyasa yoga we begin to develop the awareness of cause and effect (karma), and cultivate an understanding there is no separation of the mind and body, matter and consciousness, and that everything is connected—the people in our lives, the experiences we encounter, the thoughts we think. In this class, we will focus on various aspects of vinyasa flow including alignment, setting intention, pranayama, and meditation. Learn and practice yogic techniques to tone your body, revitalize your inner energy, expand your life force and bring greater balance and vitality to your life. Cost per Ticket : $20 Ticket QTY. :	Erica Gehrke	$20	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
1pm-2pm	Presence through Movement Kim Eng. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 1pm - 2pm Description : Kim Engs Presence through Movement classes consist of a series of meditative movements and exercises incorporating Yin-Yoga, Qigong and Tai Chi. The movements are designed to create a harmonious synthesis of action and stillness and are primarily used as an aid in accessing the state of consciousness of presence or present moment awareness, which is the essence of spiritual awakening. The exercises and movements are gentle, enjoyable and suitable for most people, regardless of age or physical fitness. A secondary benefit of these practices is the activation of life energy (Chi) in the body and the clearing of energy blockages, resulting in increased physical well-being and heightened aliveness. Cost per Ticket : $20 Ticket QTY. :	Kim Eng	$20	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
2pm-3pm	Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga - MindBody Transformation Sadie Nardini. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 2pm - 3pm Description : Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Whole Body/Mind Transformation with Sadie Nardini When you're centered, both your yoga practice and your life become more powerful and possible! Join Sadie Nardini for an open-level yet vigorous class, where you'll learn her signature Core Postures and strengthen within every asana. Gain power, flexibility and stamina as you generate each pose from center. You'll get more out of any style of yoga in less time when you learn to transform from the Core! Books and DVDs available at event. New York Magazine calls Sadie's yoga intensives "One of the Top 10 Ways to Change Your Life, and now you can benefit from her inspiring and challenging yoga practice, transform your body through her Core sequences, gain the latest in alignment information, and use her living yoga philosophies to revolutionize your life off the mat!" with Sadie Nardini, Founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga, Director of East West Yoga in New York City, Author of The Road Trip Guide to the Soul [Wiley] and Creator of the Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Power Hour DVD! www.SadieNardini.com Cost per Ticket : $20 Ticket QTY. :	Sadie Nardini	$20	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
3pm-4pm	Joyful Yoga Hemalayaa. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 3pm - 4pm Description : Joyful Yoga, The Unity of Yoga and Indian Dance with Hemalayaa A healthy mind, a healthy body, a joyous life, flow from an open heart. This is the outlook that makes the journey with Hemalayaa so joyous and playful. Hema’s special gift is a teaching style that invites students to embark on a journey to their own inner joy. A life devoted to yoga and dance animate Hemalayaa’s playful spirit. Many of her retreats and workshops culminate in a night of dance. Hema loves turning her students on to the vibrant styles of Indian dance, from the classical to the latest moves from Bollywood, Bhangra and Indian MTV. Cost per Ticket : $20 Ticket QTY. :	Hemalayaa	$20	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
4pm-5pm	Yoga For Our Planet, A Risk We Should Not Be Taking Bernie Clark. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 4pm - 5pm Description : What is really going on with our environment? What do the scientists say is happening versus what the media and our politicians say? Is there a real problem or not? Should we be doing something about it or not? What kind of a world are we creating for our children? If we should be doing something for their sake, what should we do? Ancient Yoga traditions have many teaching on how we can live in balance with our environment. These traditions can be applied to the environmental challenge facing us today. Come hear Bernie Clark present the current scientific understanding of Global Climate Change and hear how our Yoga practice can help us make a big difference in what is happening to our planet. Learn the 3 Big Easy things you can do to make this difference! This presentation will be of interest to anyone, yogi or not, who is living on our planet, so bring a friend (or two… or more!) Bernie Clark, in addition to being a Yoga teacher, is also an Executive Vice-President of Canada’s oldest and largest space company. He has a bachelor of science degree from the University of Waterloo and has decades of experience in the field of remote sensing, a discipline that monitors changes on the earth from air and space. Cost per Ticket : $20 Ticket QTY. :	Bernie Clark	$20	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
