Upcoming Events + Workshops

January 8+15+22+29, 2012
Beginners Series
with Jennifer Siegel
4 Sundays 2–3:15PM
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Start your new year off right! Wether you’re brand new to yoga or have been practicing for some time, this 4 session beginner series will draw out the fundamentals of the yoga practice. This is a great place to start your yoga practice, deepen your new yoga practice, or give as a gift to a friend interested in yoga. Students may sign up for the whole 4 session series for $85 or individual sessions for $25 each.

January 7+14+21+28 , 2012
Prenatal Series
4 Saturdays 3:30–5PM
with Kat Heagberg
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Appropriate for practitioners of all levels and all stages of pregnancy, this class will explore asana, pranayama, meditation, and relaxation techniques to help prepare the body and mind for childbirth and beyond. With a strong emphasis on alignment and stability, classes will focus on skilfully strengthening and stretching your changing body, addressing common prenatal discomforts, and cultivating confidence and clarity during this exciting phase of life.

January 14, 2012
Vinyasa Yoga + Chanting Workshop
Saturday 5-8PM
with Sweethome
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Take some time out of your busy life to cleanse, care for, and inspire
yourself. In this workshop, we will focus on harmonizing vinyasa
sequences and cleansing the body and mind through chant. Begin the New
Year by establishing strength and clarity through the practices of
yoga. Please join us for this special opportunity. $28 Register online. $35 at door.

February 3, 2012
Yoga Groove Series: Bob Marley
Friday 7-9PM Yoga Practice
Followed by wine tasting + dance party, and community Thai massage.
$20 online. $25 at door.
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Simmer Down! Bob Marley’s lyrics beckon  even the deepest cynic. His message of “One Love” crosses all religious, racial, and cultural boundaries. The music of Bob Marley points toward the unifying light inside us all. Soothe Portland’s winter gray with a blast of sun drenched vinyasa yoga set to DJ Shakermaker’s soulful live mix-up of Bob’s classic tracks and wicked remixes that merge him with the rhythm of electronica. Did you love or miss our Yoga Soul practice or MJ Yoga? Bathe in the sweat, community and inspiration of a Yoga Groove.



Friday, February 10th
Community Workshop
6-8pm
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$25 Adults
$10 Kids ages 7 and up

Join CircusYoga Co-Founder Erin Malle O’Keefe for our Community workshop. Bring your friends and family ages 7 through 107 to experience this intentionally multigenerational and joyful practice.


February 10-12, 2012
CircusYoga® Ring One Immersion
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$240 full tuition,
$215 Early Bird, register by January 30th
$195 Early Bird for Street Yoga & Circus Project teachers
by January 30th (please email info@northportlandyoga.com for your discount ).
Immersion includes Friday evening Community Workshop.

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Ignite the CircusYoga fire in you. Begin your path to becoming a CircusYoga teacher. Or simply get infused with the principles of connection, community and play during this experiential weekend.

We will experience:

connection through foundational principles & practices of CircusYoga
play & creativity within an inclusive group
partnering in Hatha, Thai and Flying Yoga
circus skills including juggling, balance, clowning & partner acrobatics

yogic awareness in relating to self and others

The weekend will kick off with a Community Workshop. Included in tuition is the CircusYoga® Ring One Manual. This is also the prerequisite for the CircusYoga® Ring Two Teacher Training.

Please join us for an unforgettable weekend of multigenerational play and learning with expert facilitator, teacher, co-creator of CircusYoga Erin Maile O狸eefe. While this weekend is part of the CircusYoga Teacher Training journey and it also stands alone as a program for those wishing to explore their creativity, leadership skills, communication, play, and more. Whether you are a yogi, school teacher, facilitator, manager, dancer, parent, or human being… come steep in the benefits of CircusYoga and infuse your practice with the principles of connection, community & play, during this can’t-be-missed fun-filled weekend.


Erin Maile O’Keefe is an international educator and trainer who has developed kinesthetic, multigenerational curriculums focusing on group inclusion, connection, empathy and co-authorship. She has worked with diverse cultural groups and communities from India to the Middle East, bringing them together through skillfully facilitated play. In 1997, Erin co-created the practices of CircusYoga and Flying Partner Yoga with her husband Kevin O’Keefe out of their love for the unique synthesis of yoga, circus, connection, and play. Since then, she has led CircusYoga Teacher Trainings and mentored a community of teachers teaching worldwide. Erin’s lifelong passion for exploring embodied movement led her to in depth studies in Yoga, Embodied Anatomy & Developmental Movement, Thai Massage, Dance and Meditation. The first in a series of parent-kid activity books Flying Kids! will be released very soon.
May 5-6, 2012
Anusara Weekend Workshop + Prenatal Training
More information to come!
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