5pm-6pm	Detox Yoga Sara Ivanhoe. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 5pm - 6pm Description : Detox Yoga with Sara Ivanhoe Summertime is A LOT OF fun, but it can also be a time when we overindulge and get lazy. Join Sara for this special event to CLEAR OUT what you don’t need and make space for the fall season. Reaffirm your commitment to your Self with a physical, emotional and spiritual detoxification. Through a series of specially designed vinyasa flow and restorative sequences, breathing techniques and mudras, you will improve your circulation, stimulate your digestion, soothe your nervous system, and emerge feeling serene and refreshed. Teaching since 1995, Sara began her in depth study of yoga while receiving a BFA from NYU. She went on to complete teacher trainings with Erich Schiffmann, YogaWorks and John Friend in the Anusara style and will graduate from the Yoga Philosophy Program at Loyola Marymount University this semester. She uses this training in her work as Contributing Editor to “Shape,” “Health” and “Fit Yoga” magazines and in her monthly column in “Health” magazine. Sara is the instructor of the “Yoga for Dummies,” “Crunch Yoga,” and “Russell Simmons’ ‘Yoga to Live’,” DVDs selling over 4.3 million units worldwide. She is currently on Fit TV’s “All Star Workouts” and recently appeared on Vh1’s “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.” Cost per Ticket : $20 Ticket QTY. :	Sara Ivanhoe	$20	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
6pm-7pm	A Spiritual Dialogue with Shakti Mhi – What is Realization? (by donation) Shakti Mhi. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 6pm - 7pm Description : Spiritual dialogue is a spiritual discourse between teacher and student. This provides a wonderful opportunity to ask questions relating to spirituality and other esoteric matters directly to shakti Mhi, a wonderfully experienced spiritual teacher, founder of Prana Yoga Teacher College and author of the remarkable book The Enigma of Self-Realization. This presentation is by donation or included in the VIP PASS. Cost per Ticket : $0 Ticket QTY. :	Shakti Mhi	$0	Info & Tickets
Saturday 10/04
8pm-10pm	Benefit Celebration with yoga, dance and music featuring Wade Imre Morissette, Hemalayaa and MC Yogi (donations welcome) Wade Imre Morissette, Hemalayaa, MC Yogi. Date : 2008-10-04 Duration : 8pm - 10pm Description : Free evening benefit celebration featuring inspirational music by Wade Imre Morissette, heavenly yoga and dance with Hemalayaa and amazing Hip-Hop beats from MC Yogi. Benefiting Yoga Outreach a local charity providing programs for underserved children and adults. Cost per Ticket : $0 Ticket QTY. :	Wade Imre Morissette, Hemalayaa, MC Yogi	$0	Info & Tickets
Sunday 10/05
11.30am-1.30pm	Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Whole Body/Mind Transformation Sadie Nardini. Date : 2008-10-05 Duration : 11.30am - 1.30pm Description : Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Whole Body/Mind Transformation with Sadie Nardini When you're centered, both your yoga practice and your life become more powerful and possible! Join Sadie Nardini for an open-level yet vigorous class, where you'll learn her signature Core Postures and strengthen within every asana. Gain power, flexibility and stamina as you generate each pose from center. You'll get more out of any style of yoga in less time when you learn to transform from the Core! Books and DVDs available at event. New York Magazine calls Sadie's yoga intensives "One of the Top 10 Ways to Change Your Life, and now you can benefit from her inspiring and challenging yoga practice, transform your body through her Core sequences, gain the latest in alignment information, and use her living yoga philosophies to revolutionize your life off the mat!" with Sadie Nardini, Founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga, Director of East West Yoga in New York City, Author of The Road Trip Guide to the Soul [Wiley] and Creator of the Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Power Hour DVD! www.SadieNardini.com. Location: Semperviva City Center, #100-1985 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Corner of Maple Street in the Wawanesa Building, just east of IGA. Cost per Ticket : $25 Ticket QTY. :	Sadie Nardini	$25	Info & Tickets
Sunday 10/05
12.30pm-2.30pm	Joyful Yoga, The Unity of Yoga and Indian Dance Hemalayaa. Date : 2008-10-05 Duration : 12.30pm - 2.30pm Description : Joyful Yoga, The Unity of Yoga and Indian Dance with Hemalayaa A healthy mind, a healthy body, a joyous life, flow from an open heart. This is the outlook that makes the journey with Hemalayaa so joyous and playful. Hema’s special gift is a teaching style that invites students to embark on a journey to their own inner joy. A life devoted to yoga and dance animate Hemalayaa’s playful spirit. Many of her retreats and workshops culminate in a night of dance. Hema loves turning her students on to the vibrant styles of Indian dance, from the classical to the latest moves from Bollywood, Bhangra and Indian MTV. Location: Semperviva Sea Studio, #200-1333 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC. In the Pier 32 Building on Granville Island. Look for Opus Framing and then find the walkway across the street that leads you to the sea. Cost per Ticket : $25 Ticket QTY. :	Hemalayaa	$25	Info & Tickets
Sunday 10/05
12.30pm-2.30pm	Discover the Power of Healing with Yoga Hillary Rubin. Date : 2008-10-05 Duration : 12.30pm - 2.30pm Description : Come learn useful techniques from an expert teacher who understands from embracing her own diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, what it takes to create a strong foundation with yoga that will help you evolve beyond your limitations. Hillary Rubin, a certified Anusara Yoga teacher who was diagnosed with MS in 1996 while working at Prada, she learned that her diagnosis was the platform to begin yoga. After many years of a dedicated yoga practice, Hillarys choice to create a healthy lifestyle and commitment to her personal evolution led to the discovery of a path to healing. Today, living drug and symptom free, she inspires thousands of people globally to lead healthier lives. Hillary is highly respected by the yoga community, high profile clientele and thousands of worldwide Podcast subscribers. Hillary is excited to share with you her new yoga DVD titled Foundations under the I Am Not A MESS Series, being launched on tour with Yoga Month. This workshop will be at Semperviva Sun Center, 2608 West Broadway. Cost per Ticket : $25 Ticket QTY. :	Hillary Rubin	$25	Info & Tickets
Sunday 10/05
2pm-4pm	Detox Yoga Sara Ivanhoe. Date : 2008-10-05 Duration : 2pm - 4pm Description : Detox Yoga with Sara Ivanhoe Summertime is A LOT OF fun, but it can also be a time when we overindulge and get lazy. Join Sara for this special event to CLEAR OUT what you don’t need and make space for the fall season. Reaffirm your commitment to your Self with a physical, emotional and spiritual detoxification. Through a series of specially designed vinyasa flow and restorative sequences, breathing techniques and mudras, you will improve your circulation, stimulate your digestion, soothe your nervous system, and emerge feeling serene and refreshed. Teaching since 1995, Sara began her in depth study of yoga while receiving a BFA from NYU. She went on to complete teacher trainings with Erich Schiffmann, YogaWorks and John Friend in the Anusara style and will graduate from the Yoga Philosophy Program at Loyola Marymount University this semester. She uses this training in her work as Contributing Editor to “Shape,” “Health” and “Fit Yoga” magazines and in her monthly column in “Health” magazine. Sara is the instructor of the “Yoga for Dummies,” “Crunch Yoga,” and “Russell Simmons’ ‘Yoga to Live’,” DVDs selling over 4.3 million units worldwide. She is currently on Fit TV’s “All Star Workouts” and recently appeared on Vh1’s “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.” Location: Semperviva City Center, #100-1985 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Corner of Maple Street in the Wawanesa Building, just east of IGA. Cost per Ticket : $25 Ticket QTY. :	Sara Ivanhoe	$25	Info & Tickets
Sunday 10/05
3pm-5pm	Presence through Movement Kim Eng. Date : 2008-10-05 Duration : 3pm - 5pm Description : Kim Eng’s Presence through Movement™ classes consist of a series of meditative movements and exercises incorporating Yin-Yoga, Qigong and T’ai Chi. The movements are designed to create a harmonious synthesis of action and stillness and are primarily used as an aid in accessing the state of consciousness of presence or present moment awareness, which is the essence of spiritual awakening. The exercises and movements are gentle, enjoyable and suitable for most people, regardless of age or physical fitness. A secondary benefit of these practices is the activation of life energy (Chi) in the body and the clearing of energy blockages, resulting in increased physical well-being and heightened aliveness. Location: Semperviva Sea Studio, #200-1333 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC. In the Pier 32 Building on Granville Island. Look for Opus Framing and then find the walkway across the street that leads you to the sea. Cost per Ticket : $25 Ticket QTY. :	Kim Eng	$25	Info & Tickets

Location Saturday : Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia, Vancouver, BC Canada V6B 6B1.

Location Sunday: Semperviva City Center and Sea Center Granville Island. See workshop info for details.

Above prices are early booking special prices valid until 9/30. After your purchase you will receive a confirmation email and electronic tickets with detailed event instructions.

Questions? Please email us.

Current schedule dated 9/6/2008, subject to change

Benefit Celebration Music Artists Wade Imre Morissette MC Yogi Presenters Hemalayaa Sara Ivanhoe Kim Eng Sadie Nardini Shakti Mhi Hillary Rubin Erica Gehrke Julie Sorichetti Michelle Labelle Eve Baldwin Dr. James Weldon Subject to change.